Bill Geerhart
@conelrad6401240.bsky.social
Cold War weirdness (mostly). More here... https://conelrad.blogspot.com/
The LBJ A/V archivist who located the photo told me it was from January 3, 1969 and the military aide was likely Col. Haywood Smith. So I assume it was the LBJ Ranch. Note that Doris Kearns, Clint Hill, and Yuki were also present.
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The LBJ A/V archivist who located the photo told me it was from January 3, 1969 and the military aide was likely Col. Haywood Smith. So I assume it was the LBJ Ranch. Note that Doris Kearns, Clint Hill, and Yuki were also present.
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...
Siskel really, really loathed Robbie Benson.
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Siskel really, really loathed Robbie Benson.
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).
Spotted at my local CVS.
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Spotted at my local CVS.
For its half-century anniversary year, NETWORK is getting the Criterion treatment in February 2026.
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
For its half-century anniversary year, NETWORK is getting the Criterion treatment in February 2026.
April 23, 1983: "Nuclear holocaust probably has scant attraction for the LOVE BOAT-FANTASY ISLAND cult." True.
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
April 23, 1983: "Nuclear holocaust probably has scant attraction for the LOVE BOAT-FANTASY ISLAND cult." True.
Summer of '73 in Ohio. With "Special STAR TREK Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2:45." #StarTrek. #WilliamShatner.
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Summer of '73 in Ohio. With "Special STAR TREK Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2:45." #StarTrek. #WilliamShatner.
"Cold war close-up..." Oct 07, 1961 Birmingham News headline.
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"Cold war close-up..." Oct 07, 1961 Birmingham News headline.
“Let me in! Let me in! I’m dying! God-damned Communists!” "The Unprepared," a Sunday newspaper magazine cover story on a fallout shelter test that injected a dose of reality. www.scribd.com/document/602...
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Let me in! Let me in! I’m dying! God-damned Communists!” "The Unprepared," a Sunday newspaper magazine cover story on a fallout shelter test that injected a dose of reality. www.scribd.com/document/602...
Dean Reed / Jane Fonda mention in the CIA CREST database. 1971.
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Dean Reed / Jane Fonda mention in the CIA CREST database. 1971.