Posted: 7/31/2014 3:57:34 PM EDT
Every year I watch this episode of the Twilight Zone and every year I love it a little bit more. They would never make such an TV show today. TV today is all about moral ambiguity and relativism. This show unabashedly proclaims truth. Great moment in Western Civilization.
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Excellent episode OP.
Interesting fact. One of my oldest and best friends and college roommates dad was a friend and classmate with Rod Serling at Antioch College in the 50's. It is a very small liberal arts school and the two of them helped build the school's radio station (and by extension, Rod Serlings career as a writer broadcaster and actor). My buddy's dad had a knack for electronics and he loved to tinker with that side of things and later became a highly regarded electrical engineering professor in his own right and the two remained friends for life. He had a lot of respect for Rod and we did too. In fact, we used to arrange Twilight Zone Marathon parties at our dorm quite often. |
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The only bad episode of The Twilight Zone exists. . . .in the Twilight Zone! There are a couple in later seasons that are easily forgotten because they aren't as good as the others. And the movie is best forgotten, especially for the sappy-ass kick the can part. - The 80s Twilight Zone was actually pretty damned good. At the time it seemed like a cheap remake because it's impossible to live up to the original, but it's got a lot of really good original episodes.
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just pointing out the obvious, for those who just don't get it....
"the State" and those that work / support it = "Statist" aka useful idiots / libs / dems / progressives / RINO / etc... when the state doesn't have any use for you to propagate their agenda or do their bidding, you're obsolete! when the tables are turned against the state, they're cowards. |
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Let's not forget Rod's later series Night Gallery. I thought it was equally as good and sometimes even better.
One of my favorites was the episode "Green Fingers". I don't think Hulu will let me embed it here, but you should be able to watch it for free if you can suffer through 2 minutes of ads first. http://www.hulu.com/watch/58805 |
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Every year I watch this episode of the Twilight Zone and every year I love it a little bit more. They would never make such an TV show today. TV today is all about moral ambiguity and relativism. This show unabashedly proclaims truth. Great moment in Western Civilization.  http://youtu.be/ZymJAsxHbVgI just watched it. I haven't seen this episode before, and it's great. Thanks for posting. |
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Serling,.......Serling was an unsung hero. He was perhaps the best writer of the 20th century, he was a phenomenal director, and a visionary. I don't know if I would go so far as to say he was the best writer of the 20th century, but he was a very great man. |
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I don't know if I would go so far as to say he was the best writer of the 20th century, but he was a very great man. Quoted:
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Serling,.......Serling was an unsung hero. He was perhaps the best writer of the 20th century, he was a phenomenal director, and a visionary. I don't know if I would go so far as to say he was the best writer of the 20th century, but he was a very great man. That's why I qualified it. |
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Is that Shepherd Book...as a jive talking demon? Right on |
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He said his writing was a coping mechanism for all the death and injustice he witnessed in war
Serling's time in Leyte shaped his writing and political views for the rest of his life. He saw death every day while in the Philippines, at the hands of his enemies and his allies, and through freak accidents such as that which killed another extroverted Jewish private named Melvin Levy. Levy was delivering a comic monologue for the platoon as it rested under a palm tree when a food crate dropped from a plane above, decapitating him. Serling led the funeral services for Levy and placed a Star of David over his grave.[21] Serling later set several of his scripts in the Philippines, and used the unpredictability of death as a theme in much of his writing. |
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Is that Shepherd Book...as a jive talking demon? Right on The demon was played by Ron Glass, probably best known for his roles on Barney Miller and Serenity. ETA: BTW, the music for the sequence was provided by The Grateful Dead. 
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