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New Post! Sep 24, 2009 @ 06:09:42#1
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Victor Borge was once called "the funniest pianist on Earth" by The Washington Post. He toured the world for decades with his popular one-man show, which mixed classical piano performance with quips, wordplay and pratfalls. Borge's dour Scandinavian face and formal dress set the stage for the sly hijinks to come: he would comically mangle classic tunes, make faces, or simply stop at the keyboard to tell jokes. Borge was a child prodigy who trained at the Danish Royal Academy of Music. He first performed as a serious classical pianist, but his talent for whimsy overtook the music. By the time he fled Denmark for the United States at the start of World War II, Borge was known best as a comedian. In America he learned English, took the name Victor Borge, and became a popular radio star. His own one-man Broadway show followed: Comedy in Music ran for 849 performances from 1953-56. During the 1960s and '70s he was a familiar face on TV talk and variety shows, including The Dean Martin Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Funny is funny, you should know.




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That was very clever, he is certainly talented, very funny too. It was nice finding out about him, he is definitely someone to remember. :D

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Victor was a genius. I have always enjoyed watching him.




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New Post! Nov 07, 2009 @ 02:19:29#7
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5starchick said:

That was very clever, he is certainly talented, very funny too. It was nice finding out about him, he is definitely someone to remember. :D

It made me smile to see this one. I'm so happy to introduce a legend, again.





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