Eddie Johns
@cooleddie74.bsky.social
Artist, writer, professional geek and role model for the weird and unusual. Huge Star Trek, history and politics aficionado. Born and bred in the great state of Virginia. I don't bite. Usually.
Born 100 years ago today.
On October 23, 1925, the greatest talent to ever sit behind a talk show desk anywhere on this planet was born in Corning, Iowa. Happy Centennial, Johnny Carson. We still miss you.
#JohnnyCarson #100thBirthday #100YearsAgoToday #Centennial #TheTonightShow #Legend #TV
On October 23, 1925, the greatest talent to ever sit behind a talk show desk anywhere on this planet was born in Corning, Iowa. Happy Centennial, Johnny Carson. We still miss you.
#JohnnyCarson #100thBirthday #100YearsAgoToday #Centennial #TheTonightShow #Legend #TV
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Born 100 years ago today.
On October 23, 1925, the greatest talent to ever sit behind a talk show desk anywhere on this planet was born in Corning, Iowa. Happy Centennial, Johnny Carson. We still miss you.
#JohnnyCarson #100thBirthday #100YearsAgoToday #Centennial #TheTonightShow #Legend #TV
On October 23, 1925, the greatest talent to ever sit behind a talk show desk anywhere on this planet was born in Corning, Iowa. Happy Centennial, Johnny Carson. We still miss you.
#JohnnyCarson #100thBirthday #100YearsAgoToday #Centennial #TheTonightShow #Legend #TV
50 Years Ago Tonight (October 11, 1975):
NBC's Saturday Night premieres in the 11:30PM time slot formerly held by weekend reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The first host is George Carlin. In 1977 the official name will be changed to Saturday Night Live.
#SNL #50thAnniversary
NBC's Saturday Night premieres in the 11:30PM time slot formerly held by weekend reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The first host is George Carlin. In 1977 the official name will be changed to Saturday Night Live.
#SNL #50thAnniversary
October 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
50 Years Ago Tonight (October 11, 1975):
NBC's Saturday Night premieres in the 11:30PM time slot formerly held by weekend reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The first host is George Carlin. In 1977 the official name will be changed to Saturday Night Live.
#SNL #50thAnniversary
NBC's Saturday Night premieres in the 11:30PM time slot formerly held by weekend reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The first host is George Carlin. In 1977 the official name will be changed to Saturday Night Live.
#SNL #50thAnniversary
September 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
50 Years Ago Today (September 19, 1975).
The lunacy checks in for the first time. Fawlty Towers premieres on BBC Two, and English hotels are never again the same.
#FawltyTowers #BBC #50thAnniversary
The lunacy checks in for the first time. Fawlty Towers premieres on BBC Two, and English hotels are never again the same.
#FawltyTowers #BBC #50thAnniversary
September 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
50 Years Ago Today (September 19, 1975).
The lunacy checks in for the first time. Fawlty Towers premieres on BBC Two, and English hotels are never again the same.
#FawltyTowers #BBC #50thAnniversary
The lunacy checks in for the first time. Fawlty Towers premieres on BBC Two, and English hotels are never again the same.
#FawltyTowers #BBC #50thAnniversary
RIP Robert Redford. Sundance has ridden into the sunset.
"You just keep thinkin', Butch. That's what you're good at."
#RobertRedford #RIP #NowIsAHelluvaTimeToTellMe #Sundance
"You just keep thinkin', Butch. That's what you're good at."
#RobertRedford #RIP #NowIsAHelluvaTimeToTellMe #Sundance
September 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
RIP Robert Redford. Sundance has ridden into the sunset.
"You just keep thinkin', Butch. That's what you're good at."
#RobertRedford #RIP #NowIsAHelluvaTimeToTellMe #Sundance
"You just keep thinkin', Butch. That's what you're good at."
#RobertRedford #RIP #NowIsAHelluvaTimeToTellMe #Sundance
Thirty years ago today on September 12, 1995, the greatest actor to ever take on the role of Sherlock Holmes left us. Jeremy Brett was Conan Doyle's whimsy made flesh.
#SherlockHolmes #PBS #Detective #ArthurConanDoyle #JeremyBrett
#SherlockHolmes #PBS #Detective #ArthurConanDoyle #JeremyBrett
September 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Thirty years ago today on September 12, 1995, the greatest actor to ever take on the role of Sherlock Holmes left us. Jeremy Brett was Conan Doyle's whimsy made flesh.
#SherlockHolmes #PBS #Detective #ArthurConanDoyle #JeremyBrett
#SherlockHolmes #PBS #Detective #ArthurConanDoyle #JeremyBrett
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Here's a comparison of the Gorn bodysuit, worn by the actors/stuntmen playing the Gorn in #StarTrekSNW's "Terrarium" and #StarTrekTOS' "Arena". I like how the hands, legs, knees and feet are very similar to the original (the Gorn on #StarTrekENT was three-fingered, for example).
September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's a comparison of the Gorn bodysuit, worn by the actors/stuntmen playing the Gorn in #StarTrekSNW's "Terrarium" and #StarTrekTOS' "Arena". I like how the hands, legs, knees and feet are very similar to the original (the Gorn on #StarTrekENT was three-fingered, for example).
59 years ago tomorrow on September 8, 1966, the final frontier opened up before us, and the possibilities became endless.
#StarTrek #StarTrekDay
#StarTrek #StarTrekDay
September 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
59 years ago tomorrow on September 8, 1966, the final frontier opened up before us, and the possibilities became endless.
#StarTrek #StarTrekDay
#StarTrek #StarTrekDay
Reposted by Eddie Johns
We get some really good shots of the Stamets-type shuttle Archimedes (NCC-1701/8) in #StarTrekSNW's "Terrarium". I believe this is also the first time that the shuttle's name at the front of the shuttle is legible on the show.
September 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We get some really good shots of the Stamets-type shuttle Archimedes (NCC-1701/8) in #StarTrekSNW's "Terrarium". I believe this is also the first time that the shuttle's name at the front of the shuttle is legible on the show.
100 Years Ago Today (September 6, 1925):
The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian, premieres at the Astor Theatre in New York City. One of the greatest films in the annals of silent cinema is first seen by audiences.
#ThePhantomOfTheOpera #Movie #100thAnniversary #SilentFilms
The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian, premieres at the Astor Theatre in New York City. One of the greatest films in the annals of silent cinema is first seen by audiences.
#ThePhantomOfTheOpera #Movie #100thAnniversary #SilentFilms
September 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
100 Years Ago Today (September 6, 1925):
The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian, premieres at the Astor Theatre in New York City. One of the greatest films in the annals of silent cinema is first seen by audiences.
#ThePhantomOfTheOpera #Movie #100thAnniversary #SilentFilms
The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian, premieres at the Astor Theatre in New York City. One of the greatest films in the annals of silent cinema is first seen by audiences.
#ThePhantomOfTheOpera #Movie #100thAnniversary #SilentFilms
40 Years Ago Today (September 1, 1985):
Dr. Robert Ballard discovers the wreck of RMS Titanic after 73 years unseen by human eyes.
#Titanic #40thAnniversary
Dr. Robert Ballard discovers the wreck of RMS Titanic after 73 years unseen by human eyes.
#Titanic #40thAnniversary
September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
40 Years Ago Today (September 1, 1985):
Dr. Robert Ballard discovers the wreck of RMS Titanic after 73 years unseen by human eyes.
#Titanic #40thAnniversary
Dr. Robert Ballard discovers the wreck of RMS Titanic after 73 years unseen by human eyes.
#Titanic #40thAnniversary
The Sickbay biobed readout in Strange New Worlds versus a Sickbay biobed readout in TOS, in the chronology just six or seven years apart.
#StarTrek #TheOriginalSeries #StrangeNewWorlds #GraphicDesign
#StarTrek #TheOriginalSeries #StrangeNewWorlds #GraphicDesign
August 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Sickbay biobed readout in Strange New Worlds versus a Sickbay biobed readout in TOS, in the chronology just six or seven years apart.
#StarTrek #TheOriginalSeries #StrangeNewWorlds #GraphicDesign
#StarTrek #TheOriginalSeries #StrangeNewWorlds #GraphicDesign
Released 50 years ago today on August 25, 1975.
Bruce's best album. Bruce's best song.
Born in the U.S.A. is outstanding, but it's not Born to Run.
#BornToRun #50thAnniversary #BruceSpringsteen #RockAndRoll
Bruce's best album. Bruce's best song.
Born in the U.S.A. is outstanding, but it's not Born to Run.
#BornToRun #50thAnniversary #BruceSpringsteen #RockAndRoll
August 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Released 50 years ago today on August 25, 1975.
Bruce's best album. Bruce's best song.
Born in the U.S.A. is outstanding, but it's not Born to Run.
#BornToRun #50thAnniversary #BruceSpringsteen #RockAndRoll
Bruce's best album. Bruce's best song.
Born in the U.S.A. is outstanding, but it's not Born to Run.
#BornToRun #50thAnniversary #BruceSpringsteen #RockAndRoll
From this week's episode of Strange New Worlds, the official in-universe length and mass of the Enterprise 1701. 442 meters long, 190,000 metric tons, carrying 203 officers and noncommissioned personnel (the exact same crew complement the Enterprise 1701 had in "The Cage(TOS)").
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
August 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
From this week's episode of Strange New Worlds, the official in-universe length and mass of the Enterprise 1701. 442 meters long, 190,000 metric tons, carrying 203 officers and noncommissioned personnel (the exact same crew complement the Enterprise 1701 had in "The Cage(TOS)").
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
80 Years Ago Today (August 15, 1945):
V-J Day.
World War II is effectively over, the official Japanese surrender being just eighteen short days away.
#WorldWarII #VJDay #80thAnniversary #History
V-J Day.
World War II is effectively over, the official Japanese surrender being just eighteen short days away.
#WorldWarII #VJDay #80thAnniversary #History
1945 HITS ARCHIVE: It’s Been A Long Long Time - Bing Crosby & Les Paul (a #1 record)
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August 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
80 Years Ago Today (August 15, 1945):
V-J Day.
World War II is effectively over, the official Japanese surrender being just eighteen short days away.
#WorldWarII #VJDay #80thAnniversary #History
V-J Day.
World War II is effectively over, the official Japanese surrender being just eighteen short days away.
#WorldWarII #VJDay #80thAnniversary #History
80 Years Ago Today (August 6, 1945):
Hiroshima.
The Atomic Age begins, and the world begins its delicate dance on the knife's edge of nuclear destruction. Over the next forty years the world's nuclear arsenals grow to some 60,000 weapons.
#Hiroshima #Hiroshima80 #NuclearWeapons #AtomicBomb
Hiroshima.
The Atomic Age begins, and the world begins its delicate dance on the knife's edge of nuclear destruction. Over the next forty years the world's nuclear arsenals grow to some 60,000 weapons.
#Hiroshima #Hiroshima80 #NuclearWeapons #AtomicBomb
August 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
80 Years Ago Today (August 6, 1945):
Hiroshima.
The Atomic Age begins, and the world begins its delicate dance on the knife's edge of nuclear destruction. Over the next forty years the world's nuclear arsenals grow to some 60,000 weapons.
#Hiroshima #Hiroshima80 #NuclearWeapons #AtomicBomb
Hiroshima.
The Atomic Age begins, and the world begins its delicate dance on the knife's edge of nuclear destruction. Over the next forty years the world's nuclear arsenals grow to some 60,000 weapons.
#Hiroshima #Hiroshima80 #NuclearWeapons #AtomicBomb
Reposted by Eddie Johns
The Academy itself is aboard the USS Athena, a new massive ship that serves as home base of the series
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
July 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Academy itself is aboard the USS Athena, a new massive ship that serves as home base of the series
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
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The bridge of the USS Athena, the setting for #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
July 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The bridge of the USS Athena, the setting for #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
Reposted by Eddie Johns
Paul Giamatti's villain character Nus Braka is half-Klingon, half-Tellarite!
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
July 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Paul Giamatti's villain character Nus Braka is half-Klingon, half-Tellarite!
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
"Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn't reached the Moon? And that we hadn't gone on to Mars, and then to the nearest star?
RISK. RISK IS OUR BUSINESS. That's what this starship is all about. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABOARD HER."
#Apollo11 #MoonLanding #Anniversary #StarTrek #Exploration
RISK. RISK IS OUR BUSINESS. That's what this starship is all about. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABOARD HER."
#Apollo11 #MoonLanding #Anniversary #StarTrek #Exploration
July 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn't reached the Moon? And that we hadn't gone on to Mars, and then to the nearest star?
RISK. RISK IS OUR BUSINESS. That's what this starship is all about. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABOARD HER."
#Apollo11 #MoonLanding #Anniversary #StarTrek #Exploration
RISK. RISK IS OUR BUSINESS. That's what this starship is all about. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABOARD HER."
#Apollo11 #MoonLanding #Anniversary #StarTrek #Exploration
80 Years Ago Today (July 16, 1945):
The Atomic Age is born. The first thermonuclear weapon in history is detonated 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, at the Trinity Site. The first manmade atomic explosion has a yield of 25 kilotons of TNT.
#History #AtomicBomb #WorldWar2 #NuclearWeapons
The Atomic Age is born. The first thermonuclear weapon in history is detonated 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, at the Trinity Site. The first manmade atomic explosion has a yield of 25 kilotons of TNT.
#History #AtomicBomb #WorldWar2 #NuclearWeapons
July 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
80 Years Ago Today (July 16, 1945):
The Atomic Age is born. The first thermonuclear weapon in history is detonated 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, at the Trinity Site. The first manmade atomic explosion has a yield of 25 kilotons of TNT.
#History #AtomicBomb #WorldWar2 #NuclearWeapons
The Atomic Age is born. The first thermonuclear weapon in history is detonated 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, at the Trinity Site. The first manmade atomic explosion has a yield of 25 kilotons of TNT.
#History #AtomicBomb #WorldWar2 #NuclearWeapons
30 years ago this weekend we lost the great Bob Ross, who left us at the age of only 52. Bob inspired the world with his humble approach to the creation of art and his warm and compassionate personality that won over millions of television viewers. Thanks for everything, Bob.
#BobRoss #30Years
#BobRoss #30Years
July 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Legendary actress June Lockhart turns 100 today. Roles ranging in diversity from the 1938 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Meet Me in St. Louis and Sergeant York to General Hospital, TV's Lassie and the original Lost In Space have made her beloved.
#JuneLockhart #100thBirthday #Actress
#JuneLockhart #100thBirthday #Actress
June 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Legendary actress June Lockhart turns 100 today. Roles ranging in diversity from the 1938 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Meet Me in St. Louis and Sergeant York to General Hospital, TV's Lassie and the original Lost In Space have made her beloved.
#JuneLockhart #100thBirthday #Actress
#JuneLockhart #100thBirthday #Actress
50 years ago today we were gonna need a bigger boat. Jaws opened in theaters on June 20, 1975, forever changing Hollywood and the moviegoing experience.
#Jaws #50thAnniversary #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory
#Jaws #50thAnniversary #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory
June 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
50 years ago today we were gonna need a bigger boat. Jaws opened in theaters on June 20, 1975, forever changing Hollywood and the moviegoing experience.
#Jaws #50thAnniversary #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory
#Jaws #50thAnniversary #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory
One of the greatest songwriters in the history of popular music turns 83 today. Happy Birthday, Sir Paul!
#HappyBirthday #PaulMcCartney
#HappyBirthday #PaulMcCartney
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One of the greatest songwriters in the history of popular music turns 83 today. Happy Birthday, Sir Paul!
HappyBirthday PaulMcCartney
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June 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
One of the greatest songwriters in the history of popular music turns 83 today. Happy Birthday, Sir Paul!
#HappyBirthday #PaulMcCartney
#HappyBirthday #PaulMcCartney