As a black man I've always loved Rod Serling's work and it is so refreshing to know that he stood on the side of right when it came to oppressive racism. He was a visionary ahead of his time and left us prematurely at 50 years old but his body of work will continue to inspire future generations. God bless you Rod
This was typical of the era. The dumbing down of media has been occurring for decades, starting with the 80’s. Ah yes, the Reagan years. No coincidence there…
@@pa1060 Low stoop to randomly insult someone, but it's an even lower stoop to deliberately abandon common understanding of the way people colloquially speak in figurative terms in exchange for a literal interpretation in order to do so. If it is not obvious to you that someone's vocabulary won't literally double from watching a 4 minute video clip, then you're in no position to comment with any regard to someone's intelligence or education. If it is obvious, then you definitely shouldn't be so petty and small.
@@paulybeefs8588 And who are you to demean my comment, to state what is or not for me. Perhaps your not aware of the purpose of SM sites. This is where even you can express your thoughts and feelings in regard to a particular issue or problem. Perhaps you felt the need this morning to jump on someone’s caboose the only problem you picked the wrong one. I’m going to give you a little advice. If you can’t take the heat, I would suggest you grab your small balls and stay out of mama’s kitchen.
@@pa1060 Who are you to demean someone's intelligence and education? Are you really so dumb that you don't see the irony in taking issue with demeaning comments right now? You don't see the irony in claiming that the purpose of social media sites is to be able express yourself, while simultaneously taking issue with someone else doing the same? Looks like the worlds pettiest internet bully can dish it out, but can't take it. Curious what "heat" you imagine I'm taking, because your immediate reflex to speculate about genitals in your mom's kitchen doesn't say anything about me, but it definitely says something about you and your family. The original comment was completely fine. They weren't being ugly or insulting, and anyone with basic reading and comprehension skills understands the point being made. So which one is it? Are you so dense that you can't recognize basic hyperbole? Or are you so sad and desperate for any sort of win in life that you go around inventing reasons to put down people for trying to "express their thoughts and feelings?"
I'm 35 and watched twilight zone as a kid. I just thought it was great storytelling but as an adult rewatching it i realize how layered the stories really were. I think this guy was a genius.
@@olzt100 Or, so intelligent, that he needed to smoke to cope with the knowledge of what the dark side of humanity can do: hate, violence, war... and at the same time being very aware of how senseless it is.
yes and no. The one twilight zone episode where a black person was the victim he was bad at sports. It makes sense though since real life for black people at that time was way worse than anything he could write.
This brilliant writer and keen observer of human behavior left us too soon. For all his ability to see the truth in people, he could not kick the damn cigarettes to save his life. They killed him, killed Zappa, killed my Mom, and still kill as many as 480,000 annually. The companies who produce and market this crap kill more of their customers than all the fentanyl dealers put together.
@@WICK_3D I believe @homelander was making a comment towards his indulgences, Ex. Not being able to refrain from smoking even during an interview. His diet was possibly just as indulgent. Not sure if he meant ill will.
Rod Serling looked me in the eye and shook my hand when he, after having spoken, handed me the folder for my Bachelor of Music Degree at Emerson College in 1971. As a Black man, I can still remember the intensity in his eyes and his handsome smile.
he was probably trying to steal your watch. Early life. Serling was born on December 25, 1924, in Syracuse, New York, to *a Jewish family* . He was the second of two sons born to Esther (née Cooper, 1893-1958), a homemaker, and Samuel Lawrence Serling (1892-1945).
@@joshjones718 I wasn’t wearing a watch. I don’t care one way or the other that he was Jewish. He was a brilliant talented man who probably knew what time it was, and what time it wasn’t.
@@christopherrobertson7723 Brilliant? He was a typical commie propagandist who worked in hollywood. At this very moment there are thousands just like him at work. I suppose they're all "brilliant" as well.
@@j-man8085 he did do something. he reminded me, a reader of his useless little comment, via said comment, that K-12 is a thing that i can research, a thing with an origin, a thing with alternatives. acquiring the right knowledge is only one step in the process of progress but it is an important step like the others
@@AuntBibby what can we do, the next step in progress is forming hypothetical solutions and theorizing, we've reached an era where slurring words is cool, but how did it get "cool". I'm still a teen so I haven't been aware of social changes for long, as long as I have been though it's been popular, but what started it?
@@aceystar1478 The internet was a large factor in the recent changes in language. Overnight I can insult your "yee yee ass hair cut" and make perfect sense, and the week before no one would know what the hell you are talking about. But believe it or not, this is not new. Humans have been doing this for decades and decades if not centuries. In the last century, trends either spread slowly by region to region. Or they spread rapidly via television and radio. The latter two things were controlled by a small group of people, (who are also adults, this is very important to remember). But now, everything has the potential to go viral and spread to millions overnight. And a very large group of the people spreading the new trends are not even out of High School yet. People in High School have never been mature. Not back in the 60's and not now. Though they may have been more adultlike several decades ago. But the slurring of words has been slowly occurring over decades, but it is rapidly accelerating now. Like go watch a sitcom from each decade or so. Like maybe the Dick van Dyke show or Mister Ed, then maybe The Brady Bunch, and then Happy Days. Then maybe family matters or ALF. And finally, watch friends or fraiser. This is just an example of shows from the 50's to 90's. And trust me, they are VERY different each decade. And soon the internet can spread information faster than anything ever before. And we've reached a day where everyone is just putting stuff out there, and it's affecting every aspect of our culture occasionally for better, but often for worse. Language being one of them. Honestly, I could go on and on about our shifting culture. To properly explain all of it, you'd have to go into subjects such as music, art, technology, the economy, foreign wars, race relations, politics, education, and so much more. All of these things are interconnected and intertwined. It's comparable to the iceberg meme. Where there is so much going on the deeper you go down. As just a personal opinion, I do not think we are going down a good path right now. I have several reasons, but I really don't have the time to write them all down. Hope I answered your question. It's complicated, but I really think it should be explained fully. Also yes, education has a big part to do with all of it as well lol.
Black female nerd girls thanks to the same! And Spock, I wanted to be him! His spirituality, his logic, his intelligence enhanced by his being an outsider not limited by this characterization. He understood my feeling of being an outsider at a predominantly white all-girls school. (This was exacerbated by being a biracial black girl as well.) If I had the mind for mathematics, or perhaps more support, I would have happily been a research scientist! I ended up as an investigative reporter, which I hope Leonard Nimoy and Mr. Spock would have liked! I loved them both! I am so glad these sci-fi shows brought joy and enlightenment to you as well!
I love how he waited for this subject to come and did not let either of them get a word in edgewise until he was done because you can see the passion about it in his face and eyes. Rod Serling is probably one of the first people I’d visit if I had a Time Machine.
Uh, this video was *edited* to only include Rod Serling. LOL. He didn't cut the other panelists off. However, he clearly did have strong, well-articulated feelings on this topic.
@@baronhausenpheffer there are some clear moments on their faces where I can see a small level of impatience for interruptions, which there are interruptions. Not disagreeing about editing, but I can confidently say that I have observed that body language.
Yeah, the edits cut them off, James Dickey 100% agrees with his points, but also elaborates he believes any television which "involves people emotionally as human beings" being important. Rod later says it "doesn't just have to be social commentary" but he definitely stresses it as being a needed thing. Bernie appears to agree, but seems to be as much a moderator (unneeded in this interview though) as well as participant, he doesn't vocally agree with Rod, but his points are definitely in keeping with what Rod says. It's a great interview. ruclips.net/video/LFVJYFI93Bk/видео.html
YES!!! I am just propelled by his articulate nature and deep understanding of a nation of people not wanting to address guilt or shame for actions that they and their forefathers know are morally wrong i.e. preventing African Americans from voting safely... I have always loved the way science fiction allows us to probe political and moral questions of our current age safely by envisioning them in a fictive and temporally "distant" narrative. I am a black woman who grew up on Roddenberry and Serling reruns on my little black and white tv and I am proud to say that these exceptional thinkers helped shape me!
When I was 8 years old, I saw my first episode of The Twilight Zone. It was Burgesss Meredith in "Time Enough At Last" and I was exposed to a way of thinking about things I had never been before. I started to watch the show regularly, and always learned something in that half hour of television. As time went on, I realized that Sterling was telling stories about the kind of life he wanted for society, not tales of fantasy. He was a major factor in my upbringing and the reason I am constantly questioning why things are the way they are now.
The answer to why things are the way they are now is simple: a small group of powerful people want us miserable, impoverished, and sick...before they eliminate 90% of us. In short, the degeneration of society, its values, its mores, is caused by a forced regression toward animality.
Rod was a fucking genius of a human being, and an American Treasure. Such a keen mind and imagination, kind hearted with good intent. And the best show ever filmed for tv. RIP
Funny, anytime I hear a genius like Rod Serling or Einstein, I never hear them use foul language. Those that call him a "fucking" genius, are clearly of low intelligence themselves. They are easily impressed.
But it isn’t really. Do you really think modern society, tv and movies are as racist as they were back then? We have made huge progress and we actually hyper focus too much on race these days -oscarstoowhite-
@@brianmeen2158 that's not true. Racism isn't as outwardly or obvious as it was in the 60s but it hasn't gone anywhere. Why do so many of you flat out deny it? Like what's so bad about acknowledging that life is much harder for black ppl than it is for white ppl? Will Smith being only the 6th black guy to ever win an Oscar just shows that #oscarsowhite is true. But you white ppl can complain all you want about wokeness infecting your culture. Yet if black ppl point out obvious racism like police brutality, all of a sudden, we're treated like liars or thieves or deserve whats coming to us. It's double standards. Obviously Rod's words missed you
yes, in TTZ I was so surprising to see that themes like racism and wars (and etc...) like this show is made by a 2020 open minded person. When I was little I thought he was still alive bc he's so modern as concepts. In this interview I have the confirm he really is
It's sad that not too many people know of this side of Rod Serling. Growing up he was kind of a parody; the guy in the suit that introduced each episode of The Twilight Zone. If asked "Who would you want to be stranded on a deserted island with?" Rod Serling is always at the top of my list.
He wasn't a parody, suit and tie was the style back then. Even the TV game show hosts dressed like that on stage. And in the early 60s skinny ties like Rod's were all the rage.
I love Rod and how he spoke, and more importantly his creative mind not to mention his view on race shows he was a good man, but he smoked 3 packs a day to deal with stress and died at 50 from a heart attack… he would’ve probably drove you mad on a deserted island with his ideas, and stress. He would’ve made you believe you weren’t real and the island was a dream within a week lol.
The episode with George Taki.. And the one where the guy spent all his time trying to ruin people's lives for their misdeeds or beliefs, but didn't take time to look at himself. The doomsday celler episode.. The list goes on..
Jojo Rabbit? joseignaciofilmfestival.com/en/portfolio/jojo-rabbit/ And Inglourious Basterds portrays revenge upon Nazis but the real hero of the movie is the Nazi Jew Hunter.
“...the worst aspect of our time is prejudice... In almost everything I've written, there is a thread of this - man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.” - Rod Serling
This man was truly amazing. Many do not even know that he was a paratrooper during WW2 and saw extensive action vs the Germans. He is the reason why I own every episode of Night Gallery and The Twilight Zone on DVD.
He wanted to fight Hitler but was called to the Philippines as a parachute infantryman. He felt he should have died in battle and was wounded twice and decorated for bravery. Ironically he lived on 29 more years and never followed his original calling of physical education where he would have learned anatomy & physiology along with nutrition. As a result he died from coronary heart disease exasperated by smoking, high stress and eating poorly with insufficient rest and exercise. Though he was the biggest contributor in sci-fi and non sci-fi paranormal radio and television.
Rod Serling, had a great, positive impact, on my life as a young black kid growing up in the 60's-70's-80's. I discovered him through Night Gallery...then later Twilight Zone. He helped me become an intelligent FREE THINKER of a MAN. ✊🏾🤎✌🏾😎
@@jamessilver6429 seems like, when the uglyness of racism is so casually flaunted by certain group's while simultaneously dismissing it as not a problem, I think most rational and honest thinking folks know the name Trump certainly elevates this bigotry in many of his overly trusting minions, who he easily deceived with his non stop BS. A free thinking Don Juan supporter is as rare as a 3 pecker turtle leaving the vast majority to predictably repeat the the same lie their self serving White House grifter once said, like, oh he "has done more than anyone (pick minority) to help blacks"... If asked, they can't tell your anything he has actually done that can be fact checked. It's sad knowing they believe he has done everything he says including stuff others have done, especially Obama, then shamelessly bathes in any non deserved credit received. I thought it could watch this without hearing any exhausting baseless Orange Julius whining. But I got triggered. CAN'T WAIT UNTILL HE IS GONE THIS MONTH. Good riddance. It would please me to watch him cry and beg to stay while M. P. s drag him out like yesterdays dirty skivies!
Early life. Serling was born on December 25, 1924, in Syracuse, New York, to *a Jewish family* . He was the second of two sons born to Esther (née Cooper, 1893-1958), a homemaker, and Samuel Lawrence Serling (1892-1945). that commie belongs in an oven
You can't be intelligent as him. A philosopher. A critical thinker as himself. And be racist. It's impossible. You can Never appreciate the beauty of life. Or the flowers. Or the sunrise. Or anything. If you can be racist then you must be just a drone. Sunflowers don't hate roses because they're red. My beautiful morning glory flowers climb up my sunflowers. And the honey bees love them equally. The sun shines for all of them. And before I go to work. I enjoy watching all of it happen. We're all nature. We're all beautiful. In the words of Charlie Chaplin "only the unloved hate"
@@decimustv4257 is it? Ever hear of the “war on terror?” Another faceless enemy dehumanized to point where no one bats an eye at the west’s use of WMDs through drone strikes on civil apartment buildings and homes.
@@decimustv4257 It's also good to humanize your enemies, when you don't, you'll end up having troubles looking within yourself. You'll end up being the same person that your enemies are.
Rod Serling was ahead of his time. Rod called out racism and bigotry in America on national television during the Vietnam era. Courageous and dangerous in the 1960s'. Brave man. A fantastic storyteller. Great clip. Thank you for posting this video.
Yep, that episode with George Taki comes to mind, as well as the episode where the man spends his days making reports on all these different people, but fails to look at himself, even the episode where the one family has a bomb shelter and no one else does. There is the episode where everyone is going crazy bc of the supposed monster that's coming down the street, I think it turns out to be a child or something.. I can't really remember. But racism, and especially looking at yourself before judging others was a huge thing in twilight zone. And he wSnt afraid to take his stance even in those times when it could have cost him his career, possibly his life.
@@element_47 that's funny because Serling isn't even a name. Many many thousands of people remember it being Sterling. Same as Franco Colombo now he's Franco columbu again not a name. Also mirror mirror on the wall is now magic mirror on the wall it was never mirror mirror as we remember it. Research Mandela effect. It's a real life twilight zone episode 😲
@@radvlad1431 yeah I know all about the mandala effect.. And i do think there is something to a couple of the examples, but not this one. That kind of stuff really interests me, another thing that I have always thought about but just recently within the last 2 or 3 years ago heard a name for is "last thursdayism".. Except they way I always thought about it was; how do we know that I didn't just wake up for the first time this morning, and that all my memories and everything are some kind of biological trick, or something. Very interesting stuff.. Reality is the weirdest thing in the universe, by far
So glad I wasn’t wrong to idolize him as a kid, very rarely do your heroes turn out to be greater than you could’ve imagined. He’ll never not have my undying respect. ✊🏿
Rod Serling fought tooth and nail against the sanitizing of television and wanted to do stories that would tackle current social issues, but network executives and sponsors would oftentimes demand changes so that the viewing audience not be offended or made to feel uncomfortable. This drove him crazy. He presented one script which went through so many changes that it was a shadow of what it was when initially submitted. Rod was a scrappy fighter but I think he knew that it was a fight that he was bound to lose.
1:50 lol people would get offended at that term redskins. But he is interesting to hear over the self-marginalizing people of color term that undermines black people.
This reminds me a lot of how Mr. Rogers went to get funding not just for his show but PBS from the government. Having to prove that what he was a part of on television was something of a larger vehicle that's meant for the edification of children and not the ruination of man's mind. People like Mr. Rogers and Rod Serling were trying to make television in the 60s into something better than what it has become in modern day. Perhaps we as people should try to do better with social media instead of rotting our minds into mush through hours of 15 second clips...
@@EDDIE5918 There is a first season episode that will really make you smile. The Big Tall Wish had an almost entirely African American cast. The show even won the Unity Award for Outstanding Contributions to Better Race Relations for it.
My favorite episode of Twighlight Zone was of a Woman who wanted a operation to fix her face she was "UGLY" and could not stand to look in the mirror. Her face was wrapped in bandages and At the end they too her bandages off and she screamed and when the camera showed her SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BLONDE WOMAN WITH PERFECT EVERYTHING. When they showed all the doctors and nurses they all had horrible looking faces, deep eye sockets, lumpy and bumpy. Moral of that story as I got older and thought about it is NORMAL CAN BE ANYTHING THAT SOCIETY ACCEPTS.
Yes. Usually when people say someone was ahead of their time it isn't really true. But in Rod Serling's case, it absolutely was true. He was far ahead of his time.
Nobody has ever sounded so uniquely fascinating as Rod Serling consistently does in EVERY single interview. The actual sound of his voice and his pronunciation is not like anybody else.
No one talks like this anymore. At least not with this level of fluidity. We've lost the skill. We understand the words, we understand the concepts, but our ability to communicate has atrophied.
I guess we all noticed how articulate he was - his vocabulary and the way he strung words together. I think we all noted his sincerity. As I listened, I wondered whether I would have had the courage to interject anything into this discussion with such a great communicator present. The way this clip was edited, it seemed as though the poet was never able to get a word in edgewise; however, I think it was the editing. Serling could take command of a discussion - that's for sure.
Not really. His verbiage was not particularly difficult to comprehend or overwhelmingly poetic. It's just dignified, straight-man style speech of his time. His insight was more notable than his words.
The skill was not "lost", but sadly, rejected by most. When society dictates a myopic or inferior educational system, one must become an autodidact to countermand such intentional surreptitious and segregatory desires. Otherwise, be condemned to the life being forced on to you, by the elite, erudite, and intellectually manipulative, refusing to relinquish the power they have over you. Or... Just keep playing your videogames and complaining how messed up the world is from the sidelines. Your choice.
He didn't say society, he said "any STATE, idealoligy that fails to recognize the worth. The dignity, the rights of man, THAT state is obsolete!" m.ruclips.net/video/FMLWXsV0E-M/видео.html
English is NOT the only language, dumbass! Stop measuring people by how well they speak english, there are hundreds of other languages. If somebody tried to learn english but still doesnt do it properly enough for you, get over it. Atleast they are trying. And perhaps, english is somebodies first language, but they are interested in mastering other languages. Stop putting people down for not speaking english well enough for you, & incase you are too hatefilled to grasp this fact, but standard english is not the only english, there are also regional dialects of english, and also languages evolve over time, just like there is old and middle english, so get over your senseless prejudice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Behave yourself, my friend, nobody is judging you, I'm just sad how American born English speaking people nowadays are demolishing this beautiful and universal language by dragging its values downhill influenced not by great authors and poets, but by uneducated gangster mentality driven so-called artists, movie stars and musicians.
I’ve watched Twilight Zone since I was 7 years old and then it was just those amazing Stories that grabbed my imagination but as I got older and was able to see what Rod Sterling was really about I have nothing but respect for him. He was able to do something very rare and special in telling those stories that very few shows can say they did which was make us ALL take a look inside ourselves and ask very pointed questions about our humanity. These stories are still relevant to this day and just thinking about them makes me right now want to do my own Twilight Zone Marathon which is what I’m about to do. ❤
Well, I think this country has a lot of people as smart and articulate as him, but we’ve seem to have lowered our standards to making the crass and loud mouthed our heros.
@@kiks399 you’re not wrong! In 7th grade, my textbook had a section where we read and discussed the “Monsters are Due on Maple Street” script. It’s the episode that deals with mob mentality and human nature. I remember it blowing my mind at that age, and it’s one reason I later sought out the show for myself. It’s pretty amazing how the social/moral aspects of the show are just as relevant today.
Rod was way ahead of his times, he put black people on his shows when no was doing it, he helped expose nazi hatred towards jews and Neo Nazis, that one had dennis hopper in it. Many of the shows had story lines of social justice.
The man was ahead of his time. It showed through his storytelling and it was his ability to deliver a social message through the guise of entertaining Sci-Fi/drama/horror concepts that has paved the way for the likes of a Jorden Peele, or Rick Famuyiwa to do the same. The man was an absolute legend.
When the guy you're sitting with lights up a cigarette and blows a big puff of smoke while you're still talking ... you know deep down you've already lost.
@@luc410 lost control of the conversation. Serling went on a lot longer and a lot deeper than was the norm for such shows and we see many attempts to interrupt him before he made all his points. But he'd taken control of the room and didn't relinquish it until he was done. Very powerful.
Everyone smoked in interviews all the time back then. The smoke wasn't any indicator of anything. (Rod did kick ass and take names, though, that's for sure!)
The message certainly got through to me. The Twilight Zone is clearly highly progressive and filled with biting social commentary and criticism towards prejudice, ignorance, intolerance and the actual evils of mankind.
@@creamwobbly, I was born in 1959. What demographic was watching the show? At that time America was ~87% white, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. The American Indians were mostly cloistered on their reservations, the Inuits were in Alaska, the Polynesians were in Hawaii. The great surge in illegal immigration hadn’t started yet and there were no where near as many Latinos. And they were mainly concentrated in a few areas. And blacks experienced de facto segregation even after it officially ended. My point is that the America that most white people circulated in was very nearly 100% white. The schools I attended were quite literally 100% white. So, yes, most/all protagonists being white made perfect sense, because that’s what we saw in real life.
I remember one of my friends posted something about Twilight Zone and politics and everyone started attacking him with the typical "Why do you have to put politics into everything?" It's mind blowing how people can be so oblivious to what's in front of them -_-
Now of course, the question would be what would their response be when they see this clip? He's making it perfectly clear he was trying to send a message in his show
It is amazing that he saw what television and the media were moving towards back then...and yet no one could stop the snowball from becoming the monster it is today.
Submitted for your perusal, an individual who understands the human condition more than any other. A writer who can read politicians like a book and see straight through them. A person who also knows that within each and everyone of us exists a world more fascinating than we realize. A world that he has helped us tap in to. That world we know only too well, by its nature, its very nature it can only exist in . . . . . The Twilight Zone.
I watched just about every episode of the twilight zone. He was so brilliant in his writing and his thoughts and explanations of each episode. Sad he died so young
I agree with Jansen, I’ve never heard of the word extemporaneous before and I am very grateful to have heard it now. It’s important in my opinion to learn new things every day
It really is terrifying how right he was about the dumbing down of television and media in general. There's never going to be another Twilight Zone, Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street or John Steinbeck, but there's always another Cocomelon, another bad RUclips influencer, another popular media grifter. Print's far from the only thing that's dead in this country.
...and political speeches that were written down and printed in newspapers. As Noam Chomsky once said, you cannot introduce a new idea in a short sound bite; you can only reinforce what people already think.
Well people had high emotional intelligence and could think critically. People today are intellectually the equivalent of a child having a tantrum and can’t stand to hear anything that challenges them.
It does indeed stagger the mind. The intelligence of the common American has been in a very sharp nose dive since at least the early to mid-90s. I think people seemed to have more common sense and general knowledge in the 1980s but last 30 years have produced a true disaster.
He speaks with such purposefullness like, “this is the shit I noticed and I gotta get it out” so articulated I want to be like that, I couldn’t but I wish
Fascinating discussion, fascinating man. We don't see discussions like this much anymore. It's frightening and sad to note how low public discourse has fallen. My, my goodness.
I like that Rod isn't making this about taking a side either way, he wants the world to open its mind and take stock that you as an individual are not the only person sharing this planet and you have to accept that as a fact and not selfishly think the world is all about you and what you think it should be.
The man just oozes charisma, shark, and wisdom. When he speaks, softly, you want to listen to him. And the ability to form coherent sentences about complex issues on the spot is somewhat of a lost art nowadays sadly.
FTR, Rod Serling received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his combat service with the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines during World War II. His social and political views are said to have been shaped by this part of the life...
I have always loved the way science fiction allows us to probe political and moral questions of our current age safely by envisioning them in a fictive and temporally "distant" narrative. I am a black woman who grew up on Roddenberry and Serling reruns on my little black and white tv in the 80s and I am proud to say that these exceptional thinkers helped shape me! I hope they influenced you too! Their fiction was powerful but to hear him speak like this just pushed my admiration through the roof! Oh, and the way he lit and hit that smoke...Damn! They don't make them like that anymore...Or if they do let me know where to find them! ;)
@Tony Barnes Thank you for the generous compliment! I was thinking of a career change and actually hoped that in the near future, I would be able to teach. It's been a secret dream of mine! Funny enough, your kind comment makes me think maybe I should really go for it!
When I was a child, I loved watching the Twilight Zone because it was entertaining. Now I am watching these interviews and Rod Sterlings responses are so relevant as they were in the 60’s as they are now! So now that I watch his episodes they are truly meaningful
Yes, people can point and say look how eloquently he spoke, we’ve lost that skill as people, I’m not so sure. He was a genius, and a talented writer, it’s no fluke that he had his own tv show when the medium was still fairly new. A Rod Serling doesn’t come along every day, he was not a common specimen at the time, he was, and will always be, unique and brilliant.
Watch the whole show on RUclips. This is poorly edited to only highlight Serling’s view on the topic. They were not debating; it was a discussion with mutual agreement.
I've never actually seen Twilight Zone or heard Ron Serling for myself, so when he started speaking I thought it had gone into a voiceover. This guy is the template for male narrators.
Its all that soy they put in our water. All jokes aside, I think that men’s masculinity has been shamed so much that men can hardly been men anymore in the west. Masculinity hasn’t disappeared, it just went underground, out of the public eye.
Rod Sterling is one of the top 10 most influential moral voices in TV history. I wish his story would be told with a good script, director and a amazing actor.
Rod Sterling's Twilight Zone was philosophical in an indirect manner and he is an intelligent man who wasn't like the rest of us. He has a critical mind and we need more showwriterd and songwriters and such just like Rod Serling.
He’s practically just as smooth on the spot as he was narrating twilight zone. A man of perspective and morals too, it seems. Thank you Rod, for your contribution to making the world think a little bit more.
Admittedly, Rod Serling was wise beyond his years...the fact he could point out society's unspoken fears, prejudices, and ignorance during this time is impressive.
Arnold Schoenberg once remarked when someone said the great composer was ahead of his time, (paraphrased): "It's impossible for me to be ahead in time; people are just behind me in time."
@Michael Combs You got those mixed up, its Fox that's the propaganda network. And before you say some bullshit or another just look at how quickly the base turned on them when they could no longer deny reality about the election. The rest I do agree with though.
Unreal the social concepts that he was tuned in to, at the time. Definitely had ahead of his time and intellect. Can only watch on awe. If only there was more like him today
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As a black man I've always loved Rod Serling's work and it is so refreshing to know that he stood on the side of right when it came to oppressive racism. He was a visionary ahead of his time and left us prematurely at 50 years old but his body of work will continue to inspire future generations. God bless you Rod
Who's protecting whites against virulent racism? Nobody. You only care about what affects you.
No doubt! 👍👍👍
@Tom Powell man you got some problems lol If I believed in God I would say I would pray for you
@Tom Powell Well you just outed yourself then.
@Tom Powell Funny enough I'm white and don't live anywhere near South Africa, Racist.
My vocabulary doubled just watching this. What an articulate man.
This was typical of the era. The dumbing down of media has been occurring for decades, starting with the 80’s. Ah yes, the Reagan years. No coincidence there…
Lord, well I’m sure you tried in schools.
@@pa1060 Low stoop to randomly insult someone, but it's an even lower stoop to deliberately abandon common understanding of the way people colloquially speak in figurative terms in exchange for a literal interpretation in order to do so.
If it is not obvious to you that someone's vocabulary won't literally double from watching a 4 minute video clip, then you're in no position to comment with any regard to someone's intelligence or education. If it is obvious, then you definitely shouldn't be so petty and small.
@@paulybeefs8588 And who are you to demean my comment, to state what is or not for me. Perhaps your not aware of the purpose of SM sites. This is where even you can express your thoughts and feelings in regard to a particular issue or problem. Perhaps you felt the need this morning to jump on someone’s caboose the only problem you picked the wrong one. I’m going to give you a little advice. If you can’t take the heat, I would suggest you grab your small balls and stay out of mama’s kitchen.
@@pa1060 Who are you to demean someone's intelligence and education? Are you really so dumb that you don't see the irony in taking issue with demeaning comments right now? You don't see the irony in claiming that the purpose of social media sites is to be able express yourself, while simultaneously taking issue with someone else doing the same? Looks like the worlds pettiest internet bully can dish it out, but can't take it.
Curious what "heat" you imagine I'm taking, because your immediate reflex to speculate about genitals in your mom's kitchen doesn't say anything about me, but it definitely says something about you and your family.
The original comment was completely fine. They weren't being ugly or insulting, and anyone with basic reading and comprehension skills understands the point being made. So which one is it? Are you so dense that you can't recognize basic hyperbole? Or are you so sad and desperate for any sort of win in life that you go around inventing reasons to put down people for trying to "express their thoughts and feelings?"
Even the smoke leaving his mouth is articulate
😂😂😂👌👌👌
TRUE INDEED!!!
Wow now that you mentioned it
yes soon as host asked question the symbolism lighting up and blowing smoke and perfectly dtifting at him...you asked the question but i am in charge
Yes this is the comment of the month man
cigarettes killed Rod
I'm 35 and watched twilight zone as a kid. I just thought it was great storytelling but as an adult rewatching it i realize how layered the stories really were. I think this guy was a genius.
A white man would think that.
People my age watching it when you were still in the womb and 25 years before that, this fine,kind gentleman was so many decades before his time,
What would you say is better: twilight zone or the outer limits?
@@Edmures_rampant_manhood i can't answer because I've never seem outer limits. How do you feel about it?
@@orangeassassin3729 I can't answer either, because I've never seen the twilight zone 😅
He speaks with such intelligence. It’s like even when he’s not on Twilght Zone he’s still narrating the world.
Excellent comment ☝️👍
Beautifully said.
intelligence is a perception. He's holding the most likely instigator to his sudden death in his hand.
@@olzt100 Death is a perception.
@@olzt100 Or, so intelligent, that he needed to smoke to cope with the knowledge of what the dark side of humanity can do: hate, violence, war... and at the same time being very aware of how senseless it is.
He cast black people as something more than a caricature. Much respect to him and Gene Roddenberry.
Way ahead of his time. True genius
yes and no. The one twilight zone episode where a black person was the victim he was bad at sports. It makes sense though since real life for black people at that time was way worse than anything he could write.
Yes they did. They were both far ahead of their white contemporaries
This brilliant writer and keen observer of human behavior left us too soon. For all his ability to see the truth in people, he could not kick the damn cigarettes to save his life. They killed him, killed Zappa, killed my Mom, and still kill as many as 480,000 annually. The companies who produce and market this crap kill more of their customers than all the fentanyl dealers put together.
Wow. You mean Black people could be proficient actors? Who knew?....
He died at 50 from a heart attack.... just imagine how many more thoughtful creations he could have made if he had lived just 20 more years.
He was like the Avatar. When the world needed him the most, he vanished.
@Homelander what's the point of even saying that?
@@WICK_3D Probably a sense of accomplishment. It's best to not give more oxygen to the fire.
@@WICK_3D I believe @homelander was making a comment towards his indulgences, Ex. Not being able to refrain from smoking even during an interview. His diet was possibly just as indulgent. Not sure if he meant ill will.
@@chadwoods2364 watching that right now on Netflix 🤣
Rod Serling looked me in the eye and shook my hand when he, after having spoken, handed me the folder for my Bachelor of Music Degree at Emerson College in 1971. As a Black man, I can still remember the intensity in his eyes and his handsome smile.
Wow really you were around when he was alive? Man…
he was probably trying to steal your watch.
Early life. Serling was born on December 25, 1924, in Syracuse, New York, to *a Jewish family* . He was the second of two sons born to Esther (née Cooper, 1893-1958), a homemaker, and Samuel Lawrence Serling (1892-1945).
@@joshjones718 I wasn’t wearing a watch. I don’t care one way or the other that he was Jewish. He was a brilliant talented man who probably knew what time it was, and what time it wasn’t.
@@christopherrobertson7723 Brilliant? He was a typical commie propagandist who worked in hollywood. At this very moment there are thousands just like him at work. I suppose they're all "brilliant" as well.
@@joshjones718When you and I finish our dialogue, I shudder to speculate what I will remember about you!
In Taiwan this is still like the number one show. Rod Serling was one of the greater gifts to humanity.
Huge in Sheboygan
That's sad.
@@chiefredbird7315why?
@@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr. “woke”? Bro what?
I still love his show.
Rod Serling was unbelievably smooth and articulate as a communicator.
most men talked like that back then. k-12 is a failure so now we get mumble and jumble.
@@donwelch6612 Do something about it. Don't just write a RUclips comment.
@@j-man8085 he did do something. he reminded me, a reader of his useless little comment, via said comment, that K-12 is a thing that i can research, a thing with an origin, a thing with alternatives. acquiring the right knowledge is only one step in the process of progress but it is an important step like the others
@@AuntBibby what can we do, the next step in progress is forming hypothetical solutions and theorizing, we've reached an era where slurring words is cool, but how did it get "cool". I'm still a teen so I haven't been aware of social changes for long, as long as I have been though it's been popular, but what started it?
@@aceystar1478 The internet was a large factor in the recent changes in language. Overnight I can insult your "yee yee ass hair cut" and make perfect sense, and the week before no one would know what the hell you are talking about. But believe it or not, this is not new. Humans have been doing this for decades and decades if not centuries. In the last century, trends either spread slowly by region to region. Or they spread rapidly via television and radio. The latter two things were controlled by a small group of people, (who are also adults, this is very important to remember). But now, everything has the potential to go viral and spread to millions overnight. And a very large group of the people spreading the new trends are not even out of High School yet. People in High School have never been mature. Not back in the 60's and not now. Though they may have been more adultlike several decades ago. But the slurring of words has been slowly occurring over decades, but it is rapidly accelerating now. Like go watch a sitcom from each decade or so. Like maybe the Dick van Dyke show or Mister Ed, then maybe The Brady Bunch, and then Happy Days. Then maybe family matters or ALF. And finally, watch friends or fraiser. This is just an example of shows from the 50's to 90's. And trust me, they are VERY different each decade. And soon the internet can spread information faster than anything ever before. And we've reached a day where everyone is just putting stuff out there, and it's affecting every aspect of our culture occasionally for better, but often for worse. Language being one of them.
Honestly, I could go on and on about our shifting culture. To properly explain all of it, you'd have to go into subjects such as music, art, technology, the economy, foreign wars, race relations, politics, education, and so much more. All of these things are interconnected and intertwined. It's comparable to the iceberg meme. Where there is so much going on the deeper you go down. As just a personal opinion, I do not think we are going down a good path right now. I have several reasons, but I really don't have the time to write them all down.
Hope I answered your question. It's complicated, but I really think it should be explained fully. Also yes, education has a big part to do with all of it as well lol.
I was a black nerd because of Rod Serling Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and Star Trek
Nerd was enough. No adjective needed.
@@NRQ-zv5bp Where I am from black is appropriate and RACE is the title of the topic. You better learn dat
@@gregtanian damn right bro, be proud of that
@@heartgenerator4967 big up Scott, much love
Black female nerd girls thanks to the same! And Spock, I wanted to be him! His spirituality, his logic, his intelligence enhanced by his being an outsider not limited by this characterization. He understood my feeling of being an outsider at a predominantly white all-girls school. (This was exacerbated by being a biracial black girl as well.) If I had the mind for mathematics, or perhaps more support, I would have happily been a research scientist! I ended up as an investigative reporter, which I hope Leonard Nimoy and Mr. Spock would have liked! I loved them both! I am so glad these sci-fi shows brought joy and enlightenment to you as well!
I love how he waited for this subject to come and did not let either of them get a word in edgewise until he was done because you can see the passion about it in his face and eyes. Rod Serling is probably one of the first people I’d visit if I had a Time Machine.
Uh, this video was *edited* to only include Rod Serling. LOL. He didn't cut the other panelists off. However, he clearly did have strong, well-articulated feelings on this topic.
@@baronhausenpheffer there are some clear moments on their faces where I can see a small level of impatience for interruptions, which there are interruptions. Not disagreeing about editing, but I can confidently say that I have observed that body language.
Yeah, the edits cut them off, James Dickey 100% agrees with his points, but also elaborates he believes any television which "involves people emotionally as human beings" being important. Rod later says it "doesn't just have to be social commentary" but he definitely stresses it as being a needed thing. Bernie appears to agree, but seems to be as much a moderator (unneeded in this interview though) as well as participant, he doesn't vocally agree with Rod, but his points are definitely in keeping with what Rod says.
It's a great interview. ruclips.net/video/LFVJYFI93Bk/видео.html
Agree
The other guy was like, "fuk, lemme stop this," and Rod was like, "fuk you, I just thought of more ways to make you uncomfortable."
YES! You caught that! I was loving it!!!
@@ttthecat Me too
Exactly! Shut up and just let the man talk, lol love it! I'm so glad other people saw that as well!
I love this comment. The other thing, it was an accident...
Yes!!!
He lit that smoke like a boss, "I'm about to take these cats to school."
I'm embarrassed for the stuttering poet and the guy in the middle, looking all taken aback by Rod actually speaking his mind.
YES!!! I am just propelled by his articulate nature and deep understanding of a nation of people not wanting to address guilt or shame for actions that they and their forefathers know are morally wrong i.e. preventing African Americans from voting safely... I have always loved the way science fiction allows us to probe political and moral questions of our current age safely by envisioning them in a fictive and temporally "distant" narrative. I am a black woman who grew up on Roddenberry and Serling reruns on my little black and white tv and I am proud to say that these exceptional thinkers helped shape me!
HA HA!!
Rod Sterling outsmoked almost every modern smoker with one swift move
@@billiamtrillion Hahahaha!!! Brilliant!!
Rod doesn't even need to talk. His eyebrows do the talking for him.
Madonna could have said the same thing about her snatch.
@@larryhinze537 HA
They dont move
When I was 8 years old, I saw my first episode of The Twilight Zone. It was Burgesss Meredith in "Time Enough At Last" and I was exposed to a way of thinking about things I had never been before. I started to watch the show regularly, and always learned something in that half hour of television. As time went on, I realized that Sterling was telling stories about the kind of life he wanted for society, not tales of fantasy. He was a major factor in my upbringing and the reason I am constantly questioning why things are the way they are now.
The answer to why things are the way they are now is simple: a small group of powerful people want us miserable, impoverished, and sick...before they eliminate 90% of us. In short, the degeneration of society, its values, its mores, is caused by a forced regression toward animality.
Indeed. I loved the show, but the episode you mentioned is my favorite.
OMG epiphany! I’d never thought of it like the world HE HOPED to see.
Rod was a fucking genius of a human being, and an American Treasure. Such a keen mind and imagination, kind hearted with good intent. And the best show ever filmed for tv. RIP
@xn0 That's just YOUR hangup. Get over yourself.
Thank you for that truth being put on here for all especially Millennials...
LANGUAGE!!!
Fucking genius is right. Sometimes the emphasis is simply too warranted to offend.
Funny, anytime I hear a genius like Rod Serling or Einstein, I never hear them use foul language. Those that call him a "fucking" genius, are clearly of low intelligence themselves. They are easily impressed.
This interview is nearly 60 years old, and it’s as relevant today as it was then.
But it isn’t really. Do you really think modern society, tv and movies are as racist as they were back then? We have made huge progress and we actually hyper focus too much on race these days -oscarstoowhite-
@@brianmeen2158 that's not true. Racism isn't as outwardly or obvious as it was in the 60s but it hasn't gone anywhere. Why do so many of you flat out deny it? Like what's so bad about acknowledging that life is much harder for black ppl than it is for white ppl? Will Smith being only the 6th black guy to ever win an Oscar just shows that #oscarsowhite is true.
But you white ppl can complain all you want about wokeness infecting your culture. Yet if black ppl point out obvious racism like police brutality, all of a sudden, we're treated like liars or thieves or deserve whats coming to us. It's double standards. Obviously Rod's words missed you
Yes it is relevant because he's as wrong as your dumb down typical democrat voter!
How is it relevant to today?
@@0532MOET because racism against non whites is still very much present
You go Rod! He was an extremely intelligent and open minded person. The likes of which, we could use today. Miss the man!
yes, in TTZ I was so surprising to see that themes like racism and wars (and etc...) like this show is made by a 2020 open minded person. When I was little I thought he was still alive bc he's so modern as concepts. In this interview I have the confirm he really is
yeah like trump
Burnie, I agree with you.
I agree with you about Mr. Serling
He also was a screen writer for the 1968 Planet of the Apes, which was also brilliant. He was among the giants of sci-fi
It's sad that not too many people know of this side of Rod Serling. Growing up he was kind of a parody; the guy in the suit that introduced each episode of The Twilight Zone. If asked "Who would you want to be stranded on a deserted island with?" Rod Serling is always at the top of my list.
It would be interesting but not too fun. He’d be more heavy than you’d imagine and your brain might not process all he considers.
ngl I read "who would you want to be stranded on a deserted island with" in Rod Serling's voice just then lmfao
He wasn't a parody, suit and tie was the style back then. Even the TV game show hosts dressed like that on stage. And in the early 60s skinny ties like Rod's were all the rage.
If I was on a deserted island, the last thing I want to do is die from second hand smoke because he chain smokes 24/7
I love Rod and how he spoke, and more importantly his creative mind not to mention his view on race shows he was a good man, but he smoked 3 packs a day to deal with stress and died at 50 from a heart attack… he would’ve probably drove you mad on a deserted island with his ideas, and stress. He would’ve made you believe you weren’t real and the island was a dream within a week lol.
The Twilight Zone is the best show ever produced, Rod Serling is a national treasure..
I watch the marathon every new years day.
I agree! My siblings and I love The Twilight Zone.
Still my favorite show of all time
@@sebastienc.2257 Not just your opinion it's a FACT.
The "merry men of Auschwitz", dude was deep for his time....
The episode with George Taki.. And the one where the guy spent all his time trying to ruin people's lives for their misdeeds or beliefs, but didn't take time to look at himself. The doomsday celler episode.. The list goes on..
the real zone brother
The dude is deep period. "Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man." -Musashi Miyamoto
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Springtime For Hitler?
Jojo Rabbit? joseignaciofilmfestival.com/en/portfolio/jojo-rabbit/
And Inglourious Basterds portrays revenge upon Nazis but the real hero of the movie is the Nazi Jew Hunter.
Twilight Zone was some of the best and most progressive storytelling in US TV.
My favorite show of all time.
@@dawnstanley1733 agreed
He was ahead of his time and I watch the twilight zone to this day.
@@thomash1268 Me too!
still is.
This man was ahead of his time! Very intelligent, socially aware, and compassionate. Excellent human being!!!
One has to have an open mind to be the host of the Twilight Zone
Socially aware. Uh oh! Wokey alert. The boomers are going to boycott the twilight zone
@@joey69d Get a life
@@joey69d 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
@@debrawehrly6900 here comes one now. Exactly who I was talking about. Hi.
“...the worst aspect of our time is prejudice... In almost everything I've written, there is a thread of this - man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.”
- Rod Serling
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Racial prejudice is evidently still a problem in society, and it is a topic that needs to be discussed.
he missed prejudice is LEARNED AT HOME ...
@@0623kaboom no, its not. my mom was extremely anti-racist, but i can't stand em... so there goes that theory!
@@MyUserTubeAccount So your mom's not racist but you are...
This man was truly amazing. Many do not even know that he was a paratrooper during WW2 and saw extensive action vs the Germans. He is the reason why I own every episode of Night Gallery and The Twilight Zone on DVD.
he fought in the pacific theater I think. so mostly against the japanese, I could be wrong though
@@nickysimi9866 No, you are correct. And the brutality of combat affected him deeply.
Pacific theater.
He wanted to fight Hitler but was called to the Philippines as a parachute infantryman. He felt he should have died in battle and was wounded twice and decorated for bravery. Ironically he lived on 29 more years and never followed his original calling of physical education where he would have learned anatomy & physiology along with nutrition. As a result he died from coronary heart disease exasperated by smoking, high stress and eating poorly with insufficient rest and exercise. Though he was the biggest contributor in sci-fi and non sci-fi paranormal radio and television.
Was he really a paratrooper!?? Always loved Rod Serling, and now I have another reason why to add to that collection 👏
Rod Serling, had a great, positive impact, on my life as a young black kid growing up in the 60's-70's-80's.
I discovered him through Night Gallery...then later Twilight Zone.
He helped me become an intelligent FREE THINKER of a MAN. ✊🏾🤎✌🏾😎
right back at you with those memes - now the sting( maybe) i hope you don't trust the democrat party. peace
@@jamessilver6429
Nor the republican party
@@tanner-rh6oo i agree ! now for the sting ( maybe) trump2020- 2025 🇺🇸
@Nibbler800 you must have misunderstood what i meant. i'm a commited trumper. trump 2021-2025 🇺🇸
@@jamessilver6429 seems like, when the uglyness of racism is so casually flaunted by certain group's while simultaneously dismissing it as not a problem, I think most rational and honest thinking folks know the name Trump certainly elevates this bigotry in many of his overly trusting minions, who he easily deceived with his non stop BS.
A free thinking Don Juan supporter is as rare as a 3 pecker turtle leaving the vast majority to predictably repeat the the same lie their self serving White House grifter once said, like, oh he "has done more than anyone (pick minority) to help blacks"...
If asked, they can't tell your anything he has actually done that can be fact checked. It's sad knowing they believe he has done everything he says including stuff others have done, especially Obama, then shamelessly bathes in any non deserved credit received.
I thought it could watch this without hearing any exhausting baseless Orange Julius whining.
But I got triggered.
CAN'T WAIT UNTILL HE IS GONE THIS MONTH. Good riddance. It would please me to watch him cry and beg to stay while M. P. s drag him out like yesterdays dirty skivies!
I truly understand why my mom loved this dude and his show. It’s so ironic that so many times the very best of us leave us so early in life.
Early life. Serling was born on December 25, 1924, in Syracuse, New York, to *a Jewish family* . He was the second of two sons born to Esther (née Cooper, 1893-1958), a homemaker, and Samuel Lawrence Serling (1892-1945).
that commie belongs in an oven
Not really ironic, but for sure unfortunate.
You can't be intelligent as him. A philosopher. A critical thinker as himself. And be racist. It's impossible. You can Never appreciate the beauty of life. Or the flowers. Or the sunrise. Or anything. If you can be racist then you must be just a drone. Sunflowers don't hate roses because they're red. My beautiful morning glory flowers climb up my sunflowers. And the honey bees love them equally. The sun shines for all of them. And before I go to work. I enjoy watching all of it happen. We're all nature. We're all beautiful. In the words of Charlie Chaplin "only the unloved hate"
Rod Serling's voice is very unique. He was a interesting person. Intelligent.
George Clooney sounds like Rod Sterling, close your eyes.
Very articulate
Can only be unique. There are not different levels or types of it.
@@chrise4994 Are there different levels or types of pedantry?
A great narrator's voice, like Orson Welles.
It's so nice that they're having an actual conversation instead of fighting and blaming each other. They actually listen.
I disagree with what he said at the end. It's better not to portray your enemy at all than to present a false depiction.
@@decimustv4257 is it? Ever hear of the “war on terror?” Another faceless enemy dehumanized to point where no one bats an eye at the west’s use of WMDs through drone strikes on civil apartment buildings and homes.
No one else was able to get a word in edgewise.
Very refreshing, I never know how to use tools of rhetorical debate correctly and can never change minds.
@@decimustv4257 It's also good to humanize your enemies, when you don't, you'll end up having troubles looking within yourself. You'll end up being the same person that your enemies are.
Rod Serling was ahead of his time. Rod called out racism and bigotry in America on national television during the Vietnam era. Courageous and dangerous in the 1960s'. Brave man. A fantastic storyteller. Great clip. Thank you for posting this video.
Do you remember his name as Rod Sterling or Rod Serling ?
@@radvlad1431 serling
Yep, that episode with George Taki comes to mind, as well as the episode where the man spends his days making reports on all these different people, but fails to look at himself, even the episode where the one family has a bomb shelter and no one else does. There is the episode where everyone is going crazy bc of the supposed monster that's coming down the street, I think it turns out to be a child or something.. I can't really remember. But racism, and especially looking at yourself before judging others was a huge thing in twilight zone. And he wSnt afraid to take his stance even in those times when it could have cost him his career, possibly his life.
@@element_47 that's funny because Serling isn't even a name. Many many thousands of people remember it being Sterling. Same as Franco Colombo now he's Franco columbu again not a name. Also mirror mirror on the wall is now magic mirror on the wall it was never mirror mirror as we remember it. Research Mandela effect. It's a real life twilight zone episode 😲
@@radvlad1431 yeah I know all about the mandala effect.. And i do think there is something to a couple of the examples, but not this one. That kind of stuff really interests me, another thing that I have always thought about but just recently within the last 2 or 3 years ago heard a name for is "last thursdayism".. Except they way I always thought about it was; how do we know that I didn't just wake up for the first time this morning, and that all my memories and everything are some kind of biological trick, or something. Very interesting stuff.. Reality is the weirdest thing in the universe, by far
So glad I wasn’t wrong to idolize him as a kid, very rarely do your heroes turn out to be greater than you could’ve imagined. He’ll never not have my undying respect. ✊🏿
When he lit that cigarette.....
Swag got real
awww yeah
I wanted one...I’m glad I gave up the death Styx but boy...it was fun.. Nasty but it was a soothing band aid at times...🧐😂
and died at 50 because of it
I’m of the feeling dude was an alien 👽....Too far ahead for his time...🧐👀
perfect cigarette, but keeping it so real commercial
What an absolute joy it is to hear a real discussion
Yeah, but a shame those days are long gone for the most part.
Rod Serling fought tooth and nail against the sanitizing of television and wanted to do stories that would tackle current social issues, but network executives and sponsors would oftentimes demand changes so that the viewing audience not be offended or made to feel uncomfortable. This drove him crazy. He presented one script which went through so many changes that it was a shadow of what it was when initially submitted. Rod was a scrappy fighter but I think he knew that it was a fight that he was bound to lose.
Ahead of his time
that scrappy fighter exists in all who oppose propagandized knowledge distribution and more
1:50 lol people would get offended at that term redskins. But he is interesting to hear over the self-marginalizing people of color term that undermines black people.
This reminds me a lot of how Mr. Rogers went to get funding not just for his show but PBS from the government. Having to prove that what he was a part of on television was something of a larger vehicle that's meant for the edification of children and not the ruination of man's mind. People like Mr. Rogers and Rod Serling were trying to make television in the 60s into something better than what it has become in modern day. Perhaps we as people should try to do better with social media instead of rotting our minds into mush through hours of 15 second clips...
@@MrVariant yeah it's almost as if this was a long time ago
Rod Serling, Jim Henson, and Fred Rogers were wonderful people. We need them now more than ever.
I’m black & have even more respect for Rod.
RIP
@S White beyond his years my friend...
@@EDDIE5918 There is a first season episode that will really make you smile. The Big Tall Wish had an almost entirely African American cast. The show even won the Unity Award for Outstanding Contributions to Better Race Relations for it.
Totally agree. The man was ahead of his time.
Yes, I'm a big fan. He was tackling deep societal issues and the shows were great, even to this day.
Same. Didn't realize who he was until I read the comments, though.
He was visibly making them uncomfortable with the truth.
Yes, you can tell!!!
@@OneManParade wow, you completely misread their comment
@@OneManParade you good?
good
@@OneManParade that sord has lost it's overused meaning. Get help. Or get OUT. Go find a country to your liking.
Just the sound of his voice, talking about anything, was entertaining.
My favorite episode of Twighlight Zone was of a Woman who wanted a operation to fix her face she was "UGLY" and could not stand to look in the mirror. Her face was wrapped in bandages and At the end they too her bandages off and she screamed and when the camera showed her SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BLONDE WOMAN WITH PERFECT EVERYTHING. When they showed all the doctors and nurses they all had horrible looking faces, deep eye sockets, lumpy and bumpy. Moral of that story as I got older and thought about it is NORMAL CAN BE ANYTHING THAT SOCIETY ACCEPTS.
He was ahead of his contemporaries. He had a brilliant, creative mind.
Yes. Usually when people say someone was ahead of their time it isn't really true. But in Rod Serling's case, it absolutely was true. He was far ahead of his time.
@@themaggattack like the guy who created Star trek... he saw the future... Gene Roddenberry...
Yes he was creative he did it to cope with PTSD.
Nobody has ever sounded so uniquely fascinating as Rod Serling consistently does in EVERY single interview. The actual sound of his voice and his pronunciation is not like anybody else.
Dan Rather is a close second.
Ronald Reagan's voice sounds similar.
And unlike many "influencers" of today, there is substance behind what he says.
@@AR-mb3id no.
@@OscarLangleySoryu yes
No one talks like this anymore. At least not with this level of fluidity. We've lost the skill. We understand the words, we understand the concepts, but our ability to communicate has atrophied.
I guess we all noticed how articulate he was - his vocabulary and the way he strung words together. I think we all noted his sincerity.
As I listened, I wondered whether I would have had the courage to interject anything into this discussion with such a great communicator present. The way this clip was edited, it seemed as though the poet was never able to get a word in edgewise; however, I think it was the editing.
Serling could take command of a discussion - that's for sure.
Not really. His verbiage was not particularly difficult to comprehend or overwhelmingly poetic. It's just dignified, straight-man style speech of his time. His insight was more notable than his words.
We've lost the ability listen, the ability to have empathy for "the other". Without that, real communication is impossible.
The skill was not "lost", but sadly, rejected by most. When society dictates a myopic or inferior educational system, one must become an autodidact to countermand such intentional surreptitious and segregatory desires. Otherwise, be condemned to the life being forced on to you, by the elite, erudite, and intellectually manipulative, refusing to relinquish the power they have over you.
Or... Just keep playing your videogames and complaining how messed up the world is from the sidelines.
Your choice.
Yeah, but I bet he couldn’t text!!! J/K! I agree with you.
One of my favorite writers. Prolific as hell too. For such a short life, he wrote everything.
He only stood 5'6" but was a giant among men.
I read he was 5'4 and wore lifts.
And here I thought Me being the same height as Robert Conrad was mind blowing enough.
@@gotohellaaron yeah, I'm pretty sure he was 5'4". Probably was around 5'6" in lifts though, which as you said, I read that he wore
short king
@@werewooof Indeed.
A society without integrity, compassion, logic and a moral compass is on a downward spiral to oblivion.
like we are now ..
He didn't say society, he said "any STATE, idealoligy that fails to recognize the worth. The dignity, the rights of man, THAT state is obsolete!"
m.ruclips.net/video/FMLWXsV0E-M/видео.html
Pat07734 What does that have to do with my statement?
Basically I'm Schlorping The statement was my statement, not a quote from the video.
Yuppers, and it has happened in very similar ways to most great societies before their demise.
When speaking English properly and eloquently did matter.
and being an elegant, well kept, classic and masculine man. Nowadays we get put down
@@panslawista Sadly, political correctness is being abused and manipulated into emasculating men nowadays.
English is NOT the only language, dumbass! Stop measuring people by how well they speak english, there are hundreds of other languages.
If somebody tried to learn english but still doesnt do it properly enough for you, get over it. Atleast they are trying.
And perhaps, english is somebodies first language, but they are interested in mastering other languages.
Stop putting people down for not speaking english well enough for you, & incase you are too hatefilled to grasp this fact, but standard english is not the only english, there are also regional dialects of english, and also languages evolve over time, just like there is old and middle english, so get over your senseless prejudice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Behave yourself, my friend, nobody is judging you, I'm just sad how American born English speaking people nowadays are demolishing this beautiful and universal language by dragging its values downhill influenced not by great authors and poets, but by uneducated gangster mentality driven so-called artists, movie stars and musicians.
@@dignityhonor8754 mm' all that u say can be a point well taken
I’ve watched Twilight Zone since I was 7 years old and then it was just those amazing Stories that grabbed my imagination but as I got older and was able to see what Rod Sterling was really about I have nothing but respect for him. He was able to do something very rare and special in telling those stories that very few shows can say they did which was make us ALL take a look inside ourselves and ask very pointed questions about our humanity. These stories are still relevant to this day and just thinking about them makes me right now want to do my own Twilight Zone Marathon which is what I’m about to do. ❤
I wish we had a country full of people like Rod Serling.
That's exactly what he wasn't saying, because he said so.
That would be China, Russia, and all other communist countries. Leave and live there. Rod was a Commy.
Ol' Rod was a commie alright.
But he started out as a used toothpick salesman. Wore a funny hat, too.
Commie commie commie hahahaha
Well, I think this country has a lot of people as smart and articulate as him, but we’ve seem to have lowered our standards to making the crass and loud mouthed our heros.
What a brilliant man, to see an evil and recognize it as such. We do need more people like him these days
Twilight Zone should be taught in school just as literature is taught in school.
True be that, Alexander.
@@kiks399 you’re not wrong! In 7th grade, my textbook had a section where we read and discussed the “Monsters are Due on Maple Street” script. It’s the episode that deals with mob mentality and human nature.
I remember it blowing my mind at that age, and it’s one reason I later sought out the show for myself. It’s pretty amazing how the social/moral aspects of the show are just as relevant today.
@@Luschan 😍😍🥰 With all the social unrest evidenced the last few months, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street has never been more relevant than today.
It doesn't require brilliance to see what is self-evident.
Rod was way ahead of his times, he put black people on his shows when no was doing it, he helped expose nazi hatred towards jews and Neo Nazis, that one had dennis hopper in it. Many of the shows had story lines of social justice.
One episode had an almost entirely African American cast
@@Powerranger-le4up The boxer w/Ivan dixon?
@@Powerranger-le4up "The Big Tall Wish", was the title.
@@pauln8913 Yes
@@albertchin1050 , I know. In 1961, the show won the Unity Award for Outstanding Contributions to Better Race Relations because of this episode.
The man was ahead of his time. It showed through his storytelling and it was his ability to deliver a social message through the guise of entertaining Sci-Fi/drama/horror concepts that has paved the way for the likes of a Jorden Peele, or Rick Famuyiwa to do the same. The man was an absolute legend.
The best sci-fi always talks about "us" in the now.
I don't know who Famuyiwa is, but thank you for giving me someone new to discover! 👍
Interviewer: Mr Serling, what is the secret of your deep radiophonic voice?
Serling: Two packs of Newport. Daily.
LMAO! I got so much enjoyment from this comment.
I could hear this comment
When the guy you're sitting with lights up a cigarette and blows a big puff of smoke while you're still talking ... you know deep down you've already lost.
this isnt a debate lol
@@luc410 lost control of the conversation. Serling went on a lot longer and a lot deeper than was the norm for such shows and we see many attempts to interrupt him before he made all his points. But he'd taken control of the room and didn't relinquish it until he was done. Very powerful.
@@EyeLean5280 this was an edited clip from a conversation where everyone was contributing
not so. that was everyday life back then. it didn't even register.
Everyone smoked in interviews all the time back then. The smoke wasn't any indicator of anything. (Rod did kick ass and take names, though, that's for sure!)
The message certainly got through to me. The Twilight Zone is clearly highly progressive and filled with biting social commentary and criticism towards prejudice, ignorance, intolerance and the actual evils of mankind.
Which made sense WAY MORE at that time, this was the 60s.
@@creamwobbly so what? Are you listening to their ideas or to their colour? And people like you are supposed to be "progressive".
"Highly progressive" lol what a gay comment.
@@creamwobbly, I was born in 1959. What demographic was watching the show? At that time America was ~87% white, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. The American Indians were mostly cloistered on their reservations, the Inuits were in Alaska, the Polynesians were in Hawaii. The great surge in illegal immigration hadn’t started yet and there were no where near as many Latinos. And they were mainly concentrated in a few areas. And blacks experienced de facto segregation even after it officially ended.
My point is that the America that most white people circulated in was very nearly 100% white. The schools I attended were quite literally 100% white.
So, yes, most/all protagonists being white made perfect sense, because that’s what we saw in real life.
@@karlalan3806 unfortunately people like that are not in any way progressive. They only want clout and to look good.🎴🎴🎴
It was like Rod knew something that others didn't or were afraid to talk about. He was way ahead of his time.
I remember one of my friends posted something about Twilight Zone and politics and everyone started attacking him with the typical "Why do you have to put politics into everything?" It's mind blowing how people can be so oblivious to what's in front of them -_-
Now of course, the question would be what would their response be when they see this clip? He's making it perfectly clear he was trying to send a message in his show
To Abraham Ramirez: Yes the best place to hide anything from most people is right in front of them!
@@brianmccarthy5657 so true
@@grimmettcleaningservices7003 They'd probably still be oblivious. Some peoples brains just cannot compute certain things
They wouldn't allow Rod on tv today. Speaks too much truth.
#facts
This is a gold standard of An Inconvenient Truth.
Folks would be crying about him being "woke"🙄🤦🏾♂️
It is amazing that he saw what television and the media were moving towards back then...and yet no one could stop the snowball from becoming the monster it is today.
What? None sense lol they'd want him front and center man. Media isn't very right wing anymore. Which is a good thing
Submitted for your perusal, an individual who understands the human condition more than any other.
A writer who can read politicians like a book and see straight through them.
A person who also knows that within each and everyone of us exists a world more fascinating than we realize.
A world that he has helped us tap in to.
That world we know only too well, by its nature, its very nature it can only exist in . . . . . The Twilight Zone.
YOOOO, fits so well man.
More Likes Man!
Reads like something Rod himself would have written. Great Job!
I can only hear this in Mr. Serling's voice 👍✌
Perfect comment. 👍✌️
I watched just about every episode of the twilight zone. He was so brilliant in his writing and his thoughts and explanations of each episode. Sad he died so young
Wow, I’ve never heard him talk extemporaneously. He’s really sharp
Thanks for the new word!
@@James-jg7kv It’s a great one 👍
His mind was a finely honed diamond...
They call those diamonds “ flawless”.. great comment 👏👏
I agree with Jansen, I’ve never heard of the word extemporaneous before and I am very grateful to have heard it now. It’s important in my opinion to learn new things every day
This is what you call "being on the right side of history." I think history is going to judge our own era pretty harshly.
Best thing to do is to post a video of yourself being anti racist so your great great great granddaughter thinks you’re cool
Rod Serling was a well spoken, articulate, intelligent human being. A visionary.
The smoke billowing across that guy is hilarious 0:36
Mr Sterling was insightful and articulate in ways modern day social commentators can't even imagine, let alone express.
It really is terrifying how right he was about the dumbing down of television and media in general. There's never going to be another Twilight Zone, Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street or John Steinbeck, but there's always another Cocomelon, another bad RUclips influencer, another popular media grifter.
Print's far from the only thing that's dead in this country.
man.... I never grow tired of hearing him speak
I just love hearing Serling talk...
He was WWAAAYYY ahead of us all...
No one is ahead of their time just people seem to put two steps back.
Me too, man was he interesting.
Such a calm demeanor full of confidence, strength, and empathy. The man, the myth, the legend.
Twilight Zone, was and still is, a masterpiece.
Rod Serling was an amazing and talented man. I truly believe he was the 20th century equivalent of Shakespeare. Shame he died so young.
@ MonkDarkfyre Great comment and so true.
True indeed. Throughout the interview, we see him holding the instrument of his death. I really wish he hadn't smoked.
@@greggross8856 50 years young he died. 😔
@@greggross8856 At least not three packs a day.
Emsley Wyatt he smoked four packs a day I think
It staggers the mind to think that intelligent discourse like this actually existed at one point in mass media. It seems long gone....
...and political speeches that were written down and printed in newspapers. As Noam Chomsky once said, you cannot introduce a new idea in a short sound bite; you can only reinforce what people already think.
Intelligent, patient, longer-form, not needing to 'quickly win' a point on what passes for discourse even on shows like Meet the Press
you can get close on PBS Newshour most nights
Well people had high emotional intelligence and could think critically. People today are intellectually the equivalent of a child having a tantrum and can’t stand to hear anything that challenges them.
It does indeed stagger the mind. The intelligence of the common American has been in a very sharp nose dive since at least the early to mid-90s. I think people seemed to have more common sense and general knowledge in the 1980s but last 30 years have produced a true disaster.
Wow, he is incredibly well spoken.
Wow. Had no clue Rod Serling was such a keen observer and could articulate the complication of race during this time. Thank you for sharing
There's a lack of men of that caliber these days. A lack of wisdom.
It’s easier to be trendy and follow th crowd. Social media is killing us by making it ok to follow the mob.
was gonna like but 69
They're just not being heard anymore, there's still some around.
There are plenty around but their opinions are not popular or censored.
Check out Thomas Sowell or Jordan Peterson. Extraordinarily wise.
*THE* best show ever. No wonder. The man was brilliant.
He speaks with such purposefullness like, “this is the shit I noticed and I gotta get it out” so articulated I want to be like that, I couldn’t but I wish
Start reading.
@@Daniel_Grgic Books.
Yes you could, you’ve just got to keep trying.
Fascinating discussion, fascinating man. We don't see discussions like this much anymore. It's frightening and sad to note how low public discourse has fallen. My, my goodness.
Serling was so prescient and smart!! Unfortunately, we're facing the same issues today. Everything old is new again.
I like that Rod isn't making this about taking a side either way, he wants the world to open its mind and take stock that you as an individual are not the only person sharing this planet and you have to accept that as a fact and not selfishly think the world is all about you and what you think it should be.
To Gojiro7: Bullseye man!
Just like his show Mr. Serling was ahead of his time.
The man just oozes charisma, shark, and wisdom. When he speaks, softly, you want to listen to him. And the ability to form coherent sentences about complex issues on the spot is somewhat of a lost art nowadays sadly.
FTR, Rod Serling received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his combat service with the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines during World War II. His social and political views are said to have been shaped by this part of the life...
wow. a patriot and a talented writer.
Rod was an exceptional man. My uncle fought in Vietnam and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star and a few more medals.
He was a poor soldier. Would wonder around and get lost. They sent him to eod so he would get killed
To Tony Jones: Thanks man I didn't know that about Rod.
@@brianmccarthy5657 You're welcome, Brian!
I have always loved the way science fiction allows us to probe political and moral questions of our current age safely by envisioning them in a fictive and temporally "distant" narrative. I am a black woman who grew up on Roddenberry and Serling reruns on my little black and white tv in the 80s and I am proud to say that these exceptional thinkers helped shape me! I hope they influenced you too! Their fiction was powerful but to hear him speak like this just pushed my admiration through the roof! Oh, and the way he lit and hit that smoke...Damn! They don't make them like that anymore...Or if they do let me know where to find them! ;)
I really appreciate your citing your experience and perspective. I also agree with you!
God bless and have an amazing day!
I hope you teach comp. lit. somewhere good.
@@silenciummortum2193 Thank you! You as well! 🤗
@Tony Barnes Thank you for the generous compliment! I was thinking of a career change and actually hoped that in the near future, I would be able to teach. It's been a secret dream of mine! Funny enough, your kind comment makes me think maybe I should really go for it!
@@ttthecat Dreams come real.
Rod Serling - a true legend, and a realist beyond his living years...
When I was a child, I loved watching the Twilight Zone because it was entertaining. Now I am watching these interviews and Rod Sterlings responses are so relevant as they were in the 60’s as they are now! So now that I watch his episodes they are truly meaningful
Judging from the looks on the other 2 gentlemens faces, Rod seemed like the smartest guy in the room.
You're correct!
Yes, people can point and say look how eloquently he spoke, we’ve lost that skill as people, I’m not so sure. He was a genius, and a talented writer, it’s no fluke that he had his own tv show when the medium was still fairly new. A Rod Serling doesn’t come along every day, he was not a common specimen at the time, he was, and will always be, unique and brilliant.
Watch the whole show on RUclips. This is poorly edited to only highlight Serling’s view on the topic. They were not debating; it was a discussion with mutual agreement.
@@Ycodexp Ahhhh
Pretty much any room.
I've never actually seen Twilight Zone or heard Ron Serling for myself, so when he started speaking I thought it had gone into a voiceover. This guy is the template for male narrators.
You're missing out
Watch it.
Please treat yourself. Twilight Zone is my favorite show of all time, it’s been so influential and it’s some of the best storytelling you’ll ever find
He was absolutely one of the greatest narrators
this is confidence you just don't see anymore
Hear, hear! You can't have confident conversations like this anymore.
Its all that soy they put in our water.
All jokes aside, I think that men’s masculinity has been shamed so much that men can hardly been men anymore in the west. Masculinity hasn’t disappeared, it just went underground, out of the public eye.
Yes you can just search for Jordan Peterson
@@JukesMcGee Exactly
because you have to deeply think about every word you say nowadays. nobody is genuine anymore for fear of being 'cancelled'
Rod Sterling is one of the top 10 most influential moral voices in TV history. I wish his story would be told with a good script, director and a amazing actor.
Who were the other 9?
You spelled Rod's last name correctly.
Well done sir.
Mandela Effect.
@@nowbacktoyourprogram so it IS sterling, i thought i was losing my mind when everyone drops the T.
@patrick watkins
No your not losing your mind!
Lol!
Weird stuff man.
@@pforgottonsoul Including you! Don't let spell check put words in your mouth 😉
Rod Serling was a man WAY ahead of his time. We enjoyed his LOVE for storytelling...and still do.
Rod Sterling's Twilight Zone was philosophical in an indirect manner and he is an intelligent man who wasn't like the rest of us. He has a critical mind and we need more showwriterd and songwriters and such just like Rod Serling.
He’s practically just as smooth on the spot as he was narrating twilight zone. A man of perspective and morals too, it seems.
Thank you Rod, for your contribution to making the world think a little bit more.
Admittedly, Rod Serling was wise beyond his years...the fact he could point out society's unspoken fears, prejudices, and ignorance during this time is impressive.
Rod Serling was an amazing and talented man. I truly believe he was the 20th century equivalent of Shakespeare. Shame he died so young.
This man was way ahead of his time. R.I.P. Rod Sterling.
Rod Serling, too.
R.I.P. Mr. Serling! A unique creative genius, also endowed with admirable humility and humanity.
Wow, this was a great conversation. Rest in Peace, Sir. Glad we can see you and hear your profundity. You were ahead of your time!!!
I knew Rod was one hell of a thinker but this is impressive. RIP, my man.
Rod Serling was the coolest cat ever. I grew up watching Night Gallery and The Twilight Zone. He had a lot to say and was way ahead of his time!
Arnold Schoenberg once remarked when someone said the great composer was ahead of his time, (paraphrased): "It's impossible for me to be ahead in time; people are just behind me in time."
Yes the media SHOULD be mandated to present BOTH sides of controversy.
It was until 1988 when the "Fair Doctrine in Media" law was struck down by the Reagan administration .
Now we have CNN and FOX NEWS.
Two alternative realities.
@Michael Combs You got those mixed up, its Fox that's the propaganda network. And before you say some bullshit or another just look at how quickly the base turned on them when they could no longer deny reality about the election. The rest I do agree with though.
@@TheFunGun5 Yep its a cult.
@Michael Combs umm Fox is far right winged. Both CNN and fox push a narrative
Unreal the social concepts that he was tuned in to, at the time. Definitely had ahead of his time and intellect. Can only watch on awe. If only there was more like him today