SMALL SCREEN.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski OL' BLUE EYES IS BACK: ``60 Minutes II'' has an interesting surprise tonight: newly discovered footage of Frank Sinatra performing in the 1950s. Some of Sinatra's shows were being shot on poor-quality, monophonic (1) Also called "mono" and "monaural," it refers to the reproduction of sound using a single channel. Contrast with stereophonic. (2) Playing only one note at a time. Contrast with polyphonic. kinescope kinescope /kine·scope/ (-skop) an instrument for ascertaining ocular refraction., so the singer arranged to be filmed at the same time on 35mm. Producer James Sanna and Keith Robinson, who restored the film found in the Sinatra family archives, also uncovered some New Joisey-esque Sinatra essays on love and life: ``Now, if you've been clobbered clobber - To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack." Compare mung, scribble, trash, and smash the stack. by love, it isn't cricket to take the gas, you know? And dangling by your necktie is against the rules too. And never make hors d'oeuvres with the ant paste.'' 60 MINUTES II, 8 tonight, CBS, Channel 2. LAST CHANCE FOR 'PERFORMING AS ...': If you haven't yet seen an episode of Fox's ``Performing As ...'' - and judging from its ratings, many of you haven't - tonight could be your last chance. The talent contest that has ordinary folk singing, dancing and looking quite a bit like their favorite entertainers wraps up its first and possibly only season with a two-hour finale. What's at stake? A $200,000 grand prize and the prospect of severe embarrassment when returning to their day jobs after strutting their stuff as Cher, Ricky Martin, Shania Twain (Technology Without An Interesting Name) A programming interface that lets a graphics application, such as an image editing program or desktop publishing program, activate a scanner, frame grabber or other image-capturing device. or James Brown. PERFORMING AS ..., 8 tonight, Fox, Channel 11. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) FRANK SINATRA (2) NICKY LOIERO as Shania Twain |
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