The Twilight Zone — A Beloved Anthology

<p>The guys start off the episode with a returning segment, "10 questions." This time Cody answers 10 questions from Zach  that range from whether Rambo would win in a fighter over the Terminator, to what movie he would completely erase from existence. </p><p>In our MAIN TOPIC we discuss the TWILIGHT ZONE, it's history, plot, and impact.</p><ol><li>History<ol><li>Was first aired in 1959 and ran for five seasons</li><li>Rodman Serling, or just Rod Serling, was a man before his time. Fascinated with pulp magazines as well as culturally relevant issues such as race, war, government and society. Wanted to combine the two in story form</li><li>Rod Serling was a prominant figure in television by the 1950s though was very frustrated by the changes and edits to many of his television plays<ol><li>In his play <i>Requiem for a Heavyweight </i>the line “Got a match?” had to be taken out because the company sold lighters</li></ol></li><li>Wanted to take the genre of sci-fi and tell moral stories. Thought he could get away with some of the more taboo subjects of the time</li><li>First pilot pitch to CBS was “The Time Element”<ol><li>About a man who dreams of returning to Honolulu in 1941 and trying to warn people of the impending Pearl Harbor attack</li><li>Was rejected and shelved until 1958 when it was aired, giving Serling the go-ahead for his anthology series, <i>The Twilight Zone</i></li></ol></li><li>Serling wrote many of the episodes himself and is famous for introducing and closing each one<ol><li>Originally didn’t want to do it and had to be coaxed into it</li></ol></li><li>The series has run on and off-air since ‘59, with Jordan Peele recently taking the helm and trying to restart the franchise in 2019. Has had multiple seasons, one movie (controversial), and one television film</li><li>Many famous writers, actors and directors got their start on <i>The Twilight Zone</i>, such as Richard Matheson (<i>I Am Legend</i>), Ray Bradbury (<i>Fahrenheit 451</i>), Robert Duvall (<i>Apocolypse Now</i>), Robert Redford (<i>The