NAME: Matthew Buchinger ACT: “The One-Man Variety Show” STORY: This 17th-century German entertainer had a dazzling array of talents. He played 10 instruments (some of which he’d invented himself), sang, danced, read minds, was a trick-shot artist and marksman, bowled, did magic tricks, drew portraits and landscapes, and did calligraphy. Even more impressive: Buchinger had no arms or legs. He had finlike appendages instead of hands, and “stood” only 28 inches tall.
Wy do we never hear about people like these?
