The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air): Season One, Episode 2 (The Cricket)
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4.8 • 29K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2016
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Geoffrey Granger here. This is Episode 2 of the 8 episode debut season of the orbiting |
| 0:04.7 | human circus of the air. You're receiving this recording on the Welcome to Nightville |
| 0:08.4 | Feed because orbiting human circus is the latest podcast from Nightville Presents, but |
| 0:12.6 | after Episode 3, that's it. If you want to hear the entire first season of orbiting |
| 0:16.2 | human circus, go subscribe to them on iTunes or wherever it is you get your podcasts. |
| 0:21.1 | And hey, enjoy the show. |
| 0:25.1 | As Night begins to fall on Paris. Backstage at the broadcast ballroom, busy preparations |
| 0:32.6 | for this evening's broadcast of the orbiting human circus of the air begin. |
| 0:38.1 | But before we listen, there's one thing I think you ought to know. You'll remember, last |
| 0:43.4 | week, seeking forgiveness, the janitor's snuck backstage to clean, host John Cameron's |
| 0:48.9 | dressing room as the last song of the evening played. And that music, and this is |
| 0:55.0 | what I really wanted to tell you, was performed by the orbiting human circus orchestral, a rare |
| 1:02.2 | African bird that can mimic all 47 instruments of the orchestra at once. The orchestral is |
| 1:10.8 | something of a Parisian bigfoot, believed only to land where orchestras are rehearsing. |
| 1:16.8 | Many people claim to have seen them, but one has never been filmed or recorded. Yet, |
| 1:23.7 | their one was, perched in its cage on the stage in full view of the entire studio audience, |
| 1:31.4 | beautifully mimicking a walls. With no visible strings or wires, even the stage hands don't |
| 1:39.2 | know how it's done. And it's that way with all the acts. |
| 1:45.8 | With that thought we take you back to last week in host John Cameron's dressing room, |
| 1:51.2 | where the janitor cleans with greater enthusiasm until... |
| 1:55.6 | Look out! |
| 1:56.7 | In his exuberance, the janitor accidentally knocks a small crate marked for Mr. Cameron's |
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