HTA-0581: Street Interview — Excuse Me, Sir

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Henry conducts man-on-the-street interviews in a classic broadcast journalism style.

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Excuse me, sir.

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Hello, can you please?

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Yeah.

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Oh, thank you so much.

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That's what it takes to get...

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Wait, wait, wait.

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Get to my hat to me.

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Hmm?

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Throw my hat to me.

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Throw your hat to you.

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Back up, back up, back up, back up.

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Wow, in the wind, no less.

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Yes, thank you.

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So, this is...

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Hey, let's go to my sister.

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This is Nino.

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I'm Nino.

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And Nino is, well, he's a clown.

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Yes.

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But Nino is a special kind of clown,

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Because Nino is a clown in the tradition of the Italian Family Circus.

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And the Zope Italian Family Circus is in town performing.

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Take a break, Nino.

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And we have with us Tosca, Tosca Zope of the family.

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And by the way, Nino happens to also be in the family.

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Yes, unfortunately.

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So tell us about what the Zope Family Circus is and about this tradition of the family circus.

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Well, our family started...

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We've got some video, by the way.

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Excellent.

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We started in 1842 with a French clown and a Hungarian equestrian and ballerina.

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They fell in love and immigrated to Italy.

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and started our family circus.

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The things that are different about our show is that it's a very intimate environment.

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When you come to our show, you really become part of our family.

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And that's what we want. We want you to feel everything.

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The characters are a little different. I mean, it has a different feel and it looks like it

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follows a tradition that goes back a ways. This concept of the Italian circus or the European

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circus.

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It's a very old style circus. It's very traditional. All of our acts are very

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traditional acts, nothing new, nothing modern.

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It goes back to the simplicity of performing and really giving your soul to the audience.

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Right.

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And the tent is fabulous, by the way.

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Oh, it's beautiful.

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They bring in their own tent.

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Brand new tent.

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It's gorgeous, yes.

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And you guys, it is your tent?

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I mean, it was designed by your family?

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Oh, yes.

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It was designed by my father and my brother.

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How long have you been doing this?

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Since I was before I could walk.

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Really?

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Yes.

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Yes.

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So there still are families that do this?

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Absolutely.

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My nephew is now two, and he was born in Redwood City, actually.

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And he started performing that week in Redwood City was his first performance.

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The week that he was born?

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The week that he was born.

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He came in the ring with us, and he balanced on my brother's hand.

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That's fabulous.

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Let me introduce you to one other person here.

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Nate, come on over.

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I've got to come up.

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No, you've got to keep juggling while you do this, Nate.

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So Nate literally ran away with the circus.

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Can you tell us about that?

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Yeah, I just graduated from high school in 2010 and just kind of ran away.

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And you decided to just go be part of the circus, and so what have you done so far?

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I've been juggling for the last year and just working on the show.

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It's been a really great experience.

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I've got to travel all over the country.

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Right, and it's a lot of fun.

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What did you do?

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What happened recently for you to get here?

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It was a big deal for you to get here, right?

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I just flew for the first time.

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Normally we drive everywhere.

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It was the first time that you'd flew.

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So this is a wonderful opportunity.

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Great experience.

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So I have to ask you, so you're always obviously looking for new talent, I guess.

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Of course.

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Yes.

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Like me.

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I'm a beautiful talent.

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And what is his role?

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You don't know.

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What is his role?

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Well, sister and brother.

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What is the job of the...

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I think that our jobs, Nino and I, are really portraying our family history and our heritage and bringing that out of our souls.

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We really want people to understand who we are and where we came from.

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And I think that's what we do.

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So I've got to ask, are you guys recruiting?

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No, we are not recruiting.

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And I must say, if you're out there watching, not everyone can just get up and run away and join the circus.

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Nate was an exception.

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He's actually been juggling since he was probably eight, nine years old.

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He didn't just start juggling.

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He's a very good juggler.

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And his family was not upset that he ran away with the circus.

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No, no, no, no, no, not at all, not at all.

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So I have to ask you, what kind of talents, what kind of skills do you require to do your job?

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I don't know.

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Other than having that nose job.

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Watch, I can do magic.

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Okay, please.

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Watch carefully, ladies and gentlemen.

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Poof!

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Oh, can I get some applause, please?

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No, you couldn't get any applause.

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Okay, let me tell folks where they can find the Zope Family Circus.

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And, you know, unfortunately, we couldn't get, you know, the horses and we couldn't get the whole staff here.

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But we did manage to get enough to give you a flavor of the circus.

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And it is happening in Redwood City.

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They've set up their tent right in downtown at Middlefield Road.

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And you can get more information by going to the website redwoodcity.org slash events.

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Or you can call 650-780-7586.

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They are here through October 23rd.

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So you have lots of chances.

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And people, they've been coming here for many years.

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And people have really come to love them.

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Thank you very much, Nate.

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You're fabulous.

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You've got a great future career in front of you.

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And you, sir, you're going to have to leave now.

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We'll be back with more Quran 4 News.