Victor Borge

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Brge Rosenbaum, 1909-1909 – 23 December 2000), better known as Victor Borge (BOR-g), was born in 1909, 1909 to 2000. (the comedian, conductor, and pianist who rose to international prominence in radio and television in both Denmark and Europe.

"The Clown Prince of Denmark" and "The Great Dane" were among his nicknames for his combination of music and comedy.

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Early life and career

Victor Borge was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 3rge Rosenbaum, the third generation of an Ashkenazi Jewish family. Bernhard and Frederikke (née Lichter) Rosenbaum's parents, both musicians: his father, a violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra, and his mother, a pianist. Borge began piano lessons at the age of two, and it was immediately apparent that he was a prodigy. When he was eight years old, he performed his first piano recital, and in 1918 he was granted a full scholarship at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, studying under Olivo Krause. Victor Schiler, Liszt's pupil Frederic Lamond, and Busoni's pupil Egon Petri were among the pupils later on.

Borge appeared at the Danish Odd Fellow Palet (The Odd Fellow's Lodge) concert hall for his first major concert in 1926. He began his new stand-up show with a mixture of piano music and parody. Elsie Chilton married him in 1933, the same year he debuted with his revue performances. Borge began touring in Europe, where he started telling anti-Nazi jokes.

Borge was playing a concert in neutral Sweden and decided to go to Finland on April 9, 1940, during World War II. He came to America on the United States Army transport American Legion, the last neutral ship to make it out of Petsamo, Finland, and it arrived on August 28, 1940, with only $20 (about $387) going to the customs fee. Borge, who was dissatisfied with his service, returned to Denmark once in a career to visit his dying mother.

Even though Borge didn't speak a word of English on his arrival, he was able to adapt his jokes to the American audience by watching films. Victor Borge took his name in 1941 and began working on Rudy Vallee's radio show. He was hired soon after by Bing Crosby for his Kraft Music Hall program.

Borge came to fame shortly, winning Best New Radio Performer of the Year in 1942. He was offered film roles with actors such as Frank Sinatra (in Higher and Higher). jungsten, who began hosting the Victor Borge Show on NBC in 1946, he created several of his trademarks, including repeatedly announcing his intention to appear in a film but then being "stifled" by some other means, making remarks about the audience, or discussing Chopin's "Minute Waltz" as an egg timer. He'll start out with a well-known classical work such as Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and then shift to a melodically similar pop or jazz song, such as Cole Porter's "Night and Day" or "Happy Birthday to You."

"Phonetic Punctuation" was one of Borge's most popular routines, in which he read a passage from a book and added exaggerated sound effects to stand for the majority of the key punctuation marks, such as dates, commas, and exclamation marks. In another, he added one to every number or homophone of a number in the words he spoke. "One time" becomes "twond," "good forehead" becomes "fivehead," "anyone for tennis" becomes "anyone for tennis" becomes "anyone for tennis" becomes "anyone for tennis," "I eat a tenderloin with my fork," "I eat a tenderloin with my fork," "I spy fork," "I go into the fifth," "I nined an elevenderloin with my fivek," "I nine out "fore "i

Borge's live and televised performances featured physical and graphic elements. He will perform a strange-sounding piano tune from sheet music, but before turning the sheet upside down or sideways, he would then perform the actual song, flashing a joyful smile of joy to the audience (he had, at first, been literally playing the tune upside down or sideways). If his vivacious playing of another song will cause him to slump off the piano bench, he'll lift the seat lid, take out the two ends of an automobile seat belt, and buckle himself into the seat, "for safety." Conducting an orchestra. He might suspend and order a violinist who had been on a sour note to get off the stage, resume the performance, and have the other members of the section fill the empty seat as they were still playing: the sound of a gunshot would have been heard off stage.

Leonid Hambro, the 1960s' musical sidekick, was also a well-known concert pianist. Ahan Arzruni, a classical pianist, joined him as his straight man in 1968, a live recording of Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, which has been described as a musical-comedic masterpiece. On Season 4 of The Muppet Show, Borge did a recreation of Rowlf the Dog's routine.

He loved attending the audience too. "Do you like good music?" seeing a curious person in the front row.

or "Do you care for piano music?"

Borge will take a piece of sheet music from his piano and say, "Here is some," and hand it over. After the audience's applause had faded, he'd say, "That'll be $1.95" (or whatever the current price is). He'd then ask if the audience member could read music; if the answer was yes, he'd ask a higher price. If he had no reaction after a joke, he would often say, "... when this ovation has died down." With a befuddled look, the delayed punchline to handing the sheet music would arrive when he approaches a number and begins playing the penultimate notes over and over. He'll then return to the person in the audience, retrieve the sheet music, tear it off a piece of paper, stick it on the piano, and play the last couple of notes from it.

He would often begin a performance by asking if there were any children in the audience. Of course, there were always been such things. "We do have some children in here, so we can't do the second half in the nude," he says. I'll wear the tie (pause). The long one (pause). Yes, it's a long one."

In his later years, he will perform with opera singer Marylyn Mulvey. She'll try to sing an aria, and if she fell off the bench in "surprise" when she struck a high note, she'll replay it. He would even advise her not to rest her hand on the piano, insisting that if she were used to it, "and one day a piano was missing" – Ffftttt! The spotlight will return to Mulvey after the routine, and the singer will perform a rousing number with Borge accompanying her.

During 1948, Borge appeared on Toast of the Town hosted by Ed Sullivan several times. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States the same year. On October 2nd, 1953, he opened the Comedy in Music show at John Golden Theatre in New York City. When Comedy in Music closed on January 21, 1956, it was the longest running one-man show in theater history, with 849 performances, a record that places it in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Borge, a Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the London Philharmonic were among his tours and shows that continued his popularity with tours and shows. He was always modest when he was invited to conduct the Royal Danish Orchestra at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1992.

In a filmed sketch, his later television appearances featured his "Phonetic Punctuation" routine on The Electric Company. During The Electric Company's subsequent LP album, he would also use this sketch on its "Punctuation" song. In addition,, he appeared on Sesame Street and was a guest performer on The Muppet Show in the fourth season.

Victor Borge continued to tour until his last days, hitting 60 times per year when he was 90 years old.

Borge appeared on television show What's My Line? as both a celebrity panelist and as a contestant with the occupation "poultry farmer." (The latter was not a comedy routine; as a business venture, Borge created and popularized Rock Cornish game hens, which appeared in the 1950s.)

Borge helped the Jews escape the German persecution during the war by launching the Thanks to Scandinavia Fund, which was initiated in honor of those who aided the Jews in escaping the Nazi persecution during the war.

Borge wrote three books, including My Favorite Intermissions and My Favorite Comedies in Music (both with Robert Sherman), and Smilet er den korteste afstand ("The Smile is the Shortest Distance") with Niels-Jrgen Kaiser.

Borge founded the American Pianist Association (then called the Beethoven Foundation) in 1979 with Julius Bloom and Anthony P. Habig. The American Pianists Association now hosts two major piano competitions: the Classical Fellowship Awards and the Jazz Fellowship Awards.

Later career

Borge appeared on Toast of the Town hosted by Ed Sullivan several times during 1948. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in the same year. On October 2nd, 1953, he began the Comedian in Music display at John Golden Theatre in New York City. When Comedy in Music closed on January 21, 1956, it became the longest running one-man show in the history of theater, with 849 performances, placing it in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Borge, a Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the London Philharmonic, among other orchestras, appeared and performed in shows and concerts. He felt honored when he was invited to conduct the Royal Danish Orchestra at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1992. He had always been modest.

In a filmed sketch, his later television appearances featured his "Phonetic Punctuation" routine on The Electric Company. During The Electric Company's upcoming album "Punctuation" song, he would also use this sketch on his next LP album. In addition,, he appeared on Sesame Street several times, and he was a guest star on The Muppet Show during the fourth season.

Victor Borge continued to tour until his final days, appearances at 60 percent per year when he was 90 years old.

Borge appeared on multiple television shows including as a celebrity panelist and as a contestant with the title "poultry farmer." (The latter was not a comedy routine: Borge developed and popularized Rock Cornish game hens as a company venture, beginning in the 1950s.)

Borge was a member of the Thanks to Scandinavia Fund, which was founded in honor of those who helped the Jews escape the German persecution during the war.

Borge wrote three books, including "Mes Favorite Intermissions and My Favorite Comedies in Music" (both with Robert Sherman), as well as the autobiography Smilet er den korteste afstand ("The Smile is the Shortest Distance") with Niels-Jrgen Kaiser.

Borge founded the American Pianists Association (then called the Beethoven Foundation), with Julius Bloom and Anthony P. Habig. The American Pianists Association now hosts two major piano competitions: the Classical Fellowship Awards and the Jazz Fellowship Awards.

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