Jag älskar Victor Borges enorma musikalitet och komik! En av världens största entertainer som utbildade all världens folk i de underbara genren klassisk musik och vaudeville humor ❤
Although I have seen Mr. Borge several times and I am extremely impressed how he is able to perform all his acts like they are fresh, unrehearsed and improvised.
He speaks very good and clear Swedish with accent, we understand 100 %. If he speaks Danish we have to listen very carefully and 10 % of the words are completely different from Swedish. For Finnish people who speaks Swedish it's almost impossible to understand Danish.
"Verdi, Wagner ... Hitler..." -- subtle gallows humor *and* he improvises *classical* music (or 'style'). What a treat -- as a Finn -- to live in Iceland, to barely understand Danish, to barely understand his Danish-spoken Swedish, to enjoy Victor Borge -- barely -- without subtitles. This bit has made me understand the special relationship -- and culture -- the Germanic-Nordic languages share that we Finns are (surely) missing out. -- Huge thanks for the upload ...!
I agree ... usually love watching Victor Borge but at gone 10 minutes, not finding it at all funny ... in fact he gets up too often and the same gag gets boring and repetitive. Not much laugher from the crowd either. Shame. Might get better from hereonin but I won't be sticking to it without subtitles or understanding a damn word.
He sounds more fun when he speaks English, and much more fun when he speaks Danish. I speak all 3 languages so I should know:) Borge was in Stockholm already in 1939 and 1940. In 1940, Denmark was occupied by Germany, so he fled from Sweden to USA that year.
- on the very ship arranged by president Roosevelt to take the Crown Princess Märtha of Norway and her children (among them the present king Harald 5th, then 3 years old) secretly to the USA where they were to stay in safety during the war. Officially the ship was announced to take US citizens back to their home country. As the USA at that time was neutral, the hope was that the ship would not be attacked by german forces.
Victor, with his sure understanding of psychology, perfectly captures the Swedish sense of embarrassment and clumsiness, along with their whimsical sense of humor.
Well, he talks kind of Swedish :) It´s a clear Danish accent. The two languages are very similar in grammar and words anyway. But Danish sounds more like if you have porridge in your mouth when talking ;)
23.19 forslagene kommer helt klart fra nogle, der er bedt om at komme med netop disse forslag paa forhaand. Hans fantastiske symbiose af de forskellige sange kan umuligt være improviseret. Derfor er vittighederne i forbindelse med navnene heller ikke improviseret!
There's a coloured 1962 caption right at the start - at top left. Presume that's the right date ! Hope you enjoyed this - but subtitles would have helped .. P
