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Spring Festival Gala
Happy New Spring
This is a cross-talk comedy serving as an interlude between programs.
The man on the left asked the other to perform something other than comedy
He agreed to recite the lyrics of a pop song (pop songs started booming in early 1980's)
The yonger man sings the song and the other will recite upon his hint
The older man rephrased the beautiful lyrics in a funny way
The host is a famous theater actor and the hostess is a movie star
The hostess gave out a riddle
The riddle is "draw up population policy" for an idiom with four characters
(Audience can call in to answer the riddle and CCTV would give out gifts to early and correct answerers)
(It was the early years of the family plan policy in early 1980’s in China)
Audience called in to demand a performance by Yuan Shihai (a Peking opera master) and Li Guyi (a famous singer)
They agreed to sing Peking opera together and went to prepare (Peking opera is not the female singer's expertise)
Another host, a famous cross-talk comedian, asked the hostess to introduce the next performance
The hostess introduces a magic show by a performer from China Circuit Troupe
He gives a brief discription of this performance