After the Twilight Zone episode was made, Henry Slesar went back to the well again for radio, but this time the story title was changed from The Self Improvement of Salvadore Ross, to A Bargain in Blood. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-twilight-zone-podcast--5856481/support.

Before Rod Serling re-tooled it for The Twilight Zone, The Self Improvement of Salvadore Ross was a short story by Henry Slesar. Read for you tonight, by Tom Elliot. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-twilight-zone-podcast--5856481/support.

The tickets are out! It's time to buy your tickets for Serling-Fest 2024 in Binghampton, New York! To buy your tickets, go to the OFFICIAL TICKET PAGE.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-twilight-zone-podcast--5856481/support.

Tom Elliot puts himself into suspended animation for this most heart breaking of Twilight Zones. The Long Morrow. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-twilight-zone-podcast--5856481/support.

A new date has been announced for Serlingfest 2024! And Tom Elliot is here to tell you all about it! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-twilight-zone-podcast--5856481/support.

Before The Long Morrow, there was The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. Soon we take a look at the Twilight Zone episode, but first let's remind ourselves of that original story. From a 1965 release called Have a Happy Holiday, by Lorne Greene. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-twilight-zone-podcast--5856481/support.

Tom Elliot stakes out the junction, to look out for Oliver Pope, a man with no conscience. But luckily, his car does in You Drive. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-twilight-zone-podcast--5856481/support.

Ring A Ding! Tom takes another flight, but this time with Bunny Blake, the Ring A Ding Girl. But is this episode quite as light hearted as the title suggests? Tom Elliot finds out. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-twilight-zone-podcast--5856481/support.

Tom Elliot wraps up some loose ends after the epic examination of Nightmare at 20,000 Feet in the last episode. Including listener comments, Serlingfest news, a Nightmare at 20,000 Feet commentary and listener audio feedback.

Join Tom Elliot on a series of interconnected nightmares, when you board a plane to take the seat that we've reserved for you... next to the wing. Tony Albarella, Vice President of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation and editor of As Timeless as Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet from Gauntlet Press joins Tom, to guide us through the dark skies of Richard Matheson's classic tale. BEST EXPERIENCED IN STEREO

The date for Serlingfest 2024 has been announced! Tune in for all of the essential information about when Rod Serling's statue will be unveiled in Binghamton, New York and when the Serlingfest 2024 celebration will take place!

Tonight as we wait for our flight, we listen to an early radio play penned by a young writer out of Cincinatti, called Rod Serling.

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Twenty Four Day twenty four of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "What is your favorite Twilight Zone or other Serling penned project, Christmas message..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Twenty Three Day twenty three of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "What Rod Serling or Twilight Zone related thing would you like to see in the future..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Twenty Two Day twenty two of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "On your Twilight Zone Mount Rushmore, if Rod Serling was the first, who would be the other three people..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Twenty One Day twenty one of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "What is your favorite Twilight Zone memory..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Twenty Day twenty of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "Favorite episode of Season Four and how they rank against the rest of the show..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Nineteen Day nineteen of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "Who is your favorite Twilight Zone actor..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Eighteen Day eighteen of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "What Twilight Zone needed a better ending and what should it be..."

I wasn't happy with my answer in today's calendar episode, so I recorded a new short episode where I come up with a better one!

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Seventeen Day seventeen of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "If there was to be a new Twilight Zone written by one writer, who should that writer be..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Sixteen Day sixteen of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "If you programmed a four episode Twilight Zone marathon with a theme, what would the episodes and the theme be..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Fifteen Day fifteen of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "If you could have dinner with Rod Serling and one other person, who would it be..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Fourteen Day fourteen of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "Which Twilight Zone hot take would get your fan card revoked..."

TZ Advent Calendar - Day Thirteen Day thirteen of the Twilight Zone Advent Calendar - play along in the comments... "Recommend some Twilight Zone books..."