Set for your approval: This fascinating 50-year-old Mike Wallace interview with writer Rod Serling delves into issues that continue to exist today, issues that probably always will exist.

When it first aired in September 1959, the medium of television was relatively young and so were Wallace, 41, and Serling, 34. What would become Serling's signature series, "The Twilight Zone," was less than two weeks away from its debut.

(While talking about having to fight the powers that be about content in the past, notice how dodgy Serling is when it comes to whether "Twilight Zone" would deal with social issues of the day.)

Part one of this edition of "The Mike Wallace Interview" is above. Part two and part three can be found below. The interview is followed in part three by video various "Twilight Zone" commercial bumpers one normally doesn't see anymore. Enjoy.