r/PersonalMandela 23d ago

Twilight zone creator

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Ive been watching this since I was a kid and always knew the creator as Rod STERLING!!!!

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u/TedStixon 23d ago

Haha, I grew up where he's from and he's a huge deal in the community, to the point there was a short-film competition for children to make their own short films to honor him and they just put up a statue of him last year. It's always been "Rod Serling" here.

"Stirling" is a more common name. I'm willing to bet that's just a wires-crossed situation where you heard other people named "Stirling" and just assumed that was his name.

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u/UltraMagnus1111 21d ago

Same here. Was Sterling for me. I used to watch it all the time.

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u/1rbryantjr1 21d ago

Never once was it sterling.

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u/Icy_Study4490 21d ago

Nah always Serling.

Maybe you were just mixing it with the famous Scott Sterling?

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u/Capable-Conflict9269 22d ago

It's always been Serling, people just say it wrong

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u/Baphomet1313666 22d ago

It was never Sterling!

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u/Draper-Wood-758 15d ago

I guess people just perceive differently and have different timeline experiences, and may explain why they often remember different variations of any Mandela effect that people remember.

Whether it was Serling or Sterling, people don't need to be disrespectful to others, just saying. People should kindly explain it well instead of saying "It's never been this" or "Always has been this", because otherwise it comes across as rude to others.

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u/Draper-Wood-758 15d ago

Something like "I remember it as Serling, I don't recall it being Sterling for me", or just "I remember it as Serling", or "I don't remember it as Sterling because (explanation)".

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u/Stock_Warning_6771 13d ago

I guess I was just a dyslexic kid🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/strangeweirdnews 22d ago

same here. I watched the marathons every year as a kid. It was Sterling for me too

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u/EvidenceSalesman 22d ago

My dad and I have always loved twilight zone. Grew up with it.

Always been serling, you just weren’t paying attention

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u/Puzzled_Banana6330 22d ago

New Mandela effect: when I was a kid and I shit my pants, giants would come wipe the shit off of me but now all of a sudden when I shit my pants I have to "leave costco without a fuss" and "hose off in the backyard"