Victor Borge - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 piano jokes

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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2025

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  • @Wistbacka
    @Wistbacka 3 года назад +187

    People keep laughing, but while the comedic act is playing out, I am just mesmerized with the pure skill these two musicians showcase here. I dont think ppl in the audience understand how difficult this is.

    • @Qatoon2
      @Qatoon2 Год назад +19

      I respectfully disagree, this was a classical music crowd. They sure knew how awesome this was.

    • @Qwerty0791
      @Qwerty0791 Год назад

      It sounds like you just don’t play piano. This is well within your abilities to play. The real genius here is the physical comedy, which is exclusively showcased through piano playing.

    • @Wistbacka
      @Wistbacka Год назад

      @@Qwerty0791 been playing since I was 6. So.. 28 years now. Not on this level of course, but I'd say I have a fair bit of understanding for this.

    • @Qwerty0791
      @Qwerty0791 Год назад

      @@Wistbacka Over a quarter of a century playing piano and your argument is… you think the regular philharmonic patrons don’t understand what it takes to play Hungarian Rhapsody?

    • @LiveActiveCultures
      @LiveActiveCultures 7 месяцев назад +1

      I think everyone understood how difficult it is. LMAO the jokes flew right over your head

  • @TimFarage
    @TimFarage 7 лет назад +207

    Victor Borge is one of the most talented musicians and comedians that ever lived.

    • @virginiaconnor8350
      @virginiaconnor8350 7 лет назад

      Tim Farage He was even on an episode of "The Man From UNCLE" once. I forget which episode now.

  • @garyrizza1462
    @garyrizza1462 4 года назад +52

    What a difficult piece, and to do it as a duet the way that they did by reaching over, standing up, running around each other.... just shows the talent they both were. RIP Mr. Borge.

  • @gund2281
    @gund2281 6 лет назад +601

    I don't think people truly understand just how INSANELY DIFFICULT this act is to pull off. Hungarian No.2 is already one of the most difficult pieces to play on piano, but add in another pianist and also the physical humor? My god the logistics are just mind blowing. Mr. Borge was an incredibly talented musician and funny to boot. And never dirty or offensive. Suggestive at times, but never in a way that was more than PG. The guy playing with him has some chops too. Great act.

    • @Eagle_Bee
      @Eagle_Bee 4 года назад +13

      The man was so good that he could afford to joke around with a song like this :v

    • @r4b32t11
      @r4b32t11 4 года назад +3

      Mark If people are Borge fans they get it

    • @natecamilleri3937
      @natecamilleri3937 3 года назад +1

      "This piano has 3 pedals, who do they think I am?" lol

    • @killorder7237
      @killorder7237 2 года назад +1

      I am so glad someone else remember's him still, I always wanted to meet him growing up but I am sad to find he had died before I was born. This man was a true legend and I hope he isn't forgotten.

    • @jonsnow3521
      @jonsnow3521 2 года назад +2

      @unknowncoconutleaf grow up, seriously.

  • @bennyksmusicalworld
    @bennyksmusicalworld 4 года назад +154

    WAIT 2:08 how did this guy even have the audacity to pull off the cleanest one handed octave glissando in the middle of all that? Can’t give Victor Borge enough props... we all miss him 😭

    • @TheOne-pq4ph
      @TheOne-pq4ph 3 года назад +17

      I mean he was taught by one of liszts pupils as a child sooooooo

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 3 года назад

      👍😔

    • @killorder7237
      @killorder7237 2 года назад +1

      I know I miss him so much, I used to watch him over and over on vcr as a kid and wished I could have met him but I am sad to learn that he had died before I was born.

    • @johannsebastianbach3411
      @johannsebastianbach3411 2 года назад +9

      @@TheOne-pq4ph do you mean fliszt? I don’t know a composer by the name liszt

    • @TheOne-pq4ph
      @TheOne-pq4ph 2 года назад

      @@johannsebastianbach3411 ya Franz Liszt

  • @charbelnakad7668
    @charbelnakad7668 6 лет назад +525

    This man wanted to do a comedian but his parents wanted him to be a pianist, so this is what he ended up being... XD

    • @lazydodo7637
      @lazydodo7637 3 года назад +2

      Lol

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 3 года назад

      😆

    • @clvisugo
      @clvisugo 3 года назад +5

      A Comedianist? 😂

    • @woroGaming
      @woroGaming 2 года назад +1

      Doing a comedian and being a pianist is quite possible. Doing both at the same time requires some acrobatics though :P

  • @payres48
    @payres48 2 года назад +22

    As a kid I recall seeing my dad in fits of laughter watching this piece. He played piano and could appreciate both the difficulty of what they were actually doing and the comedy of it all.

  • @erzbet07
    @erzbet07 17 лет назад +36

    Unbeatable combination: classic music and comic genius. Victor Borge had it all and still keeps us laughing, years after his passing. What a wonderful man. Thanks for posting this gem!

  • @angelamorgan1844
    @angelamorgan1844 2 года назад +9

    I’ve seen the skit several times and it never gets old! It always brings a smile to my face!😂

  • @margueritejohnson6407
    @margueritejohnson6407 5 лет назад +24

    I am extremely happy to say that I saw Victor Borge at the London Palladium nearly 60 years ago

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors 5 лет назад +6

      wow!!! ive seen every rock band on the planet yet im jealous of YOU ! :)

    • @barrydanser4334
      @barrydanser4334 4 месяца назад

      I might have seen him slightly later. He was brilliant

  • @feliciayan7028
    @feliciayan7028 4 года назад +10

    The best Piano entertainer I've ever seen. Thank your for this lovely memory and video. I enjoy so much. Thank you for being exist in this world.

  • @PILOSOPAUL
    @PILOSOPAUL 7 лет назад +196

    Liszt would be laughing his ass off when he sees this

  • @Bultaco15
    @Bultaco15 15 лет назад +14

    I never tire of this man's comedic ability and superb mastery of the keyboard. Many thanks for posting

  • @Winterborn5
    @Winterborn5 2 года назад +6

    I remember watching this as a kid. I'm almost 50 now and it makes me feel young again.

  • @ancestralblue
    @ancestralblue 16 лет назад +5

    Great! I always loved Borge and I hadn't seen all of his stuff.
    Thanks for posting this!
    Thanks Nom, for the send.
    Great way to start the day!

  • @NancyDelain
    @NancyDelain 16 лет назад +3

    LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!! Stellar musicianship, excellent comedy. But of course: it IS Victor Borge, after all....
    Thanks for posting :-) I saw him live in concert a few times and this brings back excellent memories.

  • @futurescapesz
    @futurescapesz 3 года назад +2

    Hands down the best video on RUclips I always come back to watch this and it puts me in a good mood

  • @danielfeinstein1096
    @danielfeinstein1096 4 года назад +4

    An incredible duet.......I smiled through the whole rendition! Loved it!

  • @5gnetsolutions876
    @5gnetsolutions876 3 года назад +1

    Loved this guy when I was young. When we got TV this was one of my favourite acts.

  • @9989126
    @9989126 13 лет назад +8

    Why we can't have more things like this now I have no idea.. LOVE IT!

  • @frethouse
    @frethouse 15 лет назад +13

    God that was hysterical! Such genius and talent mixed with good humour!

  • @HighSxn
    @HighSxn 8 лет назад +126

    2:39 LEAVE ME ALONE! XDXDXD

    • @pogotard
      @pogotard 6 лет назад +2

      Best line! Leave me alone! haha!

  • @mkbird100
    @mkbird100 16 лет назад +200

    I think somewhere Liszt is smiling.

  • @TheRoscoeGiant
    @TheRoscoeGiant 12 лет назад +9

    I wish Victor Borge was still alive, I would love to see some of his other piano shenanigans

  • @cpetrizzi
    @cpetrizzi 2 года назад +2

    To perform comedy to the extend Borge does with a piece this difficult and intricate is beyond genius, it's incomparable!

  • @lizadubois6402
    @lizadubois6402 Год назад +2

    The fact that it was executed perfectly with no mistakes

  • @rizon72
    @rizon72 7 лет назад +12

    I'm always amazed at the amount of talent in such clips, and it was funny as well.

  • @ewenmchardy5157
    @ewenmchardy5157 7 лет назад +1

    Absolutely brilliant, have always loved Victor

  • @georgeconn8413
    @georgeconn8413 Год назад +2

    The crazy Dane at his best RIP

  • @asham2
    @asham2 16 лет назад +6

    This was my senior recital, years ago. Never knew how much fun a piece it really could have been! Amazing.

  • @yahyakhazbak4713
    @yahyakhazbak4713 Год назад +1

    i love the switch people without fall of the time signiture

  • @dmcII
    @dmcII 16 лет назад +1

    Thats one of the reasons they are considered such grand masters. They are so talented that they make it look so easy.

  • @vlsotoa
    @vlsotoa 15 лет назад +3

    Oh my God, how come i did not know about this guy before?, simply amazing !!

  • @irfrapg
    @irfrapg 15 лет назад +1

    Excellent, a true classic from a true musician!

  • @Truus1949
    @Truus1949 15 лет назад +51

    Thank you :-)) Just what I needed!

    • @labogne1928
      @labogne1928 7 лет назад +2

      SOME talented entertainment.

  • @9989126
    @9989126 14 лет назад +3

    pure genius! no other way to describe it!

  • @milesdamascus9400
    @milesdamascus9400 3 года назад +2

    No matter how you look at it that's just pure talent lol

  • @mohamedhamza456
    @mohamedhamza456 7 лет назад +1

    The best of the best comedy ever done with the Hungarian rhapsody 2 as a theme.

  • @Bowler4Ever
    @Bowler4Ever 18 лет назад +1

    Victor was simply incredible...and hilarious, too!

  • @JerryLevenson
    @JerryLevenson 13 лет назад +3

    This is, what, forty years old? And it still makes me laugh out loud.

  • @PinacoladaMatthew
    @PinacoladaMatthew 16 лет назад +1

    How I wish to see a live show of his.....great man.

  • @userqpxmrnwj
    @userqpxmrnwj 7 лет назад +5

    와 지금껏 본적없는 최고수준의 유머..
    저런 게 가능하려면 지능이 얼마나 되어야하는거야ㄷㄷㄷ

  • @123romell
    @123romell 15 лет назад

    I keep watching this Over and over again.

  • @StuartSafford
    @StuartSafford 10 лет назад +38

    A classic in hilarity.

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee 5 лет назад +4

    besides being hilarious, as usual, i absolutely love his pants!!! :}

  • @stevenardianto3653
    @stevenardianto3653 6 лет назад +3

    This man cheers my days😂😂😂

  • @NoelMcGinnis
    @NoelMcGinnis 2 года назад +1

    These two took the idea of “dueling pianos” and turned it on its head. Lord I miss Victor Borge. So much talent and yet he chose comedy when he could have put Liberace out of business.

  • @ELGROOVER
    @ELGROOVER 16 лет назад

    Th@'s some very skillful jocularity on the ol' joanna. Excellent!!
    Nice share Nom.....and by coincidence, the classic Morecambe & Wise episode with Andre Previn is being aired right now. "...playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order".

  • @DavidBadilloMusic
    @DavidBadilloMusic 4 года назад +4

    "Leave me ALONE!!" LOL

  • @tanker242
    @tanker242 17 лет назад +2

    I wish I was old enough to see Victor Borge when he was still alive, or should I say I wish my parents took me.

  • @HellaS147
    @HellaS147 14 лет назад +21

    to play a song like they played is MORE MORE MORE harder than you play it normally AWESOMe show

  • @JohnsChannal
    @JohnsChannal 8 лет назад +241

    was that episode of Tom and Jerry inspired by this? xD

    • @Chip1329
      @Chip1329 8 лет назад +19

      Tom and Jerry was called "The Cat Concerto"
      I believe it was inspired by Bugs Bunny's "Rhapsody Rabbit"

    • @carthag
      @carthag 7 лет назад +3

      hah it coulda been. but no, the tom & jerry cartoon is older. the rhapsody is perfect for playing around though

    • @lorengo183
      @lorengo183 6 лет назад +3

      it's the other way around. :(

    • @Shenorai
      @Shenorai 5 лет назад +2

      @@lorengo183 Honestly, that is an impressive feat to be able to do something out of a cartoon.

    • @DJTrainBrain
      @DJTrainBrain 5 лет назад

      Wonder if I might have come here for this :-)

  • @TheMoey
    @TheMoey 14 лет назад +18

    LOL..great "ass" melody LOL!!

  • @gerardodonaire699
    @gerardodonaire699 5 лет назад +3

    What a talent !!

  • @jackdevitt905
    @jackdevitt905 2 года назад +1

    I always loved when he did the choreographed squat on the piano

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 Год назад

    Victor Borge never forgot that his audiences were composed equally of those who knew classical music well, and those who didn’t, so he trod a fine line between physical and musical gags.

  • @dmcII
    @dmcII 16 лет назад

    Absolutely hilarious. Thanks for posting !

  • @abbyjr
    @abbyjr 16 лет назад +1

    oh my god these guys are above the pro level they are grandmasters at the piano.
    i play piano myself and even though it dosnt seem to hard when u watch a pro play piano is sooo hard to learn and theys guys have really mastered it

  • @Vomaxx1
    @Vomaxx1 5 лет назад +13

    What is the name of Borge's partner? He too deserves mention.

    • @MsBiggles51
      @MsBiggles51 5 лет назад +9

      Sahan Arzruni: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Şahan_Arzruni

    • @qalaphyll
      @qalaphyll 4 года назад +1

      @@MsBiggles51 thank you

  • @nesaiamon8727
    @nesaiamon8727 Год назад

    So genius on so many levels - bravo!

  • @royalesseankobe2117
    @royalesseankobe2117 5 лет назад +4

    1:57 that was epic

  • @zsuzsakovacs845
    @zsuzsakovacs845 9 лет назад +10

    How to make love with laugh classical miusic... Fantastic !

  • @Thealiszt
    @Thealiszt 3 года назад +1

    It would be sooo nice if all piano interpretations were like that

  • @theGimpfantry
    @theGimpfantry Год назад

    Amazing... simply amazing!

  • @Tranarpnorra
    @Tranarpnorra 2 года назад +3

    This is not easy to play. Insert two piano players of exceptional skill and play with various
    humour inserted and you have some Machiavellian performance on your hands.
    Appreciate the humour but also appreciate the mad skill these two performs.

  • @wodzimierzwosimieta2758
    @wodzimierzwosimieta2758 6 лет назад +1

    I can't stop watching this.

  • @TheGrenadier97
    @TheGrenadier97 7 лет назад +3

    They play, they joke. This is great.

  • @Spanuse
    @Spanuse 7 лет назад +12

    I figure both Liszt and Chico Marx would be having a real good time.

  • @frozenlake1215
    @frozenlake1215 3 года назад +2

    Makes me wonder what Victor Borge and Chico Marx could have come up with together

    • @craigson153
      @craigson153 3 года назад +1

      one of them must of inspired the other

  • @Branchporter
    @Branchporter 15 лет назад +1

    They must have had fun figuring out who would do what and practicing this!

  • @musicalmike235
    @musicalmike235 15 лет назад

    Awesome! I wanna see more.

  • @TheMary0831
    @TheMary0831 5 лет назад +3

    OMG total comedic genius hahahahaha

  • @egrosz
    @egrosz 18 лет назад +18

    That's so funny,that I have laughed with tears...

    • @sebasaitidze7101
      @sebasaitidze7101 7 лет назад +3

      this comment is 10 years ago! WoW

    • @jafarshiha
      @jafarshiha 7 лет назад +1

      Now it is 11 years lol

    • @eeeeR0
      @eeeeR0 5 лет назад

      Now, 12 years ago Σ(゚∀゚ノ)ノ

    • @SliderV5
      @SliderV5 5 лет назад +1

      13 years

    • @qalaphyll
      @qalaphyll 4 года назад

      this comment is 13 yers ago wtf

  • @MrEjidorie
    @MrEjidorie 9 лет назад +2

    Bravo! Marvelous!

  • @metteholm4833
    @metteholm4833 6 лет назад

    A sketch, that will never die :-D

  • @muffinman5741
    @muffinman5741 6 лет назад +15

    "This is awkward"
    Spoken like a true millenial

  • @CesarPerez-ce9oq
    @CesarPerez-ce9oq 2 года назад

    No me canso de verlo y disfrutar un humor limpio y fino

  • @fw4212
    @fw4212 6 лет назад +5

    the ending killed me

  • @timmiddleton9227
    @timmiddleton9227 2 года назад +2

    This is amazing and laugh-out-loud hilarious! Just sorry I didn’t find it sooner. Thank you for posting.
    ps: Does anyone know who the other pianist is? I scrolled the comments, but didn’t see his name.

  • @Richard-si3sr
    @Richard-si3sr 5 лет назад +3

    He is natural!

  • @Alicia7777777
    @Alicia7777777 15 лет назад

    Wonderful!!!!!! ;))) Thank you for sharing dear Franco!

  • @tommyt1971
    @tommyt1971 2 года назад

    Think about how much practice must’ve gone into this sketch.

  • @elisabelle01
    @elisabelle01 12 лет назад +11

    His pants!!!!

  • @chrisk8187
    @chrisk8187 6 лет назад

    Misuka Chao, you're one person I'd NEVER would want to spend any around! Unbelievable!
    Have..... a day!

  • @sormu16
    @sormu16 15 лет назад +1

    How CAN they manage that?? It is hard enough just to play it. Terrific! HAHAHA! What an ending.

  • @Cronopioslover274
    @Cronopioslover274 15 лет назад

    This man is amazing!
    Victor the victorious!

  • @littledikkins2
    @littledikkins2 8 лет назад +4

    He was marvelous, they called him The Clown Prince of Denmark.

    • @yergui87
      @yergui87 7 лет назад +1

      I like more "The Great Dane".

  • @alainremi267
    @alainremi267 Год назад

    I KNOW a masterpiece when I see one & this is one 🤣🤣🤣

  • @stigekalder
    @stigekalder 4 года назад +7

    Hi all, I have some rare footage with Victor Borge - recorded in his native country Denmark. He partly speaks Danish, but I have applied English subtitles for those parts. This is the playlist (Enjoy!): ruclips.net/p/PLCby7t-aPVUksdwJPSy7ov7-tHibgxC4h

  • @DGW12345
    @DGW12345 15 лет назад

    I did this with a friend at school at a talent show! : D it was HILARIC : D
    THANKS!!: D

  • @fabiopalma4429
    @fabiopalma4429 6 лет назад +1

    My god, this is amazing

  • @simonjonathan3359
    @simonjonathan3359 6 лет назад

    Gold never get old

  • @miketravis6149
    @miketravis6149 5 лет назад +2

    Pure genius.

  • @Turboy65
    @Turboy65 3 года назад +1

    There's a lesson here. Comedy can be hysterically funny without the usage of any curse words, any violence, any bad behavior, and no sexual content. Something modern comedians seem to have not figured out.

  • @rosyb7436
    @rosyb7436 Год назад

    2 grandissimi fenomeni!

  • @1uxo1
    @1uxo1 6 лет назад

    formidable, quel talent !!!

  • @nazarenalusana0691
    @nazarenalusana0691 Год назад

    Quando ANDIAMO AL CONCERTO non è una minaccia😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jillk368
    @jillk368 2 года назад

    Luv luv luvit.

  • @dynopotter
    @dynopotter 17 лет назад

    OMG that was the best!absolutely the best!

  • @harro16
    @harro16 3 года назад

    Brilliant!