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Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.
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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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