To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone) To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone) "To Serve Man" is episode 89 of the anthology series "The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)". It originally aired on March 2, 1962 on CBS. The episode was written by Rod Serling and Richard L. Bare and directed by Bare. The story is based on the 1950 short story "To Serve Man", written by Damon Knight. The title is a paraprosdokian using the verb "serve," which has dual meanings of "to assist" or "to provide as a meal." The episode is one of the few instances in the series wherein an actor breaks the
The Whole Truth (The Twilight Zone) glint. Such occurrences also can be seen in "The Night of the Meek". John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States at the inaugural ceremonies held in Washington the afternoon of the day this episode originally aired. Therefore, Jack Carson's final line was not only a very topical one, it was one of the rare times that a current president was actually mentioned during a "Twilight Zone" episode. In the Twilight Zone radio drama adaption of this episode, the character of the Soviet premier was replaced with an emir from the Middle East. The