 Using this experience as inspiration he wrote "The Pedestrian", which he sent to his New York agent Don Congdon in March 1950.According to Eller, "[the story's] composition in the early months of 1950 predates Bradbury's conception of 'The Fireman,'" the short novella that would later evolve into "Fahrenheit 451".The story was made into an episode of "The Ray Bradbury Theater", starring David Ogden Stiers as Leonard Mead.