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NowsTheTime

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15. Thank You.....From the above about "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street."

Reply to LunaSea (Reply #12)

Mon Aug 7, 2023, 06:06 AM

Aug 2023

says a lot:

Rod Serling concluded:

"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices - to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill. And suspicion can destroy. And a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own."

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Rod Serling.....wish he was still with us.. [View all] NowsTheTime Aug 2023 OP

Remember the evil kid played by billy mumy? If anyone slighted him in any way he would turn them AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2023 #1

Billy Mumy, later of Barnes & Barnes, "Fish Heads"... GReedDiamond Aug 2023 #2

OMG - I read it as a short story - first!!! 😄 Gah! electric_blue68 Aug 2023 #3

Bill Mummy - much better character in general as Lennir - diplomatic attach... electric_blue68 Aug 2023 #5

There was a sequel to this in one of the later in-color TW episodes. Earth-shine Aug 2023 #7

Into the Corn Field speak easy Aug 2023 #8

Yes, that's it! Thank you. AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2023 #13

I should go to IMDB and read up more of the eps. I started watching around ?63... electric_blue68 Aug 2023 #4

I don't remember any of his stories but Cha Aug 2023 #6

Yes, he was a great liberal and activist Warpy Aug 2023 #9

"Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone: A Fifth-Dimension Guide to Life" . . . Journeyman Aug 2023 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Aug 2023 #11

As long as we're paying attention to his work, LunaSea Aug 2023 #12

Thank You.....From the above about "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street." NowsTheTime Aug 2023 #15

This episode was on ME-TV last night. Norbert Aug 2023 #16

Some favorites ...not yet mentioned... NowsTheTime Aug 2023 #14

"The Encounter" LunaSea Aug 2023 #17