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Famous Veteran: Rodman Serling Airborne
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Posted on 07/13/2018 5:03:07 PM PDT by eastforker

Rod Serling served as a U.S. Armyparatrooper and demolition specialist with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater in World War II from January 1943 to January 1945 (Discharged stateside in 1946). He was seriously wounded in the wrist and knee during combat and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

Serling's military service deeply affected the rest of his life and influenced much of his writing. Due to his wartime experiences, Serling suffered from nightmares and flashbacks. During his service in World War II, he watched as his best friend was crushed to death by a heavy supply crate dropped by a parachute onto the field. Serling was rather short (5'4") and slight. He was a noted boxer during his military days.

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CBS would air 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone, an astonishing 92 of which were written by Serling, over the next five years. His writing earned him two more Emmy Awards. The show went on to become one of television's most widely recognized and beloved series, and it has achieved a permanent place in American popular culture with its instantly recognizable opening, its theme music and its charismatic host, Serling himself. With early appearances by such performers as Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds, Dennis Hopper and many others, The Twilight Zone became a launching pad for some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
1 posted on 07/13/2018 5:03:07 PM PDT by eastforker
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He was a brilliant short story writer. Each episode was only 24 minutes long.


2 posted on 07/13/2018 5:05:39 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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3 posted on 07/13/2018 5:08:13 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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It seems that every time I saw him on TV, he had a cigarette in his hand. Pretty common for the 50s and 60s.

I once read that it is so common because it gave the actors something to do with their hands. The same reason they often hold a drink in modern shows.


4 posted on 07/13/2018 5:10:05 PM PDT by yarddog
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Yes, but TZ was pretty much a visualization of the same scifi short stories and themes that appeared on such radio programs as Dimension X, X Minus One, Escape, etc.

As for actors, Dennis Weaver credits his TZ appearance with being able to shed the Gunsmoke typecasting stigma. And of course, William Shatner's gigs, Charles Bronsan, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Klugman, and too many more that slipped from memory.

5 posted on 07/13/2018 5:17:28 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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He was a brilliant short story writer.....

Agreed. I still have my copy of his story collection, “Other Worlds”.

6 posted on 07/13/2018 5:22:11 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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To: Calvin Locke

In an episode of “Perry Mason”, Perry mentions that he knows Rod Serling. I assume that either the actor or the people who made the show really did know him


7 posted on 07/13/2018 5:25:34 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: TADSLOS

Futurama - The Scary Door intros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXBwt-Z6Jn4


8 posted on 07/13/2018 5:29:03 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Family Guy - The Twilight Zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhNFdSIxgj4


9 posted on 07/13/2018 5:31:07 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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LMAO.


10 posted on 07/13/2018 5:34:07 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: eastforker

William Shatner too. Yup, goos series.


11 posted on 07/13/2018 5:34:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Serling did more to make television a respectable art medium than perhaps any other person.


12 posted on 07/13/2018 5:45:06 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("Progressivism" is as every kind of evil: it can never create, only corrupt and destroy.)
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In “The Rewrite”, there’s scene with Marisa Tomei (with Hugh Grant) waxing on about Serling, the carousel, and Binghamton [NY].


13 posted on 07/13/2018 5:52:18 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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