The Outer Limits - 1963 Seasons - Intro - HD

" There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to — The Outer Limits.
— Opening narration, The Control Voice, 1960s "

[Mrthou]

The opening monologue is brilliant. Whoever wrote it was some kind of genius.

[Knight]

The voice was my Great Gandmother's brother, Vic Perrin. Got to meet him and his wife once. Neat guy.

[tuxguys]

One of the greatest openings for a TV show in TV History.

[Porschedriver]

As a kid watching this opening … I was freaked out! 😮😂

[StardustWhip]

Y'know... I wonder if, somewhere, someone was watching this, and there really _was_ something wrong with their television set, but because of this intro they thought there wasn't.

[RonaldVaughan]

R.I.P. VIC PERRIN....one of the most memorable announcers of all time. He will always be remembered as "The Control Voice". :)

[Nacho-Mamma]

I am so glad I own this entire original series. “The Outer Limits” gave us some of the greatest frights & monsters in television history.

[commanderkeen]

Such a brilliant opening. This is how you hook an audience and keep them engaged from the first second

[rtbarnes]

Most brilliant opening ever done for a tv show, bar none. Music, narration, visuals...

[papaboule]

Back in the 60's, we would visit a person's house to repair their tv.  If it was an old woman and she was incredibly fussy about the way the picture looked, we would adjust the vertical hold so the picture slowly rolled. We would then ask her which frame she liked best and lock it down.  She didn't know we were pranking her and she thought she was getting the best service.  The customer is always right.

[TheAdorkableRJ]

I'm not even in my thirties yet and I love this show as well as several other older SciFi/Horror anthology shows like Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, and Monsters. Those of you who are old enough to have watched The Outer Limits when it was brand new, I assure you that at least some of us youngsters do try to keep appreciation of the classics alive.

[ishmael]

Remember seeing this show on THIS TV back in the day

[fancy]

Watching the Outer Limits when I was 8 years old in the 60s scared the hell out of me. But I continued watching every week. The 1960 episodes were much better than the latter.

[evanpacheco]

This and Rod Serling's twilight zone are my two favorites! Awesome intro!

[kowalski]

This intro scared the crap out of me when I was four or five years old, but my older sisters held me by the arms so I couldn't run from the room in terror. But even as a little kid, I caught onto the fact that the actual episodes weren't as "scary" as the opening sequence.

[hampton]

The faded moon always scared me. And then that final music sequence! Brings back frightening memories.

[charlesaguilar]

this had to be one of the scarious shows in television history!! It was way ahead of it's time! The writers of this show had outstanding talent for the episodes that were displayed for 1963 and on!! Vic Perrin was the control voice and it made the show that much more creepy!! I have all the episodes on DVD because I liked the show so much! Long live the OUTER LIMITS!!

[Horrornextdoorgaming]

This show speaks to my childhood. Goosebumps so many years later.

[djmegahurtz]

These guys ate when they made this, I bought the set

[MerleOberon]

We use to turn all the lights off and watch these shows, and One Step Beyond, Twilight Zone, and get skeered.