"Way Out" was a very, very short-lived anthology series that SHOULD have worked. After all, it aired just before "The Twilight Zone" and was very similar in many ways. The biggest difference is that the show was hosted by Roald Dahl--and his intros and exits each show were trippy to say the least! His image was replicated (like an LSD trip) and the things he said were truly bizarre and laced with very black comedy. Heck, the show was worth seeing just for Dahl's bizarre delivery!! But the show that followed was superb also---at least I can say that on the surviving shows. About half of them are currently available for free download at archive.org--a site IMDb often links to for TV and films that are in the public domain. I urge you to visit the site and either watch the show online or download them to watch later. The worst of them I saw was excellent--and the rest should have become classics.
As to why the show did not last, perhaps the bizarreness just didn't click with audiences (though in the later 60s it would have). Or, perhaps the network execs just didn't give it a chance. All I know is that based on what I've been able to find, it was a classic waiting to happen.
As to why the show did not last, perhaps the bizarreness just didn't click with audiences (though in the later 60s it would have). Or, perhaps the network execs just didn't give it a chance. All I know is that based on what I've been able to find, it was a classic waiting to happen.