Borge, Hambro and the Liszt Rhapsodies

October 21st, 2008 | Humor | No Response | By Pierre-Arnaud

Let’s take a breather today. The following video shows a sketch where the American-Danish musician and humorist Victor Borge with his stooge Leonid Hambro go into a four hands performance of Liszt’s second Hungarian Rhapsody.

The Clown Prince of Denmark as he was nicknamed in his adoptive country (the USA), was a very famous entertainer and pianist who amused the American continent. He made a film with Franck Sinatra (in higher and higher) among others, and hosted on NBC from 1946 The Victor Borge Show where he developed many of his concepts, like the Phonetic Punctuation in which he recites a text with its full punctuation, or the Inflationary Language, which consists in incrementing the numbers embedded in words.

Now, I let you enjoy this video, together with Victor Borge, Leonid Hambro and Liszt!