Got an entire generation properly heated about whether the vampire or the werewolf was the better boyfriend.
Fun fact: Rod Serling wrote 92 of the 156 original episodes himself after CBS censors kept blocking his scripts.
A wrinkly little alien who looks like a thumb somehow had the whole planet in tears by '82.
Fun fact: M&M's declined the product placement deal, so Reese's Pieces were used instead, boosting their sales by 65%.