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Here is a place to go to never forgot what happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and after.

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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
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 14, 1915:

‘Sing!’ - Manka Bros. first full-length silent film - opens at the Manka Kinoplatz in New York.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #silentmovie #silentfilm #satire #parody #comedy #MankaBros #burbank #tcm
December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History- Dec 15, 1947:

After reading (and hating) John Steinbeck’s screenplay for ‘The Ballad Of Clem Fortune,’ studio head Harry Manka stood outside Steinbeck’s office on studio backlot and hit golf balls at him.

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#hollywood #johnsteinbeck #satire #screenplay
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - Dec 11, 1958:

Following his death on November 27, 1958, Simeon Osla Mankewitz is buried next to the shack in Bulgaria where he was born. The only Manka brother buried in their homeland.

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#hollywoodstudios #Hollywood #TCM #bulgaria #yambol #satire
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 12, 1978:

Cinematographer Ernst Hansel captures the only known photo of the ghost that (still) haunts Manka Bros. Stage 8.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #TCM #ghost #burbank #satire #parody #comedy #bulgaria #soundstage
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History-Dec 10, 1962:

A Manka Bros Records A&R exec signed Rory Storm & The Hurricanes at the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg and left satisfied, not watching the next band… The Beatles.

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #beatles #hamburg #cavernclub #satire #burbank
December 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History- Dec 9, 1999:

Following the box office success of ‘Titanic,’ Manka Bros Animation produced The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald which failed to excite holiday audiences.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #animation #EdmundFitzgerald #satire
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 8, 2013:

The ‘Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh Holiday Spectacular’ has the highest December ratings in MBS network history.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #ChristmasSpecial #satire #parody #burbank #Gold #frankincense #myrrh
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - Dec 6, 1935:

Studio founder Khan Manka dresses as ‘Manka Claus’ and drops gifts from a plane to children in the Burbank area. Several people were injured from the falling boxes but no one was killed!

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #burbank #satire
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History- December 7, 1941:

Japan bombs the Pearl Harbor film set of the Manka Bros. movie musical ‘Hawaiian Leidy.’

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #hawaii #PearlHarbor #December7 #ww2 #tcm #worldwar2 #satire #parody #comedy #MankaBros #burbank
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - December 3, 1996:

Manka Bros.’ animated Christmas movie ‘Jesus, The Lamb & I’ is banned from theaters after receiving an NC-17 rating.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #animation #Christmas #christmasmovies #satire #parody #burbank
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Dec 2, 1933:

When Jack Warner was not allowed at Santa Anita Racetrack for ‘Being A Jew,’ he formed Hollywood Turf Club, an investor group to build Hollywood Park. Khan Manka (Jewish) was not allowed to join the group for ‘Being A Manka.’

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#satire
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - November 30, 1910:

‘Khan Manka Beating His Brother Simeon With A Juggling Club’ was released and became the top grossing film in cinema history until ‘Birth Of A Nation’ in 1915.

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #bulgaria #silentfilm #satire #burbank
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Dec 1, 1915:

Years before World War 1 rescue dog Rin Tin Tin became a box office sensation for Warner Bros., Manka Bros. had ‘General Cluck Cluck: Ottoman Slayer.’

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #Bulgaria #WW1 #silentfilm #satire
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Nov 29, 1939:

MC Comics first comic book ever - ‘KRALI MARKO: Hero Of The People!’ Issue #1 - is released. It tells the story of 14th century Bulgarian folkhero Krali Marko.

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#hollywood #bulgaria #dccomics #marvel #folklore #satire #parody #burbank
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History-Nov 24, 1977

‘Bleeding From The Eyes’ -the top Death Punk band on Manka Music’s Brown Acid label - plays its final show after the band assaults several fans with their instruments.

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#hollywoodstudios #Hollywood #PunkRock #sexpistols #deathmetal #satire
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros. History - November 27, 1958:

Studio founding brother Simeon Manka is found dead on Hollywood Blvd. wearing only a ‘Benny's World Of Beef’ sandwich board advertisement.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #bulgaria #yambol #burbank #satire #parody
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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This Date In Manka Bros History- Nov 23, 1958:

A parade float of beloved comic strip character Captain Stoppo crashes into the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade crowd, injuring dozens.

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#hollywoodstudios #HollywoodHistory #hollywood #thanksgivingparade #MacysParade #dccomics #satire #parody
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History-Nov 22, 1965:

Harry Manka buys the film rights to all future published works by J.D. Salinger for the staggering sum (in 1965) of $2 million. Salinger took the money and never published again.

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywood #jdsalinger #satire #burbank
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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This Date In Manka Bros History - Nov 21, 2010:

A Manka Bros. International TV buyers party (with a circus theme) ends badly after an elephant breaks loose, crushing executives and knocking over a tiki torch which sets fire to the studio backlot.

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#hollywood #satire #parody #burbank
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM