A New Jersey-based film production company that traveled Route 66 earlier this year is taking its footage to an editing company to create a reality-based travel program, according to a news release over the weekend. Vincent Cricchio of Vincent Video is consulting with Timeline Video on the editing. They plan to create a pilot episode … Continue reading Reality travel show on Route 66 goes to editing stage
Roadkill follies
Another video from Australian morning TV host Grant Denyer during his current Route 66 trip. I have to admit this is pretty funny. More of those videos can be seen here.
Party time
This latest video entry of "Route 66: A Road Trip through the Bible" delves into the book of First Corinthians. It's subtitled "Believers Behaving Badly," which describes it well. The only thing missing is Bluto Blutarsky.
“Travels with Charley” is deemed fiction
Bill Steigerwald, a writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, did some research and retraced the cross-country journey recounted in John Steinbeck's popular me-and-my-dog road book, "Travels with Charley," and came to this conclusion: Steinbeck's nonfiction book actually is fiction. He made it up. The first part of Steigerwald's critique -- that Steinbeck's meetings with vividly colorful … Continue reading “Travels with Charley” is deemed fiction
The elf and the whale
On Saturday afternoon, we stopped by the Blue Whale near Catoosa, Okla., to see Santa Claus make an appearance at that famous historic site on Route 66. After a Christmas lightning ceremony last week, Catoosa volunteers are still taking advantage of the Yuletide season to bring a little holiday cheer and raise money for the … Continue reading The elf and the whale
Prominent Lebanon business founder dies
Rea Wallace Reid, co-founder of the Shepherd Hills Factory Outlet Stores in Lebanon, Mo., that sprouted billboards along Route 66, died Monday at age 77, according to the News-Leader in Springfield, Mo. Shepherd Hills was hard to ignore. Billboards advertising Shepherd Hills' Case pocket knives, Chicago Cutlery, and pottery remain dotted along the Interstate 44 … Continue reading Prominent Lebanon business founder dies
1930 journal of Route 66 trip will be donated to museum
Claudia Heller, a correspondent of Route 66 stories for several Southern California newspapers, including the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, tells about a journal from a 1930 road trip on a fledgling Route 66 from Los Angeles to Chicago. Mary Desbrow wrote in the journal as she, her husband, and two children made the trip when … Continue reading 1930 journal of Route 66 trip will be donated to museum
Route 66 attractions guide now available for GPS
A touring company based in Oregon has just released a download for several Garmin global-positioning systems that will guide travelers to literally hundreds of attractions along the entire length of Route 66. River Pilot (yes, that's his name) of River Pilot Tours in Oakland, Ore., has developed a $9.99 download, "Route 66 Attractions," for Garmin … Continue reading Route 66 attractions guide now available for GPS
The man behind “Route 66: A Road Trip through the Bible”
The Houston Chronicle tracked down Pastor Bruce Wersen, the man behind all the "Route 66: A Road Trip through the Bible" videos that have been posted on YouTube (and on Route 66 News) in the past year or so. Wersen, 48, leads the His Place Community Church in Burlington, Wash. Using each of the Bible's 66 books … Continue reading The man behind “Route 66: A Road Trip through the Bible”
An Aussie in America
Affable television host and race-car driver Grant Denyer has been traveling Route 66 in an old Cadillac in the past few days and doing live feeds back home to Australia for the "Sunrise Channel 7" show. Today, the show start putting his Route 66 segments on YouTube. The channel is here, but here are the segments … Continue reading An Aussie in America