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Route 66 - The Complete Second Season | 
 enlarge | Actors: Martin Milner, George Maharis
Studio: Roxbury Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 4722
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 8
Running Time: 1740 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.6 x 1.8
MPN: IFYDIEG2037D
UPC: 617742203790
EAN: 0617742203790
ASIN: B001DZOCKU
Release Date: November 4, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Studio: Infinity Resources Inc Release Date: 11/04/2008
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Buzzin about Tod & Buz December 2, 2008
Mark Gaston (Oxnard, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kudos to the people at Infinity for the release of this fine treatise of American entertainment. I love the film prints and audio qualities which comprise this product. I have viewed all of the Season 2 episodes and I remain impressed with the story lines and the world famous guest stars who appear. This season is the true strength of the series. Maharis had just hit his stride with the Buz character and he and Milner had great chemistry. Maharis earned an Emmy nomination this season for his intense, charismatic performances. The most compelling episodes of the series are contained in Season 2. Among them are A Month Of Sundays, Goodnight Sweet Blues, Birdcage On My Foot, The Mud Nest, The Thin White Line, A City Of Wheels, Aren't You Surprised To See Me?, and Even Stones Have Eyes. Maharis was conspicuously absent on disc 8, episodes 59-62, due to a bout with hepatitis. Martin Milner went solo, pausing at times to "place a call to Buz" in Santa Monica Hospital. The episodes were not as strong during this time, which might have led some of the Nielsens to believe that the series had lost its steam. More to the point, the only thing the series was missing was its "Buzz". Overall, the writing was great, though at times a bit poetry laden. There are fewer original commercials in this Second Season package than there were in the First Season. But DON'T let that stop you! The Second Season is finally on DVD and rightfully so. It's been a long time coming now and the show still does not get it's due. In my mind, Route 66 might be among the top 10-15 dramas in TV history.
First class release November 21, 2008
abbaselena (Canada)
Season 2 of Route 66 is very well done and collectors of the series will be very happy with this release. Bring on seasons 3 & 4 soon!
I itch to hit the road. November 19, 2008
Juan monge (long island, ny)
This show was a few years before I was born and I must say that I have been waiting a long time to see it. I too love to see America and since this show cameout on DVD I have taken four trips to different parts of the country just because they showed them on this show. I love the scenery and liked seeing how America used to be before it became one big mall. I love the jazz inspired episodes. My only complaint is that some of the episodes are very dark and have the touching of human tragedy. I guess we are used to happy endings. I love to drive, but I have never driven a corvette for long periods of time. The shows are beautifully done and I envy Tod and Buz for having experienced such a wonderful road trip (and get paid for it).Please keep the other seasons coming.
The Third Time is a Charm November 13, 2008
Robert Huggins (Suburban Philadelphia, PA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you've previously purchased the split season 1 DVD releases of "Route 66" from Infinity Entertainment, you know that Route 66 - Season 1, Vol. 1 episodes were of variable visual quality and one episode, "A Fury Slinging Flame," was severely edited. Route 66: Season 1, Vol. 2 offered improved, more consistent visual quality across all of the episodes but compromised the visuals with a phony widescreen presentation which cropped a portion of the top and bottom of the frame. After numerous complaints here at Amazon and elsewhere, Infinity re-released Route 66 - The Complete First Season in its entirety, restoring the full-screen format to those episodes contained in volume 2. Which brings us to this full season 2 release . . . . . Infinity has finally delivered a set that most fans of the series will be happy to own. No, the visuals don't have that eye-popping, razor-sharp "CBS/Paramount sheen" found on vintage television releases like "The Fugitive" or "The Untouchables," but they're quite good, in the correct full-screen aspect ratio and, unlike some CBS/Paramount releases, the original music is all here . . . . . no modern synthesized replacement music on this release, thank you very much! Can anyone imagine watching "Route 66" without Nelson Riddle's memorable theme and orchestrations?
"Route 66" is one of television's all-time great dramatic series and season 2 finds protagonists Tod Stiles (Martin Milner) and Buz Murdock (George Maharis) continuing their cross-country road adventures in a wide variety of early 1960s locales. The guest star list for season 2 is impressive, including the likes of James Caan, Robert Duvall, Anne Francis, Peter Graves, DeForest Kelley, Lee Marvin, Suzanne Pleshette, Robert Redford, Marion Ross, Martin Sheen, Jack Warden, Ethel Waters and Tuesday Weld, among others. Infinity sticks to the same formula for extras used for the season 1 releases with the inclusion of vintage 1960s commercials and short clip profiles for each episode's guest stars. However, one does wonder as to whatever happened to the George Maharis episode commentaries that were reported by ROUTE 66 NEWS in early 2008 to have been supposedly recorded, but have yet to surface on any of the "Route 66" season releases to date.
A public thanks is in order to Infinity Entertainment (the DVD releasing company) and Roxbury Entertainment (the series' rights owner) for actually listening to their customers and delivering a season 2 release that is befitting a series of this high caliber. While, perhaps, the extra features could have been a bit better, the episodes in this season 2 DVD release look very good and the mistakes of the past split season 1 releases have been corrected. Here's hoping that Infinity/Roxbury will release the remaining two seasons; I'll pre-order on the day that they are announced.
They Got It Right This Time!!! - Thank You! November 12, 2008
Chris Damon (New Jersey)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Route 66 is my all-time favorite TV show - and this time for Season Two Infinity/Roxbury did it right! After a few problems with Season One such as some quality issues with some episodes in Season One Volume One to Season One Volume Two being remastered in the non-original Widescreen format which cut off tops and bottoms of tight shots (this series uses very dramatic camera work at times), it appears the company listened to the complaints and did a great job with this release. For SEASON TWO - The Widescreen matting on the top and bottom of the screen is gone!!! and the original 4 x 3 television format has returned!!!! This Season was released as a WHOLE, not in 2 parts. Well technically there is a Volume One and Volume Two that slip into a box that holds the complete season, as far as I know that is the only way you could purchase them, together as a complete set, and at a reasonable price. Although I did not watch the entire season yet, I did sample through it and do not see any obvious poor quality dubs, they all seem to be clean original good quality transfers. The picture is crisp and vibrant (well as much as a black and white picture can be)! The audio is good for a TV series over 40 years old. Of course the classic commercials are still there which I always get a kick looking at.
Please keep up the good work Roxbury Entertainment / Infinity - This is the way people want this series released!!!!! Now if only I could get Season One released with the same care as Season Two was.
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