{"id":898,"date":"2012-02-24T18:03:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T23:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/?p=898"},"modified":"2012-02-24T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T23:21:02","slug":"even-better-youre-not-watching-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/02\/even-better-youre-not-watching-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Even better, you&#8217;re not watching PBS&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Domingo did VERY well on <em>The Colbert Report<\/em>\u00a0last night. Stephen Colbert is obviously a fan, which makes the thing completely adorable. The two discussed &#8220;the most popular song of all time&#8221; (&#8220;La donna \u00e8 mobile&#8221;, obviously, not &#8220;Imagine&#8221;), why tenors get all the girls, and &#8220;soaking the snooty crowd&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:409088\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong>The Colbert Report<\/strong><br \/>\nGet More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After a commercial break, Stephen and Placido perform. Together.<\/p>\n<p>More classical musicians on TV, please.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:409089\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong>The Colbert Report<\/strong><br \/>\nGet More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThat said, we&#8217;re also thrilled with classical musicians on PBS. Here is Gustavo Dudamel on<em> Sesame Street<\/em>. 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