Product Description Now available on DVD for the first time, Route 66 has been digitally transferred from the original masters. The television series, which aired 1960-64, is one of the most brilliant dramas to emerge from the '60s, famous for its catchy Nelson Riddle theme song, intriguing characters, top-drawer writing and stellar guest appearances. The original "road trip" drama, this classic television series was one of the most highly rated of the era, establishing the Corvette as an American icon. .com Vintage TV buffs will get their kicks (you saw that one coming) from Route 66, the 1960 nomadic series that brought Beat-inspired wanderlust to primetime. Three years after the publication of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Yale-educated Tod (Martin Milner) and his scrappy Hell's Kitchen-bred friend, Buzz (George Maharis), set off in search of America in Tod's awesome Corvette convertible, his sole possession following his once-wealthy father's death. Buz ("the kid with the punch") handles most of the scrapes the buddies get into as they take odd jobs and invariably become embroiled in the personal dramas of the people they meet, as in the pilot, when they arrive, unwanted, in a closed-off small town hiding a shameful secret.Route 66 is perhaps best-known today for Nelson Riddle's classic cruising theme song (not the Nat "King" Cole tune), but nearly 50 years later, the series still runs like a top, with a vivid sense of place (the cross-country episodes were filmed on location) and dialogue that goes from cool banter ("Buz." one lunchtime pickup inquires, "is that your name or a high frequency?") to philosophical musings. Sterling Silliphant, who would go on to win an Academy Award for In the Heat of the Night, wrote the bulk of the literate, compelling scripts. The DVD box misleadingly pictures as guest stars Walter Matthau, Robert Redford, and Martin Sheen, who did appear during the series' run, just not in these first 15 episodes. But we do get Lee Marvin as a nasty rancher in "Sheba," Leslie Nielsen as a scientist who takes refuge in Carlsbad Caverns in anticipation of a bomb attack in "A Fury Slinging Flame," and E.G. Marshall as a misguided father in "Three Sides." There is unfortunately no star commentary, but this four-disc set gets some extra mileage from original commercials for Bayer Aspirin and Phillips Milk of Magnesia, and one touting the '61 Chevy Biscayne featuring William "Bub" Frawley and the kids from My Three Sons, and a Chevrolet Corevette photo gallery that should get classic car buffs' engines running. --Donald Liebenson
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Additional Features The story-telling event that made me want to become a writer was the premier of the classic TV show, Route 66. I was 17, doing so-so in high school, lacking plans and ambition, going nowhere. But all that changed at 8:30 p.m. on the first Friday of October in 1960 when a drama about motion gave me a destination. The series was about two young men (brilliantly portrayed by Martin Milner and George Maharis, the latter eventually replaced by Glenn Corbett) who drove a Corvette convertible across the United States in search of America and themselves. Providing a time capsule of 1960-64, every episode was filmed entirely on locationfrom Poland Springs, Maine, to Huntington Beach, California; from Seattle to St Louis to Tampa and a hundred communities between. Two-thirds of the episodes were written by Stirling Silliphant, who eventually received an Oscar for In the Heat of the Night and whose scripts for ROUTE 66 were an intriguing blend of intense action and philosophic/poetic speeches that sometimes lasted five minutes, with a flavor of Tennessee Williams combined with William Inge and Arthur Miller. As a bonus, the great arranger-composer Nelson Riddle contributed a new musical score every week, often with a jazz flavor. The series so knocked me over that I wrote to Silliphant, explaining my sudden ambition to follow his path. The long letter he sent in return gave me all the advice any writer needs. "Write, write, keep writing, and then write more." That letter is framed next to my desk. Eventually, Silliphant and I became friends and colleagues. In 1989, I was thrilled to see him listed as the executive producer of my NBC miniseries, Brotherhood of the Rose. Twenty-nine years after Route 66 debuted, a circle was completed, even as the road continued. -- David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of FIRST BLOOD and CREEPERS See more
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B**L
Hitch a ride to Route 66
Wow! Route 66 on DVD. Finally, we get to cruise America with Tod (Martin Milner) and Buzz (George Marahis).What can I say to convince you it's a `60s B&W series worth watching? Well, the vette is one thing, but it never overshadows the stories. Despite all the adventure, travelogue, drama and poetry this duo gets into, the real subject of the series was the human condition. Tod and Buz acted as observers and mentors to broken-down prizefighters and rodeo clowns, sadists and iron-willed matrons, surfers and heiresses, runaway kids and people from all walks of life, forced by circumstances to confront their demons.While we may only get Route 66 Season 1 in Volumes 1 and 2 as some reviewers have indicated, this is what we have to look forward to in the first year (October 1960 to June 1961):Episode 1 -- "Black November" -- Car trouble strands Tod and Buz in a small town with a terrible secret.Episode 2 -- "A Lance of Straw" -- Tod and Buz sign on to crew a shrimp boat, despite the objections of the female captain's boyfriend.Episode 3 -- "The Swan Bed" -- Tod and Buz meet a girl in New Orleans during a parrot fever epidemic.Episode 4 -- "The Man on the Monkey Board" -- Tod and Buz meet a Nazi-hunter and his quarry on an offshore oil rig.Episode 5 -- "The Strengthening Angels" -- Tod and Buz try to help a migrant worker who is in trouble with the local sheriff.Episode 6 -- "Ten Drops of Water" -- Devastated by drought, three orphaned ranchers need Tod, Buz and the Corvette.Episode 7 -- "Three Sides" (aka Three Sides of a Coin) -- Tod and Buz get involved in family strife while working for an Oregon hop farmer.Episode 8 -- "Legacy for Lucia" -- While working at a logging camp, Tod and Buz meet a girl from Italy, who insists she has inherited the state of Oregon from a local man.Episode 9 -- "Layout at Glen Canyon" -- Tod and Buz act as bodyguards to fashion models at the Glen Canyon Dam construction site.Episode 10 -- "The Beryllium Eater" -- Tod and Buz help an old prospector stake his claim after he finds beryllium ore.Episode 11 -- "A Fury Slinging Flame" -- Tod and Buz meet a scientist (Leslie Nielsen) who intends to hide in Carlsbad Caverns with friends until an expected nuclear holocaust is over.Episode 12 -- "Sheba" -- Tod and Buz work as cowboys for Woody Biggs (Lee Marvin), who isn't done with the woman he sent to prison.Episode 13 -- "The Quick and the Dead" -- Tod becomes a race car driver as he and Buz get involved in a family controversy over whether an aging driver should retire.Episode 14 -- "Play It Glissando" --Tod and Buz try to protect a woman from her jazz musician husband.Episode 15 -- "The Clover Throne" -- Tod and Buz work for a date farmer (Jack Warden) who fights the highway department while he "waits out" his sexy ward, hoping she will marry him.Episode 16 --"Fly Away Home (Part 1)" -- Tod becomes a crop duster for a struggling company.Episode 17 -- "Fly Away Home (Part 2)" -- Tod and Buz get involved in a quandary over an extra-dangerous crop dusting contract.Episode 18 -- "Sleep on Four Pillows" -- Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be on the run from gangsters - but her family thinks she has been kidnapped.Episode 19 -- "An Absence of Tears" -- Tod and Buz try to protect a blind widow from her husband's murderers.Episode 20 -- "Like a Motherless Child" -- Buz and Tod split up over whether to return a runaway boy to an orphanage.Episode 21 -- "Effigy in Snow" -- Tod and Buz try to stop a murderer who has left his latest victim in the snow at Squaw Valley.Episode 22 -- "Eleven, the Hard Way" -- Tod and Buz meet a gambler (Walter Matthau), whom the people of Broken Knee have asked to save their town.Episode 23 -- "Most Vanquished, Most Victorious" -- At the request of his aunt, Tod traces the life of his saintly cousin through the Los Angeles slums.Episode 24 -- "Don't Count Stars" -- Tod and Buz get involved in a custody case over a 9-year-old heiress and her drunken, gambling "uncle."Episode 25 -- "The Newborn" -- Tod and Buz protect a Native American girl and her newborn from their employer, who rules the land like a feudal baron.Episode 26 -- "A Skill for Hunting" -- Tod and Buz are framed as poachers after Tod interferes with a real poacher's hunting.Episode 27 -- "Trap at Cordova" -- Tod and Buz are coerced into teaching school children in rural New Mexico.Episode 28 -- "The Opponent" -- Buz visits and inspires his boyhood hero, a former boxing great (Darren McGavin) who is now on the skids.Episode 29 -- "Welcome to Amity" -- Tod and Buz meet a woman (Susan Oliver), who wants to bury her mother in a nearby cemetery. The people of Amity want to stop her.Episode 30 - "Incident on a Bridge" --Tod and Buz board in a home with an abused, mute girl and her two jealous - and violent - suitors.So, c'mon. Hitch a ride and relive these nostalgic vignettes of America and Americans. It's a great trip!POST-SCRIPT (31 Oct. 2007):I concur with subsequent reviewers, regarding the audio-video transfer quality to this DVD set. It could be better. Although the video is too dark, the brightness and contrast can be adjusted from your system. Audio varies from episode to episode, and I would have thought with today's technology this could have been improved. It is a pity because the packaging of this boxed set is well done. The menu of episodes, commercials and bio-film background are nice touches to a great, great series. Does this mean I regret buying this DVD set? Not one iota, considering its the best thing out there at the moment.
J**D
Get Your Kicks on Route 66
I became hooked on this tv series when I saw it in syndication in the 1980's during late night. It became my comfort show when they took "Name of the Game" off the late night grid. Now it is finally available on DVD with no commercial interruptions. As an extra, some of the commercials are shown separatly as "Bonus Features". This tv series premiered on CBS-TV, October 7, 1960. Martin Milner as "Tod Stiles" and George Maharis as "Buz Murdock". Two young men who travel across the country on Route 66 in a blue Corvette. They travel from town to city with each episode a story of its own. The young men try to help people they meet. They don't always stay on Route 66. Sometimes they go off the beaten path and into the backwoods too. They manage to get a job anywhere they go (now that really is the 1960's), even out to sea. Their life is carefree and they follow no schedule. Just trying to find a place to fit in. "Route 66" theme conducted by Nelson Riddle. October 7, 1960 - January 7, 1961 (Episodes 1 -15) Locations: Episode 1: Concord, Kentucky. Episode 2: Grand Isle, Louisiana. Episode 3: New Orleans, Louisiana. Episode 4: Demage, Venice, Louisiana. Episode 5: Needles, Point Hueneme, California. Episode 6: Kanab, Kansas. Episode 7: Grants Pass, Oregon. Episode 8: Merlin, Oregon. Episode 9: Glen Canyon, Page, Arizona. Episode 10: Eureka, Arizona. Episode 11: Carlsbad caverns National Park, New Mexico. Episode 12: El Paso, Texas. Episode 13: Riverside, California. Episode 14: Malibu, California. Episode 15: Indio, California. In this 4-Disc fold out package, you may select an individual episode or just click, "Play All". Helpful note: Their was only one episode that froze during "Play All". If you play that episode as itself, without "Play All", you shouldn't have a problem. You also get a cast biography. Say you recognize a character actor. You know the face, but can't place the name. Gosh, it's on the tip of your tongue. Now you will on "cast bios" with the help of a little film clip, actor's name and chartacter name plus a list of other selected movies the actor has been in. Some of the Guest Stars: George Kennedy, Guy Raymond, Keir Dullea, Whit Bissel, Everett Sloane, Patty McCormack, Nico Minarardos, Janice Rule, Elizabeth MacRae, Bruce Dern, Ed Asner, Lew Ayres, Frank Overton, Michael Conrad, Roger C. Carmel, Suzanne Pleshette, John Larch, Warren Stevens, Deborah Walley, Tony Haig, E.G, Marshall, Joey Heatherton, Stephen Bolster, Johnny Seven, Arlene Martel, William "Billy" Benedict, Donna Douglas, Zohra Lambert, Bethel Leslie, Inger Stevens, Edgar Buchanan, Leslie Nielsen, Whitney Blake, Lee Marvin, Rico Alaniz, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Susan Kohner, Regis Toomey, Harvey Korman, Barbara Bostock, Anne Francis, Harold J. Stone, Jack Lord, Ann Helm, Arthur Batanides, Jack Warden, DeForest Kelley, Paul Barselou. According to George Maharis in a 2007 interview, towards the end of the year, they changed the Corvette car from light blue to brown because the cameraman had trouble lighting against the sky when the light blue car reflect too much light.This DVD set includes some nice Bonus Features. No Audio Commentary. 2 Bayer Aspirin tv commercials with Bob Shields. 2 1961 Chevrolet tv commercials. Color photo gallery of Corvettes. One Chevy tv commercial includes some of the cast from "My Three Sons" including William Frawley, Tim Considine, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston.***
My Three Sons: The First Season, Vol. 1
was released on DVD, September 30, 2008.*** You got to see Martin Milner drive down the road again, this time as a policeman with a new partner, Kent McCord, in
Adam-12 - Season One
(1968-75). Martin Milner and George Maharis also appeared in, SST: Death Flight (1977-tvm), however, they are not in a scene together. Martin Milner and George Maharis did reunite in 1986 for the "1st Annual Route 66 Reunion" in Tampa, Florida. This is where the last episode was filmed. In 1998, Martin Milner hosted and narrated a video documentary,
Route 66: Return to the Road with Martin Milner
. He gets into a classic red corvette and travels down Route 66 (what is left of it) from Chicago to Los Angeles. The next 15 episodes (#16-30) of Season One:
Route 66: Season 1, Vol. 2
.
Route 66 - The Complete First Season
Route 66 - The Complete Second Season
Route 66-Season 3 Complete Collection
Route 66: The Complete Series
(All 4 seasons) will be available on Amazon.com, May 22, 2012.
I**T
"route 66" episodes help rekindle a boyhood interest
If you haven't taken a trip out on the "Mother Road" doing so will definitely enhance the experience when watching these 'route 66 episodes. I jump on old US ROUTE 66 where ever I can still find a stretch of it when vacationing in AZ. Not much left open to traffic but Seligman and Williams AZ are great distinations to cruise US Route 66. Perhaps like other "baby boomers", who watched this popular TV series back in the 60s, a couple of my best friends and I too had our visions of packing up and hitting the road in a 'vette' or whatever. Should you have an interest in stepping back in time then I believe you will enjoy the 'route 66' TV episodes on this DVD set of 4. I find these episodes very interesting now that I am much older and understand the stories more being able to see more of what the writer's perspective might have been on the issues of the time, e.g. 60s. It would be great if the entertainment world would do a remake. Despite comments by some who have said to me that there's too much violence lots of good life lessons are tucked into these episodes. I have no significant complaints about the quality of the DVD set (4) Season 1. Vol 1 even though as some reviews have indicated it would have been nice if available technologies could have been used more to enhanced the crispness of the images and sound a bit. Hey I have wanted to view 'route 66' episodes for a while but had been reluctant to buy until I saw it advertised on Amazon.com . "I consider this DVD A-OK ." I was satisfied so much I just purchased another DVD set of 'route 66' the entire second season episodes, which is a bit better media wise than the Season 1. Vol 1. By the way I would have given this 4 and one-half stars but I made an honest mistake and was unable to edit rating.
L**I
A Brit's view of an American TV icon
I purchased this collection as a result of an ongoing fascination with post-war, pre-Beatles American culture and particularly with the almost mythical Route 66. First thing to point out to the uninitiated is that, despite its evocative title, the series was shot on locations all over the US but nowhere on Route 66 itself! Which doesn't stop it being a classic road-trip document: as the sleeve note says, it portrays an America that no longer exists - the cars, the highways, the towns, the people. I won't describe the casting or plots as these are well documented elsewhere (start with Wikipedia, if you will). What I will highlight is that it represents a landmark in TV drama, mainly due to its pioneering social sensibilities. Hence, even though its production values are very much of its time (monochrome 4/3 pictures, contrasty lighting, overdramatic soundtrack and camera angles, etc.), it has a dramatic depth which we take for granted with modern TV drama but which was very new almost 50 years ago. When I purchased it I failed to notice that it was Region 1 (NTSC) only, so I guess I'm fortunate that it plays here in UK on my elderly LG DVD player which must, I guess, cater for formats other than Region 2 (PAL). This may explain why the pictures are a trifle fuzzy and the sound likewise, although this may also be due to remastering from a very early (1960) videotape source - I'm not sure whether it was originally recorded on videotape or film stock. In any case my purchase price of GBP 17.99 represents great value for 30 50-minute episodes of vintage American TV drama, and if I could be sure that the picture and sound quality were better on a dedicated Region 1 player I'd have given it five stars. Recommended, but if you're in UK be sure your DVD player can handle it!
C**L
FOLLOW THIS ROUTE FOR THE TIME BEING
Classic U.S. television series starring Martin Milner and George Maharis as a couple of buddies travelling together in a corvette motor car along America's Route 66. On the way, they encounter an assortment of characters , many of whom seem to have deep psychological problems, so the storylines are invariably downbeat.Milner plays Tod Stiles, educated and thoughtful, and Maharis plays Buzz Murdoch, who comes from a tougher background and is good with his fists.After more than 70 episodes, Maharis left the series due to a bad bout of hepatitis, so Milner was obliged to go it alone for half a dozen episodes. When Maharis recovered, he had a run-in with the producers and a new buddy was found in the form of Glenn Corbett. From this point on it lost its appeal -- at least for me. Glenn Corbett, although a fine actor, was not really the buddy type. He was too serious and more suited to playing loners.The instantly recognisable theme tune was composed by Nelson Riddle.The series ran for 116 episodes from 1960 to 1964, and the 15 on these four dvds have been remastered. Guest stars include : Suzanne Pleshette, Leslie Nielsen, Lee Marvin and Jack Lord. The sound and picture quality is very good.
D**R
A very good show
My first time watching this show was seeing it in 2019 on DVD and I was very impressed.The concept of moving from place to place and getting involved in the local residents’ lives is not a new one. However, Tod and Buz did not move around because they had a criminal record or because they had a certain destination in mind. Rather they were two young guys cruising through the country (in a nice car) trying to figure things out.Milner (well educated Tod) and Maharis (street wise Buz) did an excellent job portraying the different personalities of their characters and the chemistry between them was very good.The stories are well written and it’s nice to see some actors ( as guest stars) in their early years.Overall I’m glad I took a chance on this DVD. This show is better than most of what is on TV today.
A**R
Interested in American life in 1960.? This is ideal research material.
A good, solid drama with likeable leads. Fascinating in an anthropological way, because it was made in 1960-61, with contemporary storylines. Modern shows like Mad Men, that strive to portray American life in the sixties, are probably inaccurate, in that they whimsically and falsely apply modern attitudes to things like feminism to fictional accounts of life in the sixties. Also, Mad Men has almost no exterior shots, because they would be too expensive to produce.Watch Route 66 and you can see how people dressed in 1960, and how buildings looked, and how rooms were decorated. If you like the cars from the fifties,, this is the show to watch. You get a fairly good sense of the social attitudes of the time. One striking (and perhaps dismaying) feature of Route 66 is that there are no Black characters at all. Black people just don't exist in the world as it is shown on the show.Some interesting early performances from actors who later became stars. Lee Marvin, Robert Duvall and Walther Matthau, for example. Well worth a look.
J**U
Great series from the age of B&W
I had virtually no recollection of Route 66. What I expected from the DVD edition were mostly girls, adventure and fistfights. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to discover this sort of mixture of Jack Kerouack and Tennesse Williams. Tod and Buz (Sal and Dean?) stand as liberators rescuing people driven to various degrees of dysfunctionality by repression and conformism. The parents / children relashionship in particular seems to be one of Sterling Silliphant's favorite themes. This interesting behavioral analysis of early sixties America, combined with on-site filming, gives Route 66 an historical value that is noteworthy.The first season is the only one in which Tod and Buz are both permanently present, which makes it all the more valuable. It contains a few episodes dealing with unsolved WWII issues - the series debuted only 15 years after the war. The dialogues and the acting performances are top-class and the filming succesfully shows the beauty that B&W can create.The quality of Infinity Entertainment's digital edition is generally good, though some episodes like The beryllium eater will display considerable granularity in the picture. Anyhow, Route 66 season 1 is a document to be treasured.
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The story-telling event that made me want to become a writer was the premier of the classic TV show, Route 66. I was 17, doing so-so in high school, lacking plans and ambition, going nowhere. But all that changed at 8:30 p.m. on the first Friday of October in 1960 when a drama about motion gave me a destination. The series was about two young men (brilliantly portrayed by Martin Milner and George Maharis, the latter eventually replaced by Glenn Corbett) who drove a Corvette convertible across the United States in search of America and themselves. Providing a time capsule of 1960-64, every episode was filmed entirely on locationfrom Poland Springs, Maine, to Huntington Beach, California; from Seattle to St Louis to Tampa and a hundred communities between. Two-thirds of the episodes were written by Stirling Silliphant, who eventually received an Oscar for In the Heat of the Night and whose scripts for ROUTE 66 were an intriguing blend of intense action and philosophic/poetic speeches that sometimes lasted five minutes, with a flavor of Tennessee Williams combined with William Inge and Arthur Miller. As a bonus, the great arranger-composer Nelson Riddle contributed a new musical score every week, often with a jazz flavor. The series so knocked me over that I wrote to Silliphant, explaining my sudden ambition to follow his path. The long letter he sent in return gave me all the advice any writer needs. \"Write, write, keep writing, and then write more.\" That letter is framed next to my desk. Eventually, Silliphant and I became friends and colleagues. In 1989, I was thrilled to see him listed as the executive producer of my NBC miniseries, Brotherhood of the Rose. Twenty-nine years after Route 66 debuted, a circle was completed, even as the road continued. -- David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of FIRST BLOOD and CREEPERS
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Despite all the adventure, travelogue, drama and poetry this duo gets into, the real subject of the series was the human condition. Tod and Buz acted as observers and mentors to broken-down prizefighters and rodeo clowns, sadists and iron-willed matrons, surfers and heiresses, runaway kids and people from all walks of life, forced by circumstances to confront their demons.While we may only get Route 66 Season 1 in Volumes 1 and 2 as some reviewers have indicated, this is what we have to look forward to in the first year (October 1960 to June 1961):Episode 1 -- \"Black November\" -- Car trouble strands Tod and Buz in a small town with a terrible secret.Episode 2 -- \"A Lance of Straw\" -- Tod and Buz sign on to crew a shrimp boat, despite the objections of the female captain's boyfriend.Episode 3 -- \"The Swan Bed\" -- Tod and Buz meet a girl in New Orleans during a parrot fever epidemic.Episode 4 -- \"The Man on the Monkey Board\" -- Tod and Buz meet a Nazi-hunter and his quarry on an offshore oil rig.Episode 5 -- \"The Strengthening Angels\" -- Tod and Buz try to help a migrant worker who is in trouble with the local sheriff.Episode 6 -- \"Ten Drops of Water\" -- Devastated by drought, three orphaned ranchers need Tod, Buz and the Corvette.Episode 7 -- \"Three Sides\" (aka Three Sides of a Coin) -- Tod and Buz get involved in family strife while working for an Oregon hop farmer.Episode 8 -- \"Legacy for Lucia\" -- While working at a logging camp, Tod and Buz meet a girl from Italy, who insists she has inherited the state of Oregon from a local man.Episode 9 -- \"Layout at Glen Canyon\" -- Tod and Buz act as bodyguards to fashion models at the Glen Canyon Dam construction site.Episode 10 -- \"The Beryllium Eater\" -- Tod and Buz help an old prospector stake his claim after he finds beryllium ore.Episode 11 -- \"A Fury Slinging Flame\" -- Tod and Buz meet a scientist (Leslie Nielsen) who intends to hide in Carlsbad Caverns with friends until an expected nuclear holocaust is over.Episode 12 -- \"Sheba\" -- Tod and Buz work as cowboys for Woody Biggs (Lee Marvin), who isn't done with the woman he sent to prison.Episode 13 -- \"The Quick and the Dead\" -- Tod becomes a race car driver as he and Buz get involved in a family controversy over whether an aging driver should retire.Episode 14 -- \"Play It Glissando\" --Tod and Buz try to protect a woman from her jazz musician husband.Episode 15 -- \"The Clover Throne\" -- Tod and Buz work for a date farmer (Jack Warden) who fights the highway department while he \"waits out\" his sexy ward, hoping she will marry him.Episode 16 --\"Fly Away Home (Part 1)\" -- Tod becomes a crop duster for a struggling company.Episode 17 -- \"Fly Away Home (Part 2)\" -- Tod and Buz get involved in a quandary over an extra-dangerous crop dusting contract.Episode 18 -- \"Sleep on Four Pillows\" -- Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be on the run from gangsters - but her family thinks she has been kidnapped.Episode 19 -- \"An Absence of Tears\" -- Tod and Buz try to protect a blind widow from her husband's murderers.Episode 20 -- \"Like a Motherless Child\" -- Buz and Tod split up over whether to return a runaway boy to an orphanage.Episode 21 -- \"Effigy in Snow\" -- Tod and Buz try to stop a murderer who has left his latest victim in the snow at Squaw Valley.Episode 22 -- \"Eleven, the Hard Way\" -- Tod and Buz meet a gambler (Walter Matthau), whom the people of Broken Knee have asked to save their town.Episode 23 -- \"Most Vanquished, Most Victorious\" -- At the request of his aunt, Tod traces the life of his saintly cousin through the Los Angeles slums.Episode 24 -- \"Don't Count Stars\" -- Tod and Buz get involved in a custody case over a 9-year-old heiress and her drunken, gambling \"uncle.\"Episode 25 -- \"The Newborn\" -- Tod and Buz protect a Native American girl and her newborn from their employer, who rules the land like a feudal baron.Episode 26 -- \"A Skill for Hunting\" -- Tod and Buz are framed as poachers after Tod interferes with a real poacher's hunting.Episode 27 -- \"Trap at Cordova\" -- Tod and Buz are coerced into teaching school children in rural New Mexico.Episode 28 -- \"The Opponent\" -- Buz visits and inspires his boyhood hero, a former boxing great (Darren McGavin) who is now on the skids.Episode 29 -- \"Welcome to Amity\" -- Tod and Buz meet a woman (Susan Oliver), who wants to bury her mother in a nearby cemetery. The people of Amity want to stop her.Episode 30 - \"Incident on a Bridge\" --Tod and Buz board in a home with an abused, mute girl and her two jealous - and violent - suitors.So, c'mon. Hitch a ride and relive these nostalgic vignettes of America and Americans. It's a great trip!POST-SCRIPT (31 Oct. 2007):I concur with subsequent reviewers, regarding the audio-video transfer quality to this DVD set. It could be better. Although the video is too dark, the brightness and contrast can be adjusted from your system. Audio varies from episode to episode, and I would have thought with today's technology this could have been improved. It is a pity because the packaging of this boxed set is well done. The menu of episodes, commercials and bio-film background are nice touches to a great, great series. Does this mean I regret buying this DVD set? Not one iota, considering its the best thing out there at the moment."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"J***D"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2008","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Get Your Kicks on Route 66\n \n","reviewBody":"I became hooked on this tv series when I saw it in syndication in the 1980's during late night. It became my comfort show when they took \"Name of the Game\" off the late night grid. Now it is finally available on DVD with no commercial interruptions. As an extra, some of the commercials are shown separatly as \"Bonus Features\". This tv series premiered on CBS-TV, October 7, 1960. Martin Milner as \"Tod Stiles\" and George Maharis as \"Buz Murdock\". Two young men who travel across the country on Route 66 in a blue Corvette. They travel from town to city with each episode a story of its own. The young men try to help people they meet. They don't always stay on Route 66. Sometimes they go off the beaten path and into the backwoods too. They manage to get a job anywhere they go (now that really is the 1960's), even out to sea. Their life is carefree and they follow no schedule. Just trying to find a place to fit in. \"Route 66\" theme conducted by Nelson Riddle. October 7, 1960 - January 7, 1961 (Episodes 1 -15) Locations: Episode 1: Concord, Kentucky. Episode 2: Grand Isle, Louisiana. Episode 3: New Orleans, Louisiana. Episode 4: Demage, Venice, Louisiana. Episode 5: Needles, Point Hueneme, California. Episode 6: Kanab, Kansas. Episode 7: Grants Pass, Oregon. Episode 8: Merlin, Oregon. Episode 9: Glen Canyon, Page, Arizona. Episode 10: Eureka, Arizona. Episode 11: Carlsbad caverns National Park, New Mexico. Episode 12: El Paso, Texas. Episode 13: Riverside, California. Episode 14: Malibu, California. Episode 15: Indio, California. In this 4-Disc fold out package, you may select an individual episode or just click, \"Play All\". Helpful note: Their was only one episode that froze during \"Play All\". If you play that episode as itself, without \"Play All\", you shouldn't have a problem. You also get a cast biography. Say you recognize a character actor. You know the face, but can't place the name. Gosh, it's on the tip of your tongue. Now you will on \"cast bios\" with the help of a little film clip, actor's name and chartacter name plus a list of other selected movies the actor has been in. Some of the Guest Stars: George Kennedy, Guy Raymond, Keir Dullea, Whit Bissel, Everett Sloane, Patty McCormack, Nico Minarardos, Janice Rule, Elizabeth MacRae, Bruce Dern, Ed Asner, Lew Ayres, Frank Overton, Michael Conrad, Roger C. Carmel, Suzanne Pleshette, John Larch, Warren Stevens, Deborah Walley, Tony Haig, E.G, Marshall, Joey Heatherton, Stephen Bolster, Johnny Seven, Arlene Martel, William \"Billy\" Benedict, Donna Douglas, Zohra Lambert, Bethel Leslie, Inger Stevens, Edgar Buchanan, Leslie Nielsen, Whitney Blake, Lee Marvin, Rico Alaniz, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Susan Kohner, Regis Toomey, Harvey Korman, Barbara Bostock, Anne Francis, Harold J. Stone, Jack Lord, Ann Helm, Arthur Batanides, Jack Warden, DeForest Kelley, Paul Barselou. According to George Maharis in a 2007 interview, towards the end of the year, they changed the Corvette car from light blue to brown because the cameraman had trouble lighting against the sky when the light blue car reflect too much light.This DVD set includes some nice Bonus Features. No Audio Commentary. 2 Bayer Aspirin tv commercials with Bob Shields. 2 1961 Chevrolet tv commercials. Color photo gallery of Corvettes. One Chevy tv commercial includes some of the cast from \"My Three Sons\" including William Frawley, Tim Considine, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston.***\n \nMy Three Sons: The First Season, Vol. 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n was released on DVD, September 30, 2008.*** You got to see Martin Milner drive down the road again, this time as a policeman with a new partner, Kent McCord, in \n \nAdam-12 - Season One\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n (1968-75). Martin Milner and George Maharis also appeared in, SST: Death Flight (1977-tvm), however, they are not in a scene together. Martin Milner and George Maharis did reunite in 1986 for the \"1st Annual Route 66 Reunion\" in Tampa, Florida. This is where the last episode was filmed. In 1998, Martin Milner hosted and narrated a video documentary, \n \nRoute 66: Return to the Road with Martin Milner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n . He gets into a classic red corvette and travels down Route 66 (what is left of it) from Chicago to Los Angeles. The next 15 episodes (#16-30) of Season One: \n \nRoute 66: Season 1, Vol. 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n . \n \nRoute 66 - The Complete First Season\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nRoute 66 - The Complete Second Season\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nRoute 66-Season 3 Complete Collection\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nRoute 66: The Complete Series\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n (All 4 seasons) will be available on Amazon.com, May 22, 2012."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"3.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"I***T"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2008","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \"route 66\" episodes help rekindle a boyhood interest\n \n","reviewBody":"If you haven't taken a trip out on the \"Mother Road\" doing so will definitely enhance the experience when watching these 'route 66 episodes. I jump on old US ROUTE 66 where ever I can still find a stretch of it when vacationing in AZ. Not much left open to traffic but Seligman and Williams AZ are great distinations to cruise US Route 66. Perhaps like other \"baby boomers\", who watched this popular TV series back in the 60s, a couple of my best friends and I too had our visions of packing up and hitting the road in a 'vette' or whatever. Should you have an interest in stepping back in time then I believe you will enjoy the 'route 66' TV episodes on this DVD set of 4. I find these episodes very interesting now that I am much older and understand the stories more being able to see more of what the writer's perspective might have been on the issues of the time, e.g. 60s. It would be great if the entertainment world would do a remake. Despite comments by some who have said to me that there's too much violence lots of good life lessons are tucked into these episodes. I have no significant complaints about the quality of the DVD set (4) Season 1. Vol 1 even though as some reviews have indicated it would have been nice if available technologies could have been used more to enhanced the crispness of the images and sound a bit. Hey I have wanted to view 'route 66' episodes for a while but had been reluctant to buy until I saw it advertised on Amazon.com . \"I consider this DVD A-OK .\" I was satisfied so much I just purchased another DVD set of 'route 66' the entire second season episodes, which is a bit better media wise than the Season 1. Vol 1. By the way I would have given this 4 and one-half stars but I made an honest mistake and was unable to edit rating."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"4.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"L***I"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2008","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n A Brit's view of an American TV icon\n \n","reviewBody":"I purchased this collection as a result of an ongoing fascination with post-war, pre-Beatles American culture and particularly with the almost mythical Route 66. First thing to point out to the uninitiated is that, despite its evocative title, the series was shot on locations all over the US but nowhere on Route 66 itself! Which doesn't stop it being a classic road-trip document: as the sleeve note says, it portrays an America that no longer exists - the cars, the highways, the towns, the people. I won't describe the casting or plots as these are well documented elsewhere (start with Wikipedia, if you will). What I will highlight is that it represents a landmark in TV drama, mainly due to its pioneering social sensibilities. Hence, even though its production values are very much of its time (monochrome 4/3 pictures, contrasty lighting, overdramatic soundtrack and camera angles, etc.), it has a dramatic depth which we take for granted with modern TV drama but which was very new almost 50 years ago. When I purchased it I failed to notice that it was Region 1 (NTSC) only, so I guess I'm fortunate that it plays here in UK on my elderly LG DVD player which must, I guess, cater for formats other than Region 2 (PAL). This may explain why the pictures are a trifle fuzzy and the sound likewise, although this may also be due to remastering from a very early (1960) videotape source - I'm not sure whether it was originally recorded on videotape or film stock. In any case my purchase price of GBP 17.99 represents great value for 30 50-minute episodes of vintage American TV drama, and if I could be sure that the picture and sound quality were better on a dedicated Region 1 player I'd have given it five stars. Recommended, but if you're in UK be sure your DVD player can handle it!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"C***L"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2008","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n FOLLOW THIS ROUTE FOR THE TIME BEING\n \n","reviewBody":"Classic U.S. television series starring Martin Milner and George Maharis as a couple of buddies travelling together in a corvette motor car along America's Route 66. On the way, they encounter an assortment of characters , many of whom seem to have deep psychological problems, so the storylines are invariably downbeat.Milner plays Tod Stiles, educated and thoughtful, and Maharis plays Buzz Murdoch, who comes from a tougher background and is good with his fists.After more than 70 episodes, Maharis left the series due to a bad bout of hepatitis, so Milner was obliged to go it alone for half a dozen episodes. When Maharis recovered, he had a run-in with the producers and a new buddy was found in the form of Glenn Corbett. From this point on it lost its appeal -- at least for me. Glenn Corbett, although a fine actor, was not really the buddy type. He was too serious and more suited to playing loners.The instantly recognisable theme tune was composed by Nelson Riddle.The series ran for 116 episodes from 1960 to 1964, and the 15 on these four dvds have been remastered. Guest stars include : Suzanne Pleshette, Leslie Nielsen, Lee Marvin and Jack Lord. The sound and picture quality is very good."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"D***R"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2019","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n A very good show\n \n","reviewBody":"My first time watching this show was seeing it in 2019 on DVD and I was very impressed.The concept of moving from place to place and getting involved in the local residents’ lives is not a new one. However, Tod and Buz did not move around because they had a criminal record or because they had a certain destination in mind. Rather they were two young guys cruising through the country (in a nice car) trying to figure things out.Milner (well educated Tod) and Maharis (street wise Buz) did an excellent job portraying the different personalities of their characters and the chemistry between them was very good.The stories are well written and it’s nice to see some actors ( as guest stars) in their early years.Overall I’m glad I took a chance on this DVD. This show is better than most of what is on TV today."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"4.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***R"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Canada on January 13, 2018","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Interested in American life in 1960.? This is ideal research material.\n \n","reviewBody":"A good, solid drama with likeable leads. Fascinating in an anthropological way, because it was made in 1960-61, with contemporary storylines. Modern shows like Mad Men, that strive to portray American life in the sixties, are probably inaccurate, in that they whimsically and falsely apply modern attitudes to things like feminism to fictional accounts of life in the sixties. Also, Mad Men has almost no exterior shots, because they would be too expensive to produce.Watch Route 66 and you can see how people dressed in 1960, and how buildings looked, and how rooms were decorated. If you like the cars from the fifties,, this is the show to watch. You get a fairly good sense of the social attitudes of the time. One striking (and perhaps dismaying) feature of Route 66 is that there are no Black characters at all. Black people just don't exist in the world as it is shown on the show.Some interesting early performances from actors who later became stars. Lee Marvin, Robert Duvall and Walther Matthau, for example. Well worth a look."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"J***U"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2011","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Great series from the age of B&W\n \n","reviewBody":"I had virtually no recollection of Route 66. What I expected from the DVD edition were mostly girls, adventure and fistfights. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to discover this sort of mixture of Jack Kerouack and Tennesse Williams. Tod and Buz (Sal and Dean?) stand as liberators rescuing people driven to various degrees of dysfunctionality by repression and conformism. The parents / children relashionship in particular seems to be one of Sterling Silliphant's favorite themes. This interesting behavioral analysis of early sixties America, combined with on-site filming, gives Route 66 an historical value that is noteworthy.The first season is the only one in which Tod and Buz are both permanently present, which makes it all the more valuable. It contains a few episodes dealing with unsolved WWII issues - the series debuted only 15 years after the war. The dialogues and the acting performances are top-class and the filming succesfully shows the beauty that B&W can create.The quality of Infinity Entertainment's digital edition is generally good, though some episodes like The beryllium eater will display considerable granularity in the picture. Anyhow, Route 66 season 1 is a document to be treasured."}],"aggregateRating":{"@type":"AggregateRating","ratingValue":4.5,"bestRating":5,"ratingCount":8}}
