Danish comedian, pianist, musical conductor, actor and stage performer Victor Borge is dapper as he regales a large audience at the Chicago Theater in Chicago, Illinois on February 11, 1982. Borge`s tart tongue got him in hot water with his jokes against the Nazis. As they took over Denmark, he fled to the United States in 1940. Not speaking a word of English, the former Borge Rosenbaum learned it in short order by frequenting movie theaters on a regular and accelerated basis. Within a few years he became quite popular for his frequent radio appearances and nightclub act. In 1953 he had a two-week Broadway engagement, `Comedy in Music,` which was so popular it ran for 3 years. He said he was not making fun of music, but rather of musicians. HIs routines and comic riffs of musical satire were as inventive and original as they were legendary. Here he is seen with his comic foil, coloratura soprano opera singer, Marylyn Mulvey during their classic routine, `Hands Off.` A prolific global performer, even at the age of 90, the `unmelancholy Dane` died on December 23, 2000, 11 days shy of his 92nd birthday.
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