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”The most unfettered imagination belongs to young people, and they don’t walk through life; they fly” - Rod Serling in 1963.
If you've never seen the Twilight Zone, you're missing what might be one of the smartest and most thought-provoking television series of all-time. On the surface, it mimicked ordinary life. The pace was ordinary until challenges to the deepest fears and uncertainties that lurk inside the mind took hold.
The series ran from 1959-64 and was created by Rod Serling. The show was mesmerizing audiences across the U.S. when he was interviewed for Australian radio by Binny Lum. We came across this conversation in Australia's National Film and Sound Archive and it's one of those delightful back and forths that makes you stop and listen. Serling jumps into the conversation, there's little apprehension, and suddenly he takes you on a journey thinking about your own past and childhood, and the ultimate realization that "you simply cannot go home again."
Enjoy and learn more about Rod Serling and the Twilight zone on our website: blankonblank.org/rod-serling
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”The most unfettered imagination belongs to young people, and they don’t walk through life; they fly” - Rod Serling in 1963.
If you've never seen the Twilight Zone, you're missing what might be one of the smartest and most thought-provoking television series of all-time. On the surface, it mimicked ordinary life. The pace was ordinary until challenges to the deepest fears and uncertainties that lurk inside the mind took hold.
The series ran from 1959-64 and was created by Rod Serling. The show was mesmerizing audiences across the U.S. when he was interviewed for Australian radio by Binny Lum. We came across this conversation in Australia's National Film and Sound Archive and it's one of those delightful back and forths that makes you stop and listen. Serling jumps into the conversation, there's little apprehension, and suddenly he takes you on a journey thinking about your own past and childhood, and the ultimate realization that "you simply cannot go home again."
Enjoy and learn more about Rod Serling and the Twilight zone on our website: blankonblank.org/rod-serling
Subscribe for new episodes every other Tuesday... it's free:
bit.ly/1TO2vCL
Recent Episodes
Patti Smith on Getting Bleeped
youtube.com/watch?v=DKbCc0XKj8A
Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing
youtube.com/watch?v=SyrDfCSZJmI
Martin Scorsese on Framing
youtube.com/watch?v=QGyYOQbKDIQ
Carl Sagan on Extraterrestrials
youtube.com/watch?v=u9WHs49nlHk
David Bowie on Stardust
youtube.com/watch?v=lFIDXXDsxAo
Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo
youtube.com/watch?v=Jcd9BS2Ty_M
Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys
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Credits
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
David Gerlach
ANIMATOR
Patrick Smith
SERIES PRODUCER
Amy Drozdowska
COLORIST
Jennifer Yoo
SOUND DESIGN
Mixology Post / Rob Kahn
MUSIC
Oskar Schuster
"Sneeuwland"
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via APM
Paul Pritchard "Descent Into Darkness"
Nigel Mark Bates "Alien Zone"
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Help us caption & translate this video!
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