# Route 66 question TV show) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946 "2012-12-23T18:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/1 "2012-12-23T18:16:42Z")
Some months ago, the _This_ network stopped airing Elvira Mistress of the Dark movies on early Sunday mornings during my lunch break, so I started channel surfing on the TV in the lunchroom, and I found a channel (whose name is escaping me) that shows old shows from the 60s, such as _Honey West_, _Sea Hunt_, and yes, _Route 66_. I didn’t watch this show when it originally aired, but I had been given to understand that it followed two guys who drove a cool convertible along Route 66, and interacted in interesting ways with the Americans they met during their travels. Well, the episode I caught a part of had Martin Milner, falling in love with a rich girl, and preparing to break up the team by marrying her, and going into her father’s yacht-building business. They (the prospective father-in-law and Martin Milner) specifically talked about their plans t build the best boats “on the Eastern Seaboard.” Now, I’m very fond of old pop songs, especially those that were written by actors who later appeared on Jack Webb TV shows, and from this, I happen to be aware that Route 66 “winds from Chicago to L.A.” (passing through St. Louis, MO; Joplin, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Amarillo, TX; Gallup, NM; Flagstaff, AZ, Winona, AZ; Kingman, AZ; and San Bernardino, CA along the way). How did Martin Milner and his buddy get so lost that they wound up on the Eastern Seaboard? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/2 "2012-12-23T18:29:27Z")
It’s been a couple of years since I watched the DVDs, but I don’t remember them spending hardly any time on Route 66 proper. I think the show’s title was more about the _idea_ of being out on the open road, and Route 66 represents the American ideal of automotive freedom. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/3 "2012-12-23T18:39:58Z")
shows were set on the Gulf, New England and Canada. kinda all over. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/4 "2012-12-23T23:01:40Z")
How disillusioning. I suppose next I’m going to find out that _77 Sunset Strip_ was set on Wilshire Blvd. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/5 "2012-12-24T01:06:55Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How disillusioning. > > I suppose next I’m going to find out that _77 Sunset Strip_ was set on Wilshire Blvd. Close. It was in Reseda. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/6 "2012-12-24T21:44:19Z")
Reminds me of the Mad parody were they swore they never go within a hundred miles of Route 66. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/7 "2012-12-24T23:14:55Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How disillusioning. > > I suppose next I’m going to find out that _77 Sunset Strip_ was set on Wilshire Blvd. > [@NitroPress](#): > > Close. It was in Reseda. :smack: d’GAAAHHHH! ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/8 "2012-12-25T15:26:55Z")
The show was actually surrealistic-these two guys drove around in a Corvette-which had enough room in the trunk for a change of clothes…and they mysteriously find jobs within hours of driving into town. And (of course) they immediately insert themselves into the personal lives and problems of the people they meet. Sort of like Jack Kerouac meets Bozo the Clown.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/9 "2012-12-25T15:52:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Some months ago, the _This_ network stopped airing Elvira Mistress of the Dark movies on early Sunday mornings during my lunch break, so I started channel surfing on the TV in the lunchroom, and I found a channel (whose name is escaping me) that shows old shows from the 60s, such as _Honey West_, _Sea Hunt_, and yes, _Route 66_. [Me-TV](http://metvnetwork.com/), which is This TV’s sister network. [It’s apparently mostly on digital subchannels, but AT&T U-verse has it on channel 136 since December 13, 2012.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me-TV) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/10 "2012-12-25T16:10:36Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > The show was actually surrealistic-these two guys drove around in a Corvette-which had enough room in the trunk for a change of clothes..and they mysteriously find jobs within hours of driving into town. And (of course) they immediately insert themselves into the personal lives and problems of the people they meet. Sort of like Jack Kerouac meets Bozo the Clown.😃 Don’t forget the weekly George Maharis fist fight! I swear Buz must have gotten into a fight in almost every episode. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/11 "2012-12-25T17:55:11Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > …these two guys drove around in a Corvette-which had enough room in the trunk for a change of clothes.. It’s worse than that. I’m fairly sure that Corvettes didn’t have a trunk until much later. There may have been a pocket behind the seat back. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/route-66-question-tv-show/644946/12 "2012-12-25T18:35:06Z")
there was a trunk in 62. i somewhat recall a suitcase rack on the back that was occasionally used.