I remember telling the film's unit photographer, Brad Einhorn, that
the TOMBOY billboard had the same effect on drooling '80s males as the
famous Marilyn Monroe/blowing skirt billboard from SEVEN YEAR ITCH had
on '50s onlookers. He seemed highly complimented. That particular
horizontal photo gives us a wonderful view of Betsy's million-dollar
gams. Although my all-time favorite along those lines is the image
used for the current DVD cover, and featured as the group photo for
this site. As mentioned, what you see on the cover is flopped and
re-worked; the original proper version of the shot, presented in all
its first-generation glory, is included in our "Tomboy Gallery" photo
album ("Need a Lube Job?").

TZ101


--- In tomboy_forever_with_betsy_russell@yahoogroups.com, "nerima1029"
<nerima1029@...> wrote:
>
> Wow, I sure would have liked to have seen that billboard while
driving to work every
> morning! Sadly, when the movie was released I was in the middle of
Michigan, far from
> Sunset Blvd. :)
>
> I went and looked up the photo you're talking about in the Photos
section. That'd have
> made a hell of a billboard indeed!
>
> Nerima
>
>
> --- In tomboy_forever_with_betsy_russell@yahoogroups.com,
"tranzini101" <altara2@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Glad to have you aboard, Nerima. And thanks so much for the TOMBOY
> > memories...I'm one of the few who actually saw the flick theatrically
> > when it first came out. And that terrific horizontal shot of Tommy in
> > her shorts (see photo section) was plastered over a prominent Sunset
> > Blvd. billboard during the movie's release. As you can imagine, it
> > was an amazing, super-sexy sight, and one that greeted countless
> > (lucky) drivers and pedestrians every day on their way to work.
> >
> > As far as TOMBOY's theme song is concerned, hey, it's as cute and
> > feisty as our helmeted heroine herself ("...she's a road runner!").
> > One of these days I'll add those cool lyrics to our Files section.
> >
> > Thanks again for contributing some thoughts, and feel free to do so
> > again. That offer extends to everyone in the club. Tell us what it
> > is about Betsy Russell/Tommy Boyd that inspired you to join up. Is
> > she a sex symbol to you? An athletic role model for girls? Both?
> >
> > Till next time, TZ101
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In tomboy_forever_with_betsy_russell@yahoogroups.com, "nerima1029"
> > <nerima1029@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey all, glad to be here.
> > >
> > > I remember watching Tomboy on pay cable in the '80s after the
> > parents went to bed...it
> > > featured some of the most spectacular toplessness I'd seen in my
> > young life! Best of all, I
> > > knew if Tomboy started at, say, 1:15 a.m. on HBO, by 1:16 a.m. I'd
> > have already watched
> > > Betsy Russell soaping up in the shower! I watched that opening
> > credits sequence so many
> > > times (pre-VCR, mind you) that the theme song is forever stuck in my
> > head.
> > >
> > > Again, I'm glad to be here. I'd love to meet some other Tomboy
fans!
> > >
> > > Nerima
> > >
> >
>