To Serve Man” is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone. This episode, which is one of many that I’ve seen, is one which I have always remembered as one of the most intense and also interesting episodes of The Twilight Zone. The story is based on a short story To Serve Man written by Damon Knight. The title of both the story and episode is a play on the word serve having the dual meanings “assist” and “provide as a meal”. Opening narration by … Continue reading →
Rod Serling (December 25, 1924-June 28, 1975), was one of televisions’s most prolific writers, is best known for his science fiction television series, The Twilight Zone. He believed the role of the writer was to “menace the public conscience.” His real name was Rodman Edward Serling and he was born in Syracuse, New York. The Serlings, a Reform Jewish family, moved in 1926 to Binghamton, New York, where Rod spent the remainder of his childhood. The Serling family was involved in the Binghamton Jewish community, … Continue reading →
“Where is Everybody?” is the first episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The place is here, the time is now, and the journey into the shadows that we’re about to watch could be our journey. A man, Mike Ferris, finds himself alone in a strange town. He is dressed in an Air Force jumpsuit, but he does not remember who he is or how he got there. The town seems deserted, but everywhere the man goes, he seems to almost find … Continue reading →
