Route 66
Soda Pop and Paper Flags
TV Flash files “Soda Pop and Paper Flags” as the last listed hour of season 3 — Route 66 (1960–1964) on CBS, season 3, episode 31, aired 1963-05-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E31: listed hour 93 of 116 in the Route 66 guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 1963-05-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Shadows of an Afternoon” (S03E30). Next is “Two Strangers and an Old Enemy” (S04E01).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Soda Pop and Paper Flags sit in the Route 66 guide?
S03E31 is listed hour 93 of 116 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 31.
When did Route 66 S03E31 air?
Soda Pop and Paper Flags aired 1963-05-24 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.…