Ahead of the anniversary, Rod’s daughters, Anne and Jodi Serling, are looking back at their father’s lasting legacy, as well as their family's Christmas traditions “He could be very funny.

Carol Burnett and Rod Serling appear together while filming the 'Cavender Is Coming' episode of the CBS television program "Twilight Zone," in January 23. 1962.

For three weekends, the Theater Company of Lafayette is celebrating the 100th birthday of “The Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling with a playful nod to his groundbreaking work.

Serling's comedy about the Cincinnati Reds was broadcast only once on television — live on NBC — in 1955 until WVXU revived the script as a radio play six decades later.

Actors, aged 21–70, are wanted for various roles, including the Rod Serling-like host. Filming will take place in late December in New York City. Pay is $250 per day for one or two days of work.

Also, Serling's service as a paratrooper in World War II altered the way he walked. "His gait was a little off," said the actor. To compensate, he sometimes walks on set with a pebble in his shoe.

“He could be very funny. He had an incredible sense of humor, and he was also so warm and gentle,” says Jodi The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, who died at age 50 in 1975, would have ...