Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, was so talkative that on a two hour car ride the rest of his family remained silent to see if Rod would notice their lack of participation. He did not, talking nonstop through the entire car ride.
His parents encouraged his talents as a performer from the start. Sam Serling built a small stage in the basement, where Rod often put on plays (with or without neighborhood children).
CRT's have a long afterglow so has plasmas, so there is defenetly no flicker as the cause of dogs not being "able" to see TV.
LCD's on the other hand was much hated at first because they could'nt refresh fast enough and that made them flicker.
Back then pc graphics cards didnt have refresh rates past 70Hz because there was no "need" for it as the CRT's could'nt keep up.
100 years ago some films was done in 16 pictures/second, does that mean that we cant see then because we would "only" see flicker?