# Victor Borge **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001 "2016-04-02T23:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/1 "2016-04-02T23:50:27Z")
Growing up near South Bend Indiana in my youth (ages ago), home of Red Skelton, my mother dragged me to the theater to see Victor Borge. I thought “Mom, I don’t like classical music. Why?”. I thought I would share some classic moments from the past to our youngsters here, just to show that making music is fun. [Victor Borge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEMEkNhulsI) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/2 "2016-04-03T00:03:29Z")
I was lucky to have seen him in person several times (I moved around a lot), and it was always enjoyable. I have his book, “My Favorite Intermissions.” He certainly was a Great Dane. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/3 "2016-04-03T00:04:41Z")
Must be PBS pledge week. Just kidding. I did love Borge and grew up watching his stuff. PBS played it so much during pledge week that I have a mental connection between the two now. [I still use his out-loud punctuation to teach kids today.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eixevXANKAo) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/4 "2016-04-03T00:11:26Z")
I saw him live once, and on several TV specials. He was a marvelous entertainer. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/5 "2016-04-03T00:43:12Z")
I saw him live once and watched him often on TV. He was wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/6 "2016-04-03T01:17:13Z")
I saw him live, too, and one of the ten or twelve VHS tapes we had in the early 90s was his greatest hits. I still think “Oblivia” every time I hear “Bolivia”. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/7 "2016-04-03T05:23:00Z")
I saw him live, twice. He even picked on me once for coming in late. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/8 "2016-04-03T05:28:28Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I saw him live, twice. He even picked on me once for coming in late. "Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me, pardon me, pardon me … " ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/9 "2016-04-03T14:32:50Z")
I remember seeing him on TV when I was young. I didn’t know any of the music, but the humor transcended it. A truly funny guy. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/10 "2016-04-03T15:59:26Z")
My grandmother HATED!!! him. Why? He never finished anything he began, and the pieces he did begin were BARELY begun. I think granny may have had an ADHD problem. Or maybe Victor did? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/11 "2016-04-03T20:16:09Z")
The Victor Borg: “You will be assimilnined.” ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/12 "2016-04-03T20:18:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > The Victor Borg: “You will be assimilnined.” You just two the thread. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/13 "2016-04-03T21:59:33Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > He certainly was a Great Dane. “It’s \*your \*language. I’m just trying to use it!” ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/14 "2016-04-03T22:38:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > The Victor Borg: “You will be assimilnined.” This is brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-borge/751001/15 "2016-04-04T00:35:57Z")
So can the (other) music nerd Dopers answer this question…I was watching a [Borge TV episode from the Dean Martin show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVatrCsz0Y) where Borge did some of his usual routines, and he started to play [Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._14_(Beethoven)) which seemlessly morphed into [Porter’s Night & Day.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_and_Day_(song)) Clever. But I always thought this song pairing was first done by [Peter Nero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nero) and I have been playing [his version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBuwV2sYy94) for many years to amuse my friends. So who originated this Moonlight/Night mashup/medley? Nero or Borge? Or did they both think of it independently, at the same time?