So many Solar Panels, too little time!

[Gunkslinger]

The man in in black, with a cigarette in hand,

describes to you where your reality stands.

Shatner sees a creature in flight,

Winters and Klugman play a game through the night.

Back then it was scary, uplifting, humorous, at times not for the meek.

Today, in the present, we live in it, every day, every week.

[Gunkslinger]

Ivo has PM'ed me and won the goose, but has graciously offered to share for others that still want to take a stab at a part of it. I'll give it another day and post the answer, I don't want the leftovers to spoil.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Sort of sounds like...

THE TWILIGHT ZONE

...to me

[Gunkslinger]

This riddle is solved. Twilight Zone was the answer.

Ivo and ur2ndbiggestfan got the answer. Ivo wins the fair day goose, ur2ndbiggestfan gets the leftovers and a book 'To Serve Geese' (get the reference?)

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Let's make it even more obscure,

and sorry for hijacking your thread!

https://i.imgur.com/9s7YgKP.jpg

[Gunkslinger]

Let's make it even more obscure,

and sorry for hijacking your thread!

https://i.imgur.com/9s7YgKP.jpg

Nice! That particular episode was a favorite of mine.

Star Trek's 'Arena' was another favorite by another classic writer.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I confess, I had to look ARENA up, but of course I've heard of Fredric Brown.
An interesting tie-in is that Robert Bloch edited THE BEST OF FREDRIC BROWN, and Bloch wrote a couple of Star Trek episodes.

[Hunchback Jack]

Nice riddle. Well done to asker and answerers.