Way Out

Way Out (1961)


  • Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • First Air Date: 1961-03-31
  • Last Air Date: 1961-07-14
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 14
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 25 min.
  • Network: CBS
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Summary

Way Out was a 1961 fantasy and science fiction television anthology series hosted by writer Roald Dahl. The macabre 25-minute shows were introduced by Dahl's dry delivery of a brief introductory monologue, sometimes explaining a method of murdering a spouse without getting caught. The taped series began because CBS suddenly needed a replacement for a Jackie Gleason talk show that network executives were about to cancel, and producer David Susskind contacted Dahl to help mount a show quickly. The series was paired by the network with the similar The Twilight Zone for Friday evening broadcasts, running from March through July 1961 at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time, under the primary sponsorship of Liggett & Myers. Writers included Philip H. Reisman, Jr. and Sumner Locke Elliott. The premiere episode, "William and Mary", adapted from a Roald Dahl short story, told of a wife getting revenge on her husband. In "Dissolve to Black", an actress cast as a murder victim at a television studio goes through a rehearsal, but the drama merges with reality as she finds herself trapped on the show's near-deserted set. Other dramas offered startling imagery: a snake slithering up a carpeted staircase inside a suburban home, a disembodied brain in a jar, a headless woman strapped to an electric chair, with a light bulb in place of her head and half of a man's face erased.

  • Keywords: anthology
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    Way Out Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1961-03-31
    14 Episodes

    Way Out Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1William and Mary30 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Down Car30 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Sisters30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Button, Button30 min
    Season 1Episode 5I Heard You Calling Me30 min
    Season 1Episode 6The Croaker30 min
    Season 1Episode 7False Face30 min
    Season 1Episode 8Dissolve to Black30 min
    Season 1Episode 9Death Wish30 min
    Season 1Episode 10The Overnight Case30 min
    Season 1Episode 11Hush, Hush30 min
    Season 1Episode 12Side Show30 min
    Season 1Episode 13Soft Focus30 min
    Season 1Episode 1420/2030 min

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