There’s a lot more to Roald Dahl than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…
Roald Dahl was many things… including a fighter pilot, a renowned author, and a spy. But few people know that he was also the host of his very own Twilight Zone–style sci-fi/horror anthology show, Way Out, a macabre program that ran for a single season and almost gave Rod Serling’s more famous program a run for its money.
And it all began with a terrible game show.
See what you’re missing – read the entire article at Atlas Obscura.
I may be one of the few who actually remember watching “Way Out” as a child, and being petrified! My parents, while blocking me from “stupid” kids’ shows, seemed to have had no worries about letting me join them to absorb the interesting images in movies like “The Thing,” “The Hanging Tree” and “M.” Consequently, I had nightmares for years about the man in “False Face.” I believe “Way Out” was preceded on the TV schedule by “Route 66,” a harmless boy-buddy adventure, but to me Route 66’s closing theme was a harbinger of horror by association and made me shudder. It was probably good for my young mental health that W.O. was so short lived…