Does Earl Hamner, Jr. Remind You of the Twilight Zone? He Should
One of the most celebrated series from TV’s Golden Age is, of course, The Twilight Zone. The theme music, to this day, reminds many of something that is strange and unexplainable. It does not matter whether they lived during the first run of the series or came of age yesterday. Obviously, the creator as well as the host — Rod Serling is iconic but another name that may not click with people nostalgic for the strange storylines is Earl Hamner, Jr.
More famous for creating and narrating The CBS television series The Waltons, Earl Hamner, Jr. was a Hollywood writer from Virginia whose scripts touched the hearts of many, with down-home style storylines.
He created the Waltons based on his own rural Virginia upbringing. However, long before, John-Boy set a pen to paper, Hamner wrote scripts for several programs starting with an episode of the Kate Smith Hour in 1953. The Twilight Zone is the first series, according to IMDB, where he received credit for several episodes.
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