Handy Manny premiered on September 16, 2006, originally as part of Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block, and aired until February 14, 2013. Created by Roger Bollen and Marilyn Sadler and developed for TV by Rick Gitelson, its animation was produced by Canada-based animation studio Nelvana. The titular character, Manny, is a handyman who owns a workshop where he works with his anthropomorphic talking tools.