Rained-out Route 66 episode will play July 16

Historic City News has been informed that Flagler College and the City of St Augustine have rescheduled the screening of an episode of the classic 1960’s television series, Route 66. Originally scheduled for June 6, the event was rained out by Tropical Storm Andrea, but will be shown July 16 — come rain or shine.

Flagler College has made available the Virginia Room of the Ringhaver Student Center, located at 50 Sevilla Street in St Augustine for the eagerly awaited presentation. The evening will open with music by Lis and Lon Williamson with Rick Kuncicky and will be followed by the 60-minute Route 66 episode at 7:00 p.m. Historic City News readers are invited to attend without charge.

“We are asking any locals who were used as extras in the episode to come to the screening to be recognized,” said Laura Stevenson Dumas, Director of College Relations at Flagler College. “If you would like to participate, please contact my office at 904-819-6205.”

The Hotel Ponce de Leon was featured in the episode titled “This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you”, which first aired February 14, 1964 and makes use of several St Augustine locations.

In this episode, Tod and Linc, played by Martin Milner and Glenn Corbett, have come to St Augustine to work at the ornate hotel.

The cast included:

Martin Milner … Tod Stiles
Glenn Corbett … Linc Case
Soupy Sales … Harlan Livingston III
Bibi Osterwald … Mrs. Hunter
Roland Winters … Dr. Frank Hillman
Dawn Nickerson … Doree Hunter
Lee Meriwether … Jeanelle
Carol Ann Lewis … Cindy
Lorraine Rogers … Andrea

While waiting for the bridge, Stiles spots an apparently wealthy friend of his from his college days at Yale; Harland Livingston III, played by Soupy Sales. Stiles reconnects with Livingston and, during the episode, discovers the secret to a rather unorthodox way in which the idle playboy has accumulated his wealth and how he seeks out female companionship.

There is a particularly entertaining scene filmed in the main dining room of the hotel involving dessert. Route 66 is usually tackling heavy drama — this is a light-hearted travelogue episode.