Twilight Zone's Rod Serling Played a Lonely Writer in This Forgotten Sitcom

According to has Tucker research, “Ichabod And Me" seemed promising Since THE to start due has THE participation of "Leave he has Beaver" co-creators Bob Mosher And Joe Connelly, WHO do This to show together And would be go on has rod another big hit with "THE Munsters.” THE series Also had THE help of popular comic Jack at Benny's production business. Again early Comments For THE series — which was rebuilt After A failed pilot — were terrible. Descriptions of THE to show call has spirit THE exhausting city ​​dwellers subplots of modern series “Gilmore Girls," only a lot less funny And without beloved characters has ground THE scenes. Journalist Harriet Van Horne wrote A of THE most scathing Comments, quoted In Tucker book: "A network that would be buy 'Ichabod' For prime evening time would be buy THE Brooklyn Bridge Since A tavern drunk — And pay in cash."

THE possible cancelation of “Ichabod And Me" came as No surprise, but THE to show always do history In A little path with A key guest star place. Serling, by SO Already functioning on companion CBS to show "THE Dusk Area," appeared In A Single episode of THE to show as A very private writer appointed Eugene Hollenfield In 1962. A year earlier, Time review had declared author J.D. Salinger A recluse, And THE subject of antisocial literary geniuses was apparently on America spirit. THE episode saw Bob And THE ancient from the journalist girl Abby (Christine White) cornelian pretend has be beatniks has to try has score A interview with Hollenfield, but according to has Serling himself, THE entire thing was A wash. "I Never had A double that looked like THE English language," he is quoted as saying In Grindstone Of Eyebrows Television In Goodbye column (by Tucker).