I was born in January 1964 , my mother was 29.old for a mom in those days.she loved loved piano as for the sound of the instrument, though she could not play any . This man was amongst her most favorite of all entertainers..I watch ever video I find of this man just because I know my mother would have.😊
@samdrye8067 Жыл бұрын
There is nothing like this any longer. Borge was a true gentleman, composer and a comedian. He entertained millions with true style.
@fo1to Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@kathleenwhitbread9493 Жыл бұрын
Only watch shows like this which I can view on KZfaq. Never tv any more. Can laugh and enjoy the music. Wonderful.😊
@peacockpaula47234 ай бұрын
Waw what a show! It has made my day, very good Mr Borg you're a true entertainer that brings laughter, joy and healing.
@willfinn7243 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting these Victor Borge routines. I grew up seeing him on variety shows and his humor has dated well - which is to say - not dated at all. He was a unique solo entertainer with a richer bag of tricks than almost anyone before or since. A one-man mix of rapid-fire and often self-effacing patter, visual gags that rival the Marx Bros, and of course, expert musicality. Mirth and music personified - a true legend.
@artfrob3754 Жыл бұрын
Glad i was able to willfin and i totally agree with you...
@ianmorton4136 Жыл бұрын
Anyone who can make comedy from music is a genius. Victor was a one off, will never be matched
From reading all the comments I see that I'm not alone in my feelings about these wonderful shows. These were magical times and things were much more heartfelt and had real meaning. Sadly we can't go back, but very lucky that we can recall the aura of what those times were like.
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
More than 8 yrs but it GREAT- loves his piano music and comedy- hilarious!
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
So clever hilarious in 1958 ! I love him then and still do!😂🥰❤️
@donnarouse5366 Жыл бұрын
I love this one ever since I heard it played in the movie somewhere in time so beautiful and haunting thank you Mr borge. T
@expertsenior62627 жыл бұрын
If only television programmes were like this today. A totally different and magical era. Thank you for this.
@essile_19387 жыл бұрын
Right. Vulgarity was not necessary for comedy and entertainment.
@rossanderson35154 жыл бұрын
@@essile_1938 👍
@DonaldSosinJoannaSeaton4 жыл бұрын
Except that it's all white men in the orchestra.
@lukevankleef42453 жыл бұрын
@@DonaldSosinJoannaSeaton So? That instantly devalues the entire thing? Your criteria for what makes quality entertainment must be pretty arbitrary.
@Roescoe2 жыл бұрын
It's coming back, see Owen Benjamin who livestreams music and comedy. I'm sure there will be such a thing again. Yeah it will be white men, cause that's who does this stuff.
@zzzzzz22446 ай бұрын
What a brilliantly talented funny man.
@georgeisaak53213 жыл бұрын
A brilliant musician , a great entertainer and a gentleman ! Viktor Borge was a genius at what he did !
@ruthandsrebro27892 жыл бұрын
I agree. He my favorite comedian.
@mustafauncu15308 ай бұрын
i agree... He is my favorite musician/comedian...
@johnferguson89937 жыл бұрын
Borge was brilliant, the young lad Rushkin was phenomenal. What a shame we don't get quality shows like this today.
@shary51656 ай бұрын
Whatever happened to the boy? He had a future!
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
I agree about Ruskin
@hyeangels84136 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this gem. Victor was awesome, but that boy was phenomenal! The whole show was CLASSY! Today's most shows are trashy..... So, I've stopped watching TV for over 7 years now.
@brianrussel60125 жыл бұрын
(,guest) Hye Angels, I too have largely stopped watching t.v., I give it a chance quite often, but it's mostly cheap, banale, unrewarding, boring! I spend quite a lit of time here on KZfaq, dipping into wonderful shows like Victor Borge's, here ; Carol Burnett, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, Dick Van Dyke, Perry Como, Lucille Ball, and many others. Plus great old movies that Ive never seen, and interesting documentaries about our favourite " all time greats". Its a whole world of entertainment, seemingly almost inexhaustible. Thank you so much ! 🌹😊🌹😊🌹
@user-or7fs1hc8j6 ай бұрын
Thank You for uploading this. Now I understand where Peter Schickele and the PDQ Bach idea comes from. I wouldn't be surprised if Peter Schickele watched Victor Borge's weekly show pretty religiously. This is really hilarious and he was really ahead of the times. Cheers from NYC!!!
@nivlick4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic. And what an ending. It’s sad we don’t get tv like this anymore.
@gkvogt Жыл бұрын
I am so glad that his performances were recorded. Future generations will be able to enjoy his brilliance.
@echoecho3108 Жыл бұрын
Thanx so much, artfrob, for sharing this little treasure. Keep 'em coming, please. I used to watch Victor Borge with my mom and dad, every chance we got; on his show, and many others. We all loved him. Daddy's favorite routine was Inflated Arithmetic, and Mama and I loved Phonetic Punctuation. If anyone said 'Loo-TEN-ant', daddy would grin and say 'You mean Loo-ELEVEN-ant'. And mama and I would always end our questions with 'Keeresch pookt', drawing the curved line and period of the question mark in the air. I miss seeing Victor on tv. Such a fun and funny, multi-talented man. RIP mama, daddy, and Victor, and thanx, all, so so very much for the magic, music, and memories.
@artfrob3754 Жыл бұрын
Glad i was able three, echo echo...
@echoecho3108 Жыл бұрын
@@artfrob3754 😊👍
@artfrob3754 Жыл бұрын
An elevention to detail should be inine and five most in everytwo...
@echoecho3108 Жыл бұрын
@@artfrob3754 😂
@Dani-tz6jz5 жыл бұрын
Times have changed.....and not for the better! They think that to be popular or famous you have to use vulgar and foul language. Victor Borge was unique, a great comedian and no foul language!
@petermatthiesen82884 жыл бұрын
well said.
@edmundlubega96473 жыл бұрын
And to think hw learnt English as an adult!
@bendovercrabbeyroadstudio6135 жыл бұрын
what a genius at work...I bet he wrote all his own material, a lot is adlib....I would love to have that Pontiac as well....this video is a gem, nothing on TV anymore, thankful for stuff like this to watch and relive...
@Bzcenci812 Жыл бұрын
The first is an old German song from the thirties that my mother in law used to sing but I don't remember the words...
@mmemaxwell2311 Жыл бұрын
Guten Abend, gut’ Nacht, mit Rosen bedacht, mit Näglein besteckt, schlupf unter die Deck’: Morgen früh, wenn Gott will, wirst du wieder geweckt.
@Bzcenci812 Жыл бұрын
@@mmemaxwell2311 You are quoting Brahm's Wiegenlied, it is not the song played at the beginning of the video. No tiene nada que ver.
@mulan100035 жыл бұрын
Wish Victor Borge lived forever!
@georgealderson44245 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree. At least we have the videoes so we can remember him and show other people
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
METOO!❤
@bette-ann11 ай бұрын
In heaven, with gratitude ❤
@goonsnrory6 ай бұрын
THIS is what real entertainment looks like.
@Bzcenci8122 жыл бұрын
What I like most in him is that the way he had to turn from his (very intelligent and funny) jokes to the deep feeling of the variation on Paganini. I'm sorry I was never able to see Mr Borges perform, I was too little in the middle of last century. P.S. The publicity was also a gem, I imagine the text was also his.
@RichardSchletty4 жыл бұрын
Brimming with humor and musical artistry. What a great moment in television enertainment.
@avalanche9026 Жыл бұрын
Hmmm what a special very delicat sensitive man he was.
@toddwitheril4734 жыл бұрын
Part of the orchestra is a lady knitting, it's the best nonsequitur ever.
@essile_19387 жыл бұрын
Love this man! We need more like him.
@Jonathan_Opinya5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a magical uploading.. Victor Borges was one of the musicians that teaches the young musician not to take them selves too seriously.
@artfrob37545 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for your comments Jonathan, Victor was a one off....You too have a voice...
@georgealderson44245 жыл бұрын
I do not think anyone ought to take themselves too seriously and in my expierience the people who may be justified in doing so are the most modest and vice versa
@TNT-km2eg9 ай бұрын
The last note he ever wrote
@gefredameАй бұрын
Não entendi. Sou estrangeiro e não compreendi. Por que a última nota?.Eu nunca.tinha visto esse artista, mas quando o vi, gostei de sua performance. Pode me falar mais sobre ele e sobre essa sua frase...SUA ULTIMA NOTA ?
@lancelot19534 жыл бұрын
There was a time when television was educational, had morals, and fostered the (good) American (and world) values and traditions of family, neighborhood love, etc... By the late sixties, our television (and movies) got darker, more explicitly violent, destructive, while the nuclear family was coming apart - a lot of it motivated by advertising money, controversy, love of scandals (Phil, Renaldo, Springer, Lake, etc..., the "saucier", the better!). How sad for our future generations, Ciao, L
@bigredracingteam96424 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It really is sad how stupid television (and pop music) has become. In my country they started making television to educate. Today it's seemingly to sedate.
@davidwidmer52643 жыл бұрын
There is always hope! Civility, and Good Music! Thank you, Victor!!
@betsysevergnini20223 жыл бұрын
Idem!!!! Condivido perfettamente!
@ruthandsrebro27892 жыл бұрын
@@davidwidmer5264 I agree we need hope Then. A..C..T..I..O..N
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
I agree what you said- gone down
@BytomGirl Жыл бұрын
Love the ballet to Blue Serenade
@Rony24536 жыл бұрын
the finale was great! Beautiful.
@bethhentges4 жыл бұрын
I hadn’t seen this before. Thanks.
@AlanMustafa6 жыл бұрын
Thank you indeed. I've really enjoyed it.
@hildegardderbal59084 жыл бұрын
I love it when he says Auf Wiedersehen. So much.
@strat83337 жыл бұрын
He was wonderful!!! Great band.
@sickack75736 жыл бұрын
Paul Cadogan yes, he was twoderful
@m44E745 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant!Finesse...
@m.w.99442 жыл бұрын
He is one of my favorite musician.
@georgealderson44245 жыл бұрын
I am always impressed by young musicians but to perform before a Victor Borge audiance like him, this boy is excellent
@elainekomara85552 жыл бұрын
This boy played in front of people before. He is a Master of the Piano..
@gusgus4202 жыл бұрын
I'm kinda sad that I didn't get to enjoy the art that this man had to offer, so funny, entertaining and even educational.
@wien932 жыл бұрын
Be happy that we live in an age where you and I, at opposite ends of this earth, can enjoy an obscure, 70 year old recording of an extraordinary entertainer. We live at the summit of human achievement. The past, the present, and the future is now.
@FabioBezoariАй бұрын
My favourite Fabietto Un MY FAVOURITE PERFORMER THANK YOU VICTOR
@FabioBezoariАй бұрын
My favourite performer thank you victor
@u.v.s.55832 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, Harry S. Borge, dropping bomb after bomb!
@john12727 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. Great stuff.
@VickyRBenson4 жыл бұрын
This was so delightful. But it did make me go make a peanut butter sandwich! 🥪
@barytonal4 жыл бұрын
MARVELlOUS!!!!!
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
Love Rachmaninoff in Pagannini- so beautiful!
@declamatory Жыл бұрын
I'll take one of those Pontiacs!
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
ME Too! Loved Pontiac!
@OShaughnessyC5 жыл бұрын
Charming man
@cs_fl50484 жыл бұрын
I PLAYED that Schubert in recital once!!!...I know that theme.!
@eriknystrom58393 жыл бұрын
I played it on violin . It’s Schubert Serenade ("Ständchen" nr 4 from Schwanengesang). Here is a link with Perlman playing it on violin. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rc-Ud6SCsMrQhXU.html. There iis also a text to it. 1st verse in German: Leise flehen meine Lieder Durch die Nacht zu dir; In den stillen Hain hernieder, Liebchen, komm zu mir!
@m44E745 жыл бұрын
A true poet!
@paulofreire75203 жыл бұрын
Legend! 🙏🏻
@kathleenwhitbread9493 Жыл бұрын
What a talent😅😅 😅
@dottemar65974 жыл бұрын
Eerie that today we actually can "meet" on a "satellite in space"
@georgealderson44244 жыл бұрын
...and listen and see people who have long gone
@RayDAider14 жыл бұрын
Makes me want to go out and buy a '58 Pontiac.
@williampatterson17954 жыл бұрын
It is a beautiful car. Will you buy one for me too? maybe you'll get a discount if you purchase 2?
@xpattaxservices21704 жыл бұрын
Magical. Wow
@gotsteem6 жыл бұрын
Loved it, Thanks for sharing.
@educatethemax97144 жыл бұрын
Love it!!!
@douglaskirk25436 жыл бұрын
He Performed when I was growing up, Those were the days . . .
@skiersobolski4 жыл бұрын
A genious could be funny. Stay healthy.
@santavanstaden68033 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!
@tommyzielinski4854 жыл бұрын
A Great Dane! But, allow me one comment: This episode does not appear to be lost!
@u.v.s.55832 жыл бұрын
I had a really lost, unique, mega rare episode by Victor Borge, but unfortunately I lost it.
@johnhope32752 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Borge as ever
@TheBlueDaweStudioThirlmere4 жыл бұрын
‘Man , it’s gone’ is 50s slang for ‘Dude, it rocks.’ Or ‘It’s sick.’ Or ‘It’s cool.’ And stuff... Just in case you didn’t get the joke. Sad to say, much of this erudite musical humour would not connect with the audiences of subsequent decades. No wonder, as the years went on, that Borge effectively dumbed-down his act. All kudos to the kid, but so many child prodigies grow up to be merely talented adults among a host of other talented adults, with nothing ‘extra’ to give them an edge.
@georgealderson44244 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information
@Dilettante-l1s6 жыл бұрын
the finale is so beautiful!
@petermernagh99914 жыл бұрын
I love how he subtlety takes the piss out of classical musician's who seem to need notes in front of them before they'd play anything
@taari1Ай бұрын
even the adverts were funny and thought out back then.
@DeLucaFrancesca7 жыл бұрын
I had one of those big metal toy cars (5 minutes into the video). We also had those huge NYC snowstorms.
@annblatherwick30534 жыл бұрын
I believe the young pianist is his son. Later, his grandson toured with him as his page turner for one of his acts.
@jeffking62864 жыл бұрын
Ann Blatherwick his son was the page turner.....I saw the documentary on victor borge
@williampatterson17954 жыл бұрын
yep! the page turner was his son Ronald :} I can only find info about Abbot Lee Ruskin up to the early 2000's .
@wschmrdr7 жыл бұрын
Always love the Chopin waltz routine. 22:46
@laurennewberry7 жыл бұрын
FlagDUDE08 The producer of Victor's 1951 TV show said it was very difficult to convince Victor to do this skit among many others. He thought it was because Victor still "thought in Danish" and couldn't always grasp why something was funny. Of course later he used this skit several times. I agree with you, I always found it comical.
@Roescoe2 жыл бұрын
@@laurennewberry He improved it, with the guy playing on flute saying he can't play the piano subverting your expectations when he suddenly pulls out a flute.
@stefi1447 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Victor Borge is the best Pianist of all time!
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
Yes I AGREE
@averelldalton06717 жыл бұрын
somewhere between Hoffnung and Spike Jones, at the same area
@multitieredinvestor183 Жыл бұрын
Saw him in concert when I was 20 something and was gobsmocked!
@reygood15 жыл бұрын
Comedy with a class.
@avalanche9026 Жыл бұрын
That litle kid is in his 70 s. By now. Wonder if still Alive ??
@MsTorjusen6 жыл бұрын
You all want more people like Victor Borge.... did you know he is Danish ;)
@jantt21934 жыл бұрын
We are ALL jealous
@MsTorjusen4 жыл бұрын
Jan TT21 everybody?
@TNT-km2eg9 ай бұрын
Well , I'd never ...
@nhbchtrustees2024 жыл бұрын
Magic
@gabchaim8232 Жыл бұрын
the boy is quite insane too
@rossanderson35154 жыл бұрын
Anyone heard his punctuation?
@rossanderson35154 жыл бұрын
I liked the 'Donald Duck' especially. Exclamation mark?
@mariesharp91792 жыл бұрын
@@rossanderson3515 hhhh
@crystalcolors67427 жыл бұрын
What has come of that Rushkin boy? He is incredible!
@voolare6 жыл бұрын
Abott Ruskin has become a quite known recording artist
@ritchievernon80993 жыл бұрын
If somebody is having a yard sale, do you ever question how much they're selling the yard for? 😳😳😁
@robfriedrich28222 ай бұрын
I'm in a orchestra, I do soap bubbles.
@edmundlubega96473 жыл бұрын
Before there was Top Gear!
@claudegeneux58227 жыл бұрын
Did he have peanut butter in his sandwich too?
@LelandMaurello5 жыл бұрын
The whole orchestra at the beginning is almost all MEN!. Didn't know that was the case back then.
@swanben115 жыл бұрын
C. 1955? Most all professionals are men. Freelance musicians are still predominantly male.
@tonirose67764 жыл бұрын
@@swanben11 This was before blind auditions, which increased women succeeding by more than a third.
@Melodine482 жыл бұрын
SUPER!! Qui est ce tout jeune pianiste prodigieux ...son nom?qu est il devenu? Merci a vous. Cordialement et musicalement
@robfriedrich28224 жыл бұрын
How was it found?
@gefredameАй бұрын
Esse programa foi realizado em que.ano?
@ritchievernon80993 жыл бұрын
Question? How many politicians does it take to change a lightbulb? 🤔 Answer-All of them! Because half of them are voting on it, and the other half are vetoing it! 😬😬
@dsthorp4 жыл бұрын
He did his own arrangements?
@ireneday68654 жыл бұрын
Of course he wa a genius▪︎
@richardgriffin51143 жыл бұрын
Its why I threw my TV out.
@diamondaxe41332 жыл бұрын
Huh?
@sidcolwell74792 жыл бұрын
The bubble guy was a little of pitch.
@AaronHahnStudios4 жыл бұрын
6:05 WOW! Imagine having that car in MINT condition to this day. It'd be worth a fortune!
@Mountainair29757 жыл бұрын
Seriously? The little kid is 12 years old?
@sandramyer70813 ай бұрын
Now he's 78yr if he is alive- fantastic for 12 yrs old pianist
@AlbertBolink6 жыл бұрын
Prachtige ouderwetse humor zoals het niet meer bekend is !