RiffTrax Live: MANOS: The Hands Of Fate (Full FREE Movie)

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[@jamesduffy5980]

I love that the “hellhound” is just a happy and friendly good boy. Even the dogs in this movie can’t act.

[@Fightguyrob]

If I recall correctly, that pupper was also the only cast member who got paid (in kibble, of course).

[@merlinthegray]

@@Fightguyrob not even the other doggo got paid? lololol

[@rmyoung87]

@@Fightguyrob The girl who played Debbie also got paid with a bike!

[@TheBeezusjones]

Psh , yeah - til he eats Pepe .. 😒😆

[@jamesduffy5980]

it was just a light mauling@@TheBeezusjones

[@kazuoyumeno1759]

Manos for free? Yes! The Master WOULD approve!

[@sacredpaw]

😆Torgo says....

[@t045tSKT]

Manos is everywhere on KZbin for free without this shitty commentary, my guy.

[@ultra6671]

It's a Thanksgiving miracle!

[@hotlikewasabi25]

Saw this in theaters awhile back. Still great!!

[@foxymetroid]

No, Master wouldn't. Master has expensive tastes.

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

I remember reading an account by the woman who played the daughter. When she and her family attended premiere, she was devastated to hear the dubbed voice of some random grandmother uttering her lines.

[@0okamino]

On the brightside, at least it wasn't Hal Warren reading her lines.

[@KairuHakubi]

The voice sounded okay to me.. and she only had like three lines.

[@StephanieLenz71]

Jackey has a great book about her experience, if you want more behind-the-scenes.

[@nonprofitgirl]

That actually makes me sad!

[@TerrySilverhand]

You think that's bad Pepe wasn't even allowed into the premiere

[@phoenixlich]

Torgo isn't the hero we deserved, but he's the hero we needed.

[@0okamino]

He is, indeed, the GOAT. Well, part goat, anyway.

[@nonprofitgirl]

You made me spit out my 7-Up! Haaaa!

[@kidkong637]

@@0okaminoHalf man half goat. 😂😂😂😂

[@nonprofitgirl]

@@kidkong637 ..more like 20% goat, 20% stinky man and 80% yucky dirt pile sleeping weirdo 🤣

[@andreasakritas]

Never heard that one before 😢

[@proto-geek248]

Do we really need another riffing of Manos? Yes. Yes we do.

[@ZERO_O7X]

The master would approve.

[@proto-geek248]

@@ZERO_O7X 🤣

[@kathleenmorrison2908]

They didn't repeat a single joke! Very masterful. Heh. Master.

[@realbadger]

I still love Mike hosting the costume competition at the MST3k convention all but losing it as one guy comes up, dancing in a green Torgo suit, declaring himself as "Mr Torgo B. Natural..."

[@Cybjon]

As someone from Northern England, I can confirm that this is literally every holiday in Blackpool.

[@justinpino8115]

Haha

[@pteraptosaurus]

I remember seeing this show live with my parents! It was a fantastic time but for months, any time i had my door locked, my dad would start going "Open up Torgo!" 😂

[@ZERO_O7X]

I can confidently without a doubt, say that you have rad parents!

[@frogneckmen857]

Mst3k has been a big part of my life. Thanksgiving day, the show is always playing in the background. Thank you Mike, Kevin, Bill, trace, mary jo, frank, joel for the many years of laughter!

[@jkdbuck7670]

Agreed 💯

[@adamV5]

well it will be BACK and Bigger than ever not only on Thanksgiving but also Black friday as well its a 48 hour marathon of MST3K Starting This Thursday

[@angieferret7723]

Poodle bites poodle chews

[@angieferret7723]

And who can forget Torgos pizza

[@bonethug525]

Hell ya MST3k is the greatest show ever made, molded my childhood.

[@TheBattlesword]

My favorite piece of trivia about this movie will always be that the script called for the actor playing the Master to just stand there menacingly for a few minutes, but he hated the very thought so much that he improvised his prayer to Manos to give himself something to do

[@alienfromlhs1140b]

honestly the prayer was the only part of the movie that beared the slightest resemblance to something competently written to me

[@Smellbringer]

Ah, so that's why it feels like the only thing someone actually gave something resembling a shit about.

[@arbknight12]

Joel: “DO SOMETHING!”

[@cornbredx]

Rifftrax doing charity work every day for those in need of some funny as hell bad movies with great riffs. Another great free release.

[@thomasgallipoli8376]

I worked on the sequel Manos Returns and this is my favorite riffing of Manos. Mike, Kevin, and Bill never disappoint. Three of the funniest people alive

[@Styxswimmer]

They made a sequel?

[@Otto42]

"With a flashlight, this becomes a planetarium." "Does it?"

[@markiangooley]

An oblong cardboard box would have worked just as badly. I don’t think that they used a flashlight for when they filmed that. A really bright light instead.

[@QuickTimeFailure]

This was live streamed at my local movie theater. The joke at 47:11 made me laugh so hard it made me shoot my soda out my nose onto the guy sitting infront of me lol

[@cyborgraptor1778]

Pleased to see this is back after the fake copyright infringement takedown. Apparently that dickhead media group is known for filing fake disputes on stuff in the public domain. Good on RiffTrax for fighting that shit. I've already watched this one but I'll support (almost) anyone fighting the good fight against fake claims.

[@jordanpanning3659]

When me and my six undead wives bicker about what to do before the night gets away from us, there are three things we can count on to remind us of our common purpose in serving our dark master: our unquenchable thirst for ever more prune juice, our unceasing fascination with cylinders, and our unabating desire for more Torgo. In short, thank you for riffing Manos: The Hands of Fate.

[@jeffe4297]

The legend is back!! Torgo, you're the laziest man on Mars!

[@teresas8173]

But then he became Santy Clause so all was good

[@pmcmanus420]

Thirty-four years since the first episode of MST3K and the boys look AMAZING!!!

[@Rodanguirus]

I mean, none of these boys were in the first episode of MST3K, but point taken.

[@Patrick-hm4eg]

Gotta hand it to Harold. He made Ed Wood look like Steven Spielberg.

[@jeffashley5512]

The Saturn engineer joke probably made the Nashville audience laugh extra hard as there use to be a Saturn plant just south of Nashville. Lol

[@5roundsrapid263]

It was the only Saturn plant, I think. I remember the ads promoting that they were made in small town Tennessee. Now, it’s a GM plant.

[@richardrobbins387]

​@@5roundsrapid263 Spring Hill, TN?

[@craftchest]

I went to Cane's today and they ask my name. I said Torgo. I acted as if it were my real name. XD

[@teresas8173]

That is hilarious 😅

[@thelostone6981]

Dare I say “better riffing than the MST3K episode”? I dare! This was spot on and I laughed hard at several jokes!

[@NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

They're doing this movie on Hard Mode, refusing to reference any of the things they referenced in the MST3K episode.

[@MrJohndoakes]

57:16 In every interview about making "Manos" that I've ever read, Bernie Rosenblum (who did stunts, was the guy in the British sportscar marking out with the girl) or the camera guy complained that shooting in the dark always attracted moths, because their location was a ranch on the outskirts of town and the trees were full of them. They never thought to shoot day for night even once, that's how raw to film-making the crew were.

[@cyrussoxlegion]

This is why I left a scathing review of the Valley lodge.

[@pollydoom5039]

This is film was an instant classic on mst3k. I have seen that episode several times. I cant wait to hear their new take. new memories and new laughs.

[@shaunmccomish8572]

Torgo; basically what you have to settle for if your horror movie villainy can't get you credit for an Igor.

[@newhavencon-py5yy]

Ordered Igor off of wish. Who needs needs a hunch back, when you've got hunch knees. Much better.

[@erikfldt390]

I've seen this riff more than the Godfather trilogy, Citizen Kane, and the entire filmographies of Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Fellini, and Coleman Francis combined, wouldn't have it any other way. Great experience, no notes, I even bought the soundtrack.

[@stephaniemorrissey5114]

Hahaha same!!! I could probably re-create it at this point!! Just give me a crappy camera & zero lighting equipment! I already have the script memorized!!

[@mguiggey7835]

On an Edison wax cylinder ??😂😂

[@danieltobin4498]

You watched Godfather 3?

[@ramonosuke]

Yes!!! Finally get to see the movie based on the quote “Manos” from the guy named Hands of fate.

[@evanhaskel206]

“Norman will be back in ‘Norman! Get down from that ledge!’” Either that or “Norman! Put that rifle down, Norman!”

[@ffnendhgrgd]

I never thought I'd long for William Shatner's rendition of "row row row your boat" but here I am

[@DreFromMaine8472]

There was also the Row Row Row Your Boat from Troll 2 as well!

[@HylianFox3]

@@DreFromMaine8472 OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDD!!!

[@42kGaming]

All-time classic and somehow they made it even more fun. Bill was killing it in this one as well!

[@theboombody]

My favorite re-riffed movie. Just as funny the second time around.

[@TheAnchorArmsChad]

*THIS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE DANCING!*

[@deanfiora4227]

Leo Sayer? Is that you?

[@Ashkihyena]

I TaKe CaRe Of ThE pLaCe WhiLe ThE mAsTeR iS aWaY

[@raghu5657]

😂😂😂

[@MajorSeventh]

How can the Master be "with us always", and yet be away?

[@BleachFan9891]

I can hear Torgo’s theme already

[@danielburch3377]

"You make Me feel like Dancin!",I about died laughing 🤣🤣

[@voidcadet]

1974 "Krasner, Norman: Beloved Husband of Irma" 1979 "Welcome Back, Norman" 1984 "Normal Checks In" 1989 "Norman Gives a Speech" Douglas P MacIntosh's wonderful portrayal of Norman Krasner, whose life is the virtual embodiment of Murphy's Law. Whether battling the slings and arrows of a public restroom, an airport, a hotel room, or a business conference, Norman holds on to his existential notion of "success" under the gaze of the unending suffering of that which we call "life," getting beaten down again and again. And yet he persists. He perseveres, always moving forward, if not always in a straight line. And while we laugh, it's not truly at him but more with him, because in Norman we see our battles against our outrageous fortunes. We recognize in his struggles our own struggles, and rather than pity we feel affinity with him. His success isn't the glamorous "everything goes perfectly" type, but the more mundane "I won because I didn't give up" type. And if Norman can do it, so can we, because we are all Norman.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

What's odd is the director of those shorts never did ANYTHING else.

[@eromitlabhitw]

@@jonahfalcon1970 He made his artistic statement, his magnum opus, and had nothing more left to say, feeling that the Norman tetralogy stood on its own.

[@neodav00001]

The kicker is that you can see what they're going for. They clearly wanted it to be Mr. Bean crossed with a "life's eternal loser" type struggling to get through these relatable scenarios. Without the charisma of someone like Atkinson to carry it, though, and without Norman having any sort of agency in any of his suffering, it just comes off as the unending tribulations of a sad sack. Watching the unluckiest man on Earth get shit on by every aspect of life just ends up being depressing more than funny.

[@JamaicanCastle]

The five years between each one are the most baffling part to me. Like, if they'd made 20 of them a week and then forgotten about them, that would make far more sense. But they kept coming back to this.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

@JamaicanCastle More like the director had a real job and just came back to it every few years. Probably to show college film class students

[@stephaniemorrissey5114]

I've been watching MST3K/Rifftrax since the early 90's and I will ALWAYS watch!!! I love you, Mike, Bill, & Kevin!!! (And Joel, and Frank, and Trace, and Mary Jo...)

[@GeekMasterGames]

I was at this live show with my dad. It was unforgettable and is still just as funny.

[@paulg6268]

How can this movie be free??? It was such a a classic.

[@WinturWulf]

From Wikipedia: John Reynolds, who played Torgo, died by suicide with a shotgun on October 16, 1966, one month before the premiere. He was 25 years old and this was his only film appearance.

[@markiangooley]

By far the saddest thing about the whole mess.

[@hanbill]

pressing F to pay respect

[@fishjones4618]

The story goes that, in the movie, the director wanted him to appear like a satyr, so he wore these uncomfortable braces on his legs (hence the wall and fat thighs) that was supposed to make it look as if he had goat legs. The pain was so severe that he was prescribed pain medication which he became addicted to and resulted in his unfortunate suicide.

[@WinturWulf]

​@@markiangooleyagreed rip

[@WinturWulf]

​@@fishjones4618this is true!

[@michelleadams5609]

Oh, Rifftrax...already with the Holiday giving. And here we didn't get you anything. Love you guys. Eternal Thanks and the Sampo is in the mail.

[@fabimarisa1]

It’s the gift that keeps on giving!

[@0okamino]

I'm going to order some pizza to enjoy with this. Does Torgo's still deliver?

[@chrisc6857]

Yeah. Takes two hours for them to show up, but it will still be kind of warm. (But do NOT eat the complimentary crazy bread...)

[@david7522]

Even after all these years i still find it slightly weird to have tom and crows voices coming out of people. I'm just so used to the puppets

[@MrJohndoakes]

This movie proves that if you are going to shoot wild track (soundless) and dub everything in later, it's still good practice to have a tape recorder on set so your dubbers can match the intonations of how the actors spoke the lines, so the lips match better if the dubbers are not the actors in the film.

[@JosephK42]

What a great way to celebrate turkey day. Manos is indeed the great turkey!

[@angbandsbane]

Free Manos?! This year I'm thankful for Rifftrax. (Same as most years really)

[@pinkushatejar]

I watched this live with my father in a theater, man that feels like ancient history now. I was 10 when I saw this with my father, about to turn 21 and we both still watch Rifftrax live

[@fishjones4618]

Best riff from this movie: Kevin as Torgo: “Top bunk is mine. Bottom bunk is a puddle for my drippings”.

[@HylianFox3]

Mine is: "Get back in the house, Dammit!" "Aww, it's cute that they have petnames for each other."

[@bubandlisa]

😂 mine is Master: i know about your visits to the tomb, they tell me everything you say to them, & everything you do. Crow as Torgo Oh my God how embarrassing

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Reminds me of as a kid, I had a double bunk bed where my lil bro had the bottom bunk. We had finished watching Gremlins, and I told my brother that I wasn't scared of Gremlins being under my bed, because underneath my bed is IN your bed. He was six, and not happy.

[@johnboats9075]

Mine is: screw this I'm headed to chillies with torgo!

[@elirien4264]

"Welcome back, Norman" I think I saw this as a kid and even then, I remember thinking, why didn't he put his stuff in the trunk?

[@LegoMoviesSuck]

"Arise, my wives!" ... *"Ugh, un-arise. UNARISE, DAMNIT!"*

[@ChristopherMcCullah]

As filming dragged on and on, the increasingly disgruntled crew began to refer to the movie as "Mangos: The Cans of Fruit."

[@TheLegPumpkin]

I remember being a kid and seeing the Manos episode of MST3K debut. Now all these years later I still am entertained by it and them!

[@fugithegreat]

I about died laughing the first time I saw this movie on MST3K. Thanks for posting this for free!

[@garrettgriffin4974]

Fun fact: the prune juice pusher was Olan Soule, the voice of Batman in the 1970s Superfriends cartoon.

[@ghostexorcist]

Cool fact. Thank you.

[@HylianFox3]

I love that you call him a "pusher"

[@thomasgallipoli8376]

I thought he sounded familiar

[@denysbeecher5629]

He was also the actor who always played the Scientific Investigation Division characters on Dragnet. I bet they were aiming for some “he’s smart and sciency” carryover in this ad the way they phrased it

[@garrettgriffin4974]

@@denysbeecher5629 I do recall that... thank you for jogging the memory.

[@svenylford4047]

I kind of love the idea that this movie is about Torgo's first and last day on the job.

[@StingrayOfficial]

RiffTrax is the GOAT!

[@progrocker666]

Oh, I thought Torgo was.

[@SuspiciousSilence]

The amount of content yall put on YT is amazing. Thanks so much to all of you and have a happy MYSTie day!

[@zoeyrochellezhombie829]

Why is that amazing

[@hanbill]

respect for Torgo and F for the actor who died in age 25

[@raymondm.9954]

When the movie's Mike said, "Open the door, Margaret!" I was expecting Kevin or one of the others to say, "It's me, God."

[@gabrielboorom2683]

I love the part where Torgo says "It's Manosing Time!" And procceds to Manos everywhere.

[@badvegan]

I saw this live in the theater and have seen it many times since (along with the original MST3K version, of course). Thanks for all the laughs!

[@zoeyrochellezhombie829]

It's interesting to see an early MST3K with Joel played thirty some-odd years later with Mike and Rifftrax. A lot of the original lines are still playing. The part where torgo gets tge luggage, in the original Servo says 'its like having Joe Cocker as your bellhop.'

[@buckeyeschmave]

I thought this version let the movie breathe a little more, and as a result even more of Manos' shittiness came through. I don't know if the original cut out some scenes but I swear there are a few parts of the movie here that I don't remember from the MST3K version. Definitely more awkward pauses are obvious.

[@Andy-413]

Can you believe they use the WHOLE prune to make prune juice? Quite remarkable!

[@johnboats9075]

Just like the use the whole coffee bean to make coffee! Amazing!

[@JamaicanCastle]

It's a warrior's drink!

[@algomaone121]

My grandma swore by the fruit juice of the prune. And she shared her passion with me by making me drink glasses of it after school to ensure regularity, and I can testify I was regular 😮

[@stephaniemorrissey5114]

Ok, so APPARENTLY Torgo is actually supposed to be a satyr?? Which is why he has those big knees...it's supposed to be goat legs under there.

[@Judgementxxx]

Canada vowed to never let Norman back in

[@gogglespisano24]

Mike, Kevin, and Bill are the most hilarious guys I know. Never fail to entertain.

[@salcuzzy]

4:33 to 4:55 is the funniest part for me. love hearing kevin sing.

[@Randomcomicsfrommyspinne-xt5kq]

35:05 - who knew a stray eyebrow twitch could make us laugh?

[@babywah3290]

I want the Torgo theme for my ringtone!!!😂😂 It’s been theorized that Torgo is actually a Satyr, hence his weirdly shaped legs. And the young actor who played Debbie thinks the Torgo actor was high throughout the shoot.

[@neodav00001]

Supposedly he was taking pain meds to deal with those uncomfortable leg braces, so being on them during shooting is very plausible.

[@GunarmDyne]

One of the best theater experiences I ever had was attending the encore of this live show and getting to sit next to a group who had never seen the movie. Their reactions were glorious.

[@jenniferpolverari4575]

This is even better than a Patrick Swayze Christmas!

[@0okamino]

But we should still raise a toast to _Happy Days'_ Donny Most (or Don Most now).

[@nonprofitgirl]

I hate every BIT of this movie…yet I’m SO glad to be here with the guys! Also, the riff “Dionne Warwick is drunk again!” Is classic.

[@erickandsuzanne]

Manos for nothing, and Torgo for free

[@JoeKerr420]

Let’s get another riff of Final Sacrifice!

[@jessewalker8854]

Rowsthdower will you put out my hair?

[@nthgth]

Oh man, total classic 🤣

[@daishi4531]

I've recently heard the Spanish edition of this movie is titled "HANDS: The Manos of Fate", although I can't seem to verify this...

[@theholygamer969]

1:11:45 "Oh, don't get up, Torgo!" And that's where I lost it.

[@SugarDemon1035]

"Don't get up, Torgo!"

[@HylianFox3]

"D'oh!"

[@realbadger]

While intriguing they show more footage from the film than the MST3k version, it's puzzling they omit the film's "clip show" end credits...

[@PlutoniumBoss]

The "cylinders at your fingertips" moment happened while I was holding a canned drink. Witchcraft!

[@drewgeraci8434]

Took me forever to figure out Torgo's enormous knees. He's a satyr but there's never a reveal.

[@YouTube-tied]

I've read lately that the actor was tripping balls on acid while filming the movie and was too far gone to put the leg prosthetics on correctly, even though he supposedly designed them himself, and hobbled around in actual pain for the shoot. And that he killed himself shortly after the film's release, due to his drug addiction. Bizarre story.

[@StephanieLenz71]

Plus the Norman short and "At Your Fingertips: Cylinders?" We're spoiled! ❤

[@the1tigglet]

LAVATE LOS MANOS! 🧙‍♂

[@Aforementioned]

*Las

[@rjakobi]

I attended the screening of this in Newport News with some buddies of mine. Such nostalgia, memories, and laughing hysterically at cylinders. I think it worked out just fine.

[@blackscreenstories3704]

i remember it like it was yesterday..the year was 1996 I'd come inside from playing basketball outside and I'd turn to comedy central and catch MST3k on my lil 13" tv ..ohhh the memories 🥹🥹

[@historylover]

Have this on DVD (RiffTrax Live version). Love it, and so happy it's being put on YT!

[@Burger_pants]

I need to get a copy so I can have both versions signed. I have the MST3K edition signed.

[@davidanderson3586]

Whyis there a picture of Frank Zappa on the wall ;-)

[@0okamino]

Before the Mothers of Invention, he was playing with the Hands of Fate.

[@dngillikin]

That weathered, Orville Redenbacher-lookin' dude in the prune juice ad voiced Batman in the '68 Filmation cartoon series and for many years on Superfriends from 1973-85.

[@thomasgallipoli8376]

I thought he sounded familiar

[@kidkong637]

Divine intervention! Manos for free? ❤❤

[@karmafrog1]

Oh bless you guys. I remember seeing this years ago and always wanted to see it again because it was Hi-larious. Now I just arrived in Cambodia after being up since 3 a.m. on various international flights and nothing would make settling in after a long day better than this. EDIT: And even a Cambodia reference!

[@lancerguy3667]

I think Norman may just be grown-up Charlie Brown.

[@andrewforbes1433]

Uploading in two days? That's barely enough time to get my estate in order.

[@0okamino]

Hurry up! Right now! Fast, dammit, fast!

[@OldMovieRob]

Great stuff. I love how these three just bring you back to those awesome Mike years of MST3K.

[@Goldenspiderducck]

Fantastic! I’ll have plenty of time watch this on my *first* vacation!!

[@Moxximillion]

Its weird to think this film was once played in cinemas

[@Dovah21]

27:32 As soon as that vibey, happy-ass music comes on, the words, "Yes, It's Manos! The Hands of Fate." pop into my head.

[@lindaeasley5606]

It'll be dark soon. Perfect time to watch 😂

[@0okamino]

May as well watch. There is no way out of here.