Victor Borge playing eight pianos in his first film (1937)
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3 жыл бұрынVictor Borge suitably played a piano tuner in his first comedy film, "Frk. Møllers Jubilæum" ("Miss Møller's anniversary"). Borge, born 1909 in Copenhagen, was then a celebrity in Denmark performing under his original name Børge Rosenbaum.
In this clip, taken from a tv talk show 50 years later, Borge can be heard commenting on his film debut.
@jessicalee333 2 жыл бұрын
He could have leapt from piano to piano and it would have been delightful, but leaving the cover closed on one of the pianos is a sign of his comedic genius. The bit would have worked without it, but with it it's GOLD.
@dsthorp 2 жыл бұрын
The great music has a rest.
@jaecenwhite2590 2 жыл бұрын
It also serves to show he’s actually playing. Pretty smart.
@napomania 2 жыл бұрын
@@jaecenwhite2590 a smart genius!
@christiangibbs8534 2 жыл бұрын
I agree completely. He is a genius on so many levels.
@vivalavie5754 2 жыл бұрын
Genius. Lovable, kind and funny. This is the first time I’ve seen this. Amazing. I love everything he ever did. RIP. Always will be remembered.
@75blackviking 2 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw him play, he did the William Tell Overture backwards because he had 'accidentally' positioned his sheet music upside down. Let's just say I was hooked. The man was brilliant.
@slayer8actual 2 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLangdp_yauboHk.html And for those who haven't seen it yet....here ya go.
@brianjansen3103 2 жыл бұрын
Beats any movie I've seen in the past 20yrs
@Fosi94 2 жыл бұрын
That's a great video
@stephandiehl3893 2 жыл бұрын
yyyepppp!!!! and hilarious too!!!
@jerrynadler2883 2 жыл бұрын
are you like 100?
@markusf1781 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely worth a longer applause than the 0.9 seconds at the end.
@AlexanderPrussak 2 жыл бұрын
How are you so sure that it is not in fact 1 whole second??
@esteban_osman 2 жыл бұрын
@@AlexanderPrussak he counted
@MJAY-N7129 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@sakmadeek4118 2 жыл бұрын
@@AlexanderPrussak he sound confident
@pelonso533 2 жыл бұрын
9 seconds you wanted to say. but i looked several times and i am sure that is playback, at least the right side piano
@Burgoyne1777 2 жыл бұрын
Most people don't know he was taught by Liszt's last pupil, Frederick Lamond, a Scot who based himself in Germany. Another Lamond pupil was Ervin Nyiregyhazy.
@nathanielcooper4288 2 жыл бұрын
Damn- never knew
@paddor 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and most don’t know about Ludwyczczczygskcyski Brshtxvlyushchshpliov
@anrominus1453 Жыл бұрын
Busqué a Frédéric Lamond y me sale mandingo
@MichaelMattison 10 ай бұрын
FLISZT
@drgeoffangel5422 2 жыл бұрын
Only one word is required, to describe Victor Borge : Genius
@randallulrich 2 жыл бұрын
In addition to his great talent as a musician, who can ever forget his "phonetic punctuation" bit? Hysterical.
@f5mando 2 жыл бұрын
What a great clip! There is no substitute for the real Victor Borge! He is still missed.
@jarimikkola2426 2 жыл бұрын
Victor Borge was a genius and I absolutely loved watching and hearing him play or horse around on the pianos. He was BRILLIANT!
@wojteklabuc 3 жыл бұрын
When it's your bad day you need a little of Victor Borge. When it's your good day you need a little of Victor Borge. Because there were only 2 great hilariously funny musicians. One is Victor Borge, the other one isn't.
@Amayagma 2 жыл бұрын
I would say that Tom Lehrer's pretty good but in his own way.
@tobynoone4965 2 жыл бұрын
Now you've said either too much or too little. Or perhaps three much or three little. But whatever you've said, it happens to have been said just right and shouldn't be left out. It certainly wasn't just left or right out.
@Discrimination_is_not_a_right 2 жыл бұрын
I think the Marx Brothers would disagree.
@wojteklabuc 2 жыл бұрын
@@Discrimination_is_not_a_right They were musicians? As much as I love them I see problem here :)
@Discrimination_is_not_a_right 2 жыл бұрын
@@wojteklabuc Chico and Harpo were. Esp. Chico.
@DeanCapaul 2 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this guy all of the time. He was always on the Ed Sullivan show. A real comedian
@jeanettecook1088 2 жыл бұрын
Showman, humorist, musician... just an all around fun guy of the genius variety! 👏👏😁
@GeraldWilhelmBradenComposer 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a wonderful old video! Victor Borge, much like Liberace, could have been full time concert pianists, and yet chose to use their talent to entertain the masses, instead of just one concert hall at a time.
@hurri7720 2 жыл бұрын
I hope it was monetarily worth it for him.
@alisonrichards7999 2 жыл бұрын
Don't put Victor Borge and Liberace in the same sentence.Victor was brilliant whereas in my opinion Liberace was all show.
@jackoff1826 2 жыл бұрын
It's sad we don't have any pianist entertainers to these kinds of levels today
@BrianFedirko 2 жыл бұрын
Genius. absolute genius. He made some of my days better growing up.
@ricfax 2 жыл бұрын
He was an exceptionally talented man
@michaeldecharbert8914 2 жыл бұрын
A comical music genius. These musicians should be more like Victor Borges. RIP mastreo
@morbidmanmusic 2 жыл бұрын
Who are "these" musicians, and why should they be like somebody else? Lots of dead air in that post,
@NorybDrol82 2 жыл бұрын
I need to know more about Victor Borge! I knew he did some funny things in the 80s as an oldman on the Muppets I think. I guess I thought the skill or the comedy came later in life. I am just shocked that he was this good & funny as a younger man way back prior to WWII?!
@m0L3ify 2 жыл бұрын
I feel really lucky I got to see him live once during his later years. He was absolutely hilarious! One of the funniest shows I've ever seen.
@TheExplosiveGuy 2 жыл бұрын
My parents introduced me to Mr Borge when I was around 11 or 12, I wasn't into piano music at the time but was enamored by his sense of humor, he never fails to bring a smile to my face😁.
@josephjackson1956 2 жыл бұрын
I love how he still plays on the piano cover.
@MrJJandJim 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, just a loud *SLAP* in between the notes!
@jgesselberty 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing. A musical and comedic genius.
@kattrakee 2 жыл бұрын
Praises to the best entertainer and iconic musician in history!!!! Rest In Peace, the great Victor Borge !⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♥️♥️♥️♥️🎶🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵🎶⭐️⭐️♥️
@Elfie613 2 жыл бұрын
An amazing man with super talent!
@vicgua4177 2 жыл бұрын
That legendary kick made my day!
@dennismorris7573 2 жыл бұрын
The ever brilliant (and ever comic) Victor Borge.
@fedd2000 2 жыл бұрын
Virtuoso player, amazing.
@davidfisk6759 2 жыл бұрын
I am even more impressed by this man!
@seymourwrasse3321 2 жыл бұрын
we looked forward to him and acts like him on Ed Sullivan and other variety shows. Victor was a brilliant entertainer
@megofiachra3247 2 жыл бұрын
Saw him in person in 1995! I didn’t realize he was already making movies in 1937! This was fabulous.
@yvonnetomenga5726 2 жыл бұрын
@Jens Cornelius • Thank you for finding & sgaring such a gem of a performance. I don't think I've ever seen a video of him looking so young. 👍
@MH3GL 2 жыл бұрын
Those no-look accent notes at 1:12 are astonishing. Bravo, Mr. Borge👏
@RaineStudio 2 жыл бұрын
They could have been played by an assistant on an off-screen piano. He has to look a lot when he's playing both hands.
@MH3GL 2 жыл бұрын
@@RaineStudio while you may be correct, I would like to think that the integrity of Mr. Borge's musicianship would have him practice it until he could perform it the way it was filmed. But I could be wrong.... 🤷
@drossword 2 жыл бұрын
@@MH3GL Unfortunately, at 0.25x speed, it’s pretty obvious that he’s faking at least some of it. He probably recorded the audio later on a single piano and had to play it in sync with his film performance, which is amazing on its own.
@benca-alors3226 2 жыл бұрын
@@MH3GL As great a piano player as Borge was, I don't see how the pedal holds are possible at the end. And at 1:13, you can clearly hear the accompaniment when his left hand is not playing and his right one is reaching for the piano behind him.
@dandaniels851 2 жыл бұрын
Absolute Genius. They don't make em like they used too.
@morbidmanmusic 2 жыл бұрын
A phrase the can be said any day about anybody...so meaningless really.
@dandaniels851 2 жыл бұрын
@@morbidmanmusic I couldn't have summed you up better 👏
@helenamcginty4920 2 жыл бұрын
I give you Dudley Moore. Another classically trained pianist who not only was a great Jazz pianist but all round entertainer. His Colonel Boogie in the style of Beethoven is classic.
@dandaniels851 2 жыл бұрын
@@helenamcginty4920 Good Call Helena 👍 I think Bill Bailey deserves a mention too.
@randallulrich 2 жыл бұрын
@@helenamcginty4920: That's the "Colonel Bogey March" (not "Boogie"). That piece is probably best known to people as the recurring piece of music in the movie "Bridge Over the River Kwai".
@gordonmorris6359 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for this great rare film of the great Victor Borge !
@matthewhollier 2 жыл бұрын
I lost it when he hit the piano that had the cover on
@angelaballew995 2 жыл бұрын
Now that's a very talented pianist!
@brainrussell6811 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff... I had forgotten about this comic genius.
@colettejoly8888 2 жыл бұрын
Magnifique !!! Je ne connaissais pas ! Et c'était bien dommage ! Merci pour ce partage époustouflant un soir de Noël ! 💖💐🙋
@Skans-Gustav 2 жыл бұрын
Apparently the first film he ever did as he tells us in his own Danish commentary. What a genius and what an entertainer! Incredible talent.
@waynestewart1919 2 жыл бұрын
Too much talent! Still my favorite comedian.
@misseli1 2 жыл бұрын
I was recommended this video on December 30th, the same date on the calendar at the beginning of the video
@bevnfred 3 ай бұрын
I’m a fan and never saw this. Genius.
@stevenjbeto 2 жыл бұрын
Mr. Borge was one of the most entertaining and skilled pianists in history, certainly in the 7 decades of my life.
@playmusicnet7347 2 жыл бұрын
He was brilliant what a Great Entertainer
@emitch9213 2 жыл бұрын
He warms my ❤
@Mikesman1000 2 жыл бұрын
What a talent! What an art!
@Larsanator 2 жыл бұрын
Now that's something I've never seen ANYone do before, playing two pianos facing each other, wow.
@brettbretterson6062 2 жыл бұрын
That guy was AMAZING! I still have a VHS of one of his performances and it never gets old!
@OperaJH 2 жыл бұрын
Just so brilliant!!!!
@zaberfang 2 жыл бұрын
No CGI, no stunt double, no autotune. Pure talent.
@sameaston9587 2 жыл бұрын
Good heavens! The fingers literally blur while he played.
@bankerduck4925 2 жыл бұрын
What an absolute legend!
@TreasureFiend 2 жыл бұрын
WOW This is my first time seeing Mr. Victor Borge, AMAZING!
@mikemcleroy8265 2 жыл бұрын
He was amazing for sure!
@garysuarez9614 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful playful genius.
@maniyan_wanagi 2 жыл бұрын
Nobody like him, not ever. Pure Gold, our Victor!
@1978sjt 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing to think that this was originally recorded a year after my dad was born, and 41 years before I was born, and yet I was still lucky enough to get to see him live in his last Australian Tour.
@FernandoCambara 2 жыл бұрын
Amo sua competência!
@randyc357 2 жыл бұрын
I was all ready to watch more.
@Jason-re4dw 3 ай бұрын
Might be my favourite video on KZfaq.
@liamm-c1287 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best things i have seen ever
@KieronTaylor 8 ай бұрын
The leaping around is beyond belief even for the redoubtable Borge, but what a delight to watch.
@amarteville426 2 жыл бұрын
Aaaooww, le premier film de Borges ! Incroyable! GÉÉNIAAAAL, merci merci merci ! ||: merci ∞ :||
@poliincredible770 2 жыл бұрын
Impressive, most impressive!
@tomkeegan3782 2 жыл бұрын
Just amazing!!!
@Cookieofdoom 2 жыл бұрын
An overlooked great man.
@katherineg9396 2 жыл бұрын
A very unique performer, multi talented.
@michaelfaulkner6607 2 жыл бұрын
I loved this man!
@sassandsavvy007 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 👏👏👏
@thebamboozlerette1824 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that I don’t doubt the reality of him playing two pianos across the aisle
@morbidmanmusic 2 жыл бұрын
Keyboardist do it all the time,.. for exapmle. Keith Emerson and Rick wakeman, tony Kay .. and thousands more.
@ariannasv22 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but the simple *smack* when he hit the piano keys cover was actually kinda funny to me
@straightjacket308 2 жыл бұрын
This is true comedy! 🤣🤣🤣
@marcellino1956 2 жыл бұрын
Bravo!!!
@user-qm7um1uh7e 6 ай бұрын
Victor was the original badass piano 🎹 king 👑 of comedy
@shohrehpourmand9906 2 жыл бұрын
PURE GENIUS!!!
@spencerpalmer2918 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Mycarrox 2 жыл бұрын
Superb! ☺
@bartstarr100 2 жыл бұрын
My dad loved Victor Borge
@giulioferro8550 11 ай бұрын
Suona due pianoforti, a effetto Specchio !! GENIALE ! ! ! ! ! GRANDE VICTOR !
@user-sv3di9ps5c 2 жыл бұрын
Музыкальный хулиган. Невероятный талант.
@bugvswindshield 2 жыл бұрын
what an amazing talent.
@stevebishop9468 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@potsandpansimcold 2 жыл бұрын
loved it
@kevinlowry3814 2 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@lolasaliyeva162 2 жыл бұрын
Браво!!
@JasonHoningford 2 жыл бұрын
In all my study of film, I've never seen this!
@elskervo530 2 жыл бұрын
wonderful
@onlycello9997 2 жыл бұрын
Quelle merveille !
@BobSchoepenjr 2 жыл бұрын
Just fenomenal
@wagohowardmusic 2 жыл бұрын
Simply the best
@johnmanno2052 2 жыл бұрын
F*****G AWESOME!! He was amazing!!!
@tamahome1970 2 жыл бұрын
Some Pro KZfaqrs and Some Pro Keyboardist and Pianist Approved
@scottbernardi55 2 жыл бұрын
The only other person I've seen play two pianos at once like that was Keith Emerson.
@HelgaLepetit Ай бұрын
Wunderbar, danke
@yaelpalombo4093 2 жыл бұрын
Geniooo♥️♥️♥️♥️
@davidbardwatkins 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@WaterlooExpat 2 жыл бұрын
1:17 This section of the film demonstrates that the genius of Borge's piano playing was in his muscle memory. While looking at one piano, he reached behind him and struck exactly the keys that he intended. He remembered, with precision, the location of the keys. Nobody else like him.
@irodragon7184 2 жыл бұрын
Except every single professional even non professionals have muscle memory. It's one of the basic skill sets needed to play.
@WaterlooExpat 2 жыл бұрын
@@irodragon7184 Borge's was exceptional, however.
@irodragon7184 2 жыл бұрын
@@WaterlooExpat you do realize pianist can play the piano blindfolded. Giving a reach around to the piano isn't incredibly impressive.
@eliecanetti 2 жыл бұрын
@@irodragon7184 Ive been playing piano for 55 years and I could not do it. Sure, if you are sitting at one piano, but to be able to reach around to another piano? Of course it might also have been dubbed.
@irodragon7184 2 жыл бұрын
@@eliecanetti it more than likely was dubbed. He looks like he's just smashing the keys, at the very least it would sound very sloppy.
@VictoriaWindsordeLaBoulaye 2 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@4ncientGu150 2 жыл бұрын
I assume this took multiple takes. Pretty sure this man is better at music than I will ever be at anything.
@lucazalaffi1able 2 жыл бұрын
ECCEZIONALE!!! ... 👋👋👋👋👋 👍👍👍👍👍
@billy1673 2 жыл бұрын
The man truly was a virtuoso.
@discoveryman59 2 жыл бұрын
Boy I would love to go back to 1937!
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