Buddah, thanks mate. I've been writing a lot, but not posting much here, instead posting to a site called ABCTales.com I will have to go back through what I've put up there and pick off the meat for my friends here. I'm hoping to do some recording this weekend too. Good to see you, mate. 
SlyDrivel,
Thanks very much for your considered comments. I've not read the biography you mention but can imagine Twain saying this. He was a particularly astute individual.
This piece came about more as a reaction to the cult of celebrity than anything else. There are so many today, there could well be an entire channel in the future called 'Where Are They Now TV' that will only be viewed by myriad other failed, washed up or has-been celebrities.
