Nelson was good enough to jog my memory and send me one of the quintessential moment in television history. As you can see Mr. Shatner cringes in fear as the horror that is slowly destroying the plane he is riding in. Yes, the Twilight Zone's "Terror at 20,000 Feet". This episode was responsible for a phobia that still haunts me to this day. That of pulling aside a curtain on a dark night. I still get this little thrill of fear at what might reside on the other side of cloth barrier.
Richard Matheson is 86 as of February 20th. Incredibly prolific, Matheson's work is well known in many genre including my favorite Science Fiction. Besides his television work many of his novels have been adapted to the big screen. Two of note were The Incredible Shrinking Man, and I Am Legend, both ground breaking in their scope. I Am Legend alone has been done several times, latest of note stared Will Smith, with an earlier version staring the great Charlton Heston. Plus who can ever forget Steven Speilburg first outing in the 1971 "Duel"!
The Wikipedia has a great article here and writer Dayton Ward has a nice tribute on his blog The Fog Ward
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