The 3rd most famous Great Dane, just behind Scooby Doo and Marmaduke.

The Geek

Victor Borge was born on January 19th 1909 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His parents were both musicians. Victor took after his mother and learned the piano, taking to it like a natural. At the age of 9, he was awarded a full ride scholarship to the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

AND THEN, WAR!

Victor was in Sweden when the Nazis took over his home country. He was able to slip out to Finland and from there, with only 20 bucks in his pocket, escaped to the US on the very last neutral ship that managed to leave the country during WWII.

Bringing with him his expert piano skills and his unusual style of blending it with comedy, he was able to teach himself English by watching movies. His talents were quickly recognized by America and soon he was working with the likes of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra before getting his own television show in 1946.

Since then, and right up until his peaceful passing in the year 2000, he performed for audiences around the world, delighting them with music and laughter. In my youth, I was actually able to see him perform live before he passed away and it was such a wonderful show. He was easily one of the greatest comedic musicians (or musical comedians) of all time.

Please enjoy some of these classic bits and routines and pass on the delight that is Victor Borge to anyone you know who may be too young to know him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8R0ZwYvXpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7L02tCNi0I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6kElOYcd8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkHz8xq7lE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGESFaMl84U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkE38Y7m1tM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIgioqMqgWc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvUbrbFdJ8g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuWUp1M-vuM

Lost Salient

I thought this thread was about Hamlet.

Kinda sad.

Tef

Lost Salient wrote: »

I thought this thread was about Hamlet.

Kinda sad.

I was hoping for the little mermaid

Beasteh

mully thread

The Geek

Man, nobody likes Victor Borge?

Y'all are philistines.

Peen

Victor Borge was legitimately hilarious. I loved that guy.

Metalbourne

The Geek wrote: »

Man, nobody likes Victor Borge?

Y'all are philistines.

All I know of victor Borge was from a commercial for a VCR tape of his stuff you can mail off for.

Back in like, the early nineties. Yeah you still had to mail off for shit back then with weird phrases like "self addressed stamped envelope" and shit.

It was crazy times back then.

Legba

Totally expecting this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evdkh5yv6gA