Victor Borge: Comedian/Virtuoso

[Marc]

I've been a fan of Victor Borge ever since I was a child. I was poking around UTOOB to see what was there from his material, and I found some neat stuff. Now I'm sure many of you are familiar with his more famous gags like Liszt's 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody-



the timid page turner-



But I wonder how many people know just how proficient he was as a pianist; if you have any doubts, watch this next video. It's Borge with virtuoso violinist Anton Kontra, playing a Hungarian dance that Borge knows, but has never played! Fantastic, and his facial expressions are priceless-



Bravo... I wish he were still alive.

 

[Dr Skimeister]

Thanks for posting this stuff, Marc. Quite the musician, and obviously he didn't take himself too seriously. It's a better world because of people like him.

 

[ctenidae]

I was afraid I'd come in here and read that he had died.

Then, I remembered that he already had.

His sense of timing, both musical and comedic, is amazing