The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

[Amy Z <lupinesque@yahoo.com>]

Christian, I must add my sincere thanks to Anna's.  I also have a 
partner who is a huge LoTR fan and Trekkie, and our nightly ritual 
for the past few months has been to watch a segment or two of classic 
Trek and then read LoTR aloud.  Amazingly, he had never heard of this 
song, much less the videos (and we'd heard some of Nimoy's 
productions, including "If I Had a Hammer," and of course Shatner's 
unforgettable rendition of "Mr. Tambourine Man").  I laughed myself 
sick watching them yesterday, and then eagerly waited 'til he was 
home and the Celtics had finished pummelling the Knicks to make his 
joy complete by showing him these.  

> I must warn you that I do not accept responsibility for any madness 
> or any insanity that may result from watching this second video.

I'm watching him closely for signs of foam around the mouth.  But I 
think he'll be okay.  I escaped unharmed, after all, even after I 
watched it three times and the little blue snakes came out of the 
speakers to instruct me on how to avoid being abducted by aliens.

Amy