Mere months after this broadcast I attended a lecture given by Serling at Duquesne University. He had a few similar and pointed remarks about Night Gallery then as well, but what I most fondly recall was his spending time-and-a-half more answering "the kids'" questions, principally about creative writing, than lecturing. And the auditorium had "kids" sitting on its window sills listening to him. An indelible memory.
@grozbeek mose And reality television (because it's popular and more importantly, very cheap for the networks to make, so more profit for these socialist supporters (at least publicly when virtue signaling, oxymoronic, ain't it?).
The interesting thing about it is......Twilight Zone was not his favorite work! The first was Requiem For a Heavyweight and the other was Emmy-Nominated - the Night Gallery episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar". That was clearly a tear-jerker....an AWESOME episode!
It's always amazing to watch a total Genius walk out and sit down and it's even better to listen to what he was to say. My top two: Orson Welles and Rod Serling
The urban myth that Cavett is referring to of TV sets in England picking up a broadcast from a station in Texas has been explained. It originated from a print ad of a British TV set manufacturer that was boasting about how their sets could pick up distant signals with great clarity. One of the photos used in the ad was that of a TV set displaying a test pattern from an American station that, unbeknownst to the ad agency, had signed off several years earlier. After several years and many retellings, an urban legend was born.
It’s amazing how humble & respectful the artists of yesteryear were. When you see some of the “stars” acting like dopes it’s really jarring. And to think this wasn’t a long time ago either. So sad
Yes... very intriguing facts & unexplained mysteries from history... very well produced compared to nowadays.. I got the book it has a crystal skull on the cover.
You always feel smarter sitting through a Cavett Show - especially with the likes of Rod Serling and Arthur C Clarke.....can you imagine this cerebral format working on todays TV? :) Rod was a genius....
This would never be allowed on modern television: there is no talk of s.e.x, and there are no gales of fake audience laughter. 2024 is a horrible year to live through.
His untimely death at age 50 is really tragic. One has to wonder how many great films and shows died with him. He'd be 98 if he was still alive, so we were easily robbed of 30-40 more years of his genuis. 😢
Submitted for your perusal, Mr Rodman Edward Serling, teller of home truths that perhaps are still relevant today, from a man in possession of two gifts bestowed on only a few of his kind. First, that of knowing his audience. In addition also having the wisdom of never second guessing said audience. Twin perceptions that could only have been endowed upon Mr Serling, from the Twilight Zone.
Sir rod serling imo is the most prolific writer of all time, brilliant imagination, mixed with social, science, consciousness, supernatural and all human endeavors & experiences!
Love just about every T-Zone episode made. Also had a book of T-Zone short stories. Was a Night Gallery Addict as a teenager. Some of this interview was shown on PBS American Masters series on Mr. Serling. A true literary master.
What a couple of titans. I probably saw this as it aired. Watched Cavett all the time....and worshiped both Serling and Clarke. Was a grade schooler in the 60's when TZ was in constant re-run syndication. My dad gave me a hardback that was called The Twilight Zone that had all the first two? seasons stories written by Serling....in maybe 1970? When the 3 part movie of Night Gallery premiered..I was hooked and glued to the screen. The first episode and season of Night Gallery were the greatest television ever aired at the time. Serling was trying to transcend Twilight Zone, where he had been so constrained. ...and ended up once again creativly throttled by the networks. I stopped watching when they shoe horned in the ridiculous "The Sixth Sense". ....but worse was, after Rod died, at his wish, the family stopped allowing re-runs of Night Gallery...any of them. Still remember Sunday nights at 9 (central) staying up. The music, the paintings the chill up the spine.. What awesome television.
My uncle was a reporter on the Charlotte Oserver in the 70 s.He interviewed RS and told me he was a really decent,nice guy.Definitely an intellectual but still humble.
It’s a tragedy against art that Rod Serling died so young. Just think about this for a moment: If Rod Serling had lived, there’s a good chance that Vic Morrow never would have died in the accident that occurred on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie. For one, the movie probably never would have been made, and if it had been made, Rod Serling probably would have supervised the production, something that could have possibly prevented John Landis from being careless and negligent.
@@liduck52 That was his debut - the first thing he ever directed. He was from Cincinnati and Rod Serling got his start in radio and television in Cincinnati.
While it was frustrating for Serling to work with XP Jack Laird, Laird was a BIG DEAL at Universal. Laird was able to use the entire Universal backlot to film episodes--plus Universal owned all the rights to the classic Universal monsters which appeared at points in the series. Laird just didn't take the show as seriously as Serling; he wrote several of the short "filler" segments and even starred in some episodes. Scariest episode? Has to be "The Sin Eater" and the director got Barbara Steele out of retirement to film the episode. Scared the CRAP out of me!
I love Rod Serling but his comment about the relationship between a big ego and depression shows how far we’ve come. He was a genius but, in this way, a man of his times.
The twilight zone has got to honestly be top 10 shows ever. I liked it more as a kid but the anthology aspect with sci fi/horror/supernatural part of the writing was fantastic stuff. There was always an original interesting twist in each episode
"Rod Serling UCLA Lectures" All you need . There are at least 3 lectures. He is absolutely wonderful and loving and inspirational to the young students listening. The lectures are between 1966 and 1973 . He speaks of black rights and free speech and communication in place of wars. Just type "Rod Serling - UCLA" Put your earphones in , lie back and smile with emotion for 3 hours. ❤❤❤❤❤
Awe ! I was waiting for Rod Serling to do his famous words at the being of the Twilight Zone when he says " a most uncommon elevator is about to ascend into your very own episode of The Twilight Zone ", etc .
One of the best writers of all time. BTW, is these are the 2/3 giants of 20th century sci-fi together on the same stage. Arthur C. Clarke and Rod Serling. The only person missing was Issac Asimov! Serling was a master of the stage and TV and was not a novelist.
Actually, Robert Heinlein, along with Clarke and Asimov, were for decades commonly referred to as "The Big Three", in terms of science fiction writing. At least, in regards to the 1940 to 1990 time frame.
See the interview shot just two years prior to this at Indiana State University. He ages visibly -- and hugely -- between 1970 and 1972. Not sure what happened, but he looks much older here. I gather there were quite a few fights with the producers on Night Gallery...
NBC did really bitch up a couple of Serling's *Night Gallery* segments--"Make Me Laugh," "Clean Kills and Other Trophies" and "The Different Ones" being the most egregious examples. But others, like "Lone Survivor" and "The Waiting Room," hold up beautifully. William Burroughs often used his dreams as material for writing, but of course the kind of writing he did was much less dependent on a coherent linear narrative than that of Serling or Clarke.
When I think of the great Rod Sterling, I think of two things. Number one, he sold all the rights to the Twilight Zone before home video technology came out. I don't know what he was paid for selling off those rights, but had he kept them the wealth he and his family could have had would have been incredible. The other is the 3-4 pack a day cigarette habit he had his whole adult life that caused his early death at 50. Even while in the hospital in 1980 (shortly before his death) for one of the early heart bypass surgeries he kept on smoking.
Serling had a unique grasp on the human psyche. how they would/can/do react to unknowing events that have just befallen them. mankinds flaws exasperated and condensed to a short story or episode. and of course.....throw in the late ironic twist.... and say..... aha, take that. .....leave em guessing, surmising, even befuddled. kinda like a swollen heavyweight seconds after round 11 of a 12 round fight.
I hate how he and many others put down Night Gallery. It was an excellent show with occasional crap segments, and I liked it better than The Twilight Zone. My personal favorites (by season but in no particular order): Season 1-The Cemetery; Eyes; The Dead Man; Certain Shadows on the Wall; The Doll; Season 2-The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes; The Hand of Borgus Weems; The Phantom Farmhouse; Silent Snow, Secret Snow; A Question of Fear; Pickman's Model; A Feast of Blood; The Ghost of Sorworth Place; Deliveries in the Rear; I'll Never Leave You-Ever; The Sins of the Fathers; The Caterpillar; Season 3: Return of the Sorcerer; Fright Night; Finnegan's Flight; She'll Be Company for You.
I feel like we can exist in a world that appreciates both. Night Gallery is underrated but episodes could be hit and miss. I'm going through the Blu-ray set right now. I wish he had more control over the show. The Twilight Zone has more episodes and lasted longer. They also just have different vibes to them.
That was hilarious seeing Dick Cavett argue with Arthur c Clarke about the television standards when you consider that Arthur c Clarke actually invented the communication satellite.
have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rare much like the other ones.
The studio should've presented Serling with the basic storylines for NG then ask him to alter whatever he wanted to change to his taste while keeping the basic story.
Hollywood execs furtively make an extra same film with different actors. Like music studios use back-up singers when recording songs. This way the execs can control the star actors. The execs can distribute whichever version they choose, and the actor can't do a damn thing about it. This why there are usually long gaps betwixt films. This is a sick way to control the star.
Rod and Arthur C. Clarke on the same show. I wish we still had shows like this today.
Mere months after this broadcast I attended a lecture given by Serling at Duquesne University. He had a few similar and pointed remarks about Night Gallery then as well, but what I most fondly recall was his spending time-and-a-half more answering "the kids'" questions, principally about creative writing, than lecturing. And the auditorium had "kids" sitting on its window sills listening to him. An indelible memory.
Serling and Clarke -- two genius writers together on the same show on the same night. This would not happen today!
@grozbeek mose And reality television (because it's popular and more importantly, very cheap for the networks to make, so more profit for these socialist supporters (at least publicly when virtue signaling, oxymoronic, ain't it?).
right! because they're dead!
Pretty sure there was one with Stephen King and George RR Martin...
@@shelbyherring92 On a show like The Dick Cavett Show?
Just wow...two creative giants on the same stage of a real talk show. Wouldn't happen this way today.
Rod Serling is an absolute genius in my eyes. The original Twilight Zone series was the best television ever got in my book.
He’s an undisputed genius. I have never heard anyone contest that. TZ is the pinnacle of TV, you’re right.
I thought the 2nd Version of the Series was very Good also. Some really great episodes.
true
The interesting thing about it is......Twilight Zone was not his favorite work! The first was Requiem For a Heavyweight and the other was Emmy-Nominated - the Night Gallery episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar". That was clearly a tear-jerker....an AWESOME episode!
Absolutely. TZ and his other projects & overall message regarding society and mankind are embedded in my mind forever.
Adore him. I still watch all the Twilight Zone marathons in July and New Years. Never tire of him.
+1, and interviews. He's so wise.
Rod Serling, so ahead of his time. I hope his daughter tries to get a biopic made. The best TV series ever created #TwilightZone
She did write a very interesting book about him. Has photos you won't believe. There is also a book about Night Gallery as well.
@@ultramannick Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got a Problemdfhgfdjgjd
@@ultramannick I'm listening to Anne Serling's audiobook, "As I Knew Him" right now, and it's absolutely amazing!
Rod Serling decent, idealistic human being.
I remember watching this when it originally aired. My favorite all time writer and humanitarian. Pleas post more interviews with Serling. ❤️❤️❤️
It's always amazing to watch a total Genius walk out and sit down and it's even better to listen to what he was to say. My top two: Orson Welles and Rod Serling
I remember when Welles was on the show, "Uh...anyone got any money?" he asked the studio audience (for film financing).
The urban myth that Cavett is referring to of TV sets in England picking up a broadcast from a station in Texas has been explained. It originated from a print ad of a British TV set manufacturer that was boasting about how their sets could pick up distant signals with great clarity. One of the photos used in the ad was that of a TV set displaying a test pattern from an American station that, unbeknownst to the ad agency, had signed off several years earlier. After several years and many retellings, an urban legend was born.
What a panel! Clarke and Serling, two men responsible for an incredible amount of inspiring writing.
It’s amazing how humble & respectful the artists of yesteryear were. When you see some of the “stars” acting like dopes it’s really jarring. And to think this wasn’t a long time ago either. So sad
Rod Serling, brilliant and understated badass. Gone too soon.
"Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World" is one of the best mystery TV series of all time.
Yes... very intriguing facts & unexplained mysteries from history... very well produced compared to nowadays.. I got the book it has a crystal skull on the cover.
@@classiccomedycinemaprogram1640 Yeah, I also remember that book.
And "Arthur C. Clarke's World Of Strange Powers." Terrific title-changing series.
You always feel smarter sitting through a Cavett Show - especially with the likes of Rod Serling and Arthur C Clarke.....can you imagine this cerebral format working on todays TV? :) Rod was a genius....
This would never be allowed on modern television: there is no talk of s.e.x, and there are no gales of fake audience laughter. 2024 is a horrible year to live through.
His untimely death at age 50 is really tragic. One has to wonder how many great films and shows died with him.
He'd be 98 if he was still alive, so we were easily robbed of 30-40 more years of his genuis. 😢
It's a shame that he let his three-pack-a-day habit become part of his rather short life.
28 tobacco companies filed for bankruptcy after his death.
he had only three yrs left here
Great speaking voice !
Submitted for your perusal,
Mr Rodman Edward Serling, teller of home truths that perhaps are still relevant today, from a man in possession of two gifts bestowed on only a few of his kind.
First, that of knowing his audience.
In addition also having the wisdom of never second guessing said audience.
Twin perceptions that could only have been endowed upon Mr Serling, from the Twilight Zone.
Very nice.
A champion for human rights lost too soon. A spectacular & genius talent. We shall never see his like again. 🖤
Arthur C. Clarke and Rod Serling, I wish they work together to conceive a Sci-Fi Concept. it would have been brilliant!!!
One of the most authentic people in entertainment. So much respect for his genius and character.
Rod Serling is a legend
And a brave veteran
It's incredible how old he looked already... damn cigarettes!
David Janssen had the same problem. He aged badly and died young.
Tobacco has killed more people than any war....or maybe all the wars.
Also an incredibly stressful time.
Horrid.. and he supposedly smoked one right after the other.
The reason for How he LOOKS is the Cigarettes, HE HAD CANCER.
Wow! Two of my boyhood idols on a program I had great respect for, owing to Cavett’s intelligence.
Sir rod serling imo is the most prolific writer of all time, brilliant imagination, mixed with social, science, consciousness, supernatural and all human endeavors & experiences!
Not the most prolific...but one of the best.
You can't just knight someone because you feel like it.
Love just about every T-Zone episode made. Also had a book of T-Zone short stories. Was a Night Gallery Addict as a teenager. Some of this interview was shown on PBS American Masters series on Mr. Serling. A true literary master.
Please post this entire interview!
I loved Rod Sterling and I love Night Gallery too.
To think he wouldn't even survive two years after this show. Imagine what he would be writing about today!
Those script stories written then, are the stories of today.
wonderful voice, and so distinctive!
100% humility is refreshing to see these days in the age of whining and blaming.
Amen
Sterling Serling. 👍
Wish Serling would’ve lasted for another 20 years after this interview. But alas, it did not happen.
True
He saw the. Future of movies and TV. And took the easy way out
What a couple of titans.
I probably saw this as it aired. Watched Cavett all the time....and worshiped both Serling and Clarke.
Was a grade schooler in the 60's when TZ was in constant re-run syndication. My dad gave me a hardback that was called The Twilight Zone that had all the first two? seasons stories written by Serling....in maybe 1970?
When the 3 part movie of Night Gallery premiered..I was hooked and glued to the screen.
The first episode and season of Night Gallery were the greatest television ever aired at the time. Serling was trying to transcend Twilight Zone, where he had been so constrained. ...and ended up once again creativly throttled by the networks.
I stopped watching when they shoe horned in the ridiculous "The Sixth Sense".
....but worse was, after Rod died, at his wish, the family stopped allowing re-runs of Night Gallery...any of them.
Still remember Sunday nights at 9 (central) staying up.
The music, the paintings the chill up the spine.. What awesome television.
Rod was so much more than just The Twilight Zone
He was a badass awesome human being and he’s getting an 8 foot statue in his hometown.
Many Night Gallery episodes were very good. Rod Sterling, amazing writer! Gone too soon...
My uncle was a reporter on the Charlotte Oserver in the 70 s.He interviewed RS and told me he was a really decent,nice guy.Definitely an intellectual but still humble.
It’s a tragedy against art that Rod Serling died so young. Just think about this for a moment: If Rod Serling had lived, there’s a good chance that Vic Morrow never would have died in the accident that occurred on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie. For one, the movie probably never would have been made, and if it had been made, Rod Serling probably would have supervised the production, something that could have possibly prevented John Landis from being careless and negligent.
@grozbeek mose If Rod Serling had still been alive, I highly doubt they would’ve made the movie without his involvement.
Let's not forget about the two children who died in that helicopter accident.
Miss them both dearly
They should have given him control of Night Gallery, though there are episodes that were memorable.
The painting one was so fucking good.
The one with Joan Crawford, which was directed by Steven Spielberg.
@@liduck52 That was his debut - the first thing he ever directed. He was from Cincinnati and Rod Serling got his start in radio and television in Cincinnati.
While it was frustrating for Serling to work with XP Jack Laird, Laird was a BIG DEAL at Universal. Laird was able to use the entire Universal backlot to film episodes--plus Universal owned all the rights to the classic Universal monsters which appeared at points in the series. Laird just didn't take the show as seriously as Serling; he wrote several of the short "filler" segments and even starred in some episodes. Scariest episode? Has to be "The Sin Eater" and the director got Barbara Steele out of retirement to film the episode. Scared the CRAP out of me!
@@liduck52 One-third of the "Night Gallery" pilot TV movie.
He went to my high school
Two of my favorites right there!
I love Rod Serling but his comment about the relationship between a big ego and depression shows how far we’ve come. He was a genius but, in this way, a man of his times.
Sterling’s command of the English language was on full display.
A genius, and brilliant mind who reflected a period of post-war development.
Now I have to look for footage of Cavett interviewing Clark in this same show!
Dreams into histories... the fifth domension...
The twilight zone has got to honestly be top 10 shows ever. I liked it more as a kid but the anthology aspect with sci fi/horror/supernatural part of the writing was fantastic stuff. There was always an original interesting twist in each episode
Rod Serling was a Genius when he came up with THE TWILIGHT ZONE. IF THE writers of today was like him Television would be perfect.
Artur Clarke and Rod Serling in one show! Wow!
"Rod Serling UCLA Lectures"
All you need .
There are at least 3 lectures.
He is absolutely wonderful and loving and inspirational to the young students listening.
The lectures are between 1966 and 1973 .
He speaks of black rights and free speech and communication in place of wars.
Just type "Rod Serling - UCLA"
Put your earphones in , lie back and smile with emotion for 3 hours.
❤❤❤❤❤
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C Clarke
He's wrong.
@@Grigsy Why is he wrong?
Rod Serling…A Great Guy. A Good Old Fashioned Great Guy.
What a magnificent voice.
Ahh yess
Back when people had class and charm
Legendary.
Awe ! I was waiting for Rod Serling to do his famous words at the being of the Twilight Zone when he says " a most uncommon elevator is about to ascend into your very own episode of The Twilight Zone ", etc .
Aurthur C Clark is fascinating too .
Wow- Rod Serling and Arthur C. Clarke as talk show guests, on the same show- that is unreal.
One of the best writers of all time. BTW, is these are the 2/3 giants of 20th century sci-fi together on the same stage. Arthur C. Clarke and Rod Serling. The only person missing was Issac Asimov! Serling was a master of the stage and TV and was not a novelist.
Actually, Robert Heinlein, along with Clarke and Asimov, were for decades commonly referred to as "The Big Three", in terms of science fiction writing. At least, in regards to the 1940 to 1990 time frame.
See the interview shot just two years prior to this at Indiana State University. He ages visibly -- and hugely -- between 1970 and 1972. Not sure what happened, but he looks much older here. I gather there were quite a few fights with the producers on Night Gallery...
night Gallery was one of the best TV shows ever.
Wish night Gallery lasted longer and Serling had more control over night Gallery.
Yes the show had best ADAPTION OF HP LOVECRAFT EVER
Zero dislike for the real OGs.
Arthur C Clarke✌️
Where do i find the full episode
Rod looks like Columbo
a bit
NBC did really bitch up a couple of Serling's *Night Gallery* segments--"Make Me Laugh," "Clean Kills and Other Trophies" and "The Different Ones" being the most egregious examples. But others, like "Lone Survivor" and "The Waiting Room," hold up beautifully.
William Burroughs often used his dreams as material for writing, but of course the kind of writing he did was much less dependent on a coherent linear narrative than that of Serling or Clarke.
I use my dreams all the time in my writing.
What sort of writing do you do? The science fiction writer A.E. Van Vogt often integrated his dreams into his stories.
It feels so weird to see Rod in colour.
a very great man
When I think of the great Rod Sterling, I think of two things. Number one, he sold all the rights to the Twilight Zone before home video technology came out. I don't know what he was paid for selling off those rights, but had he kept them the wealth he and his family could have had would have been incredible. The other is the 3-4 pack a day cigarette habit he had his whole adult life that caused his early death at 50. Even while in the hospital in 1980 (shortly before his death) for one of the early heart bypass surgeries he kept on smoking.
Rod was and is years beyond his control
If TiVo was 25 years earlier I wouldn't have had to choose between those two great shows, Mannix and Night Gallery.
❤❤❤😂😂😂 night gallery, Yes 👏👏👏👏👏
100% genius
0:25 - someone in the audience was rather exuberant.
Not one cigarette.
Is this channel ever going to show Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason and/or Art Carney? I don’t have the Decades network.
Serling had a unique grasp on the human psyche. how they would/can/do react to unknowing events that have just befallen them. mankinds flaws exasperated and condensed to a short story or episode. and of course.....throw in the late ironic twist.... and say..... aha, take that. .....leave em guessing, surmising, even befuddled. kinda like a swollen heavyweight seconds after round 11 of a 12 round fight.
He reminds me of Columbo
Richard!!!!!!!! Rod Serling was short!!!!!!!!!! I never knew, did you?!?!?!?!?!!?!??
Yes
I hate how he and many others put down Night Gallery. It was an excellent show with occasional crap segments, and I liked it better than The Twilight Zone. My personal favorites (by season but in no particular order): Season 1-The Cemetery; Eyes; The Dead Man; Certain Shadows on the Wall; The Doll; Season 2-The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes; The Hand of Borgus Weems; The Phantom Farmhouse; Silent Snow, Secret Snow; A Question of Fear; Pickman's Model; A Feast of Blood; The Ghost of Sorworth Place; Deliveries in the Rear; I'll Never Leave You-Ever; The Sins of the Fathers; The Caterpillar; Season 3: Return of the Sorcerer; Fright Night; Finnegan's Flight; She'll Be Company for You.
I feel like we can exist in a world that appreciates both. Night Gallery is underrated but episodes could be hit and miss. I'm going through the Blu-ray set right now. I wish he had more control over the show. The Twilight Zone has more episodes and lasted longer. They also just have different vibes to them.
Way too quiet. I can barely hear this using headphones.
Sounds like where Carl Sagan go the idea for "Contact."
That was hilarious seeing Dick Cavett argue with Arthur c Clarke about the television standards when you consider that Arthur c Clarke actually invented the communication satellite.
Arthur was great, as was old Serling
have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rare much like the other ones.
Mary Shelley had a productive dream.
Rod is the coolest weird dude ever next to Jim Carrey.
It's actually true the hacked British TV thing. Maybe not the part of where it came from. But people still talk about it to this day
Haha such wit up there!
Thats HOLLYWOOD for you....hijack YOUR ideas & use YOUR name steal YOUR money. Rod Serling was pure First Class.
It's quiet. PLEASE increase the volume during edit.
This is like Alan wake 2
He's truly funny and I find that so bizarre seeing this is the man that gave us The Twilight Zone...
The studio should've presented Serling with the basic storylines for NG then ask him to alter whatever he wanted to change to his taste while keeping the basic story.
Hollywood execs furtively make an extra same film with different actors. Like music studios use back-up singers when recording songs. This way the execs can control the star actors.
The execs can distribute whichever version they choose, and the actor can't do a damn thing about it. This why there are usually long gaps betwixt films. This is a sick way to control the star.
When Rod had his final heart attack, it fell apart in the surgeon's hand.
Who is the female guest?
any one even seen Rod laugh before?
His nightmare was cigarettes it took him too a early grave!
He laughs like Billy from "Predator".