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Author of the memoir As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling. (Updated edition with new photographs and commentary coming May 2021.)

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Because The Twilight Zone has been invoked in the Kavenaugh hearings, I'll offer this: my father believed in decency, integrity and justice. Had he written this, I assure you--there would indeed be a further FBI investigation along with some cosmic justice.

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Like so many, my dad was plagued by PTSD and nightmares after the war. In college he switched his major to language and literature because, as he said, "I needed to get it out of my gut...write it down. This is the way it began for me." Image: Rod Serling 1943 & 1974

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Like so many, my dad was plagued by PTSD and nightmares after the war. In college he switched his major to language and literature because, as he said, "I needed to get it out of my gut...write it down. This is the way it began for me." Image: Rod Serling 1943 & 1974

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Sixty three years ago in October 1959, The Twilight Zone premiered. As my dad said: The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.

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Sixty four years ago in October 1959, The Twilight Zone premiered. As my dad said: The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.

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"A sickness known as hate. Not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ — but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone — look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether." Rod Serling

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A sickness known as hate. Not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ—but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone—look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether. ~Rod Serling

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Like so many, my dad was plagued by PTSD and nightmares after the war. In college he switched his major to language and literature because, as he said, "I needed to get it out of my gut...write it down. This is the way it began for me." Image: Rod Serling 1943 & 1975

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Like so many, my dad was plagued by PTSD and nightmares after the war. In college he switched his major to language and literature because, as he said, "I needed to get it out of my gut...write it down. This is the way it began for me." Image: Rod Serling 1943 & 1974

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Like so many, my dad was plagued by PTSD and nightmares after the war. In college he switched his major to language and literature because, as he said, "I needed to get it out of my gut...write it down. This is the way it began for me." Image: Rod Serling 1943

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I am saddened to announce my mother Carol Serling has passed away. She lived to be 91. She married my dad, Rod Serling, in 1948. A marriage that lasted until his death in 1975. She was with him throughout his early and extended career and will be missed.

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Like so many, my dad was plagued by PTSD and nightmares after the war. In college he switched his major to language and literature because, as he said, "I needed to get it out of my gut...write it down. This is the way it began for me." Image: Rod Serling 1943 & 1975

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Happy 94th birthday to my dad. And thanks to you wonderful people who still care. Happy holidays to you all.

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"Violence does not spring from a vacuum. It's born out of other men's violence. It gets nurtured and it grows in a soil of prejudice and of hate and of bigotry." ~Rod Serling

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A sickness known as hate. Not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ — but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone — look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether. ~Rod Serling

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The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. ~Elizabeth Kubler Ross

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Dad and Carol Burnett. xo

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The man I knew, my dad, was nothing like the black and white image walking slowly across the MGM sound stage, talking in a tight, clipped voice... Photo: my lampshade, guitar and I don't know where he got the rest of the outfit. AS I KNEW HIM: My Dad Rod Serling

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Like so many, my dad was plagued by PTSD and nightmares after the war. In college he switched his major to language and literature because, as he said, "I needed to get it out of my gut...write it down. This is the way it began for me." Image: Rod Serling 1943 & 1975

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Dad picketing… Image: Rod Serling Writers Guild Strike 1973

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Sixty two years ago on this date October 2nd 1959, The Twilight Zone premiered: "The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus the issues of his time.”

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"Violence does not spring from a vacuum. It's born out of other men's violence. It gets nurtured and it grows in a soil of prejudice and of hate and of bigotry." ~Rod Serling

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When we so cheapen the concept of human life that we can be permissive to the occasional bomb or bullet, I think we've taken a giant step back into the Dark Ages. And I don't think there's a light at the end of that tunnel. ~ Rod Serling

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Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there and to the ones we miss...

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My dad with the wonderful Carol Burnett. Off the set of Twilight Zone episode, "Cavendar is Coming."

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"I think that the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow and multiply. In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: a man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself." ROD SERLING, LA Times, 1967

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My dad's letter (response) to a student; an aspiring writer...

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"Under the cover of science fiction, Serling produced weekly parables about the evils of greed and militarism, hypocrisy and bigotry. He realized that you could talk about almost any subject, no matter how controversial, if you put it on another planet." Bill Flanagan

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No moral, no message, no prophetic tract, just a simple statement of fact: For civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized. ~Rod Serling

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"No moral, no message, no prophetic tract, just a simple statement of fact: For civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized. Tonight's very small exercise in logic from the Twilight Zone." ~Rod Serling "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street"

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Someplace between apathy and anarchy is the stance of the thinking human being; he does embrace a cause; he does take a position, and can't allow it to become business as usual. Humanity is our business. ~ Rod Serling

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"Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are. " Rod Serling

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“It has forever been thus: So long as we write what we think, then all of the other freedoms - all of them - may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth, an article of faith, an act of courage.” AS I KNEW HIM: My Dad Rod Serling

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Christmas day... my dad would have turned 97. How grateful he would have been to you all for remembering him. Thank you for your kindness and your thoughtfulness. Wishing you all a happy holiday and better days in 2022. ~Rod Serling December 25 1924- June 28 1975

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"Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake." ― Rod Serling

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"You cannot destroy truth by burning pages." Twilight Zone: "The Obsolete Man" 1961

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“ When I came back from the war I made a fairly severe promise. I would never ever ever knowingly maim or hurt another living thing.” ~Rod Serling UCLA 1971

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Christmas day... My dad would have turned 99. How grateful he would have been to you all for remembering him. Thank you for your kindness and thoughtfulness. Wishing you all a happy holiday and better days in 2024. ~Rod Serling- December 25 1924- June 28 1975 📷

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"A sickness known as hate. Not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ. Highly contagious. Deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in The Twilight Zone. Look for it in the mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether." Rod Serling I Am The Night Color Me Black

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For those told they're not good enough, they will never make it... Someone once said to my dad, "You ought to switch careers because you'll never be a writer."

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Tucker April 1 2007- November 29 2021 Goodnight sweet prince. You will be missed forever.

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Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake. ― Rod Serling

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We have a need for an enlightened, watchful articulate opposition. We have no need for semi-secret societies who are absolutist, dictatorial and would substitute for a rule of law and reason an indiscriminate assault on the institutions that must be held sacrosanct. Rod Serling

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The man I knew, my dad, was not the one the public saw. Not the black and white image walking slowly across an MGM sound stage, cigarette in hand, speaking in a tight, clipped voice, introducing that week’s episode... and certainly not the tortured soul some have suggested.

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“We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.” ― Rod Serling As I Knew Him: My Dad Rod Serling.

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"Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake." ― Rod Serling

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For those told they're not good enough, they will never make it... Someone once said to my dad, "You ought to switch careers because you'll never be a writer."

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A sickness known as hate; not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ - but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone - look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether. ~Rod Serling

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For those told they're not good enough, they will never make it... Someone once said to my dad, "You ought to switch careers because you'll never be a writer." Image: Rod Serling 4th Emmy

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"Violence does not spring from a vacuum. It's born out of other men's violence. It gets nurtured and it grows in a soil of prejudice and of hate and of bigotry." ~Rod Serling

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Thank you all for your respect and kindness toward my father. It would have meant the world to him. As it has, to me. Here’s to a Happy, gentler and better New Year.

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"Violence does not spring from a vacuum. It's born out of other men's violence. It gets nurtured and it grows in a soil of prejudice and of hate and of bigotry." ~Rod Serling

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"I think that the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow and multiply. In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: a man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself." Rod Serling, LA Times, 1967

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"It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." Rod Serling.

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"As it is for so many, the war was a defining period in my dad's life...I think of something Helen Foley, his adored high school teacher, once said: 'It was such a pathetic thing, to have a shining little boy like that go through the horrors he went through.'"

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“Travelers to unknown regions might be well advised to take along the family dog. He could just save you from entering the wrong gate. At least it happened that way once-in a mountainous area of the Twilight Zone.” Earl Hamner: TZ: “The Hunt” # Cricket Noem

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Stephen King posted this two years ago and it's (sadly) still spot on...

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Trump increasingly reminds me of Anthony Freemont, the monster child in a Twilight Zone episode called "It's a Good Life." Republicans kowtow to him, because he might throw a tantrum and send them away into the cornfield if they don't.

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We have a need for an enlightened, watchful articulate opposition. We have no need for semi-secret societies who are absolutist, dictatorial and would substitute for a rule of law and reason an indiscriminate assault on the institutions that must be held sacrosanct. Rod Serling

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"Judge a human being by his compassion and his sincerity." ~Rod Serling

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For those told they're not good enough; they will never make it... Someone once said to my dad, "You ought to switch careers because you'll never be a writer." AS I KNEW HIM: My Dad Rod Serling

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In his grave we praise him for his decency but when he walked among us we responded with no decency of our own. Martin Luther King asked for nothing but that which was his due. He asked only for equality, and it is that which we denied him. Rod Serling Excerpt letter LA TIMES

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"It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." ~Rod Serling

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"I saw your dad speak at West Chester State College in the mid 70's. He started out by saying, 'Most of you think you know me, for obvious reasons. Actually I won't even go up into the attic unless the light is on.' The place erupted into laughter."

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“In his grave we praise him for his decency but when he walked among us we responded with no decency of our own. Martin Luther King asked for nothing but that which was his due. He asked only for equality, and it is that which we denied him.” Rod Serling Excerpt letter LA TIMES

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"It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." ~Rod Serling

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"I saw your dad speak at West Chester State College in the mid 70's. He started out by saying, 'Most of you think you know me, for obvious reasons. Actually I won't even go up into the attic unless the light is on.' The place erupted into laughter."

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Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake. ― Rod Serling

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Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there and to the ones we miss...

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"For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy; and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children, and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is, that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone..."

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Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there and to the ones we miss...

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"At four o'clock, an evil man made his bed and lay in it, a pot called a kettle black, a stone-thrower broke the windows of his glass house. You look for this one under 'F' for fanatic and 'J' for justice - in The Twilight Zone." Twilight Zone: "Four O'Clock" April 6, 1962

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"I will leave you with this thought: Don't stop talking. And don't stop thinking. And don't for God's sake, stop arguing. No people, no race, no country and no civilization ever died from too much talk, too much divided opinion." Rod Serling 1971

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"He was far ahead of his time. A gifted man driven to express his deepest joys and fears. A man universally loved. Rod Serling will be remembered best by many as a warm and sincere friend with a great sense of humility and an unfailing wit.” ~Helen Foley- teacher/mentor

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“ When I came back from the war I made a fairly severe promise. I would never ever ever knowingly maim or hurt another living thing.” ~Rod Serling UCLA 1971

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"Our salvation is in our capacity for human warmth and love." ~Rod Serling

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“Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake.” ― Rod Serling

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We have a need for an enlightened, watchful articulate opposition. We have no need for semi-secret societies who are absolutist, dictatorial, and would substitute for a rule of law and reason an indiscriminate assault on the institutions that must be held sacrosanct. Rod Serling

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My father got his first job when he was about twelve. His employer wrote in his job performance record: "Roddy: Nice kid, but plays with the toys too much." Image: Rod Serling

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Rod Serling with his mom Esther Cooper Serling #HappyMothersDay

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Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there and to the ones we miss...

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Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake. ― Rod Serling

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My dad said that he had one basic premise for his script, "Requiem for a Heavyweight." And that was: "Everyone can and must search for their own personal dignity. Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling

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"I remember the first sale I made was a hundred and fifty dollars for a radio script, and, as poor as I was, I didn't cash the check for three months. I kept showing it to people." ~Rod Serling

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My dad's speech read by Dick Van Dyke. May 31st, 1964

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"Christmas is more than barging up and down department store aisles and pushing people out of the way. Christmas is another thing finer than that. Richer, finer, truer, and it should come with patience and love, charity, compassion." ~Rod Serling

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Justice can span years. Retribution is not subject to a calendar. ~ Rod Serling

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"Some losses are too hard to bear... If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever." ~ David Ellsworth

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