FeeFiFoFoTheFifeFifeBrown
Aye.

Innocent Bystander
IMDb sez:

"John Reynolds, who played Torgo, sustained permanent damage to his kneecaps because of the apparatus on them. It's believed that this damage occurred due to the device being worn backwards. He was constantly on painkillers until his suicide."

Even if it's not true I find it fitting.

myassisonfire
Bob Guidry, Director of Cinematography for the movie, claims that Torgo (John Reynolds) had a troubled family/social life. This led to drug abuse, his LSD-fueled role in this movie, and eventual suicide via shotgun to the head on October 16, 1966 (before Manos premiered).

"He killed himself about six months after the movie was finished. John was a troubled kid; he didn't really get along with his dad, who was an Air Force colonel, and he got into experimenting with LSD. It's a shame, because he was really a talented young actor."

It's arguable whether the coathanger-and-foam leg riggings actually led to any permanent damage or further drug abuse. I'd say the real story is equally intriguing.

FeeFiFoFoTheFifeFifeBrown
It was kind of a cool choice to try to sound like Don Henley and look like Torgo and not try to mix-and-match. Many people would have and it would have sucked.

CapnJesusHood
Yeah, and I was about to take away stars for the "slowly standing up" part but working the Torgo theme into the end of the song won them back.

Timothy A. Bear
Someone's looking pretty SEXY there!

MaulLove
Torgo is totally sexy.

And in response to other comments, he usually does the voice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Q3NeeCwT0

Torgo and a balding NeverNude were the two most awesome costumes I saw at Comic Con.

Stopheles
Yeah, but his Torgo voice isn't all that great. Come on, Mike Nelson, step up to the plate and show the internet how it's REALLY done!

Stopheles
"Hotel California" seems pretty obvious, no?