Here's a television commercial for the Spring River Inn, off old Route 66 in Riverton, Kan. The once-popular restaurant closed in 1996 and burned down in 1998. The only evidence of its existence is a now-decrepit neon sign near the former entrance.
Category: Television
Route 66 will be featured on “Today” show
Route 66 in New Mexico will be featured during a segment on NBC-TV's "Today" show on Saturday, according to the New Mexico Business Weekly. According to the newspaper: Anchor Amy Robach made stops at the Turquoise Museum, Old Town, the 66 Diner, Nob Hill and El Pinto restaurant and took a ride with the ABQ Trolley Co. … Continue reading Route 66 will be featured on “Today” show
“Samantha Brown” episode on Route 66 is tomorrow
Samantha Brown, who has her own show on the Travel Channel, filmed an episode on Route 66 in Arizona and New Mexico that will air at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time on Thursday. According to a news release: On Thursday, Sam will be taking a road trip from Albuquerque to Arizona down Route 66 where she runs into … Continue reading “Samantha Brown” episode on Route 66 is tomorrow
The unseen “Route 66” TV pilot
Take a few seconds to watch this clip below. It'll look familiar, then you'll see something you won't expect: OK ... so roadies probably know that Dan Cortese and James Wilder co-starred in a short-lived television remake of "Route 66" in 1993. But those two aren't Cortese or Wilder. The description of the clip provides … Continue reading The unseen “Route 66” TV pilot
“Rawhide” was once filmed in Tucumcari area
"Rawhide," the TV western that helped launch the long career of Clint Eastwood, used the Route 66 town of Tucumcari, N.M., as a base to film five episodes in 1959, according to a story in the Quay County Sun. If you have fuzzy memories of "Rawhide," this might jolt your brain: The Sun reports: Actors … Continue reading “Rawhide” was once filmed in Tucumcari area
Notes from the road
Kim Benoit of Montreal has created a miniature version of the fictional Route 66 town of Radiator Springs, seen in the 2006 Disney/Pixar animated movie "Cars." Here are the photos that Benoit sent: Well done, I'd say. --- The owners of Seaba Station on Route 66 near Warwick, Okla., seek to reopen the historic auto … Continue reading Notes from the road
Next on the Mother Road
Next, a fashion website based in Great Britain, recently had a film shoot on Route 66 in West Hollywood to the Mojave Desert. Here's a behind-the-scenes video: Here's the finished product: Dig the soundtrack by the Dandy Warhols.
Two Guns as a movie location
Billy and Anais Yeager spent some months in the Route 66 ghost town of Two Guns, Ariz., to film footage for their forthcoming independent film, "Jesus of Malibu." Here's an edited section of a report by the Bravo Television about the Yeagers' experience in Two Guns. (Warning: one brief scene near the end of the … Continue reading Two Guns as a movie location
A medley from the King
Here's something I'd never seen before ... Nat King Cole performing a medley of five of his hits, including "Route 66."
A fresh take on the Mother Road
Caroline Vandergriff, a broadcast journalism and political science major at the University of Southern California, posted this video segment about the Mother Road in the Los Angeles area. On her YouTube profile, she says: All of these stories are my own original ideas, reported in the Los Angeles area. I shoot, edit, write, and provide … Continue reading A fresh take on the Mother Road