OK – so its pushing it a little to make this qualify as a music video – attending a Victor Borge performance mostly consisted of a lot of build up and not so much music – however, it was always a pleasure to listen to.
Borge was a very talented musician – you have to be to “mess about” quite so successfully. Coming from a “pre-www” age he didn’t require a huge repertoire of routines, since few people saw them too often. I think I saw him live three or four times – you know what was coming with his jokes – but the delivery (and the atmosphere of fun he created) still made you laugh.
Another connection (which helps qualify this video as my choice) is that this was recorded in the same theatre that Boscombe Band played in when visiting Minneapolis.
These videos are only viewable on YouTube, so unfortunately I cannot embed them here.
Victor Borge : Act 1
Victor Borge : Act 2
Comments :
Edward Mylechreest
Fantastic evening of watching, thanks for the VB reminder George!
Howard J Evans
He is very funny and always makes me laugh, but I always got frustrated waiting for him to play something!! And still do watching this! 😂
Maureen Hunt
Have always enjoyed watching, very funny but extremely clever😀
Steve Thomas
thanks George, I was lucky enough to see him live in Southport about 40’ish yrs ago I don’t think he played more than 10notes, until the end, then wow! 😂🤣 alas they don’t make them like that any more 😔
George McConnell
I think he was one of a kind!