TONIGHT is the EXACT 62nd Anniversary of TWILIGHT ZONE creator ROD SERLING'S Christmas episode, "Night of the Meek," starring Art Carney and directed by Jack Smight, which originally aired on Friday night, December 23, 1960 at 10:00pm on CBS. Here's an essay I wrote about it, and an excerpt: "Its earnest but heartwarming touches give 'Meek' a gravitas not normally associated with holiday-themed television episodes, a seriousness steeped in Serling’s Judeo-Christian-Unitarian social concerns of the time, like the burgeoning civil rights movement. "In the episode’s opening department store scene, the first person we notice is a young boy—a black boy—placed prominently in the foreground, a black among the all-white crowd of parents and kids. "This was 1960, when nary a 'negro' was to be found on television...so after Carney's Santa wistfully whines, 'On one Christmas, I’d like to see the meek inherit the earth,' Director Smight cuts right to a closeup of that black kid." https://bit.ly/3WjjFvH #rodserling #twilightzone #thetwilightzone #artcarney #tv #television #tvhistory #televisionhistory #christmas #santaclaus #arlenschumer @dgareps @dbbushman @richardsyrettstrangeplanet @adamschumer @nyadventureclub https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmg9HOeLYUb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
















