I have been living in Asia for the past 32 years so I don't know if
reruns of "Route 66" have ever been running on television in the States
over the past 3 decades. But 20 years ago when I read Alvin Toffler's
prediction in The Third Wave that the future would see professionals
not loyal to any one company but working with an honest fervor at a
given task and then moving on to the next worthy challenge, my
impression was, "this guy is describing the world of Buz and Tod on
'Route 66'." In an era when America was composed of white collar
office workers and blue collar union members, all working towards a
pension, 'Route 66' was a breath of fresh air, an escape, and a
challenge to try something different as well as a reminder that one
should move on not with a sense of despair but with a feeling of
jubilation and wonder at what is over the next hill. Against the
current economic climate in both Japan and the U.S.A., such a reminder
is especially needed today. Let's move on with a sense of jubilation
and wonder. And to help us do it, bring back the "Route 66" series.
