But just because something’s good,doesn’t mean that it’s accurate.
With “Showdown with Rance McGrew,” Serling sought to change that.
Turns out, it was prettysatisfying for Rod Serling, too.
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“It had no sense of humor in it.”
Fox’s idea sounds almost likeLonely Are the Brave, but Serling had a different take.
By making Rance a made-on-TV U.S.
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
But just because something is a great idea on paper doesn’t mean the execution is perfect.
Actually, apes in The Twilight Zone would have been epic, too.
The Twilight Zoneis available to watch on Paramount+ in the U.S.
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