Route 66-To Walk With the Serpent

Originally aired January 5, 1962

[@lindaholsinger8822]

My father was a milkman, my mother did Tupperware parties. I sat in front of the TV with my TV dinner on my TV tray. I had such a crush on those guys. I was 10, too.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Nice memories 😏👍

[@margeshilling7983]

I was just a 10 year old kid when this show was on in the 60's. I watched it every Friday night. Now as an adult I can appreciate just how good the writing was on this show. Also, the theme music was the best ever.

[@Scott-ly2nk]

That ol 58 may have a 348 big block

[@deborahbrown6408]

@ Marge Shilling I was 10 back then as well! Loved George Maharis, had a crush on him😘 As I watch the reruns now, I do so appreciate the show more, because I understand it more as an adult. Great writer's, actor's and the BEST theme song!!🤩🎶📺

[@margeshilling7983]

@@deborahbrown6408 I had a huge crush on George Maharis, too. Did you know he passed away last week? He was 95.

[@deborahbrown6408]

@Marge Shilling I just found out about his passing in these comments, very sad😪 Wish I could've met him.🙏🕯🩵

[@johnallen6945]

Henry Mancini did the wonderful score I think, or maybe later Nelson Riddle Orchestra? Yeah, love it.

[@johanneslundie]

All in all, there will never be another show like Route 66. It was an anthology, filmed on location all over the USA. Legacy TV !!!

[@deborahbrown6408]

I agree, I love this show, always have!! I watched it as a kid, and now it's interesting to watch it with an adult perspective, as it is with most older shows & movies. I had a "crush" on George Maharis as a young girl, so handsome!! LOL😃❣️

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@@deborahbrown6408 - I was 8 in 1962. Watched every Friday with my parents 👌 _( didn't understand the episodes )_

[@tacey01]

Hey! I was born in ‘54 too! Watch Route 66 with my car crazy older brother. The Vette(s) were definitely

[@johanneslundie]

@@tacey01 :: Hey !!! Another 1954 kid here, too !!!!

[@deborahbrown6408]

@@jamescalifornia2964 Sorry for late reply. I was 10 in 1962. As a kid I didn't understand episodes so much either. I watched with my Mom, always loved the music!! Thought George Maharis was so handsome!! Now as I watch reruns, I get it, great story lines and acting. It's about real life, every day people,. sometimes sad, but real.🤔

[@sallywest3143]

A great show from my childhood - I used to watch it with my mother who I think had a crush of George Maharis! What happened to him - watching these again I'm very impressed with him - great charisma! Just watched the first episode of Season 1 and I can remember watching it and being a bit scared by it - very dark. I don't think 6 year olds nowadays would sit still long enough to be engaged like I was when I was a kid!

[@sharonpolikoff7282]

I was enraptured by the show - the car, the settings, the music, the handsome heroes - when I was a 9-year-old watching it in 1960, even if I didn't fully appreciate the great scripts till later viewings approximately every 10 years since then. I still adore George Maharis!

[@sockmonkey5266]

@@sharonpolikoff7282 george had confidence and class. every guy wanted to be buzz and todd. my brother would be horrified his idol buzz was gay. life’s an interesting journey

[@7coco3]

Now I am older I realise how intens some episodes were from Route 66. Thank you for posting!

[@verasmith4767]

I remember watching the show but now I enjoy it more now. It was well written show.

[@oluhamilton2121]

I get such a warm feeling inside of me whenever I hear the musical theme.

[@deborahbrown6408]

I do too, love it!😘🎶📺🎶

[@hectorsalcido4106]

This when Hollywood had excellent writers, now an endanger species.

[@harrietandrade9284]

Amazingly relevant. Thank you for posting this great episode. I was in high school and watched Route 66 faithfully. I still have a crush on George Maharis.

[@Tsuruta1]

RIP Martin Milner (Todd Stiles) 1931-2015.

[@dorianedwards8522]

One Adam Twelve, calling, One Adam Twelve....

[@asullivan4047]

He's too busy traveling the universe to rest in peace-!!! 😉.

[@joehiggs100]

Many thanks for posting. I'd never heard of the series until tonight, I'm 71 so I remember a lot of US shows that were on TV here in the UK but not this one. Nelson Riddle original music and theme tune, which, now I'm reminded rings a distant bell.

[@ilovemartinmilner]

You're welcome! It's a great show. Enjoy!

[@elijahhaswings1588]

These episodes have a twilight Zone feeling to them. It feel as if Rod Sterling had a hand in these.

[@richardburriesci7723]

AND THIS WAS ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO??? SOUNDS LIKE YESTERDAY!

[@shivasirons6159]

Nov 8th 2022. Yesterday indeed!

[@badvideo169]

and we got trump out

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

You’re right many Americans didn’t appreciate the founding fathers 60 years ago and they certainly don’t appreciate them today

[@wmpopper]

Timeless.

[@CaribNpt09]

Love this perfect picture. I remember watching Route 66 with a black + white tv w/ rabbit ears in hilly San Francisco.

[@tomstrum6259]

As a teen during last yrs of show, I was Dreaming of "Going thru the Gears" in a 360 hp Vette !!

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Fuel injection 😊👌

[@MsBackstager]

Todd how could you?

[@999gojoey]

Ah, 1962...graduated from high school and digging Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Miles Davis and for some reason the theme song to Route 66 always fired me up -- Nelson Riddle, correct? It was cool, still is.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job of scenery.. Intriguing weekly episodes describing problematic situations. That. get resolved involving the (66) travelers. Vaguely remember those ( 60's ) episodes/good for viewer's to be able to see those episodes one again-!!!😉. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024)🌈🎉💵😉.

[@drbonesshow1]

Frank Sutton before he became Sgt. Carter: 6:17

[@jgunther3398]

+Don Mueller Good eye!

[@drbonesshow1]

As Ben Newcombe.

[@georgepenton808]

I saw Sutton's name in the credits and had to rewatch the episode! That's him, all right, but I sure didn't recognize him, playing a character much different that Gunny Sgt. Carter. The guy had some real acting chops

[@yvonne2546]

Yup. Remember him in the movie, "A Town Without Pity"?

[@johnminehan1148]

Odd thought: Frank Sutton's appearance in this episode reminds me of Steve Ditko's designs for thugs starting in Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, starting a year or two later. He especially reminds me of a charter called "Fancy Dan" from the "Three Enforcers" who were Spider-Man villains introduced in late 1963 or early 1964.

[@JDKingStratslinger]

LOL! Ditko thugs! They were forever in 1962! Even in the late-1970s! The little fedoras!

[@johnminehan1148]

@@JDKingStratslingerThe guy who wrote the "Repairman Jack" novels based a couple of characters on them in a novel that appeared in about 2000 and used that description. I wonder if F, Paul Wilson ever saw this?

[@herrp8765]

@@JDKingStratslinger I didn't catch those in the early 60s. Was only a few years old. But seeing SGT Carter in this thug role was excellent casting.

[@brooksbman]

Good television episode of this show. The first time that I have ever saw this episode. I remember watching this television shows on Nick at Nite back in the mid-1980s. I only had to wait over 20 years to see this show the first-time. :)

[@2011sjw]

................................when they had writers in American T.V.............................!!!

[@shivasirons6159]

And i thought sgt. Carter was a good marine!

[@inurafacititia7352]

The main crust of this story is these two guys just travel around. Back in the days when I was much younger while watching this series, I always wondered by They just happen upon things that usually include some type of illegal situation. Amazing how trouble just seems to follow them - or they trouble.

[@johnhuddle8067]

it was a good show in its day . It was fantasy . Two young cats cruising in Americas dream car meeting girls and seeing the usa . it that is trouble I will take a dose

[@frankfarago2825]

@@johnhuddle8067 Of course one of the two "cats" was in real life a hardcore homosexual. Those folks who knew this fact back then, naturally assumed that the show was about two gay guys traveling the USA.

[@superduper3728]

This being filmed in Boston around 1961-62, you can feel a huge Kennedy admiration throughout the show. After he got killed future Presidents hometown or states were rarely admired because they weren't worth the shit under their shoes and they know it. R.I.P Jack....

[@flounder819]

JFK was a turd that is worshiped by millions only because of the image that was fabricated by his handlers and the liberal media... He was not a very popular president at the time of his death... He was a danger to our people and our nation... I felt sorry for those close to him, but, I read facts not fiction... I suggest you open up your super duper history book and learn a thing or two... Jack was a hack that got smacked by a whack! :-)

[@daviddoyle4516]

Brian Bonbrake Oh really? I thought he was a hell of a nice guy,,,,but of course,,,Im Irish,,,,,,,

[@radiofans]

Brian Bonbrake ya the jews hated his entire family

[@tacey01]

JFK wanted the treasury to issue the USA currency. Big mistake.

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

I don't remember jfk as I wasn't born yet when he was elected president.

[@MsBackstager]

Sgt Carter -- how could you join such a group?

[@ilovemartinmilner]

LoL!

[@wessmith7408]

what a fine mix of programs. i trust you have others to post. i am old enough to remember all these shows. my grandmother was a progressive woman buying her first tv when i was 6 in 1956. i don't remember when she purchased the first color tv. thank you!

[@ilovemartinmilner]

I really don't have any more to post but you can find pretty much every episode on KZbin. A lot of different people have uploaded them. I'm glad you are enjoying my channel!

[@thomasbutts-tv6rd]

My Dad and My Uncle both had parts in this episode-I remember watching it as a little boy,Very Cool. Always liked Martin Milner too

[@robertmgoodman5138]

Golly! It's Sergeant Carter!

[@chitgussin]

Thank you for posting this. Lots of fun watching it !!!

[@thomassaehler9038]

Sgt Carter in glasses

[@reach4thestars67]

Thank you for uploading this episode.

[@Carlos40495]

My favourite TV serial in the ´60s . I would like to listen the music theme played by Nelson Riddle.

[@michaelsmith1094]

Carlos, me too, would like to hear 77 sunset strip also.

[@tacey01]

Carlos A. Bonorino search on KZbin. It’s on there for free!

[@tacey01]

Michael Smith search on KZbin. It’s on there, for free!

[@sharonpolikoff7282]

Love the two Boston episodes in this show because that's my neck of the woods, but every episode was compelling and beautifully done.

[@ricklatouch2263]

Boston is on Route 66? I’ve lived north of Boston for 70 years and never knew that!

[@javiergilvidal1558]

"Route 66", the "Mother Road" was just a byword for: "Take a long ride over all White Christian America, and see how evil it is!" Preparing the way for the zoological destruction of the USA that exploded in the Sixties (this evil series is the prelude; "The Fugitive" was its continuation), and which is reaching its culmination today

[@Gravyballs2011]

Guy with arm in sling was also in Robocop.

[@carlosruiz5238]

Que edad tienen los actores de la serie ruta 66

[@clutchcargo2419]

Captain Carter , body guard ! Love this show - awsome !!!

[@canturgan]

That Corvette was beautiful but handles like a barge.

[@MrMakemyday3]

would outhandle most anything back in the day. try 6.75 x 15 tires on todays junkheap 4 cyl eggs and see how they handle

[@leecoffman2594]

Yep, I had a Fiat X\19 that beat Corvettes.

[@GeneRogers-di6cl]

There’s Simon Oakland who played Officer Krupki in “Westside Story “!

[@grdnzrnic]

The rifle used at the end of the episode appears to be a Carcano M91 Italian carbine 6.5x52 , the rifle purportedly used to assassinate JFK in Dallas, Nov. 1963

[@jethro035181]

...it's a sportsterized lee enfield (.303)....the action is quite distinctive....i can't tell the mark

[@nelifl.9756]

I love Dan O'Herlihy

[@terr777]

Wow! What goes around comes around.

[@samiam5557]

"Professional haters", I never heard of such employment? What might it be? Great series I was a mere lad when this was new.

[@edholohan]

You are an asshole.

[@jamesvincent1434]

?

[@-oiiio-3993]

Ask Limbaugh, Carlson... .

[@e.d.b.4697]

Dramatic pause at 10:10 is frickin' hilarious! And, I'm digging' those era Harleys!

[@JohnBailo]

This is eerily contemporary. And that scene of the rifleman in the upstairs window...do you think? It was only a year later ....

[@patrickryan1515]

@Islayman You've got that in reverse.

[@Baribrotzer]

The music's great. Sure, it's the obvious kind of score for this story - patriotic themes recast into the minor, or reharmonized "wrong" - but still, it's so well-done. Nelson Riddle is credited with writing it, but I wonder if he did the music for the episodes as well as the theme.

[@MagiMysteryTour]

It's interesting that this was clearly shot on location. At 13:45 they stop in front of Paul Revere's house. The statue in the closing credits is on the Lexington Green. But the highway Route 66 never went anywhere near Boston.

[@user-qo2wv7zj5o]

I just watched one in Corpus Christi, Texas and it wasn't anywhere near Route 66. But, I loved this growing up anyway !!

[@sharonpolikoff7282]

There were only three episodes in the whole series that had even a slight connection to the actual highway. It was really just a symbol of the freedom and adventure that road travel meant to these two young men.

[@Juliaflo]

I knew of Mr. Sutton long before Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. He also had a small role in 'Marty'.

[@shivasirons6159]

" what do you want to do" ? " i don't know what do you want to do"? Great movie!

[@robertsimoneau5232]

I pak my ca in Havad yd, Love Bastan Lv this series ...

[@edmilan1]

George Maharis seems to have disappeard from the face of the earth. He was a great actor and it's a shame Hollywood never gave him the chance to use his full potential.

[@actionsub]

The long range effects of the hepatitis that ended his "Route 66" run limited his ability to take roles. Even at that he stayed busy in TV guest roles and Broadway.

[@marshiamacy4409]

One of their best and most compelling episodes. Buz and Tod forever.

[@herrp8765]

Totally agreed

[@MrMakemyday3]

even that 300 horse 327 sounded great

[@Nosix88]

RIP George Maharis

[@jamescalifornia2964]

​@justthink5854/ Too much mystery surrounding JFK assassination.

[@JosephHuether]

LOL...They sure got off easy messing with Townie teens in the opener.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

Those teensa are not niggas (yet)!

[@shivasirons6159]

41:00 its a movie\ tv cliche, if the audience hears the details of the plan then it won't work but if the boss says " ok heres the plan " and they cut away and don't let the audience hear , then it works.

[@jamesvincent1434]

History repeats, always. And man goes along for the ride, always. Blind & ignorant to the irony of history & fate. God help us

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

This looks like something that belongs on star trek tos (mirror, mirror).

[@d.d.8349]

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[@queengriddle]

And Logan Ramsey looks so young, slim and intense!

[@shivasirons6159]

8:00. " awake America ". Wow! I think i see where this is going, if so its rather prescient.

[@ch1aka2]

George Maharis - Yummy.

[@iceturkee1950]

george maharis gay

[@ch1aka2]

iceturkee1950 Even better.

[@iceturkee1950]

minor preference yes he is. its very well documented.

[@sockmonkey5266]

@@iceturkee1950 and a confident kind man

[@FatRosita1914]

The you sooooo very much I love Route66

[@canturgan]

If you want a portrayal of a dodgy wasp bent on power, get an Irishman to play him. Dan O'Herlihy.

[@CMRinehart]

This is just an interesting story. Nothing more.

[@johanneslundie]

Nothing wrong with just an interesting story !!!!!!

[@rogerscottcathey]

That bandaged guy is just like DeMorenschildt, the handler of Lee Harvey Oswald The sniper rifle guy looks just like Wallace, LBJ's hit man.

[@kdm71291]

That Corvette was only a year old at the most at that time.

[@MrMakemyday3]

they used new ones each year from 60 thru 64

[@edwardkarlson8192]

The FBI would use trained and experienced people. Amateurs would give themselves away in no time.

[@Mmdmade]

What is put in that hankercheif?

[@andersport]

Episode reminds me of the Tea Party.

[@andersport]

@Islayman I still think it reminds me of the tea party!

[@deebrown1902]

Was it Rouquefort or Cheddar? It looks like hubby and I are looking at slim pickin's nowdays. We have been watching film noir movies practically 5 nightsx52 weeksx6 years. We started out with Netflix. Saw all they had to offer. Saw some on Amazon Prime. And now may have run the gamut of the youTube offerings. Well, we are hooked. And if we have to eat a little cheese along the way, we will do that. It still is better entertainment than anything on tv or anywhere else IMHO. Therefore, ilovemartinmilner, thank you for your uploads. Thank your for our entertainment for tonight.

[@larkascending66]

That this dramatic episode was broadcast just a little over a year before the Kennedy assassination is chilling. BTW, many people who see this are too young to know that the character played by Dan O'Herlihy was clearly a fictionalized blend of Robert W. Welch, Jr., the founder of the John Birch Society and George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party. Both figures were very well known to audiences then. O'Herilhy was particularly adept at portraying cold, tense intellectuals.

[@morg52]

How prescient this episode is to what is happening today. We have a maniac ex president who dreams of taking over our country and a cadre of enablers who cannot see clearly enough to prevent it.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

It´s an episode with a sad relevance in today´s America.

[@82Echo411]

nice episode.

[@videos643]

I remember the show from the early sixties. A couple of cool cats roaming around the USA having adventures everywhere they went. One of the first shows to touch upon the heavy issues of real life. Racism etc. There have been a lot of articles written about the show that talk about the way this country was at that time. Apparently in the late 50s/early 60s before the advent of President Eisenhower's interstate road system, most people didn't stray too far from the hometown and had very little knowledge of what the rest of the country was like. Since these episodes were filmed on location, people were able to get s glimpse of cities like Boston and Cleveland. Also, at that time, people had a tendency to not trust strangers which might explain why they always seem to find trouble wherever they went. And then, they would quickly straighten out whatever problem the city, town or individual had and move onto the next place that needed problems solved. I've manage to watch several episodes from Netflix and now, KZbin. I happen to watch this episode on the day of the second republican debate and had to chuckle at how much the megalomaniac nut character reminds me of Donsad trump including how they eventually took him away in the straight jacket lol

[@videos643]

The show probably compelled a lot of people to hit the road and see this beautiful country. I've done my share of wandering around the country. In 2002 I got layed off from my career job and as the walls of my small New England town started to close in on me I decide to hit the road. Cancelled the mail, threebsome clothes in the trunk of my fairly new crown Vic and started driving west. Not quite like Todd and Buzz as nobody needed any straightening out but it he trip itself was quite an adventure. The day before I left I bought a movie camera and filmed a lot of the trip. I made some mini videos complete with some pretty good "road" songs which can be seen on "videos643". Eventually I was back to work sitting at a desk but I was quite glad I took advantage of the time off to take that trip

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

You mean Hillary lmao, she is the off her meds moron

[@johanneslundie]

@@videos643 :: I am Canadian, and I would LOVE to do a road tour of all the USA !!! You have a fascinating country there !!!!

[@edwardkarlson8192]

Just what I expected, the subject of many crime novels where the superpatriots have a bunker, arms, and private army. As for the hand in the fire, G. Gordon Liddy used to hold a cigarette lighter under one hand for a few second so show his will power until a doctor warned him he would suffer permanent damage. Patriotism is often portrayed as becoming fanatic movements like this. I think it's too late for anything because you're having your motive to be ungovernable and have you own way in the name of "consent of the governed". Thankfully I'm old and on my way out before it gets too bad. I've seen it all come down in my lifetime from post-World War II till now. That's why I say you're your own tyrant.

[@herrp8765]

I consider myself a patriot because I served in the Air Force for 20 years. I was ready and willing to obey any order, so long as it was legal, ethical, and moral, to defend this great nation.

[@edwardkarlson8192]

@@herrp8765 Good for you. It doesn't speak for the whole situation and all the departures that have set us on our wrongful course.

[@herrp8765]

Those motorcyclists at 27:46 even look like young SS soldiers.

[@robertdickson2319]

George Maharis went on to be in a few movies. Notably, I think, The Satan Bug.

[@jgunther3398]

20:47 2015: "Hold everything! What do you think you're doing? You can't do that in here!"

[@weedme4932]

IT'S FUNNY HOW WE EVEN MADE IT THIS FAR ... NO PUN INTENDED 😁 Weed Me

[@martinholmes639]

46:50 - Lee Harvey Oswald to screen right, just after the rifle fire from the window...

[@johnzube3611]

A country and a ontinnt are neither awake nor asleep. No language should be so abused. - JZ, 8.11.21.

[@-oiiio-3993]

What sort of abuse is "ontinnt"?

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a great fan of Westerbrook. Big cop out to make him insane.

[@ilovemartinmilner]

@flipside1545 Yup, that's him! Quite a different character, eh?

[@karmafrog1]

Well! That went well.

[@codyhilton1750]

What a great theme song. Poor Sgt Carter.

[@josephbolz4550]

So they were taking a stab at the John Birchers. The girl was pretty.

[@AliciaSilva-kr4xh]

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[@rodcrosser4519]

people still care. Loved this show as a kid. when did it turn. rod

[@barneygilewitz1064]

Wonder if carrying a handy strait jacket around was standard operating procedure back then with law enforcement?

[@sharonpolikoff7282]

They alreadyvknew from his father that the guy was a mental case.

[@eddiemunster4094]

I believe till like 1968

[@pancholopezbellavist]

me gustaria que lo traduzcan en español toda una hermosa serie

[@carlosparedes6867]

por favor en castellano o subtituladas en castellano esta serie es hermosa.

[@darylcumming7119]

A prelude or warning?

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Boston. The Ultraright is nothing new. The difference is they recently made it to the top. Luckily we got rid of them...for now.

[@LindaCollison]

"Awake America" -- Donald Trump and "Make America Great Again"

[@neildickson5394]

I couldn't agree more, I found this frighteningly familiar to 2016. What's scary is that most people don't seem to see what is right in front of them.

[@carloslegum]

SERIALES INOLVIDABLES...

[@rentslave]

The illegal aliens destroying Massachusetts have less than zero respect for these places.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Marked with graffiti ``😞

[@danleedonian]

This episode could have been written today~

[@sharonpolikoff7282]

Yes, it was an implausible plot 60 years ago, but chillingly realistic now...

[@weedme4932]

THAT'S ONE HELLUVA FEATHER IN HIS CAP 😊 Weed Me

[@johnallen6945]

God, I remember those amyl-nitrate "poppers," in the '60s. They were made to revive somebody but it also got you higher than a kite. Great episode about a, "cult of personality," which applies in 2024. I think this was a take on the, "John Birch Society," which was fairly strong in the 50s/60s. Very right-wing.