Bill Geerhart
@conelrad6401240.bsky.social
Cold War weirdness (mostly). More here... https://conelrad.blogspot.com/
"RED MENACE gets Showmanship Treatment." July, 1949.
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"RED MENACE gets Showmanship Treatment." July, 1949.
If DHS was a sitcom on TBS...
John Oliver, LAST WEEK TONIGHT, HBO, 2/15/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
John Oliver, LAST WEEK TONIGHT, HBO, 2/15/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
February 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
If DHS was a sitcom on TBS...
John Oliver, LAST WEEK TONIGHT, HBO, 2/15/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
John Oliver, LAST WEEK TONIGHT, HBO, 2/15/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
"...it's widely mocked color-coded terrorism threat chart that never dropped below yellow." - John Oliver, LAST WEEK TONIGHT, HBO, 2/15/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
"...it's widely mocked color-coded terrorism threat chart that never dropped below yellow." - John Oliver, LAST WEEK TONIGHT, HBO, 2/15/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
R.I.P. Frederick Wiseman [1930-2026], the brilliant documentary filmmaker who directed MISSILE and so many other great films.
February 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
R.I.P. Frederick Wiseman [1930-2026], the brilliant documentary filmmaker who directed MISSILE and so many other great films.
Who wouldn't see that movie? From THE RED MENANCE (1949) press book.
February 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Who wouldn't see that movie? From THE RED MENANCE (1949) press book.
Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker on the cover of NEWSWEEK, 12/4/1961.
Gen. James Mattoon Scott, TIME, in SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964). cc: @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social
Gen. James Mattoon Scott, TIME, in SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964). cc: @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker on the cover of NEWSWEEK, 12/4/1961.
Gen. James Mattoon Scott, TIME, in SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964). cc: @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social
Gen. James Mattoon Scott, TIME, in SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964). cc: @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social
So it turns out a protein bar company has more integrity than Bari Weiss's CBS News. www.businessinsider.com/peter-attia-...
Longevity influencer Peter Attia steps down from protein bar brand after being named in the Epstein files
Peter Attia has stepped down from a role at a wellness brand after his emails with Jeffrey Epstein were made public.
www.businessinsider.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM
So it turns out a protein bar company has more integrity than Bari Weiss's CBS News. www.businessinsider.com/peter-attia-...
For your consideration...
February 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
For your consideration...
Every old TV show seems to be streaming somewhere, but not this critically acclaimed John Sayles series from the early '90s.
February 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Every old TV show seems to be streaming somewhere, but not this critically acclaimed John Sayles series from the early '90s.
AMERIKA premiered on ABC on this day in 1987. Here's David Letterman ridiculing it. youtu.be/FLHVEeRzJ74?...
"Amerika" References on Letterman, February 1987
YouTube video by Don Giller
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February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
AMERIKA premiered on ABC on this day in 1987. Here's David Letterman ridiculing it. youtu.be/FLHVEeRzJ74?...
Gus Borden (Brian Doyle-Murray) and a radioactive Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott). GET A LIFE, S2:E8, FOX, Jan. 12, 1992.
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Gus Borden (Brian Doyle-Murray) and a radioactive Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott). GET A LIFE, S2:E8, FOX, Jan. 12, 1992.
Megan Draper's acting colleague thinks Jon Hamm would have made the perfect Rockford. #RockfordFiles #JamesGarner #MadMen
February 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Megan Draper's acting colleague thinks Jon Hamm would have made the perfect Rockford. #RockfordFiles #JamesGarner #MadMen
When fiction meets reality... Director John Frankenheimer and his crew filmed the opening to SEVEN DAYS IN MAY outside the White House one day after JFK announced the limited nuclear test ban treaty. The great Myra McPherson [1934-2026] captured the scene for the Washington Evening Star.
February 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
When fiction meets reality... Director John Frankenheimer and his crew filmed the opening to SEVEN DAYS IN MAY outside the White House one day after JFK announced the limited nuclear test ban treaty. The great Myra McPherson [1934-2026] captured the scene for the Washington Evening Star.
Happy Valentine's Day!
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Happy Valentine's Day!
On this day in 1964 John Frankenheimer's SEVEN DAYS IN MAY opened in Washington, DC at the Trans-Lux (a week ahead of DR. STRANGELOVE at the Dupont Theatre). Written by Rod Serling.
February 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
On this day in 1964 John Frankenheimer's SEVEN DAYS IN MAY opened in Washington, DC at the Trans-Lux (a week ahead of DR. STRANGELOVE at the Dupont Theatre). Written by Rod Serling.
In 1987, the controversial red scare ABC miniseries AMERIKA premiered the day after Valentine's Day.
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
In 1987, the controversial red scare ABC miniseries AMERIKA premiered the day after Valentine's Day.
Happy Atomic Valentine's Day! h/t @jimyoung.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Happy Atomic Valentine's Day! h/t @jimyoung.bsky.social
GET A LIFE is now on TUBI.
February 14, 2026 at 12:44 AM
GET A LIFE is now on TUBI.
Air Force One Is Haunted.
February 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Air Force One Is Haunted.
Every 15 years or so...
nypost.com/2010/03/01/m...
nypost.com/2010/03/01/m...
Mulroney is new ‘Rockford’
A much-talked-about new version of “The Rockford Files” for this fall has found its new James Garner. Movie star (and former Julia Roberts boyfriend) Dermot Mulroney has been cast to pl…
nypost.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Every 15 years or so...
nypost.com/2010/03/01/m...
nypost.com/2010/03/01/m...
Guess that final defense didn't quite work...
February 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Guess that final defense didn't quite work...
Bad Seed indeed... Wonder how many of Marcus Marymont's local theater castmates knew he poisoned his wife to death in 1958 while he was stationed at Sculthorpe Air Base in the UK. Sentenced to life at court martial, he somehow got paroled in 1967 and became a DJ in Arkansas.
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Bad Seed indeed... Wonder how many of Marcus Marymont's local theater castmates knew he poisoned his wife to death in 1958 while he was stationed at Sculthorpe Air Base in the UK. Sentenced to life at court martial, he somehow got paroled in 1967 and became a DJ in Arkansas.
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY opened in Raleigh, NC at the Ambassador Theatre and in Minneapolis (and probably elsewhere) on this day in 1964. It opened in DC on 2/14/64. It opened in NYC on 2/19 and in Los Angeles on 3/4/64. It opened in Chicago on 2/26/64. #RodSerling
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY opened in Raleigh, NC at the Ambassador Theatre and in Minneapolis (and probably elsewhere) on this day in 1964. It opened in DC on 2/14/64. It opened in NYC on 2/19 and in Los Angeles on 3/4/64. It opened in Chicago on 2/26/64. #RodSerling
This week in unnecessary censorship...
February 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This week in unnecessary censorship...