Victor Borge - His Greatest Piano Jokes 

That's why only geniuses were able to do it!

If you haven't seen him of heard of him (and if not why not?), the genius comedy musician of today is Bill Bailey.

I feel that Tim Minchin is also in this category

@@ohcar0line Bo Burnham too. I feel he completely revamped musical comedy.

​​​@@peterward2275Don't leave out TwoSet Violin 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦‍♀️!

its kind of not awfully, or ?

cinematicbrix that is very true..it takes talent to make a mistake intentionally..

Everytime I see Borge I can only think it takes incredible skill to play so "badly"

Les Dawson was also unspeakable good at it

cinematicbrix you’re an idiot. “Only something HE” can do. Many others like him.

Eric Morecombe was the same. As he said when playing Grieg’s piano concerto for Andre Previn who told him he was playing all the wrong notes. I am playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order

Ok. I understand a lot of his jokes but this one goes over my head I guess. Could someone explain it.

@@Crafter_H Baldwin and Steinway are piano manufacturing companies. Basically he’s just saying “Company A wants me to tell you that this piano is not made by Company A, but its made by Company B” 😂 if that straightens it out for ya😂

@@Crafter_HI think Baldwin made series of bad pianos and put Steinway logo on it. It was found out. So he joked about that 😂

Took me a moment also

can someone explain the joke to a non-pianist

On a grand piano, you can play a note in the base and then put down the middle pedal. The middle pedal will sustain this note in isolation until the pedal is lifted. This is useful in composers like Debussy. The sustaining pedal on the right lifts the dampers off the keys so that the note just played carries on sounding (otherwise when you let go of a note the damper comes down and stops the string vibrating). The left pedal moves the hammers so that they only hit two out of the three strings and therefore the resulting sound is softer.

@@maryhill1925 You explained all about the piano. Now I will explain to you the man. He is the other part of the same joke, you see. A man has a left leg and a right leg, which are the only parts of the man that touch the ground when the man plays the piano the correct way. He has two legs, and two legs only. Now, the piano has three pedals, which cannot be played at the same time using only two legs. Therefore, another part of the man should be able to operate the third pedal. Now, men have another body part that reaches from the center downwards. It is called the male penis. Only in men with exceptionally long penisses can the penis touch the middle pedal of the piano. So Mr. Borge is asking if the company that presents this Steinway piano really believe that he has this particular length of penis. And that is funny because all penis jokes are funny.

@@u.v.s.5583 Oh, I thought the joke was about not sustain a note in isolation in a situation where you should have sustained a note in isolation, which would make it sound really funny.

Vgeoffrey Lancaster

+Kanrry Kang - WHY LOL, Kanrry?

Lol, I was dieing.X D

naked and alone

Kanrry

Re Ra Me too! And bumble bee.

Yeah, now I wnt to learn it like that! :))

Never gets old! I laugh every time.

It truly never gets old

And got away with it. The censors must not have understood the joke.

I've loved Dean for almost 60 years.

All the legends so far had a rough patch in their lives at some point but that didn't stopped them ! Thanks for sharing this short introduction for Viktor Borge

See above ("**SICKENING"**) note...

scionofgrace I literally read your comment at the exact time he said it. Pure bliss.

Lmao considering that they were competitors back then

i dont really get that one

He's so bad they don't want to associated with him, I think.

@@_wade_morgan the baldwin piano company is owned by steinway today, they were competitors back then

As a pianist, I am humbled by this man

Genius as well, 😂

It's been etched in my brain from the instant I saw it originally decades ago.

It is now a hit on TicToc

Some 50+ years ago we used to sit around the stereo in the living room, and listen to the LP record of some of his best comedy. Legend, and his material holds up to this day. This is what RU-vid is for.

You mean Fliszt?

Or was it M. Ozart?

Why is that the only one of my pieces people know?

Have you seen Max Wall?

Also mine.

I just now discovered this guy, and I will now be searching all the internet for every skit of his I can find.

Yes BUT he did kiss the girl that's about to be married on the lips on TV LOL

@@kodguerrero Different times back then, no one sees it as inappropriate.

@@darkovilos how do you know the husband wasn’t pissed when he saw this?

@@ninoextendo9680 It’s Victor Borge not Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein. It may look inappropriate in today’s standards but a kiss on a lips is not a big deal back then.

hes dead, RIP

@@ghostveggie4482 Yes, thank you. 0_o

you're

23/04/19 14:46pm

I am approaching the age of dirt so I've watched a lot of Mr. Borge.

Was that blonde lady his wife? (The one he was hugging).

That came to my mind too today. Never thought about that. Funny to read that now.

Natalie Welch The Joke about 3 pedals was a penis joke

M's Compositions true but it was so veiled that a lot of people wouldn't be sure exactly what it was about...

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Hallo Bettina. Ich weiß, dein Kommentar ist bereits ein Jahr alt, aber wenn du Freude an der Kombination aus klassischer Musik und Humor hast, kann ich dir nur wärmstens Hans Liberg empfehlen. Falls du ihn noch nicht kennst, er ist ein unglaublich begabter Niederländischer Musiker/Entertainer im Stil von Victor Borge, spielt dutzende Instrumente und wird dir sicher viel Freude bereiten. Link zu seinem Kanal unten, auf welchem du so ziemlich alle seiner kompletten Shows findest. Liebe Grüße aus Österreich. Bleib gesund 🙂👍 ru-vid.comvideos

Give me a small hint then... :)

+Stefan van Loon humans have 2 feet

+Randsurfer Thats the least of his worries; the piano has 88 keys

Randsurfer man

Hells March

Mine too.

+Fadli Ichy Meet him in Heaven. ;)

could u explain the joke?

I think it's the clutch. Lol

Search for Peter Schickele and his creation, PDQ Bach. I went to a concert of his in London 40yrs ago, along with my husband, a very knowledgeable music lover, and we laughed till we cried - as did the rest of the audience.

I hear you, Anna. It's even worse in 2017...

Reality shows take NO imagination.

Note to self 6 years ago, in regards to this comment: "Yeah, hasn't gotten any better in 2020!"

You can thank the combination of the 1988 and the 2007-2008 TV Writers strikes. They resulted in unscripted shows generating more profit for the studios without a lot of effort. Blame the public for watching and encouraging the behavior.

@@pamelacass9642 Actually, they have to in order to sell all the BS of the un-reality of the shows. They have to be creatively full of the BS.

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