The Clown Prince of Denmark as he was nicknamed in his adoptive country (the USA), was a very famous entertainer and pianist who amused the American continent. He made a film with Franck Sinatra (in higher and higher) among others, and hosted on NBC from 1946 The Victor Borge Show where he developed many of his concepts, like the Phonetic Punctuation in which he recites a text with its full punctuation, or the Inflationary Language, which consists in incrementing the numbers embedded in words.

Now, I let you enjoy this video, together with Victor Borge, Leonid Hambro and Liszt!

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Florence Foster Jenkins’s gamble has paid off: she counts among the 20th century’s best-known singers. Even 64 years after her death, it is possible to find recordings of her wrongdoings all along her 32 years career.

Some went as far as to write plays about her, but what fascinates me is that she still makes all of us smile, and that in the 21st century people still talk about this terrible american singer.

I can hardly believe that she could compare herself to the great singers at that time, despite what urban legends say. And you, what do you think about it? Gigantic hoax or megalomaniacal madness of a rich heiress?

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