Bill Geerhart
@conelrad6401240.bsky.social
Cold War weirdness (mostly). More here... https://conelrad.blogspot.com/
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In 2011, the Greenbrier auctioned off the original blue-vinyl steel frame chairs from the congressional bunker's cafeteria. The chairs sold for "hundreds of dollars each," according to the resort's retired staff historian.
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In 2011, the Greenbrier auctioned off the original blue-vinyl steel frame chairs from the congressional bunker's cafeteria. The chairs sold for "hundreds of dollars each," according to the resort's retired staff historian.
1/2. Robert Duvall as a "demented peace activist" trying to blow up a Thor missile. THE FBI, "The Giant Killer," ABC, S1:E10, 11/21/65. A QM Production. tubitv.com/tv.../200038...
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
1/2. Robert Duvall as a "demented peace activist" trying to blow up a Thor missile. THE FBI, "The Giant Killer," ABC, S1:E10, 11/21/65. A QM Production. tubitv.com/tv.../200038...
Have you seen this man? THE FBI (1965).
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Have you seen this man? THE FBI (1965).
Reposted by Bill Geerhart
On ROCKY IV, released on this day in 1987:
So Bad It’s Good: The Hilarious Jingoism of ‘Rocky IV’
Bad movies are not a simple matter. There are nearly as many categories of terrible movies as there are for great ones: insultingly stupid (Batman & Robin), unintentionally funny (Birdemic),…
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November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
On ROCKY IV, released on this day in 1987:
Yalebilly...
Genuinely heartening that one of the most violently anti-trans politicians on the planet is wearing his lactation stained tux shirt proudly. Maybe we can all get along?
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yalebilly...
Happy Cold War Thanksgiving from 1962...
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Happy Cold War Thanksgiving from 1962...
"What are you, a communist?" - Lt. Bobby Dougherty (James Gandolfini). CRIMSON TIDE (1995).
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"What are you, a communist?" - Lt. Bobby Dougherty (James Gandolfini). CRIMSON TIDE (1995).
Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) on the use of atomic weapons on Japan at the end of World War II... CRIMSON TIDE (1995).
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) on the use of atomic weapons on Japan at the end of World War II... CRIMSON TIDE (1995).
Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) and a Fallout Shelter Sign. ELF (2003).
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) and a Fallout Shelter Sign. ELF (2003).
Tucker Carlson, the wilderness years...
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Tucker Carlson, the wilderness years...
A colonial Fallout Shelter Sign. Faneuil Hall, Boston. 11/23/25.
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A colonial Fallout Shelter Sign. Faneuil Hall, Boston. 11/23/25.
Forty years ago today.
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Forty years ago today.
Hey, @thedanrather.bsky.social, what was Mount Weather like?
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hey, @thedanrather.bsky.social, what was Mount Weather like?
@jheil.bsky.social 's jacket giving people seizures.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
@jheil.bsky.social 's jacket giving people seizures.
Civil Defense comic by Sergio Argonés for Mad Magazine. Year unknown.
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Civil Defense comic by Sergio Argonés for Mad Magazine. Year unknown.
11/18/55. Mocktomic bombs...
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
11/18/55. Mocktomic bombs...
TNT promo for NIGHTBREAKER starring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, and Lea Thompson (TNT, March 8, 1989).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHk...
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
TNT promo for NIGHTBREAKER starring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, and Lea Thompson (TNT, March 8, 1989).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHk...
A half-century ago today...
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A half-century ago today...
The trailer for the 1968 nuke thriller PANIC IN THE CITY starring Howard Duff.
youtu.be/j9ZjnLuRaV4?...
youtu.be/j9ZjnLuRaV4?...
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The trailer for the 1968 nuke thriller PANIC IN THE CITY starring Howard Duff.
youtu.be/j9ZjnLuRaV4?...
youtu.be/j9ZjnLuRaV4?...
"Peggie Castle fleeing an invading soldier in INVASION, USA." "It will scare the pants off you - it did me." - Hedda Hopper. VARIETY, August 13, 1952.
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Peggie Castle fleeing an invading soldier in INVASION, USA." "It will scare the pants off you - it did me." - Hedda Hopper. VARIETY, August 13, 1952.
WXYZ 7 (Detroit) reporter Ryan Marshall reporting this morning outside Hamtramck City Hall (with a shiny Fallout Shelter Sign).
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
WXYZ 7 (Detroit) reporter Ryan Marshall reporting this morning outside Hamtramck City Hall (with a shiny Fallout Shelter Sign).