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The Bizarre and Tragic Story Behind the 1967 Adaptation of the Hobbit

🕑 Added 2021-05-12 23:31:00 +0000 UTC

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Erica Borgers

This was something to behold! I’ve no other words for it

M E

AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa! (scream in horror)

Jorel Hamilton

Was just about to say, I love the Rankin/Bass adaptation.

At 13:33 when you talk about Ralph Bakhsi you actually show footage from Rankin/Bass film he wasn't involved in :/

John Vinals

Basically, William Snyder was Eol the Dark Elf and Gene Dietch was Aredhel.

John Vinals

King Teleporno

NR

Was not expecting the song at the end (delightful!). Great work as always.

Matthew Foweraker

Tolkien put the caibosh on that himself. He hated The Beatles. Not in general, he had personal beef with them.

Mel Dase

The Sexy Adventures of Slag the Dragon Slut is one of Chuck Tingle's more disappointing works.

I'm fascinated by great movies that never got made. Did you know there was once talk of an LOTR adaptation staring the Beatles? They wanted Stanley Kubrick to direct.

Flix

This is probably the first LiA that's longer than the movie, huh?

I thought that the pictures looked familiar...they were designed by Adolf Born, the illustrator of many czech cartoons I grew up watching! But normally they are fully animated, not just static images.

Iago24

If obscure Tolkien adaptations are your cup of tea, there's a zero budget Finnish TV adaptation of the Lord of the Rings called Hobitit uploaded to YouTube in its entirety. It focuses entirely on Frodo and Sam's quest, leaving the rest of the cast mostly out after the first act, but on the other hand, it is the only adaptation to ever feature the Scouring of the Shire in any capacity.

Nawf4

I need Slag Ass Dragon on itunes now!

Breanne Lasorso

Me too

Breanne Lasorso

He also showed footage from Rankin/Bass's 1977 "The Hobbit" and didn't even mention it in his Hobbit movies of days gone by (though I do love that version most). But, you know, easy to get mixed up.

SwamplingLvr

My favorite adaptation is the Rankin/Bass version. And I'm being totally honest.

stini Mondkatze

Love it! Poor Gene Dytch(?)! I feel really sad for him. Great Song!

Camille R

This is the best outro song so far, hands down. <3

Hey, the return of Reginald !

Skemono

Yeah, there's a Dinobot that was named Slag for that reason. And then got renamed Slug for the reasons Dom brought up.

Timur Hahn

Considering the original name Tolkien had in mind for Celeborn, Slag is not that bad...

LupinThe8th

Fantastic video, Dominic. But I must point out one little mistake before the YouTube commenters have the opportunity to rip you a new one. At 13:32 you mention Bakshi's 1978 version of LoTR...but the footage you are showing is actually from the 1980 Rankin/Bass Return of the King.

Breanne Lasorso

Slag is also the impurities scraped off molten iron, most notably during the Bessemer process. Which, yes, is less comedic, but you can see where they chose the name that became dated and silly.