03-29-2021, 08:24 AM
As I Knew Him: My Father, Rod Serling by Anne Serling
Anne posts about her father on FB and they end up on my feed. It seemed interesting so I thought i would check out the book. There was a lot about Anne in the book and I feared we would never get to the point where we actually talked about Serling. But it does happen. Anne is a good writer and it makes me want to rewrite my own book after seeing what she did with her memoir.
The things I didn't know about Rod Serling could fill a book and this book does do a good job of fleshing out his life and hitting the high notes. I didn't realize Serling was a paratrooper and fought his way across the Pacific in WWII, earning a lot of PTSD along the way. I found out the ending to the original Planet of the Apes was his idea. Plus there was a lot of talk about the shows he worked on prior and post Twilight Zone. He was also a big equality advocate but I think we can guess that from the humanist streak that runs through The Twilight Zone.
And because Synchronicity continues to play a large part in my existence, Serling's biggest hero was Paddy Chayefsky. Odd that both died in their 50s.
Anne posts about her father on FB and they end up on my feed. It seemed interesting so I thought i would check out the book. There was a lot about Anne in the book and I feared we would never get to the point where we actually talked about Serling. But it does happen. Anne is a good writer and it makes me want to rewrite my own book after seeing what she did with her memoir.
The things I didn't know about Rod Serling could fill a book and this book does do a good job of fleshing out his life and hitting the high notes. I didn't realize Serling was a paratrooper and fought his way across the Pacific in WWII, earning a lot of PTSD along the way. I found out the ending to the original Planet of the Apes was his idea. Plus there was a lot of talk about the shows he worked on prior and post Twilight Zone. He was also a big equality advocate but I think we can guess that from the humanist streak that runs through The Twilight Zone.
And because Synchronicity continues to play a large part in my existence, Serling's biggest hero was Paddy Chayefsky. Odd that both died in their 50s.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm