The way that Rod Sterling phrases his diction and intonation sounds like Miles Davis letting those low notes on his trumpet really breathe. I wonder if he always talked liked that or learned how to tune his voice to those radio dramas and detective stories of the 1940s. There will always be one Sterlingg, but I wish that he would have collaborated with John Cheever. 'The Enormous Radio' would've been such a cool episode of the Twilight's Zone
By passing rather early, Rod guaranteed he'd go out at his peak. He got better over time in many ways, as writers and other likewise artists tend to. Unlike the likes of other uber-talents who've managed to make it to old age, these men who've at their best were the finest wine, but over time vinegared, gone flat and collected dust and mites. But Rod is remembered at his best. He was only seen at his best. Sometimes it's just better to leave the party early. --For Rod in Heaven, Dane Youssef
I wish I could've been there!!! My ending would be that the man makes it to the end of the year, the loud mouth who could never shut up, made it a whole year without a word. When he comes out and they ask him how it felt, he doesn't say a word because there's nothing that could have described that incredibly lonely, deep, endless silence. Curtains closed. Rod Serling, thank you for your powerful and beautiful mind. Thank you for the gifts you left behind for the world to watch and marvel at. You were truly an inspiration and an incredible soul. There will never be another Rod Serling.
It surely contributed but might not have been the total cause. I knew him and was asked to write his Eulogy...and was there when he died during a double by-pass surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY
That guy Dave had and awesome one. The guy learns he doesn't need the money, but his wife dies while he's locked in the cage, proving it to be simultaneously useful to his character whilst exposing the bet as an unfortunate waste of meaningful time.
Sure Rod, you didn’t realize that there was a story exactly like this...it’s so identical. Come on. Even the title. This is why Rod is no longer hailed as the genius as he once was. TV viewers grew up and discovered how he lifted so many others work. More Bradbury than anyone else. The same came to be true of Gene Roddenberry who lifted Star Trek from many sources.
This is basically a free workshop from a great writer.
Rod had a very strong personality. Extremely intelligent.
The way that Rod Sterling phrases his diction and intonation sounds like Miles Davis letting those low notes on his trumpet really breathe. I wonder if he always talked liked that or learned how to tune his voice to those radio dramas and detective stories of the 1940s. There will always be one Sterlingg, but I wish that he would have collaborated with John Cheever. 'The Enormous Radio' would've been such a cool episode of the Twilight's Zone
By passing rather early, Rod guaranteed he'd go out at his peak. He got better over time in many ways, as writers and other likewise artists tend to. Unlike the likes of other uber-talents who've managed to make it to old age, these men who've at their best were the finest wine, but over time vinegared, gone flat and collected dust and mites.
But Rod is remembered at his best. He was only seen at his best. Sometimes it's just better to leave the party early.
--For Rod in Heaven, Dane Youssef
I wish I could've been there!!! My ending would be that the man makes it to the end of the year, the loud mouth who could never shut up, made it a whole year without a word. When he comes out and they ask him how it felt, he doesn't say a word because there's nothing that could have described that incredibly lonely, deep, endless silence. Curtains closed. Rod Serling, thank you for your powerful and beautiful mind. Thank you for the gifts you left behind for the world to watch and marvel at. You were truly an inspiration and an incredible soul. There will never be another Rod Serling.
this group session with rod is fantastical! i really enjoyed it. thanks for making it available!
I love this television show
@ilsy74 It's all good. Thank you for putting these interviews up. I watch the Twilight's Zone every New Years, it's a ritual for my father and I.
It surely contributed but might not have been the total cause. I knew him and was asked to write his Eulogy...and was there when he died during a double by-pass surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY
That guy Dave had and awesome one. The guy learns he doesn't need the money, but his wife dies while he's locked in the cage, proving it to be simultaneously useful to his character whilst exposing the bet as an unfortunate waste of meaningful time.
Had Serling used his brilliance in OTHER ways, he would have been a MASTER hustler! :)
A backhanded compliment, I know, but a compliment, nonetheless!
Harold the end of the world whatshisname
would´ve made a nice TWILIGHT ZONE
episode twist.
Much of his inspiration came from (dare I say it) smoking.
(One dares not say this because there are so many
anti smoking fanatics out there).
@IAmSoTight1 You bet it is!
I love GI generation times and people. I think our own generation (boomers) is a terrible one.
This must have been not long before his death in 75.
The bearded guy is cute. :)
Whats that thing connected to his neck?
Sure Rod, you didn’t realize that there was a story exactly like this...it’s so identical. Come on. Even the title. This is why Rod is no longer hailed as the genius as he once was. TV viewers grew up and discovered how he lifted so many others work. More Bradbury than anyone else. The same came to be true of Gene Roddenberry who lifted Star Trek from many sources.