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Serling based "The Hitch-Hiker" on a radio play written by Lucille Fletcher and read by Orson Welles.
Fun fact: The lead character on radio was male.
Read more about the origins of this legendary Twilight Zone: https://t.co/7TnxWCDMb7
#ZoneFacts #TwilightZoneMarathon
"I think that 'Eye of the Beholder' is probably the most difficult director's job that came down the pike." — Douglas Heyes, who directed this episode and several other classic TZs
#ZoneFacts #S2E6
“All the fantasy writers I know have a way of dwelling on their own fears and phobias. A writer spends his life being his own psychiatrist.”
— Charles Beaumont, writer of “The Howling Man”, “Shadow Play”, “Perchance to Dream”, “Queen of the Nile” and 18 other Twilight Zone eps
Carol Serling on husband Rod: "When you're a writer, the mind never stops. He'd keep a pad by the bed and jot down thoughts in the middle of the night."
"I think your stuff has merit and am willing to try and see what I can do with it." — Serling's first agent, accepting him as a client (1950)
Note the date: nine years before TZ. To be fair to this agent, Serling still had a way to go before his growth as a writer was complete.
"I was taken to the ninth floor."
"That's what makes it so difficult to understand. We don't *have* a ninth floor."
#ZoneQuotes #S1E34
"The After-Hours" by Rod Serling is on @netflix, @hulu, @PrimeVideo and DVD/Blu-ray.
So how did the Kanamit pass the lie-detector test? My theory: https://t.co/OEoHhZPsmU
#S3E24 #TwilightZoneMarathon
"You can have the transformation for one week on approval. If you're not satisfied, we exhume your old bodies."
#ZoneQuotes #S3E31 #TwilightZoneMarathon
"I'm not the kind to bury a body unless I'm positive he's dead. You know me better than that."
#ZoneQuotes #S3E23 #TwilightZoneMarathon
"Long Distance Call" is also the last of the six TZ episodes that CBS forced Serling to videotape during the show's second season. Here's why they pressured him to do it: https://t.co/Yj8WjJYY48