I was eleven years old when a TV movie and series called "Then Came Bronson" riveted me to my parents television in 1969. It planted a seed that grows to this day.

Looking back through the years I find myself smiling at how foolhardy it was to do what I did before I went to college. Yup, I hit the road without destination in mind. I road a pre-unit 1958 Triumph 650 rather than a Harley, but the gear was setup the same way and the experiences I had set the foundation for decades of 2-wheeled travel, on and off the roadway.
As I prepare for a dirtbike ride through the Mexican Sierra Madres in a few weeks I once again reflect on the impact "Then Came Bronson" had on me then,and how it still brings forth the urge to seek the next adventure.

Thanks for the website and for providing a place to express my fondness for a short lived series with long running stimulation.
--Michael Torst
<mailto:mike@lasvegasrider.com>

M.T.

Great story and I am glad my website could help you relate to your past and future. Becareful south of the border. I wish I was going with you!

I've just recently purchased the series on DVD ,been looking for this for 30 years and now Im getting my boys into Jim Bronson.Just goes to show that good things keep coming round.Hey ,where do I get some sunglasses like his? Keep up the good work here and Hang in there.
--Mark Anderson
<mailto:rander3@verizon.net>

M.A.

Glad your enjoying the ride on the lonesome highway and very happy to hear that Jim's travels are being passed on the your sons. Ride safe!

Hi, I really like the web site, nicely done and a lot of interesting information on Then Came Bronson. I am trying to e-mail you regarding the dvd however, the e-mail link will not put the email address in the mail format. Please e-mail me with information regarding the purchase of the Then Came Bronson dvd's.
--Faith
<mailto:themaclady@sbcglobal.net>

Faith,
I will contact you with details.

I still have a painting i did of michael parks and fan articles. the painting is quite good!
--anita

I later took up road trips in my old beater of a green dodge deamon. I was a little older then.
--Anita

HELLO AGAIN, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU BUT I NEEDED TO SEE IF MY MESSAGE MADE THE TRIP AND IT DID..I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BORN IN 1955 AND "FALL-IN-LOVE" WITH BRONSON... I HAD THE ENTIRE "HAND-IN-THERE" TO MEMORY AND WOULD "NEVER" MISS IT I USED TO RIDE MY "STING-RAY-BICYCLE AND I WOULD DREAM OF BEING JIM BRONSON GOING "DOWN THAT LONG LONESOME HIGHWAY" ALL THE TIME!!! I WOULD LOVE TO FIND A WAY TO PURCHASE THE SERIES ON DVD!!! I COULD GO CRAZY KNOWING THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE AND ME NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE GETTING MY HANDS ON THEM. SO PLEASE, IF YOU CAN ADVISE ME IN WHICH DIRECTION I CAN GO TO PURCHAS ANY OF THE SERIES DVD'S I WOULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT...A LOT!!!
LOOK FORWARD TO TELLING STORIES ABOUT THIS LOVE OF "BRONSON" WITH ANOTHER FAN..ALSO, MY WIFE IS A BIG "MOD SQUAD" FAN!!!!
TAKE CARE ON THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING HOPE "SANTA" WAS GOOD TO YOU
CARL "LANE" HANNER

--CARL &quot;LANE&quot; HANNER
<mailto:elyme11@yahoo.com>

Carl
I had a Sting Ray Schwinn with a Banana seat in 1966, I will email you soon with details on TCB and MSQ.

For Anita, Send me some digital pixs of your painting of MP, I will post it in my photo gallery.

In 1973 I took a 9,000 mile trip, partially motivated by TCB. (I thought I remembered Wayfaring Stranger as one of the TCB songs. I rode a Triumph Trident at that time, later road a HD 883, and now ride a 1988 Honda Shadow which is very comfortable at my current age.
--Al
<mailto:awilhoit.life@tds.net>

I must have been all of age 13 when I fell in love with Jim Bronson and his bike. The song Wayfaring Stranger has stuck in my head for the remaining 40 years. thanks for the website
I would love to let Jim Bronson know just how much he influenced a young Christian southern girl, by just giving her a song to sing for years. whenever I get down and out, I sing it to remember that this world only leads to the next. Thank you again.
--Debby
<mailto:debbysueevans@hotmail.com>

I would love to get the dvd set of Along came Bronson.
Also how and why did this series not make it longer?

--Debby
<mailto:debbysueevans@hotmail.com>

I really enjoy and appreciate the TOH presentation. Can you send your email address so I can purchase all 78 series? A phone number would be useful as well for ordering.

Respectfully,

D. Freimark
414-455-7387
--David Freimark
<mailto:davidfreimark@yahoo.com>

Blog Gang,

Sorry that I got behind on my blogging.

Al, I too once had a Triumph but mine was a Bonneville 650 (1971 I think), that three lung job was really weird back then, but then the Mach 3 Kawasaki hit the streets, color it gonnnnnnnnne.

Debbie, I sent you details on getting the CD, the series canceled because the character of Jim was going to become more radical, and Michael Parks would not go along with the new scripts.

David, Glad you are a B-17 buff, I have sent you emails on the details to fly on all 78 missions.

I would love to get a DVD set of TOH. I grew up in the 60's and I am reading a book by Gregory Freidman THE FORGOTTEN 500. That has got me thinkiing about the pilots and crews and rememembering the show. Thanks.

Michael Jones
--MIchael Jones
<mailto:mljonessa@gmail.com>

Can you email me at jacairo@yahoo.com. My uncle Jay Novello was in several episodes on your site and IM trying to get dvd copies of those episodes
--Jim Cairo
<mailto:jacairo@yahoo.com>

Michael and Jim

I have sent you both emails in how to obtains copies of the series.

Greetings,

Does anyone know the SFO location of the opening scene with the station wagon ("wish I was you...")?

Thanks,

Joe

Hi!

I am very, very interested in the Then Came
Bronson series DVD. Please contact me. Your
website has a flaw in that regard
--V Summers

Joe,
That is a good question, it is hard see any land marks, and with that scene now 37 years old I am sure the neighborhood has changed.
..................
V. Summers
Please click on the email links on my episode page and send me and email request, I can then send you details.
..................
Karen
I have everything your asking for, I will email you soon.

My name is Jim Bronson and boy did I catch hell in junior high every time the show ran. Just ell me that the characters middle name is not Boyd!
--Jim Bronson 1959

I am so sad about the passing of Earle Hagen who wrote the great theme for "The Mod Squad". I'm looking to buy the sheet music to the melancoly outro for the show. Does anyone know where I can buy that music?
--dede blunt
<mailto:ddblunt@gmail.com>

Jim

It is great to meet you, however my middle was Wayne .... James Wayne Bronson.

...................

Dede

It is always sad when one of our icons passes on, good luck in looking for the sheet music, have you looked on Ebay?

As a 12 year old fan of the show, I wanted a H-D Sportster more than anything. I had a Honda 50 at the time (the bike Jim rode was an XL 883cc) which left plenty of room for growth. I even tucked a bed roll under the headlight of my mighty minibike just in case I wanted to camp somewhere along that journey down the alley to the next street over and beyond to the big empty field. I made it to a Honda 550 four before I got married in 1985 and my bride asked that I not ride anymore. I agreed since I wanted a family more than I wanted a motorcycle. Two days later, my dad pointed out that the two things weren't mutually exclusive and that he had both. I'd been duped! After 20 years of shameless and daily begging, my wife let me out of my promise and I purchased a 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster. This was a dream come true. She had 5,500 miles on her when I got her 2 1/2 years ago and today she has over 17,000 miles. I've added so much chrome that my wife threatened an intervention. I ride every day that I can. She has the same "peanut" tank that Jim Bronson's Sporty had (available since the models inception in 1958) and with drag pipes, pretty much the same sound. This is the smallest bike that Harley makes and while a wonderful in town ride, it would take a tough (and young) man to ride her across the country. My 15 year old daughter and I ride about 40 or 50 miles and we are done. Still, deep in my heart I am wearing a watch cap, riding across the desert on my way to my next good deed. I'm not sure where the kid sitting behind me wearing the pink helmet with the dark visor that's always down (day or night), texting her friends with one hand and scrolling away on her iPod with the other that keeps calling me "daddy", fits into my 1969 daydream. Maybe I have just rescued the Pink Power Ranger from her wicked mother, The Red Queen and must take her to the Land of Starbucks before The Evil Matriarch can ground her for not doing the dishes and having a sassy mouth. I'll work on the background story a little more. This version makes me feel like a little Italian guy named Mario, jumping over spinning turtles...
Mark Webb
June 3, 2008
Oh yes, the reason I stopped by. Does anyone know who sang the theme song?
--Mark Webb
<mailto:markpwebb@tx.rr.com>

Mark

Michael Parks was the singer for the theme song "Long Lonesome Highway". On my website you can see the album LP cover and I have the songs on CD.

I loved this show! Thanks for keeping it alive!
J.
--J.
<http://www.intheviewfinder.blogspot.com>

J
TCB is gaining strength coming up on the 40th in 2009.

Hey man I dig your site and just Love TCB. Discovered the series after a spontaneous memory flash to my childhood sitting in the living room with my parents. Out of nowhere came the theme music and the story of this beautiful modern day's sage. I don't know why but I searched the web for the collection and bought it. I re-watch the episodes constantly. My favorites are the circle of time, the 99 mile circle, a pickin and a singin, gleam of the eagle mind, mateing dance for tender grass. I think it's the pace, the open landscapes, the characters, the more innocent time and Jim himself. Great site and maybe someday I'll see all these great places Jim used to travel.
Gary from PA

--dreamweaver

Is there anywhere on the net or anywhere else that I can get a real good pic of the "Angel Babe" nose art, episode 56 ToH. I've been in love with her since I was 12. Thanks
--Vin
<mailto:misty_54@verizon.net>

I know the "REAL" Jim Bronson (that of course is an alias - Hollywood name). This is based on actual man's life. Do a google and I'm sure you'll find him. He's quite a character - even in his now 70s.

how come ebay and others advertise the entire mod squad series in 117 episodes. i thought there were 123 total?
--irene