Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays on CBS from October 7, 1960 to March 20, 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the first two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod was shown traveling on his own. Tod met Lincoln Case, played by Glenn Corbett, late in the third season, and traveled with him until the end of the fourth and final season.
Among the series more notable aspects were the featured Corvette convertible, and the program's instrumental theme song, which became a major pop hit.
A Month of Sundays (Episode 1)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1961-09-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Buz falls in love with actress Arlene Sims who has a fatal disease and has returned to her home town to die. Filming Location: Butte, Montana
Blue Murder (Episode 2)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1961-09-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz deliver ""Blue Murder"", a wild rodeo stallion, to Jim Bludge's ranch. Later Bludge is found dead with the mark of a horse hoof on him. Filming Location: Butte, Montana
Good Night, Sweet Blues (Episode 3)
Air date: 1961-10-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Ethel Waters is a dying blues singer who asks Tod and Buz to locate her old jazz band for one last show. Filming Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Birdcage on My Foot (Episode 4)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1961-10-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Buz uses his experience as a former drug addict in an attempt to rehabilitate heroin addict Arnie. Filming Location: Boston, Massachusetts
First Class Mouliak (Episode 5)
Air date: 1961-10-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz are working in a Russian -American neighborhood for Jack and Mike in a steel mill. Mike's daughter is found dead and Jack's son Janosh was with the girl when she died. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Once to Every Man (Episode 6)
Air date: 1961-10-27
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz are working on a fishing boat. The owner Leigh Adams is killed in an accident and his wandering daughter Prudence returns for the funeral. She takes over the boat and falls in love with Tod. Filming Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts
The Mud Nest (Episode 7)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1961-11-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: In the small Maryland town of Hester, Buz meets some people who physically resemble him (played by Maharis' relatives). He has been looking for his mother and thinks she may be in the town. Filming Location: Near Baltimore, Maryland
A Bridge Across Five Days (Episode 8)
Writer: Howard Rodman
Air date: 1961-11-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz are working at a shipyard. They meet Lillian Aldrich, another employee. Lillian has been released from a mental hospital. Filming Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Mon Petit Chou (Episode 9)
Writer: Sam Peckinpah
Air date: 1961-11-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz meet French singer Perette and her controlling tough-guy manager Glenn. Filming Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Some of the People, Some of the Time (Episode 10)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1961-12-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Maximillian Coyne is running a beauty contest. He claims to have connections with Hollywood and that the winner will get into pictures. Tod and Buz discover that Max is a fraud. Filming Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
The Thin White Line (Episode 11)
Writer: Leonard Freeman
Air date: 1961-12-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: While at a party, Tod is accidentally given a powerful psychosis-producing drug. Buz tries to keep him from killing himself. Filming Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon (Episode 12)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1961-12-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Johnny quits a juvenile gang. Packy takes over and also claims Johnny's girlfriend Marva. Filming Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Burning for Burning (Episode 13)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1961-12-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz are working on a chicken farm. They meet Agnes Brack who doesn't like her son's widow Julie. Agnes tries to cause trouble for Julie. Filming Location: Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania
To Walk with the Serpent (Episode 14)
Air date: 1962-01-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: In Boston, Tod and Buz encounter right-wing nuts armed with plastic explosives. Filming Location: Boston, Massachusetts
A Long Piece of Mischief (Episode 15)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-01-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Ollie Crump is a rodeo clown who is in love with Babe Hunter. Filming Location: Mesquite, Texas
1800 Days to Justice (Episode 16)
Air date: 1962-01-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: After five years in prison, David Job and his mob return to Harcourt Junction, Texas. Their mission is to take over the town and put its leading citizen Bob Harcourt on trial for sending them to jail. Filming Location: Harcourt Junction (?), Texas
A City of Wheels (Episode 17)
Air date: 1962-02-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz work with wheel chair patients at a veteran's hospital. Nurse Lori Barton falls in love with patient Frank Madera. Filming Location: Long Beach (Veterans Hospital), California
How Much a Pound is Albatross (Episode 18)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-02-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz meet Vicki Russell who is cruising around on her motorcycle. Vicki doesn't have a driver's license and the bike hasn't got plates. Filming Location: Tucson, Arizona
Aren't You Surprised to See Me? (Episode 19)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-02-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: In Dallas, Tod and Buz are delighted to be staying at a hotel hosting a secretary's convention. Then Caine, a religious serial killer armed with nerve gas kidnaps Buz. He plans to kill Buz unless the city ""repents"". Filming Location: Dallas, Texas
You Never Had It So Good (Episode 20)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-02-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz are working in building construction. Tod's attempt to pick up Terry involves the boys in a corporate executive training program. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Shoulder the Sky My Lad (Episode 21)
Air date: 1962-03-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz befriend a Jewish boy whose family is a victim of anti-Semitism. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Blues for a Left Foot (Episode 22)
Writer: Leonard Freeman
Air date: 1962-03-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz work with a former Broadway show dancer Rosemarie Brown who is trying to make a comeback in a television show. Filming Location: Hollywood, California
Go Read the River (Episode 23)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-03-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod is working as a high-speed boat test driver. He gets to pilot a boat whose new engine is developed by Tod's boss Sandy Mason. Filming Location: Colorado River (?)
Even Stones Have Eyes (Episode 24)
Air date: 1962-03-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Buz is blinded in an accident. At a school for the blind he falls for a blind girl (Celia). His sight returns and he has to leave her. Filming Location: Austin and Kerrville, Texas
Love is a Skinny Kid (Episode 25)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-04-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz encounter Miriam, who steps off a bus wearing a mask. Filming Location: Lewisville, Texas.
Kiss the Maiden All Forlorn (Episode 26)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-04-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz meet Charles Clayton, a fugitive swindler who has returned to the US. Filming Location: Dallas, Texas
Two on the House (Episode 27)
Writer: Gilbert Ralston
Air date: 1962-04-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Several school children are touring Lake Erie aboard an excursion boat when ""poor little rich boy"" Ritchie McIntyre falls overboard. When Ritchie is brought back onboard the boat, he claims that he was pushed. Filming Location: Cleveland and Lake Erie, Ohio
There I am, There I Always Am (Episode 28)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-05-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz visit Santa Catalina Island. A woman on the beach has caught her foot in a rock and the tide is coming in. Filming Location: Santa Catalina Island, California
Between Hello and Goodbye (Episode 29)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-05-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod and Buz visit Pacific Ocean Park, a Southern California amusement park. While there they encounter a woman with two identities. Filming Location: Pacific Ocean Park, California
A Feat of Strength (Episode 30)
Writer: Joseph Petracca
Air date: 1962-05-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A refugee Hungarian wrestling champion finds that American wrestling has it's own set of rules when he is offered a position as a ""good guy"" wrestler. Filming Location: Los Angeles, California
Hell is Empty, All the Devils are Here (Episode 31)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-05-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod goes to work for Peter Hale, who owns a wild animal park. Peter's first wife was killed by an animal. Hale has re-married and his new wife is frightened. Filming Location: Jungleland, Thousand Oaks, California
From an Enchantress Fleeing (Episode 32)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1962-06-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tod works as a dental assistant to Dr. Anna Martin. Her husband Lawrence Martin, a famous inventor, has moved out and is living at a religious retreat. Filming Location: Southern California
