In Hollywood, Borge appeared in Higher and Higher with Frank Sinatra in 1943 and Meet the People in 1944. He became a U.S. citizen in 1948. In 1953, Borge's one-man show, Comedy in Music, began a run of 849 performances, the Broadway record for a solo show. He revived it in 1977 in a limited run of one month that was extended to two. Despite his fame, Borge felt an insecurity that kept him from a leisurely retirement or from indulging his passion for sailing.
Every move can be the end of it or an advance.
You have to be courageous. His routines came from reality. Borge once saw a pianist slide right off his bench while playing a concerto, and he recreated that disaster hundreds of times. I do a thing with a page turner. So, when I do that routine the orchestra members just fall off their seats.