Interview with Night Gallery co-author Scott Skelton

For this journey, the TV Time Machine travels back to 1969 to explore a dimly-light, frequently frightening art gallery populated by bizarre canvases. Within this exhibit, a dark, intense, and somewhat mysterious host would guide television viewers through three seasons of captivating tales featuring the odd, the bizarre, and the supernatural.

Our guest is Scott Skelton, co-author of the book Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour. In these audio segments, Scott and Jim discuss working together on the Night Gallery book and also serving as Historical Consultants on Universal Home Entertainment's DVD release of Rod Serling's Night Gallery Season Two.

In the first hour of a two-part interview, Scott Skelton helps us relive virtually every aspect of this memorable television series, and explores the career of a man whose genius and creativity is responsible for many of the medium's finest moments, Rod Serling.

Listen to the interview below

Scott Skelton Audio Interview Segment One

In this segment, author Scott Skelton talks about the genesis of Rod Serling's Night Gallery and Steven Spielberg's directorial debut helming the series pilot (which included working with film legend Joan Crawford). Scott also discusses two classic Night Gallery episodes, They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar and The Caterpillar.

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Scott Skelton Interview Segment Two

For this segment, Scott Skelton discusses H.P. Lovecraft's stories that were adapted for the series, Pickman's Model and Cool Air. Scott also talks about the remarkable work of Jeannot Szwarc, who directed Class of '99 and twenty-one other segments for the show. Finally, Scott reviews some of the extraordinary features included on the DVD release of Night Gallery Season Two.

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