GGACP Classic: “Twilight Zone” 60th Anniversary Panel with Gary Gerani, Nick Parisi and Anne Serling

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

GGACP marks the 60th anniversary of the FINAL episode of CBS' “The Twilight Zone” (aired June 19, 1964) by revisiting this panel discussion from 2019, featuring author-historian Gary Gerani, Rod Serling Memorial Foundation founder Nick Parisi and Rod Serling’s daughter Anne Serling. In this episode, the panel looks back at one of the most groundbreaking and influential programs in television history — and the visionary behind it. Also: Desi Arnaz leads the way, Ray Bradbury lends a hand, Richard Matheson joins the team and Anne reveals her dad’s favorite Twilight Zone actors. PLUS: “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery”! The brilliance of Bernard Herrmann (and Jerry Goldsmith)! Gilbert sends up Ed Wynn! And the panel picks their most underrated TZ episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	TV Comics, movie stars, hit singles, and some toys.
0:06.0	Trivia and dirty jokes.
0:09.0	An evening with the boys.
0:11.0	Once is never good enough for something so fantastic.
0:17.0	So here's another Gilbert and France.
0:21.0	Here's another Gilbert and France.
0:23.0	France.
0:24.0	Here's another Gilbert and France.
0:27.0	colossal classic. And the Hi, this is Gilbert Godford's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host Frank Santo
0:55.3	Padre and our engineer Frankfurtarosa. Well we had so much success with our
1:02.2	recent Marx Brothers panel that we're trying something similar this week
1:07.8	to mark the 60th anniversary of a TV series that made its debut way back in 1959 and a show we've talked about extensively on this podcast a little program called The Twilight Zone.
1:29.2	Author Screenwriter Trading Card king and former podcast guest Gary Gerani has written extensively
1:39.7	about the Twilight Zone, most notably in his essential 1977 book Fantastic Television.
1:50.7	He's also provided audio commentaries for the Twilight's own Blu-ray editions.
1:57.0	On episodes including Living Doll, The Howling Man, Night of the Meek, Eye of the Beholder.
2:06.0	Writer, editor, and author Nicholas Parisi serves on the board of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation dedicated to preserving
2:18.1	and promoting Rod Serling's legacy and is the author of a terrific comprehensive volume on
2:29.0	Serling's prolific career 2018's Rod Serling, his life, work, and imagination.
2:39.4	And finally, Anne Serling is a teacher, lecturer, writer who has adopted two of her father's
2:50.0	teleplays into short stories, one for the angels and the changing of the guard.
2:59.5	She's also the author of a very touching and enlightening memoir about her father as I knew him.
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