OMG, that was Carol Burnett in the bus sitting next to Jesse White as the bumbling guardian angel Cavender! (The episode is entitled Cavender is Coming.) And George Takei with the katana in "The Encounter". And Richard Long in the last scene in "Person or Persons Unknown".
Windows are both internal and external in symbolism. Televisions are windows into other worlds, eyes are the windows of souls. "Go out the window," is an idiom that means to be forgotten, disregarded, or lost. When something goes out the window, it is lost forever, "You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination."
Serling actually wanted to be a comedy writer but he wasnt very good at it... And being a great fan of the 3 stooges, he noticed that when you cant come up with a reasonable end to a bit, and you want to go out with an easy laugh...you just have the character jump out the window... Bwoop bwoop bwoop bwoop bwoop !!!
I googled it looking for answers. There were two world wars then the threat of the atomic bomb and cold war. Suicide rates also escalated during the period of the Great Depression, through WWII, and Serling would have lived through that and was probably emotionally scarred. I'd bet a lot of people in this era had PTSD.
When you finally, by choice or when you're out of options, sometimes you have to break the glass to get to the other side. We all live in glass houses, although sturdy and clear, they are weak and can be broken. Chances are when you crash through you can be injured or cut, but sometimes the risk is the only option to get through to the other side we see clearly through every day but fear the outcome from the inside looking out. Crash the clear wall and see what you fear you have to face on the other side. Stop being contained by invisible walls..... That is my opinion.
If you could ask him, he may not know himself. Many times, artists do not know why or even realize that they do a particular thing until its pointed out
It's clearly symbolism, but the exact nature of it is a bit ambiguous, which I believe is part of the point of it. He's leaving you to make of it what you will.
Sounds like a solid theory to me. The ambiguous ending that 's left up to interpretation was in fashion in the 50-60s. I'm not generally of fan of them at all, but I did watch the Twilight Zone all the time as a kid.
I think “jumping out a window” is rooted in an earlier era that doesn’t fully translate to today. I’m thinking when modern buildings began being built taller and taller there might have been a concern that unstable types might easily commit suicide?
Sterling wanted his characters to look at the camera and speak directly to the viewers, but the network thought is was too groundbreaking and forbidden it. Frustrated, he used that trick to still metaphorically break to fourth wall. 🤷🏼♂️ 😏😇😉
HE WAS IN THE AIRBORNE DURING THE WAR AND HIS COMBAT EXPERIENCE IN THE WAR DEEPLY AFFECTED HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.HIS WRITING HELPED TO CONTROL HIS DEMONS.
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OMG, that was Carol Burnett in the bus sitting next to Jesse White as the bumbling guardian angel Cavender! (The episode is entitled Cavender is Coming.) And George Takei with the katana in "The Encounter". And Richard Long in the last scene in "Person or Persons Unknown".
He meant, "The place is kind of stuffy. Let's let some air in here."
Windows are both internal and external in symbolism. Televisions are windows into other worlds, eyes are the windows of souls. "Go out the window," is an idiom that means to be forgotten, disregarded, or lost. When something goes out the window, it is lost forever,
"You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination."
Because it's easier than jumping through a WALL.
LOL!!!
I'm no psychologist by any stretch but I would bet it has something to do with any easy escape to freedom somehow.
maybe he owns part of a window replacement business and this was free advertising ? ? ......tha't my guess and I'm stickin' to it.
Funny!
Carol Burnett. This show was so good, and had so many greats on it.
I live on the first floor for a reason. Not that reason, but a reason.
I used to watch the Twilight Zone. I still do, but I used to, too.
Wow. Well that is a very interesting question. He was a genius at shows if we are still watching him today.
Pretty sure that was George Takei jumping out the window.
Serling actually wanted to be a comedy writer but he wasnt very good at it... And being a great fan of the 3 stooges, he noticed that when you cant come up with a reasonable end to a bit, and you want to go out with an easy laugh...you just have the character jump out the window... Bwoop bwoop bwoop bwoop bwoop !!!
they needed ...wait for it....a breath of fresh air
Followed by "Serling Windows" TV commercial.
I googled it looking for answers. There were two world wars then the threat of the atomic bomb and cold war. Suicide rates also escalated during the period of the Great Depression, through WWII, and Serling would have lived through that and was probably emotionally scarred. I'd bet a lot of people in this era had PTSD.
Could he had simply meant "exit, stage left". 😏
The Japanese man is contemplating Hari Kari . The others only had access to a windows.
Maybe the stunt people had only just perfected casting sugar stunt-safe windows, and Serling overdid the gag when he bought his first crate of them?
I wonder how many people were sliced to ribbons thinking they could just jump through plate glass like that?
Serling was a huge "Curb Your Enthusiasm" fan
"Banzai!" 😂
When you finally, by choice or when you're out of options, sometimes you have to break the glass to get to the other side. We all live in glass houses, although sturdy and clear, they are weak and can be broken. Chances are when you crash through you can be injured or cut, but sometimes the risk is the only option to get through to the other side we see clearly through every day but fear the outcome from the inside looking out. Crash the clear wall and see what you fear you have to face on the other side. Stop being contained by invisible walls..... That is my opinion.
If you could ask him, he may not know himself. Many times, artists do not know why or even realize that they do a particular thing until its pointed out
Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo...
It seemed like alot of those old shows had that.The westerns would have a brawl were some guy would get thrown through window at saloon.
Yeah, so there was no real deep meaning to it.. It was just a standard tv cliche that was popular at the time
It's clearly symbolism, but the exact nature of it is a bit ambiguous, which I believe is part of the point of it. He's leaving you to make of it what you will.
Sounds like a solid theory to me.
The ambiguous ending that 's left up to interpretation was in fashion in the 50-60s.
I'm not generally of fan of them at all, but I did watch the Twilight Zone all the time as a kid.
A man technically hasn't flown until hes landed
It is an anti-window campaign.
I don’t do windows!
Oh My!! Gotta love George !!!
I'm watching this on Windows. He was a seer.
Everyone wants to be Superman!
He was predicting something that transpired in 1995. Windows crashed a lot that year.
The 1920's black market was still in that generations mind with stock brokers jumping to their deaths. He was most likely inspired by that.
James Forrestal died after going out of a 16th floor window at Bethesda Naval Hospital in 1949. He was 57 years old.
It was the landing that got him.
They named an aircraft carrier after him. That didn't go so well either.
@@sgt.thundercok4704 I always wondered if he had "help".
@@gregdolecki8530 - Was that the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald?
@@JRDubya77good question. Forrestal knew too much about too many things, and his mental breakdown made him a security risk.
This is the answer to the question I always ask when someone starts beaking off. I always make the offer “pick the window you want to leave through”
He was a big fan of defenestration?
I don't know what he was trying to say.
I do know what I will say: "No, Sulu. Don't do it."
I think “jumping out a window” is rooted in an earlier era that doesn’t fully translate to today. I’m thinking when modern buildings began being built taller and taller there might have been a concern that unstable types might easily commit suicide?
Sterling wanted his characters to look at the camera and speak directly to the viewers, but the network thought is was too groundbreaking and forbidden it. Frustrated, he used that trick to still metaphorically break to fourth wall. 🤷🏼♂️
😏😇😉
George Takei, overacting since 1964. :)
Oh,my
@@ThomasMaczura-c7i LOL
In the 90's...was the best howard stern guest.
He was a paratrooper in the war.
To have people ask why more than 50 years later as they labor to supply their own reasoning. Can't ask much more from a writer of fiction.
The last guy jumping was Richard Long who also played Jared Barkley on The Big Valley.
Richard Long appeared in several Twilight Zone episodes.
Mr Sulu
Loves to give the boys a handy.
Capt. Tran Nim
HE WAS IN THE AIRBORNE DURING THE WAR AND HIS COMBAT EXPERIENCE IN THE WAR DEEPLY AFFECTED HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.HIS WRITING HELPED TO CONTROL HIS DEMONS.
It's symbolic bruh.
There's the Maytag repairman and Carol Burnett in the first clip. Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu in the third.
I was wondering the same thing Margaret Cho's mum might have: "Is he TAKEI?"
Warp factor 1, Mr. Sulu.
He was a member of the Defenestration Society of America. DSA. True story. (No it's not.)