when you want to do comedy but parents want you to play piano

Performed by: Victor Borge

faq:
Q: how are you related to jacob collier? / A: i'm not, we just have the same last name
Q: how do you transcribe? / A: i use musescore for notation and 'Transcribe!' for beat marking, slowing down etc
Q: do you have perfect pitch? / A: no
Q: why are some videos not transcribed by you? / A: sometimes other people submit transcriptions, most are commissioned from others who can do a better job than i can. i want to make sure you see the best transcriptions possible!

[AIRDRAC]

He's also known for the quote: 'I'd like to thank my parents for making this night possible. And my children for making it necessary.'

[penguinista]

Moving the piano over at 1:16 to extend the high notes is brilliant

[CRUCIFi]

He came of age in an interesting time in music for piano: Tin Pan Alley was in full swing, and so was swing for that matter, and there was an enormous influx of aspiring concert pianists juxtaposed to all the advents, but no one had bridged the gap between Vaudeville and high society quite like him before-or since for that matter.

[floydfanTN]

My dad saw Victor play live in the early 70s when he lived in California. He saw him at DeAnza college, and he said Victor asked the Audience "If this is DeAnza, whats the question?"

[Kylora]

The upside down William Tell Overture is absolute amazing.

[DodderingOldMan]

Great pianist, but as a comedian he's one of the greatest of all time. His comic timing is second to none. Which, as a musician, makes sense I suppose.

[ChanahAngelicaKamen]

One of the greatest pianists ever. Not only a comical genius, but a brilliant performer with a golden touch, there's no one like him. May his memory be forever a blessing.

[robbybevard]

The routine was so good Victor Borge did it with almost no changes for 50 years.

[caesarsalad]

One of the legends. Between Victor Borge and Bugs Bunny, anyone should be convinced that classical music can be fun.

[TacoBlend]

I am so thankful he survived the Haulocost to bring us his wonderful and hilarious talent.

May he rest in peace!

[zackv]

i feel like i just watched a live action bugs bunny skit.

[VictorBorbaMusic]

The man who forever ruins auto-fill searches for my name

[gonzaleandro]

This is the nucleus and origin of all the "... but I got distracted" memes xD

[chrisn]

Oh man. I kinda wish you had done the one where he plays this angular thing of all parallel 5ths and tritones and is like, ???, and then turns the music NINETY DEGREES and gets "Entry of the Gladiators", because that would've been a hell of a thing in a transcription. Victor Borge was such a great comedian, and we were all very, very lucky to have experienced him.

[PaleCentaur]

As much as I loved the inverted William Tell Overture bit, seeing "fall of the stool" on the transcription and then watching him fall half a second later is perfect comedy to me.

[rdalbum]

I used to work with a guy who LOVED Victor Borge, and so I've seen this skit so many times, and I still laugh at it. It's timeless comedy.

[aloyalfiancée]

0:05 this person who laughed knew what was up before everyone else

[Rxman]

I remember hearing him on the radio about 40 years ago talking about Phonetic punctuation and Inflationary Language, and putting them together.. Comedy gold

[pantarkan]

"The Steinway people would like me to announce, that this, is a BALDWIN piano."

[HexoESBB]

love u georgey colli :D. you got me into composing for my bass clarinet