The Muppets - Victor Borge

[lunaticonthegrass111]

I now know how to pronounce his surname!

[yellowrose45]

next, you must go see his duet with Dean Martin. I can't get the URL included in this comment, so just use youtube's search engine. Enjoy!

[keetner]

I must get that Beethoven bust.

[ClownViolenceBoogie]

unfunny

[186mjn]

@ClownViolenceBoogie You're an idiot and you worthless opinions should be kept in your worthless mind.

[ClownViolenceBoogie]

@186mjn Thank you very much for that very insightful piece of information. I would care if I actually gave a shit about what dipshits like you has to say. Fuck you.

[Gen5444]

Moonlight Sonata isn't boring but I always feel sleepy when I hear it, it's just so soothing...

[LoudCitizen]

You just know that they made the fabulous Beethoven bust puppet just for Borge's appearance. What an honor to have inspired the creation of a muppet!

[billdakelski]

That is the funniest thing i'v seen on youtube yet.

[themadmallard]

what special is this sequence from? I have this on VHS from a PBS special.

[charlies86angel]

Read the other comments to my post.

[TheIcean]

I thought he said 'el beto' cause I know beto is a popular Spanish nickname... Or was during that time.

[Carpythesharky]

Yeah he meant to make a pun on Ludwig van Beethoven by calling him L. Beethoven as in "El Beethoven" like it's in spanish.

[Christlessgrave]

That has brightened my Sunday! Thank you "RenegadeMaster4!"

[cainster]

I wish I knew where that Beethoven puppet was today. Sure it would be worth it to sell it -- it's gotta be worth a fortune now -- but I don't think I would want to sell it. I would just want to know where it is today to know that it has been preserved as a part of the Muppet history, the Jim Henson genius, the celebration of the life of Victor Borge and just a damn funny puppet.

[Michelle2815CV]

spanish composer L beethoven XDDDDD

you think that was fascinating? you can come back and watch me tie my shoes XD

[Namaechan]

Ah, but he should have played the fast part too... Hehehe...

[Ignauhak]

"You think that was fascinating? Well, you can come back later, & watch me tie my shoes!"

PRICELESS :-)

[mbabist01]

Funny, funny, funny!

[RosesofWillows]

i say that today's children could use comedy like this. I'm tired of hearing 11 year olds talking about South Park! (eww)

This man was true entertainment.

[LoudCitizen]

What is so cool is, you just KNOW they created that Mozart Bust Puppet just for Borge. What a genius he was!

[charlies86angel]

"By the Spanish composer L. Beethoven."

[MrIrishcowboy]

@charlies86angel Beethoven wasn't spanish he was austrain

[charlies86angel]

@MrIrishcowboy ... And you may notice that I quoted Borge.

[beasst94]

@MrIrishcowboy u didnt get the obvious joke dude

[shakeypitt]

@charlies86angel I think he meant El Beethoven! (Spanish??)

[charlies86angel]

@shakeypitt Sí, a pun right there. With a slight hesitation to kill the joke, he said "Spanish" to emphasize the effect of the pun.

[askylitdrivex]

@charlies86angel dude he means spanish as in "el Beethoven" haha

[Namaechan]

Aw... The moonlight sonata isn't boring! It's beautiful! :D

[unrealdwarf1]

@Namaechan You said it, amigo! =D

[tkmaz]

@Namaechan - Yes.....but CHILDREN can find "slow" boring & The Muppet Show was a primetime kids show. Which incidently kids most likely wouldn't get the jokes.

[Namaechan]

@tkmaz ... I know. So? it's still beautiful. Besides... There's a really fast passage to it no one ever seems to remember...

[DackxJaniels]

@Namaechan It's extremely boring to play though.

[Namaechan]

@DackxJaniels Not if i play it! Because i can't play the piano at all xP

[iMushhie]

I miss Victore Borge.

[iMushhie]

Victor*

[owningyourfinances]

@iMushhie Me too!! We need more good, funny people like him =)

[TinySylvie]

@owningyourfinances people like Hans Liberg ;D Though most of it is in Dutch and German

[goukage]

The song is Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven.

[jkcrystal2]

this is sooo funny ,. but can u please tell me what he is playing ???

[fedsom]

moonlight sonata...

[ShermanClay88]

hahaha

XD

[jasonsgroovemachine]

This was great.

[SforzandoFilms]

Lol I saw him when I was like 8, he was a genius!!!!

[lSElkiM]

Bachianas Nº 4. This beatiful song Lobos.

[Jodiro2000]

I'm Borge - resistance is futile!

[rionhunter]

Isn't that 'Vogon'?

[georges3601]

Na, man.

I heard Borge made a map so big that it buried his kingdom.

[Razmuz12]

thats so funny omg

[gonsotube]

Incredible! I just've discovered this guy and It's crazy! the best musician-comedian in history! He plays really well!, and shows great humanity too!.

One of the best indicators for intelligence (whatever that is) is sense of humour.

[wysiwyg248]

gonsotube,

He was indeed a true prodigy who gave his first concert at 8 yrs of age.

[CorgiAllie]

victor borge + muppets = hilaroius! : ]

[Elias5Barnes]

"you made a mistake!" Nope, that's the way i wrote it.

lmao hahahahaha

[mephaz85]

I have always loved the Muppets. Now I love Borge too ! :D

[Therapist1972]

Victor Borg rocks!

[supersmashkingdom]

best music/comedy ever!

[lysis28]

The talking bust is awesome.

[danielconde13]

Shame on you; joking with the moonlight sonata like this! =P

This was funny!

[DCLeadboot]

He was right at home with the Muppets, wasn't he!

[deloufu]

He sure was.

[PepsiChocolateBatman]

this is so freaking funny......i love it.....it makes me laugh so much........i love the muppetss

[Tenacoon12]

i wish i could have enjoyed the muppets on the air......oh well, thats why we have youtube....8}

[Erinaberinaboferina]

did you make a mistake... no thats the way i wrote it... LOL

[SRAnimations]

Fozzie: Psst! Mr. Borge, can I come in and here you play?

Victor: Yes, come on in...

Fozzie:OH TERRIFIC!

CRASH!BANG! BOOM! LOL =D

[Cheesetubes]

Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung

[mattbeatle]

=) very very great man

[xodramaxo]

Victor Borge was such a great comedian and musician. I wish he was still around!

[hamtarolover1011]

Oh I can't wait to get the Muppet Show DVD with this episode on it! This was so funny. I love how he smiled here in this video watching that clip.

[fransmunk]

When Borge went to settle in the US way back,many danes felt he left Denmark.I think the oposit.He was a great ambassadeur for Denmark.Makes me proud to be a dane watching this video,laughed a lot too..again

[hiddensensitivities]

Victor Borge suffered from tremendous stage fright. The reason why he never succeeded as a consertpianist. At the conservatorie in Copenhagen he´d crack a joke everytime he performed. He would stop in the middle of Rachmaninovs third, make a joke or read a poem. Hillarious. Uforlignelige og usammenlignelige Victor Borge. Du er savnet.

[1712Overture]

@spartan1081990

Beethoven is a big enough man to survive some gentle joshing more than 100 years after he died.

Anyways, this reminds me of a story I heard of another musical satirist who was approached by a fan after a concert, and was told that he turned the fan on to classical music.

[3pianists]

This is great! I think that's the way everyone reacts to Moonlight Sonata, though...

[hrothgar64]

Behave, Spartan.

Victor Borge was a musical genius who didn't take himself seriously. The Muppets gave him the opportunity to show his immeasurable talents to a wider audience. In the same way theat Nuryev and countless others did.

[pinky0926]

What a lack of a sense of humour.

[indianajay19]

I used to have this entire show of Victor Borge past and present (at that time)... This is hilarious. I miss this so much!

[FrShootingStar]

What Great Video.

That's imagination. El Beethoven talking, Mr. Borge playing in a small old room for a puppet.

Love.

[hypocrita]

L. Beethoven = El Beethoven! wow!!!

It's allll clear now!

[Orgelix]

Oh, that's really funny! I became a fan of Vic Borge! Thank's a lot for posting this video!

[oksheenster]

The muppet show was like the SNL of that time. I remember watching this episode when it aired (how old am I-whew). Celebs were fighting to be on the Muppet show! How cool was that? We need this show now!

[tomasz1641]

Yes - we want the Muppets back! Is anyone in Hollywood listening?

[winnetouch]

yes but I want them back in the classic format. In the muppet theater and not the muppets tonight crap. That was OK but the classic episodes ruled so hard. My old folks tell my I used to climb out of my play pen as a little kid if I only heard the opening music of the show...

[Stant666]

Amazing. and he's a dane ^^

[blahismyname]

a dane?

[Guardian198125]

A dane is a person from the great country of Denmark.

[blahismyname]

oh wow!!

i guess you do learn something new everyday haha ^^

[EilisErina]

Brilliant! I wish my Beethoven frame could talk sometimes! :-D

[jjaci]

wow! i hope i can have that Beethoven head! so that whenever i practice, he could correct me:))

[wykatika]

Some of the greatest talents have appeared with the Muppets. I wish there were more entertainers like this today. To laugh is a great gift, and to be able to laugh at oneself is an even greater gift. As a classical musician, it is refreshing to see someone not be too serious.

[Gd0ubl3]

Victor Borge was a genius!! Absolutely brilliant. We lack people like him today...

thanks for posting!

[civilbb]

what is the sentence he said from 0:45 to 0:48?

[aleifnvc]

"That means with great dullness. I don't thing you would like that, not the way you came in here."

[princesstana1]

wow he was on seseme steet and the muppets!!!! wow!!! i love him!!

[FaygoAddict]

pure genius.

extremely funny. :]

[mavadd88]

ah that was funny!! you made a mistake. No thats the way i wrote it.

[optimusito]

YOu are stupids and i hold it!

[jluna76]

Loosen up a little, damn. Granted - its a beautiful piece of music and there was a lot of pain and suffering that was poured out into that piece, but I'm sure Beethoven's feelings were not hurt because of this skit.

Beethoven had to put up with a lot more crap in his life than a few good natured jokes written to entertain an audience of people between the ages of 7 and 20.

[optimusito]

Would you feel fun if you told someone that you have lost you mother or something you loved a lot and the idiot answered "its boring"...?

[pavillion22]

i am a afroamerican and i fell in love with victor borge after seeing a special on pbs one night after that,i seek him out and got is dvd very talented guy , may he rip

[Spiderwoman77]

What the heck does you being afroamerican have to do with you liking Victor Borge?

[vonnie1uk2001]

Absolutely fantastic!!! Love this!!!

[smego36]

I had the pleassure of seeing Victor Borge in Liverpool many years ago.....A fantastic nite.

[zenhkim]

Borge: The Moonlight Sonata ... by the great Spanish composer, El Beethoven. LOL!!!

[filmidioten]

RIP Victor. Saw him live in Oslo in the fall of 1999. I was 23. It was amazing, hilarious and he was in GREAT form. Even then (at 89) he pretended to fall of the piano chair (but caught himself before actually hitting the floor)! He was scheduled for a second show in May of 2000 and I got tickets for that as well, but then it was cancelled because he was ill. Six months later he died :(

[11krolls]

i love that!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThePhantomQueen]

i was looking for this for ages

thanks alot

[LVB1770]

That exactly what happens when this piece it played too slow! As Andras Schiff said in his Master class, "You can have breakfast, lunch and dinner and the poor pianist is still playing this first movement!

I Love Victor Borge, thanks for the post!

[0OoFACUoO0]

You're right, but i'm not Spanish... What is the diference between hahaha and jajaja ? xD ...

[0OoFACUoO0]

Beethoven's statue talks jajajaja ... that was funny

[slingapow]

r u spanish jajajaja is meant to be hahahaha just thought i'd let u know.

[gokhanay1]

supeer

[peysine]

sweet vid

[catz155]

you can come back later, and watch me tie my shoes.^-^

[VincentValentine15]

haha thats my favorite piece

[spacetime8]

I love how Beethoven has an American accent!

[jaime52]

luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv'­t

[anderaina]

lol

[mohicanspap]

HIILLLLLLL YEEAAAAHH!!

[dagdas01]

THAT'S SO SAD! I love that Sonata!

[antdude]

[falls asleep too]

[zmaui]

<3 muppets and victor borge!

[Nephilimfields]

*sigh* Rest in peace Mr. Borge...your humour and musical genius are greatly missed sir!

[empath69]

Aye, but the comedic and musical genius you DID grace us with is fondly remembered and lives on - we'll never forget you, sir!

[freddyrabbitfoot]

victor borge is really great.

[Spasta7]

What a sweet man.

[mmfowler]

The Great Dane. No one like him now.

[valvetrom]

teddiosa= dollness,top class humor

[nicodemus3712]

no wonder it's called the "moonlight sonata" :)

[RobbieCook]

I really, really want a speaking bust of Ludwig van Beethoven now.

[lu5egr]

I was about to say the same thing! I want it!!

[exterke11]

excellent...

[fatgirlgrobie]

OOOh I have this special on video but i do not know how to get it onto dvd so i can load it.

[dadogster]

That is Funnny.

[anhduy11]

lolololol