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  • @vinsvids1
    @vinsvids1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    "I'm a human being. I exist! And if I speak ONE thought aloud, that thought LIVES, even after I'm shoveled into my grave!"
    Brilliant.

    • @bruceenagel5934
      @bruceenagel5934 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The problem now is that the " social media" companies are working on the behalf of an oppressive federal government. Any word " spoken " into the internet will disappear as if never " spoken"at all. Welcome to the dystopian future. You will own nothing/be nothing and you will be happy.

    • @Dian-kb2hg
      @Dian-kb2hg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's sadly enough the ocean sperms pissed at the ovary land people...not actually knowing wtf to do..👉👈...going all ballistic... turning land life into they're OWN ocean sperms war... making it all a battle with everything everyone everywhere....bitching if they're a human but then for some odd reason keeps taunting others to be a human getting all bitching if life ain't wonderful ALL the time.... causing unessarry animosity....gosh this is sooo disturbingly sad.

  • @dadoody
    @dadoody 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1285

    This guy can't catch a break. Survives a nuclear holocaust, breaks his glasses, ends up in a dictatorship, and then gets executed for reading so much.

    • @qsprimalaccuracy9709
      @qsprimalaccuracy9709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      LOL!!!! 😂 And fought against Batman, on top of that!!

    • @etxsports5836
      @etxsports5836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Rocky Balboa needs you Mick

    • @RoseUnseen
      @RoseUnseen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      he does get executed, BUT turns one of the guy ideal around in turn spinning the constant wheel of events.

    • @johncaputo9965
      @johncaputo9965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Not only that, but he has to train Rocky Balboa!

    • @bluest1524
      @bluest1524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ha! Love his acting.

  • @garrettelliott2565
    @garrettelliott2565 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1204

    This is a timeless lesson that will never become obsolete.

    • @doxasophosmoros
      @doxasophosmoros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Then learn the lesson!

    • @lifeisabadjoke5750
      @lifeisabadjoke5750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Really, centuries from now people will be dealing with the same government issues

    • @doxasophosmoros
      @doxasophosmoros 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@lifeisabadjoke5750 not centuries, no... Weeks, months, years at maximum. It's happening now and has been for years. The USA rigging of the election to usher in socialist rule and China rule .. that's what's happened. Facts are all available too,you morons should have put it together.

    • @chrisjamison5725
      @chrisjamison5725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Meredith is one of the greatest actors ever, in Laughton's league actually.

    • @AV1611BibleBelievingJimmy
      @AV1611BibleBelievingJimmy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Too late. No one cared. No one turned to God. Now we die.

  • @nipulkradmsinatagras8293
    @nipulkradmsinatagras8293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace."
    That line alone hits hard in today's world.

  • @rodmandealerman3297
    @rodmandealerman3297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    Rod Serling, and The Twilight Zone, will NEVER be obsolete.

    • @JohnDoe-tt6bh
      @JohnDoe-tt6bh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The new one is unfortunately.

    • @rodmandealerman3297
      @rodmandealerman3297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JohnDoe-tt6bh Unfortunately, I must agree.

    • @SweetHere111
      @SweetHere111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Until they decide to ban or censor it. Lots and lots of censoring going on nowadays....

    • @SatanAzerath
      @SatanAzerath 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But what about The Scary Door?

    • @marcuswalters8093
      @marcuswalters8093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Which actually is a bad thing. I'd love for Serling's fables to have no bearing on our lives beyond a curiosity.

  • @SynthoidSounds
    @SynthoidSounds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    In any totalitarian regime . . . "One iron rule, logic is an enemy and truth is a menace . . . " truer words have rarely been spoken.

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I wonder what Mr.Sterling would think of today's America? 🤭🤭🤭🤭☠

    • @ProperLogicalDebate
      @ProperLogicalDebate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@richardscathouse Some would say that the last four years were an example while others dred the next two. Who knows.

    • @AlexanderTheGreat1000
      @AlexanderTheGreat1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow

    • @lelandframe1029
      @lelandframe1029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@richardscathouse He would have said, "l WARNED you--but you didn't listen!"

    • @RedcoatsReturn
      @RedcoatsReturn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Unfortunately half the people are logical and truthful and the other half pretend to themselves....that they are.

  • @geraldtrudeau3223
    @geraldtrudeau3223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +659

    This episode has haunted me since I first saw it, when it first aired. And now I feel like I'm seeing it come true right before my eyes.

    • @stolasish1184
      @stolasish1184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Toxic Male how dare you talk about the death of literature & truth while using that image. Your party banned & burned books because it did not align with it’s, yes, toxic ideology, and you dare subvert the fear of truth being lost to bring us back to those days?! How expected. (Fyi at this moment he’s using four arms on a white background lined with red aligned in the shape of a swastika.) I don’t care how much you might claim to be ironic or someone who has offended the delicate sensibilities of an anti-facist, i will know how you act, and i will always be justified in my offense when it comes to this.

    • @unsureprobablymaybe3527
      @unsureprobablymaybe3527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@stolasish1184 lol its four arms

    • @kenetickups6146
      @kenetickups6146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Toxic Male funny, because you want it to come true

    • @alvaromontesdeoca7053
      @alvaromontesdeoca7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It scared me too when I was 10

    • @yourefuckingmumm8756
      @yourefuckingmumm8756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Toxic Male enjoy being right adolf

  • @maxford7451
    @maxford7451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    This was meant as a warning, not an instruction manual

    • @modeus9592
      @modeus9592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I believe you are correct sir

    • @stephenerdmann8257
      @stephenerdmann8257 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      GREETINGS and WELCOME! Thanks for being a Friend, come to visit often, contribute often, send all your Friends to visit, please send a membership request to the Dissenter/Disinter Group, enjoy, stephen.erdmann1.
      Comments
      Stephen Erdmann: Wow! Fakebook is at it again! It says my website is violating their 'community standards' with dangerous material. Go look for yourself at WordPress/Stephen Erdmann! My reply; "Why are you censoring my website on WordPress? it is a not-for-profit site and is bland compared to the many postings on Facebook presently. There is nothing in content than is already on Facebook. I protest, as my site is acclaimed by many members. stephen.erdmann1"
      Actually, Facebook is wrong in their review: 1) My website is a not-for-profit site and does nothing to increase my profit, other than give free information. 2) It does not require Facebook members to 'like' or force them to 'share' any article without their personal consent, and only can they do this after reviewing it and do it voluntarily. 3) I at no time pretend to be someone else, I fully tell who I am, without disguise or deception. If deception is invoked, it must be Facebook.
      In reality, the two of my Word Press articles they cite as below or 'above' their Community Standards, were HAUNTING ROSWELL LEGACY and THEY WALK NEXT TO US. You can go to my site and see those articles for yourself. There are only two or three reasons why Fakebook 'hardwired' an algorithm to censor my site: 1) It is competition to them and a threat, 2) And does not line-up with some kooky, crappy algorithm, which they always refuse to give sound reasons as to why take such an illogical stance. Omar Iamone, Trex Smith and others have found this to be true; and still have no gotten clear reasons as to their banning. As I state above, their 'list of offenses,' makes a reasonable person wonder exactly what 'Community' they are striving for, certainly not one in which the 1st Amendment and our U.S Constitution can flourish..
      To demonstrate their illogical operand and insanity you can still visit their 'scrubber' were it says: 1) They were wrong and they are 'putting back' the censored item ( They have not and did NOT, and have not as yet said 'when' that will happen). 2) They say they were wrong and the items DO follow their Community Standards. Yet, the scrubbing algorithm remains, in as much as I have tried posting Wordpress..
      To wit:
      Your post is back on Facebook
      Yesterday
      We're sorry we got this wrong. We reviewed your post again and it does follow our Community Standards.
      Delete
      OTHER MESSAGES
      This post goes against our Community Standards on spam
      CLOSED
      Your post is back on Facebook
      Yesterday
      We're sorry we got this wrong. We reviewed your post again and it does follow our Community Standards.
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      When you don't keep your promise.......you are called a .......when you lie, you are called a .........
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      Commander X
      Feb 6, 2020, 12:06 PM (2 days ago)
      to timothy, me
      Speaking of Steve. Did you know that Facebook has banned the Coxxxxxacy Jourxxx link? We can no longer put up www.conxxxxcyjouxxxx.com on Facebook or Instagram. I suppose it is because the URL has "conspiracy" in it. Go figure. They allow Nazi and white supremacist sites, but put up the word Conspiracy and they ban you.
      Conspiracy Journal says they are 'unfair' and 'unbalanced'- Unfair and Unbalanced!
      All the news that THEY don't want you to know!
      www.conxxxxacyjoxxxxl.com
      The Illuminati in action! Welcome to the New World Order! SE.
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      www.conxxxxcyjouxxxx.com
      ************************************************************
      Don't use the word 'Conspiracy' in your titles, FAKEbook is flagging them; next will be 'think,' 'protect,' 'love,' 'family' and other suspicious words that are outside of the Illuminati perview and control.
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      Whistle Blower News: globalskywatch.com/chemtrails/ubbthreads.php…
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      WordPress 507/Stephen Erdmann Foundation --------place some facsimile on a Google search bar outside of Fakebook and it will bring up different links about 'Stephen Erdmann'. wordpresscom 507.wordpress.com....this posting will probably be a one-time event on your profile and won't be posting it again: we do this in honor of Free Speech, the battle of the 1st Amendment, and the fight to protect against the battle of destroying our Bill of Rights by the elites and corporate Monsters! Thanks for your cooperation.
      www.mymind.info/complete-history-of-the-illuminati…/…

    • @theunknowngamer5477
      @theunknowngamer5477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I said the same thing about the novel, 1984.
      How wrong I am....the thing IS a communist manifesto.
      Just ask the ex Public school Librarian of 43 years, and 16 years of owning a book store.
      Greenback, Sacramento, California.

    • @belowaverageangler2982
      @belowaverageangler2982 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To borrow a line from another TZ classic, "It's a COOKBOOK!"

    • @anonymouslyknown5112
      @anonymouslyknown5112 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @maxford7451. I agree, Unfortunately, it feels like this is the way America is leaning. I'm an Independent voter. Someone told me to read Project 2025, I read pretty much of it and parts of it made me think of this TZ episode.

  • @SAOrules
    @SAOrules 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1060

    “Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the work, dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete.”

    • @jpeg.600x2
      @jpeg.600x2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      *joe biden shuts down entire pipeline running from Canada to America

    • @stolasish1184
      @stolasish1184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      @@jpeg.600x2 sorry is a pipeline the top of your list as the dignity, rights & good work of mankind?

    • @hajothelen8450
      @hajothelen8450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      i think it is 'worth', makes more sense to me then 'work'

    • @Mr_Hst
      @Mr_Hst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Quickly let’s apply this idea to everything we don’t like

    • @damonhicks969
      @damonhicks969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@jpeg.600x2 that risks catastrophic destruction to native lands and water.

  • @andreww1212
    @andreww1212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1559

    It has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and truth is a menace.
    Rod Serling pretty much predicted the future with this one.

    • @samshelton436
      @samshelton436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Free thought has always been the enemy of a controlled state.

    • @williammoses6232
      @williammoses6232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      indeed sounds just the so-called "news media " of the present doesn't it

    • @KickOutTheJhm
      @KickOutTheJhm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The system that does this has allways been here.

    • @samshelton436
      @samshelton436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@KickOutTheJhm how long until the world sees it?

    • @KickOutTheJhm
      @KickOutTheJhm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Sam Shelton never will happen, were built from the ground up on a part of the system. We are fallen beings, but very special beings that are given outrageous amounts of power, we have to realize though that we are fallen and only grace given by God will save us.

  • @VladMatejka
    @VladMatejka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I love the setup of this scene. The obscenely long table, the podium, and the usage of the microphone. All tools to make one feel powerless and make those upon them justified in their perceived stature. Sometimes we use those items to give voice and bring people together. Other times it is the exact opposite. We see this everywhere in our world today from the smallest boardroom to the podiums that powerful people speak at

    • @garyspence2128
      @garyspence2128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Looks like the table that Putin sits at. 50 yds long..

    • @lawrencelewis2592
      @lawrencelewis2592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mussolini did that kind of thing- a long walk to his desk, men staring at you, all to make you feel insignificant.

    • @jaimlawson
      @jaimlawson ปีที่แล้ว

      @@garyspence2128 that is exactly what I was thinking

  • @bowieinc
    @bowieinc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +794

    The guy on the high stand is literally resting his hand on a book saying, “there are no books”. Excellent example of some in power.

    • @bobbyc1120
      @bobbyc1120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I think to him "books" represent intellectual freedom. What he has is a set of paper documents, which was seen as a totally different concept back then.

    • @scttlewis02
      @scttlewis02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How the heck did you see that? I am using my tv and barely make out the words

    • @efugee
      @efugee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Worse than books. MANILLA FOLDERS!

    • @VKURDR
      @VKURDR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bro i was just gonna say that.

    • @yyz1335
      @yyz1335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That’s a ledger

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1691

    “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
    ― Joseph Brodsky

    • @oznerriznick2474
      @oznerriznick2474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Or reading the wrong ones and doing what they tell ya'...

    • @popsucks1322
      @popsucks1322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ive only read a few fictions and i know for a fact i understand how things work better than anyone else. The biggest crime is thinking with a handful of bumpersticker quotes and absolutism.

    • @jewsownthemedia3811
      @jewsownthemedia3811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oi vey.
      Liberal nonsense.

    • @marcusa.fromthebay7514
      @marcusa.fromthebay7514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amen! (and LISTENING to audiobooks doesn't count because they diminish both the listener's limits of imagination and their individual potential to maximize the skill of comprehension)

    • @thrashpondopons2776
      @thrashpondopons2776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      'There is only one thing in the World worse than being witty... & that, is NOT being witty.'

  • @elithelonewolf2677
    @elithelonewolf2677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "If I speak ONE thought aloud, THAT thought LIVES!! Even after I'm shoveled into my grave!
    Man I love that line

  • @hiesenburg669
    @hiesenburg669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2092

    This story line makes more sense in 2020 than it did in 1961

    • @lindacharles6581
      @lindacharles6581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      It really does, it’s scarily real.

    • @retiredusvet4396
      @retiredusvet4396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Really? Try 2021, beginning 20 January.

    • @Mockduck2020
      @Mockduck2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Well, in 1963 the president was assassinated. 🤷‍♀️

    • @CoffeeConnected
      @CoffeeConnected 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      That's the thing with warnings. They are often given at a time before things have got that bad, so most people don't really listen if they feel that they are living in relative comfort. The warning doesn't reflect their immediate experience.
      Often when things have got to the point where it is that bad the warnings are suppressed and probably won't reach most people.

    • @hiesenburg669
      @hiesenburg669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Mockduck2020 yep taken out by his own people.. I believe it was L. Johnson that was behind it. Any relation L. Johnson?

  • @eazycheetah
    @eazycheetah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    One of the most memorable episodes for sure. I remember he read the 23rd Psalm before the end.

  • @rgd963
    @rgd963 6 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    Where one burns books, one will soon burn people." - Heinrich Heine

    • @dannyreyna2821
      @dannyreyna2821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They already have...
      They already have.

    • @JamesLoweryHypnotherapy
      @JamesLoweryHypnotherapy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, just ask Giordano Bruno. Oh wait....

    • @bradwiehn6448
      @bradwiehn6448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @John Smith I only ever hear about conservative Christians wanting to censor books they don't like.

    • @alexcorsi6403
      @alexcorsi6403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Like blm and antifa in portland recently.

    • @raymondfrye5017
      @raymondfrye5017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, and while non-aryan literature is burning at 451°Fahrenheit, humans are burning at quite lower temperatures.

  • @vinceA3748
    @vinceA3748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "...logic is an enemy and truth is a menace." Rod Serling was amazing. This is one of my favorite episodes.

  • @EGarrett01
    @EGarrett01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    "If I speak one thought aloud, that thought lives. Even after I'm shoveled into my grave."

    • @CrazycruxGaming
      @CrazycruxGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "Go ahead. Shoot me. You'll only kill a man." -Che Guavara

    • @youBrakeIHonk
      @youBrakeIHonk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not if Twitter or the MSM has anything to say about it

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If only that were actually true. Spoken thoughts can and are silenced.

    • @EGarrett01
      @EGarrett01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LordVader1094 Unfortunately so, but if it's the truth, it can be discovered again and again.

    • @mistermax3034
      @mistermax3034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CrazycruxGaming A psychopath?

  • @boledle
    @boledle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Growing up, this was about "other countries." Today, it's about America.

  • @johndonwood4305
    @johndonwood4305 5 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    I love how the Chancellor picks up his microphone at 2:37 as if to subtly suggest that he has a right to judge Mr Wordsworth as obsolete just because his voice is loud as someone who loses an argument would shout down their opponent.

    • @bxbuff
      @bxbuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Today, instead of becoming louder, they just shut you up by saying, "You're racist...."

    • @ianthomas1201
      @ianthomas1201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@bxbuff or by saying "fake news", or still, by shouting louder, and repeating vague slogans.

    • @kotaroatani9800
      @kotaroatani9800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@ianthomas1201 Yeah but the MSM is FAKE NEWS, they are not NEWS organizations anymore, they are just ACTIVISTS and spread Propaganda..

    • @talos4971
      @talos4971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm so glad I don't have a Twitter account!!!!

    • @jerrypeukert5732
      @jerrypeukert5732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      leftist tactics equals antifa

  • @xandr349
    @xandr349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    So classic, timely and never loses relevance one of my favorite twilight zone episodes. Rest in peace Rod and Burgess 🙏🏻😇

  • @williamhiggins842
    @williamhiggins842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I will never forget watching this show every week at my Father's knee and just being mesmerized by the ideas put forth by Rod Serling and his screenwriters.That was over fifty years ago this show is as awesome today as it was then.Burgess Meredith always played an intelligent, interesting character.What a great show!

  • @mackmcmillan9905
    @mackmcmillan9905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2022 comes a calling... We're not there YET, but the pace is ever hastening.

    • @guillermoelnino
      @guillermoelnino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "non-essential worker" ring a bell?

  • @josephflores9078
    @josephflores9078 7 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Rod sterling was ahead of his time that's for sure: A real thinker.~ True sign of intelligence is imagination ~

    • @itchyallover9
      @itchyallover9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He definitely was ahead of his time. Genius.

    • @rainsofhealing
      @rainsofhealing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He received many of his ideas/themes from the wacky area which he was from or lived in. TZ is the best show ever made! In my humble opinion of course

    • @doxasophosmoros
      @doxasophosmoros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He was a genius. Btw It's actually about china, this episode. Learn about ccp and Maoist china, which is current today, and who they still worship and religion is banned . Idiots. You don't even know who the real enemy is... Which is China's plan since late 80s, fools.

    • @Mockduck2020
      @Mockduck2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was always an activist too and many of his screenplays were rejected as being to controversial.
      Just read his Wiki page...pretty interesting.
      And so sad to know how racist this country evidently still is. 😞

    • @Zxmixercave
      @Zxmixercave 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He had crippling ptsd which led to a ton of your favorite episodes.

  • @thefucrew9865
    @thefucrew9865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Burgess Meredith, one of the greatest actors ever !!!

    • @tonyennis1787
      @tonyennis1787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He adds goodness to everything he's in.

    • @SiriuslyBlack7
      @SiriuslyBlack7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Penguin stands alone against the state for free thinkers everywhere!

    • @joshmaxwell7968
      @joshmaxwell7968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was good in "Of Mice and Men"

    • @larryyeadeke2953
      @larryyeadeke2953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joshmaxwell7968 I haven't seen anything he was bad in.

    • @franzschubertv2874
      @franzschubertv2874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your gonna eat lightning and your gonna crap thunder.

  • @bearb1asting
    @bearb1asting 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Oh man. This becomes terrifyingly relevant

    • @oginaz
      @oginaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@mplundr it was still relevant. President Trump just helped shed some light on what many of us have known for decades. He was trying to save America from communism

    • @ChazMcGutter
      @ChazMcGutter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@oginaz please be satire

    • @vuilnisgod4388
      @vuilnisgod4388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oginaz please become funny

    • @Allenryan819
      @Allenryan819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @studio bauhaus lol which side is oppressing ideas and thoughts though Social media hint it’s not conservatism?

    • @steveshepard88
      @steveshepard88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@mplundr it’s your side that is censoring speech and cancelling everyone not Trump or Republicans you dishonest sack of shit.

  • @manbunsareforsissies6374
    @manbunsareforsissies6374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Chancellor: A librarian. Having to do with bookssss..
    Romney: Yes, sir. Bookssss.

    • @burningcoal5705
      @burningcoal5705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *short giggle* and since there are no more bookssss there are no more library

  • @Owliare
    @Owliare 6 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    “Just because you raise your voice in an argument doesn’t mean you're right.”

    • @kheperasekmet5197
      @kheperasekmet5197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell that 2 that ditzy nurse

    • @johnedwards1321
      @johnedwards1321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Doesn't mean you're wrong, either. Just sayin'...

    • @shanemarcotte2062
      @shanemarcotte2062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you're

    • @whereswaldo5740
      @whereswaldo5740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We have a saying. That if you raise your voice in an argument you are the one that’s wrong. Because you are trying to use emotion to defend your case or cause because truth and logic will not uphold it.
      The lefts peaceful protests come to mind.

    • @carl156
      @carl156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YES IT DOES!

  • @jamesgray7064
    @jamesgray7064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    Don't eliminate him. He trains Rocky to win the title!!!

    • @elroyfudbucker6806
      @elroyfudbucker6806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ..... after playing the penguin on Batman. So it was Burgess Meredith!

    • @davidfloren5339
      @davidfloren5339 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      he also needs to play Kick the Can in Twilight Zone: The Movie

    • @jamesgray7064
      @jamesgray7064 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidfloren5339 no, that was Scatman Crothers : ) jk I know they were both in it.

    • @davidfloren5339
      @davidfloren5339 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesgray7064 loved the Scatman in The Shining and Blues Brothers!

    • @KevinPDunn
      @KevinPDunn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “You can wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one gets filled first!” Grandpa Gustafson

  • @irishslave51
    @irishslave51 8 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Serling was brilliant!! This episode is now our reality!! He knew what was coming, and through this show tried to warn the masses! But like then as now, many don't listen!

    • @irishslave51
      @irishslave51 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** True, true! The elites keep many very busy, and they miss their rights being removed!

    • @jesushuerta1852
      @jesushuerta1852 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No, many DO listen. The problem is, those people are too lazy to fact check, and worse still, vote or act based on what they heard.

    • @wengua998
      @wengua998 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      🐑🐑🐑🐑

    • @daysnottime999
      @daysnottime999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Bible warned this. Please stop saying he only did because so many have been warning the future people of these things that will happen.
      And guess what?? There are people today who are waring us about these things that are coming right NOW.

    • @jasonlee8156
      @jasonlee8156 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This applies pretty in all times and all places. Equally relevant during the 3rd reich, when the USSR was around and long before. Would have been applicable even in ancient times.

  • @sebastianb.1926
    @sebastianb.1926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'm glad Burgess Meredith found work as a librarian even though he broke his glasses and couldn't read anymore.

  • @dooval434
    @dooval434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +801

    “Logic is an enemy and truth a menace!” Wait! Is this 2020?

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And 2008, 2000, 1987, 1976, 1968, 1941, 1929, 1887, 1867, when they lose control they lose it!🤬☠☠☠

    • @craterglass
      @craterglass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Careful. They'll come after you next.

    • @scottporter1108
      @scottporter1108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      For liberals that is

    • @EveSkincareInternational
      @EveSkincareInternational 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      No, its 2021.

    • @Outlaw7263
      @Outlaw7263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. Remember, O Lord, The Children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem who said, "Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation." O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed. Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." -Joshua Graham, Fallout New Vegas, Honest Hearts DLC.
      Allow me to explain, when Jesus came into the temple and saw it full of money changers, wealthy elites, power hungry narcissists and slavers, did he ask them to leave? Did he cry? Did he simply give up? No. He drove them out, he braided a whip and drove those who profane his father's temple. It's one thing to forgive a slap across the cheek, but an insult to God and the free will he gave us must, no, DEMANDS correction.

  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Along with Orwell's 1984, ( 1949, ) and Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, ( 1953, ) many authors had warned of the danger of totalitarianism. In 24 minutes, Serling dramatically captured the evilness of censorship. Elegantly acted by Meredith and Weaver as the protagonists, this episode features Serling's best writing. His intro and outro are brimming with caution against accepting dictatorship.

    • @robertcampbell8070
      @robertcampbell8070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only thing is Bradbury, despite absolutely writing about the dangers of totalitarianism and censorship, was not trying to write about the dangers of totalitarianism and censorship, he was trying to write about how much he hated television.

    • @manoftruth0935
      @manoftruth0935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We warn people about the fascists trying to take control, but they ignore us because Orange Man Bad.
      Before they said that Orange Man would get us into world war 3, but under Potato Joe and Hyena Harris, we are 1 minute to midnight, and they cheer world war 3 to happen.

    • @Raymund-Swales
      @Raymund-Swales ปีที่แล้ว

      THX 1138.

    • @BlackCover95
      @BlackCover95 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertcampbell8070
      If anything, Bradbury’s dystopia was brought upon by public apathy, rather than government overreach.

    • @robertcampbell8070
      @robertcampbell8070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BlackCover95 That's definitely true.

  • @EliLebowiczComedy
    @EliLebowiczComedy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +446

    Makes sense that the man who had all the time in the world to read would become a librarian.

    • @jeremiahwhite2624
      @jeremiahwhite2624 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Hahahahaha oh wow, I just noticed that's the same person lol.

    • @NaturalCanopy
      @NaturalCanopy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      and later would train Rocky Balboa

    • @MelonMan
      @MelonMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      is it also mr. dingle from the episode mr dingle the strong? or am i just going insane

    • @satan3959
      @satan3959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And would also cook up schemes to take down "Batman"

    • @doxasophosmoros
      @doxasophosmoros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's actually about china, moron. Learn about ccp and Maoist china, which is current today, and who they still worship and religion is banned . Idiots. You don't even know who the real enemy is... Which is China's plan since late 80s, fools.

  • @RonMotta1972
    @RonMotta1972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What writing. What acting. *This* is what television should be.

  • @franzhaas6889
    @franzhaas6889 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    THIS SHOW WILL LIVE FOR EVER. THE BEST STORYS. AMAZING WRITING AND TIMELESS IDEAS.

  • @kiramaxie6948
    @kiramaxie6948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    -Yo what are my rights again?
    -You will be eliminated within 48 hours.

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Says the Chancler of TH-cam

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardscathouse "Chancler"?

    • @clownphabetstrongwoman7305
      @clownphabetstrongwoman7305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Right this way -->"

    • @JohnDoe-tt6bh
      @JohnDoe-tt6bh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@clownphabetstrongwoman7305 LOL it's you

    • @rabbitcreative
      @rabbitcreative 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perhaps a better question might be, "what are my abilities?". Not sure what "rights" are. Abilities I can demonstrate.

  • @goingupandupandup
    @goingupandupandup 6 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    Feels very 1984-ish or Faranheit 451

    • @osvaldoreyes34
      @osvaldoreyes34 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Feels very 2018ish

    • @AJSchultz
      @AJSchultz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      2018.11.10 1057h EST (I'm seven hours ahead of when I need to post)
      Feels very Dark Ages-ish

    • @johndonwood4305
      @johndonwood4305 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Ethan Nguyen You forgot Animal Farm and Brave New World.

    • @RamdomView
      @RamdomView 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's because it was modelled off F451

    • @shawnmichaelduncan5951
      @shawnmichaelduncan5951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Communist Russia. Communist China. Communist Cuba. Communist East Germany communist Romania. List goes on.

  • @idipped2521
    @idipped2521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    "Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace"
    Sounds a lot like Twitter

    • @Jantv81
      @Jantv81 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joe Biden’s Administration is more like it.,Deep State Globalists vs. American Patriots fighting tyranny

    • @VenturaHighwayman
      @VenturaHighwayman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No more

    • @blueslight2848
      @blueslight2848 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Even more today

  • @SenorZorrozzz
    @SenorZorrozzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I remember when this was first on television. Hi thought it was one of the best television shows I’ve ever seen. Course I felt that way about several twilight zones. But this one this was very special and even though I was a little kid I understood it. Amazing. And now we’re living in that world but many don’t realize it

    • @tjkokos
      @tjkokos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      trump is literally still saying the election was stolen. he can never admit it was a lie because "Truth is a Menace". if he admits he lied about even one thing, people will wonder: what else is he untruthful about. "Logic is an enemy".

  • @gedstrom
    @gedstrom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    The one thing that I really liked about this episode was that it didn't rely on any sort of supernatural person or event to accomplish the story line. This could and does happen in the everyday real life!

    • @williammoses6232
      @williammoses6232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you had better take a good look around this scenario is taking place in California RIGHT NOW.

    • @funkapotamus86
      @funkapotamus86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@williammoses6232 you make reference to the State?

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly

    • @bh5606
      @bh5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is happening.

    • @moscowvicent831
      @moscowvicent831 ปีที่แล้ว

      He mentioned multiple times GOD, and he read the bible in the end. Just show his faith. His GOD is our GOD Is stronger than any so called man made state

  • @linkfan160
    @linkfan160 6 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    This show was SO ahead of it's time, my god. So much more intelligent than ANYTHING that was on TV at that time. (Except for Star Trek of course.)

    • @Teutoburg09
      @Teutoburg09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      So much more intelligent than anything on TV at THIS time.

    • @hawaii5-0bloopers6
      @hawaii5-0bloopers6 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This was before the first ep of Star Trek ( The Cage) was ever filmed. Not the same time.

    • @doxasophosmoros
      @doxasophosmoros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's actually about china, moron. Learn about ccp and Maoist china, which is current today, and who they still worship and religion is banned . Idiots. You don't even know who the real enemy is... Which is China's plan since late 80s, fools.

    • @hawaii5-0bloopers6
      @hawaii5-0bloopers6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@doxasophosmoros Could also be about the Soviet Union. North Korea too. China not the only mass-murder ing communist society.

    • @daysnottime999
      @daysnottime999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@doxasophosmoros now it's America.

  • @seroberts
    @seroberts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    One of the deepest Twilight Zone episodes I've ever seen. Absolute gold

  • @Dexter101x
    @Dexter101x 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Fabulous acting by Burgess Meredith aka Romney Wordsworth, The Penguin in Barman series, and Rocky Balbao's coach in Rocky movies

    • @mikebray9458
      @mikebray9458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Burgess Meredith is my favorite actor of all time, in part because of his work on TZ, Batman 66, and the Rocky films. Fritz Weaver chewed the F*** outta the scenery on this one too.

    • @CoffeeConnected
      @CoffeeConnected 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's also in another Twilight Zone episode which involves a library.

    • @minsapint8007
      @minsapint8007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Donde Merlin IMDb scores 9.0 for the Time Enough At Last Twilight Zone episode

    • @johntumahab323
      @johntumahab323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was also the original actor for George in "Of Mice and Men", and his performance was so iconic (along with Lon Chaney Jr. as Lenny) that it was parodied countless times in MGM cartoons.

    • @jimwilloughby
      @jimwilloughby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fritz Weaver as the Chancellor.

  • @dadahdee
    @dadahdee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    I always found it ironic that the Chancellor is reading from and using a book!

    • @peterjanssen5901
      @peterjanssen5901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I think irony is lost on Dictatorships, like how absurdity is lost on folks who idolize absolute freedom without Responsibility.
      ....C'mon Snake, push the button 'n shut down the world. (or should I call ye Plissken?)

    • @BlackCover95
      @BlackCover95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s a ledger, not literature.

    • @dadahdee
      @dadahdee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@BlackCover95 A ledger book! It still requires reading!

    • @dadahdee
      @dadahdee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@peterjanssen5901 I shut down the third world, you win they lose. I shut down America, they win, you lose. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

    • @BlackCover95
      @BlackCover95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@dadahdee
      I can’t tell if you’re joking or not, but just in case:
      It’s not the ability to read that the state doesn’t like; It’s subversive ideas.

  • @forhisglory700
    @forhisglory700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    We'll realize this to be true more and more as we enter 2021 & beyond.

  • @michaelkclark6981
    @michaelkclark6981 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such a powerful episode … i’ve watched this so many times … It’s brilliant
    Mr Wordsworth

  • @SEGUNDA7FEIRA
    @SEGUNDA7FEIRA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Jobs which are obsolete ( librarian...)
    WoW ... Year 2020

  • @STP43FAN1
    @STP43FAN1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    "Your occupation, Mister Wordsworth?"
    "A librarian."
    (The Chancellor cannot speak for a few moments)
    "A what?"

    • @mattcunningham9235
      @mattcunningham9235 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its funng to me that he would be a librarian if these guys were in power and hated them. Like lol why would he even be one if it was so hated in their society?

    • @astronomydomine8055
      @astronomydomine8055 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattcunningham9235 i do not wish to judge you but it is inevitable as a human bean..yes bean...but...do you even read?

    • @BrandonWare
      @BrandonWare 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattcunningham9235 Calm your tits mr bot infected mind man

    • @astronomydomine8055
      @astronomydomine8055 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattcunningham9235 alcohol...haha cheers my man :)

    • @LiberalsGettheBulletToo
      @LiberalsGettheBulletToo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The only thing worse might be a society were Librarians were the dictators.
      It'd be very quiet, at least. But I'd hate to see the late-fees.

  • @dhog41
    @dhog41 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Wise, perceptive man. He warned us..and yet once again, history is threatening to repeat itself.

  • @rd30000
    @rd30000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I just watched the movie "Patterns" written by Rod Serling (it's free on TH-cam). One of the best written movies I've ever seen. Highly recommend to anyone who sees this.

  • @damnyankeesdaughter5427
    @damnyankeesdaughter5427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ❤️ ..... and here we are

  • @daveb8679
    @daveb8679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2021. Timeless message. Thank you Mr Serling

  • @zeekstr6965
    @zeekstr6965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This should be shared as it is prevalent for today

  • @aaronweatherson4379
    @aaronweatherson4379 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ...you cannot destroy truth by burning pages...

  • @Peter-tg9zv
    @Peter-tg9zv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    It’s no wonder why educational shows like this with clearly explained values and principals are not allowed today.

    • @sum1has2
      @sum1has2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You can still find them on MeTV. It’s rather refreshing to see these shows where morality is actually a virtue and lack of it, a warning.

    • @AndrewVelonis
      @AndrewVelonis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      "Not allowed"? What a stupid thing to say.

    • @mikemoscato2995
      @mikemoscato2995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@AndrewVelonis so stupid that corporations are doing what the govt cant do YET and censor people do to their political affiliations and beliefs! OR IS MY LOGIC MAKING YOU UNCOMFORTABLE?

    • @tylersingleton9284
      @tylersingleton9284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mikemoscato2995 the scary thing was not the chancellor but the people booing in the background.

    • @olliefoxx7165
      @olliefoxx7165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@AndrewVelonis Are you a child? Do you not read or follow any news? They've been censoring and deplatforming all kinds of innocuous things.

  • @edinscot56789
    @edinscot56789 8 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Wordsworth defeats this tyrant in the most beautiful and powerful way.

    • @gamerzero7735
      @gamerzero7735 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He may have gone to his great reward, but he took the Chancellor down with him.

    • @bxbuff
      @bxbuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He stopped one man, but didn't stop the movement....

    • @cha5
      @cha5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      bxbuff The “movement” is something that devours itself in the end as do dictatorships in general, which is Serling’s point here.

  • @jeffryhammel3035
    @jeffryhammel3035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Damn, so glad to see a Rod Sterling revival! So happy to see today's kids watch the best of my generation.

    • @mr.inkwell4782
      @mr.inkwell4782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it a miracle as well as curse to hold/know much of this power of information.

    • @jeffryhammel3035
      @jeffryhammel3035 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mr.inkwell4782 I hear you.

  • @computerbanc
    @computerbanc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    To Serve Man is my favorite episode. This one was also very deep. There will never be another show such as the Twilight Zone. Great television for sure. And the story lines were far before their time.

  • @HigHrvatski
    @HigHrvatski 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A librarian named Wordsworth. Clever 👌

  • @davidsatterwhite5812
    @davidsatterwhite5812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A highly prophetic episode of the Twilight Zone. Relevant now more than ever .

  • @Yetipfote
    @Yetipfote 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    20 years ago I would've rolled my eyes because of the perceived artsyness of this piece. Today I go like: *InTeReStInG!*

  • @deelynn8611
    @deelynn8611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amen to that. Any state that cannot recognize the dignity of a human being is obsolete.

  • @maxemomaxemo3572
    @maxemomaxemo3572 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    ALL these years later....the great ROD SERLING.....still teaching & scarying the hell out of everybody.....[ including ME ].

  • @King_Cola
    @King_Cola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Truth and logic have become the enemy" Ain't that the truth

  • @irajohnson1101
    @irajohnson1101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is powerful. It gives me so much hope.

  • @benwillis124
    @benwillis124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have been watching The Twilight Zone since I was a kid back in the 1960's. I have watched many marathons, and have loved every episode. Thought I had seen them all. But I've never seen this one. Pretty shocking this one is. Pretty terrifying when you consider how close our society is to this state today.

  • @mikewhittenmusic
    @mikewhittenmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    RIP Neil Peart. He was a reader of ALL books and one of Twilight Zone's biggest fans. He spent his last days volunteering at his daughters library so he could be near her as much as possible as he wasted away of brain cancer.

  • @winstonsmith3070
    @winstonsmith3070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    Today he'd be called not essential.

    • @dariusjamison8888
      @dariusjamison8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @Cannibal Warlord 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

    • @applepie2807
      @applepie2807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wow for real

    • @dsmyify
      @dsmyify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not financially viable.

    • @drumyogi9281
      @drumyogi9281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Cannibal WarlordThe Great Reset drove your neighbor to suicide and the other to being homeless. Glad you care and watch TV to be informed ☠

    • @sonyflights8700
      @sonyflights8700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mind bending

  • @KeferenLeHaine
    @KeferenLeHaine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lovely and timely reminder that many could find wisdom in.

  • @jamesromeo5119
    @jamesromeo5119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He's not obsolete. He made Rocky a champion.

  • @ericharris1853
    @ericharris1853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow I just love old movies and TV shows that predict the future it's like they saw shit coming from a mile away

  • @ChrisRiley3D-Everything
    @ChrisRiley3D-Everything 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    On June 2, 1961 The Twilight Zone: foresaw the future of 2021 in The Obsolete Man

  • @WeLuv9x5
    @WeLuv9x5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was a young boy when I first saw this episode… scared the hell out of me! Under this current regime, this episode is coming to fruition.
    Lesgo Brandon.

  • @443drag
    @443drag 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    One of the best Twillight Zone episodes. But most things starring Burgess Meredith are pretty
    good anyway. Brilliant actor.

  • @greybone777
    @greybone777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loved 60s and 70s 📺 . I'm glad to have lived long enough to be an anachronism in my own time.

  • @wildwalkeruk
    @wildwalkeruk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Isn't it amazing how something so engaging can be created with some good camera angles and actors, along with of course some very creative writing and not a single special effect :)

  • @fhgfgh8794
    @fhgfgh8794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beyond Classic. Absolute Masterpiece.

  • @daviddavenport1485
    @daviddavenport1485 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Rod Serling was way ahead of his time.

  • @gajacome1
    @gajacome1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have seen this episode countless times and never realized how significant his name is until today. Wordsworth. That is very clever and great writing

  • @Sanguiluna
    @Sanguiluna 8 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    The most terrifying thing about this episode is that we as a society are closer to this state now than we were when this episode first aired. Ours is an age that prizes utilitarianism and cold pragmatism over intellect and the human spirit, in a society that worships technology and discourages the pursuit of art, literature, culture and spirituality, either because they don't benefit the state or because it threatens the state's hold over the minds and hearts of its citizens.

    • @imperatorliberal4621
      @imperatorliberal4621 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      everyone is a fucking art major stfu loser

    • @Sanguiluna
      @Sanguiluna 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Imperator Liberal Found the statist

    • @Vesnicie
      @Vesnicie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Imperator Liberal the liberal arts are not the problem. In fact they are absolutely vital and necessary, even in places where you are too narrow to find them. It is the current rampant abuse of the liberal arts that must be stopped. Try to remember that before everything got out of hand, this was the model of education for hundreds of years. Even the greatest scientists had a thorough grounding in other areas like rhetoric and logic, history, classics, literature, art and philosophy. These were the disciplines that taught them not what to think but how to think. This is what we are missing now and its loss is perhaps irrecuperable.

    • @edwardglen3377
      @edwardglen3377 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yankee land was founded as a slave state u goof..

    • @adaeptzulander2928
      @adaeptzulander2928 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No it wasn't you permanent victim. Slavery at that time was and always had been a part of humanity. At the time of the founding , the idea of ending slavery was just starting.

  • @grizzdebear7293
    @grizzdebear7293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This and the original episode need to be seen by ALL of us!!!
    Truth gives governments HICCUPS!!!!!

  • @zenvoltron8497
    @zenvoltron8497 9 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    This just proves we are living in the Twilight Zone!
    Such a powerful episode~

    • @richmartzeni946
      @richmartzeni946 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ze B you too? Yeah...I started a channel based on this idea. How most of the TZ episodes are disturbingly similar to everything that is unfolding today. The worst part is we thought this was all “fiction”.

    • @jgreg1661
      @jgreg1661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Human behavior is predictable. This has happened over and over throughout history. This was the underlying thought during early 1900s. And here we are today.

    • @peterjanssen5901
      @peterjanssen5901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jgreg1661
      Social behavior is predictable, because it's mechanical in its laws & morays.
      Humans are organic, thus unpredictable: the Worst shake our Faith, the Best are unfathomable.
      Many like a mechanical of social order or "the community of devotion", than wrestle with humanity, since the first two offers control, the latter requires Discipline, or even more difficult "reflection".
      "The Security of the Familiar, the Tranquility of Repetition", as Rebel icon V would say, or better "Make us slaves if you will, but feed us, feed us" as the Great Inquisitor put it.
      Oh, sorry for this post's length, I haven't ranted for a while. :]

    • @ukrainiansniper5916
      @ukrainiansniper5916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes but do you realize that the state being represented here is one where the totalitarians i.e. AntiFa won? Not saying Trump is good hell no - the other side is equally as bad, both sides want to rule and all we want is the freedoms granted to us in the Constitution, most notable in the Bill of Rights. Create a centrist party and obliterate the Democrats and Republicans. Take the positives from each and excoriate the negatives and place America on the path to true greatness again.

    • @funkapotamus86
      @funkapotamus86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ukrainiansniper5916 it would be nice, but unfortunately both parties do their best to divide the people and keep them against one another.

  • @LarryC213
    @LarryC213 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I think that both Rod Serling (sp?) And George Orwell were not just writers, but also prophets.

    • @halojump123
      @halojump123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LarryC213 .....You do not have to be a prophet, just understand how man reacts.

    • @daysnottime999
      @daysnottime999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Larry. That is a ridiculous comment.

  • @i7luv7u7q8
    @i7luv7u7q8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One iron rule: Logic is an enemy and Truth is a menace.

  • @fletcher373
    @fletcher373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite episode. Such a profound message. Rod Serling interviews on yt are very interesting. Love him

  • @solaceboy
    @solaceboy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is where we are heading.
    Thanks a lot.

  • @padale29
    @padale29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "I'm sorry, you can't go to work, you're non essential". I'm sorry, you can no longer use social media, you don't have the correct opinions". " I'm sorry you no longer have the right to exist, you're not on our side". Rod Serling must have been able to predict the future.

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Cannibal Warlord for real

    • @Andy-df5fj
      @Andy-df5fj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Cannibal Warlord
      The Democrats of old would be called far right extremists today.

    • @tjkokos
      @tjkokos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah for real, the "logic is not allowed, truth is not allowed" gave me serious Trump vibes. the right wing is literally still clinging to its lies because if it admits one thing they said was a lie, then it opens the doors to people asking what other things were untruthfull- and why they were said in the first place.

    • @bobbyc1120
      @bobbyc1120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tjkokos They exist in a different reality. If you believe the election is fraudulent, then you can't believe the actual truth anymore because it's inconsistent with Trump's lies. You're either on team truth or team conspiracy theory. You can't do both.

  • @rosemarywilliams9969
    @rosemarywilliams9969 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love how this man whos all about employee of the month becomes obsolete himself 😂 every time makes me not care so much about the work your butt of life style l use to have.

  • @michaelcarvlin7348
    @michaelcarvlin7348 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well, I guess this just played out for real in New York City yesterday.

  • @caboose.20
    @caboose.20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Now why would this be recommended now 10 years after publication? I wonder...

    • @carl156
      @carl156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BECAUSE YOU ARE OBSOLETE!

    • @VeryProPlayerYesSir1122
      @VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@carl156 replace "obsolete" with "nonessential" and you have 2020.

    • @michealhaines
      @michealhaines 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because it knew it would spark a bunch of truthers to simultaneously complain that they don't know how properly socialize with regular people.

    • @the_expidition427
      @the_expidition427 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michealhaines Have you realized you're in the same ocean?

    • @michealhaines
      @michealhaines 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@the_expidition427 thanks for proving my point Minecraft boy 🤣🤣🤣

  • @VV1L
    @VV1L 4 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    Replace "Obsolete" with "Non-Essential"

    • @AbbyCd
      @AbbyCd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Good one!!

    • @RedElephantStampede
      @RedElephantStampede 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Or “deplorable”

    • @flask223
      @flask223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      #UselessEater

    • @VV1L
      @VV1L 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardscathouse #ProHuman

  • @BibleTumper
    @BibleTumper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Twilight zone were really tuned into their predictions of our present world and future.

  • @fungihhiirghi1212
    @fungihhiirghi1212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love old tv and ways of thinking. These kinds of lessons aren't taught today. We are taught to be quiet, or else, and that certain books, are either on one or the other side, right or left, and must be destroyed or hidden away.

  • @42lookc
    @42lookc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Boy, there is no way they could have known at that time how they were going to *nail it* in 2020/2021.

    • @mervunit
      @mervunit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Banning books and gulags existed well before this show was made.

    • @TheRealFobican
      @TheRealFobican 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ~2015 - 2021

    • @iamwhoimnotimnotwhoiam4431
      @iamwhoimnotimnotwhoiam4431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They even have the 6 feet apart rule in play

    • @spiff3872
      @spiff3872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for showing the world you have no knowledge of history and are just a parrot of the cult.

    • @tjkokos
      @tjkokos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      bruh trump style campaigns of disinformation and manipulation is nothing new. its resonant today because it was resonant then.

  • @JH-kh9lf
    @JH-kh9lf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    "Logic is an Enemy and Truth is a menace" America 2021

    • @outlawjodiewales9295
      @outlawjodiewales9295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Joe’s America

    • @Outlaw7263
      @Outlaw7263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And it could all be stopped but nooooo we'd rather just sit and wait for someone else to do it for us.

    • @paintedpony2935
      @paintedpony2935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      America 2016-2020.

    • @canisterbottournament
      @canisterbottournament 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@paintedpony2935 Go back to china

    • @nameisntdave3275
      @nameisntdave3275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "Truth is a menace." Meanwhile trumpers scream FAKE NEWS and storm the Capitol building chanting "HANG MIKE PENCE". They are so wrapped up in Q conspiracies they think Trump is the "shadowprez"

  • @PeterParker-vq2cz
    @PeterParker-vq2cz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    its funny to read the political comments and seeing the left saying this is the right and the right saying this is the left.....

    • @tirpitz19
      @tirpitz19 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Only a defensive war will unite left and right.Only war.

    • @Owliare
      @Owliare 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, it’s a waste of time.

    • @patticusfinch139
      @patticusfinch139 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Then what does the middle say?

    • @silvervalleystudios2486
      @silvervalleystudios2486 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I know. Both sides will use whatever they can for their own self serving needs.

    • @jmerc452
      @jmerc452 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Joe Farmer - Can you provide evidence that the NAZI party were the original leftist? Political historians seem to disagree with you.

  • @jkronen1000
    @jkronen1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG My favorite episode of all time

  • @generalawareness101
    @generalawareness101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I loved this episode especially when the state guy thought he was going to die and turned 100% pussy. So much 2020/2021 in this episode.

    • @JohnJohnson-ov2mf
      @JohnJohnson-ov2mf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah he did remind me of a young Joe Biden, before the oldtimers took over his brain!

    • @generalawareness101
      @generalawareness101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JohnJohnson-ov2mf 1983 Joe Biden and the state guy? Yeah, I can see that connection easily (especially since I had to live under him back then). I sometimes feel like Burgess Meredith (the old guy in the episode), while at the same time knowing the older ways are actually some of the best ways too. Just because it is new doesn't mean it is better, or even the best.

    • @JohnJohnson-ov2mf
      @JohnJohnson-ov2mf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@generalawareness101 yeah, agreed, and remember the old ways are usually the best ways because the new ways usually come with a consequence one may not know of until after one buys into it!
      The old adage, buyer beware, holds truer today than ever before!

    • @generalawareness101
      @generalawareness101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JohnJohnson-ov2mf Spot on.