Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo...

December 24, 2007 8:33 PM

It's easy with the excessive shopping, TV specials, nonstop music, etc. but tomorrow we honor one of mankind's most important people. A man who told parables to the masses of how the meek shall inherit the earth, how to serve man, and how to face our own personal demons. People have built monuments to him, even died in his name. I am, of course, referring to Rod Serling (born 12/25/1924). Merry Serlingmas!
posted by champthom (19 comments total)

I don't think he was half as good as Rod Serling
posted by donfactor at 8:37 PM on December 24, 2007 [1 favorite]

I'll be lighting a candle for James Brown who died last Christmas day...
posted by 45moore45 at 8:38 PM on December 24, 2007 [1 favorite]

Personally, I celebrate Bogartmus, born exactly 25 years earlier. I also spell Serling without the t. Here's looking at you, Zone.
posted by allen.spaulding at 8:39 PM on December 24, 2007

I didn't know that. And I watched Treasure Of The Sierra Madre today. God, Dobbs was an asshole.
posted by sourwookie at 8:45 PM on December 24, 2007

Who is this Rod Sterling you speak of? Otherwise, well done.
posted by Roman Graves at 9:06 PM on December 24, 2007

So close.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 9:30 PM on December 24, 2007

(Our young son is named Sterling, and after his birth more than one person said: "Like Rod Sterling?" Not quite ...) But a happy Serlingmas to all!
posted by lisa g at 9:36 PM on December 24, 2007

Mods, PLEASE correct my misspelling soon. That would be the greatest Xmas present of all.
posted by champthom at 9:39 PM on December 24, 2007 [1 favorite]

Take comfort, champthom, for you are not alone. Many, many people at one time or another have made that very same mistake.

Of course, you are probably the only one to commit the mistake to writing, in a relatively exhaustive MeFi FPP on the man...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:02 PM on December 24, 2007

Your post title is sheer perfection, however.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:04 PM on December 24, 2007

May we gently taunt you about the misspelling as long as it lasts? And -- very nice FPP!
posted by maudlin at 10:12 PM on December 24, 2007

rod sterling would be a good name for a porn star.
posted by bruce at 10:44 PM on December 24, 2007

rod sterling would be a good name for a porn star.

Starring in Twila's Zone.
posted by katillathehun at 11:55 PM on December 24, 2007

Merry xmas, champthon. Serling-ified for posterity, gentle taunts left intact because Rod would have dug it.
posted by cortex at 1:06 AM on December 25, 2007

Pssst... cortex! Speaking of misspellings... Consider this a gentle taunt. Merry Christmas!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:16 AM on December 25, 2007

Explain!
posted by cortex at 9:34 AM on December 25, 2007

I thought this was going to be about Jimmy Buffett.
posted by yoga at 9:38 AM on December 25, 2007

Explain!

You misspelled his username, which was, of course, perfect in the current context of moderator spelling repairs! It's champthom.

/gentle reminder for reason for gentle taunt
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:07 PM on December 25, 2007

m, not n. God dammit. I stared at it for like a full minute because I was worried about that.
posted by cortex at 8:52 PM on December 25, 2007