ROD SERLING: ARTIST FIRST, WRITER SECOND, CONTRIBUTOR TO TELEVISION THIRD

ROD SERLING: AN ARTIST FIRST, A WRITER SECOND, A CONTRIBUTOR TO TELEVISION THIRD ... CREATED TWILIGHT ZONE, DISCOVERED & LAUNCHED CAREERS, TAUGHT HUMANS SOMETHING.HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO ROD AND HIS DISCOVERIES LIKE GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON, WHO WAS THE FIRST WRITER TO LECTURE A PACKED AUDIENCE AT THE BUREAU OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN 1996 DURING A SCREENING OF SEVERAL TWILIGHT ZONES IN 16MM BLACK & WHITE PROJECTIONS.I WILL NEVER FORGET THE DAY I CALLED AND ASKED IF HE WOULD OBLIGE US WITH HIS PRESENCE.NOBODY KNEW WHO WE WERE BACK THEN, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A MAGAZINE YET, JUST A GALLERY.

" HELLO, IS THIS GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON THE WRITER OF SEVERAL TWILIGHT ZONES & LOGANS RUN ?"  "YES IT IS".  I HAVE IN MY POSESSION TWO RARE PRINTS OF TWILIGHT ZONE, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO A GROUP OF YOUNG FOLKS WHO LOVE YOUR WORK ? " [ PAUSE ]  " YES . YES I WOULD. "   WHAT A MAGIC WORD THAT 'YES' IS, I THOUGHT. THE EVENT SOLD OUT . THIS FEATURE FILM TELLS THE STORY OF ROD SERLING AND HIS TRIUMPH OF THE PEN, MEDIUM & SPONSORS.

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                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Matheson   

                 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clayton_Johnson

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