So... Today's guest is birthday boy
Victor Borge
* January 3, 1909 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
† December 23, 2000 (Greenwich, Connecticut, USA)
So - how does he fit into the On The Run series??
In short:
He was born as Børge Rosenbaum and in the 1940s his parody of Adolf Hitler was quite popular (and by that famous) in Denmark - that is: he wasn't too popular with the Nazi ocupying force that he was Jewish didn't help either - so he escaped over Finland to America - and became there also very popular with mostly comic performances..
Back to Dog Tuesday:
He not only appeared on Telly with a very famous dog:
- he also had one of the coolest autograph cards ever:
~ I love that little arrow showing WHO of them is Victor Borge..~
Thank you very much for listening!
Yours (very well and) truly
Irene
Great post Irene!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, and a great picture of him with the dog. I had the privilege of seeing him perform live back in the 1990s sometime, and I have memories of a wonderful evening!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Monty!
ReplyDeleteDKoren: That's awesome!! What a wonderful experience that must have been! Thank you for sharing this memory!