Miss Miriam's Mirror: Born on Christmas Day

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Born on Christmas Day

Rodman Edward Serling

December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975

Serling believed it was the writer's job to "menace the public consciousness" and considered television and radio as a means for social criticism.

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MissMiriamDecember 26, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Serling said, "It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper."
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Estancia De La Ding DongDecember 31, 2012 at 3:32 PM
HA! Yes, I remember reading that.

TZ one of my all-time favorite TV shows !
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MissMiriamJanuary 3, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Mine too!

He was way ahead of his time. Maybe he was an alien. lol
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POET'S CORNER

At the Cottage of Messer Violi
by Paul Violi

The mailbox, painted dark blue,
sits atop a tilted cedar post.
It has a little red flag on one side
and it is altogether remarkable.

The Toyota in the driveway
is very old and is said
to have come from Japan.

There is in the hallway
an immense dogfood bowl.
It is made of iridescent pink plastic.
It is, as I have said, immense
and it is hideous.

In the kitchenette is a statuette
of Ceres, Goddess of Wheaties.

The dishwasher is a Kenmore
and altogether worthy of praise.

In the foyer the over-sized painting
of a porkchop provides
visitors many opportunities
for conversation.

In the servants' quarters
there are many impressive works
that stress the imminence of death
and the probability of hell fire.

Placed on the broad maplewood table
beside bottles of cognac
there is a recording device
with a silver megaphone
into which natives are often
invited to shout
the oral histories of their people.

We whose hearts have been gripped
by life, scoff at the idea of art

as mere ornamentation: So they
seem to proclaim,
the three statues that adorn
the neighbor's lawn, plaster deer
with real bulletholes in them.