According to Mann, the project started in the mid-1980s when he was working on a press kit of the comedy Legal Eagles.
Philadelphia Eagles | Eagles | Eagles (band) | Boston Legal | West Coast Eagles | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Legal case | Ateneo Blue Eagles | Eagles of Death Metal | Eagles Nest Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota | Eagles Nest Township | 1960 Philadelphia Eagles season | Legal drama | Go Ahead Eagles | Eagles F.C. | Boston College Eagles football | Marquette Golden Eagles | Fairly Legal | Charlotte Eagles | Street-legal vehicle | Office of Legal Counsel | Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey | Legal guardian | Fraternal Order of Eagles | Croatian Eagles | Boston College Eagles | Wings of Eagles | When Eagles Strike | Washington Eagles | Southern Miss Golden Eagles football |
He later served as an associate producer for Ivan Reitman's 1986 film Legal Eagles and went to produce Gorillas in the Mist, and The Good Mother, both released in 1988.