03/19/2018
Five years ago today we launched the Blank on Blank animated series with PBS. Thank you for all of the support! Here's episode #1 -->>
Larry King on Getting Seduced | Blank on Blank
"I'm playing these records. The phone rings and I pick it up: 'WAHR'. And this lady's voice--I can still hear her voice--she goes: 'I want you.'" - Larry Kin...
01/26/2018
"All things considered, I’d rather be dancing." ~Joni Mitchell blankonblank.org/joni-mitchell
01/24/2018
"All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them ... If we don't, our lives get made up for us by other people."
Author Ursula K. Le Guin died Monday at the age of 88.
Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88
Ms. Le Guin brought literary elegance and a feminist sensibility to science fiction and fantasy tales, drawing millions of readers around the world.
01/23/2018
Today is National Handwriting Day. Let's see what the penmanship of famous authors reveals about them.
Analyzing Writers’ Personalities From Their Handwritten Manuscripts
Like all literary nerds, we’re fascinated by the marginalia of our favorite authors, and recently we’ve been totally addicted to examining their handwritten manuscripts and journal entr…
01/23/2018
"People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking." Heath Ledger .
Today marks 10 years since the actor's death. blankonblank.org/heath-ledger
01/19/2018
Happy birthday to the one and only Dolly Parton!
01/18/2018
On set at SNL, 1978. That's Murray in the middle sporting the 'stache. blankonblank.org/bill-murray
01/17/2018
"There were so many fellows ranked over me until I couldn’t just whoop them all. So I had to out-shadow them by talking." Muhammad Ali was born on this day in 1942.
Muhammad Ali Quotes - 1966 Lost Interview - Blank on Blank
Listen to a lost Muhammad Ali interview from 1966. Hear Muhammad Ali quotes on life, talking big, and boxing on Mars. Vintage audio edited and set to music.
01/16/2018
The story of Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott told in comic book form. This 16-page pamphlet helped inspire nonviolent protest movements across the South.
1956 Martin Luther King "Montgomery Story" Comic Book
01/14/2018
Get pulled in to this mesmerizing hand-drawn short.
Extrapolate
In this hand drawn animation a line is being extrapolated through a grid. When the line surpasses the boundaries of the grid, the process spreads to and reflects…