The Worst Fake Handicap in Movie History (Manos|MST3K)

[DiamondBack1666]

what the...!?

[Deavi783]

Hey it's Zach Galifianakis.

[Trogdorwillrise]

It's honestly kinda sad that they had to fuck up his knees forever and cause him such immense pain over such a crappy movie

[InIJah]

Torgo was spose to b a satyr if u have a copy of the original u can make out hooves. Which is also y he speaks and twitches to b horselike

[MegaTight011]

@InIJah I believe that there were rumors from cast and crew that John Reynolds (torgo) was on LSD furing filming

Which might be why he was twitching

[InIJah]

@MegaTight011 being an ex addict and drug experimenter I can tell u he def is not on acid as that tends to mess with hearing and seeing & not performance conducive (I've tried myself). I would imagine its something more traditional like cocaine,heroin, or any prescription derivitive. But if he was on anything heavy like acid he wouldn't be able to act well. I once played a show on acid. Piano keys made only one sound: "neart" I couldn't hear the notes I was playing bc of the acid

[MegaTight011]

@InIJah Hmm

I dont know a lot about LSD. I think he might have had some other stuff. I just read he was on LSD, which I know you cant believe everything you read

[InIJah]

@MegaTight011 lol that's cool, just thought i'd help ya out 

[MegaTight011]

@InIJah And I thank you for that

[casestudyification]

Where they got the idea for "Hotel California". This is when it was "Manson Family Ranch California". "There seems to be certain flaws in this movie...." (Tom Servo).

[DasGoldenBoy]

That's not how you wear your Depends!



[moonasha]

wikipedia actually says he has some contraption around his knees.. he's supposed to be a satyr o.O

The actor for Torgo also shot himself in the head with a shotgun before the movie premiered lol.

[TheShockerOfgod]

are those his knees or something else he has two of...that rhymes with malls.

[davekn74]

This is one of those times where you get that uncomfortable " I don't think I'm supposed to find this funny" hits of guilt. It was ingrained in our head from around 2nd grade. When Billy was walking around with crap coming out of his butt, his finger in his nose, and drooling on himself the teacher says its not nice to make fun of people like that... but man is it hard.

[harmonyXsuzukaze]

If he was satyr then they should've put like some horns on his head or something.

[vivaeljason]

@harmonyXsuzukaze that would have involved spending more than $20 to film the movie.

[InIJah]

@harmonyXsuzukaze first I need to apologize I accidentally thumbs down and can't undo:( but yes there should have been more clarity on that matter. If u have access to the original u can make out "hooves" in some spots of the film

[ryanmurphysbrain]

He is supposed to be a satyr. One of the rare failings of MST3K, the theater prevents us from ever seeing his feet, which are shown to be hooves at least once.

[doobiesmoke15]

@ryanmurphysbrain Thank goodness satyr technology progressed before the Narnia movies came out!

[mst3kevin]

@ryanmurphysbrain I thought I read that the shot of the hooves never made it into the movie. I have a non MST version of the film and it is hoofless. Yet another reason this movie is so horrible.

[riddleman65]

@ryanmurphysbrain

The hooves are never shown. Torgo is wearing boots the entire time. The ONLY hint we get that he is a satyr is the wife's reaction when she first sees him.

[Laughtraxx]

@riddleman65 Around :21 you can see a hoof if you look cosely

[riddleman65]

@riddleman65

That's a boot.

[benjie414]

he's supposed to be a satyr.

[Carlyndra]

Torgo was supposed to be a satyr [half man, half goat] but the actor put the leg-things on backwards, and no one bothered to correct him.

[Gibson29]

@Carlyndra lol, I came to this video to post exactly this. The actor that played Torgo, John Reynolds, died shortly after this film in 1966. Those stupid knees that he is wearing backwards apparently put him in chronic pain and damaged his kneecaps which contributed to his death in 1966. He is supposedly heavily medicated during the production of this masterpiece of film. What a pointless death, even if Torgo is legendary.

[MrAbe345]

remember, the guy who played torgo committed suicide after he became addicted to the painkillers the legbraces made him take

[IcyMaking]

Ahhh.

Hands: The Hands of Fate

[The7e7e7e7]

The two people who disliked this are secretly Torgo's knees.

[GoblinXXX]

@The7e7e7e7 They were in his pants, PLAYING his knees.

[dickrammer69]

Best ringtone ever

[Rezkeshdadesh]

Why does Torgo carry the bags into the house if he hasn't really agreed to let them stay there?

[DucknCoverin]

@Rezkeshdadesh Because it's a ridiculously bad movie.

[Jcolinsol]

Hey! Torgo is not "handicapped"

He is handy-capable

[Scarefan125]

Torgo Was supposed to be a satyr

[belladonna4577]

joel-"uh...that's not how you wear your depends torgo..." lmao XD

[TorgosGirl]

It actually wasn't a fake handicap. Torgo was supposed to be a Satyr, the appearance of a handicap came from the uncomfortable prosthetics the actor had to wear to achieve the image of half man half goat. The pain from the prosthetics was so hard to endure that the actor ended up becoming addicted to pain killers and took his own life a month before Manos was released.

Quite sad really. At least he didn't have to endure watching the film.

[shadowofomen]

@TorgosGirl don't forget that he also wore the braces backwards which was why the prosthetics hurt him

[9solipsist]

@TorgosGirl They were uncomfortable because he unintentionally wore them backwards.. wearing them backwards is what caused damage to his knees, and looked stupid. He even helped design the costume himself, it was made out of wire hangers and foam. It's unfortunate that no one on set was able to correct the mistake, especially if he was in so much pain because of it.

[riddleman65]

@TorgosGirl

The best part of that is he ended up wearing the prosthetics backwards, which is why they caused him chronic knee pain, but nobody on set bothered to correct him. They just rolled with it.

[threenumbnuts]

@TorgosGirl Though that is true, the prosthetics gave him pain because he wore them backwards (which does not convey the image of a satyr) and no one corrected him during the entire film. Peace.

[RocMegamanX]

Actually, Torgo was apparently supposed to be a Satyr. That's why he walks like that.

[TitusYorick]

Been hittin' the Thigh Master Torgo?

[HolyMarluxia]

so the movie is called, Hands, the hands of fate? -_- that makes sense!

[ulfhirtha]

Torgo Abides, man...just ask the Big Lebowski ;-)

[zmoore83]

Sooo, Manos then?

[drmoonrat]

The Joe Cocker line killed me!

[doobiesmoke15]

That wasn't a handicap, he was supposed to be a satyr!

[dumpsky]

@doobiesmoke15 exactly. at least somebody makes sense

[ItBrandonSilver]

This movie is so bad it's GOOD!

[egdeltur666]

@ItBrandonSilver no, it's much worse than that. Try watching it without MST3K.

...or are you too afraid?

[ItBrandonSilver]

Uh, dumbass, yes I've seen it without the MST3K. I actually saw it first regularly, and loved it.

[PunchSydeiron]

@egdeltur666 I wouldn't recommend watching it sober, unless you don't like your sanity.

[Thor00430]

but it's MANOS THE HANDS OF FATE!!!! (collapses into dry sobbing)

[Boolglunk]

The music just seems to make the walking more comical than anything.

[dienkizenjimm]

It reminds me of when richard dreyfuss, played a mincing flaming richard the 3rd! totally out f the stereotype.

[YouSuckNoJutsu]

...why does Torgo have to get their luggage? D:

[Pcfan11]

The maSTeR wOUld NoT APpRove OF PeoPLE geTTing thEir OWn lUGgAGE

[IsawManosTheHandsof]

Depends..... don't leave home without it!

[24dolph]

Manos was awful, but Torgo rules!!

[Broodkill]

this guy permanetly injured his knees playing that part..then killed himself..really..look it up..this movie was a litteral disaster.

[WhimsicalQuandary]

"Peeping Torgo" would be a good name for a band.

[WhimsicalQuandary]

He's a not handicaped he's a satyr.

He has hoofs and stuff if you look close

[edenfire]

You're right on the satyr thing, but he has no hoofs. They designed hoofs for the costume, but the actor (who was on LSD the majority of filming) never used them.

[WhimsicalQuandary]

It's been a long time since I watched and I somehow thought his boots were hoofs because I had heard about his hoofs.

[BalmungSama0]

Actually, he doesn't have hooves. He was meant to, but for some reason it was scrapped. In the end he just had big kness.

[toothbeaver]

Ah yes, the huge gimpy knee...I've actually seen people with knees who have to walk and swing their leg sortof to the side to properly walk. I even saw an old guy w a totally reversed knee like those aliens from that charlie sheen shit flick about aliens. Creepy as hell I almost puked.

[mcdermic]

God, this movie was so painful to watch when i saw it. Just...It's THE WORST film MST3K had to do. The Episode was great, but, DAMN! I cannot stress enough how awful and painful Manos : Hands of fate was to watch. Torgo scenes were my favorite. that music would start up when he walked and it would just cut out as soon as he stopped walking. ha!

[IsawManosTheHandsof]

Yes, vacation with Torgo!

A trip you will never forget.....

[SeanConnery9000]

Is this really the worst movie ever?

[YEP321S]

With no doubt, Manos is the worst movie ever. It makes Plan 9 look like Citizen Kane.

[SeanConnery9000]

Really, really, really worst then either Uwe Boll (Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, House of the Dead) or even Ed Wood?

It can't possibly be worst then Highlander 2 or 3 can it????

[YEP321S]

Yes, sir! This movie is far worse than anything Ed Wood did, and I was discussing this with a friend- he even makes Uwe Boll look quite good. Actually, Ed Wood also makes Uwe Bool look really competent as well. Manos is the ultimate stinkburger. Even worse than Eegah!, and Arch Hall Sr., the creator of that horrid mess makes Uwe Boll look quite competent in comparison.

Boll isn't great, but compared to some of the stuff one finds on MST3K, he's actually much better than it is.

[SeanConnery9000]

I disagree. Most of the movies on MST3k are so bad that they're unintentionally hilarious while Uwe Boll thinks that he should win an Oscar and all his movies are based on videogames which most people haven't played.

However, neither of these movies comes close to the crappiness of Battlefield Earth!!!!!

[theSuperMetroid]

it's up (or down?) there, but I'd say Monster A Go-Go is worse.

[SeanConnery9000]

LOL, I'll take any MST3K movie over crap like Uwe Boll or Ed Wood.

At least these awful movies have the robots talking, LOL

[mafiaz187]

Yes, worst fake handicap but...

BEST WALKING THEME EVER

[MightyNeonFraa]

I do have to admit though, the theme is actually kind of creepy.

Somewhere on YouTube somebody posted the track alone and without the MST-crew's riffing and the goofy on-screen stumbling it's actually a pretty unsettling tune. Really, go find it and listen to it late at night alone for yourself and see.

[Iamafishproductions]

"Uh, that's not how you wear Depends, Torgo."

And at 0:20 you can see for a second that his left foot is a hoof.

[rushnerd]

The actor who played Torgo was supposed to be a satyr, but wore the knee attachments backwards causing him great pain throughout the film. Either from that or beforehand, he got addicted to painkillers and about a year after Manos committed suicide :(

[MightyNeonFraa]

Specifically the reason they caused pain is because they were supposed to be warn the other way to give the appearance of him having reversed knees.

They realized it after they were shot and the budget was so low and the director so lazy that they didn't bother to redo them and John Reynolds (Torgo's actor) suffered chronic pain as a result of damage done to his knees.

That's right. "Manos: The Hands of Fate" is so bad it killed a man.

[Cootabux]

rush..

Man, are U serious? That's a true story...the dude offed himself??

Damn! Well, I was wondering what he was wearing on his thighs. I thought he stuffed rags in pant legs to make it look like he was deformed. I didn't know they were actually knee attachments! That is one weird story...weird movie too, so all in all....

[beedoe51]

So bad it's GOOOOOD!!!!

[mst3kbitches]

torgo wasn't handicapped, he was supposed to be a satyr.

[nolaughingmatter]

Yes.... attempted character portrayal failed, lol

[jennyjoe798]

OMG Torgo playing red light green light....TOO FUNNY!!! And this music, seriously, it's creepy! LOL

[modchic720]

I find it hilarious that the theme only plays when he's moving.

I'd love to see Torgo play Red Light, Green Light.

[marky2112]

Torgo, related to Tom Platz?

[kkatkkong]

It was supposed to give him a "pan" look (that thing from The Labrinth), but it just looks like elephantitus of the thighs.

[FromHighOrbit]

If I remember correctly, Torgo was supposed to be a satyr or something of that sort and the actor made a set of legs for that purpose. I can imagine these were not easy to walk in, causing the 'handicap'.

Its particularly pathetic that the intended effect is completely missed in the end.

[CitizenKANE2277]

LMAO! LOL! Fucking hilarious! The music is epic.

[doomsday19821982]

and yet he became a staple.

[Gforce784]

Torgo, stop presenting your crotch like that from 0:22-0:27 please!

[Adrialgon]

Get hit in the thigh, master Torgo?

What DOES the master approve of, then?

[adamdeangelo]

I think what he says at that part is "Been hittin' the thigh master, Torgo? That is that invention back in a day that was on a lot of infomercials which was for leg exercises. Nevertheless, funny little segment, funny episode of MST3K.

[Vextoz]

Ah, yes.

The haunting Torgo theme.

[AncientGearEngineer]

ThE MasTEr WOulD nOt ApProve

[SeastarMaster]

What does the master approve

[DDub107]

Polygamy! XD

[pierangel619]

this is hysterical!!  its the worst movie ever but the guys just kill it! luuuv it :)

[Ameute]

what was suppose to be up with his lags. Now that I think about it...

Where we to... have the impression that he had goat's lags under those pants?

[Arrowdodger]

That was the idea and all, but it was just so poorly implemented, like the rest of the feature.

[bachftw]

Torgo's music, repetitive, creepy, yet some how fun to listen too.

[TheLoneSergeant]

and starts and stops randomly

[Gamingtrevor]

Not randomly, when he walks!!!

[DDub107]

it stopped when he was approaching the car! XD

[phatmann2008]

Hahaha!

[cigar420]

Haha, he was supposed to be a satyr, but come on. How could we expect that after watching the first 15 minutes of this movie?

[DancesWithMatches]

"It like having Joe Cocker as your bellhop" LOL!! I love "Torgo's Theme"!

[Bent41]

I love the fact that Torgo has his own "walking music".

[pnutbutrncrackers]

LOL!

[Stormwysper]

It's the "haunting Torgo theme"

[Franzy3000]

I love how the music stops as soon as he stops walking, then starts up again when he starts moving again.

[TripleThreatUS]

"Torgo, been hittin' the Thigh Master lately?"

[cllewis1]

In fact, according to one MSTie fansite, Torgo's legs are supposed to be hooves but we never see them because of J&TB's silhouette; to top it off, the actor apparently wore them backward so they didn't look right at all...and he got addicted to pain medication because he screwed his knees up using the prosthetic legs in this movie...and ultimately committed suicide.

[sukiocity]

Okay, I know it's wrong, but I can't stop laughing at that.

[UC7media]

the doctor does not approve.

[rainydaypictures]

Right, had he worn them correctly, it would have made it appear as if his knees bent backwards, like a satyr.

[Franzy3000]

That is fucking incredible.

[towith]

He's meant to be a satyr, not handicapped.

[wasthereshiny]

Are we actually sticking up for Torgo? Puh-leeze.