Route 66-Somehow it Gets to Be Tomorrow

Originally aired February 15, 1963.

[@Ljayc1947]

This is a Route 66 episode with the opening filed in Corpus Christi. The tall, dark haired guy with the tennis racquet that chases the thief is W B Ray ‘65 graduate and Tx State 4A Singles Tennis champion, the late Scott Doty. Ironically, he was killed not long after this was filmed racing a corvette in downtown Corpus Christi close to the U&I Restaurant.

[@rafaeladhemar5263]

Wow !! This was interesting background info. Thank you !! GOD bless!!

[@RjBenjamin353]

Thank you so much for the backstory on the actor Scott Doty. I didn’t know that he had passed

[@RjBenjamin353]

I remember hearing about the accident

[@rchizzini]

I was 12 years old when Route 66 premiered; quality of television in that era beyond reproach amazing scripts of Sterling S. today junk that passes as "entertainment". I am proud of Route 66, Bonanza, Twlight Zone.today kids have no knowledge of what WE had as children watching every week. My father was with NBC as an executive for 30 years and the account manager for Milton Berle "mr. television: a drunk and an SO.B. Long live Dad and his strength in that time. Roberta Chizzini

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

the "dumbing down of America" was for real. We can see the results today.

[@badvideo169]

yeah we heard milty was a Sob - didnt know alkie as well

[@PennPearson]

So true. I'm the same age as you and I too loved Bonanza, Route 66 and The Twilight Zone. My younger brother and I are watching all of The Twilight Zone on DVD nowadays - one episode every evening, after dinner.

[@RG4242421]

The Viking Motor Inn Hotel is still there between Corpus Christi and Portland Texas and really hasn't changed much,They really did stay in that hotel while filming 2 episodes,the producer felt the guys could not stay in Corpus Christi because they would be bothered too much.In the end the kids are running toward Portland Texas with Sunset Lake to the right...Yes I remember those days.

[@bandini22221]

I know Corpus, Portland and Ingleside well so this was fun to watch for the scenery. By the way, they have a new bridge under construction right now. I suspect this new "infrastructure" spending is going to erase many old landmarks across this nation.

[@badvideo169]

watching denver Mint episode was same, except they went west from denver and then back to denver - odd -- stephanie powers 60 years ago was so pretty and 20

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Right???z😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mlbf2327]

My Dad was supposed to be in one of the scenes, but I never saw him. He would have been 17 at the time, attending Corpus Christi Academy, I think. Even though I never saw him, it was still interesting to watch, knowing he was there somewhere when this was filmed!

[@DJK-cq2uy]

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[@kinhason46]

Thank you ! Loved this show then as a 14 year old, now at 74 as well!

[@robertmayesiii8356]

I'm Robert mom and I'm 73 years old and I like route 66. March 1th 2022. They need to bring back alot of old shows.

[@w9gb]

October 2020 will be the 60th Anniversary of the first Route 66 episode on CBS Network.

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Wonderful!!😂😂😂😮

[@BobJones-dq9mx]

I love the classic cars!

[@barnabasschuler9025]

This show filmed in real towns and even hired local people to join the cast. I was a teenager back then .

[@jmcquown]

Yes, Martin Milner died. Route 66 was before my time but I love catching episodes on sleepless nights. aka the wee hours of the morning. Nice that we can find them here. There's always been something about Martin Milner that appealed to me. He was always like the boy next door, except he could be tough when necessary.

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

I have seasons 1 & 2 on dvd

[@atreb56]

Love Route 66.

[@MosaicRose99]

I agree. Marty Milner has always appealed to me as well for the same reasons you mentioned.

[@hana.the.writer5074]

Count me in.. watching @ 2:30 am Sunday Nov 7th 2021. He reminds me of William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy). 😄

[@maricovert6586]

I remember as a very young kid, I believed I’d grow up and marry Martin Milner. He was such a believable actor but I think he must have been a really great guy as well.

[@Jolar70]

That was rough! All hard choices. We know that Todd is a free spirit, so he morally wouldn't lead another free spirit into captivity, but they were children! It's profoundly difficult. This show continues to floor me! And guest star Martin Balsam was awesome as usual.

[@richardricca8012]

Gotta love the 20 cents a gallon for gas.

[@barnabasschuler9025]

I still watch Route 66, was 16 years old when it came out. I loved Todd mostly.❤❤

[@RealMoesWorld]

They don't make television like this anymore. Wonderful!

[@ladydawn1973Eternity]

Call me crazy but I even bought the entire DVD set. Just today. 4 seasons. Over 100 dollars! .. Don't mind it's black&white but , wish to see some color SOMETIMES because I like the retro furniture, vintage cars color etc..:)

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Thanks Captain Obvious

[@TakeMeBackTo1986]

wow i live about 100 miles or so south of Corpus Christi! I'm going through it tomorrow (stopping for lunch) as a matter of a fact weird i just stumbled upon this episode! The only difference is i drive a mustang! xD

[@elsea8901]

Thanks for posting this...I loved Route 66...used to stay up late watching it in reruns as a teenager...great memories finding it here...thanks again🇺🇸

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@Just think - It's really something to see early 1960s America

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@Just think -- I agree. I am 65 and appreciate "what used to be" .

[@jennygibbons1258]

Really excellent show and thanks for sharing 😊

[@johnnyk8825]

What a well produced, directed, acted and touching story. A rarity in any medium. Especially in this forum.

[@Germanmilitarymusic]

This was a tearjerker. 😥

[@frankwafer6919]

What a beautiful series,thank you!💯💥👍🔥😎!

[@carmengiaa65]

Two great Martins

[@frederickwise5238]

He was also the 2nd son in "Life With Father" 1947, William Powell and Irene Dunne.! This is quite a treat for me. The series was all over by time I got back from my Navy tour on Guam.

[@Rowlandph]

I watched this series...as a 12 year old kid...and loved it then!.. I love it even more...now!.. THAT!.. is good television, folks.. Not like the silliness they mostly have...now.

[@PennPearson]

I was the same age as you and I loved Route 66. There was something about it that appealed to me very much, even at that young age. The shows were all good stories and the excellent acting drew me into them. Also, there were many episodes that appealed to my sentimental nature, even though they were set in the alien world of adults.

[@paradoxdea]

I wanna be a kid again...:(

[@harrygallagher4125]

Oh, my thoughts exactly! That Twilight Zone episode didn't work for me!

[@kidmack1121]

Me too, but back in the past, certainly not nowadays.

[@mustangmikep51]

63 convertible vette...i had one...daytona blue...all the good ole days!...miss em

[@justpassinthruonR66]

I bought a '63 Convertible Vet 18 years ago. Drove it everywhere including Route 66 multiple times. I still have it but can't drive it much due to it's 4spd trans and my replaced hips. I will not sell it due to my childhood fasination with the TV series route 66. It's my full-scale diecast that takes up a car space in my 4 car garage.

[@JM-Blackjack]

I remembered this episode of show; I watched it as a kid and many years later, saw the Viking Inn. Very cool to be able to watch it again.

[@JeffDeWitt]

Of course after Martin Milner got tired of cruising Route 66 he settled down in LA and became a cop.

[@curtisjones400]

Adam 12 really sucked compared to Route 66-LOL

[@JeffDeWitt]

curtis jones I like Adam 12 better, but then I'm a big fan of Jack Webb. I also like Emergency and Dragnet (both TV and radio versions)

[@lancelotlink3907]

Adam 12 inspired the Cops TV show. Milner played a stand up young man in Route 66 always doing the right thing.

[@ladydawn1973Eternity]

@@JeffDeWitt I love them all! I bought Emergency now at 5th season(one epiode a week I watch).. BUT WHY is Adam 12 only 24 min. long? :(..

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@ladydawn1973Eternity I guess the same reason Dragnet was only a half hour (including ads).

[@BritcarMickey]

Will not forget this one. Some buddies and I were at the Boys's Club (?) downtown Corpus Christi one day and someone came running in and said that filming for this episode was going on down the street. Sure enough, we ran outside and saw the Sting Ray and a film crew. My memory (such as it is!) seems to tell me it was a gold one. Can anyone else verify any of this?

[@jamescalifornia2964]

You are correct. Chevrolet called the color "fawn beigh metallic" .

[@justpassinthruonR66]

@@jamescalifornia2964 My research was that from 1961 and 1962 the Corvettes were 'Jewel-blue' but later in '1962, changed over to fawn-beige because it showed the lighting better for the cameras (all episodes were in B&W). The coves were all the same as the body-colour for the same reason. I loved the series so much that I bought a Jewel-blue '61 Vet with body-colour coves but had to sell that one as my replaced hips made it took hard to use the clutch. I still have my '63 Roadster but it is Riverside-red, not fawn-beige. It's also a 4spd but I have to have at least one car from route 66.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@@justpassinthruonR66 - According to George Maharis you are correct 👌

[@GeneRogers-xl9um]

The writing was brilliant for Route 66 !!!….and great guest stars!!!!

[@Dlytell]

I wish there had been a part 2 where Todd helps Joby and his sister get a home with a learned man they respected

[@davelex08]

I am so sad... I grew up watching Adam 12 and recently watched every episode on netflix with my kids who at first thought it was corny then fell in love with it, we watched one episode each night and eventually made it through the entire series. RIP Martin...

[@mikemprov1303]

Some actors are fortunate to have one series become a classic. In Martin Milner's case, he was in two, Route 66 and Adam-12. He was one of the reasons I got into law enforcement.

[@michaelodonnell9756]

​@@mikemprov1303 I wish they'd bring ADAM-12 back to Netflix.

[@michaelodonnell9756]

​@@mikemprov1303 I wish they'd bring ADAM-12 back to Netflix.

[@axiomist4488]

This one is completely different , no ending . There should be a part 2. Great acting by one and all, even the kids !

[@Rowlandph]

The ending.... was reality. ...Not some 'Hollywood' ending.. Stirling Silliphant was an amzing ...and fast!.. writer.. He wrote at least half of the scripts...maybe more.. And his were always the best.

[@frankwafer6919]

One of my favorite TV series!🙂💯💫👍!

[@r082751]

Very powerful episode. I saw it as a kid and still remember the spanking scene. Thanks so much. more more please!

[@NorthwestAdventurerNWA]

Just learned today 5/30/23 that George Maharis passed away at the age of 94.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

~ There are some good radio interviews with Maharis here on KZbin 👌

[@Fersomling]

The Corvettes 1963-1967 inclusive are the BEST!

[@tomwillmore1740]

Really enjoyed this episode, hadn't seen it. Martin Balsam, great character actor, had a good role and performance here. I always wanted to do what they were doing.

[@rockpoptunes6191]

Driving across Corpus Christi, TX harbor bridge. Cool!

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...no that was...scary ...Like crossing that Bridge ...to NORFOLK...Va...and the San-FRANCISCO-...GOLDEN-GATE-...Bridge...&...GREAT-LAKES ...LAKE-SUPERIOR-...(otherSideOfWisconsin-I-90-)-...Looks Like you''re ...riding on ...Water...scary as ...shit...

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...yes ...and more creepy than ...Interstate-I-90...and ''The-Great-Lakes-Looks -Like- you''re ...riding right On The ...Water''...and people Actually Built their HOMES ...off in the ...Water''...w.t.f.-''

[@davelewandoski4292]

RIP Martin Milner

[@vitorfrancagalvao2077]

A beautiful sad episode... I assume that Mr. Maharis was ill when they made this one. Thanks for posting.

[@matrox]

R-66 is cool because each episode is filmed on location with real peeps in the background.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

34:34 "Do you know how many craters are on the Moon?" About 500M.

[@lancelotlink3907]

Way way ahead of its time. They based shows on taboo topics in the early 60s like America's involvement in Vietnam, Milner getting slipped LSD in his beer and robert Duvall as a young man hooked on heroin. Balsy writers and producers for the time.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

very smart, savvy writing. Americans were better educated then so the audience understood some of the more educated references and subjects.

[@davidfahey5068]

Best TV show ever

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Pfffft hmmmmph Poindexter

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Great story without a PAT ending. So many movies and TV shows are afraid to let things hang for your imagination.

[@user-cd4mr8ny5e]

Oh my gosh . This was the most intense episode I ever watched from all the seasons of route 66. I cried my eyes out right after the spanking scene and the boy cried and hugged Todd . Wow that boy needed a Father figure so bad and I related so much to how they both were feeling . I only wish I had kids as I think I would have been a great Father . I am 66 years old now and that is my biggest regret . Such touching episode 😢.

[@Tony-DWK-56]

A great moving masterpiece. I only wish there came a different ending. Then again, that's why the show was so powerful.

[@johnhuddle8067]

It was a better show as a kid but I still watch it late at night when I cant sleep and I still enjoy

[@BongoKatz]

It amazing how a story line of years ago is so real today. Children always seem to be the forgotten equation. Today even more so,

[@Mid-American]

Martin Balsam did a ton of work in his career.

[@codyhilton1750]

This is the first Route 66 show I have watched since the 60's. Very disappointed they didn't play their great theme.

[@codyhilton1750]

Opps.......at the end. Thank You.

[@dav35601]

For some reason this was a favorite when I was little! I loved this show!

[@mjfinne7]

Thank you for uploading this Route 66 episode! I Love You Martin Sam Milner!!!

[@reach4thestars67]

Good episode. Thank you for uploading.

[@rjwalker6677]

I read today that Martin Milner died. They had mentioned Adam 12 of course, which I liked as a kid, but they also mentioned this show . I was too young to watch it when it was on as I was only 6 when it went off the air and I never saw any reruns. So I came here to check out some episodes. Seems like a good show, but different. .

[@Nedmurgon1968]

+RJ Walker Yes., I have the whole series of Route 66. It is very different and was really ahead of its time in many ways. Quite a unique style.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

@@Nedmurgon1968 smart writing and it was understood better back then when people were better educated.

[@badvideo169]

rip Martin and Martin

[@woof3598]

loved the ending, that wasnt what I thought would happen

[@todd9031]

A TV Series at it's finest - TV did once have a great and positive presence...

[@timothylines631]

made us feel good,while the world was going down hill.

[@georgepenton808]

All these run-ins Milner has with the police amuse me, because I mostly remember him from Adam 12.

[@davidmaslow7473]

Roger Mobley is a great actor! I believe that's the kid's real name.

[@harrygallagher4125]

+David Maslow Yes, I agree, at least he was in this episode. (He had well over 100 TV appearances, though this is the only one I'm familiar with now, his career having been so long ago.) As another noted, his career ended when he was drafted in into the army. ("Uncle Walt [Disney] had plans for me, but so did Uncle Sam and Uncle Sam won.") He became a Green Beret (How many former child actors can say that!?) and afterwards a police officer for awhile and later a Christian pastor.

[@chuckster3629]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mobley

[@kingalexander2704]

Unfortunately his career was ended abruptly by the Vietnam War draft.

[@gordonreed2736]

I worked in group homes for years Martin Balsams character nails it. So does T.S. you feel for d kids n they can take you for a ride. But stay with it.

[@johnnysanantonio]

"In The Closing Of A Trunk" was shot in Port Aransas. Ruth Roman was the guest star I believe. Try shooting on location like that today! Co$t prohibitive! Instead, "they" try to feed us reality crap.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

Yeah, but the audience watches it, avidly. Sometimes the networks give t hem what they go for. You can thank the "dumbing down of America" for the lack of intelligent shows nowadays.

[@manksproductionsinc]

This episode is a perfect example of great storytelling - dialogue, writing, plot, acting, sound, and cinematography. Hard to find this level of craft these days yet Route 66 pulled it off time and time again.

[@willdrucker4291]

Arguably one of the most touching episodes of the entire series.....and filmed on location in Corpus Christi, Texas....the home of two of the most beautiful women ever....Eva Longoria and the legendary Selena Quintanilla Perez

[@f.f.palacios4538]

You forgot one big star “ Farrah Fawcet”

[@kidmack1121]

Isn't Jacklyn Smith from there too?

[@superduper3728]

Gas was 21 cents a gallon back in '63 compared to $3.85 per gallon today. We've been had.

[@calonstanni]

Somehow the cost of gas going up 3.64 over the course of 51 years (over a half a freakin' century!) makes it sound not so bad.

[@ssppeellll]

super duper How much have wages gone up in that time?

[@srmichel417]

Not enough,from a median wage of about $5000/year to a median wage of under $40,000/year(by IRS,BLS,Social Security stats),not keeping up with housing,fuel,utility,medical costs,etc.

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...and to cross ...TACONY-plymyra-...was FAMOUS ...Because everybody called it The ...''NICKEL-...Bridge...even when it went up to a ...QUARTER...and ...75 cents ...and...1.25...forget the REST...it now costs...me $ 168...and ...change ...from ...LAKE-SUPERIOR-WiS. back across ...TACONY-Plymyra-to CAMPBELL-SOUP-COMPANY...Camden-NJ...one...way...18...WheeLer...x''s...six...trips...per/Month... '''Buncha-'''...crooks...

[@calonstanni]

I DO remember the 74 embargo and it was CRAZY! I was 15 and worked at a Vickers gas station. bad timing i'd say. THe long lines, people screaming at me for withholding gas from them (hey.. all I did was scrub the oil stains from concrete, mow the lawn and stock shelves... I wasn't even the cashier most of the time!), someone pulled a gun on me because my boss wouldn't sell him less than 4 gallons of gas. i almost forgot about that.

[@mcleanartists]

Surprisingly good for TV in 1963!!

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

better educated back then. The writing was understood.

[@matrox]

I always loved this theme song as a kid ever since this hit the airways. After all these years I still do.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Nelson Riddle 🎶👌

[@andrelopeznoble7907]

Wow. They don't make TV or Movies like this anymore. What is wrong with us now?

[@jgunther3398]

+Andre Noble Some of it isn't even legal anymore... 20:17

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

+Andre Noble It is partly due to abandoning traditional story-telling, building up to a great ending. In other words, the plague of naturalistic affectations.

[@ElCid48]

+Andre Noble THANK GOD we don't make something like this anymore. It's STUPID! Bad and slow acting. This is my first episode watching and I'm disappointed. Look at the way he treated the girl at the end. He'll end up being a fucking PUNK!

[@ElCid48]

Mark Richardson LOL! I saw a couple of episodes and that was enough, man. I can't believe my grandparents and parents liked this stuff. I agree that what's on TV nowadays is garbage but there was other TV series back then much better than this one as far as the ones I've been watching on KZbin.

[@harrygallagher4125]

+ElCid48 Route 66, like The Naked City, from which it was indirectly spun off, was noted for its highly literate scripts and rich characterizations (as in this episode, the most complex characterization I’ve ever seen of a juvenile character on an hour long TV episode). That is doubtlessly why you don’t like it, “man.” You’re a victim of the dumbed-down generation who probably couldn’t find most European countries on a map without names.

[@kenburdickcpa]

Very touching episodes. 73 Ken

[@rickcreighton9714]

TV is over along with Hollywood. The Golden Age as it was called. What passes for quality now is a joke at best.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

So well written. What a great ending.

[@traceywatson5452]

Sad...was hoping for a feel good ending, but life doesn't offer many of those...we just keep running like the two children till we reach our finish lines...

[@cincinnatikidstuff]

Those are some really MATURE kids. Kind of a morally ambiguous story. I've never seen a Route 66 episode.Thanks.

[@okuradani]

The ending was harsh, complicated and sophisticated. Not standard TV.

[@RedNightDragon1]

Dropping Tod in it just to see if he could brawl like his old man. That kid's got issues.

[@mlbf2327]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@stephaniehand503]

Thanks

[@rosmia2]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting.

[@chuckster3629]

That car! I want that car!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Love is cheap. And Joby had figured that out. He understood that real love requires judging and respect for values. Love that comes just because you were born degrades the essential quality of it.

[@shermsworld]

10:31 yes that is Corpus Christi long time news man the Late Walter Furley on that tv doing a cameo.

[@chuckster3629]

Funny how Corpus Christie, Texas is a good 600 miles south of Route 66. But then, who's counting?

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

they never claime3d the ride was always on Route 66, but the route was the most famous East to West road across America.

[@chuckster3629]

@@KindCountsDeb3773 Yes I know, I used to live next to it. It just cracks me up to have seen the show in which they came to Oregon City, Oregon which is where I live now. It was real far from Route 66. I've driven by the house they rented a room in on Washington Street. It's now owned by a lady who has been restoring it but she has her hands full. It's a very old, charming house of which there are many in Oregon City in the older sections. We live in the newer area up on the bluff where back then in 1962 was all Hazel Nut tree orchards. We live in the Hazel Grove subdivision. The running joke is that there are more nuts in the neighborhood now than there were on the trees back then.

[@justpassinthruonR66]

@@chuckster3629 One of the episodes of route 66 was filmn in Toronto, Ontario, Canada!

[@chuckster3629]

@@justpassinthruonR66 That is far, far away from Route 66.

[@wiedep]

Baseball on TV from Braves Field in Boston, the team left for Milwaukee 10 years before this show.

[@tabletalk33]

Great show. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

the people who made this and worked on it were stellar. So many went on to larger careers. The writers were smart an the show reflected a smarter America back then as well.

[@LindaBkrWms]

one of my favorite shows =)

[@lazurm]

The television show stated that the Sun may pass through a Nova Stage where it will explode in a supernova, at 10:31. This is incorrect as the Sun lacks enough mass to pass into that stage, absolutely.

[@rafaeladhemar5263]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. GOD bless.

[@MurrayMelander]

What a time in America. Gas was dirt cheap, jobs could be had for the asking, and you could eat on a couple bucks a day.

[@andrewfischer8564]

10:28 my grand parents had a remote just like that ... space command

[@actionsub]

LOL. On a couple of episodes of the radio version, he was Friday's PARTNER while they were looking for a replacement for the original, who had died.

[@r082751]

please more! I'm in Europe and get the episodes here.

[@giles422]

wow. Absolute wow. What a feeling, eh? Nice.

[@jason60chev]

A sad story without and ending............

[@Dlytell]

not a sad ending... somehow it gets to be tomorrow which is where hope can lead.

[@starrmeadows5045]

As a kid all I wanted was love & NOT lied to. I trust NO one because of the lies. I am in bad shape because of the abuse &pain. I cried out for years trying to get help. Now I have given up.

[@spactick]

This is a show that they could do a remake of today and it would be a hit, especially if they shot it in black and white. I know I'd watch it :)

[@codyramos3200]

Somehow it gets to be tomorrow ... what a crazy look at the harbor area. And uptown c.c. Im pretty sure Correli's office was in the old courthouse .

[@harrygallagher4125]

10:41 “…the Earth and all the other planets will be vaporized….The consequences for anything still living at that time could be catastrophic.” “Could be”?

[@arttrombley7385]

Yup, could be, lol.

[@uselessDM]

Pretty sure he says would though, would make more sense at least.

[@stephaniehand503]

These are always sad.

[@willoughby1888]

Boy left behind his telescope, girl dropped her doll onto the sand. Where did their feet take them? Imagination isn't enough, I got to know. Somehow it gets to be tomorrow I guess. Then time marches on... and flies like an arrow too.

[@remmymafia3889]

What set this show apart, was the on location shooting ALL over the country. It's a geography lesson, as well as a socail one, as the show made a point of using locals for as much as possible, not to mention the shows time line being the early 60's when social upheaval roiled the country. The show intentionally went to locales involved in such, so as to capture real people in real situations.

[@aubreywallace7918]

My type of Nostalgia😂😂

[@mlbf2327]

I found him. He is the second to last runner. :-)

[@redwing1273]

The beaver let loose his entermost evil self