Comments on: Tomorrow is the Very First Day of the Rest of Your Life

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:30:47 +0000

Aurelio: Happy to share Then Came Bronson anytime!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:30:19 +0000

Canajun: All I have been able to find on DVD is the pilot — a Warner Brothers DVD product. Everything else appears to be pirated stuff. Hopefully someday Warner Brothers will release the entire series.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:28:52 +0000

Doug: You raise an interesting idea for me — that of dad and what he did or didn’t know. Sitting here now I wish I would have talked with mine more when he was alive to learn how he felt about things then and what his dreams were.

If I have any regrets in life it’s that…

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:26:47 +0000

Len: Mask was another film that I remember well. The story was compelling for someone who felt isolated at that age. And the plans made to see the world, well, I wonder how many kids still dream like that?

By: Aurelio

Aurelio — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:05:53 +0000

Thanks Steve, I needed that.

By: Canajun

Canajun — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:03:28 +0000

One of my favourite shows of the era as well. I think it was probably every teen-aged boy’s dream to be able to chuck it and just go! Still looking for it on DVD so I can watch it all over again all these years later.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 07:29:09 +0000

There is a “Then Came Bronson” fan group of guys that was so affected by the series they still gather once a year to ride Sportsters and share stories. Birney Jarvis, on who the Bronson character was based, just passed away last year.

http://www.jimbronson.com/birney/Birneys_Photo_Albums.htm

As for me, I loved watching the show although no one else in my family did. My dad was sure it would have the wrong influence on me. He was right!

By: len@RE-GLAZE-IT

len@RE-GLAZE-IT — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 05:24:07 +0000

Hi Steve ,

How those films/shows grabbed at our attention when we were younger…….. Do you remember the film MASK with Cher in it ,
The lead character as a plan to finish school at make that big trip…..him and his best mate with the map on the wall !!
wow
How things can really grab you

Kindest regards
Len

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 01:40:20 +0000

Coop: Unfortunately for me I was in a confirmed, no motorcycle, you’ll shoot your eye out family. All my riding was on the sly. Would have loved to have a Sportster back then.

Moms would probably hate the show. Looking at it now it is really sexist in that sort of campy way. Shows are still sexist but are much more subtle about it so if you aren’t paying close attention…

Texas would have some far off horizons!

By: Coop a.k.a. Coopdway

Coop a.k.a. Coopdway — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 01:31:22 +0000

Steve, I was 14 and the show had a huge impact on me, we were already a motorcycling family and I loved the show (not sure mom did). I wound up with a Sportster in high school, wore a helmet, not a watch cap. The summer after I graduated, the HD was ridden to TX, my brother along, a to-be senior in HS.

I’ll tell you, every horizon was a long, long ways off and I remember that very well.