This week’s quote comes from Victor Borge who was a multi-talented Danish comedian, and a skilled orchestra conductor and pianist. He was often referred to as ‘The Clown Prince of Denmark’.
He did a lot of television work and appeared several times on Sesame Street and was a guest star on The Muppet Show. He spoke about the bonding abilities of his comedic work and said:
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”
One of his most famous and funniest skits was entitled “Phonetic Punctuation,” in which he reads a story out loud, and replaces each punctuation mark with a sound effect. It’s actually very clever. Have a watch:
Victor Borge: January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000