Category: Television

Photographer’s journey gets attention

For nearly three weeks, I've been following Sandi Wheaton's blog about her photographic trip down Route 66 at PictureRoute66.com (her post about her colorful time at the Elbow Inn in Devil's Elbow, Mo., was particularly memorable). It looks like the local media in Oklahoma City caught up with her in a big way this week. … Continue reading Photographer’s journey gets attention

Building roads

Check out this footage of a new television ad for GMC trucks, especially around the 0:06 mark: (Hat tip: Johnny "Moo-Moo" Miller)

More “Route 66” DVDs coming next month

The second DVD volume of the third season of the original "Route 66" television series will be in stores on Oct. 20, according to the publicist for producers Roxbury and Infinity. It's a four-disc set of 15 episodes. The suggested retail price is $29.95, although Amazon.com is already pre-selling it at a discount. These episodes … Continue reading More “Route 66” DVDs coming next month

Manhattan Transfer, circa 1981

Here's the Manhattan Transfer, performing one of its best-known songs, during an episode of "Fridays" on ABC-TV in 1981. And, yes, that's late comedian Marty Feldman doing the introduction.

More Rhythms of the Road

Brian Greene of Greene HD Productions has posted the seventh episode of "Rhythms of the Road," a musical revue that was filmed along Route 66. Stops in this episode included the U-Drop Inn in Shamrock, Texas, and the Mediocre Music Makers of Erick, Okla. Greene says he's posting this episode to get more feedback. He … Continue reading More Rhythms of the Road

“Rhythms of the Road,” Episode One

As a follow-up to the story we had about Greene HD Productions and its efforts to get its musical series, "Rhythms of the Road," on television, the company has posted the show's first episode on Vimeo. Here it is:

“Rhythms” still beating

Remember "Rhythms of the Road"? That was the musical television series taped at several spots along the Mother Road in October 2008. It was tentatively set to air this spring or summer. You can go here to see the trailer. Now, we're on the cusp of September, and no sighting of "Rhythms." So what happened? … Continue reading “Rhythms” still beating

DiSalvatores losing? Fuhgeddaboudit

The DiSalvatore family from New York , which repeatedly staved off elimination, earned the grand prize of $100,000 and other goodies during the season's final episode Monday of NBC's reality series, "The Great American Road Trip." The Coote family from Illinois had won most of the challenges during the show's run, but stumbled in the … Continue reading DiSalvatores losing? Fuhgeddaboudit