Out of This World TV series
Out of This World was the Umbrella title for a series of low-budget "B" monster/horror movies shown locally in Charleston, South Carolina, on WCIV-TV, Channel 4, from the time the station went on the air in 1962 until the mid-'70s. The series, which aired on Saturdays at 11 p.m., had no host (unlike rival Channel 5's Scream Theatre with Ashley Ghastly). It did boast a locally-produced opening segment, as well as a closing segment. The opening featured film clips or still shots set to spooky music and a voice-over with an echo effect: "Good evening. Won't you join us...on an excursion...beyond The Eddies of reality...past The Ebb and Flow of daily life...adventure into the veiled, the obscure, the unknown. Come along, as we take you Out...of...this...world!" (You can find rare audio of this theme on YouTube by searching Out of This World Charleston). The first movie shown on "Out of This World" was "The Bat" with Vincent Price. The second was "The Indestructible Man" with Lon Chaney. Others included "The Beginning of the End," "The Amazing Colossal Man" and "It! The Terror From Beyond Space." The station saved its "A" monster movies, such as "The Creature From the Black Lagoon," for its bigger audiences at 4 p.m. weekdays on "The Early Show," hosted by Charlie Broyles. "Out of This World" ran for over 10 years, and a perennial advertiser was J.L. Goldberg's furniture store. Sonny Goldberg (J.L.'s son?) could be heard singing, "They call me the old King Street singer, 'cause I sing whenever I'm blue." Source: Fred L. Smith, TV columnist for Charleston's The News and Courier from 1978 to 1984.