Then Came Bronson

Then Came Bronson was a short-lived TV show that ran in the US for only one season, on NBC, from 1969 to 1970. The series featured Michael Parks as the protagonist Jim Bronson, a newspaperman disillusioned after the suicide of his best friend and "working for the man."

Then Came Bronson Pilot One-Sheet

The television series, created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, began with a movie pilot on Monday, March 24, 1969. The series was green-lighted for one year and began its first run on September 17, 1969. The pilot was released in Europe as a feature film. The excutive in charge of production for MGM Television was Herbert F. Solow and co-produced by Robert H. Justman.

Synopsis

In order to renew his soul Bronson becomes a nomadic vagabond searching for the meaning of life and experience what life has to offer. In the process he shares his values with the people he meets along the way and lends a helping hand when he can. Bronson rides a Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle, and as such, was viewed by some as a modern version of the solitary cowboy meandering the American west.

The theme song of the series, "Long Lonesome Highway", sung by Parks, was a Top 40 Hit in 1970. The show has also sometimes faced the perception that it was a "knock-off" of the movie Easy Rider, but in actuality it preceded the release of that movie.

See Also

• List of Then Came Bronson episodes (including Pilot)

Guest stars

Among the many guest starts on the show were:

• Jack Klugman
• Penny Marshall
• Keenan Wynn
• Elsa Lanchester
• Dabney Coleman
• Fernando Lamas
• Jessica Walter
• James Doohan
• Gloria Grahame
• Diane Ladd
• Will Geer
• Iron Eyes Cody
• Zalman King
• Steve Ihnat
• Noah Beery
• Kurt Russell
• Don Drysdale
• Robert Loggia
• Skip Homeier
• Jay Novello
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Veronica Cartwright
• James Whitmore
• Beverly Garland

External links

• Then Came Bronson at IMDb
• Then Came Bronson EP Guide
• Fan Web Site
• TCB Multimedia Site
• Mad Magazine Take on Bronson