Wednesday is National TWILIGHT ZONE DAY ... which is a little odd, because the show debuted on October 1, 1959. But then again, it IS the Twilight Zone, so ...

Rob and I spend a good deal of time talking about how important Rod Serling's breakthrough show was in shaping the face of science fiction for the 1960s and beyond. Serling's four-season run (consisting of nearly 150 episodes) broke a lot of new ground and maintained a staggeringly high percentage of top-quality stories.

Rob reviews some of his favorites and I throw in some additional observations about the challenges of telling a completely fresh and different, half-hour story - complete with new characters, new situations, and new realities - every week.

Serling said he worked seven days a week, at all hours, nearly every week of the four-year run. That's a lot of work and the quality of the production (and teams who made it) are testaments to Serling's talent and energy.

I'll be writing more about all this on the ROADTRIPPIN' blog later today (and will probably post it this evening). You can check it out on our website: https://postgeeksingularity.com/roadtrippin-with-rmb/

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I invite you to listen in on my weekday conversations with my friend and business partner, Robert Meyer Burnett, as we talk about the things we love: great movies, inspiring television programming, nostalgic genre entertainment, and pop culture.

This episode streamed on May 11, 2022.