Besides being the day that the series finale of Seinfeld aired, May 14, 1998 was also the day that legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82. I remember spending an entire week listening to nothing but Sinatra songs, watching all the specials that aired that week, reading all of the obituaries and tributes. And now TCM is going to honor the man by airing a month long tribute starting today. In fact, they've launched a special web site for the event, Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Movies.
Not only can you see video and read stories about his life and films, you get instructions on how to throw a Rat Pack party. The network will air 40 Sinatra movies and music specials, including 1965's The Man and His Music. Another cool feature: a widget you can put on your own site that features video and music from his movies.
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5-01-2008 @ 10:35AM
mike said...
I'd would be watching some of these movies if it wasn't for the fact that Comcast took TCM from me a couple weeks ago by moving it into the digital spectrum.
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5-01-2008 @ 10:40AM
ALLISON WALDMAN said...
Count me in as someone who's excited to see the Frank Sinatra TV specials. TCM is doing a great thing by incorporating the music specials with the movies. I'd like to see them do it with other classic TV specials from the late '50s, 60's and 70's -- Fred Astaire, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli. Many of those specials are not on DVD and I'd like to see them again (or for the first time in some instances). Maybe TCM could make a deal with the Museum of Television and Radio?
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5-01-2008 @ 11:19AM
Franklin said...
I'm right there with you on everything you said!
Glad to see some love for Sinatra. The man could really sing.
5-01-2008 @ 11:30AM
Judy said...
I look forward to it even though I was not an avid fan; however, he was an icon for so long.
That said, I hope every movie and all the extras are closed captioned. There are 33 million of us in this country with hearing loss, and we don't want to miss a thing.
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