David Gerlach
Founder of the Blank on Blank animated interview series with PBS Digital Studios. Previously a producer at ABC News & MSNBC. Wrote for Newsweek, the New York Post, and Time Out. Married to Danielle Sacks. Papa of one. Lives in Brooklyn.
Blank on Blank is nonprofit multimedia studio with a simple mission: curate and transform journalists’ unheard interviews with icons, bringing them to life on public radio, iTunes podcasts, YouTube, and beyond. The future of storytelling? Remixing the archives.
Forbes, Nieman Journalism Lab, and On The Media have all covered Blank on Blank.
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- : )RT @MichellinaJones: This @blankonblank animated lost Johnny Cash interview is so well done, I absolutely love it. http://t.co/1wekGrJsHp
- An excerpt from Charlie Chaplin's autobio turned comic strip for his 125th Bday: http://t.co/G8Ooua8S9B #tragicomic via @bio
- A little Tax Day tuneage for you: (Flying Lizzards - Money That's What I Want, 1979) http://t.co/WVowQA9WOu
- Anthony Michael Hall & Molly Ringwald, 1984. It's Hall's 46th birthday today. #bratpack #puppylove http://t.co/iCFaijqAKoApr 14, 14 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @Grooveshark: Lost interview: Johnny Cash on pain, sideburns, Gospel music, and dying in front of the TV: http://t.co/qoX7tzPJqG via @bl…
- "I paint pictures with my songs." ~ Al Green. The singer turns 68 today. Here he is on Soul Train. http://t.co/GWu6b2K8ue #quoted
- Our fav country dj = @roseortega RT @1067KJUGCountry: @blankonblank loved it! Blogged about it & talked about it on the air just now!
- Apr 11, 14 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @kevinstilley: Animated Video: Johnny Cash Explains Why Music Became a Religious Calling - @drmoore http://t.co/JHdWjcBIwA
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- “No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.” RIP, Gabriel García Márquez.
- She may have hung up her platform shoes, but she'll always be Posh Spice to us. Birthday hey to Victoria Beckham. #90snostalgia #tbt
- "It's marvelous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last." ~ Dusty Springfield. She was born on this date in 1939. #quoted
- Grace Kelly at the beach. Have you watched our episode with her yet? http://blankonblank.org/interviews/grace-kelly-on-jfk/
- Anthony Michael Hall & Molly Ringwald, 1984. It's Hall's 46th birthday today. #fromthearchives
- “You can't win a game if you don't score any points.” A classic John Madden quote in honor of his 78th birthday today. #quoted
- "If you dig into [Blank on Blank's] archive, you find musical legends coming alive with the advice they lived by, and the advice they couldn't live by but knew they should." Well put, PolicyMic. Thanks for the love!
- "Icon? No. I see the pimples on my nose and thinning hair" - Johnny Cash on what he sees in the mirror.
- "There have been three great inventions in the history of mankind: fire, the wheel and Playboy." ~ Hugh M. Hefner, who turns 88 today. #quoted
- "You're called to preach or you don’t preach" - Johnny Cash http://bit.ly/1mVOZwG
- "If I quit, I would just live in front of the television and get fat." ~ Johnny Cash in our newest episode. #quoted
- "I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on" - Johnny Cash on The Gospel. Our latest.
- Kurt Cobain on his ancestry, alienation and anger. Today marks the 20th anniversary of his death. RIP, Kurt.
- "I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again." - Joan Rivers #quoted.
- Still crazy (in love) after all these years: Jay Z talks up a Destiny's Child-era Beyoncé in 2000. The couple celebrates their 6th wedding anniversary today. #fbf
- Today is Rodney King's birthday. Here are his thoughts on forgiveness from a 2012 interview. #fromthearchives
- Samuel L. Jackson performed a slam poem about Boy Meets World on The Tonight Show?! #90snostalgia
- Lost & found: Vintage Nike ads recently unearthed. They first aired in 1982. (HT Cool Hunting)
- A behind-the-scenes shot from The Birds, which was released on this date in 1963. #fromthearchives
- Hey! We want to talk about YouTube and non-cat-related videos at Internet Week New York. But we need your votes
- "Won't get you too far, girl." On this date in '77, Hall & Oates scored their first No. 1 single with "Rich Girl."
- "The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star." ~ Elton John turns 67 today. #quoted
- "Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing." Peyton Manning #quoted. He's 38 today.
- Jane Fonda gets a quick zip before a press event, 1959. photo via The Hollywood Reporter #tbt
- On this date in '72, Neil Young scored his first and only (so far) No. 1 hit - Heart of Gold. #onthisday
- "I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses." Bret Michaels turns 51 today. #quoted #hbd
- “Everything I’ve done, in a way, is revenge for the people who cancelled Freaks and Geeks." ~ Judd Apatow #quoted.
- "I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have." ~Lisa Loeb, who turns 46 today. #quoted #hbd
- We're celebrating Chuck Norris' 74th birthday with some good ol' "Walker Texas Ranger Lever" action. #fromthearchives
- The world lost Charles Bukowski on March 9, 1994. Here is a reading of his poem "Bluebird." Do you have a favorite Bukowski work?
- "The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it." ~Stanley Kubrick, who died on this date in 1999. #fbf #quoted
- On this day in 1998, The Dude made his debut. Let's all raise a White Russian to The Big Lebowski. #tbt
- On this day in '63, we lost Ms. Patsy Cline - Nashville Legend. Here she is live in 1960. #fromthearchives
- "Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they’re feeling" - Heath Ledger. Our new episode.
- “You should never be proud of doing what’s right. You should just do what’s right.” - Dean Smith, legendary UNC basketball coach.
- Heath Ledger episode alert.
- "If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all." ~ Johnny Cash #quoted. He was born today in 1932.
- "all the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much." ~ George Harrison. happy bday, george!
- On this day in '99, Ms. Lauryn Hill brought home five grammys for her first solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. #musicmonday
- a stellar, 7-minute look into the world of circus poodle trainer Irina Markova. #shortdoc
- "Everybody will sit around all day punching the keys of computer terminals connected to everything there is, and sip orange drink through straws like the astronauts." ~ from Kurt Vonnegut's 1988 letter to the future #quoted via Letters of Note
- after Stan Getz's bear story, we decided to seek out some celebs with friends from the animal kingdom. first up, Salvador Dalí walking his pet anteater, 1969. #tbt
- "I was so fucked up all my life... Most of my records I don’t remember making." - Stan Getz. That's an admission.
