953 nut 69,199 #1 Posted 7 hours ago October 7, 1960, the first episode of the one-hour television drama "Route 66" airs on CBS. The program had a simple premise: It followed two young men, Buz Murdock (George Maharis) and Tod Stiles (Martin Milner), as they drove across the country in an inherited Corvette (Chevrolet was one of the show’s sponsors), doing odd jobs and looking for adventure. “Route 66″was different from every other show on television. For one thing, it was shot on location all over the United States instead of in a studio. By the time its run was up in 1964, the show’s cast and crew had traveled from Maine to Florida and from Los Angeles to Toronto: In all, they taped 116 episodes in 25 states. The show was a serious drama with social-realist pretensions, but its nomadic premise meant that it could tackle a new issue—war, mental illness, religion, murder, drug addiction, drought—every week. 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 13,011 #2 Posted 7 hours ago Funny, I do not recall that car ever breaking down..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 69,199 #3 Posted 7 hours ago 2 minutes ago, ri702bill said: Funny, I do not recall that car ever breaking down..... Considering the fact that Chevrolet sponsored the show I doubt that a car problem was ever considered. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 17,581 #4 Posted 5 hours ago My wife and I got to do part of our bucket list and drove a section of Route 66 last year. I wish we'd had the time to do the whole road while it was still complete. But that takes me back to my dad. In the mid 1930's, he was asked by his foster mother and father, who had just gotten a brand new Packard, to drive them out to Los Angeles. So they went to Chicago, picked up Route 66 and drove all the way to L.A. and back. I wish there were pictures. That trip could have been a movie, "Driving Mr. & Mrs. Daisy". 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 17,469 #5 Posted 4 hours ago 59 minutes ago, rmaynard said: went to Chicago, picked up Route 66 and drove all the way to L.A. and back Wow, that must been quite the trip, indeed! I can remember during my childhood my parents’ excitement when new sections of turnpike or interstate were completed or a new bridges got built to let us travel more quickly. They were more about the destination than the journey having limited money and a car full of sometimes fractious young children! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 13,011 #6 Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, Handy Don said: excitement when new sections of turnpike or interstate were completed or a new bridges got built I recall the building of RT 95 thru Providence as a kid. It took several years and many detours to be completed. I mention detours - my aunt lived on the other side of 95 and it was always an adventure to get there and back on our weekly visit. A tidbit - the infamous Thurbers Avenue curve was not part of the intended road path. A straighter route more inland was intended - but that got redesigned after three local Politicians had bought up all the houses in the path of the curve and, somehow, the intended path failed all the Perk Tests.. Edited 3 hours ago by ri702bill 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 17,469 #7 Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, ri702bill said: always an adventure to get there and back One regular family visit involved a ferry across the Hudson River. We kids thought it was just the coolest thing, but the new bridge shortened the travel time by more than an hour and was free. The ferry went out of business, of course. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
