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Posted on June 8, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 7, 1974

Groundbreaking sitcom ‘Norman Lear’s Cheer Camp’ debuts on MBS. With this series, Mr. Lear invented the genre known as ‘Jiggle TV.’

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Posted on June 6, 2024June 6, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 6, 1954

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of D-Day, studio chief Harry Manka stages a reenactment of the Invasion of Normandy outside his Malibu beach house using studio employees.

Posted on June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – June 5, 1944

This Date in Manka Bros History – June 5, 1944:

Future Manka Bros. movie star Joey Levitch injures his leg while entertaining the troops the night before D-Day. He would have been first wave on Omaha Beach but was unable to go.

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Posted on May 31, 2024June 5, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – May 31, 1947

This Date in Manka Bros History – May 31, 1947:

Manka Bros. scientists invent Digital Photography. Studio chief Harry Manka ‘doesn’t get it’ and sells the patents to Walt Disney for $300.

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Posted on May 10, 2024June 5, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – May 10, 1947

This Date In Manka Bros. History – May 10, 1947:

Studio chief Harry Manka is called to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and immediately, without prompt, names Louis B. Mayer and Darryl F. Zanuck as Communists.

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Posted on May 1, 2024June 5, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – May 1, 1901

This Date in Manka Bros History – May 1, 1901:

Khan, Simeon and Harry Mankewitz arrive at Ellis Island from Yambol, Bulgaria. Their last name is shortened to ‘Manka’ by a processing clerk.

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Posted on April 2, 2024June 5, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – April 3, 1988:

This Date In Manka Bros. History – April 3, 1988:

The Manka Highbrow film division launches making Manka Bros. the first MAJOR studio to produce independent films.

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Posted on March 22, 2024June 5, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – March 21, 2003

This Date In Manka Bros. History – March 21, 2003:

MC Comics forms a Manga division to leverage that booming Japanese comic format to expand the reach of Manka Bros. IP. The first title was based on ‘Chimpanzebra’ – a character from the popular MBS ‘Animaltered’ animated series.

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Posted on March 17, 2024June 5, 2024

This Date in Manka Bros. History – March 17, 1994

This Date In Manka Bros. History – March 17, 1994:

Manka Bros.’ annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is canceled forever after a massive Hippopotamoose float collapses onto hundreds of spectators. Hippopotamoose was being introduced to the world as a new character on the ‘Animaltered’ animated series (Chimpanzebra, Dolphinsect, Rhnoscerostrich, etc.)

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Posted on February 13, 2024June 5, 2024

This Date In Manka Bros. History – February 13, 2004

This Date In Manka Bros. History – February 13, 2004:

‘Polecats’ – the animated retelling of the true story of the 1978 Iditarod in which common house cats pulled the winning sled – opened #1 at the box office.

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