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This Date In Manka Bros History-Jan 13, 1973:

The All-New John & Yoko Super Mysteries animated series premiered on MBS Kids' Saturday cartoon block.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #beatles #johnlennon #yokoono #johnandyoko #animation #cartoon #satire #parody #burbank
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Jan 12, 1920:

Manka Bros. opens its first foreign office in Sofia, Bulgaria, to teach locals how to make films and grow the industry.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #bulgaria #sofia #oldhollywood #classicfilm #satire #parody #burbank
January 13, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Jan 11, 1937:

‘The Mouse, The Bird, And The Sausage’ (Manka's animated film based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale) was released months ahead Disney’s ‘Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.’

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#hollywood #animation #waltdisney #brothersgrimm #satire #disney
January 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Jan 10, 1924:

On Columbia Pictures’ first day of business, Khan Manka gifted Columbia president Harry Cohn with a barrel of whiskey (A Manka side-hustle during Prohibition).

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#hollywoodstudios #ColumbiaPictures #oldhollywood #classichollywood #satire
January 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Jan 9, 1983:

Wax Doll, a new musical which starred Manka Bros comedy film icon Joey Levitch as Madame Tussaud, opened (and closed) on Broadway.

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#hollywoodstudios #broadway #broadwaymusicals #musicaltheatre #madametussauds #JerryLewis #satire #parody
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - January 8, 1928:

Suffering a cash crunch, Manka Bros. sells the contract of comedian Jolly Chester to Universal to pay the electric bill.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #universal #UniversalStudios #satire #parody #comedy #burbank
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History-Jan 6, 1965:

Zapruder’s Roving Eye - which featured news and conspiracy documentaries produced by JFK assassination chronicler Abraham Zapruder - premiered on MBS.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #JFK #JFKAssassination #Zapruder #satire
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - January 5, 1998:

Legendary singer and children’s author Jose Feliciano is elected to the Manka Bros. Board of Directors.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #boardofdirectors #JoseFeliciano #childrensbooks #satire #parody #comedy #burbank
January 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Jan 1, 1943:

Harry Manka addressed the troops in Europe and promised to bring down Hitler through ‘The Power Of Cinema.’ (Later he amended that to ‘The Power Of Cinema’ and ‘A Massive Ground Invasion.’)

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#hollywood #WorldWarII #worldwar2 #ww2 #satire
January 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - January 3, 1923:

KMBS - a radio station started by studio head Khan Manka to promote Manka Bros. movies - goes live with the words ‘Mank you very much!’

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #radio #oldradio #satire #parody #burbank #manka
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 31, 1972:

Harry Manka’s Bulgarian Polka Eve aired on MBS as counter programming to Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. It didn’t work.

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #polka #bulgaria #cabbage #newyearseve #dickclark #satire #parody #burbank
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History-Dec 30, 1954:

Actor Harvey Murray (a.k.a. The Studio City Strangler) is arrested for murder during a live MBS TV performance of Manka Playhouse 90’s ‘Sunset Boulevard.’

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #livetv #sunsetblvd #studiocity #SerialKiller #satire
December 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History-Dec 28, 1977:

‘The Swamp’ - a documentary about a dumbass obsessed with swimming across an alligator infested swamp - is the first film released from the new Manka Docs film division.

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #documentary #swamp #alligator #satire
December 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 29, 1992:

‘Flion: King of the Kitchen’ (half-fly/half-lion) makes his first ‘Animaltered’ appearance as Chimpanzebra’s nemesis.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #kidsTV #animation #cartoon #satire #parody #comedy #burbank
December 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Dec 27, 1965:

Ramsey McCak’s ‘Eskimo Pie’ reaches #3 on the Canadian Indigenous Folk Music charts.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #folkmusic #indigenous #firstnations #eskimo #satire #parody
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - December 25, 1933:

Khan Manka reads the traditional Bulgarian Christmas tale ‘Ignazden’ (the story of Saint Ignatius of Antioch) to 'The Children Of The World.’

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #bulgaria #burbank #Christmas #satire
December 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History-Dec 24, 1946:

Employees who requested to leave early on Christmas Eve were required to pass studio chief Harry Manka’s office window and literally jump through a hoop on their way out.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #burbank #christmaseve #satire
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 22, 1968:

Manka Bros. Studios head Harry Manka receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywoodstudios #hollywood #hollywoodwalkoffame #satire #parody #comedy #MankaBros #burbank #bulgaria #walkoffame
December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Dec 21, 1967:

A Holiday cheese basket sent to the cast of the Broadway production of ‘’Tis Pity She’s A Whore’ resulted in actors getting food poisoning and throwing up violently during the performance.

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#broadway #theater #theatre #satire #parody
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History- Dec 20, 1965:

‘Jonas Salk’s Mind Twisters’ - really, REALLY tough trivia - premieres on MBS with the tagline ‘From The Brain That Brought You The Polio Vaccine.’

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #gameshow #1960s #TVHistory #JonasSalk #polio #satire #salk
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 19, 2017:

After trying for decades to build a cinema business in Mongolia, Manka Bros. closes its last theater.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #Cinema #mongolia #movietheater #satire #parody #burbank #internationalcinema
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Dec 18, 1942:

To support the war effort, Harry Manka ordered World War 2 Victory Gardens planted in open spaces around the lot and made the least talented writers tend the gardens.

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #worldwar2 #ww2 #victorygarden #satire
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History- Dec 17, 1937:

El Pantalon - the mythical Flamenco dancer who brought candy and justice to Spanish villages - debuted as a serialized movie and was a big hit. This spawned spin-offs (radio, TV, and movies).

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#hollywood #flamenco #ClassicMovies #satire
December 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 16, 2010:

After a few kids got injured, the Rhinocerostrich Forever-Friend™ toy was recalled in the U.S. and most countries around the world (but still available in Brazil).

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #kidstoys #recall #satire #parody
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM