"Route 66" (1960) TV series 1960-1964

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Creators:

Herbert B. Leonard
Stirling Silliphant

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

7 October 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Only fiction series written & shot all over North America. 2 young adventurers in a Corvette explore early 60's social problems and changing mores...

Plot Keywords:

Route 66 | Corvette | Highway | Traveling | Number In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Martin Milner	...	Tod Stiles / ... (116 episodes, 1960-1964)
George Maharis	...	Buz Murdock / ... (71 episodes, 1960-1963)
Glenn Corbett	...	Lincoln Case / ... (32 episodes, 1963-1964)

Runtime:

60 min | 60 min (116 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Lancer-Edling Productions

Trivia:

Throughout the series there are numerous references to Tod having attended college at Yale, but did he graduate? In the last episode of Season 2 ({2-32} "From An Enchantress Fleeing") Tod mentions that he "ended his studies after his third year in 1960 and did not finish".

Movie Connections:

Featured in Route 66: Return to the Road with Martin Milner (1998) (V)

A series that was way ahead of its time

I have been living in Asia for the past 32 years so I don't know if

reruns of "Route 66" have ever been running on television in the States

over the past 3 decades. But 20 years ago when I read Alvin Toffler's

prediction in The Third Wave that the future would see professionals

not loyal to any one company but working with an honest fervor at a

given task and then moving on to the next worthy challenge, my

impression was, "this guy is describing the world of Buz and Tod on

'Route 66'." In an era when America was composed of white collar

office workers and blue collar union members, all working towards a

pension, 'Route 66' was a breath of fresh air, an escape, and a

challenge to try something different as well as a reminder that one

should move on not with a sense of despair but with a feeling of

jubilation and wonder at what is over the next hill. Against the

current economic climate in both Japan and the U.S.A., such a reminder

is especially needed today. Let's move on with a sense of jubilation

and wonder. And to help us do it, bring back the "Route 66" series.