Local weather
From the local newscast: “Nothing but sunshine . . . for the next few minutes. The sun is setting.”
Howlin’ Wolf on Shindig!
Howlin’ Wolf performs “How Many More Years,” May 26, 1965.
From the local news
“Man, there are a lot of people getting older!”
Domestic comedy
“I’ve seen the makeup and the shoulder pads as well.”
The libraries of Route 66
“Route 66 abounds in physical labor and fisticuffs, but Tod (Martin Milner) and Buz (George Maharis) and, later, Linc (Glenn Corbett) still make time to use a local library — twice.”
Recently updated
A Route 66 post, now with correspondence from the daughter of the man who owned the State & Lake Fruit and Nut Shop, seen for a fleeting moment in a 1962 episode.
From the -wise world
“Ward, this comes as quite a blow to me, friendship-wise.”
Midcult PBS
Dwight Macdonald would have appreciated Downton Abbey as a perfect example of what he called “Midcult.”
Recently updated
Naked City, soon!
King and Paar
At One Foot in Oz, Margie King Barab tells the story of Alexander King’s first appearance on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. This is history, folks.
Sales associates (Route 66)
You never know who will show up in an episode Route 66. Here, it’s Soupy Sales.
Route 66, very, very meta
Naked City actors on Route 66.
Route 66 de Chirico
“Jack Marta, director of photography for ninety episodes of the Route 66, was an ace.”
Casting By
A documentary film about casting directors, with special attention to Marion Dougherty, who cast many episodes of Naked City and Route 66.
Some rocks, some rocks
Zippy and Lassie.
A Route 66 mystery guest
Who is she?
Chris Matthews on sex, then and now
The first rule of sex: Get a room!
Page Morton Black (1915–2013)
“Chock Full o’Nuts is that heavenly coffee.”
Route 66 notebook sighting
Rod Steiger as notebook user and escaped convict Justin Lezama.
Charlie Rose, The Week
The show seems to be another PBS effort to engage younger audiences, certain to be sitting at home of a Friday night watching TV.
Route 66 conference call
With Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., and Boris Karloff as themselves.
At State and Lake (Route 66 )
State Street, 1962 and 2009.
“Give her a little Rimbaud”
From Route 66: “Be the intellectual. Change of pace. She’ll never see it coming. It’ll dazzle her. Tell her you’re an existentialist.”
Juvenile delinquents
“As a kid in Brooklyn, I believed, as did my peers, that there was something called a ‘J. D. card,’ certifying you as a juvenile delinquent. You were supposed to carry the card with you — in an I. D. wallet, no doubt.”
Route 66 mystery guest
Who is this actor?
Jazz on Route 66
Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Jo Jones, Ethel Waters.
Jean Stapleton (1923–2013)
“‘My husband doesn’t have the male chauvinist attitude that the woman’s place is in the kitchen,’ she says of her personal life. ‘He likes to be married to a woman who has more interests outside the home.’”
Completely Naked City
“I am happy to see that the zeitgeist has straightened up and started listening to us.”
Route 66 status check
“Quo, man, quo.”
Another Route 66 mystery guest
“In his Route 66 guest turn, he plays a West Coast trumpeter who bears a strong resemblance to Chet Baker.”