oh man...this guy's humor...clean, classy and ages extremely well

No one like Viktor Borge , simply irreplaceable and a legend !

With the sea captain, I was expecting Borge to just be playing the high Cs!

@cheongyei

6 жыл бұрын

Good one!

@djmocha7

4 жыл бұрын

I c what you did there..

@fenrislyulf8861

3 жыл бұрын

GROAN

You can see how he hasn't quite refined his craft yet but the diamond is already shining

the exit is so hilarious!! LOL

LOVED Him when I was young! I never saw him looking this young. THIS was the year I was born!

My dad and I watched Victor Borge together all the time when I was little. Such wonderful memories.

Victor Borge truly The Great Dane. I grew up watching this gifted man perform he was a real jem,funny and clean rare mix nowadays.

One of the best humorists and piano players. He shower humor, you can't find anymore. Simply great. Thank you for uploading!

How on earth did they drag that piano off the stage that fast lmao

@jasons2023

4 жыл бұрын

People were more efficient back then.

@MilkDrinker218

3 жыл бұрын

Well obviously they just hoisted the sails

@aeshonb.2877

3 жыл бұрын

it's on wheels

@anomalyp8584

2 жыл бұрын

aliens

@MsBettyRubble

2 жыл бұрын

Quantum physics

correction... It's Anchors Aweigh. It's the Navy's Song. The marine's hymn is the one that starts with "From the halls of montezuma to the shores of tripoli"

@meman6964

5 ай бұрын

Marines were Part of the Navy, like Air Force was part of Army for a long time

Wow, Borge beat Tictok to the "how different people do this" joke!

Wow, 51! I wish there were more of his stuff. There's mostly only that one over an hour long at the opera house. Still, it's one of the funniest comedy acts I've ever seen!

You can't help but like Victor. Even in a hokey sketch like this. The Sea Captain skit was good! Shell, yea! The best part was the exit.

at 4:08 the song name is anchors aweigh, and is one of the navys themes.

@SukacitaYeremia

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. As in US Navy

DocCaeruleus, you are wonderful to find and post this rare clip of a legend in the early stages of developing his brilliant craft. Thank you so much. :-)

Hilarious the doctor using tapoment on the piano like on a patient. He’s clever and got better as time went on adding to his repertoire

1951. Wow. I only remember him with white or grey hair.

"a little extra for black and white shoes..." lmao !!

Tom Hanks looks just like Young Victor

@Lijaskurzeme

7 жыл бұрын

I can see it too, just a bit :)

Realize this was shot in the 1950's nearly 70 years ago. It was a different world then, with different people. They had a more slap stick, goofy and innocent sense of humor, filled with sight gags, buffoonery and dumb stuff. 'Can't compare it to the more sophisticated comedy we expect today.

@nwmgnoe316

5 жыл бұрын

jennifer86010 nothing sophisticated about the garbage today . Subtle is what good comedy is .

@jennifer86010

5 жыл бұрын

Crow's nest: You are right. But over the last half century we have seen comedy on TV and films as well as live comedy in stand-up and plays, become more sophisticated, witty and clever. Then in the 1980's it started to degenerate into vulgarity just as so much of pop music degenerated into rap and gangster rap music. Today, comedy is a vile parade of crude vulgarities mixed with political hate. Neither of these elements represent art or entertainment. The 1950's comedy may have been simple and dumb, but it was clean and devoid of social programming, and your kids could watch it without learning how to become profane.

As a poker player, this hit hard.

Absolutely brilliant

It's the things I least expect that really get me. With the sea captain bit I didn't know what to expect.

Okay but that ending was fucking PHENOMENAL💀💀💀

one of the true originals. I am new too you tube and thankyou DocCaeruleus for bringing back some of the childhood memories when a black and white television was a miracle. Thanks.

Brilliant!!!😊

Excellent, comme toujours !

Brilliant! Danny Rocks The Company Rocks

Truly innovative!

Superb exit!!!

I love this traditional comedy XD

good idea combining occupations w/ music. creative

Thank you😇👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Brilliant!

Took me by surprise, too!

He's wonderful! Remember the first time I saw him, I laugh so hard that I almost fell of my Chair!

Old but gold

I loved his verbal punctuation sketches.

Testing the piano's reflexes :-D

Great

jeez that wind

They should make a movie starring Tom Hanks..... Just saying

This was brilliant lol

Back in age when doctors actually did percussion as part of the physical.

So underrated

Wow- I'd never seen him young!

great :)

Genius.

Has anyone encountered a calculus problem involving the hinged pole holding up the lid of a grand piano- at what angle will the pole hold the lid up at the most open angle?

You are very welcome :)

4:02 Does anyone know why the bright reflections on the telescope cause the surrounding area turn darker in the video?

@mikekeegin6391

9 жыл бұрын

Yep, because the light sensor causes the lens to shut down thereby only metering for the telescope and causing all else to go darker in relation to the telescope.

@2s7a2m7

9 жыл бұрын

Not sure if I understand. Do you think you could find a link? Or know what I should google? tnx

@mcgrawcm1

9 жыл бұрын

I don't know the technical reason but you see that phenomenon in a lot of early television recordings if the light level becomes too intense -- it must have something to do with the electronics of early television cameras and their light-capturing mechanism. It seems like when the intensity of light reaches saturation in a given area, it suppresses the light responsiveness of nearby areas. I've also often wondered exactly why that was but I've never looked into the details

@effyiew7318

8 жыл бұрын

+2s7a2m7 It's because this is recorded on video. Early video sensors suffered from this shortcoming where an abundance of light would cause that part of the sensor to overload and dial down the exposure on that part of the sensor to protect it. TV stations were experimenting with recording on video in the 50s because in the long run it would have been cheaper than film, which is what everything was recorded with back then. But there were a lot of shortcomings in video (many which persisted into the late 70s and 80s). If you owned a VHS camera in the 70s and 80s, you'd remember light leaving trails and shadows...all kinds of weird things. Anyway - it's just a shortcoming of the new video technology at the time. There's even 4 of the original twilight zones (the rod serling ones) that were recorded on video and suffer from all kinds of these artifacts. He only shot 4 on video and returned to film though because he hated the look of video.

@effyiew7318

8 жыл бұрын

+Mehran Loud You're kidding, right? Sensors have been around since the first thermostat was invented in 1883. Light and motion sensors have existed since the 1940s and in fact in World War II, there were mines invented that would be triggered by detecting motion above the ground where they were buried. Technology goes back a lot longer than you would think.

this person's humor aged like a VERY fine wine...

Hey, I didn't know Feynman played as well!

@u.v.s.5583

5 жыл бұрын

He was a formidable bongo player and also participated in a Brasilian street band playing the frigideira. Why do you think he couldn't beat a piano with the best of them?

I appreciate the upload nonetheless. It adds context... and hair ;)

They're just too awed by his brilliance and need to remember to clap

This was from his brief Saturday night series (for Kellogg's) on NBC [7pm(et)].

What's that tune he plays as the sea captain? I know it well, but I just can't seem to place it...

@mrbigg151

6 жыл бұрын

Anchors Aweigh

Will ALWAYS be hilarious❤️

This gentlemen looked like a nice person.

Love this...

So revealing! Now we know who is Carrot Top's influence.

Whats the name of the Captain song

@SukacitaYeremia

5 жыл бұрын

Anchors Aweigh. US Navy March

Agreed - not his best, but after 4:01 that was great!

Ancient buzzfeed

4:10 Anchors Aweigh.

When I was six, I had a toy musical typewriter.

this is Robin William if he become a Pianist

Oh God to be able to afford abusing a Steinway D like this (typewriter bit had me squirming for the notestand) His older self was funnier to me somehow.

To those who say this is not funny, I wonder why they think that ? I found it hilarious ! Perhaps it is dated, so maybe not many people associate reflex touch tests (like when doctors would tap your hands to check your reflexes) with doctors nowadays or something ? Do they still do those tests ? Anyway - funny stuff, watch it for yourself, don't skip it just because someone else found it unfunny.

How do you spell borge?

Tom hanks could play Victor in a movie of his life story

@Empooer Ment, haaaa, i get it :P

lol. I’m watching this waiting for a poker tournament to start.

he undestood that both music and comedy have timing

Pretty much like I remember him.

If you press 0, it plays a punch sound effect

I wonder how many millennials recognized the typewriter. Incredibly funny!

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🤣👍Very clever!

@captain21x I kinda felt bad for him during the first act, of the secretary. I got the joke, but people barely laughed, and you really feel bad for him. im not usally this sensitive lol

Very cerebral jokes. I wasn't ready for that exit lol

The older the better

2:20 ohhh me gad... what the hell us that

Anyone else have broken video?

Did he say teach my pupils to fail at piano?

3:46

Not hilarious but I think it's charming.

Wow! Comedy sure has changed over the years. Back then it was Borge, today we have LangLang

1) secretary, 2) poker player, 3) doctor, 4) shoe polisher, 5) ship captain. !!!!

Still funny.

What‘s a pyupil

@AlekSensej

6 жыл бұрын

Gummel you know I was reading the comments and I thought one of my hairs was stuck on the monitor.

@togeka6295

6 жыл бұрын

I think I have thought the same.

You know that all this was done Live and then put on kinescope.

this was way before zappa :)

@recruit8 I honestly don't think anyone could play him.

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What is the name of the "secretary" - tune? And the lyrics? (the first he plays)

@honoratamusica

7 жыл бұрын

Gavotte by Francois Joseph Gossec

Yep Tom Hanks double....

Victor sure looked like Donald Cambell at that time

in 1951, this was very funny because people actually understood some of the musical references. unlike today, when most folks cannot even name the sitting vice-president.