Route 66

Buzz

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Two young men drive around the US working at odd jobs, helping people, and searching for adventure. Ironically, the show was filmed on location all across the USA, but rarely near the real Route 66.

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Two young men drive around the US working at odd jobs, helping people, and searching for adventure. Ironically, the show was filmed on location all across the USA, but rarely near the real Route 66.less «

• Route 66 gangs

  Hello everyone, I am here to request some information regarding the 1960's television series, "Route 66." If anyone knows an...more »

  Hello everyone, I am here to request some information regarding the 1960's television series, "Route 66." If anyone knows anything about the gangs in "Route 66" or any other information about the show it would be greatly appreciated. If you could email me that would be best, my email is michiman@comcast.net Again if anyone has any information regarding "Route 66" please contact me ASAP. Thank you for your time and consideration everyone and I hope to hear many responses. -Trevorless «

  michiman Last online Dec 31, 1969
  6 comments, last one Apr 18, 2009 + Add Comment

• Route 66 and other "road shows"

  Route 66 may have been the first of TV's "road shows". One thing that set it apart from the others that followed was th...more »

  Route 66 may have been the first of TV's "road shows". One thing that set it apart from the others that followed was that Tod and Linc, and later Buzz, weren't running to or from anything, just seeking adventure, and finding it. There was one other such show, Then Came Bronson (NBC 1969-70), which featured a man who quit his job as a reporter to discover America on his motorcycle. Other road shows featured men who were on the run to or from something or someone. In The Fugitive (ABC 1963-67) David Janssen played a doctor falsly convicted of his wife's murder, and escaped death row to find the one-armed man, his wife's killer, all the while avoiding the persistent Lt. Gerard. Then, in Run For Your Life (NBC 1965-68)there was Ben Gazzara as a lawyer who was also just seeking adventure, but with a twist: he was told he had two years to live, so he set out to live his whole life in the time left (the show lasted three years, after which he was still alive and kicking). In The Immortal (ABC 1970-71), Christopher George played a test car driver who had a unique blood condition: it made him immune to disease or aging, a blessing, except that he was on the run from a greedy business man who sought it for himself, at any cost. In Kung Fu (ABC 1972-75) David Carradine was a gentle man who killed an imperial guard in his native China in self-defense, and escaped to America, constantly hounded by bounty hunters, using his martial arts skills only as a last resort. The Incredible Hulk (CBS 1978-82) featured Bill Bixby as a scientist who was on the road seeking a cure for his "condition", and avoiding a pesky reporter who, like the rest of the world, thinks he's dead. Route 66 was more or less to road shows what Dragnet was to cop shows, the Granddaddy of them all. (P.S. Run For Your Life ran 1965-68. I don't know where that sunny face came from, and I can't seem to get rid of it.) less «

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  7 comments, last one Jul 15, 2008 + Add Comment

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  8.5 Great

  This was a great series and could have had another couple of years maybe, on the air. The episodes were often intellecually inspired. The characters were role models and the show's message was generally about decency to your fellow man. hide « show »

  I liked the variety of famous locations and now historic value of the locations they chose to shoot the episodes. The writing was excellent, especially those written by Stirling Silliphant. Who also helped to create the show and another hit series, "The Baked City". Silliphant also received notable recognition for his writing involvements with "The Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and 'Perry Mason" series'. Route 66 is one tf the classic shows of the early sixties and a documentary of this country during that period before so much had been lost forever due to population growth and development. Route 66 is a work of art in the medium of television.

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  RGREEN9640 Added Apr 18, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  This was my favorite TV show in the early sixties. Very seldom did I miss an episode. I developed a life long love of corvettes due to this show, and to this day, my favorite vettes are the 60-63 vettes shown in the series. hide « show »

  Route 66 was a well written show with a constantly changing cast of guest roles played by veteran stars or newcomers on their way up. Martin Milner and George Maharis plus there beloved corvettes were the stars of the show and the anchor that supported the wonderful guest appearances. The success of the show was primarily for three reasons:
  
  1. Martin Milner and George Maharis were both very likeable in their roles as Tod and Buz.Tod was my favorite character; I have always liked Martin Milner, and got a chance to meet him once at a Route 66 car show in San Bernardino.
  
  2. The great writing that featured differenct locales and good offbeat story lines.
  
  3. The symbolism of the open road and a carefree lifestyle have a special place in the phyche of America. It\'s amazing that few other shows captured it like Route 66.
  
  I have been looking for videos of the shows for years but haven\'t
  
  
  found any yet. I wonder why the series hasn\'t come out on DVD yet? Maybe they haven\'t aged well. The Route 66 produced in the early 90\'s was not nearly as good as the original show and thus didn\'t last long.

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  Bobzmcishl Added Feb 4, 2006 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  The writing was top notch. So many famous actors and actresses got their start here. Yet it's not on DVD. It's a shame. hide « show »

  Although this show began in 1960, it really is still part of what I would call the Golden Age of Television. Stirling Silliphant wrote most of the scripts. They were always thought provoking. In 1960, I was 9. Oh, how I wanted to be a boy, driving around America in a Corvette, just like Buz and Tod!! I was so totally addicted to this show. Unfortunately, VCRs for the average home were just a dream in those days. Videos are available only through Columbia House...you CAN sometimes find them available on Ebay. My favortie episode was called Even Stones Have Eyes...where Buz goes blind. They tried to remake the show in the 90s but without decent scripts it fizzled quickly.

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  sebastian8flyte Added Dec 4, 2005 All my reviews