I'm 75-years old, and have watched each TZ episode at least 100 times. I never, ever get tired of them, and long for the time that television held such promise. I knew that Mr. Serling suffered after the war, but didn't realize he had full blown PTSD. Perhaps, through the therapy of writing, he was at last able to exorcize some of his demons. RIP, one of the true science fiction greats.
@glennso47
3 жыл бұрын
I watched with my grandma and cuddled up against her when a scene was especially frightening.
@olliecrow3547
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 45 years old and the wife and I watch The Twilight Zone every night to wind down from day. Also, to help fall asleep and as white noise, we listen to The Twilight Zone radio dramas.
@tiffsaver
3 жыл бұрын
@@glennso47 I remember watching my very first TZ episode. I had no idea what the show was about. It was called "The Lonely," about a guy marooned on a prison planet who fell in love with a female robot. It scared me silly, but from that moment on I was hooked, and happily, I still am. Btw, 60-years later, as I was standing on a busy street corner in New York City, I noticed an old man in a port pie hat, waiting at the light. It was the same actor who played that hapless man!!! I shamelessly walked up to him and told him how much I enjoyed his performance, and he seemed pretty shocked that I still recognized him. But who wouldn't?? RIP, Jack Warden.
@olliecrow3547
3 жыл бұрын
@@tiffsaver cool story! Thanks for sharing.
@glennso47
3 жыл бұрын
@@tiffsaver one of the episodes I remember was where there were a whole bunch of people imprisoned in this big cylindrical box. They didn’t know why they were there and they had no way to escape. It turned out that they were all toy dolls inside a cylindrical box on a street corner waiting for someone to buy them . Also the episode of Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. It was actually a short subject produced in Europe that Rod Serling bought the rights to for showing in the USA. About a confederate soldier who was sentenced to hang. He imagined that the rope broke and he swam away through a hail of bullets and a long journey to his home and when he finally got there and was about to hug his wife suddenly he was back on the bridge and his neck broke from the noose and he was dead.
@kimberlysmith579
3 жыл бұрын
Rod Serling was a genius with words. A walking thesaurus! All episodes had a deep meaning.
@DANTHETUBEMAN
3 жыл бұрын
I don't watch the empty shows of today.
@dissmo706
3 жыл бұрын
@@DANTHETUBEMAN what do you mean you don’t watch the green monster man twerk on tv
@BeeHatGuy
3 жыл бұрын
@@dissmo706 I watch that & it taught me of the teachings of Kierkergaard
@juliox2658
3 жыл бұрын
serlingsaurus
@mybuttsmellslikebutterbut207
Жыл бұрын
@@dissmo706it’s empowering
@ronricherson6685
3 жыл бұрын
After all these years, this is the first I've known of Rod's personal life and struggles. Very nicely done.
@davidleebls1874
3 жыл бұрын
Twilight song was his successful therapy!
@DeniseEggertwaterlily
3 жыл бұрын
Rod Serling actually died shortly after open heart surgery, in Intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center less than a mile from my previous apartment and a few miles from my present apartment . He died June 28th, 1975. I was in nursing school then .
@mjgarrett9885ify
3 жыл бұрын
There is a twilight zone that's coming true " obsolete State " .
@solcutta-zt9uw
3 жыл бұрын
No no no... Walking distance is NOT based on rods life... If u get the dvd series and listen to the commentaries there is a long one for the walking distance... Here he talks of his influence..
@solcutta-zt9uw
3 жыл бұрын
@@mjgarrett9885ify obsolete man (not state)
@joannewilson1021
3 жыл бұрын
He exposed human nature much of which you see during the pandemic. Everyone was once civil until they fought over toilet paper and narked on their neighbors. He was very observant.
@thunderbird1921
3 жыл бұрын
Plus, his commentary on how society does or may value life in the future is straight up terrifying. "The Obsolete Man" is a famous example of this.
@joannewilson1021
3 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 He was really was ahead of his time.
@cheeseburgerinparadise7124
3 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 And the obsolete man is coming true. The left despises critical thinking. Its sad as hell
@Cancellator5000
3 жыл бұрын
@@cheeseburgerinparadise7124 You probably also think Orwell was talking about the left in 1984. He fought with ANTIFA against fascists in the Spanish civil war. Both left and right are prone to giant lapses in critical thinking. Both are prone to stamping out speech they don't like. I tend to think progress is towards more left wing ideals because they have some vision of a post-capitalist society. It's not that capitalism is bad. It's definitely better than previous systems like feudalism, but if we want progress we'll have to get past it.
@michellemckillop8935
3 жыл бұрын
@Samuel Powell he’s right. The left is tyrannical. Always has been. They are obsolete and based on mr sterling’s writing and these episodes, he’d no doubt himself be a conservative Christian today. That’s why I love this show. I was always a republican. We are the good guys and even the Bible foresees how in the last days right will be seen as wrong.
@poweroffriendship2.0
4 жыл бұрын
_"There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on..."_ *~ Rod Serling*
@joshuajohnson7764
4 жыл бұрын
Whoever has worked the night shift at a hospital or nursing home knows this is definitely not true, especially for the patients.
@yippeeyokai5750
4 жыл бұрын
You are from a different timeline arnt you? In this time line there is no T in his name.
@Nobiag
4 жыл бұрын
@@joshuajohnson7764 Well, the quote leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Just the words "nothing", "dark" and "light" come with a huge spectrum of interpretative meaning ranging from very literal to deeply metaphorical. So, if you think you found a flaw in your interpretation of the quote, you might just try to find another interpretation that you can agree on. Idk, it's a nice quote, makes you think and you can surely find some truth in it. But i wouldn't dare to say it's "definitely not true". Anyway, i'm sure you experienced some very real darkness in your hospital night-shifts and i hope you're doing well.
@Garacha222
3 жыл бұрын
"There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on..." yes, but sometimes when the lights get turned on, you cannot see it anymore.
@cesarcesar8545
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshuajohnson7764 True that i too have seen shadow people in the dark as they shun the light Not that they're all evil at all
@libradragon
4 жыл бұрын
When a man is as tormented as Rod Serling was, and yet rises above this trauma in such a personal way, to share with us his brilliance, we are immediate fans, for we are as human as he is. Thank you, Rod Serling, for bringing us your intellect, wisdom and creative genius. We are forever grateful.
@reginaldwebster9243
3 жыл бұрын
That was well put ! I wholeheartedly agree !
@teddicruise4733
3 жыл бұрын
I think Rod Serling was gifted in such a unique way, in that he could transform the trauma he’d he’d experienced during the war and craft them through his words to be cathartic. In some ways, he was able to heal himself.
@libradragon
3 жыл бұрын
@@teddicruise4733 Well said, and I agree - he was such a splendid human being in all ways. Goofing with his family, always making fun. Sad to have lost him so early.
@teamjesus2661
3 жыл бұрын
Amen and God bless Rod Serling!
@akatheheretic3014
3 жыл бұрын
Ditto 😉👍
@144wychwood
3 жыл бұрын
I have been binge watching Twilight Zone episodes during pandemic, civil unrest and insurrections and it is amazing how relevant episodes 60 years later.
@akatheheretic3014
3 жыл бұрын
Ain't it 😏 !?
@wascawywabbit0987
3 жыл бұрын
Yep! Morals and ethics are timeless.
@b.dickey4209
3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree. I was having this same discussion with a good friend just a few weeks ago. I find them especially poignant by taking the "nuclear war" or "nuclear annihilation" plot device and insert the Covid pandemic. People's behavior has been remarkably similar, either in the Twilight Zone episodes or real life Wal-mart.
@THINJIMI
3 жыл бұрын
I just watched the recent season of Fargo, and kept saying to myself that this is how it still is today.
@teddicruise4733
3 жыл бұрын
You own the Twilight Zone episodes, or are they airing on a particular service? If so, which one?
@FingerLaserZ
4 жыл бұрын
Rod Serling is still one of the greatest writers of motion pictures today. A true visionary of humanity's past shortcomings and future potential for greatness.
@butters_147
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite shows of all time. I own the entire collection on Blu-ray! Seen them all 100 times and still watch them. Been a fan since I was a kid. 👍
@mrmegabuckssongs
4 жыл бұрын
I own the old and new episodes too. Watch them again and again :)
@markjaycox8811
3 жыл бұрын
I am the reason the TWILIGHT ZONE is. My time travel from Montauk beginning January 1958 is the basis for THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
@stephtoneyArmyVet
3 жыл бұрын
I binge watch the original Twilight Zone episodes. I'd rather watch them instead of the current shows.
@villagechillershorror228
3 жыл бұрын
Favorite episode?
@adamv4951
3 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted the collection. Season 4 isn't on Netflix
@bobstadelmayer8402
3 жыл бұрын
One of the most thought provoking shows of the last 50 years. Many of the topics presented in this show are timeless.
@Bobbychristopher
3 жыл бұрын
"There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone."
@laurae8324
3 жыл бұрын
This is actually a true statement.
@teddicruise4733
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing. There are writers and there are writers, but there was only ONE Rod Serling. It was as though he poured his soul’s essence onto paper instead of ink. Who writes like that???! He produces goosebumps 55 years after departing this dimension. Wow.
@markjaycox8811
3 жыл бұрын
THERE IS ONE DIMENSION, THE ONE 10,000,000,002,021 YOU ARE NOT MEASURING THERE. MY REALITY IS 40% GREATER THAN YOUR 4 DIGIT MIDGET 5 SENSE SELF- TIME TUNES THE BODY AND I HAVE AUDIBLE VARYING FOCUS AND INVISIBLE VISION, AND I HAVE MET ALIVE INCHES FROM MY FACE MILLION YEAR OLD LIFE.
@markjaycox8811
3 жыл бұрын
Rod is right in this fact: We exist in the reality of the movie: PLANET OF THE APES. We are the mute humans, mute to the reality 10,000,000,002,021 measured by the real human race- THE WATCHERS- the Moon and the Monkey people- both have walked up to me in public, and lemme tell ya WIB was pissed!
@markjaycox8811
3 жыл бұрын
YOU DON'T GET PAST THE ILLUSION UNTIL YOU MEASURE YOURSELF PAST IT. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT 2021 DOES, UNTIL 2021 DOES NOT DO ANYTHING.
@BatEatsMoth
3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather served with him, was awarded his own purple heart.
@MomMom4Cubs
3 жыл бұрын
We should all be grateful to those young men for their service!
@nealsausen4651
3 жыл бұрын
@peter michalski ;God bless your father at all those young men of the greatest generation! My own father Also served in World War II in the Pacific theater he was stationed in India he was on the contingent that was assigned to decode Japanese secret messages while At the same time sending our own messages and keeping them secret from the Japanese He was a noncombatant but did important work at the same time!
@DavidSmith-sf4rl
3 жыл бұрын
Neal Sausen Much respect.
@BatEatsMoth
3 жыл бұрын
@peter michalski I think my grandfather drove a tank or was a tank gunner or something to that effect. Not sure; I was just a kid when he told me all this stuff, way back in the 70's. I just remember visiting them in the summer and watching The Twilight Zone with him one night and he told me he served with Rod. My grandfather's name was Alfred Magallanez. I don't know how I would find out what division he served in and how he would have known Rod. All I know is that he served in the islands, and that he brought home a custom made shotgun he got off a dead Japanese officer as a war trophy. My mother gave it to me when he died. I used to keep it in my closet with my other guns until it was stolen.
@BatEatsMoth
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheThekaydixon No, he died back in 1985.
@juleencroteau4011
3 жыл бұрын
He was gifted beyond his years..his storys are fiction? Or are they true to our own deep psyche..war brings out so much pain but he turned his pain around to show us our true selves
@steverodgers8425
3 жыл бұрын
Submitted for your approval: Rod Serling was the greatest writer of the twentieth century.
@glennso47
3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Doctor Suess. :-)
@alienboy1322
3 жыл бұрын
@@glennso47 File under "W" for "why not both?"
@sarahberkner
3 ай бұрын
Little did he know that the trauma he experienced and his interest in writing would find himself creating... the Twilight Zone.
@YearsinSeason
4 жыл бұрын
Rod Serling’s influence lasted well beyond the show. When The Twilight Zone ended the writing staff of Rod’s show went in unison over to a little show started by Gene Roddenberry called Star Trek. There, the writers continued to explore many of the same ideas in a different setting. The most famous being the idea of prejudice where half of a society has white on one side and the other have black on the same side. Rod’s antiestablishment look at society influenced many generations to come.
@aetl100
4 жыл бұрын
Loved Twilight Zone and nobody did it better than Captain James T. Kirk.
@YearsinSeason
4 жыл бұрын
aetl100 there’s something on the wing!
@aetl100
4 жыл бұрын
@@YearsinSeason - Oh yeah ... I remember that one :)
@aetl100
4 жыл бұрын
@@YearsinSeason - and I remember who was on that flight ;)
@manipunation
4 жыл бұрын
"When The Twilight Zone ended the writing staff of Rod’s show went in unison over to a little show started by Gene Roddenberry called Star Trek." Just ridiculous. Here are some of main writers of Twilight Zone (with # of TZ episodes they penned) and how many episodes of Star Trek (original series) that they wrote (data from IMDb): Rod Serling(written by - 71, teleplay by - 21): 0 Charles Beaumont(22): 0 Richard Matheson (16): 1 Earl Hammer (8): 0 George Clayton Johnson(7): 1 Montgomery Pittman(3): 0 Jerome Bixby(1): 4 Ray Bradbury(1): 0 Jerry Sohl(uncredited written by - 3): 3
@0ptomisticprime
3 жыл бұрын
"A Martian can say what a Republican or Democrat can't." I love that.
@joeyjamison5772
3 жыл бұрын
Nowadays, what's the difference?
@whatizreality0124
3 жыл бұрын
Can't or WON'T ?
@anthonyferguson4678
4 жыл бұрын
He created something wonderful from his trauma. Speaking universal truths.
@silky0439
3 жыл бұрын
As I've always said, we only grow through adversity and coast through happy times.
@toddgaak422
3 жыл бұрын
Most great art is.
@byronsbrain
4 жыл бұрын
I love the Twilight Zone too, but I never new much about Rod Stirling, fantastic episode....
@KurtIndovina
4 жыл бұрын
You're great, Karen
@byronsbrain
4 жыл бұрын
@@KurtIndovina Thank you! you're too kind...
@billthetraveler51
3 жыл бұрын
It seems uncanny how many of the mostly unknown actors in the Twilight Zone went on to become huge stars in television and movies.
@eastlynburkholder3559
3 жыл бұрын
It is not uncanny. The writing on the episodes required skillful acting and thr casting team picked well which actors to carry those stories.
@janeiwasduncan8463
3 жыл бұрын
"Perry Mason" did the same thing...Robert Redford, Lenard Nimoy, DEf
@janeiwasduncan8463
3 жыл бұрын
Oops pushed wrong button...DeForrest Kelly, George Takai, Barbra Bain, Billy Mumi, among others...Early TV watching is fun🎵🎵🎵🎵
@woomeebly
2 жыл бұрын
And now one of them went to space! (William Shatner)
@Fortwentt
2 жыл бұрын
@@woomeebly thats pretty incredible eh?
@ShadowArtist
4 жыл бұрын
growing up in the 70s and 80s other children were learning about life and humanity from Mister Rogers... while I was learning about life and humanity from watching reruns of episodes of The Twilight Zone...
@stephtoneyArmyVet
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@hughmoore786
3 жыл бұрын
Programs like Twilight Zone were lightning rods for people growing up in the 1960z . . .
@reginaldwebster9243
3 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY !!!! Still very , very relevant ! This show was the pinnacle that television EVER had to offer !
@daisyviluck7932
3 жыл бұрын
Both have useful messages.
@hughmoore786
3 жыл бұрын
@@daisyviluck7932 Yeah . . . You reap what you sow ! ! !
@g4guzman826
4 жыл бұрын
I would walk out of school elementary just to go home for lunch to watch noon episodes. I was 8 old..back in the 80's
@KurtIndovina
4 жыл бұрын
Possibly the coolest thing any eight year old could do.
@g4guzman826
4 жыл бұрын
"People Are Alike All Over" check it out one of my favorites..
@pieluvr7362
3 жыл бұрын
Walking home for lunch from school it's the old day's seemed like not that long ago 80s time flys
@sarahberkner
3 ай бұрын
I got Twilight Zone reruns from the library and watched them as a kid in the early 2000s.
@oldblinddarby2498
3 жыл бұрын
If only everyone could be as enlightened as serling. Even today, most of us are not
@johnfic4751
3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately we're happy in our ignorance.
@reginaldwebster9243
3 жыл бұрын
Sad but unfortunately very true !
@daisyviluck7932
3 жыл бұрын
I think most people *do* understand that fighting and selfishness are bad. It’s just that our needs and fears and wants wind up colliding with those of other people.
@tarp11z
3 жыл бұрын
If everyone was enlightened, no one would be.
@musicloverme3993
3 жыл бұрын
@@daisyviluck7932 It's a good thing that people are different. There are some things that I don't want that others do and vice versa. If EVERYONE wanted ONLY the EXACT same things...would be total chaos!
@DoowopLover
3 жыл бұрын
Being a Vietnam Veteran and having PTSD myself, I can understand how Rod Serling felt about warfare and human behavior. I have learned to hate war because of what war does to human beings. I survived my one year tour of duty and came home. Naively, I thought I could come home and just be normal again. But in a way, I didn't realize that I had brought the war back with me. The awful things I saw that occurred, The nightmares and flashbacks. Being hypervigilant. Being very temperamental. PTSD is like having a ghost following you around, and you can't get away from the ghost, and the ghost will not allow you to have a moment's peace. You try to not recall those horrible memories, and you try to forget, but you are revisited by nightmares and flashbacks. No matter how you try, you can't run away from yourself. I finally received some help from the VA. The medication I receive helped a lot. The therapy has helped me realize that I have to learn how to deal with PTSD. I have learned how to manage the symptoms better. As I have aged, maturity has also helped. Life goes on because it has to continue. No matter what difficulties are encountered, life is always worth living. Rod Serling was a writer, and this is actually very good therapy. I enjoy writing myself, and this helps me to express my feelings and my emotions. I have probably seen every episode of the Twilight Zone, and these were great episodes. Rod Serling, wherever you are, thank you for this television series.
@donnadrane4977
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service, and I am glad you are beginning to receive some peace. Both my husband and sons are veterans although they escaped the horrors you witnessed. Please consider a therapy dog if you are able to have one. Many thanks and well wishes.
@DoowopLover
2 жыл бұрын
@@donnadrane4977 You are welcome. I have a cat and she is good company for me.
@LarryHilton-lh2yf
3 ай бұрын
I've served...but I want to take this moment in time to say.. Thank You for your Service..
@connerkirk1043
4 жыл бұрын
First there's New York it looks abandoned now they're going to put mannequins in Restaurants for social distance guidelines ? Rod wake up you have to see this
@theicberg
3 жыл бұрын
Great and appropriate comment to this video.
@songbirdforjesus2381
3 жыл бұрын
A Twilight Zone episode in reality. No one in the past would believe it
@nl3064
3 жыл бұрын
If anything, the way you're describing it makes it sound more like the Will Smith version of I Am Legend (fitting as Richard Matheson, author of I Am Legend, had many of his stories adapted into Twilight Zone episodes).
@musicloverme3993
3 жыл бұрын
@@nl3064 I am always pleased by the episodes written by Rod Serling or Richard Matheson.
@Leen61
3 жыл бұрын
This video was well done. Thank you for posting. I learned things I didn't know about Rod. The Twilight Zone is timeless. There will never be another show like it and there will never be another Rod Serling.
@5bricksmsn4
3 жыл бұрын
2:24 isn't that Ron Howard? i've seen him on the Andy Griffith show
@KC______
3 жыл бұрын
Yes that is Ron Howard; his younger brother Clint(?) appeared in a few episodes as well as Veronica Cartwright, Bill Mumy, Lois Nettleton, Donna Douglas, Jack Klugman, Inger Stevens etc. Excellent actors being graced with excellent material. On the Strength 💪🗽✊🇺🇸
@JollyJeff
4 жыл бұрын
I am a story teller because of this man. I had the luck to be alive when The Twilight Zone first came out and it warped my mind in such a wonderful way. Thank you Rod, you left this world far too soon.
@erickstanford519
4 жыл бұрын
That's cool.
@brendaleverick3655
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if it could be true that people only die once their purpose has been accomplished? 🤔
@JollyJeff
3 жыл бұрын
@@brendaleverick3655 It's hard to say. Some Twilight Zone episodes would agree and others would not.
@teddicruise4733
3 жыл бұрын
You say ‘warped’, but I prefer to say that the Twilight Zone opened up the boundaries of your perception. It really influenced a generation and enlightened us by pulling back the veil and showing us the myriad possibilities beyond.
@JollyJeff
3 жыл бұрын
@@teddicruise4733 Well, in my case it actually warped my mind, the doctors are still trying to figure out the proper therapy. I keep telling them that everything is OK, that Mr. Serling has insured me that I am fine but then they put on my "jacket" and give me the injection and then things get foggy. But it is true about what the Twilight Zone did with the veil and the myriad possibilities.
@Erni3K
4 жыл бұрын
I can't think of a modern writer who hasn't been influenced by Serling's storytelling. Thanks, this was (as usual) great!
@SciHeartJourney
3 жыл бұрын
"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity" - Professor Horace Mann (Rod Sterling's words)
@akatheheretic3014
3 жыл бұрын
That , was a "keeper" 😏👍 I HAD . . to write That down ! 😉👌
@MrMoparbob498
3 жыл бұрын
Richard Vasquez I attended Horace Mann elementary School way, way, way many years ago. Very cool info 👍 thanks. Stay safe 🙏
@Allen-eq5uf
3 жыл бұрын
That was great episode with many equally great quotes.
@MimiTD5533
3 жыл бұрын
@@MrMoparbob498 I had some friends that went to Horace Mann Elementary. I didn't meet them, though, until we all went to West Middle School. That was also a long, long time ago. If we're from the same town (as Serling was), do you recognize the name?
@edindovina9336
4 жыл бұрын
This was a great episode. Concentrating on Mr. Serling's past was a nice touch. So many people talk about just Rod and the Twilight Zone and not so much on the man himself. As an old man who grew up watching TZ I have a special affinity for the man and his work. On a personal note I feel that his Requiem for A Heavyweight is a literal masterpiece in script writing (and Anthony Quinn's performance was fantastic). Rod's ability to broach social subjects without reducing his script to pandering was a true talent. His script for Planet of The Apes is another item worthy of discussion . On a somber note, the man passed away in my hometown when I was a lad vandalizing graveyards. It really hit home. Thank you Kurt!
@fredroespi
3 жыл бұрын
Was that Rochester? I find it fascinating that although moving and living in LA, he never really left his upstate NY life. Teaching at Ithaca, having a boat at Lake Cayuga, naming his production company after it, his home town Binghamton has the carousel he wrote about and they’ve dedicated it to him with TZ story panels all around it.
@nysaxman
3 жыл бұрын
I think Rod Serling could have also been influenced by writer Shirley Jackson. Her short story "The Lottery" is Twilight Zone-esque.
@lisastone2324
3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Mac, Agreed! Shirley Jackson was a genius. And I will say it: her writing was/is never given proper credit, simply because of her gender. Darn shame too, as her stories belong in every American Literature class!
@nysaxman
3 жыл бұрын
@@lisastone2324 glad you agree. 👍
@janeiwasduncan8463
3 жыл бұрын
We did The Lottery"" in my high school drama club...My big part? I carried the lottery box onto the stage..🎵
@nysaxman
3 жыл бұрын
@@janeiwasduncan8463 Tony award worthy, I'm sure. 🙂
@inneropinion1111
3 жыл бұрын
Sterling is the most underrated talent in the 20th century. As a writer of all kinds of important subjects, as a visionary, as an interpreter of our human frailties and accomplishments as individuals and as society.
@akatheheretic3014
3 жыл бұрын
Underated !? 🤔 I beg to differ !! 😏
@alleyoop5993
3 жыл бұрын
@Catherine Golden it’s Serling!!
@bengaltigers777
3 жыл бұрын
@Catherine Golden good to know theres a lot of us still awake, the world is under some spell and it aint worked on us.stay awake sis dont by all the changes that are here we know better.x
@cha5
3 жыл бұрын
7:38 Leonard Nimoy's performance in this episode was memorable, William Shatner and George Takei also appeared in some pre Star Trek Twilight Zone episodes as well.
@dsandoval9396
3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, I didn't see that!
@sharonwolfe5210
3 жыл бұрын
You did well, and showed me a Serling I never knew. His very face is iconic , and reeks with intelligence, a deep sadness, and a hard earned understanding of the human conundrum. I was very lucky to be alive at a time when The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, The Outer Limits, and Night Gallery were being produced. Tales of irony, moral chaos, courage, greed, mortal fear, hatred, and sacrifice molded my outlook on Life ( to this day..) and made me question what it takes to be truly human, and what very little it may take to wipe away any vestige of that Humanity. The shame of it is that there is NOTHING out there with that mission in mind today. There is not much out there to make people think outside of their paper thin walls, nothing to make one question the very foundation of belief, morality, and the very necessary reminder that every action has an impact. Damn, Mr. Serling, you are gravely missed, and very much needed in a time that would no doubt make the hairs on the back of your neck rise straight up.
@sheritownsend7525
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a HUGE Twilight Zone fan, too. The man was waaaay ahead of his time!!!
@Raptorifik
4 жыл бұрын
this was a great and heartfelt episode. It explained so much about the series that I felt but never knew. A real tribute to Rod.
@KurtIndovina
4 жыл бұрын
We certainly tried our best, and Rod is certainly an important figure to me.
@estlhm805
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine all he endured and to rise to produce this series that has stood the test of time.
@stephenpowstinger733
3 жыл бұрын
I am reminded we read “Patterns” when in college in 1964. I watched most Twilight Zones, possibly all. It was a grim series. I went on to experience war in Vietnam 1968.
@exdus235
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service.
@DoowopLover
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. I was at Long Binh 67-68.
@LarryHilton-lh2yf
3 ай бұрын
I went in in 78...but served during two wars and one Overseas Conflict.. But I just wanted to take a moment in time to say thank you for your Services Sirs..
@JMzcarmel
4 жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorite shows! Thank you for sharing this information!
@KurtIndovina
4 жыл бұрын
Happy to have had shared the story! Thank you for watching.
@piehound
3 жыл бұрын
Picture a man walking down a dark and lonely road. Suddenly up ahead a signpost. You have just crossed into the Twilight Zone.
@dwellinfaith0
4 жыл бұрын
Got to love Mr.S!!! I also LOVE The Gothically inclined show that he hosted- Night Gallery
@KurtIndovina
4 жыл бұрын
Night Gallery doesn't get enough love.
@ScottyKirk1
4 жыл бұрын
Serling was really just the host, but I was around 7 or 8 when NG was on, and I can STILL remember nightmares I had after watching that show and trying to sleep! Crazy.
@fredroespi
3 жыл бұрын
I think he only wrote one or two. It wasn’t something he was as attached too, more of a paycheck. But I knew his wife and one of the Night Galleries were written inspired by having dinner at a friends house who had mounted taxidermy around his house which unsettled him. He wrote it into an episode where the animals hunted man.
@katherinelydon7306
3 жыл бұрын
The episodes really reflect the Cold War era, too
@ellisonhamilton3322
3 жыл бұрын
The lingering wounds of WWII were shared by hundreds of thousands of US vets. My father and all my uncles were combat veterans of WWII. Miraculously all survived. They rarely, if ever, spoke of their experiences. When asked about their service they would give an honest answer, but always their answers were brief and not expansive. Like countless others they wanted it behind them. They did not want to revisit those horrors. My father too had nightmares, but NEVER spoke of them. We owe that greatest generation so much. They served honorably both in war and in peace. My dad and uncles were all committed to living honorably AND peacefully. They were good gentle men who raised their children to be peace loving. They did mot want the horrors of war occasioned upon them. That's what made that generation so great.......their courage to do what had to be done and their commitment to seek peace as civilians. I miss them badly.
@KyndalTheMeister
3 жыл бұрын
You must expand this into a full length documentary! Absolutely great episode
@TheMWCmusic
3 жыл бұрын
He wrote this show directly from his heart and his soul. An amazing man, with an amazing show. I hope he inspires people to write like this in 2021 and beyond. But today , it seems impossible.🥺
@teddicruise4733
3 жыл бұрын
I’d like to share my own personal Twilight Zone episode. As a tweenager, my family moved us from Boston to Pacific Palisades, CA. My new school in Brentwood was to be Paul Revere Jr. High. My first thought after hearing the name was, ‘maybe I’m entering the Twilight Zone?’ Growing up in Boston and even having visited the historical figure’s home, it still took moving to the West Coast to find a school called Paul Revere. Very odd. First day of school, feeling very out of place, and making things worse, the teacher introduced me to the class encouraging them to “... make Teddi feel welcome by introducing yourselves.” Good try, Teach. But, then at break time a girl came over, told me she’d lived in different places and knew how i must feel. Then she invited me to come talk to her anytime I had a problem. Her name was Anne Serling. Apparently, I actually had entered the Twilight Zone. Footnote: One of my 5 top favorite episodes of the T.Z. starred Lois Nettleton. The premise was that the earth’s orbit was bringing us closer to the Sun. Oh, that one was just amazing! In keeping with my life as a series of T.Z. references, and many years later, my children and I appeared on a telethon. We were introduced by none other than Lois Nettleton. I was relieved to see she hadn’t melted! Either that, or she uses really great sun block.
@MycroftStrange
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Twilight Zone was way before my time, but I love it! Rod Sterling was an amazing writer
@KurtIndovina
4 жыл бұрын
Thankfully, Twilight Zone will forever seem timeless. It's amazing to go back and watch these, and yet they still feel so relevant today.
@KidCity1985
3 жыл бұрын
The episode "to serve man" keeps ringing in my ears this year.
@himwhoisnottobenamed5427
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, that was a pretty good Treehouse of Horror episode. 😂
@peterthierrry902
3 жыл бұрын
Damned phone and my fat fingers, let me finish: "Try to imagine writing compelling television drama, which is interrupted every few minutes by commercials of multicolored rabbits singing and dancing the virtues of toilet tissue."
@lisastone2324
3 жыл бұрын
Ha-ha, Peter! Very amusing. If you are not a pro writer, you should be! (Clever writing in this era is so rare that it equates with the sighting of a group of Sasquatch playing a chess tournament! Sure, it happpen, but...?)
@glennso47
3 жыл бұрын
These days it would be a rabbit with a drum extolling the virtues of flashlight batteries.
@toddtrojek6521
3 жыл бұрын
Rod Sterlings also did “Night Gallery” another one of his talent as a writer. Plus Sterling did the narration of Jacques Cousteau’s TV shows for a while.
@Fortwentt
2 жыл бұрын
Night Gallery was great show! I remember it was on top of my list.
@latinforever
3 ай бұрын
Serlling.
@christopherchristy6328
3 жыл бұрын
Sir, your quality adds to this awesome community of TZ and OLimits diehards, who have yet to find a body of work in this genre as dignified as these masterpiece depictions of beyond the regular dimensions. Excellent work sir!! Carry on!!
@TomandAmyinthePI
3 жыл бұрын
My Dad passed away 2 years ago at age 92 and was in army infantry in Philippines from late '44 to mid '46 mostly in Leyte and I remember watching the Purple Testament in the late 1970's with my dad and he was finding it hard to watch as it brought in accurate memories of his own experiences going on patrols and frequently losing some guys and than not wanting to even get to know the replacements that came in afterwards- Shortly before My Dad passed away He vividly remembered One replacement that came in on Tuesday and got killed on Weds- Dad often said to Me in his last few years of life "I should have been killed over there...I don't know why I made it" I would joke to him- "I'm glad You did or I wouldn't be here" Ain't war great?
@DoowopLover
3 жыл бұрын
My late father served in Leyte also in the Philippines in 1944. He was with the 77th Infantry Division.
@TomandAmyinthePI
3 жыл бұрын
@@DoowopLover My Dad was in the 19th Infantry Combat Team Attached to the 6th Ranger Battalion under the 24th Infantry Division
@pjfountaine7755
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for giving me the backstory to his creative genius. I grew up watching his programs, but never knew the depths of despair they were borne out of. It seems like he did come up with a sort of therapy for his own wounds, and sad but true , that undergoing darkness , and wounding oof the soul is often required for us to see the light.
@iwillroam
3 жыл бұрын
Man I would love to see Serling's reaction to Black Mirror.
@njpham
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I always thought his writings were a brilliant way to bring certain issues to light.
@pamelaleahey9092
3 жыл бұрын
Have you ever wonderrd why J.D. Salinger's book The Catcher in the Rye shows up in mind control movies? Salinger's story is more terrifying than Serling's. JD wrote two stories fit for the Twilight Zone. One fits only if you know the background. One about Banana Fish. The other requires special permission to read. You might want to do a y.t. on him before I do.
@dwaynejoyce1357
3 жыл бұрын
This man's ability to self reflect and have a vision that comes across as genius given his war experience is remarkable. What an amazing man with phenomenal insight
@oldtimedrumcorps
3 жыл бұрын
with my 16 year old son watching "To Serve Man" though i knew the ending he didnt . When he heard " It's a cook book! " He just about fell out of his chair .
@sallychi8406
3 жыл бұрын
(Looks at cigarette, thinking, "What is this thing?")
@itsgleneaton4883
3 жыл бұрын
Great job. What a great insightful and entertaining series that show is and Because of that MrSerling is a man we will never forget.
@magiccarpetmusic2449
3 жыл бұрын
Good job. Thanks v much getting us to know more about this wonderfully humanitarian and spiritually aware creative genius.
@Barbel1th
3 жыл бұрын
Rod was a unique individual. You could tell by the look in his eye that his mind burned like fire.
@FlipLaScript
3 жыл бұрын
A legend to me, not just as a story teller, but as a human. Thank you for this great video! :)
@caseynw
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video. I love Rod Serling and the twilight zone. Makes me want I to revisit his works and also his biography.
@KurtIndovina
4 жыл бұрын
KC I’ve been reading a lot of his teleplay scripts, like Patterns and Playhouse 90. It’s all just so SO good
@ScottyKirk1
4 жыл бұрын
This makes me realize how bad the new CBS All Access version is... Mostly unwatchable. All comes down to writing. Serling and Richard Matheson were incredible storytellers. Universal humanistic stories, and NOT modern day woke politics.
@ketcherinthery5079
4 жыл бұрын
Well, Rod Serling did say that, basically, the root of all evil is prejudice but Jordan Peele's version is not on the same level of quality it seems. I liked some of the eps while others i did not.
@edindovina9336
4 жыл бұрын
The problem with the two 'new' iterations of TZ is most definitely the writing. The original show had a certain intelligent charm to it. It recognized that a viewer of that type of show was of a certain intellect. Modern writers have a disdain for the intelligence of the audience and feel that they have to explicitly explain their stories and lord their imagined superiority over the heads of the viewers.
@ketcherinthery5079
4 жыл бұрын
@@edindovina9336 You are generalizing all modern writers but i get what you mean
@ScottyKirk1
4 жыл бұрын
@Deep Mind X Ya there were a few really great ones in that 80s bunch. Night Crawlers and the JFK time travel one comes to mind. And Message From Charity for sure. All were worthy of a long form film script adaptation.
@ScottyKirk1
4 жыл бұрын
@@ketcherinthery5079 Definitely not all. Last few years there has been some good ones... There's just this trend of shows to put in present day politics and hit you over the head with their point of view. We need more original ideas and time-travel, or alternate universe episodes. The meat and potatoes of TZ.
@ricardomanuelpena6594
3 жыл бұрын
I am also a huge twilight zone fan, rest in peace Mr serling,and thank you immensely for leaving us with such episodes!!!🤔🤔🤔
@MrSeasonone
3 жыл бұрын
I loved the Twilight Zone when I was a kid (and the film), didn't realize Rod Sterling was a war hero, explains a lot.. he was right about prejudice, really enjoyed this...thanks
@c.j.sampera1638
4 жыл бұрын
This is by far my favorite series on KZitem! It’s fascinating, entertaining and very well put together. I get so excited when I see a new episode in my subscriptions! Rod Sterling is one of my heroes and this was my favorite True Fiction so far. Keep em coming!!
@tonytafoya6217
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know any of this! I've always loved Rod Serling. But now that I know all this, my respect for him is profoundly deeper.
@robertzverina7181
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. One nitpick-it jumps from the aftermath of WW2 to TZ, skipping the important period where Serling gained wealth, fame, and rep by writing acclaimed naturalistic dramas for live TV. Despite his clout, sponsors shied away from certain topics and scripts were neutered by their meddling. He turned to the fantasy of TZ as a gambit to cloak his social messages in what was perceived as an innocuous genre.
@jayhunthuntcreative
3 жыл бұрын
Well done in a compassionate presentation of a true genius.
@adamv4951
3 жыл бұрын
I have watched each and every episode of the twilight zone again and again. There is something eerily comforting in entering each one.
@WinChun78
3 жыл бұрын
At college, someone scrawled on the toilet door, "You are now entering.....the toilet zone..."
@CyberiusT
3 жыл бұрын
A dimension of smells, and sounds.
@WinChun78
3 жыл бұрын
@@CyberiusT LOL! ;-0
@QuantumEffectResidue
11 ай бұрын
First of all it was Rod Sterling in my timeline; the second thing is the episode "The Parallel" demonstrated the Mandela / Quantum Effect almost to the tee, and the SAME THINGS that were happening in that episode were and have been occurring worldwide since at least 2009; but it peaked in 2016. So we can scratch off that particular episode as Science Fiction. It's science FACT now. And millions have proof that it's a fact!!
@Really_Its_Me
4 жыл бұрын
What a man, human being 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🖖🏻👽
@21stcenturysucks54
3 жыл бұрын
Rod Serling was such a genius with vision. My favorite Twilight episodes all had to do with WW-2, WW-1 and the Cold war. Of course I loved the Night Gallery.
@brucerosenblum3551
3 жыл бұрын
He was a genius that was a head of his time. Thanks for letting us know the inner works of his mind.
@ronaldgarrison8478
3 жыл бұрын
It's often entertaining to see your favorite actors show up in these old TV shows. For example, Leonard Nimoy in "A Quality of Mercy," or George Takei in "The Encounter."
@jmace2424
3 жыл бұрын
Never thought of it before, but even in the episodes with actual monsters and entities, man is in fact the real monster.
@Aragorn7884
4 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work. One of your better vids :)
@jonathansanantonio2402
3 жыл бұрын
I didnt know this about Rod Serling. It explains a lot about the twilight zone. It's amazing that his personal suffering created such thought provoking entertainment & personal success. WWII defined so many things we take for granted now. I hope he found peace.
@davidvincent6149
3 жыл бұрын
My father filmed some commercials with Rod Serling in the early 1970's for Mobile Oil. Serling was never without a cigarette and he was very human my dad said: whenever he flubbed his dialog he would say, "Oh shit!".
@xwhiteskin
3 жыл бұрын
ive always loved this show and i love it even more now after knowing its origin.
@coiledsteel8344
3 жыл бұрын
A QUALITY OF MERCY (Yes that's Leonard Nimoy!), and THE HUNT, were my Favorites. You may want to have some tissues ready.
@waderivers99
3 жыл бұрын
As a writer I can say that Rod Serling was the best writer that Television has ever had. He was from another dimension.
@born2bbald12
3 жыл бұрын
I have enjoyed watching _Twilight Zone_ in my youth (before they decide to include color on TV). It has had a profound effect of story-telling ever since. I have a profound respect for Rod Serling's work; not just the scripts he personally wrote, but all the scripts that he helped to inspire with so many. I appreciate the work put into this video. I learned things about Mr. Serling that have deepened my respect for him. Thank you.
@deborahdonovan8342
3 жыл бұрын
My neighbor's Dad, when I was growing up, went to school with him.
@lisastone2324
3 жыл бұрын
Deborah, Very cool! Does your Dad have any childhood stories to share?
@fredroespi
3 жыл бұрын
In Binghamton? I went by his childhood house and the park carousel. They have a plaque among other things dedicated to him in town. When I say there and observed I met a lady who told me the very same thing, she said her mom was his classmate and the teacher would ask him what he wanted to do today. Though I don’t know if he was leading a class in grade school lol but if anyone could it would be him.
@glennso47
3 жыл бұрын
Rod and I went to different schools together. :-)
@RapideWombaticus
3 жыл бұрын
Over the last couple of weeks I've been watching these - Rod Serling was a Genius. Some very Big Stars feature in them and the Dialogue is Expertly written. Thank you for posting this
@thomasmargolis3313
3 жыл бұрын
We all have our demons, where in his professional life he was able handle them as he did. To the benefit of so many.
@spinalobifida
3 жыл бұрын
As George Carlin said, if shell shock was used today, vets may have a better shot at getting help. Instead of PTSD
@hugomendez5625
3 жыл бұрын
Twilight Zone does not age, it’s great
@jackdurden466
3 жыл бұрын
I have always, as many, loved the Twilight Zone. But I’d never have guessed that Rod Serling went through what he did. I’m sure beyond a doubt that his writings served as the best form of therapy of his time. Also providing such amazing stories that would become entertainment for decades, and still go on. A writing genius, and a good man from all I hear. And the world is all the lesser for his loss. I hate to know that he harbored such pain, and I pray that he has found peace.
@christianmendozatapia295
3 жыл бұрын
sterling could never imagine the last ten years.
@deezynar
3 жыл бұрын
It is a horrible thing to kill someone who you think intends to kill you, but you find out that he did not intend to, and didn't have the means. On the other hand, it is a horrible thing to be so against violence that you are completely unable to stop someone from hurting your loved ones. It is better to know that even though not all men are willing to be violent towards others, there are enough who are that you bear the responsibility if you are not prepared to stop them from fulfilling their intentions. The death of one pacifist, or thousands of them, only has significance in societies that value law and life.
@ianadams1501
4 жыл бұрын
What an clever and informative show. Excited to see the next installment.
@KurtIndovina
4 жыл бұрын
Ian Adams thank you, Ian! Means a lot of you to come by and give it a watch
@A-1-Sawce
3 жыл бұрын
I used to watch every episode of The Twilight Zone that came on when I was a kid. We'd make it a tradition to watch the marathon every year. Now my girl and I watch it fairly frequently, even though I've seen every episode probably dozens of times they still keep me captivated. Rod Serling was a genius, this show goes down as the best in history, in my opinion. Awesome video!
@existencedesign7369
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the more i watch the show the more my mind start crumbling. it feel like a mix of dejavue and lucid dream together in a simulation. i know I sound so fucking crazy. but I think we are all just numbers and i think we should'nt trust our self.
@joanneadamovich8114
3 жыл бұрын
Jeremiah 17:9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
@ripingpuma2460
3 жыл бұрын
Romans 1:19-32 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. 21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. 26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. 28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30 They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31 They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 32 They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
@danbyrnes3110
4 жыл бұрын
Rod Serling was superior to Gene Roddenberry as a writer. That's my opinion.
@johnmadison3472
3 жыл бұрын
That's like comparing Elvis to John Lennon.
@damiensuil2183
3 жыл бұрын
fascinating story of the storyteller,and moving
@2mikelim
3 жыл бұрын
He smoked too much, resulting in his premature death at 50. Well, smoking was the in thing then, which boosted his charisma.
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