A stubborn farmer constantly clashes with his rebellious son.A stubborn farmer constantly clashes with his rebellious son.A stubborn farmer constantly clashes with his rebellious son.
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- TriviaThere are four actors in this episode ("And Make Thunder His Tribute") of Route 66 who later played characters in Star Trek (TOS). Glenn Corbett played Zefram Cochrane in "Metamorphosis." Alfred Ryder played Prof. Robert Crater "The Man Trap." Lou Antonio played Lokai in "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield." And Michael J. Pollard played Jahn in "Miri." Michael J. Pollard (Vinny). Jahn. Miri.
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A Thoughtful Episode
One of the unfortunate aspects of Route 66 is people tend to degrade the episodes that don't involve George Maharis, but "And Make Thunder His Tribute" is a great example of why it's unfair to do that.
Glenn Corbett - in his quiet, non-George Maharis way - brings a lot to the show, and this episode is when viewers get a deeper look into an aspect of his character's (Linc Case) troubled relationship with his father, which had been worked around the edges but not fleshed out in Corbett's first 14 episodes.
The most convincing aspect of this show is the lead character, Mike Donato, thanks to an unbelievably great performance turned in by an actor named J. Carrol Nash. I felt I knew Mike Donato; Nash completely captures what I remember growing up with a *very* Italian uncle. Donato's drive is relentless, and it puts Tod and Linc on opposite sides of interpretations of the nature of fathers. Through this we learn a lot (as does Linc) about Linc's character, and nature.
Lou Antonio is excellent as Mike Donato's son, Tony, with whom Linc identifies and whose actions drive Linc into an introspective look at his own attitudes about his father. The famous character actor Michael J. Pollard also makes an engaging appearance as a beatnik.
People shouldn't dismiss out of hand these later episodes of Route 66, which tend toward the serious and are often a bit more deep and introspective than episodes in earlier seasons of the show. A person can see the country growing up a little on Route 66 even in the way the Glen Corbett episodes start - with a surprisingly identifiable disorientation about the war in Vietnam, of which Case's character is a veteran. This is truly an oddity, given Corbett started on the show in early 1963.
Those who are cynical need to give Linc Case a chance. There's a lot going on in this episode and others with him, like "Peace, Pity, Pardon" and "I Wouldn't Start from Here." People may think the show lost an edge when George Maharis left, but that view is a bit trite.
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- Jun 17, 2019
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- Runtime50 minutes
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