Henry Bronchtein

Born and raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of three sons of a cab-driver father and a homemaker.

As a child I was an avid reader, devouring every novel and every comic book put in front of me. I am a member of the first generation to be raised on television. Growing up my favorite shows were Rod Serling 's _The Twilight Zone(1959)_, _Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)_, _I Love Lucy (1951) _ and _The Honeymooners (1955) _. I particularly loved 'Jackie Gleason''s vision of the working-class life of a bus driver living in Bensonhurst. It not only made me laugh it seemed to illustrate and illuminate my life.