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.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Released 48 years ago today on November 16, 1977.
The greatest UFO movie ever made, and one of Steven Spielberg's greatest masterpieces.
#CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind #UFO #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory
The greatest UFO movie ever made, and one of Steven Spielberg's greatest masterpieces.
#CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind #UFO #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Released 48 years ago today on November 16, 1977.
The greatest UFO movie ever made, and one of Steven Spielberg's greatest masterpieces.
#CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind #UFO #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory
The greatest UFO movie ever made, and one of Steven Spielberg's greatest masterpieces.
#CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind #UFO #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory
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
This earns the Trip Tucker Facepalm Award, but in a good way.
September 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This earns the Trip Tucker Facepalm Award, but in a good way.
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
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
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 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
"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
Brian Wilson is gone.
One of the songwriting geniues of the past century has fallen silent. Rest well, Troubadour. You've earned it.
#BrianWilson #RIP
One of the songwriting geniues of the past century has fallen silent. Rest well, Troubadour. You've earned it.
#BrianWilson #RIP
June 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Brian Wilson is gone.
One of the songwriting geniues of the past century has fallen silent. Rest well, Troubadour. You've earned it.
#BrianWilson #RIP
One of the songwriting geniues of the past century has fallen silent. Rest well, Troubadour. You've earned it.
#BrianWilson #RIP
36 Years Ago Today (June 9, 1989).
Marshmelons and fan dances for everybody!
Seriously, it grows on you with time. The McCoy's father scene alone is one of the best sequences ever filmed for the Trek movie franchise and the late, lovely DeForest Kelley is the GOAT and MVP of this film.
#StarTrek
Marshmelons and fan dances for everybody!
Seriously, it grows on you with time. The McCoy's father scene alone is one of the best sequences ever filmed for the Trek movie franchise and the late, lovely DeForest Kelley is the GOAT and MVP of this film.
#StarTrek
June 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
36 Years Ago Today (June 9, 1989).
Marshmelons and fan dances for everybody!
Seriously, it grows on you with time. The McCoy's father scene alone is one of the best sequences ever filmed for the Trek movie franchise and the late, lovely DeForest Kelley is the GOAT and MVP of this film.
#StarTrek
Marshmelons and fan dances for everybody!
Seriously, it grows on you with time. The McCoy's father scene alone is one of the best sequences ever filmed for the Trek movie franchise and the late, lovely DeForest Kelley is the GOAT and MVP of this film.
#StarTrek
The righteous dude pretended to be sick and skipped school 40 years ago today.
#FerrisBuellersDayOff #FerrisBueller #40YearsAgoToday #SkippingSchool
#FerrisBuellersDayOff #FerrisBueller #40YearsAgoToday #SkippingSchool
June 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The righteous dude pretended to be sick and skipped school 40 years ago today.
#FerrisBuellersDayOff #FerrisBueller #40YearsAgoToday #SkippingSchool
#FerrisBuellersDayOff #FerrisBueller #40YearsAgoToday #SkippingSchool
56 Years Ago Tonight (June 3, 1969):
Star Trek: The Original Series airs its last episode, "Turnabout Intruder," just 47 days before Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. TOS goes out as humanity prepares to set foot on another world, and live-action Trek enters hibernation for a decade.
#StarTrek #TOS
Star Trek: The Original Series airs its last episode, "Turnabout Intruder," just 47 days before Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. TOS goes out as humanity prepares to set foot on another world, and live-action Trek enters hibernation for a decade.
#StarTrek #TOS
June 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"After you're home, I'll only be a smile on your face your wife won't understand."
Loretta Swit has died. She was 87. And the best Hot Lips in the M*A*S*H franchise. Thanks for a lifetime of entertainment, Loretta. You were always cool.
#LorettaSwit #MASH #RIP #HotLips
Loretta Swit has died. She was 87. And the best Hot Lips in the M*A*S*H franchise. Thanks for a lifetime of entertainment, Loretta. You were always cool.
#LorettaSwit #MASH #RIP #HotLips
May 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"After you're home, I'll only be a smile on your face your wife won't understand."
Loretta Swit has died. She was 87. And the best Hot Lips in the M*A*S*H franchise. Thanks for a lifetime of entertainment, Loretta. You were always cool.
#LorettaSwit #MASH #RIP #HotLips
Loretta Swit has died. She was 87. And the best Hot Lips in the M*A*S*H franchise. Thanks for a lifetime of entertainment, Loretta. You were always cool.
#LorettaSwit #MASH #RIP #HotLips