A real live scion of Manos...

[mrthejazz]

Welcome to the forum! Holy cow!

I would just like to say Manos was may favorite MST3K episode ever. "HANDS! HAAAAAAANDS of FATE!"

I heard some weird rumor though that some of the actors in that movie committed suicide after making it "because it was so bad."
I'm guessing that's not true?

[benton]

Welcome to the forum! Holy cow!

I would just like to say Manos was may favorite MST3K episode ever. "HANDS! HAAAAAAANDS of FATE!"

I heard some weird rumor though that some of the actors in that movie committed suicide after making it "because it was so bad."
I'm guessing that's not true?

Not true.
John Reynolds (Torgo) was the only actor to commit suicide, and apparently the film had nothing to do with it. He seems to have had a lot of personal problems before the film ever was made.

[benton]

Thanks!
He was with me too for quite awhile.
I know he would appreciate all the "fan" sentiments.
When all this started up again and I got him the tape, DVD, and MST3K versions he just chuckled and shook his head.

I've gotta ask...Did he every actually watch the MST3K version?

Oh, yes.  When both the original and MST3K came out on DVD I got several copies of both and made Christmas presents out of them to my parents, brother, and sister. Wooping good times had by all.

What an honor...  You up for anything, right now, my friend?  (Being an actor and all...)

For the really curious, one can always look at IMDB -- they keep most things fairly up to date and accurate:
www.imdb.com/name/nm0421110

Let me put it this way...I got to act with Brad Pitt once, but I ain't Brad Pitt.  ;-)

[Bob]

I see you played Adolph Hitler once.   How on EARTH do you prepare for that role....... I pray that you are not a method actor.

[mrbasehart]

Hey! You were in Scrubs! Tell me, is Sarah Chalke as hot in person as she is on screen?

[Hazzah]

Very cool! Glad to know a real-life MST Celebrity is roaming around these forums!

Nice to meet you.

[acoletterose]

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GREETINGS Famous One!

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[benton]

I see you played Adolph Hitler once.   How on EARTH do you prepare for that role....... I pray that you are not a method actor.

Actually, didn't he spell his name "Adolf"? So much for accuracy...
But hey, he was "Hitler in Hell" so maybe the heat got to him a bit.

That was a little weird, yes. My wife came home after my agent called to say I got the part (and no, I did not audition in costume). I told her I booked a part, and said, "Who do I hate more than anyone else in history?" Without a pause she replied, "Hitler!"
Now at the time this was getting kinda weird, because I auditioned for about 3 different Hitlers, I think, in about as many months. Penn Gillette was trying to put together a show (which never happened if I recall) and there was a sequence with him playing poker with 3 historical characters, one of whom was Hitler. There was also an audition for TimeCop 2 which had Hitler. Talk about developing a complex...everyone in Hollywood all at once thought I looked like Hitler.
Which reminds me of.....
" When der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race",
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in der Fuehrer's face.
Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace,
So we HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in der Fuehrer's face.
When Herr Göbbels says, "We own der world und space",
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in Herr Göbbels' face.
When Herr Göring says they'll never bomb this place,
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in Herr Göring's face.

Are we not the supermen
Aryan pure supermen
Ja we ist der supermen
Super-duper supermen.
Ist this Nutzi land not good?
Would you leave it if you could?
Ja this Nutzi land is good!
Vee would leave it if we could

We bring the world to order
Heil Hitler's new world order
Everyone of foreign race will love der Fuehrer's face
When we bring to der world disorder.

When der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race",
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in der Fuehrer's face.
When Der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race",
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in der Fuhrer's face. "
---From the Disney short, "Donald Duck in Nutziland." Music : Oliver Wallace, later made popular by Spike Jones and the City Slickers.

[benton]

Hey! You were in Scrubs! Tell me, is Sarah Chalke as hot in person as she is on screen?

Bob Hope used to do a sound in the back of his throat, usually when expressing delight over a woman. Kind of  a "rrrrrrrooooowww" noise.
I think Bob might have made that noise in this case.

And silly me...her character's latest squeeze, played by actor Travis Schudt -- he went to the same University I did, but do I even think to remember and mention that any of the time I'm on set with him? Nooooooo.....

[Bob]

I see you played Adolph Hitler once.   How on EARTH do you prepare for that role....... I pray that you are not a method actor.

Actually, didn't he spell his name "Adolf"? So much for accuracy...
But hey, he was "Hitler in Hell" so maybe the heat got to him a bit.

Talk about developing a complex...everyone in Hollywood all at once thought I looked like Hitler.

Hmmmm, I just assumed his family went into the meat tenderizer business after the war and that explains my spelling.

[daltysmilth]

So were you one of the singing Hitlers or one of the dancing Hitlers?

[RandyMistie]

I see you played Adolph Hitler once.   How on EARTH do you prepare for that role....... I pray that you are not a method actor.

Actually, didn't he spell his name "Adolf"? So much for accuracy...
But hey, he was "Hitler in Hell" so maybe the heat got to him a bit.

That was a little weird, yes. My wife came home after my agent called to say I got the part (and no, I did not audition in costume). I told her I booked a part, and said, "Who do I hate more than anyone else in history?" Without a pause she replied, "Hitler!"
Now at the time this was getting kinda weird, because I auditioned for about 3 different Hitlers, I think, in about as many months. Penn Gillette was trying to put together a show (which never happened if I recall) and there was a sequence with him playing poker with 3 historical characters, one of whom was Hitler. There was also an audition for TimeCop 2 which had Hitler. Talk about developing a complex...everyone in Hollywood all at once thought I looked like Hitler.
Which reminds me of.....
" When der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race",
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in der Fuehrer's face.
Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace,
So we HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in der Fuehrer's face.
When Herr Göbbels says, "We own der world und space",
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in Herr Göbbels' face.
When Herr Göring says they'll never bomb this place,
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in Herr Göring's face.

Are we not the supermen
Aryan pure supermen
Ja we ist der supermen
Super-duper supermen.
Ist this Nutzi land not good?
Would you leave it if you could?
Ja this Nutzi land is good!
Vee would leave it if we could

We bring the world to order
Heil Hitler's new world order
Everyone of foreign race will love der Fuehrer's face
When we bring to der world disorder.

When der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race",
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in der Fuehrer's face.
When Der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race",
We HEIL! (phhht!) HEIL! (phhht!) Right in der Fuhrer's face. "
---From the Disney short, "Donald Duck in Nutziland." Music : Oliver Wallace, later made popular by Spike Jones and the City Slickers.

Ah, benton, that was priceless!  You kinda rule, dude!  I'm just sayin'...

[BathTub]

If you've never seen it before

[Bob]

Wonder if that one will make it in any of the Looney Tunes Golden collections?

[Thom_Serveaux]

Wonder if that one will make it in any of the Looney Tunes Golden collections?

Not unless Warner Brothers buys out Disney...