The Fifth Hobbit

Watched the Lord of the Rings marathon today. Pressed play at 11.15am, turned off RotK at 11.33pm.
My brain is somewhere in Ithilien, I think.
Also noted by me for the first time: the lost fifth hobbit, Fatty Bulger (The One Who Stayed Behind) does make an appearance in Fellowship, getting namechecked by Bilbo. Maybe those of you who would care already knew this, but I didn’t. Still no sign of Bombadil however.

2 thoughts on “The Fifth Hobbit”

  1. Right, where’s my geek hat… ah, here it is.
    In the extended Two Towers, Merry and Pippin are “swallowed” by a “Old Man Willow”-like Huorn, and rescued by Treebeard who recites Bombadill’s poem… so there is a tilt towards ol’ Tom.
    Now, off with the geek hat. I deny all knowledge.

  2. Interestingly, though no Bombadil or Goldberry appear in the movies, Games Workshop make the figures… the things you learn when your partner is a wargamer! (Roleplaying and computer games being unquantifiably less nerdy than wargaming… Honest!)

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