Dudley Does Britten and Pears

Tears of a Clownsilly has posted video (from YouTube, of course) of Dudley Moore parodying pianist/composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears: Britten's "lost" version of "Little Miss Muffet." If I ever knew Dudley Moore was this talented, I had forgotten. Please observe a moment of silent tribute to what television once, briefly, was.

By the way, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears played the Celebrity Series (Jordan Hall, as a matter of fact) on October 28, 1969. The program included Britten's Winter Words, Schumann's Dichterliebe, and 4 Britten arrangements of British folk songs. No Dudley Moore, no Little Miss Muffet, but I'm sure it was lovely nonetheless.