Rod Serling And The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

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With ominous monologues, special effects, and unexpected- twist The Twilight Zone captured the attention and imagination of America during the height of the Cold War and the twenty- first century. One of the most famous episodes titled “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” was written by Rod Serling and originally aired in 1960. In 2002, an updated version of the same story was aired under the title "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." Though shown more than 40 years part, both stories convey the same fundamental theme in slightly different ways. One distinct change is the radically different technology; in addition, the characters are modernized to reflect the twenty- first century; however, the storyline

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