[NicknamedBob]

"Good Ev-en-ing."

That was the way Mr. Hitchcock greeted his audience, pronouncing the syllables separately.

I think Rod Serling picked up his technique of introducing the episode with a pungent anecdote.

You shouldn't be too young to remember him.

[Darksheare]

I remember the Alfred Hitchcock presents: shows.
They had a half sillouette of him, he'd step up to it, it'd disappear, and then he'd speak.

I was thinking of Bela Lugosi though..