# Medium 3/14 -- Manos reference? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2005, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-3-14-manos-reference/294607 "2005-03-15T07:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-3-14-manos-reference/294607/1 "2005-03-15T07:43:49Z")
During today’s episode of Medium, one scene involved a strange person on a porch saying to the main character something which sounded like: “There is no way out of here. It will be dark soon. There is no way out of here.” That’s not what they said–I can’t remember what they said–but as soon as they said whatever they said I was reminded of the movie Manos: Hands of Fate, both by the rhythm of what they actually said and by the situation being portrayed. (What she actually said was something like “He’s not here right now. He’s gone into town. He’s not here right now.”) Any chance this is a winking reference and not just a coincidence? I know the quote isn’t actually anything like the line from Manos when you look at it one way… but it’s _structured_ similarly, just as the scene was _structured_ similarly w/out sharing anything with the Manos scene by way of actual plot. Makes me wonder… -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-3-14-manos-reference/294607/2 "2005-03-15T09:32:47Z")
Probably intentional. Did the speaker have ominously large knees? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-3-14-manos-reference/294607/3 "2005-03-15T15:46:17Z")
No, no ominously large knees… 🙂 -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-3-14-manos-reference/294607/4 "2005-03-15T16:05:21Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Any chance this is a winking reference and not just a coincidence? I know the quote isn’t actually anything like the line from Manos when you look at it one way… but it’s _structured_ similarly, just as the scene was _structured_ similarly w/out sharing anything with the Manos scene by way of actual plot. Makes me wonder… > > -FrL- Well, did the Master approve or not? “wE’vE goT soME pOodLE mEat in the…FrEeZEr…” and what’s this dren about Manos having a _plot_ i _refuse_ to believe that Manos had aplit, LIES, all LIES i tell you! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-3-14-manos-reference/294607/5 "2005-03-15T18:01:56Z")
“wE’vE goT soME pOodLE mEat in the…FrEeZEr…” Wha…? Was that a line from Manos? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-3-14-manos-reference/294607/6 "2005-03-15T18:07:26Z")
I think that was a reference to one of the comments either Joel or the 'Bots threw out during the MST version, **Frylock**. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-3-14-manos-reference/294607/7 "2005-03-15T22:03:58Z")
After Pepe the Poodle gets Putrefied, Servo spouted this line in a “Torgo-esque” voice…