Rod Serling - Interview Pt 2

	Duration: 11:41 minutes Upload Time: 07-05-09 07:32:59 User: richardhead :::: Favorites
Description: This is an interview of Rod Serling by Mike Wallace in 1959.
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derbesy3 ::: Favorites rod serling is my damn hero. 07-08-24 07:30:36 _____________________________________________________
TroyOi ::: Favorites Yes, I believe he died just a year or two later. (He looked fine at the time, though.) It's been over 30 years but I'm pretty sure his topic of discussion was the commercial television industry, the influence of advertisers on creativity and freedom of expression, etc., much like what he discusses in this video. 07-08-18 00:43:21 _____________________________________________________
charliebrownhead ::: Favorites What was he lecturing about? He died shortly after this, no? 07-08-17 16:45:01 _____________________________________________________
TroyOi ::: Favorites If anyone's interested, as of about 1974, he was smoking True cigarettes. I only know that because, after attending a speech of his, I approached him for an autograph. He politely informed me that he never gives autographs. When he walked away, I decided to console myself with one of the several cigarette butts lying on the floor as a result of his chain-smoking during the talk. Still have it (somewhere). 07-08-06 09:41:02 _____________________________________________________
soulstice99 ::: Favorites there is no mention of the brand of cigarette here. that's your own interpolation. also the discussion is of sponsors influencing his craft. even serling knew they were a necessary evil. 07-07-21 16:57:42 _____________________________________________________
thepond99 ::: Favorites Actually he taught drama writing at a local college. Mr. Serling never taught English at the university level. He simply had the rare gift of speaking using the same diction with which he wrote. 07-07-14 18:41:08 _____________________________________________________
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tall32guy ::: Favorites I would hope so! He was a unversity English teacher. LOL 07-07-11 00:41:36 _____________________________________________________
TroyOi ::: Favorites Did you see part 1 of this interview? Serling couldn't be more forthright about his dependence on, and ambivalence toward, corporate sponsors. The man balanced idealism with pragmatism, and we're all the better off for it. Had he forsworn the latter, he might have produced works that were even greater than what he did do, but would we have ever seen them?? 07-06-17 02:46:35 _____________________________________________________
TonyLearner ::: Favorites Who could disagree with you? While Serling set his goals high, very high, his feet were, alas, made of clay, so, yes, at some point he surrendered to the tyranny of sponsors. Yet I suspect he would be the first to admit to that. At the same time, it's rather hard, in my opinion to say "no" to 2 minute commercial that could earn Serling a pay check equivalent, perhaps, to a television script. So he wasn't dumb, either. As to Wallace, I don't know enough about him to comment. 07-06-11 10:00:43 _____________________________________________________
TonyLearner ::: Favorites Anyone who remembers Rod Serling and his Twilight Zone needs no reminder from me that "the man" and "his show" will be forever joined together like a lovely blue sky and a warm sun on a spring day. Submitted for your approval, now and always ... The Wonderful Mr. Serling. 07-06-11 09:53:10 _____________________________________________________