Route 66
Route 66: Season 3

Air Date

September 21, 1962

Episodes

31 episodes

Route 66

Season 3

Episodes

One Tiger to a Hill

1. One Tiger to a Hill

September 21, 1962
60 min

Buz and Tod hire out as deck hands on Anna Gustafson's salmon fishing trawler where Tod becomes involved with Anna's daughter. Filming Location: Astoria, Oregon (From a contributor) The opening scene is unforgettable. Buz and Tod are driving along a sandy beach in their classic corvette while Nelson Riddle's theme song is playing in the background. Buz and Tod land jobs as fishermen and deck hands for a widower named Anna Gustafson. While at her home they get a glimpse of her beautiful daughter, Toika, who has a ""bounce in her step"" as she walks by them. Immediately Anna takes a liking for both Buz and Tod but she notices their differences. It is evident to her that Tod is college educated and the type of guy for Toika. Meanwhile, Karno, played by David Janssen, is a veteran and also the boyfriend of Toika. He despises Tod because Tod went to college while he was drafted into the war. Furthermore, Toika, who has been rejected by Karno, is drawn to Tod. When Karno sees the

Journey to Nineveh

2. Journey to Nineveh

9.0
September 28, 1962
60 min

Tod and Buz ride into Harleyville. They meet some old comedians, including Jonah Butler, the town jinx. Filming Location: Harleyville (state?)

Man Out of Time

3. Man Out of Time

October 5, 1962
60 min

In Chicago, Tod and Buz encounter Harry Wender, a frightened 1930's gangster who has outlived his time. Filming Location: Chicago, Illinois

Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma

4. Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma

October 12, 1962
60 min

Tod and Buz go surfing in Southern California. Buz challenges a surfing champion to a match. Filming Location: Huntington Beach, California

Voice at the End of the Line

5. Voice at the End of the Line

October 19, 1962
60 min

Tod and Buz encounter a downtrodden stock clerk who is involved in a telephone romance. Filming Location: Chicago, Illinois

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

6. Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

October 26, 1962
60 min

Tod and Buz are excited to be working at a Chicago hotel which is hosting a women's convention. Also staying at the hotel are the famous horror film actors. The actors are debating whether their traditional horror film characters can still scare modern audiences. The actors test their ideas on the conventioneers.

Across Walnuts and Wine

7. Across Walnuts and Wine

November 2, 1962
60 min

In Oregon City Tod and Buz get a real deal on rooms at an old house - $6.50 per week. Living in the house is Maggie a psychic reader, Van her unemployed husband, Michael, her nephew. Maggie's sister Autumn arrives after being fired from her teaching job and moves in. Michael is the house's sarcastic unpleasant owner and threatens to evict his relatives when he turns 21 in a few months. Michael is also trying to avoid some young men who want to beat him up. Filming Location: Oregon City, Oregon

Welcome to the Wedding

8. Welcome to the Wedding

November 9, 1962
60 min

While waiting for his date in a Cleveland railroad station Tod encounters convict Justin Lezama who is being moved to another prison. Lezama wants to call his brother and when the guard refuses Tod agrees to make the contact. Lezama takes Tod as a hostage. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own

9. Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own

November 16, 1962
60 min

Tod and Buz work for John Rados' road building-business. John has a strange daughter and John offers Buz money and a business if he will date her. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Poor Little Kangaroo Rat

10. Poor Little Kangaroo Rat

November 23, 1962
60 min

Tod and Buz work with a Doc Duncan, a shark fisherman. Doc is catching sharks for scientific experiments. Filming Location: California

Hey Moth, Come Eat The Flame

11. Hey Moth, Come Eat The Flame

November 30, 1962
60 min

Tod and Buz encounter Muddy Mullins, a piano playing ex-con and his son Arnie. Filming Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Only by Cunning Glimpses

12. Only by Cunning Glimpses

December 7, 1962
60 min

Mentalist Brycie Koseloff makes dire predictions about Tod's future including predicting that finally Tod will kill Buz. Her predictions start coming true. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Where is Chick Lorrimer? Where Has He Gone?

13. Where is Chick Lorrimer? Where Has He Gone?

December 14, 1962
60 min

Tod becomes involved in a kidnapping. Ellen Barnes claims that a mental patient is kidnapping her. Filming Location: St. Charles, Missouri

Give an Old Cat a Tender Mouse

14. Give an Old Cat a Tender Mouse

December 21, 1962
60 min

Tod meets Vicki Russell again (from ""How Much a Pound is Albatross""). She is again riding her motorcycle and this time has a boyfriend Frank pursuing her. Filming Location: Memphis, Tennessee

A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis

15. A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis

January 4, 1963
60 min

Tod becomes an assistant to novelist Warren Barr. Warren's daughter Beth shoots her husband. Filming Location: Hernando, Mississippi

You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti

16. You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti

January 11, 1963
60 min

Tod meets music composer Julian Roebuck who is recording local folk musicians in Tennessee. Filming Location: Lake Chisholm, Tennessee

A Gift for a Warrior

17. A Gift for a Warrior

January 18, 1963
60 min

Tod and Buz meet Lars, a German sailor in Tijuana who is looking for his father Ralph and is carrying a gun. Filming Location: Chula Vista and San Diego, California

Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain

18. Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain

February 8, 1963
60 min

Tod is carrying his new credit card around Los Angeles, and is being followed around Los Angeles by Diane. She asks him for a date and then steals the credit card. Filming Location: Los Angeles, California

Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow

19. Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow

February 15, 1963
60 min

Tod meets Joby, who steals his wallet. Corelli is a social worker who helps out. Filming Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King

20. Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King

February 22, 1963
60 min

Tod witnesses a double murder and joins a posse hunting for the killers. Filming Location: Apache Junction, Arizona

In the Closing of a Trunk

21. In the Closing of a Trunk

March 8, 1963
60 min

Alma Hawkes returns to a Gulf Coast fishing town after spending time in prison for killing her father. She is looking for her son and mistakes Tod for the son. Filming Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

The Cage Around Maria

22. The Cage Around Maria

March 15, 1963
60 min

Tod is working for the Houston zoo. Maria, the troubled daughter of a Mexican family, throws herself into the bear pit. Filming Location: Houston, Texas

Fifty Miles From Home

23. Fifty Miles From Home

March 22, 1963
60 min

Tod meets a Lincoln Case who has just completed a six-year Army enlistment including two years in Vietnam as an Army ranger. Linc decides not to re-enlist but to join Tod on the cross-country odyssey. Filming Location: Houston, Texas

Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine

24. Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine

March 29, 1963
60 min

Linc meets a girl named Janie in a tavern and she gives him a knockout drink. Filming Location: Galveston, Texas

The Cruelest Sea of All

25. The Cruelest Sea of All

April 5, 1963
60 min

The boys get jobs at the Weeki Wachee theme park in Florida. The park show features girls dressed as mermaids performing underwater. A shy girl Elissa emerges from the water and after demonstrating amazing underwater swimming talent is hired for the show. She talks about ""coming from the sea"" and implies that she is a real mermaid. Skeptical Tod falls for her but assumes that she just wants publicity to launch a movie career. Linc has a more open mind and believes her. Tod discovers too late that she was telling the truth. Filming Location: Weeki-Wachee and Crystal River, Florida. Hotel credited: Port Paradise Hotel in Crystal River.

Peace, Pity, Pardon

26. Peace, Pity, Pardon

April 12, 1963
60 min

Tod and Linc meet Jai-Alai players who involve the boys in Cuban politics. Quiepo wants to smuggle his niece out of Cuba. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida

What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant

27. What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant

April 26, 1963
60 min

Linc meets Lt. School, a former officer he served under in Vietnam. The officer now has the mentality of an eight-year old child and is living with his mother. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida

But What Do You Do in March

28. But What Do You Do in March

May 3, 1963
60 min

Tod and Linc meet two rich playgirls after one of them runs down his boat with her speedboat. Filming Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Who Will Cheer My Bonnie Bride

29. Who Will Cheer My Bonnie Bride

May 10, 1963
60 min

Tod and Linc's car breaks down. Linc hitches a ride with Alva and Charlie, two robbers who force him to drive their getaway car. Filming Location: Cape Coral, Florida

Shadows of an Afternoon

30. Shadows of an Afternoon

May 17, 1963
60 min

Tod and Linc are working in a Florida town. Linc is accused of stabbing an unfriendly dog and is arrested. Filming Location: Cape Coral, Florida

Soda Pop and Paper Flags

31. Soda Pop and Paper Flags

May 24, 1963
60 min

Tod and Linc are working with Emmett McNeill, a tramp. A strange disease breaks out which turns out to be spread by ticks. Filming Location: Unknown (Florida?)