🎼 Victor Borge: White House Piano Performance, Music Comedy Genius; Robt. Merrill, Opera Baritone

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- Børge Rosenbaum (Jan. 3, 1909 - Dec. 23, 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge,
was a Danish and American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark," "The Unmelancholy Dane," and "The Great Dane."

Victor Borge was born Børge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, Denmark, into an Ashkenazi Jewish family. His parents, Bernhard and Frederikke (née Lichtinger) Rosenbaum, were both musicians. Borge began piano lessons at the age of two, and it was soon apparent that he was a prodigy. He gave his first piano recital when he was 8 years old, and in 1918 was awarded a full scholarship at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. After a few years as a classical concert pianist, he started his now-famous stand-up act with the signature blend of piano music and jokes.

Borge started touring extensively in Europe, where he began telling anti-Nazi jokes. When the German armed forces occupied Denmark on 9 April 1940, during World War II, Borge was playing a concert in neutral Sweden and decided to go to Finland. From Finland he traveled to America. Even though Borge did not speak a word of English upon arrival, he quickly managed to adapt his jokes to the American audience, learning English by watching movies. He took the name of Victor Borge and, in 1941, he started on Rudy Vallee's radio show. He was hired soon after by Bing Crosby. Borge quickly rose to fame...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Borge

- Autumn Leaves, Victor Borge & Robert Merrill. One of the Metropolitan Opera's most enduring and acclaimed baritones, Brooklyn-born Robert Merrill was born Moishe Miller on June 4, 1917, the son of Polish émigrés. His father, Abraham, was a shoe salesman and mother Lillian was an operatic soprano who performed in concert before her marriage...
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581323/bio/

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1. Well Worth Watching!

He found such a unique nice for himself!