A real live scion of Manos...

[benton]

Thought I would try to get in a little "Hello!" to Mike and Kevin from an honest to goodness child of Manos: The Hands of Fate. Thanks for keeping the embarrassment alive.
My Father was the "Cop" (William Bryan Jennings).
Yes, really.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421265/bio
(bio of W B Jennings)

[daltysmilth]

Wow, dude!  Around these parts, that makes you a bonafide celebrity!  I assume this http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421110/ is you, then?

[BathTub]

Haha, awesome, welcome!

[Bob]

Did your dad ever mention anything about the experience of being in Manos?

[mrbasehart]

Cool! Welcome! Did ya ever see the stage play version of your dad's movie?

[mrbakasan]

Your dad being the cop on Manos and you being an actor is good recipie for another guest riffer.

[Thom_Serveaux]

*looks right, then looks left*, well, I suppose the others will be by soon to harass, er greet you (especially platypus)  For the time being though maybe I can give you some things that will make your stay here a bit more ...interesting  yeah, that's it...  Here ye be... *Gives benton a tube with several pairs of designer Chin-der wear, a Big-Gulp Beret, and a Mexican Bean-Bag Chair...

Enjoy!

[benton]

Did your dad ever mention anything about the experience of being in Manos?

Mention? Shoot, dude, I was AT the premiere in EP and rode in the station wagon Hal rented to drive to Dallas to loop the dialogue.
I still have the EP County Sheriff's badge my Father was awarded "honorarily" at the premiere (most mentions of this only site same being given to Hal).

My Father was a very honorable man, so if anyone is looking for any "backstabbing" quotes about Hal or the film from him, there are none!

[benton]

Cool! Welcome! Did ya ever see the stage play version of your dad's movie?

Nope! But I do know about it (and my older brother bought their DVD of it) .
I tried to send them an email, but never received any response...perhaps they :
a. Didn't believe who I was.
b. Were afraid of some kind of "legaL" actions (HA!)
c. Were scared of me ....(Manos, you know...OOOOOweeeeEEEEEEoooo!)

[benton]

Your dad being the cop on Manos and you being an actor is good recipie for another guest riffer.

Oh, I already thought of that....

[benton]

*looks right, then looks left*, well, I suppose the others will be by soon to harass, er greet you (especially platypus)  For the time being though maybe I can give you some things that will make your stay here a bit more ...interesting  yeah, that's it...  Here ye be... *Gives benton a tube with several pairs of designer Chin-der wear, a Big-Gulp Beret, and a Mexican Bean-Bag Chair...

Enjoy!

Wow! Thanks! No really.....I haven't had a good bean bag chair since my family moved from EP in '68.

[Thom_Serveaux]

Actually, yes and no, y'see that's actually a typo. It's supposed to be a 'Mexican Jumping Bean-Bag Chair'  It's kind of an inside joke to most of us as the majority of members here are fans of MST3K.  The items that I offer newbies and to b-day celebrants are all items featured during the shows' run, during the host segments, and referrred to under the collective term 'invention exchange'....

[benton]

Actually, yes and no, y'see that's actually a typo. It's supposed to be a 'Mexican Jumping Bean-Bag Chair'  It's kind of an inside joke to most of us as the majority of members here are fans of MST3K.  The items that I offer newbies and to b-day celebrants are all items featured during the shows' run, during the host segments, and referrred to under the collective term 'invention exchange'....

Still works. I grew up on the border in El Paso. I think I'll stop there before I get into trouble.

[daltysmilth]

So did your dad get to loop any of his own dialogue?  I actually kinda like the line "Whatever it is you're not doing, go don't do it somewhere else."

[benton]

So did your dad get to loop any of his own dialogue?  I actually kinda like the line "Whatever it is you're not doing, go don't do it somewhere else."

Yep. All his "Cop" lines are him himself talking (or whatever is grammatically correct).
Most articles about Manos state something like, "only 3 people looped all the voices" which is from what I can remember having rode (rid? rodundum?) in the station wagon Hal rented to ferry the loopers to a sound studio in Dallas, not correct. It was probably closer to at least 5 or 6.