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Here's an interesting bit of TV History -- Rod Serling pitches The Twilight Zone to the sponsors:

http://www.idents.org/videos/Pitching_THE_TWILIGHT_ZONE.html

 

[Ecuador Jim]

Very cool clip. Thanks for sharing it with us! :eusa_clap

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Willoughby

What he said. Plus, I'm a big Rod Serling fan, what with being transplanted to this neck of the New York State woods, and being in a movie for his nephew and all.

 

[Doh!]

But wait! There's more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyhKWF2RC-U&feature=related

YouTube has a plethora of Serling material, including a 20 min. Mike Wallace interview. Years before I had the internet, I watched it at the Museum of TV and Radio. Interesting stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ8dTT2BRp4

 

[Martinis at 8]

Very instructive in the first clip on Serling's selling style. This no-nonsene approach is what I use with my clients. I think most appreciate this as opposed to the lunch & dinner, golf, and other fluffy BS.

Note in the third clip that Wallace and Serling are both smoking during the interview.

M8