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Cha

(297,240 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 03:49 AM Oct 2013

"Imagine if you will, a world run by psychopaths.".. *Edit: Okay, Full Disclosure..

Last edited Fri Oct 25, 2013, 08:09 AM - Edit history (2)


"With apologies to the late Rod Serling and Gilda (Emily Latella) Radner."



*Edit: I met Rod Serling in 1972, when I served him and the students in his seminar, at an Italian Restaurant(Gino's) in Gainseville, Florida. He asked me out for a drink afrerwards but I couldn't go.. I was married at the time.

Just a little personal anecdote starring Rod Serling!

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"Imagine if you will, a world run by psychopaths.".. *Edit: Okay, Full Disclosure.. (Original Post) Cha Oct 2013 OP
So I'll kick then.. gotta love Rod Cha Oct 2013 #1
Kick for Edited Full Disclosure~ Cha Oct 2013 #2
Imagine? Fumesucker Oct 2013 #3
Dare I kick this again.. Cha Oct 2013 #4
You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #5
Yes, Yes! Cha Oct 2013 #6
That's way cool that you met him, Cha pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #11
Yes, it was de riguer in our house, too.. And, Rod Serling our head TZ Cha Oct 2013 #12
He was such a unique personality BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #7
I use to watch it, too.. and when I asked for his autograph for the Cha Oct 2013 #8
LOL BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #9
Kick for Rod! Cha Oct 2013 #10
good one treestar Oct 2013 #13
It's all spooky like Halloween, treestar! Cha Oct 2013 #15
Missing a couple of Bushes and a Cheney. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #14
It's missing so many, WinkyDink.. so many zombies.. so little space.. Cha Oct 2013 #16
Oh yeah~ The Twilight Zone~ sheshe2 Oct 2013 #17
Wow.. thanks for that quote from Maher on tedbagger scruz, she.. Cha Oct 2013 #18
Yow, is that a love-in? flamingdem Oct 2013 #19
It is. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #20

Cha

(297,240 posts)
6. Yes, Yes!
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 06:43 AM
Oct 2013

Did you read the Edited part of the OP? That I actually met Rod Serling? I've thought throughout my life that it was only appropriate since I've never been a stranger to the {{{{{{{{{{{{{Twilight Zone}}}}}}}}}}}}}

"Narrator: There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520/quotes


pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
11. That's way cool that you met him, Cha
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 07:20 PM
Oct 2013

In our house, Twilight Zone was must-see TV. And Serling was brilliant!

Cha

(297,240 posts)
12. Yes, it was de riguer in our house, too.. And, Rod Serling our head TZ
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 07:28 PM
Oct 2013

guy passed on way too young.

BumRushDaShow

(129,017 posts)
7. He was such a unique personality
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 08:09 AM
Oct 2013

with a unique voice and delivery.

Used to watch Twilight Zone and Night Gallery.

Cha

(297,240 posts)
8. I use to watch it, too.. and when I asked for his autograph for the
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 08:13 AM
Oct 2013

other girls I pretended not to know who he was.. he got a kick out of that.

sheshe2

(83,770 posts)
17. Oh yeah~ The Twilight Zone~
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:14 PM
Oct 2013


Miss McConnell lays down with the GOP's 3 nihilist psychopaths

A few days ago, television personality Bill Maher was musing about the idea of Texas teabagger Ted Cruz running for president. Maher is certain that it's inevitable, pointing out that Cruz has "Newt Gingrich's ambition and ego mixed with the steely-eyed focus of a serial killer." Good description! And he added that Cruz has been "totally unwilling to compromise with liberals on anything, including eating with a knife and fork." NY Times political reporter Jonathan Weisman, might agree, but he takes Cruz more seriously and honed in on how he and a few other Tea Party Senate freshmen are gumming up the works in that body and forcing people concerned with the smooth function of government to confront deranged right-wing ideological nihilism that veers frighteningly close to outright fascism. And this is all inside the Senate GOP caucus!

- See more at: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/05/mainstream-republican-conservatives.html#sthash.9l5L86Ft.dpuf

Okay, that picture scares me. Yet it works in the twilight zone. Key in music here.

LOL, I love hearing your Rod stories Cha!

Cha

(297,240 posts)
18. Wow.. thanks for that quote from Maher on tedbagger scruz, she..
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:33 PM
Oct 2013

We got a bit in practice with sociopaths running for president with mitt.. it seems they keep getting worse and worse.. no kidding!

Thanks for the link, she.. Rubio has "respect" for nothing except the Koch brothers who run his strings.

“I have tremendous respect for this institution,” Mr. Rubio said in an interview on Friday. “But I’m not all that interested in the way things have always been done around here.”

Another snip from your link..

"Mr. McCain called the demands of his Republican colleagues “absolutely out of line and unprecedented.” The Senate passed the budget before dawn on March 23 after a grueling all-night session, he noted, saying it was time to try to reach a final deal with the House in a negotiating conference."

That McCain is the sensible one.. blows me away. Because I remember times when he was Not so sensible.

That is one scary pic.. and perfect, imv that some creative person wove Rod into it and then a "Nevermind.." from Gilda!

lol.. those closer than 6 degrees .
Rod stories are about it she.. unfortunately..





Lol

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