The Obsolete Man (BEST)

[@vinsvids1]

"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]

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]

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.

[@SynthoidSounds]

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

[@richardscathouse]

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

[@ProperLogicalDebate]

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

[@AlexanderTheGreat1000]

Wow

[@lelandframe1029]

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

[@RedcoatsReturn]

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

[@rodmandealerman3297]

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

[@JohnDoe-tt6bh]

The new one is unfortunately.

[@rodmandealerman3297]

@@JohnDoe-tt6bh Unfortunately, I must agree.

[@SweetHere111]

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

[@SatanAzerath]

But what about The Scary Door?

[@marcuswalters8093]

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

[@dadoody]

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]

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

[@etxsports5836]

Rocky Balboa needs you Mick

[@RoseUnseen]

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

[@johncaputo9965]

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

[@bluest1524]

Ha! Love his acting.

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

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

[@garrettelliott2565]

This is a timeless lesson that will never become obsolete.

[@doxasophosmoros]

Then learn the lesson!

[@lifeisabadjoke5750]

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

[@doxasophosmoros]

@@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]

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

[@AV1611BibleBelievingJimmy]

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

[@andreww1212]

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]

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

[@williammoses6232]

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

[@KickOutTheJhm]

The system that does this has allways been here.

[@samshelton436]

@@KickOutTheJhm how long until the world sees it?

[@KickOutTheJhm]

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]

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]

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

[@lawrencelewis2592]

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

[@jaimlawson]

@@garyspence2128 that is exactly what I was thinking

[@geraldtrudeau3223]

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]

@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]

@@stolasish1184 lol its four arms

[@kenetickups6146]

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

[@alvaromontesdeoca7053]

It scared me too when I was 10

[@yourefuckingmumm8756]

@Toxic Male enjoy being right adolf

[@SAOrules]

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

[@jpeg.600x2]

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

[@stolasish1184]

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

[@hajothelen8450]

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

[@Mr_Hst]

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

[@damonhicks969]

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

[@rgd963]

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

[@dannyreyna2821]

They already have... They already have.

[@JamesLoweryHypnotherapy]

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

[@bradwiehn6448]

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

[@alexcorsi6403]

Like blm and antifa in portland recently.

[@raymondfrye5017]

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

[@elithelonewolf2677]

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

[@USA1-g9i]

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

[@lindacharles6581]

It really does, it’s scarily real.

[@retiredusvet4396]

Really? Try 2021, beginning 20 January.

[@Mockduck2020]

Well, in 1963 the president was assassinated. 🤷‍♀️

[@CoffeeConnected]

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.

[@USA1-g9i]

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

[@thefucrew9865]

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

[@tonyennis1787]

He adds goodness to everything he's in.

[@SiriuslyBlack7]

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

[@joshmaxwell7968]

He was good in "Of Mice and Men"

[@larryyeadeke2953]

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

[@franzschubertv2874]

Your gonna eat lightning and your gonna crap thunder.

[@MrUndersolo]

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

[@oznerriznick2474]

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

[@popsucks1322]

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]

Oi vey. Liberal nonsense.

[@marcusa.fromthebay7514]

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]

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

[@bowieinc]

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]

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]

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

[@efugee]

Worse than books. MANILLA FOLDERS!

[@VKURDR]

Bro i was just gonna say that.

[@yyz1335]

That’s a ledger

[@vinceA3748]

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

[@xandr349]

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

[@maxford7451]

This was meant as a warning, not an instruction manual

[@modeus9592]

I believe you are correct sir

[@stephenerdmann8257]

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. ****************** When you don't keep your promise.......you are called a .......when you lie, you are called a ......... ******************************************** 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. CONXXXXCYJOUXXXX.COM 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. ******************************************* Whistle Blower News: globalskywatch.com/chemtrails/ubbthreads.php… ********************************************************************************* 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]

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]

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

[@anonymouslyknown5112]

@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.

[@williamhiggins842]

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!

[@johndonwood4305]

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]

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

[@ianthomas1201]

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

[@kotaroatani9800]

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

[@talos4971]

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

[@jerrypeukert5732]

leftist tactics equals antifa

[@josephflores9078]

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

[@itchyallover9]

He definitely was ahead of his time. Genius.

[@rainsofhealing]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@irishslave51]

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]

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

[@jesushuerta1852]

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]

🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@daysnottime999]

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]

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.

[@eazycheetah]

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

[@DrJekyll38]

Also the 59th Psalm. "Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God. Be my fortress against those who are attacking me."

[@pearlluber5849]

''...from the depths I have called unto Thee O Lord. '' from Psalm 130. That the librarian read from the Psalms was so poetic and j7st as the Psalms are indeed a balm to ones soul.

[@franzhaas6889]

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

[@boledle]

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

[@lemontadams3029]

Always was about America

[@dontecooper6479]

What a profound statement, It's too bad you are obsolete!

[@superbananas7792]

I mean it's always been about America aswell....

[@brandonhornick6878]

Exactly !

[@adailtonpersegonha]

why?

[@jamesgray7064]

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

[@elroyfudbucker6806]

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

[@jamesgray7064]

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

[@KevinPDunn]

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

[@etxsports5836]

Rocky needs you Mick

[@wesleycook7687]

Burgess Meredith played in several Twilight Zone episodes. Obsolete, Time Enough At Last and The Printer's Devil to name a few.

[@RonMotta1972]

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

[@EGarrett01]

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

[@CrazycruxGaming]

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

[@youBrakeIHonk]

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

[@LordVader1094]

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

[@EGarrett01]

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

[@mistermax3034]

@@CrazycruxGaming A psychopath?

[@dooval434]

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

[@richardscathouse]

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

[@craterglass]

Careful. They'll come after you next.

[@scottporter1108]

For liberals that is

[@EveSkincareInternational]

No, its 2021.

[@Outlaw7263]

"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.

[@goingupandupandup]

Feels very 1984-ish or Faranheit 451

[@osvaldoreyes34]

Feels very 2018ish

[@AJSchultz]

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

[@johndonwood4305]

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

[@RamdomView]

That's because it was modelled off F451

[@shawnmichaelduncan5951]

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

[@manbunsareforsissies6374]

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

[@burningcoal5705]

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

[@kiramaxie6948]

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

[@richardscathouse]

Says the Chancler of KZbin

[@SuperTonyony]

@@richardscathouse "Chancler"?

[@clownphabetstrongwoman7305]

"Right this way -->"

[@JohnDoe-tt6bh]

@@clownphabetstrongwoman7305 LOL it's you

[@rabbitcreative]

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

[@EliLebowiczComedy]

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

[@jeremiahwhite2624]

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

[@NaturalCanopy]

and later would train Rocky Balboa

[@MelonMan]

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

[@satan3959]

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

[@doxasophosmoros]

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.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

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]

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".

[@sebastianb.1926]

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

[@maxemomaxemo3572]

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

[@bearb1asting]

Oh man. This becomes terrifyingly relevant

[@oginaz]

@@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]

@@oginaz please be satire

[@vuilnisgod4388]

@@oginaz please become funny

[@Allenryan819]

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

[@Krobusss]

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

[@jeffryhammel3035]

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

[@mr.inkwell4782]

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

[@jeffryhammel3035]

@@mr.inkwell4782 I hear you.

[@idipped2521]

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

[@Jantv81]

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

[@VenturaHighwayman]

No more

[@blueslight2848]

Even more today

[@linkfan160]

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]

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

[@hawaii5-0bloopers6]

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

[@doxasophosmoros]

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]

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

[@daysnottime999]

@@doxasophosmoros now it's America.

[@daveb8679]

2021. Timeless message. Thank you Mr Serling

[@seroberts]

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

[@michaelkclark6981]

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

[@STP43FAN1]

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

[@mattcunningham9235]

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]

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

[@BrandonWare]

@@mattcunningham9235 Calm your tits mr bot infected mind man

[@astronomydomine8055]

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

[@LiberalsGettheBulletToo]

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.

[@jamesdrynan]

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]

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]

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]

THX 1138.

[@BlackCover95]

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

[@robertcampbell8070]

@@BlackCover95 That's definitely true.

[@dadahdee]

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

[@peterjanssen5901]

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]

That’s a ledger, not literature.

[@dadahdee]

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

[@dadahdee]

@@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]

@@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.

[@deelynn8611]

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

[@mikewhittenmusic]

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.

[@computerbanc]

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.

[@mack_mcmillan]

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

[@guillermoelnino]

"non-essential worker" ring a bell?

[@davidsatterwhite5812]

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

[@Dexter101x]

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

[@mikebray9458]

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]

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

[@minsapint8007]

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

[@johntumahab323]

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]

Fritz Weaver as the Chancellor.

[@zeekstr6965]

This should be shared as it is prevalent for today

[@edinscot56789]

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

[@gamerzero7735]

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

[@bxbuff]

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

[@cha5]

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

[@SFAPowerhouse]

It's so spooky how much this resonates here during Election 2024

[@abefroman8821]

Yea good thing the American people spoke and elected the right candidate

[@gedstrom]

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]

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

[@funkapotamus86]

@@williammoses6232 you make reference to the State?

[@richardscathouse]

Exactly

[@bh5606]

This is happening.

[@moscowvicent1995]

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

[@jamesromeo5119]

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

[@gajacome1]

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

[@siruranos9172]

Such a good scene. The acting, setting and the best of all the ideas conveyed. And that end quote: "Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the work, dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete" is enternal and can be used to critisize any entities, ideologies and states.

[@forhisglory700]

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

[@daviddavenport1485]

Rod Serling was way ahead of his time.

[@richardscathouse]

Or way behind it

[@dhog41]

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

[@DOUBLEDEFENSE]

how about now??? LMAO

[@ledhed5717]

I just watched this episode last night. Burgess Meredith was an absolute classic. The Obsolete Man, Time Enough at Last, Printers Devil, and others. A phenomenal actor.

[@irajohnson1101]

This is powerful. It gives me so much hope.

[@wildwalkeruk]

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 :)

[@winstonsmith3070]

Today he'd be called not essential.

[@dariusjamison8888]

@Cannibal Warlord 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@applepie2807]

Wow for real

[@dsmyify]

Not financially viable.

[@drumyogi9281]

@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]

Mind bending

[@WeLuv9x5]

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.

[@greybone777]

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

[@i7luv7u7q8]

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

[@Yetipfote]

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

[@JohnJohnson-ov2mf]

VaRy!

[@KeferenLeHaine]

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

[@443drag]

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

[@fhgfgh8794]

Beyond Classic. Absolute Masterpiece.

[@LastPageReviews-bbf]

You cannot erase God with an edict. You cannot destroy truth by burning pages!

[@saintq3888]

Oh, the irony in that statement.

[@thomasgregg7527]

Nice one SaintQ

[@norbertsiewert3917]

Last Days Maze: Oh yes, you can! Hence, Soviet and Maoist communism, Pol Pot social engineering, Naziism, wierd cults. Just to name a few.

[@tirpitz19]

I beg the difference,for i erased God with a simple thought.

[@rickd1412]

Maybe in your mind, but He is still there.

[@artv8830]

Thanks for posting this video! I seen this when I was child, having only vague memories of it and not knowing the origins of it, I was really bugging out trying to search for it! As remembering portions of it seemed eerily similar to modern times, I was dying to find it! Thanks!

[@benwillis124]

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.

[@stellarmotion]

"Non-essential" small business owners in 2020 feel this very strongly right now.

[@stationarywanderer7910]

Talk about missing the point.

[@Nicolas-wd5ec]

@@stationarywanderer7910 No. I think he hit the nail on the head. Perhaps you are the one missing the point?

[@stationarywanderer7910]

@@Nicolas-wd5ec No, not at all. The point Serling was making is about something entirely else.

[@Nicolas-wd5ec]

@@stationarywanderer7910 Well, please explain. This episode talks about authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Like George Orwell's books 1984 and Animal Farm, it is based on the Soviet Union which at that time was alive and well, as well as Mao Zedong's communist China, and by then defunct European Fascism. In recognizing and pointing out the parallels in political development between the past and the present, David C. Owen makes a comment germane and timely. Authoritarianism and State overreach is always both dangerous and insidiously evil. Today, rather than destroy books and close libraries, they either outright "cancel" the books i.e. banning the books from school and the curriculum, or rewriting and "sanitize" the books, redefining words so they mean the opposite of their historical definition, (the word "racism" would be the textbook example), and finally repurposing libraries as computer cafe's. 2020 has been a terrible year for Freedom, and it looks like it's only going to get worse. Occidental governments have closed stores and business, ruining lives and destroying livelihoods of millions of citizens, because they and their jobs were deemed non-essential and unnecessary. That is totalitarianism to a "T." And the methods of their closure, coercion both legal and social, are authoritarian. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Rod Serling, and many others, were warning us from the road we have taken.

[@stationarywanderer7910]

@@Nicolas-wd5ec Oh dear God, spare me the canned conservative rhetoric. Serling was very much a liberal, and not remotely a conservative. He would have laughed at your remarks.

[@VV1L]

Replace "Obsolete" with "Non-Essential"

[@AbbyCd]

Good one!!

[@RedElephantStampede]

Or “deplorable”

[@flask223]

No

[@richardscathouse]

#UselessEater

[@VV1L]

@@richardscathouse #ProHuman

[@fungihhiirghi1212]

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.

[@damnyankeesdaughter5427]

❤️ ..... and here we are

[@SEGUNDA7FEIRA]

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

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

R.I.P. Fritz Weaver.

[@EdmacZ]

"No Amendment to the Constitution is absolute." "This is not about your freedom or personal choice." "We have been patient. And our patience is wearing thin." Wake up.

[@rosemarywilliams9969]

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.

[@JH-kh9lf]

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

[@outlawjodiewales9295]

Joe’s America

[@Outlaw7263]

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

[@paintedpony2935]

America 2016-2020.

[@canisterbottournament]

@@paintedpony2935 Go back to china

[@nameisntdave3275]

"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"

[@zenvoltron8497]

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

[@richmartzeni946]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@fletcher373]

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

[@Peter-tg9zv]

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

[@sum1has2]

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]

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

[@mikemoscato2995]

@@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]

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

[@olliefoxx7165]

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

[@SammySarzoza]

Who's still watching in 2020 under a "Shelter in Place" order?

[@phillippi2]

I'm watching it in 2021, under the threat of 'the great reset'.

[@tomjefferson2024]

Free People can not be "Ordered" These Mandates have Zero Force of Law.

[@chriscollier7469]

Its 2021. I'm sat at my home in Wales, UK. still under lockdown which was supposed to last 3 weeks, now we are into our 9th month. I waiting for the brown shirts to knock at my door to take me away for my obsolescence trial.

[@map3384]

@@chriscollier7469 Here in America the state finally found away to make the constitution obsolete. I expect the burning to commence shortly.

[@richardscathouse]

Now, 2021... Still here

[@macsnafu]

The ultimate truth: the state is obsolete. The pandemic has proven this.

[@l337pwnage]

without state propaganda, no one would be able to distinguish it from the normal flu.

[@Hartzilla2007]

@@l337pwnage SP what they just made up the large amount of dead people?

[@l337pwnage]

@@Hartzilla2007 Last I checked, in the U.S., less people died in 2020 than in 2019. In Japan they only count covid only deaths as covid deaths, and they had something like 18 deaths last year and none under the age of 65, per Ryan Dawson, a youtuber who lives there. They also did research in Denmark indicating that it not only has almost no effect on kids, but that kids don't transmit it to adults. Meanwhile, the lock downs caused a 30% rise in suicides among teens. And don't get me started on the morons that think a piece of cloth will protect you from a virus, lol.

[@saylo8796]

@Toxic Male idk, those mass graveyards in new york seem convincing.

[@montag4516]

There are always people dying, are there not? Succumbing to death is an unavoidable eventuality starting from the moment one is born into the world. So, now all deaths must be due to this CV? Those numbers are not created by the controllers over the MSM and the mega corporation Health Care "System"? How do they make action, war and disaster movies yet at the end of filming nobody was actually harmed or killed? How is that possible. It's illusion, brought to you by the world's Masters of Puppets. The CV brainwash couldn't possibly be assisted by actors, crisis actors, politicians, entertainers, "experts". Liars. People lie, it's a flaw of the human condition. People lie for a multitude of reasons... Greed, ego, power, promotion or to avoid getting blacklisted or made "obsolete". UN Agenda 2030 / Agenda 21 (and Event 201 / Event 301) They've even shown their plans and the passive populous below won't question their own perpetual enslavement. You're being confined and contained, including what information/disinformation you're allowed to access, consider or question. But it's all for your own good and protection, right? They've BOMBARDED the masses with endless propaganda regarding a "highly contagious, high fatality rate" virus, right? Well, they've got people separated from their own families, friends, children, grandchildren. People have been programmed into paranoia in order to dissolve any direct communication, contact or personal connection with other individuals. That way all communication must go through the system of being monitored, regulated, and censored at the will of authority. The best control over slaves is to convince them they are not slaves. NW0 Face Diaper, the Devil's mask 😷. An ideal barrier to dissolve human interactions, relating and relationships. "Lockdown" is for prison inmates. "Social Distancing" is anti-social. 0rwellian double-speak. Strategically chosen oxymoron buzzphrases to be incessantly ingrained into the minds of the cattle below, and it's working all too well.

[@grizzdebear7293]

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

[@42lookc]

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

[@mervunit]

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

[@TheRealFobican]

~2015 - 2021

[@iamwhoimnotimnotwhoiam4431]

They even have the 6 feet apart rule in play

[@spiff3872]

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

[@tjkokos]

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

[@solaceboy]

This is where we are heading. Thanks a lot.

[@jackwagon1798]

Non essential, the new obsolete.

[@eventhorizon3158]

All hail Apple, Amazon and Google.

[@s0nnyburnett]

@@eventhorizon3158 Hail lest ye be canceled.

[@kenetickups6146]

@@eventhorizon3158 It's funny because your ilk worship the other monopolies

[@eventhorizon3158]

@@kenetickups6146 like...?

[@kenetickups6146]

@@eventhorizon3158 Boeing, all the other military monopolies

[@OliveGirlNY]

We already knew. Rod Serling was a genius. Intelligent, excellent communicator, and great at conveying the point without the fluff. Would have been great in our era too. 🖤

[@padale29]

"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]

@Cannibal Warlord for real

[@Andy-df5fj]

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

[@tjkokos]

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]

@@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.

[@benjaminzerr6708]

Man: I exist! Other dude: Gives him the stink eye

[@Sanguiluna]

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]

everyone is a fucking art major stfu loser

[@Sanguiluna]

Imperator Liberal Found the statist

[@Vesnicie]

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]

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

[@adaeptzulander2928]

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.

[@Anlushac11]

I remember this episode. So many incredibly good Twilight Zone episodes. Fifty years old and still a awesome watch.