Below are media mentions from The Dixon Evening Telegraph, from Dixon, Illinois, USA.
June 4, 1954
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From In Hollywood by Erskine Johnson:
The Roald Dahl who won the Edgar Allen Poe award for the best gory short story of the year is Patricia Neal’s hubby. . . .
June 1, 1961
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‘Way Out’ Host Dislikes People
by Dick Kleiner
NEW YORK (NEA)—Roald Dahl, host of “Way Out,” may prove to be New York’s answer to Alfred Hitchcock. . . . Tall, semi-sardonic with a slight British accent.
He long has been regarded as one of the top writers of macabre stories. . . . He says be likes to write them “to point out the rottenness of people.”
“They’re all stinkers, aren’t they? The women are just as bad as the men — in some cases, worse. Men are more aggressive—they like to fight—but women are more unscrupulous.”
Dahl has entered the hosting business out of necessity. . . . He prefers writing, especially short stores. . . .”I like to work slowly, do about three a year, after many false starts. I sell them and make perhaps $1,500 to $1,800 a year. It’s not very much but, you see, after a few years, the residuals begin to come in—one is bought for television, another goes into an anthology—and you find yourself with a steady $15,000 a year. Which is fine, isn’t it?”
He says he would have gone on being happy like that but his son was injured in an accident and the hospital and doctor bills are enormous. . . “So I passed the word to my agent that I would do other things and here I am. I don’t particularly enjoy it. I’ve always hated acting. But I think it’ll help the sale of my books.”
Dahl’s particular dislikes are art dealers and theatrical producers—they’re all up to no good.” He hasn’t quite made up his mind about TV producers yet.