So I read Anne Serling’s book, As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling. Before I even knew that SyFy would extend their famous marathon from two days to four days, I wanted to do something to make this year’s party bigger and better than ever. 175 guests attended our last party including Anne Serling, daughter or genius Rod Serling. Over the past few years, we’ve quickly grown into a tight-knit community that keeps in touch throughout the year and celebrates on July 4th (one-day marathons) through our Facebook group. When I first started this party a few years ago, I did it so no one would have to be alone on New Year’s as someone who has missed many holidays due to illness (first bipolar disorder and later pain from polycystic ovarian syndrome and myasthenia gravis). This year’s marathon runs from December 30th–January 3rd. All you need is Internet access guests without cable are able to watch with us live. See Anne Serling talk about her reasons for writing a book about her father.As I write this, we are having our 3rd Annual Online Twilight Zone New Year’s Eve Party during SyFy’s famous TZ marathon (#TzSyFy) –you’re welcome to join us here. Unfortunately, the double propped engine was to powerful and it blew the window covering off of the plane before takeoff. All of the curtains in the plane were closed. Rod Serling was able to get a window covering that looked like the gremlin from the episode and had the airline put it on outside of the window that Matheson would be seated next to. He was also part of Night Gallery and wrote the iconic ending to the original Planet of the Apes – the rest of the script was too expensive for the studio to do.Īnne Serling recently heard that her father tried to prank the late Richard Matheson, who wrote Nightmare at 20,000 Feet starring William Shatner. Rod Serling was the mastermind behind the groundbreaking television series The Twilight Zone. “He was very positive and very much looking forward to the next part of his life,” says Anne Serling. Her new book, As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling, was a cathartic experience for her as she tried to understand the business side of her father and put to rest theories about his depression.

His daughter, Anne, still gets choked up thinking about him. In 1975, Rod Serling died after going through open heart surgery.

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