Show's official title ('Way Out) actually begins with an apostrophe, to indicate that it is short for Away Out.
This New York production was recorded only on kinescopes, unlike I Love Lucy or the Twilight Zone and has never been syndicated. Recordings were the property of David Susskind for many years and surviving episodes are stored in a New York art museum, but they can be found on YouTube.
Reportedly, Martin Grams (who wrote a massive book about THE TWILIGHT ZONE) and Chuck Harter are writing a book about the TV series WAY OUT.
When the game show You're in the Picture, hosted by Jackie Gleason, failed in 1961 after only one episode, a replacement show had to be found fast. Producer David Susskind decided to capatilize on the success of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1959) which was then dominating the schedules. Susskind contacted Roald Dahl to help front a science-fiction and horror anthology series 'Way Out. Dahl was suited to this role of series host, as he was best known for his sinister and darkly amusing tales of horror and fantasy, published in the New Yorker. The idea was for Dahl to introduce each show with a brief amusing monologue, which related to that episode's story. It was also decided that Dahl's disturbing science-fiction/horror story "William and Mary" would kick the series off. After a hectic rush to write and produce it, the first episode premiered to rave reviews on On March 31 1961. But while the series proved a hit in all the major cities, it didn't fare as well across middle America. After 14 episodes, the plug was pulled. Mike Dann, then head of CBS Network Programming, has explained by saying the stories featured on 'Way Out were "Perhaps a little too macabre, a little too odd for television. Roald Dahl's show simply was just too limited to be that successful."