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The series was filmed and broadcast in color.īronson's motorcycle, a 1969 XLH 900cc Harley-Davidson Sportster, figures in many episodes.
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Wherever I end up, I guess." Driver: "Man, I wish I was you." Bronson: "Really?" Driver: "Yeah." Bronson: "Well, hang in there."įrom here he heads out to California's State Route 1 and then crosses over the Bixby Creek Bridge. The scene also introduces Bronson's signature-phrase, which he often used in the episodes, "Hang in there".ĭriver: "Taking a trip?" Bronson: "What's that?" Driver: "Taking a trip?" Bronson: "Yeah." Driver: "Where to?" Bronson: "Oh, I don't know. The opening begins with Bronson riding up to a red light in San Francisco and he briefly chats with a commuter. The opening of the show served as a metaphor for the premise of the show: getting away from the "big city" and leading a simpler life. It was also sometimes erroneously described as a knock-off of Easy Rider. The show had obvious similarities to the early 1960s series Route 66 Michael Parks guest-starred in one episode of that series. Always, like a true catalyst, Bronson rolls out of every episode unchanged. The pilot film was also shown at the town's (then) only theater to give the locals a sense of what the series was going to be about, since they were shooting in town and at popular local area locations.īronson is committed to pacifism and often redirects an antagonist's anger into self-examination. The first three episodes, including the end credits scenes, were shot in and around Jackson, Wyoming. In another episode, located in Reno, Nevada, Bronson meets his cousin Eve on her wedding day and lends her money for the wedding service, but she runs off to the casinos and gambles it away. When Bronson encounters an Amish community, for example, a local boy becomes enraptured by the outside world and steals Bronson's motorcycle to run off to Reno, Nevada. Though the opening promises a journey of self-discovery, the premise of each episode is that Bronson enters someone else's life at a crucial point and acts as a catalyst for change. After it is left at the scene of the suicide by his friend, Bronson buys it back from the widow. The motorcycle had previously been sold to Nick by Bronson. Bronson rides a Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle and, as such, he was viewed by some as a modern version of the solitary cowboy wandering the American west. During his travels, he shares his values with the people he meets along the way and to whom he lends a helping hand when possible. In order to renew his soul, Bronson becomes a vagabond searching for the meaning of life and seeking experiences that life has to offer (as revealed in the series pilot). The series features Parks as the protagonist, James "Jim" Bronson, a newspaperman who becomes disillusioned after the suicide of his best friend Nick ( Martin Sheen), and with "working for The Man" after a heated argument with his editor.