# All MST3K and Manos fans: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004 "2005-06-05T15:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/1 "2005-06-05T15:45:41Z")
This weeks Entertainment Weekly (June 10th issue) has a 3+ page article on what they call the worst movie ever made, _Manos, The Hands of Fate_ . Almost everything you need to know about that classic. Enjoy 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/2 "2005-06-05T16:41:02Z")
Hey, thanks for the tip! ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/3 "2005-06-06T00:55:24Z")
The Master will not be pleased… :dubious: But I am! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/4 "2005-06-06T01:00:22Z")
I hope they give MST3K the credit/blame for the renewed interest in that odiferous pile of steatorrhea. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/5 "2005-06-06T01:36:39Z")
Can they really say that you _need_ to know anything about Manos? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/6 "2005-06-06T02:03:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Can they really say that you _need_ to know anything about Manos? 😉 I \*\*need \*\* to know there won’t be a remake. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/7 "2005-06-06T02:07:47Z")
> [@Portia](#): > > I \*\*need \*\* to know there won’t be a remake. Well, if they’ll do a [remake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/) of [parts: the clonus horror](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078062/), nothing is safe. ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/8 "2005-06-06T04:16:07Z")
\< culturesnob \>Oh great, now _everybody_ is going to go as Torgo for Halloween!\< /culturesnob \> ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/9 "2005-06-06T04:44:31Z")
\ ***Mike** - \* Slug bug!! (hits Tom) _ **Tom Servo-** _ OW!!! ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/10 "2005-06-06T06:34:25Z")
What is touching is the photograph of the audience at the movie’s premiere in El Paso, Texas. The women are wearing evening gowns and look like they just had their hair done at the beauty parlor. The men are in tuxedos. The mayor of El Paso is there. Their faces are all so excited and hopeful. ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/11 "2005-06-06T06:42:15Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > steatorrhea. Note to self: Don’t ever look up the words in a doctor’s invective again. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/12 "2005-06-06T07:03:25Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Well, if they’ll do a [remake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/) of [parts: the clonus horror](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078062/), nothing is safe. Damn your eyes! I was waiting for _The Island_ to open (or at least for a thread to start up on it) so that _I_ could trot out the _Parts: The Clonus Horror_ comparison! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/13 "2005-06-06T07:13:03Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I hope they give MST3K the credit/blame for the renewed interest in that odiferous pile of steatorrhea. Basically it was only shown for a limited run in one theater during it’s original run. Somhow it showed up in a box of movies at Bad Brains. They almost didn’t use it because it was too bad and bizarre. So yes, they get all the blame. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/14 "2005-06-06T08:05:49Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Damn your eyes! I was waiting for _The Island_ to open (or at least for a thread to start up on it) so that _I_ could trot out the _Parts: The Clonus Horror_ comparison! Don’t feel bad. IMDb notes that it’s a remake, so a lot of other people were going to say it too. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/15 "2005-06-06T09:09:12Z")
But I wanted to be _first_! ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/16 "2005-06-06T13:10:35Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > But I wanted to be _first_! I think I mentioned it first on the SDMB, when I noted it in my MST3K thread… ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/17 "2005-06-06T15:49:49Z")
Back in 1988, my friend and I were members of the St. Marks Monster Movie Club in NYC. Every Tuesday night we would gather at the old Club 57 for our weekly film and discussion. On this particular night, Tom, our president, announced that he had found possibly the _worst_ movie ever made. Now, this wasn’t the first time he’d said that, so we adopted a “wait and see” attitude. That film was, of course, **Manos**. What unspooled before our eyes stunned even the most jaded of us. Needless to say, years later, when the MST promo for **Manos** aired, I was THRILLED! Finally, someone would say the things we were too shocked to say during that first viewing! And, may I say, I was not disappointed.“Aw, Joel, this is gonna be a snuff film, isn’t it?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/18 "2005-06-06T16:12:48Z")
It’s a nice sign that people are finally getting over the old canard that **Plan 9 From Outer Space** is “the worst movie of all time.” Any MSTie knows that **Plan 9** is positively radiant next to the likes of **Manos** or **The Wild World of Batwoman**. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/19 "2005-06-06T17:47:34Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > It’s a nice sign that people are finally getting over the old canard that **Plan 9 From Outer Space** is “the worst movie of all time.” Any MSTie knows that **Plan 9** is positively radiant next to the likes of **Manos** or **The Wild World of Batwoman**. Hey! Let’s not put **Batwoman** in the same league as **Manos**. I mean, granted it was abominable, but it did feature bikini dance scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004/20 "2005-06-06T17:53:42Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Basically it was only shown for a limited run in one theater during its original run. The _Entertainment Weekly_ article says that _Manos_ also played drive-ins in Western Texas. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-mst3k-and-manos-fans/307004.md?page=2)