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The show's host and creator, [[Rod Serling]], can be seen on the cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]].''
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[[File:The_Twilight_Zone.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Rod Serling.]]
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'''The Twilight Zone''' (1959-1964) was a popular and influential American TV series, written and hosted by [[Rod Serling]]. It featured mysterious, paranormal, futuristic, dystopian or disturbing stories, usually with a plot twist and Serling's moral message.
  
Referenced in [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]] and [[Rhymin' Man]].
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[[Ida Lupino]] directed one episode of this series, ''The Masks''.
  
Zappa once said that the enthusiastic response of the Czechs during political meetings with [[Václav Havel]] sometimes felt like ''"The Twilight Zone".''
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==Zappa and The Twilight Zone==
  
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Twilight Zone, The]]
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The theme of this TV program is referenced in ''[[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]'' and ''[[Rhymin' Man]]'' and again during some live concerts.
[[Category:Favorite TV shows|Twilight Zone, The]]
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[[Biography|Zappa]] once said that the enthusiastic response of the Czechs during political meetings with [[Václav Havel]] sometimes felt like ''"The Twilight Zone".''
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Host Rod Serling was also featured on the cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]''.
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==See Also==
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*[[wikipedia:The Twilight Zone|Wikipedia article on The Twilight Zone]]
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*[https://donlope.net/fz/songs/Twilight_Zone.html Article with all the Twilight Zone Theme references in Zappa's work]
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Twilight Zone]]
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[[Category:Favorite TV shows|Twilight Zone]]
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[[Category:Covers And Musical Quotes|Twilight Zone]]

Latest revision as of 08:12, 9 August 2021

Rod Serling.

The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) was a popular and influential American TV series, written and hosted by Rod Serling. It featured mysterious, paranormal, futuristic, dystopian or disturbing stories, usually with a plot twist and Serling's moral message.

Ida Lupino directed one episode of this series, The Masks.

Zappa and The Twilight Zone

The theme of this TV program is referenced in Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk and Rhymin' Man and again during some live concerts.

Zappa once said that the enthusiastic response of the Czechs during political meetings with Václav Havel sometimes felt like "The Twilight Zone".

Host Rod Serling was also featured on the cover of We're Only In It For The Money.

See Also