The pair of robots got for the first time in New York City at a preview luncheon at the Engineer's Club on May 1st,1939 before going out to the Westinghouse Exhibit at the World's Fair where they will be shown during the summer. Sparko sits up wags his tail and walks. He gets his meals from the nearest electrical outlet.

Kahn’s fishing tale was reported by several contemporary newspapers, including a fascinating account published in the December 10, 1933 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Sunday Magazine:

"When a fish gets caught on a hook, it isn’t news. But when the hook happens to be the anchor of a boat and the fish weighs between five and six thousand pounds, then you have not only news but, what is rarer still, an unusual fish story that's true. And with the fish itself at hand by way of proof.

It was Captain Al Kahn, fishing off the New Jersey coast with a party of friends on board his cabin cruiser who had the unique experience of an epic battle with a monster of the deep that had hooked itself on his anchor line. The result was a harrowing three-hour struggle to decide whether the fishing party was capturing the fish, or the fish was capturing the boat and its four occupants. But before the battle could be decided solely on its merits, a coast guard cutter came to the rescue of the distressed fisherman, and pumping twenty bullets into the giant devilish put an end to one of the most exciting and hari-raising adventures that ever an angler experienced.

“Fishing,” says Kahn, who has some of the philosophic temperament characteristic of followers of Izaak Walton, “is a lot of fun when you catch the fish. And sometimes its fun even when you don't. But when the fish catches you!” and with an eloquent “Phew!” and a shrug of the shoulders Kahn shook his head as if the rest of the sentence would be superfluous.

The monster was finally brought ashore, where it was found to weigh between five and six thousand pounds, and was twenty feet and five inches in width."

The newspaper also published a photograph of Kahn’s boat, the Miss Pensacola II, which was ill-suited for the unenviable task of hauling up a giant manta ray from the ocean’s depths.