The Mike Wallace Interview - Rod Serling (1959)

Due to film deterioration the quality of the video is pretty bad, however, the quality of the interview is excellent. Mike Wallace quizzes Rod Serling on several issues that were strong concerns in the late 1950's. Serling is very honest and direct with his answers.

Rod Serling definitely lashes out about censorship at the time and how ridiculous network rules were at that time. Wallace cultivates several other nuggets out as well. He goes over the resume Serling had already built up by 1959.

A timely thing about this is Serling is just starting production on The Twilight Zone when this interview is being conducted. Serling states he is working on the series 7 days a week & 13 hours a day on average. Serling actually addresses the fact that with the kind of success he already had, that he was having a tough time finding time for his wife & kids because of our system even then.