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The Best of Victor Borge Act One and Two |  | Actors: Sahan Arzruni, Ronald Borge, Marylyn Mulvey, Victor Borge
Studio: Gmg Records
Category: DVD
Buy New: $9.99
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 9548
Format: Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: RPND00129D
UPC: 744433001295
EAN: 0744433001295
ASIN: B000065CF8
Theatrical Release Date: October 22, 2002
Release Date: September 20, 1999
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Product Description
Studio: Repnet Llc Release Date: 05/28/2002
Amazon.com
Victor Borge was a master at combining two seemingly disparate elements: comedy and classical music. While the Dane's dapper dignity fit the image of "longhair" music, Borge undercut it with broad physical comedy, clever spoofs, and off-the-cuff wit. A pioneer in the field of live comedy recordings, Borge is nevertheless best appreciated on video, and The Best of Victor Borge Acts One and Two captures a 90-minute concert that includes many of his most famous routines. He chides late-arriving members of the Minneapolis audience ("I come from Copenhagen and was here before you!"), falls off the piano bench, and reads his sheet music upside down. There are a few unwitting guests: a stagehand drafted to turn Borge's pages, soprano Marylyn Mulvey who tries to sing a Verdi aria through Borge's teasing and scolding, and Sahan Arzruni as he and Borge play a two-piano Hungarian rhapsody on a single piano by climbing over and around each other. Borge also presents an opera "written by Mozart but credited to Salieri" ("so you can imagine what kind of opera it is") and proves that he's not merely a clown by skillfully performing a set of waltzes and lullabies. In addition, two of his best-loved sketches are nonmusical: Inflationary Language, in which numbers in language, like the economy, are increased ("I'll go back to Elevenessee.... Three-dleoo."), and Phonetic Punctuation, in which a period is read aloud to sound like fft and an exclamation point fsss fft. Like Anna Russell and PDQ Bach, Victor Borge helped make classical music accessible to a wide audience by showing that it could be laugh-out-loud funny. --David Horiuchi
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 Gave as a gift to a Frenchman May 5, 2010
A. Sanders (USA)
I think the dvd went over well...I bought it for a friend from France who thinks Borge is a hoot and a half. It was his first comedic encounter in English. No complaints so far. Shipped really quick. Good product.
Hard to eat. May 1, 2010
F8cone8 (oregon)
We had a pizza night with freinds and had a hard time eating without blowing pizza on one another. Very, very funny and worth every minute. Great to to bring a so so day to a great day.
 Very, very funny! April 25, 2010
KC Pearl (Overland Park, KS USA)
I am a great fan of Victor Borge, and this collection is superb!...even had a couple of things I had not seen before. Highly recommend!
Victor Borge dvd January 9, 2010
Debra J. Kempf (Greenwood, IN)
Victor Borge is the best. I can't imagine anyone not enjoying this. It is for all age groups and his dvd's are the funniest you will ever see. I am very satisfied with the purchase, the packaging, the delivery. Thanks!
Arrived quickly November 11, 2009
L. Logan
I haven't actually seen this DVD because i ordered it as a gift for my grandparents. They loved it! I was impressed at how quickly it arrived.
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