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I Spent the Night with Rod Serling
by Preston Bealle It's true! I'm reminded of it while randomly encountering an excellent Twilight Zone episode at midnight. One afternoon at University [...]
Teaching the Awe of the Twilight Zone
Joe Meyer feels the awe of the Twilight Zone, and teaches it at the University of Albany, and in his podcast The Key of Imagination. [...]
The Monsters Took Me In
In fifth grade, I was shown “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” while the other students tuned out because the show was in black [...]
Inspiration from “Patterns”
Last year [2022], during the "Cocktails in the Zone" event, I had the honor of meeting Anne Serling and I shared something with her that [...]
What is Needed
When I was a small child, I watched “What You Need,” where a man was saved from strangulation by a pair of scissors. Ever since [...]
Rod the Influencer
Rod Serling and his programs The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery helped me develop a social justice consciousness and gave me a lifetime career in [...]
Coolest Man on TV Ever!
Rod Serling will always be a slightly sinister and sardonic guide to the wonderful and terrifying. His lopsided smile convinced me to follow him again [...]
Lifelong Fan Donates
Jim Hughes, lifelong fan and 2021 Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone winner donates with passion and wonder...
Guidance and Wonder
Back in Summer 2006, I was 14 and going to be an incoming high school freshmen. I lived in a deep corner of the woods [...]
Rod the Gentleman
My Mother loved Rod Serling. My father was director of Public Relations for Emerson College when Mr. Serling received his honorary degree in 1971. There [...]
How The Twilight Zone Transformed My Fear to Enlightenment
by John Booth As a child I was prone to fanciful fears, as are most children. A late night cheesy horror film like Frankenstein or [...]
Al Rosen Remembers Rod Serling
Al Rosen, 2020 Permit me to introduce you to Al Rosen. Al posted in a TZ Facebook group about his direct experience [...]
A Lifelong Fan Re-Views the Twilight Zone
I recently finished writing a speculative memoir inspired by The Twilight Zone. Tentatively titled “Re-Viewing The Twilight Zone: A Young Fan’s Stories,” the narrative blends [...]
Rockin’ My Rod Serling T-Shirt
Here's what's fun: Walking around my home town in this tee and hearing "Nice shirt!" a lot.
Jeff Blumenfeld’s Letter from Rod Serling
Jeff Blumenfeld, writer, newsman and publisher, donated this letter: "Rod sent me this letter after I wrote an interview of him for the Syracuse New Times. [...]
Michael Rae’s Stop at Willoughby
Thanks to Michael T. Rae for this terrific donation to our archives! Jason Wingreen appeared in The Twilight Zone's "A Stop at Willoughby" and "The [...]
Serling Fest Limericks
The Twilight Zone's 60th fest: is my stamina up to the test? Three days to explore all things Serling, and more. I'll play 'till [...]
Twilight Zone poster depicts all 156 original episodes
This fantastic poster by Jordan Monsell references all 156 original Twilight Zone episodes.
Long Live My Twilight Zone Refuge
by Suzan Alparslan (pictured with Arlene Martel) Question: How Did Rod Serling Touch Your Life? Answer: When I was an early teen growing up on [...]
Looking Off the Beaten Path
Rod Serling's stories were full of deep-thought subjects. They helped me look for explanations off the beaten path concerning the unexplained. Frank Mento
Masters of Our Own Destiny
Rod Serling helped me realize there is a lot of injustice in the world, and weirdly enough, at the same time people are basically good [...]
Twilight Zone Gag Lines Facebook page — a Fun Exercise
Pick a scene from the original Twilight Zone and insert your own gag line. This is fun!
The Twilight Zone Art of Ed Montalvo
Edward E. Montalvo is an artist based out of the Chicago Area. His specialty is making portraits using a soldering iron style wood burning tool, [...]
Letter to the Twilight Zone
So I can't sleep, and I was just thinking about the time I learned that Rod Serling had become hospitalized shortly before his death. I [...]
A Modern Day Aesop
Rod Serling helped bridge the gaps between age, gender, nationality, religion, and geographic location with his tales of caution and wisdom Rod Serling was a [...]
A Musical Tribute to Rod Serling
RSMF member Bill DeVoe recorded an album that you can listen to and buy... As Timeless as Infinity: A Musical Tribute to the Genius of [...]
Meeting Rod Serling
by Bruce Kirschner It was the winter of 1974 and my junior year at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The student-run speaker's [...]
Bonding with Dad, and Rod Serling
by Melanie Sloan Friday nights, Twilight Zone time with my Dad. I looked forward to our time together and each new episode of our [...]
Ode to Rod Serling
by Rich DiSilvio Rod, a humble soul with a mind as deep as the universe Titillated, shocked, and inspired us all with his moving verse [...]
Ohio River Blues
by Steve Troyanovich Published in Goose River Anthology, 2013 (Goose River Press: Waldoboro, Maine) for Rod Serling the next exit takes you to a twilight [...]
Rod the Teacher
by Elliot Becker I was lucky enough to have met Rod Serling as my professor in Broadcast Writing as a TV/Radio Major at Ithaca College [...]
Bonnie Weinstein’s Tribute to Rod Serling
I was walking through the town of North Conway, New Hampshire, near the scenic railway station, when I noticed that the sidewalk has memorial tablets [...]
Road Trip to Binghamton
"All his life he remained upfront about the feeling of well-being that he associated with Binghamton. The city is warm and fuzzy right back at [...]
Rod Serling: Writer, Teacher, Creator and Prophet
by Thomas Thyros When I was a child, I watched the Twilight Zone in syndication every chance I got. This was mainly at my [...]
A Most Unusual Camera
by Charles Bey "All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished [...]
Harlequin Author Got Her Start at the Famous Writers School
The Famous Writers School was exposed as scam in 1970, but Harlequin Romance author Muriel Jensen got her start there! Read her blog about it.
Ithaca Memories of Rod
by Dennis Maddox I came across the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation web site today whlle reminiscing about Rod Serling and my memories of him [...]
Poem: Rod Serling
by Barbara A. Murphy Of all that we look forward to When New Year's Eve arrives The marathon of Twilight Zone Is utmost in our [...]
Basic Training Bunkmates
I was privileged to go through basic training in 1943 with Rod at Camp McCall in North Carolina. (11th Airborne - 511 Parachute Infantry.) It [...]
Homage to Rod Serling, a Great American
by Ralph Dumain In speaking of my childhood I have often quipped that I got my value system not from the Bible but from [...]
How I found my father in the “Twilight Zone”
by Anne Serling I was devastated after my dad, Rod Serling, died. But then I found relief in another dimension The last time I saw [...]
TZ, My Father, and Me
by Scott Sommer Murray Hamilton and Ed Wynn in "One for the Angels" It is hard for me to pinpoint exactly when [...]
Mad Men Creator Cites Serling Influence
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner tells how writers such as Rod Serling, and classic TV plays such as Patterns, inspired his writing.
Maureen Dowd Muses on a Twilight Zone Marathon
"Every July Fourth weekend, I get sucked into the spooky little dimension of The Twilight Zone. As the annual Syfy marathon proves, Rod Serling's hypnotic [...]
Nurse Recalls Rod Serling’s Bedside Manner
I would like to share and make public my brief, but wonderful meeting with the late Mr. Rod Serling. In early 1974, my physician-employer suggested [...]
Burgers with Rod Serling
In the 1960s, I was an entertainer working in the lounge of the old Daytona Inn in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Serling had come into town [...]
Rod Serling Appreciates Johnny Hart
B.C. STRIKES BACK Rod Serling's friend (and fellow Binghamtonian) Johnny Hart draws the long-running comic strip B.C. Rod wrote the foreward for Hart's 1974 book [...]
Living in the Zone
by Barbara A. Murphy I love to watch the "Twilight Zone" These marathons are great! Been watching since I was a child, Would always stay [...]
Fifth-Graders Visit the Twilight Zone
by Doug Sutton On December 13, 2010, my wife Anne Serling brought another dimension to the Binghamton School District's "5th Dimension," an innovative program [...]
A Rave for Rod Serling
From: Vanna Bonta To: RSMF Subject: Thank you and best wishes Dear Rod Serling Memorial Foundation: I'm writing to thank and commend the Rod Serling [...]
Twilight Zone
by Barbara A. Murphy His stories never tire us We watch, then watch again. His futuristic thoughts amazed Tapped in the minds of men. Each [...]
BHS Awards Dinner 2010
RSMF President Andy Polak is a Recipient Andy blogs about the event: I had an enjoyable evening at tonight's award dinner at the High [...]
An Evening at the Paley Center
by Andrew M. Polak On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, the Paley Center in New York City presented a celebrity reading of The Twilight Zone [...]
Anne Serling Reads
by Doug Sutton Andy, Jeff, Larry, Anne & I were invited to attend the Paley Center's (original Museum of Broadcast) presentation of the reading of [...]
‘Dad … would have been speechless’
Rod Serling Tribute Deeply Appreciated By Family ...by Anne Serling
Talking Distance
I tell Binghamton High students about their own hometown by Tony Albarella On June 5, 2009, at the gracious invite of Larry Kassan, Director [...]
Will YOU be the Next Rod Serling?
My First Rod Serling Day Experience by Andy Polak I arrived at Binghamton High School and entered the building as the 5th grade students [...]
More About That Stamp
by Laurie Kelley In response to Stephen Schlich's editorial entitled "About That Stamp," I would like to add that I am of the same [...]
Living In the Twilight Zone
Ron Wolfe Discovers The Twilight Zone in His Own Home---and in Yours!
About That Stamp…
by Steve Schlich Getting the United States Postal Service to honor our hero with a postage stamp was one of the Rod Serling Memorial [...]
Election Day
by Tony Albarella As I watch the late coverage of this unprecedented election night, as the historical import of President-elect Obama's victory becomes tangible [...]
A Visit to Binghamton (An Ode to Rod)
Consider if you will, a ten year old boy, bathed in the blue-grey hue of a television cathode ray, clinging to every word of dialogue, [...]
Breaking into The Twilight Zone
by J.D. Feigelson Looking back, I can see how this all came about through a fortuitous tangle of events. There were so many coincidences that [...]
Spare the Rod Serling and Spoil the Child
By Patrick Timothy Mullikin Sometimes I like to fantasize that I'm on my deathbed, surrounded by keening family members. In the corner of the room [...]
Happy Serling Day
May Rod bless and keep you always, may your plotlines all run true, may you always cue for others and let others cue for you. [...]
Meeting Rod Serling: a Thrill and an Education
by J.D. Feigelson When I entered the small sound recording studio in Hollywood, it was like being in one of those Twilight Zone moments. The [...]
Live to See the Day …and Seize It!
Lessons Rod Serling taught me by Steve Trimm In the Spring of 1975 I was sitting in a church basement in Schenectady, New York, writing [...]
Teaching in the Twilight Zone
Showing movie clips or short television episodes to reinforce a concept is effective in helping students remember and understand what they are studying. by Chad [...]
The Twilight Zone Teaches English as a Second Language
"I am deeply flattered to learn that I am your first international member," Elio Bassano wrote to us when we told him about that honor. [...]
Rod Serling, On the Way to Fame
It was an honor to have known Rod Serling, particularly at the beginning of his unparalleled career. by Linda Jay Brandt Rod Serling was surely [...]
Steve Kloves Knows He Owes Rod Serling
THE BACKSTORY ...Steve Kloves, screenwriter for Curtis Hanson's new "Wonder Boys," takes on Hollywood's hottest property -- boy wonder Harry Potter... ...After 19 years in [...]
Tales Told Twice
I never saw even one episode of The Twilight Zone during its first three years in Prime Time. The show was on at ten o'clock, [...]
Rod Serling, Master Pitchman
When a Golden-Age Writer Decided to Go Commercial After countless battles with advertisers, Rod Serling showed them How It Was Done. THE television writer and [...]
OUTTAKES: That Serling Stamp
"If they can have a stamp for W.C. Fields, that drunken old sozzler, they can have one for Rod Serling." —Helen Foley From somewhere in the [...]
Rod Serling Teaches Writing, Vol. 2
Dave Pitt asks a writing question, and Rod responds Rod never allowed fame to warp him... Here is writing advice that he gave to someone [...]
