"Route 66" (1960)TV series 1960-1964

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 / ... (39 episodes, 1960-1964)
George Maharis	...	Buz Murdock (28 episodes, 1960-1963)

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:

One memorable episode featured Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and Peter Lorre. Karloff and Chaney were given the chance to don their famous Universal Frankenstein Monster and Wolf Man make-up for the first time in decades.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Wonder Boys (2000)

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.