Danish Comedians - Victor Borge, Sandi Toksvig, Dirch Passer, Mette Lisby, Aminvictor Borge, Sandi Toksvig, Dirch Passer, Mette Lisby, Amin Jensen, Stine Stengade, Buster Larsen, Casper Christensen Jensen, Stine Stengade, Buster Larsen, Casper Christensen (Paperback)

Chapters: Victor Borge, Sandi Toksvig, Dirch Passer, Mette Lisby, Amin Jensen, Stine Stengade, Buster Larsen, Casper Christensen, Jan Gintberg, Jacob Haugaard, Simon Kvamm, Morten Lindberg, Frank Hvam, Niels Hausgaard, Mads Vangso, Lasse Rimmer, Lars Hjortshoj, Sofie Stougaard. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Victor Borge (pronounced "BOR-guh"; January 3, 1909 December 23, 2000), born Borge Rosenbaum, was a Danish comedian, conductor and pianist, affectionately known as The Clown Prince of Denmark, The Unmelancholy Dane, and The Great Dane. Borge was born Borge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, Denmark, into a Jewish family. His parents, Bernhard and Frederikke Rosenbaum, were both musicianshis father a violinist in the Royal Danish Chapel and his mother a pianist. Like his mother, Borge began piano lessons at the age of two, and it was soon apparent that he was a prodigy. He gave his first piano recital when he was eight years old, and in 1918 was awarded a full scholarship at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, studying under Olivo Krause. Later on, he was taught by Victor Schioler, Liszt's student Frederic Lamond, and Busoni's pupil Egon Petri. Borge played his first major concert in 1926 at the Danish concert-hall Odd Fellow Palaeet (The Odd Fellow's Lodge building). After a few years as a classical concert pianist, he started his now famous "stand up" act, with the signature blend of piano music and jokes. He married American Elsie Chilton in 1933, the same year he debuted with his revue acts. Borge started touring extensively in Europe, where he began telling anti-Nazi jokes. When the Nazis occupied Denmark during World War II, Borge was playing a concert in Sweden, and managed to escape to Finland. He traveled to America on the USS American Legion, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=326