1961: Route 66 Closing

from the 1961 episode 'The Newborn', this is from a time when some prime time closings varied in lenght from week to week - this is a LONG one: (2:52!)..starred Martin Milner and George Maharis, Route 66 ran on CBS from 1960-1964..this closing was recorded from a 1986 syndicated rerun.....

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• martin
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• ciredits
• george
• maharis
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[Juliaflo]

Pop quiz-Who is Bing Russell's more celebrated son?

[disabled1955]

@Juliaflo that would be....Kurt!!

[Banner4real035]

They don't even HAVE opening and closing theme music for most TV shows these days. No matter; most of them are garbage, especially compared to this series.

[disabled1955]

@Banner4real035 maybe someone is thinking in terms of how much money they save by not having opening & closing themes like days of yore, while at the same time shoving more ads (for themselves) down our throats..i guess they don't care about coming across as nothing more than a business machine..any and all sentimentality there may have been on television is gone.........

[EONSFTFAN]

Thanks for sharing this. In 1986 Route 66 was also being broadcast on Nick at Nite and as far as I know were broadcast as originally seen including some promos for the following weeks episodes. However, as you stated, the show was also in syndication with the Screen Gems 'card' replaced by the Columbia Pictures Torch Lady with Coca Cola byline. I always found it interesting that N@N showed R66 with the full original closing minus the CBS shutter eye that usually followed.

[disabled1955]

@EONSFTFAN 'This has been a Screen Gems Film Production from the Hollywood Studios of Columbia Pictures'...this started disappearing some time in the mid-80s, and in some cases, has reappeared in their near-original forms (i.e. WGN reruns of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie - with 'Sony Pictures' tacked on at the end)..i hated having these cut..i assume they're back for nostalgia sake.......

[Juliaflo]

@Banner4real035 You said it. This program, I recall, sold a great deal of Chevrolet cars, inasmuch as Chevrolet was the shows' core sponsor.

Did you know that this theme song has words? In the 1960's, they were sung by a singer named Teri Thornton.

[Juliaflo]

@disabled1955 That's right. Here's wishing you a health Columbus Day holiday.

[Banner4real035]

@Banner4real035 My bad on at least two counts. First, it was not Roman who went in to Kwana, but Mr. Ivy's late son Thomas. And also, Kwana did not actually say it was rape. The story line does imply it tosome extent, though. Nevertheless, one of the best episodes of this magnificent but relatively obscure series!

[Banner4real035]

BTW, I just realized that the so-and-so who raped poor Kawana was played by the same actor who later co-starred in M*A*S*H the movie, as Frank Burns, everyone's favorite villain! LMAO!

[Banner4real035]

@disabled1955 I agree. It gets more and more like that every season. More's the pity.

[paullubliner]

It is too bad there have never been any original studio soundtracks released of this show's music.