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Summary: Classic Parody; A Bit Dated
Review: Daring to mock one of the most beloved and popular series of all time, "Bored of the Rings" fortunately rises to the occasion. Flexing the sense of humor that would pilot "National Lampoon" into American pop culture, the authors leave nothing in Tolkein's masterpiece unmocked. Are you a fan of Gandalf? You'll cringe at the antics of Goodgulf, conjurer of long-winded dissertations and maker of surrender flags. Or are you a fan of the hobbits? Then relish in the description of Dildo's birthday party (chorus to the boggie eating song -- "Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble/ Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble") and delight in Frito's eyeing of possible exits while Goodgulf explains the mysteries of the One Ring ("Cease thy eyeing of possible exits," commands Goodgulf). Aragorn is reduced to Stomper, whose best weapon against the Dark Lord's wraiths is his hilarious inability to draw his sword. Gimli and Legolas become Gimlet and Legolam, whose legendary pursuit of the Narcs (after the kidnapping of Moxie and Pepsi) can be measured in marches of at least two hundred yards at a time. The authors have made "Bored" mercifully brief, realizing that while Tolkein fans can savor a hundred pages or so of mockery, a comprehensive send-up of the entire trilogy would have been too much. A book that can be read in an easy afternoon, "Bored" makes up for its brevity by cramming more jokes on a page than any book I can recall. Even the jokes that rely on 70's-era pop culture are witty enough to be funny even if you don't exactly get the reference. If you're a fan of the trilogy, be prepared to laugh out loud at this spot-on spoof. Slightly wicked, "Bored" is nevertheless light-hearted enough that you realize that the work is a labor of love for the authors rather than a savaging of Tolkein's majestic works.
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Summary: GOOD SILLY FUN - A TRUE CLASSIC
Review: I have had this book since the early 70's. It was hilarious then and still is. Yes there are many references that are dated , but the jokes and gags work in spite of that. Don't bother looking them up if you don't get them, just keep reading and go with the flow.
As with many other reviewers here, It frequently makes me laugh out loud no matter how often I have read it.
Bottom line..this book is a HOOT! Someone needs to do an animated version or even a broadway Play....I'd pay to see that!! Also note the version offered on E-bay does not have the original cover art which means its not a first edition -So I don't know if any other changes have been made. Very Highly recommended.
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Summary: This book sounds stupid.
Review: Don't anybody make a movie of this book.I mean it! At least I know Peter Jackson would never stoop to such dumbness as this.Hopfully some other big movie director won't decide to give Lordies a bad name,but seeing the billions of dollars and how people like it a lot,I bet bored of the rings would barely make a million.Even if these books have been sold a ton.I don't want to read it.
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Summary: Absolutely brilliant
Review: I love the Lord of the Rings. They're probably my favorite books of all time. I think its because of this that I find this bit of satire so hysterical. If you like Tolkien, you have to read this. You'll cry your laughing so hard and then you'll want to read the trilogy again.
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Summary: Average and dated but amusing
Review: I am a huge LOTR fan. I've loved the books for years and I've thoroughly enjoyed the movies. A part of me, I must confess, is still a bit shocked at the horrifying disrespect with which Prof. Tolkien's brilliant creation is treated. Luckily, I can supress it and laugh at this uneven but fun work. I don't think LOTR is a sacred tome that should not be made fun of. My verdict? This is a nice parody attempt, but overall, I've read better and wittier parodies on the internet. BOTR is a satisfactory read generally. However, there are problems with it. For one, it's badly dated. Many references really don't make sense any more. I had to look up what Moxie was, for instance. However, some period-specific references, like Tim Benzedrine (my favorite part of BOTR) are utterly hilarious, dated or not. There are brilliantly hilarious bits (The way Stomper "heals" Farahslax, the Benzedrine encounter, the Council scene etc). However, a lot of it is just filler and is not very funny: just puerile references to sex acts and puns, and gets rather dull after a while. A note to respond to another review that stated that actual Aragorn of LOTR doesn't do much actual fighting. He fights in Moria, Helm's Deep, Pellenor Fields and the Morannon, pretty much all the big battles described. You can't get much more involved than that.
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Summary: The Harvard Lampoon's take on Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings"
Review: I remember very few lines of verse, but amongst those committed to memory are the lines: "We Boggies are a merry folk/who like to eat until we choke/loving all like friend and brother/and hardly ever eat each other" (which is followed up a chorus that repeats the word "gobble" a whole bunch of times). "Bored of the Rings," the Harvard Lampoon parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings," was written by Douglas C. Kenney and Henry N. Beard at the end of the Sixties, right before they went off into the real world to found "The National Lampoon" and at a time when the Trilogy was required reading for fans of fantasy. Of course, it goes without saying that much of what you will find in here will be grossly offensive and that if you are not well versed in Tolkien's Trilogy then the story of the ring that was given by Dildo Bugger to his nephew Frito, who then embarked with his servant Spam, his friends Moxie and Pepsi, Goodgulf Grayteeth the wizard, Stomper the ranger (a.k.a. Arrowroot of Arrowshirt), Bromosel, Gimlet the dwarf and Legolam the elf across Lower Middle Earth to the dark land of Fordor is not going to make much sense. For that matter you had better be well versed in the drug culture of the Sixties and the political machinations of Richard Nixon to get all of the references (I just realized: we need an annotated edition of "Bored of the Rings"). Even if you have seen the movies and recognize the lady Hashberry, you still need to have read the books to know who Tom Benzedrine is in the grand scheme of things. My favorite scene are when the Ballhog shows up and when Goddam and the ring meet their final fate. This is a lengthy parody, necessitated by the size of the work that inspired this insanity. Despite the low-brown humor involved with the playful names, there is some college level sophistication to the parody as well. However, if you consider Tolkien to be sacred text, then do not go anywhere near "Bored of the Rings" because you will be grossly offended (and probably several other types of offended as well). I will still maintain that the wicked sense of humor here is inspired by an affection for Tolkien's work, but understand that there will be those who dismiss that idea.
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Summary: Disgraceful
Review: This book is immoral, disgusting, and a disgrace to Tolkiens work. it is not funny and the hobbits are like pigs. Please do not read this book!
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: One of the funniest books I've ever read. I have never laughed harder. Anyone that doesn't laugh when reading this book has absolutely no sense of humour. It's not meant to insult Tolkien it is simply a parody. You know irony, wit, that sort of thing.
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Summary: Classic Nat Lamp Jewel
Review: "BORED OF THE RINGS" by Michael Kenny and some of the ex-staff of Harvards' Lampoon is a classic from the 1970 era. I was 23 and it was surely a time of ferment, drug-laden, (but not nearly as toxic as now) a time of healthy disrespect for convention, authority, and virtually Anything Sacred. And in the late Sixties the Tolkein books had become more well read then the Bible by young Americans, and so were ripe for tearing down.
And 'BORED' does it exquisitly; it is flush with twisted sexual innuendo, contemptuous TradeMark misuse, but all the general themes are adhered to more or less.
One of the more memorable characters for me in Tolkeins' FELLOWSHIP was Tom Bombadil, the "Natural Man of the Woods". Sadly, the movie chose to skip this most remarkable creature, but BORED gives us "Tim Benzedrine" a non-stop, high-energy sort of guy, scarcely Natural but delightfuly crafted.
I have not read this book in 28 years, but now my Grandsons are all fired up by Tolkeins latest reincarnation, and I will give it to them, hoping to show this Politically Correct generation the value of a healthy contempt for that which is popular, to show them a clever use of parody, and just maybe to entice them to read more.
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Summary: My precious.
Review: Currently I have a copy of The Bored of the Rings right besides The Lord of the Rings in the "classics" section of my library. I found this item by accident in a bookstore, bought it and decided to read it two years later, following the adventures of Frito, Spam, Pepsi, Moxie, Goodgulf, Arrowroot/Stomper, Legolam, Gimlet and Bromosel. I was impressed by how funny it is and how sharp some jokes were (take for example Stomper's lack of coordination making the Nozdrul fall to the floor laughing during a duel, thus granting him an escape route, or Bromosel looking out of the book to see there was still half of it to go). It is true that many of the jokes refer to facts that took place over 30 years ago, but even so the book is funny. Also, there are websites that help explain some of the meanings; for example, Moxie's name comes from a popular soft drink of that time. Having read The Lord of the Rings proves necessary for this book to be well understood, but that is by no means a disadvantage; that is what parodies are about. I complain, though, that the book is perhaps somewhat short. I read it quickly and could not help but wish there were some more. Recommended for people needing a laughter and The Lord of the Rings fans that like to see the funny side of things.
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