Long before he became Officer Malloy on the old "Adam-12" TV series, Martin Milner was the coolest cat around during his days as Tod on "Route 66". He was always the hippest cat in that crazy and cool ,and good-looking Corvette as he and he buddy Buz travelled the country in search of fun and sometimes adventure. This was a CBS Friday night staple running four seasons and116 episodes from October 7, 1960 until March 20, 1964. The show's sponsor was the Chevrolet Motor Company where you get to see the new Corvette's that was the stars of the show itself. Only Martin Milner remained with the series throughout its entire run. George Maharis was with the series for the first three seasons and left after the end of the third season. Glenn Corbett came on board as Lincoln Case midway through the third season and stayed for all of the fourth season until the end of the series run in 1964.
The show itself was a symbol of expression and interest basically keeping viewers keen in their escapades. It was filmed on location and was created by Herbert B. Leonard and Stirling Silliphant for Screen Gems/Lancer Productions/CBS Television Network. Writer and producer Stirling Silliphant wrote 70 out of the 116 episodes of Route 66. This was a series that had a roster of guest stars on board each week along with the superb acting and adventure drama this show had. Not to mention some of the best writers contributed to some of the great episodes as well.
The re-runs of this show surfaced quite often, but during part of the mid-1980's,the show ended up on TV's cable stations during the early years of the network as part of its weekly line-up of programming. Its theme song, by the way ,will live on forever as the best jazz score ever made(by composer Nelson Riddle),and to this day.
The show itself was a symbol of expression and interest basically keeping viewers keen in their escapades. It was filmed on location and was created by Herbert B. Leonard and Stirling Silliphant for Screen Gems/Lancer Productions/CBS Television Network. Writer and producer Stirling Silliphant wrote 70 out of the 116 episodes of Route 66. This was a series that had a roster of guest stars on board each week along with the superb acting and adventure drama this show had. Not to mention some of the best writers contributed to some of the great episodes as well.
The re-runs of this show surfaced quite often, but during part of the mid-1980's,the show ended up on TV's cable stations during the early years of the network as part of its weekly line-up of programming. Its theme song, by the way ,will live on forever as the best jazz score ever made(by composer Nelson Riddle),and to this day.