Route 66
A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis
TV Flash files “A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis” as a desk essential hour — Route 66 (1960–1964) on CBS, season 3, episode 15, aired 1963-01-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E15: listed hour 77 of 116 in the Route 66 guide, hour 15 of 31 in season 3. It aired 1963-01-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Give the Old Cat a Tender Mouse” (S03E14). Next is “You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti” (S03E16).
Essential hour: “A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis”. A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis — title as itinerant-performer weather, the highway still the only standing set that matters.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis sit in the Route 66 guide?
S03E15 is listed hour 77 of 116 — hour 15 of 31 in season 3, season 3 episode 15.
When did Route 66 S03E15 air?
A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis aired 1963-01-04 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
A Milner-and-Maharis on-location hour is the Corvette contract: highway as character, local crisis as guest story. Corbett-era Linc is the later traveling partner.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Route 66 put two young men and a Corvette on actual American pavement, shooting drama on location when most series never left the lot. Martin Milner and George Maharis (later Glenn Corbett) wander into local stories like a traveling anthology. Highway as character and Chevrolet-as-myth mood — freedom even when the hour turns earnest.
Two young men, a Corvette, and actual American pavement — when most series never left the lot. Route 66 put Martin Milner's Tod Stiles and George Maharis's Buz Murdock (later Glenn Corbett's Linc Case) on CBS from 1960 to 1964, 116 episodes of wandering into local stories like a traveling anthology. Stirling Silliphant and Herbert B. Leonard made the highway a character; Nelson Riddle's theme sealed the myth. Jazz-tinged restlessness meets social-issue guest stories. Chevrolet-as-myth mood — freedom even when the…
Filed against
- Martin Milner as Tod Stiles
Martin Milner’s Tod Stiles put a Corvette on actual American pavement in Route 66 — location drama when most series never left the lot — then patrolled Adam-12 as Malloy with Jack Webb’s moral grammar tight. Highway as character;…
- George Maharis as Buz Murdock
George Maharis rode Route 66 as Buz Murdock — two young men, a Corvette, actual American pavement when most series never left the lot. Traveling anthology with Chevrolet-ad glamour and local-story bruises. TV Flash files him as 1960s…
- Glenn Corbett as Linc Case
Glenn Corbett took the passenger seat as Linc Case on Route 66 — a later wanderer in the Corvette after Buz, still shooting drama on actual American pavement when most series never left the lot. Traveling anthology, highway as character.…