In "Static", a deeply embittered resident of a peculiar type of retirement home is fed up with the TV-addiction of his fellow residents and dusts off an antique radio that got stored in the basement since many years. Alone in his room, he finds the frequency of a radio channel that seemingly broadcasts directly from the 1940s and instantly gets catapulted back to better and more glorious times. This is certainly not my preferred type of "Twilight Zone" episode, because it's sentimental and talkative instead of sinister and Sci-Fi like, but at the same time I must also acknowledge it's perhaps one of the most ambitious, thought-provoking and intelligent installments of Rod Serling's entire series! How much depth and symbolism can you put into one simple 25-minute story; - seriously? Serling and the genius writer Charles Beaumont evoke a few very depressing but also timeless and universal feelings here: we are ALL sad beings yearning for the nostalgia of lost years and endlessly regretting the non-grabbing of life's opportunities for whatever reason. Anything as simple as an (imaginary?) radio show can tear those old wounds right back open. It doesn't sound like a typic "Twilight Zone" premise, but it's subtly and absorbingly handled by the entire cast and crew of this nifty episode. And, to me, it also illustrates how timeless and immortal this TV-show is. Protagonist Ed Lindsay sees television as the modern demon that trampled his beloved radio, whereas now, more than half a century later, 40-ish dorks like myself curse the internet & social media for oppressing our good old-fashioned television set.