Rod Serling was a genius and had a vision of, not only his world, but of our world many centuries later. He imagined what we never could at the time and surprised us with his outside-the-box scenarios. To correct a previous poster's comment, this was not the first time Rod appeared on screen as he prefaced Episode #1 (pilot). Also, 'A World of His Own' (#36) was the one and only episode that any actor acknowledged that Rod was actually in the room. I have all 156 shows with 1st-showing dates (plus the original interview with Mike Wallace) and I watch them religiously. The only show that even came close is the original Outer Limits.