This Day in Manka Bros History – December 9, 1999:
Fresh off Paramount / Fox’s global success with ‘Titanic,’ Manka Bros. Animation produced an animated retelling of ‘The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald’ which… failed to excite holiday audiences.
This Day in Manka Bros History – December 6, 1935:
Khan Manka (Sr.) dresses as ‘Manka Claus’ and drops presents from a plane to kids in the Burbank area. Several people were injured from the falling boxes but no one was killed!
This Day in Manka Bros History – November 30, 1910:
‘Khan Manka (Sr.) Beating His Brother Simeon With A Juggling Club’ opens and becomes the top grossing film in cinema history until ‘Birth Of A Nation’ in 1915.
This Day in Manka Bros History – November 28, 1971:
The Paris backlot set on the Manka Bros. lot burns to the ground (including the 2/3 size replica of the Eiffel Tower). It is eventually replaced by the Harry Manka Accounts Payable building.
This Day in Manka Bros History – November 25, 1992:
Hawktopus makes her debut as part of the Animaltered family on MBS Kids. She is the one to go to when the gang is hungry. You want goat? She’ll get you a goat. Also, she is a chess master and can defeat and eat any Russian who challenges her.
This Day in Manka Bros History – November 24, 1977:
‘Bleeding From The Eyes’ -the top Death Punk band on Manka Music Group’s Brown Acid label – plays its final concert after the band attacks several fans with their instruments.