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Let's take a look at the hottest
holiday entertainment |
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coming your way.
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Obviously audiences are excited
about Hugo and Arthur Christmas |
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but what America wants to see most
this holiday season |
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is this group
of Medieval Mummers |
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who have been delighting
households across the nation |
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with their dancing, singing,
stilt-walking and play-acting. |
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With the latest scoop
on the mummers, |
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we're joined by Autumn Stanford.
-Ho ho ho Angelique. |
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Ho ho ho to you Autumn.
You know what, |
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these mummers seem to be
the hit of the season. |
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Everyone lucky enough
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to already have been visited
by them is raving. |
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I know. I feel like everywhere
I go |
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it's: "Have you seen
the mummers?" |
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and "Where will the mummers go next?"
-Mummers mummers mummers! |
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Apparently the praise
is completely deserved. |
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These mummers have been going
door to door |
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in their home-made costumes
and masks |
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performing a show filled
with dancing, poem recitals, |
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even lute playing.
-Oh, I love lutes! |
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I know, who doesn't?
But Angelique, there's more. |
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These mummers also act out
a thrilling seven-minute play |
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about Saint George battling
a Turkish Knight. |
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And I don't want to give
too much away |
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but let's just say a magical
apothecary arrives at the end |
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to teach everyone
a little lesson |
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about the cycle of rebirth.
-No spoilers, Autumn. |
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I'm sorry, my lips are sealed.
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No more. -And the show has been
quite lucrative as well, right? |
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My goodness yes.
During opening weekend alone |
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audience members threw
as many silver pieces at the mummers |
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as they could earn in a whole
month of agricultural labor. |
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Okay, so now one character
everyone is talking about |
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is old Father Christmas.
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Yes, all the gossip sites
are going gaga over this guy. |
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He's tall, he has a sonorous voice.
-So handsome. |
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He can do a jaunty caper.
Everyone wants to know |
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who is under that long mask.
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Now Autumn, is he single?
-I don't know, |
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but there are a lot
of unbetrothed maidens |
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asking the same thing.
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They're going to have
to fight me for him. |
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Rumor has it he might even be
a landowner. |
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They say the shoes poking out
from beneath his garments |
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just seem a little bit too nice
to be those of a serf. |
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So, you know what,
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we've been hearing from fans
of the mummers |
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all day long on our website,
so take a look at this. |
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It was a really good show.
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When the fool danced
into my kitchen |
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and started singing a song
about the fat duke, |
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I was laughing so hard
I almost fainted like a milkmaid. |
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That looks so fun.
-Yep, |
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but if you want to see
these mummers, |
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you better hope they come
to your home soon. |
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I understand rats have gotten
into their wagons |
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so they may all die
of the pox. |
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Alright, sounds like fun
for the whole family. |
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Autumn thank you so much
for being here. |
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And when we come back
we've got exclusive pics |
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of the bridge Danny DeVito
just purchased to live under. |