Back in the day, CBS tried out this short-lived series as a lead-in for "The Twilight Zone". Well, either the public didn't like it or the network execs didn't--all I know is that it lasted only 14 episodes but fortunately several of them are available from archive.org--a site linked to MANY shows and movies on IMDb. And, after having watched several of them, I think it's a shame the show died such an early death. Perhaps it was just too weird for 1961...and I assure you, the show was VERY weird. Like most of the episodes, it's introduced by Roald Dahl and it's done in a very strange manner--one you just have to see to believe.
This show is MEGA-weird but not as creepy as the others I've seen--more the typical sort of stuff Dahl wrote for kids--with dogs who disappear (and may be dead), very bad things happening to people and the like. It begins with a really amoral little kid walking into the home of a very nasty man (John McGiver). If you look closely, you may notice the kid is Richard Thomas--who grew up to be John-Boy on "The Waltons". As for the nasty man, he's a weirdo who plans on turning people into frogs--and the kid is pretty comfortable about this provided he get money out of the deal. How all this comes to a strange an ironic twist at the end is something you'll just have to see for yourself.
This show is MEGA-weird but not as creepy as the others I've seen--more the typical sort of stuff Dahl wrote for kids--with dogs who disappear (and may be dead), very bad things happening to people and the like. It begins with a really amoral little kid walking into the home of a very nasty man (John McGiver). If you look closely, you may notice the kid is Richard Thomas--who grew up to be John-Boy on "The Waltons". As for the nasty man, he's a weirdo who plans on turning people into frogs--and the kid is pretty comfortable about this provided he get money out of the deal. How all this comes to a strange an ironic twist at the end is something you'll just have to see for yourself.