Bill Geerhart
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Cold War weirdness (mostly). More here... https://conelrad.blogspot.com/
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HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
Darren McGavin US Army missile defense film circa 1966. THE BIG PICTURE: THE INNER RING. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7bL...
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Darren McGavin US Army missile defense film circa 1966. THE BIG PICTURE: THE INNER RING. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7bL...
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A True 'Bombshell' Coming to PBS
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A True 'Bombshell' Coming to PBS
New film for 'American Experience' on government and media embrace of the Bomb.in the early days of the nuclear era.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A True 'Bombshell' Coming to PBS
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June 31, 1954. I LED THREE LIVES or film of an H-bomb explosion. Tough pre-VCR call...
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
June 31, 1954. I LED THREE LIVES or film of an H-bomb explosion. Tough pre-VCR call...
The Incredible, Colossal Penney's Boy. From the April 1, 1954 issue of the Asheville (NC) Times (pages 9 and 10).
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Incredible, Colossal Penney's Boy. From the April 1, 1954 issue of the Asheville (NC) Times (pages 9 and 10).
"U.S. Atomic Artillery Ready" - Trans-Lux Theater, NYC. Presumably from 1952.
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"U.S. Atomic Artillery Ready" - Trans-Lux Theater, NYC. Presumably from 1952.
First rock concert: The Grateful Dead, March 7, 1981.
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
First rock concert: The Grateful Dead, March 7, 1981.
Host/narrator Glenn Ford informs us that "Mrs. Frank Stupfel" (Colleen A. Stupfel) turns to "the woman's page of the Oregonian thus managing to avoid the front page which, after all, contained nothing but scary headlines." From the civil defense film, A DAY CALLED X (1957).
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Host/narrator Glenn Ford informs us that "Mrs. Frank Stupfel" (Colleen A. Stupfel) turns to "the woman's page of the Oregonian thus managing to avoid the front page which, after all, contained nothing but scary headlines." From the civil defense film, A DAY CALLED X (1957).
The "WORLD SHAKEN BY CRISIS" headline precedes the woman evacuating with her family. From a civil defense film excerpted in something else I was watching.
November 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The "WORLD SHAKEN BY CRISIS" headline precedes the woman evacuating with her family. From a civil defense film excerpted in something else I was watching.
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).
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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.