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Victor Borge

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The shortest distance between two people is a smile.


— Victor Borge


#kindness #music #victor-borge #humor

One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.


— Victor Borge


#fire #fireplace #funny #humor #humorous

I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.


— Victor Borge


#funny #humor #humorous #requests #victor

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.


— Victor Borge


#anything #aspirations #because #between #else

(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?


— Victor Borge


#fat #funny #humor #humorous #opera

I'd like to thank my parents for making this night possible. And my children for making it necessary.


— Victor Borge


#humor #humorous #victor #victor-borge #humor

(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?


— Victor Borge


#funny #humor #humorous #sneeze #victor

I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.


— Victor Borge


#know #only #other #pieces #two

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.


— Victor Borge


#i #i wish #making #necessary #parents

My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.


— Victor Borge


#caught #cure #died #disease #father






About Victor Borge

Victor Borge Quotes




Did you know about Victor Borge?

Borge played his first major concert in 1926 at the Danish concert-hall Odd Fellow Palæet (The Odd Fellow's Lodge building). 2 (1954 Columbia Records CL-6293 10'' LP)
Comedy in Music (1954 Columbia Records CL-554 LP)
Caught in the Act (1955 Columbia Records CL-646 LP)
Brahms Bizet and Borge (1955 Columbia Records CL-2538 10'' LP)
½ Time På Dansk (1958 Fona 251 HI-FI 10'' LP)
The Adventures of Piccolo Saxie and Company (1959 Columbia Records CL-1223 LP)
The Adventures of Piccolo Saxie and Company (1959 Coronet KLP 762 LP (AUS))
Victor Borge Plays and Conducts Concert Favorites (1959 Columbia Records CL-1305/CS-8113 LP)
Borge's Back (1962 MGM E/SE-3995P LP)
Borge's Back (1962 MGM CS-6055 LP (UK))
Borgering on Genius (1962 MGM 2354029 LP – same material as Borge's Back)
Great Moments of Comedy (1964 Verve V/V6 15044 LP – same material as Borge's Back)
Victor Borge presents his own enchanting version of Hans Christian Andersen (1966 Decca DL7-34406 Stereo LP)
Comedy in Music (1972 CBS S 53140 LP)
Victor Borge at His Best (1972 PRT Records COMP 5 2 LPs)
Victor Borge Live At The London Palladium (1972 Pye NSPL 18394 LP)
My Favorite Intervals (1975 PYE NSPD 502 LP)
13 Pianos Live in Concert (1975 Telefunken-Decca LC-0366)
Victor Borge 50 Års Jubilæum (1976 Philips 6318035 LP)
Victor Borge Show (1977 CBS 70082 LP in Danish)
Victor Borge Live in der Hamburger Musikhalle (1978 Philips 6305 369 LP)
Victor Borge Live (1978 Starbox LX 96 004 Stereo LP)
Victor Borge – Live(!) (1992 Sony Broadway 48482 CD)
The Piano & Humor of the Great Victor Borge (1997 Sony Music Special Products 15312 3 CDs)
The Two Sides of Victor Borge (1998 GMG Entertainment CD)
Caught in the Act (1999 Collectables Records 6031 CD)
Comedy in Music (1999 Collectables Records 6032 CD)
Phonetically Speaking – And Don't Forget The Piano (2001 Jasmine 120 CD)
En aften med Victor Borge (2003 UNI 9865861 CD)
I Love You Truly (2004 Pegasus (Pinnacle) 45403 CD)
Victor Borge King of Comedy (2006 Phantom 26540 CD)
Verdens morsomste mand: alle tiders Victor Borge (2006 UNI 9877560 CD)
Unstarted Symphony (2008 NAX-8120859 CD)
Comedy in Music (2009 SHO-227 CD)


Filmography
Frk. He appeared several times on Sesame Street and was a guest star during the fourth season of The Muppet Show.

: /ˈbɔrɡə/ BOR-gə; 3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000) born Børge Rosenbaum was a Danish and American comedian conductor and pianist affectionately known as The Clown Prince of DenmarkThe Unmelancholy Dane and The Great Dane.

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