Next Stop Twilight Zone

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In what has to be one of the most iconic television intros of all time, Rod Serling prepares the viewer for the twisted reality they are about to experience in The Twilight Zone. While the intro changed slightly throughout the seasons, the line “Next stop, the Twilight Zone!” remained fairly constant. The show used an anthology format and focused on people dealing with the uncanny, often shading into social commentary. It had a strong cohort of popular writers and sometimes used adaptations of classic short stories, bringing beloved weird tales to life.

The Twilight Zone originally ran from 1959-1964, and there have been a few reboots of it since, with the most recent airing in 2019. In 1983, it was adapted into a feature length film.