The amusement park scenes were shot at Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California.
This is the first of many Route 66 episodes in which George Maharis as 'Buz' is entirely absent. Tod ( Martin Milner ) has a brief one-sided phone call with Buz, establishing that Buz is in a hospital in Pocoima, California, where he is affected with some sort of virus. This will be followed up on in future episodes.
In real life, Maharis had contracted hepatitis, and was forced to miss the last four episodes of this season.
In real life, Maharis had contracted hepatitis, and was forced to miss the last four episodes of this season.
Parts of this are filmed at Pacific Ocean Park which is the same location for parts of the final episode of The Judgment: Part II (1967) although this was supposed to be a park in Indiana for The Fugitive. While both shows were about being on the road around the country, only Route 66 was filmed on remote locations while The Fugitive was filmed in southern California.