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HARVARD LAMPOON NOVEL ''Bored of the Rings'' is a short Novel by Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney . It was published in 1969 by Signet for the Harvard Lampoon . The parody follows the general plot of ''The Lord of the Rings'', including the preface, the prologue, poetry, and songs, while making light of all that Tolkien made serious (e.g., "He would have finished him off then and there, but pity stayed his hand. ''It's a pity I've run out of bullets,'' he thought, as he went back up the tunnel. . . "). Names and the various languages are parodied by using brand names of products which mimic their sounds. There are many topical references which, like the brand names, are now dated. The Signet first edition cover, which parodies the (1965) LOTR paperback cover by artist and Fördør for Mordor . Characters FERGUS MCNEILL ADVENTURE GAME ''Bored of the Rings'' is an Adventure Game , written by Fergus McNeill . It was first released by Delta 4 in 1985, and later re-released by Silversoft . It was inspired by, but not based upon, the Harvard Lampoon version. In these games, Frodo and Bilbo Baggins were renamed Fordo and Bimbo Faggins. The game is in three parts and was written using '' The Quill '' and ''The Illustrator''. It was later followed up with the prequel ''The Boggit''. MAD MAGAZINE SERIES ''Bored of the Rings'' is the running title of MAD Magazine 's parodies of The Lord Of The Rings Film Trilogy . All three parodies were illustrated by Hermann Mejia and written by Desmond Devlin . While a few of the characters have the same parodied names as listed above (notably Legolamb, Sorehead, and Spam Gangrene), the rest have different names. Other characters in these parodies include: Dodo Gaggings, Billboard Gaggings, Gandoof the Gray (or Gandoof the White), Argon, Gimmicki, Golfclub (aka Cheeseball or Jar-Jar Jr.), Baggybuns, Pimple, Peppercorn, Aspercreme, and the Slobbits. The parodies emphasize the films' tortured or illogical plot points and sometimes glacial pacing: :Billboard Gaggings: "Dodo, I want you to have this. It's magic Slobbit chain mail that will protect you from harm!" :Dodo Gaggings: "Nice timing! The only way this gift could matter more to me is if I'd gotten it back in the Shire! You know, like ''before'' I got stabbed?" SEE ALSO
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