We find out that jim bronson likes honey in his coffee. This was followed by a single season of 26 episodes. Then came bronson, played by michael parks from 6970 when i was in junior high school. Series regulars or semiregulars in then came bronson from 19701982. Then came bronson season 1 episode 19 video detective. And then came bronsonthat was the working title on the shooting script i have was produced by mgm in 1968. I am hoping there are some of you out there who remember the television series then came bronson, produced by mgm television, starring michael parks. Michael parks starred as jim bronson, a san francisco journalist who drops out of mainstream society, hitting the road on a motorcycle to discover americaand himselfin the process. In the hillclimb episode, the bike that bronson rides up the hill is actually a czechmade cz 400, painted to look like bronsons harley davidson. She piques bronsons interest with her tales of surviving the titanic disaster and her vitality. In the hillclimb episode, the bike that bronson rides up the hill is actually a. Ever since the hellenic homer wrote the odyssey, tales of travel and adventure have been an important component of western literature.
Created a listing for the bronson dvd set on one of my other sites. Michael parks broke into television when a talent agent discovered him 1958 performing in a theatrical groups production of compulsion in hermosa beach, california at the age of 18. In order to renew his soul he becomes a nomadic vagabond searching for the meaning of life and experience what life has to offer. The pilot movie for tcb has finally been released, on november 17, 2009 40 years and two months to the day that the tcb tv series began sept 17, 1969, on the warner brothers label. Read character biographies created by the webmaster. Check out these two websites for details of upcoming events celebrating the 40th anniversary of then came bronson. Community motorcycle consumer news general motorcycle discussions this years then came bronson reunion this topic contains replies, has 0 voices, and was last updated by ironhead97 may 19, 2014 at 6. A disillusioned reporter, james jim bronson, quits his job and starts wandering the road on his harleydavidson motorcycle as a form of soulsearching. Then, ten years later, in the late sixties, jim bronson played on television a forlorn newspaperman disillusioned after the suicide of his best friend and working for the man. Temple brooks is a runway bride just as adrift as jim is. Then came bronson season 1 episode 11 all the world and god. Then came bronson began with a television film pilot that aired on nbc. Then came bronson season 1 episode 19 bronson travels to see his cousin eve bronson in reno, nevada. Bronson travels to see his cousin eve bronson in reno, nevada.
Timmons considers quitting her job because it overtaxes her but is uncertain because she worries about her patients and their future care. Watch then came bronson season 1, episode 21 the mountain. This years then came bronson reunion motorcycle consumer. Then came bronson ep 06 amid splinters of the thunderbolts. When a young friend, nick oresko, commits suicide by jumping off the golden gate bridge, bronson consoles the widow and then heads back to the newsroom. Viewing 10 posts 1 through 10 of 12 total 1 2 author posts february 25, 2014. Then came bronson tv series 19691970 episodes imdb. Alex has a 1937 rudge ulster hidden away in a friends garage, and bronsons presence reveals his secret, causing a bit of strife with his wife. Then came bronson complete series dvd michael parks. Jim gives his cousin money to buy a wedding dress but eve impetuously chooses to gamble with the money at a nearby casino and catches the fever. With michael parks, bonnie bedelia, bruce dern, robert hooks. By the late nineteen fifties two works of art captured the imagination of readers and viewers of television. Bronson ends up in a ghost town whose sole resident is the venerable hattie calder. Then came bronson is an american adventuredrama television series starring michael parks that aired on nbc from 1969 to 1970, and was produced by mgm television.
Alex shows bronson his old bike, a 1937 rudge ulster, that had been in storage for years. Then came bronson 40th anniversary adventure rider. Then came bronson actor michael parks 19402017 memorial video. Bronson befriends an attractive nurse, barbara timmons, who mourns the death of a doctor she worked with. It was created by denne bart petitclerc, and produced by mgm television. Eve is engaged to marry len and both decide to marry whil. Then came bronson is an american adventuredrama television series starring michael parks that aired on nbc from 1969 to 1970 then came bronson yahoo image search results the motorcycles used in the series were supplied by harleydavidson according to the closing credits of the episodes. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Perhaps middle america was not quite ready for that story on the small screen, but then came bronson expressed some of the themes of that movie in a way more palatable to the mass audience interestingly, the pilot movie was completed before easy rider hit the screen, so tcb was not a knockoff. Oldtimer alex invites jim to use his ranch to work on his damaged bike with the hopes that bronson will repair his rudge ulster. Then came bronson dvdr 1969 warner archive collection. The pilot film for the sametitled 26 episode tv series, then came bronson seen here in an international version that has footage not seen in u. Running for a single season in 19691970 the show gained a cult following over its 26 episodes and exposed a turbulent and exhausted. Then came bronson series regulars and episode guide.
Then came bronson 19691970 was an ambitious dramatic series from mgm that aired on nbc for only one season. Like ernest hemingway, and like the character out of his novel the sun also rises, the elder wilson ford is a renowned n. Because jim is in town, eve and her fiance len decide on an impromptu. Then came bronson season 1 episode 24 the ninetynine. This year is the 40th anniversary of the tv show that got a lot of folks in to motorcycles and riding like me. The surreal true story of how a westernteenager came of. Then came bronson a comprehensive website of everything bronson and the long lonesome highway.
Propelling bronson from one episode to the next was his harleydavidson sportster, transporting him through a kaleidoscope of fascinating characters and situations that both challenged and strengthened his gentle spirit. Clicking the highlighted names will take you to links with each individuals working career credits. Then came bronson, played by michael parks from when i was in junior high school. The first four episodes of then came bronson were shot in jackson hole over the summer of 1969. Then came bronson drew upon petitclercs prehollywood life as a beat reporter and a fishing buddy of ernest hemingways, whose literary estate petitclerc represented after the famous novelistlike jim bronsons palcommitted. Watch then came bronson season 1, episode 19 lucky day. The theatrical title was pared down to then came bronson by the time it hit the small screen in the u. Jim bronson is traveling where the road and the day take him. Though only a tv role, this was the image in my head and the impetus for me later becoming the type of biker i am today. Long lonesome highwaylong lonesome highway youtube. Hattie has an ongoing quarrel with bandit abner hotchman who is secretly looking for a silver vein.
Then came bronson began with a television film pilot that aired on nbc on march 24, 1969. Scene from episode against a blank cold wall from then came bronson. Then came bronson, welcome to the long lonesome highway. I pulled into houston after dark and pulled into her driveway she was waiting for me, sitting on the hood of her black gto, this could have been a scene from tcb, in fact it was a scene, because i. The ensemble casts included established stars of the day, and many new faces who would go on to be come major tv and film names. Then came bronson ep 05 where will the trumpets be. The then came bronson tv show was a 60 minute adventure drama series on nbc about a guy who decided to end his life as he knew it and travel the u. A friend forwarded an episode of the classic 1969 motorcycle tv show then came bronson, in which james bronson michael parks meets alex keenan wynn in sturgis. Michael parks, star of then came bronson, dead at 77. Michael parks played the worldly jim bronson on the weekly series, riding across the country looking for answers and truth in the everyday world. Jim bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and sets out on a crosscountry trip on his motorcycle in his quest for the meaning of life in which he befriends a runway bride, another searching soul, in this pilot for the tv series of the same name. For anyone who was a fan of the shortlived tv series then came bronson this 2disc collection of music from the show will be a treat, one that takes you back to a younger, more innocent time. Then came bronson is an american adventuredrama television series starring michael parks that aired on nbc. Then came bronson season 1 episode 6 amid splinters of.
True, due to clearance reasons, it doesnt include long lonesome highway or wayfaring stranger but at least those are available elsewhere online. If you arent familiar with this tv and film character actors work on. This is the complete series of the cult classic then came bronson tv series. Then came bronson ep 04 the circle of time video dailymotion. See replica bronson bikes and meet birney jarvis the real jim bronson. Jim gives his cousin money to buy a wedding dress but eve impetuously chooses to gamble with the. The first was jack kerouacs popular beat novel on the road 1957. The gleam of the eagles mind, episode 17 jim is splattered with mud by an old man in a van with no brakes. Then, ten years later, in the late sixties, jim bronson played on television a. Then came bronson tv series pilot episode 2 hour movie reaired on 869 jim bronson, a native of east oakland, california, works as a beat reporter for a san francisco newspaper.
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