Someone bought my grandmother a 4 tape VHS set of Victor Borge for Christmas one year. She sat for hours on end, watching and rewatching those tapes until they were worn out. That was in the early 90's. She's since passed away, but whenever I see this man I think of her and the happiness he brought her.
Saw him in person about 30 years ago. Laughed so hard I thought I might die because I couldn’t breathe. I’m not kidding. A comic genius. No one before him did what he did and no one after. I really like Jim Stafford but Victor is unique.
Moreover he was completey free from smut and innuendo which pervades so much of today's 'humour.'. Just a thoroughly enjoyable and creative slapstick offering.
I saw him in concert in Dallas two months before he passed on. The body was slower, but the wit was still as sharp as ever. He walked out to applause, then when it began to die down, he lifted his tails & a plume of smoke came out. He walks to the mike, and in his Danish accent, he goes, "Mexican food!"
Though Borge was known for his comedic piano schtick, he could play as well as any concert pianist. I heard him once play a piano piece with no comedy and was blown away. He obviously was well trained in piano to do what he did so effortlessly.
I think music critic Jacob Siskind put it best: "Borge is such a cut-up, you don’t expect him to play with that incredible sensitivity that is his…the tone is pure gold." He certainly came by it honestly, he was born to a musical family, his father was a distinguished member of the Royal Danish Philharmonic. His mother introduced him to piano at age 3 and his prodigy level playing earned him several scholarships. His sense of humour almost got him killed. He was forced to leave Europe, on the last American ship to depart, one step ahead of the Nazis, who didn't appreciate his comedic shots at Hitler in his stage act.
I dont know where but I read somewhere on the Internet that Borge was put in the same class/degree/level as Horowitz by music critics and that trained to be a concert pianist but had huge stage fright but then he used his brilliant comedic mind to start a career like this .
+ senorkaboom And on his longer TV appearances, he would also mix in an occasional serious performance. And as serious performances, they were quite superb! Even spellbinding. Yes, he really was a virtuoso of the instrument; and one who knew how to make fun with it, as well. The combination made for an utterly unique level of entertainment, in the truest sense of the word.
+Jonas Damm okay, maybe I said it wrong, because I wasn't typing in search bar "best piano performance ever" I was watching some piano videos and this came up, but I didn't expect any comedy, so it's not what I was expecting but I wasn't disappointed :D
My mother who played piano absolutely loved Victor's style and his humour. She used to sit on the couch and laugh until she cried watching him. I love that memory I have of her. Miss and love you mom. Thanks for the little messages. They aren't falling on deaf ears. xoxo
+Jessy Chainé probably anybody can play piano with proper practice. but you do need some special talent to learn pieces quicker than others and play better than other people
And experience with countless audiences, as well as a sense of comic timing that - let’s face it - not too many pianists have 🤣. As far as this kind of comedy is concerned, Victor Borge and Anna Russell are the all time greats!
I had the pleasure of seeing Victor Borge in concert as a teenager. What an unbelievable talent. There will never be a genius like him ever again. RIP, Mr. Borge. May God bless and keep you. 🙏
The amazing thing besides the fact he was an amazing player and comedic talent is he played concerts literally right up to the day he passed away at 91 years old. He had just returned from playing a concert the day before in Denmark. Apparently when asked where he planned on spending Christmas that year(he passed on December 23, 2000) his reply was along the lines of, "somewhere different." My father would have us watching his shows when we were kids (1970's) and I always remember thinking that Mel Blanc must have been channeling Victor Borgia when he was doing those great Bugs & Daffy dealing piano pieces. The truly wonderful thing about Victor Borgia is he transcends generations. You don't have to be a Baby Boomer or Gen X to appreciate his work. It truly appeals to all and will for hopefully many generations to come.
Every performance by Mr. Borge was GREAT. I loved it after he would fall off his bench, get up, oped the bench lid and take out a seat belt and put it on.
I remember the first time I heard Victor. I remember the last time I heard Victor live. I'm looking forward to seeing Victor again in that great piano playground in the sky.
I love that this man added brilliant musicianship with genius level humor. I love that he never took himself too seriously and he is entertained me for hours!
Back in 1964 as a high-school Jr I got a walk-on tryout for a replacement spot for that weekend's Friday afternoon AFS fund raiser talent show assembly. I did a knockoff of Victor Borge and Liberace type of goofy insertion of children's tunes in a piece of classical music plus some musical slap-stick. There was a candelabra with a missing candle, a broken candle that I couldn't quite light etc. I wore a tux, had trouble sitting on the bench...the "whole nine yards". It was so successful that the theater director booked me on the Friday evening show and both Saturday shows. He requested that I work up a show for my senior year. My sister was incorporated into the show this time using her skills on the harp (which were considerable) as she earned a full tuition scholarship to the Eastman School of Music on harp, became the harp faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver, first call union harpist and played with the Colorado-Denver Symphony Orchestra. She also earned a dance degree, music therapy degree and developed her own successful harp studio. She has taken dance class the whole of her life until now at 70.
Legendary.. Miss you Børge.. Today´s world need you to bring back a smile between people.. Will never forget your outstanding performing skills. Best humor ever - really... As an artist Victor Borge was second to none..
I love it when the *bait click* type of title actually is correct about the video. It truly is the best piano performance I've ever seen and heard. Pure piano skills and the greatest musical sense of humor - all in one Victor Borge!!!
There was never anybody like the great Victor Borge. When I was in London in 1982, he was giving a televised concert, and it was promoted on a billboard--not just in the popular press. He authored two fantastic books on music history., MY FAVORITE INTERMISSIONS and MY FAVORITE COMMEDIES IN MUSIC. If you're lucky, you can still find copies.
I opened up for Victor in Stockholm, Sweden. What a stellar performer and a great guy! He enjoyed my band and invited us to perform with him for the Queen of Denmark at the Waldorf Astoria. We all flew back on the plane with them.
I remember seeing the William Tell Overture gaff at the beginning as a kid. I searched for it for years because I couldn't remember who it was. Thanks to YT recommendations, here it is!
Victor Borge never forgot that his audiences were composed equally of those who knew classical music well, and those who didn’t, so he trod a fine line between physical and musical gags.
We saw him in Dallas years ago. Show was starting a few minutes late. He walks out to audience applause. He quickly quietens us down. He releases a large puff of smoke from his mouth and audience laughs. 😁 After we quieten down he says.... TEX-MEX dinner. Hahahaha🤣
Who else could master and understand two of the hardest schools of art, music and comedy, join and bring balance to both? I can't think of anyone else.
I enjoyed his musical fun as a child. Very pleased to see her is available to be enjoyed by a new generation thanks to the internet. Simply the best pianist, who is also able to turn his great talent to comedy as well. Thank you TH-cam for having his performances available. These bring back such fond memories.
Ah Ha! The young Victor Borge run up the keyboard and falling off the end of the bench routine. I was looking for this one. I think the time I saw it was on the Carol Burnett show. I had the TV pulled into the bathroom doorway, so I could lounge in the tub and watch TV at the same time. He came off his piano bench and I nearly drowned laughing.
@@vigokovacic3488 lol, everything has a natural frequency to it which means it'll hit the same frequency, or note, every time it's hit. There are videos of people with perfect pitch who just go around and hit things and say what note it is.
@@petrichor9279 I myself have perfect pitch and I myself have tried hitting, per se, tables and identifying their pitch and succeeded, however, I still kinda doubt that what I had heard was an actual note and not my mind trying to find a pitch somewhere in that sound of hitting the table. Therefore I still doubt that every object has an identifiable frequency, or rather, tone.
One if the best performers ever. I rank him high among other acts, like the Smothers brothers. So many fond memories sitting next to my mom watching this man.
Vielen Dank, John, for that! Thanks to you, all of us (those who really appreciate creative arts & cherish those moments in life when you realize that you were a part of that enlightening experience)
My grandfather was Borge's go to piano tuner when he was in the tri-state area. He wanted him to go on the road with him and be his tuner but my grandfather didnt want to be away from family.
+Ilari Kauppi and it is. the title said performance. a piano performance. a performance including a piano. just because it's piano doesn't it's automatically related to a piano music.
+ Arindam's Adventure It's the William Tell Overture, by Rossini; i.e., the overture of the opera of that title. It was used as the theme music for the 60's TV western, "The Lone Ranger."
There is only one Victor Borge. Nobody else performed like this. I was lucky to see him in a live performance when I was a kid. He was not only funny, brilliant and gracious, but an original, unique mind.
this was so funny when I saw this on TV as a kid, way back when. So clever. So entertaining. I would have loved to have seen him in concert. What a fun night out
When I was in first grade, this would have been in the early 90’s, we had an assignment where we had to write down who we thought would be the coolest babysitter to have. I wrote down Victor Borge. I’m still happy with my answer.
How I loved Victor Borge when I was a kid in the 50s. Just hilarious stuff. By the time I was in my teens, I’d figured out how fine a pianist he actually was, and had to be in order to pull off what he did. Brilliant, unique and missed.
Same thing for the Spike Jones City Slickers band. I understand that they had to practice for hours in order to sound “bad.” They were all first class musicians in real life.
Can't understand anyone not liking him. I remember him fondly from my childhood - look up his "Inflationary English" and "Phonetic Punctuation" ! And yes, he was also a brilliant classically trained pianist
I grew up in that amazing time when we could learn about music by listening to Victor Borge and Leonard Berstein's Young People Concerts. And if you were lucky, you could hear Texaco Opera broadcasting from the New York Metropolitan Opera. These people and performances are still with me. 🤓
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@@JohnSmith-uy7sv I don't think Jesus dies on the cross to save us from our sins. Everyone should take accountability of their actions without having the silly reassurance that Jesus has already saved us all in some way.
@@feelslikeflying23 Jesus does not save anyone automatically. You have to ask for it and turn from your sins and ways. It is your choice ... your free will to accept what he did on the cross to save us from our sins. You have to admit you are a sinner deserving of hell and ask him to save you. Very simple.
I see you look at things the same way I do from time to time. Yes, I've been in that reality. My head nodding up and down. Playing the same few notes at the bottom of the page over and over again because I forgot the next part of my music recital. That just thrilled my ever so patient and kind music teacher, as she had to keep flipping the piano sheet music back and forth, trying to keep up with my my forgetful violin playing, yes, while on stage. Fun. Oh the glorious memories of who or what was always there...music. And always will be.
My dad once told me "You can tell how good a guy is at his job by how easy he makes it look."
That is completely true! Best wishes
Your dad was right
Spot on
Your Dad did know what he was talking about.
Wise Father 🎯⭐️
Someone bought my grandmother a 4 tape VHS set of Victor Borge for Christmas one year. She sat for hours on end, watching and rewatching those tapes until they were worn out. That was in the early 90's. She's since passed away, but whenever I see this man I think of her and the happiness he brought her.
may she rip
What a wonderful memory to hold!
💔
@@svnsparks indeed
I love a woman who isn't afraid to laugh!!!
Saw him in person about 30 years ago. Laughed so hard I thought I might die because I couldn’t breathe. I’m not kidding. A comic genius. No one before him did what he did and no one after. I really like Jim Stafford but Victor is unique.
Moreover he was completey free from smut and innuendo which pervades so much of today's 'humour.'. Just a thoroughly enjoyable and creative slapstick offering.
Why do you doubt that?
@No Ne Wow! I may not sleep tonight.
That lot aren't supposed to have a sense of humour. This intensifies things.
@1% Evan Ł poor you
“Laughter is the shortest distance between people” - Victor Borge
He was a master pianist and comedian
he was a true comedian. he makes it look so easy.
When you wanted to become a comedian but mom told you to become a pianist
Lol!
Could be better if ur asian
Jonas Mortie
Jonas Mortier You don't cross Mama!
Relatable
I saw him in concert in Dallas two months before he passed on. The body was slower, but the wit was still as sharp as ever. He walked out to applause, then when it began to die down, he lifted his tails & a plume of smoke came out. He walks to the mike, and in his Danish accent, he goes, "Mexican food!"
😂😂😂
Though Borge was known for his comedic piano schtick, he could play as well as any concert pianist. I heard him once play a piano piece with no comedy and was blown away. He obviously was well trained in piano to do what he did so effortlessly.
I think music critic Jacob Siskind put it best: "Borge is such a cut-up, you don’t expect him to play with that incredible sensitivity that is his…the tone is pure gold."
He certainly came by it honestly, he was born to a musical family, his father was a distinguished member of the Royal Danish Philharmonic. His mother introduced him to piano at age 3 and his prodigy level playing earned him several scholarships.
His sense of humour almost got him killed. He was forced to leave Europe, on the last American ship to depart, one step ahead of the Nazis, who didn't appreciate his comedic shots at Hitler in his stage act.
I dont know where but I read somewhere on the Internet that Borge was put in the same class/degree/level as Horowitz by music critics and that trained to be a concert pianist but had huge stage fright but then he used his brilliant comedic mind to start a career like this .
yes, you can actually hear that he's a very good player!
Oh my he's a genius!!!
+ senorkaboom
And on his longer TV appearances, he would also mix in an occasional serious performance.
And as serious performances, they were quite superb! Even spellbinding. Yes, he really was a virtuoso of the instrument; and one who knew how to make fun with it, as well.
The combination made for an utterly unique level of entertainment, in the truest sense of the word.
What fascinates me is that he cannot make mistakes in the mistakes he makes!
👍
Or… he used at least one “funny”mistake to bounce back from a genuine mistake. And he made it seem so natural that you couldn’t tell.
not exactly what I was looking for, but boy am I glad I bumped into this :D
+Danielly Danny so you were literally looking for the best piano performance ever?
+Jonas Damm okay, maybe I said it wrong, because I wasn't typing in search bar "best piano performance ever" I was watching some piano videos and this came up, but I didn't expect any comedy, so it's not what I was expecting but I wasn't disappointed :D
+Danielly Danny comedy aside his skills were some of the best, he just chose to focus on humor
My son has started learning piano and he is also quite the slap stick comedian, so he's going to love this when I show him. =)
how old is he?
My mother who played piano absolutely loved Victor's style and his humour. She used to sit on the couch and laugh until she cried watching him. I love that memory I have of her. Miss and love you mom. Thanks for the little messages. They aren't falling on deaf ears. xoxo
Mine too
That is so dear. 😇
Grew up with his greatness 😂👍
Got something in my eye, dammit.
real entertainment... becoming a lost art. Thanks for the upload
agree
kingdom come fuck off
Oh look...someone trying to say something...deep
Invalide_Account i agree
Invalide_Account wtf is your problem
When cartoon characters decided to do their act in the real world
Ikr he reminded me of tom
Looney toons vibes all the way
Only that this time the laugh was real, awesome, reality overpassed fiction.
that's exactly what it is. Love Victor Borge
@@bandanasaikia6048 Ah, yes, the cat concerto
This is years of hard work ladies and gentlemen
+Jessy Chainé probably anybody can play piano with proper practice. but you do need some special talent to learn pieces quicker than others and play better than other people
This is sooo true.Piano players and general the musicians will understand...
A ha.. so, so laugh
Decades!
And experience with countless audiences, as well as a sense of comic timing that - let’s face it - not too many pianists have 🤣. As far as this kind of comedy is concerned, Victor Borge and Anna Russell are the all time greats!
Do you realize how much of an understanding of not only timing and performing in front of an audience, but to know William Tell INVERTED. HOLY BALLS.
Besides that he rehearses, you can really just read the music upside-down.
0:00 - 0:15 - Rossini (William Tell Overture)
0:29 - 0:34 Aram Khachaturian (Sabre Dance)
0:43 - 2:05 Johann Strauss II (The Blue Danube Waltz)
thanks
Thank you very much!
Thank-you I Was Looking For The 1st Peice 👏🏻💚
Mendelssohn (Wedding March) is missing :)
I've been searching for sabre dance title for years... thanks a lot
One of a kind. His performances will never grow old.
I had the pleasure of seeing Victor Borge in concert as a teenager. What an unbelievable talent. There will never be a genius like him ever again. RIP, Mr. Borge. May God bless and keep you. 🙏
I remember seeing Borge in person when I was young. He was hilarious. We were laughing until our tummies hurt!
The amazing thing besides the fact he was an amazing player and comedic talent is he played concerts literally right up to the day he passed away at 91 years old. He had just returned from playing a concert the day before in Denmark. Apparently when asked where he planned on spending Christmas that year(he passed on December 23, 2000) his reply was along the lines of, "somewhere different."
My father would have us watching his shows when we were kids (1970's) and I always remember thinking that Mel Blanc must have been channeling Victor Borgia when he was doing those great Bugs & Daffy dealing piano pieces.
The truly wonderful thing about Victor Borgia is he transcends generations. You don't have to be a Baby Boomer or Gen X to appreciate his work. It truly appeals to all and will for hopefully many generations to come.
Every performance by Mr. Borge was GREAT.
I loved it after he would fall off his bench, get up, oped the bench lid and take out a seat belt and put it on.
I remember the first time I heard Victor. I remember the last time I heard Victor live. I'm looking forward to seeing Victor again in that great piano playground in the sky.
the great piano playground in the sky? what in the world is that?
Hmb MusicClass Well, he died a while back.
Yet another extremely talented person who gifted his talent to the world. How lucky we have these recordings . What a talent he was X
I love that this man added brilliant musicianship with genius level humor. I love that he never took himself too seriously and he is entertained me for hours!
Never seen such a young Victor. Loved 🥰 him as a ch😊kid and I still do 50 yrs later. Thanks for posting this.
I am laughing in tears. Even after the video is over.
"If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.... the rest goes to the government."
-Victor Borge
+Jourell1 Nice. I wiped away, A LOT, tears of laughter. Also, it's so sad he died/...
Back in 1964 as a high-school Jr I got a walk-on tryout for a replacement spot for that weekend's Friday afternoon AFS fund raiser talent show assembly.
I did a knockoff of Victor Borge and Liberace type of goofy insertion of children's tunes in a piece of classical music plus some musical slap-stick.
There was a candelabra with a missing candle, a broken candle that I couldn't quite light etc.
I wore a tux, had trouble sitting on the bench...the "whole nine yards".
It was so successful that the theater director booked me on the Friday evening show and both Saturday shows.
He requested that I work up a show for my senior year.
My sister was incorporated into the show this time using her skills on the harp (which were considerable) as she earned a full tuition scholarship to the Eastman School of Music on harp, became the harp faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver, first call union harpist and played with the Colorado-Denver Symphony Orchestra.
She also earned a dance degree, music therapy degree and developed her own successful harp studio.
She has taken dance class the whole of her life until now at 70.
He's such a genius 😂 he plays the piano really well but also makes comedy, that's real talent 👌🏻
He DID, not he does. He died in 2000.
@@alanrowley9540 k bro damn 😂
@@alanrowley9540 thats a lot of attitude for a 5 yr old comment
@@ryan0150 you are right
@@alanrowley9540 but you are right too
A genius pianist with an impeccable comic timing and a wholesome comments section. Gold.
Legendary.. Miss you Børge.. Today´s world need you to bring back a smile between people.. Will never forget your outstanding performing skills. Best humor ever - really... As an artist Victor Borge was second to none..
I love it when the *bait click* type of title actually is correct about the video. It truly is the best piano performance I've ever seen and heard. Pure piano skills and the greatest musical sense of humor - all in one Victor Borge!!!
You kids that never saw him perform are so lucky someone took the time to create this time capsule! Wait until story time when he reads to you!
Phonetic Punctuation at its finest.
Phonetic Punctuation and
Inflationary Numeration
The person who made this "time capsule", or Victor himself.. will be the narrator of story time?
@@TheFredneck72 Victor or the cameraman is all implied. Never mentioned "Narrator"
There was never anybody like the great Victor Borge. When I was in London in 1982, he was giving a televised concert, and it was promoted on a billboard--not just in the popular press. He authored two fantastic books on music history., MY FAVORITE INTERMISSIONS and MY FAVORITE COMMEDIES IN MUSIC. If you're lucky, you can still find copies.
Great comedian great musician. Alec Petrossian.
alec petrossian You‘re right. Gummel
Gummel
Gummel glad you're from this year.
Pepe
Yes you are right. César Matheus
César Matheus
alec petrossian Alec petrossian!
Dylan Clayton
Stop fooling around, you guys.
Sincerely,
Palamedes
Oh my, I LOVE Victor Borge! There was no one else like him.
This never gets old. When entertainers actually entertained.
I opened up for Victor in Stockholm, Sweden. What a stellar performer and a great guy! He enjoyed my band and invited us to perform with him for the Queen of Denmark at the Waldorf Astoria. We all flew back on the plane with them.
The comedian of the keyboard! A classic treasure!
you can always tell how good a guy is at his job by how easy it looks.
RIP Victor Borge
I remember seeing the William Tell Overture gaff at the beginning as a kid. I searched for it for years because I couldn't remember who it was. Thanks to YT recommendations, here it is!
Unfortunately, such a brilliant artist no longer exists today! He is absolutely great!
Victor Borge never forgot that his audiences were composed equally of those who knew classical music well, and those who didn’t, so he trod a fine line between physical and musical gags.
The genius is strong with this one. A true comedian. A brilliant musician, and one of my childhood favorites!
When he fell my loud laughter startled my dog.
It's refreshing to see entertainment that is not vulgar.
Thank you.
We saw him in Dallas years ago. Show was starting a few minutes late.
He walks out to audience applause. He quickly quietens us down.
He releases a large puff of smoke from his mouth and audience laughs. 😁
After we quieten down he says....
TEX-MEX dinner.
Hahahaha🤣
I saw that concert at the Myerson. We had seats right behind him in the choir loft. He was one of a kind, never be another like him.
I loved watching the PBS fundraising specials with his performances. He was amazing. Cheers from America.
Who else could master and understand two of the hardest schools of art, music and comedy, join and bring balance to both?
I can't think of anyone else.
I enjoyed his musical fun as a child. Very pleased to see her is available to be enjoyed by a new generation thanks to the internet. Simply the best pianist, who is also able to turn his great talent to comedy as well. Thank you TH-cam for having his performances available. These bring back such fond memories.
Ah Ha! The young Victor Borge run up the keyboard and falling off the end of the bench routine. I was looking for this one. I think the time I saw it was on the Carol Burnett show. I had the TV pulled into the bathroom doorway, so I could lounge in the tub and watch TV at the same time. He came off his piano bench and I nearly drowned laughing.
Those old time comedy are so good. Pure and gold. Perfect timing. Everything is visual. U can laugh no matter what language u speak
I grew up listening to this guy. My dad played his records all the time.
I miss him. What great memories from childhood I have when I used to watch him on TV. Thank you for this great post.
a good pianist+comedian. Thanks for putting effort to make the world a better place =D
Talented man. Love and respect from KURDISTAN
❤️☀️💚
This man was and remains an underrated genius of comedy.
Fantastic and a concert trained pianist. Just brilliant!
The pitch of that wood at 1:16 is actually almost right
supermarc45 what's the name of this song?
@@aurelien2047 The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss 👍
The wood has no pitch. It's your mind expecting that note to happen and attributing it to that wood when it does not appear.
@@vigokovacic3488 lol, everything has a natural frequency to it which means it'll hit the same frequency, or note, every time it's hit. There are videos of people with perfect pitch who just go around and hit things and say what note it is.
@@petrichor9279 I myself have perfect pitch and I myself have tried hitting, per se, tables and identifying their pitch and succeeded, however, I still kinda doubt that what I had heard was an actual note and not my mind trying to find a pitch somewhere in that sound of hitting the table. Therefore I still doubt that every object has an identifiable frequency, or rather, tone.
Grand performance as always was a man of many talents and very unique and beautiful. Rest in peace , maestro⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎶🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶♥️
I watched the beginning of that like 3 times
same lol
Me too only like 10 times
Leah me too
U gotta pump up those numbers.
Those are rookie numbers.
Title?
I will never tire watching the antics of Victor Borge and Dudley Moore .. both absolutely brilliant and talented
Great entertainment and a great pianist! A very funny man.
Perfect culmination of obedience and passion 👌🏼
"Don't you like good music?", it kills me every time 🤣
One if the best performers ever. I rank him high among other acts, like the Smothers brothers. So many fond memories sitting next to my mom watching this man.
Me when my piano instructor tells me to focus on the piece:
Vielen Dank, John, for that! Thanks to you, all of us (those who really appreciate creative arts & cherish those moments in life when you realize that you were a part of that enlightening experience)
My grandfather was Borge's go to piano tuner when he was in the tri-state area. He wanted him to go on the road with him and be his tuner but my grandfather didnt want to be away from family.
To be an excellent comedian and a piano virtuoso is no easy matter. This man pulled it off effortlessly.
that was the most amazing piano performance i've ever seen this far. omg!
That's what the title says ;)
+Ilari Kauppi and it is. the title said performance. a piano performance. a performance including a piano. just because it's piano doesn't it's automatically related to a piano music.
Cesa Ramadhan do you know the name of the first song
+ Arindam's Adventure
It's the William Tell Overture, by Rossini; i.e., the overture of the opera of that title.
It was used as the theme music for the 60's TV western, "The Lone Ranger."
There is only one Victor Borge. Nobody else performed like this. I was lucky to see him in a live performance when I was a kid. He was not only funny, brilliant and gracious, but an original, unique mind.
this was so funny when I saw this on TV as a kid, way back when. So clever. So entertaining. I would have loved to have seen him in concert. What a fun night out
I remember many Saturday nights watching his shows on TV as a kid. He was quite fun. My daughter loves his shows too.
I went to one of his performances back in the late ‘70s. He was magnificent!
I grew up watching Victor Borge on TV. He was a big favourite with the whole family, especially his famous Phonetic Punctuation performances!
the best two minutes of my life hahaha
Wow... You must have a terrible live
Truly gifted and brilliant man... When you see the fun in music.
Never again will we see anything like him. :(
Seen a PBS special on him ...love this ..why I'm here
We sure miss Victor Borge - RIP
What a talented man! Thank you, Mr Borge 🙏
When I was in first grade, this would have been in the early 90’s, we had an assignment where we had to write down who we thought would be the coolest babysitter to have. I wrote down Victor Borge. I’m still happy with my answer.
I never tire of watching Victor Borge, he truly was brilliant!
How I loved Victor Borge when I was a kid in the 50s. Just hilarious stuff. By the time I was in my teens, I’d figured out how fine a pianist he actually was, and had to be in order to pull off what he did. Brilliant, unique and missed.
Same thing for the Spike Jones City Slickers band. I understand that they had to practice for hours in order to sound “bad.” They were all first class musicians in real life.
Not many people know that he was a very accomplished concert pianist, but discovered a love for comedy and incorporated his great talent with it.
to dear 178 people who dislikes this video... it sucks to be you ^^ to simply unable to appreciate such amazing comedy & piano skill..
Don't waist a moment fretting over them.
There are now 319 dislikes; yet they are outnumbered by "likes" by over 47 to 1!
Can't understand anyone not liking him. I remember him fondly from my childhood - look up his "Inflationary English" and "Phonetic Punctuation" ! And yes, he was also a brilliant classically trained pianist
I use to watch him all the time he was brilliant 😊
Gran músico y comediante, dos artes que hoy están ya pérdidas.
I've never been so appreciative of an algorithm before.
My favorite performance...
The late and truly great Victor Borge ❤🤍
who is this man? and is he looking to adopt?
The one, the only - the Great Dane! (That was his nickname.)
I'm afraid he cannot adopt you anymore...
because he died almost 20 years ago. 🙄
Happi Fix ....The fantastic Victor Borge! Pronounced BORGA
PertNear No that is how it is pronounced in Sweden. He's from Denmark so it is pronounced as if the "g" were a "u". I'm from Denmark BTW
Peter Dommer ....Thank you for that. It's humorous our pronunciations. 😃
I grew up in that amazing time when we could learn about music by listening to Victor Borge and Leonard Berstein's Young People Concerts. And if you were lucky, you could hear Texaco Opera broadcasting from the New York Metropolitan Opera. These people and performances are still with me. 🤓
0:28 actually sounds pretty good there for a second
Evan Ottervanger what's the song called at 0:28
Visconte Cobram thx
Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian
It' s so little to tell GORGEOUS !!!
I'm not sure what I was looking for but this is awesome
Our God is an Awesome God. He created the entire universe and everyone and everything in it. How Awesome is it that Jesus Christ died on a cross to save us from our sins. Nowadays everyone and everything is awesome.
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv I don't think Jesus dies on the cross to save us from our sins. Everyone should take accountability of their actions without having the silly reassurance that Jesus has already saved us all in some way.
@@feelslikeflying23 I hope you do not celebrate Christ mas or Easter or Thanksgiving. You would be a big hypocrite.
@@feelslikeflying23 Jesus does not save anyone automatically. You have to ask for it and turn from your sins and ways. It is your choice ... your free will to accept what he did on the cross to save us from our sins. You have to admit you are a sinner deserving of hell and ask him to save you. Very simple.
I have always loved Victor B.! He had so much fun with the music!
Wow.... I often wonder if talent like this will ever re-emerge?
Seriously though, is that a question?
Wait...
I see you look at things the same way I do from time to time. Yes, I've been in that reality. My head nodding up and down. Playing the same few notes at the bottom of the page over and over again because I forgot the next part of my music recital. That just thrilled my ever so patient and kind music teacher, as she had to keep flipping the piano sheet music back and forth, trying to keep up with my my forgetful violin playing, yes, while on stage. Fun. Oh the glorious memories of who or what was always there...music. And always will be.
That time Victor Borge busted out a light for Her Majesty Queen Margrethe. Pure class
Truly great Performance. 👍👍