Obsolete

[@dlbentertainment]

If I could write the way he talks, I'd be set.

[@1manwalkingfreakshow]

Hey, just read the scripts, practice on a page each day like that, heed his words, and you will be.

[@DredPirateRoberts]

I like turtles

[@pollardk.1116]

mannn exactly ^

[@bdff4007]

He wrote it first. In that very voice!

[@JS-jh4cy]

Where are the scripts, are they in a book?

[@curt349]

Serling had a way with words. And a good visionary, ahead of his time

[@hyperion3145]

It's not ahead of his time if this was right after WW2, the Soviet Union and the STASI were around and book burnings were committed by pretty much everyone. I am 6 years late but he clearly states this is not something new or visionary, just a representation of what has already come.

[@IveNeverStoodUp]

and if you're looking for him you'll find him filed under "R" for Rod in the twilight zone.

[@theone-tg4ey]

Loved his work , one of my idols

[@nibunibu4254]

I reckon Rod Serling emerged from his Mother's womb smoking a Chesterfield (and delivering a monologue).

[@mspeter97]

"Presented for your approval, one Rod Serling" and you know the rest

[@stevenstewart6349]

Bravo

[@BitsofRealPanther]

Haha, that's funny shit, nibu!

[@markwathen7600]

A good example of what smoking can do for you

[@8-bitepilepsy147]

​@@markwathen7600 Rod: "This womb wallops both a good whoopie and a whopping me."

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Well said, Mr. Serling. This man not only articulated his thoughts with poise and eloquence - while doing so he also managed to smoke one-hundred-and-fifty filterless Chesterfield cigarettes per diem...now THAT takes true commitment!

[@jonsprong1842]

Some dialogue was omitted from this video. "The chancellor, the late chancellor was only partly correct. He was obsolete, but so was the state..."

[@crazyman8472]

The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshiped. Any state, any entity, any ideology which fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man; that state is obsolete. A case to be filed under "M" for "Mankind"...in The Twilight Zone. 😎

[@Jjrmtv]

brilliant, absolutely brilliant. poetry with a punch

[@MarxistJediist]

Rod Serling died 37 years ago today, but his words still resonate. R.I.P.

[@theskitchband]

Your handle is marxist jedi..lols he is referring to your ideology you fuggin Goomba

[@RiverOfBlacklights]

_'The Obsolete Man'_... One of the best episodes and a personal fave... *_THE TWILIGHT ZONE RULES..._*

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Thank you for the episode ID. Silly KZbin Content ID bot claims in the Description that this video features Ant Wyse's song "Rapper Obsolete (feat. Ness Divine)" (which I'm guessing may contain a sample of this monologue).

[@BitsofRealPanther]

River Of Blacklights, check out "The Silence" if you get a chance. It's another good one.

[@RiverOfBlacklights]

@@BitsofRealPanther Yes, I've watched all 157 episodes (I include the lost pilot/short film _'The Time Element'_ as part of the classic series). I love them all, each and every one of them. Watched _'The Silence'_ a few weeks ago on Netflix (Shame Netflix omits Season 4 though). You might still be able to find _'The Time Element'_ here on KZbin if you haven't seen it and in case you're interested. It is also included in some of the _'The Twilight Zone'_ Blu-Ray box sets...

[@justTrinidad]

Rod Serling is my hero. One of the best episodes form one of the greatest tv shows ever. I will always believe this till the day I die. Amen- always

[@EarthREALTOR]

Amen!

[@glendanielson9006]

Rod Serling teaches us a lesson here which is important to be remembered NOW AND ALWAYS.

[@Techtonix954]

You know we are screwed when Rod Sterling turns into Nostradamus.

[@dagg310]

Serling not Sterling

[@garnettbrown]

Indeed

[@toddnitsche8355]

You obviosly made this comment before biden took office.Prior knowledge of the worlds workings doesnt involve a crystal ball.

[@Battling_Seizure_Robots]

O NO WEZ DOOMD

[@andy86i]

Why do I feel more at home in the Twilight Zone than in 2017

[@eliegbert8121]

the '50's were awesome

[@barryrichman9424]

Andy C.....probably because you are an idiot ?

[@JaevhonDouglas]

@@barryrichman9424 SHUT UP YOU JACKASS

[@SunnyDayz16]

Oh well them 2020’s gonna hit you hard

[@mantisxxx3656]

Just wait until 2020....

[@toddnitsche8355]

This clip sums up whats happening now, i forwarded it to 3 people,its in agreement..Thank You so much for posting it.

[@baz9628]

I think Rod Serling had one of the finest speaking voices in the English language of all time !

[@jacobramirez8753]

The monologues are superb

[@hollywoodreporter13wizard60]

What a Luxor!!

[@lelonfurr1200]

this was and is one of the most prophetic TZ MR SERLING ever did

[@bryanthardin5514]

A man ahead of his time predicting events that will happen now a true visionary nuff said

[@LeisureReader]

His voice is epic!!!!!!!!

[@thehollowseance]

That voice wow

[@BlackFaction99]

Chilling. Just chilling.

[@mj2625]

I remember watching this episode for the first time in a philosophy class. Still gives me chills.

[@haysfordays]

So many things from the past are becoming harshly relevant today.

[@DeckyStrikesBack]

I watched this episode during the week and it was like it was written during said week.

[@thechosenjoshua]

i started watching twilight zone because of my 11th grade english teacher. And he's got it right, this is good stuff. great brain work, coupled with short and sweet lifelong lessons about life and who we are. Its perfect.

[@Scripturegirl.]

Which 1's DO U LIKE.??.

[@blvp2145]

I love this Obsolete Man the most. This feel so real & has deep meaning for all who don't want the State to bully you around and to be all powerful.

[@Laudavisti]

Every time I watch this it makes me cry, and I don't fully understand why this particular monologue touches me so much.

[@kelleytaylorllc]

This is from my favorite episode. Still haunts me.

[@Dane_Youssef]

Edward Rodman Serling, a man who not only fought to protect our country way of life in WWII, and took a fair amount of injury for it. But also fought censors twice as hard to make sure his vision was seen and heard, by all on this earth...

[@MattElliottIT]

Love Rod Sterling. He was so ahead of his time with the twilight zone.

[@keithlee6803]

What amazingly accurate, succinct and eloquent words Mr. Serling gave us. Key words: not a future that will be but a future that might be. He also gives us the two key concepts that *do* define every dictatorship: (i) logic is an enemy; and (ii) truth is a menace. May I humbly suggest that we all collectively wake up and smell the Java? The "future that might be" is seemingly uncomfortably close.

[@ZivWar]

This was my favorite as well. Ol' Burgess Meredith is a champ.

[@attractiveness999]

2020 exactly, they should put this on every screen in the world

[@TheLawliet10]

You look into a comment section of a video, on a website that can only exist in its own space. In it, you see people appreciating a speech done by a man who know exactly what he was talking about; however, much like the episode of the old television series that said speech came from, you see hatred for things that people don't fully understand. The names of presidents come up next to the names of terrorists, and they're both put in the same category as Satan. One man even says that a certain president is a Fascist, and that the president is obsolete. You question if these people are just looking to rattle cages, or if they truly feel this way, but at the same time you know it doesn't matter. To you, hatred itself is obsolete, to you the names of presidents are pointless to talk about when there's only hate behind the voice, no matter who the president is. With that, you finish the comment you're writing yourself, stating that no man is truly obsolete unless they follow blind hatred, much like a certain man, from a certain episode, of a certain show call The Twilight Zone.

[@justanotherguy469]

That was Dope!

[@skeleman5883]

Dear god I read it in his voice

[@jemmymonroe5835]

You are my hero right now

[@sylph8005]

"That certain president" is exactly the type Serling was talking about. "Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace" "Alternative facts"

[@rodracer4567]

@@sylph8005 And here we go...

[@AnthonyGenualdi]

My favorite episode.

[@miamifiction]

Omg ! This is starting to sound like today !!!!!

[@Dane_Youssef]

When TV was about the "Beaver" and "Donna Reed," he wanted to illuminate such as war, racism, anti-society, paranoia and other destructive elements that come from within us. He was buried with full military honors. I hope television honors as well. All he wanted was to remembered as a writer. Well.... I remember.... --Eternal Respect for the Rod Almighty, Dane Youssef

[@ABlackGuyTalksAbout]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@Scripturegirl.]

I have this 1.

[@evanharrison4054]

I'm starting to think that it's a profoundly bad omen that this man keeps following me around, narrating my life.

[@ChampionElCid]

"Mr. Evan Harrison, a normal person in a not so normal world. Today you see him on his way to work, not a care in the world. He thinks he has a handle on his life and knows what to expect from the future. But what Mr. Harrison doesn't know about the future may turn out to be more than he realizes, especially in.....The Twilight Zone...."

[@rio197]

God, this is incredible writing.

[@lordgoro]

And HE wrote it..

[@sacramentocheesehog9195]

My favorite episode the writing is amazing

[@Junkie_joe]

"It has one iron rule" raises two fingers. Hey man I get it, I need my smoke.

[@crazyman8472]

"Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace." This man saw the rise of the Tea Party from Way Back When. :D

[@borderlands10]

The Tea Party are some of the most logical subgroups in politics, maybe you're thinking of Communists. Ahh hell, this comment is 7 years old and you're most likely dead or not on the internet anymore.

[@Wapak95]

@@borderlands10 Projecting much.

[@mcc11505]

Thanks for posting this! Are You Surprised? Dr. Ron Paul (R-TX) 4 Prez 2008!

[@jimjackson4256]

I just love the fact that he is waving a. cigarette around as he talks.That was for us now when such a thing is illegal..

[@billyvlavelle170]

Thanks Jim!

[@codenamexelda]

"Logic is an enemy snd truth is a menace" So it's Twitter

[@Tiki_terror]

More relevant than ever.

[@Chamindo7]

Fast forward to Jan 8 2021.... In Canada we are living this right now.

[@sheilacape4794]

That's a mouthful!

[@amigomacx]

I love you, Jim. You are mi favorite human in this world.

[@denrenjen1964]

This guy had the baddest vocabulary ever...incredible!

[@md123420]

he hit it nail on the head.

[@trevordollinger6569]

0:14 Serling is one of the main reasons i bought a Hamilton Ventura as one of my first real watches. Him, Elvis, and MIB made that watch so cool to me.

[@fightclubchannel1527]

2020 chills

[@justTrinidad]

I actually agree with all of you here. This is definitely one of my favorite episodes of all time - I think I'll share it :)

[@communistrecords]

Rod Serling Is the worlds greatest narrator.

[@rosswhitehill3207]

unfortunately this is now reality.

[@sheldonwheaton881]

ROD The GOD!

[@invaderzim4052]

What a fantastic man he was.

[@ev6674]

Beautiful and relevant!!👏👏 2018

[@richarde.skywalker1977]

This is kind of like the way how everything is obsolete. But, at least, this version is in the Twilight Zone.

[@phillippi2]

You could replace the camera work in this with a panorama of either the modern classroom or congress; the meaning would be exactly the same.

[@lilyevans6426]

that was a nice speech!

[@diablecita]

This the best episode of all the Twilight zone series

[@ethanog2379]

Well hit that nail on the head for 2020

[@seanhuds7351]

God I miss Rod Serling, You can tell he was heavily influenced by the likes of Mark Twain or George Orwell, such a beautifully poetic way of talking that immediately grabs the attention of those who are listening. Sadly gone.

[@CommandingArena]

He speaks truth though. That is how the world is today

[@christopherdunbar394]

It's a good message episode

[@johnnyk5385]

He predicted the world in its current state.

[@andreww1212]

"Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace."

[@glenncalzada1707]

The new administration is doing it's best to make America obsolete. Somethings gotta give...

[@LeisureReader]

Damn straight!

[@toddnitsche8355]

Who did you vote for?

[@DmitriFilms]

Did Rod Serling predict the present?

[@wgog4116]

*thank u Jim.C*

[@demetriuscephas7485]

How Frightening Is Rod Sterling Words It 2023 If MAGA Gets There Way America Will Be Osolete😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@HonkeyKong54]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@confusedTurtle_]

I now see where Pendulum got the words for Axel Grinder.

[@choosetolivefree]

Or any main stream news source for that matter. Or anything on TV essentially.

[@Wapak95]

Same with the Internet.

[@way2bebold]

The only better ending to this Rod Serling saga is that he would say: one that would be, and not might be....welcome to 2021. I believe that Rod Serling was an optimist. He could not have known how prophetic, he might be. :(

[@crazyman8472]

“Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace”...sound familiar? 🤔

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Yeah, I was really struck by that line too. Could apply equally well to the "alternate truths" Trump blusters into existence in the minds of his followers, or to religions' war on science, critical thinking, and, well, reality!

[@kurtb8474]

Yes. The Clinton years. The Obama years were even worse. Truth matters not as long as the lies and embellishments sound good.

[@borderlands10]

Sounds like this episode was heavily inspired by Orwell's work.

[@ffletch5277]

Yep. Socialists Liberals don’t want facts, don’t want truths. They ignore real problems, don’t actually work at all themselves, and preside over working class people like this episode shows..

[@EVIL-C]

@@ffletch5277 Faux news says hi.

[@frankblack5201]

Serling spoke in parables. Here, he is obviously speaking to men considering involving themselves in a state of marriage with woman.

[@Novacsify]

MR. WORDSWORTH !!

[@eyeh8u1]

I wonder how many people liked or even commented in support of this video who voted for Biden and support the DNC. Oh the irony...

[@CCCCC111]

thanks Jim

[@rekojehtmai]

thank you jim

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

“The Brain Center At Wipple’s” expanded on this theme with men being replaced with machines All men are created equal with working value

[@junesilvermanb2979]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_Center_at_Whipple's

[@Soapsmeller747]

The more you know!

[@AtticTapes14]

CAME TRUE NOW

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." ~Oscar Wilde Ecclesiastes 1:9 "That which has been will be again, that which has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."

[@bvg83]

He was a handsome guy

[@stephanieflynn8943]

There you go. 'Nough said.

[@oldnosoul4183]

My boi Rod Serling is pro life.

[@stevejorfi9086]

They don't make men like him anymore all you have now is a watered down version.

[@turbinerocks]

THERE IT IS

[@usernameisuckatusernames7130]

11 years later

[@ZackHeise]

Congratulations everyone. It's here

[@stevepalleschi3394]

The Chancellor…..the late Chancellor!

[@inTha803]

thank you, Jim Carrey.

[@Sparky5]

Well, seems the people of 2021 have called down the Twilight Zone and now it's here.

[@foxmulder211]

@mikelowry5 You do know The Twilight Zone was with a political Just like Star Trek was, Both Rod Serling and Gene Roddenberry knew that they could not make a show about social issues and have set in reality they both had set in scifi for them to be able to make there show.

[@graceadams830gmail]

Even with automated closed captions, I find video-clips in general unintelligible because I just don't function well in real time.