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The weekend Chronicle ran a great interview with Tom Waits.

Old-time show business is on his mind. He looks down at the notebook again and comes back with the name of the 19th century French stage star who did vaudeville late in life.

“Sarah Bernhardt,” he says. “She was playing Juliet in her 70s and had one leg. Barnum and Bailey bought her leg, the leg that was amputated, and they had it in a tank with some formaldehyde and fish. It was being displayed as the leg of Sarah Bernhardt, and at one point her leg was making more money than she was when she was playing joints. I always think of that when I get depressed. I think that’s got to really hurt.”

By the way, this one is a real interview, unlike my brush with greatness (and pancakes).