The thing about him was he wasn’t a spot light hog. He allowed her to show off that gorgeous opera voice long enough before doing some kind of joke. He allowed her to shine. And she sure did.
Even with all of jokes, digressions, and interruptions, Borge accompanies her excellently. He does it so effortlessly that she can simply sing (which she does beautifully). Bravo!
check earlier recordings of this performance - when she was younger she was laughing all the time^ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E3QejAk4exw.html
avoir un tel talent sans avoir la grosse tête et exploiter le plus haut de la musique classique avec soit disant surprise mais sans la ridiculiser ...C'est hors normes et bien décontractant. Merci MONSIEUR BORGE
My favorite line: You just said that! And the opera singer is incredible how she's able to keep her composure and sing like that while everyone else is laughing.
Victor Borge - A master at work! However, despite the comedy in the piece, he still allows her to shine and display her abilities. This routine is well rehearsed and made to look spontaneous. It *still* makes me laugh after many views. Thanks for posting!
O.M.G.! I ran across this by sheer chance. I remember - as a young-ling - I’m 58 years old, watching this on my parents black n white tv. Mr. Borge was hilarious back then and more so, today. We would benefit from his genius today now more than ever. I’m crying from all the laughing I’m doing as I did way back when.... Brilliant! Sheer Brilliance! My/Our lives were so much easier Bach them. It brings me such cool memories. R.I.P Mr. Borge. From a fan. 😊😊😊😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🥲.
For about 80 years Victor has done, not only his unique comedy, but he educated tens of thousands of people about classical music (just as Disney did in his own way). This would have been a new comedy genre today, recognized world wide, but I guess that since 1909 until today there was no person that could follow up his artistry (I do apologies in case that someone is doing this today, so please correct me if I'm wrong) or become his successor. This makes Mr Borge a one of a kind genius and artist who made the entire world laugh for something we've never seen before and we might never will again. That's how great he was.
I highly recommend checking out Peter Schickele’s work as PDQ Bach - it’s like this but with a Baroque focus. Iphigenia In Brooklyn and Pervertimento with Bagpipes Bicycle and Balloons are my favorites!
I just watched a much earlier version of this number with Victor and Marilyn, looking -- at a rough guess -- 20 years younger. Only half as long and about 1/5 as funny. These two plainly kept building and improving the routine through years of practice to the version shown here. The seat belt is just the last of a whole string of hysterical laughs.
I saw this as part of a special on victor on PBS. First time I saw this exact bit I laughed for 20 minutes ..I'd stop and think of it and start laughing all over again..perfect timing..not a single bad word...absolutely genius
I really enjoyed the comedy. You are both completely amazing 😂 BRAVO ⚘ BRAVO ⚘ BRAVO ⚘ brilliant pianist - also Marilyn, the most beautiful breath control, and colour of voice. Singing like an angel. Keeping in tune perfectly every step of a difficult interrupted path. BRAVO Absolutely WONDERFUL ⚘⚘⚘⚘👏👏👏👏⚘⚘⚘⚘
