One word: PROUDFEET!!!

and I also love the chapter in Ithillien when Sam tell's Faramir's men not to wake him up when they go. "No need to disurb my sleep. I was walking all night"

I constantly enjoy the scene where Sam and Frodo have sought refuge with Faramir's men, and the Oliphant miraculously appears! It comes entirely out of nowhere and leaves you wondering, "Now, where did that come from?"

I also have a particular penchant for one quote of Frodo's; critisizes Sam for some reason or another in saying, "Sam, you @$$!" It's not funny from most peoples' standpoint, but I have a Sicillian donkey whose name is also Sam; hence, I have an @$$ named Sam too!

(Please don't reprimand me, oh great forum administrators! I have done nothing implicit of profanity; just used a synonym for a donkey! Honest!)

[ April 04, 2002: Message edited by: Shadowfax Clawson ]

I found the spot:
'We have not found what what we sought' said one. 'But what have we found?'
'Not Orcs,' said another, releasing the hilt of his sword, which he had seized when he saw the glitter of Sting in Frodo's hand.
'Elves?' said a third, doubtfully.
'Nay, not Elves,' said the fourth, the tallest, and as it appeared the chief among them. 'Elves do not walk in Ithilien in these days. And Elves are wondrous fair to look upon, or so 'tis said.'
'Meaning we're not, I take you,' said Sam...
I really love that part...and I laugh every time!!
And of course Gollum IS funny...both the content of what he says and HOW he says it!!
I never came away feeling Gollum was scary, just really crazy...'we wants it, pressssious!!'

Well one of my favorite parts is at Bilbo's party when he has he farewel speach. He is putting on the ring when everybody is still figuring out what he said before. I also like the fool of a took and when Gandalf does something funny. I cant think of any Gandalf quotes now.

Wow...This thread spills over onto a second page, and STILL no one mentions Gimli's reaction at the idea of going through the Paths of the Dead to rouse the 'forgotten people' from the 'grey twilight.'

Gimli: "I hope the forgotten people will not have forgotten how to fight...for otherwise I see not why we should trouble them."

Not only is this funny, it also hints at Gimli's uneasiness. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I like this thread! I have a few of my own:

-When Aragorn checks Frodo after Moria, and he finds the Mithril: 'Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an Elven-princeling in! If it were known that hobbits had such hides, all the hunters of Middle-Earth would be riding to the Shire!'
-On Caradhras there were quite a few:
-'Shelter!' muttered Sam. 'If this is shelter, then one wall and no roof make a house!'
-'If Gandalf would go before us with a bright flame, he might melt a path for you,' said Legolas.
-'If Elves could fly over mountains, they might fetch the Sun to save us!'
-'Farewell!' he said to Gandalf. 'I go to find the Sun!'
[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I just burst out laughing at that part!

-And let's not forget when the Company met Haldir and his brothers!
-'Yes they are Elves,' said Legolas; 'and they say that you breathe so loud that they could shoot you in the dark.' Sam hastily put his hand over his mouth. ... Legolas ran up, and Frodo followed slowly; behind came Sam trying not to breathe loudly.

That was just cuteness!

LOL, Thinhyandoiel ! Those are all great ones!
Has someone mentioned:

Great examples! Love Gimli. Love Sam. Love Gandalf! Here's another: 'Ha, hmm, my friends, let us go for a walk! ... I am Bregalad, that is Quickbeam in your language. ... They have called me that ever since I said yes to an elder Ent before he had finished his question.'

This is funny b/c it reminds me of a blonde joke I heard once. I won't say it, though. I don't want to offend any blondes.

I like the part in the two towers when Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli find the lembas crumbs etc by fanghorn! Legolas has a funny line about how "pleased with his cleverness he sits down and eats lembas, this at least is enough to show he was a hobbit"
That line makes me laugh, most parts with Gollum and Sam are funny as with Pippin...always manages to get some comic relief in there!
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[ April 13, 2002: Message edited by: Blue Bunny Wunny ]

Also funny is in ROTK (or is it TTT?) when Sam gets all excited about seeing the "ouliphants"! (sp?) It's so funny and endearing. And he gets to see them, too! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] yay!

and don't forget Sam's Troll Song

"Troll sat alone on his seat of stone,
And munched and mumbled a bare old bone.
For many a year he had gnawed it near,
For meat was hard to come by
Done by! Gum By!
In a cave of stone he dwelt alone
And meat was hard to come by."

Oh, yes, Half-Hobbit, that one IS great! Not to mention what's said afterward...
or for that matter, before:
Okay, pretty much most anything Sam Gamgee says or does brings a smile to my face or a chuckle. I love him to peices! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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I love the contest between Legolas and Gimli - who can kill the most orcs

Merry and Pippin talking to Gandalf, Legolas and Gimli like they don't know them

There are a lot of others but that is all I can think of right now...

Hullo,Keeper-of-Vilya--haven't seen you in these parts before!
Here's another quote that brings me a chuckle--

"I had a funny dream an hour or two before we stopped, Mr. Frodo. Or maybe it wasn't a dream. Funny it was, anyway. "
"Well, what was it?" said Frodo, knowing that sam would not settle down until he had told his tale, whatever it was.

LOL--Frodo having to appease Sam like he was a little kid...

I liked that part too about the second breakfast thing. Aragorn was all like -.-' Hehehehe. But my FAV funny part int he book was when Saruman was like 'Radagast the Brown, Radagast the Bird-tamer, Radagast the Fool!" Don't take me wrong, I just loved that part. And also, int he movie, at the Council of Elrond. Elrond was all like "What the--" but I specially loved the part where they were deciding who was going to take the Ring:

*Legolas* I will take the Ring!
*Gimli* No Elf will ever take the Ring!
*Legolas* No Dwarf would ever take the Ring!
*Everyone starts fighting and Boromir and Gandalf get into an argument.* FUNNY!

I believe "The Houses of Healing" offers some of the most amusing lines.

and

These are all hilarious! One of my favourite lines of Pip's is when he is interogating Frodo near the beginning of "A Shortcut to Mushrooms"...
Pip: Do you think we will see any of those black riders? (very cheery, souding like, "do you think we'll have bad weather?")
Frodo: Yes, probably. But I hope to get across the river without their seeing us.
Pippin: Did you find out anything about them from Gildor?
Frodo: Not much - only hints and riddles.
Pippin: Did you ask about the sniffing?
Frodo: We didn't discuss it. (he says this with a mouth full of food. can you imagine?!?)
Pippin: You should have. I am sure it is very important. (Pip lecturing Frodo, who is what, almost twice his age at the time?)
Frodo: In that case, I am sure Gildor would have refused to explain it. (rather true, really) Now leave me in peace! I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!
Pippin: Good heavens! At breakfast? (Pip doesn't want any thought to get in the way of enjoying his food.

Boromir: "What will you do then? Leap down the falls and land in the marshes?"

One of my favourite quirky things that Legolas did. He was strange, no?
"I go to find the sun." was another. Most of the time he goes unoticed, but then, out of the blue he's quirky and funny.

Cracks me up every time.

later....

love it! :D

I'd surprised this hasn't already been mentioned! When Aragorn mocks the herb-master ;)

Hilarious...the funniest scene ever from LotR, IMO.

It's through the insults of Aragorn and Gandalf that we realise how wonderful they are. Golly, they must live in world of idiots. Aragorn rules over a city of idiots! These days some are too polite to come out and say when people are being stupid. Aragorn shows us simpler times.

I'll second Littlemanpoet's vote for: I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. One day I shall work this line into my retirement speech (now five years further down the line than I had thought but I digress...).

I like all the humour linking Hobbits and food; there seems to be a fair bit of this in the first chapter, naturally. As an example, when the Hobbits are startled by Gandalf's firework, their trauma is soon relieved by the appearance of supper:

Tolkien also used the phrase 'filling up the corners', which is one I know well, descriptive of the state you get in after Christmas dinner, bloated and groaning but reaching for another peanut and glass of sherry all the same. ;)

But an overlooked gem from Bilbo is this:

I'm sure many of us know just how Bilbo feels there.

I find this line hilarious.

And also although its not in The Lord of the Rings, I for some reason find it extremly funny when, in Morgoth's Ring, when Melkor is captured by the Valar and taken by the Valinor. Tulkas follows him with Angainor clinking it to remind Melkor of what would await he if he stepped out of line. :D

My own two favorite funny moments (which I'm surprised haven't yet been mentioned)...

In A Long-Expected Party:

Gandalf: "If you don't let me in, Frodo, I shall blow your door right down your hole and out through the hill."

And in The Council of Elrond (this is one moment that I greatly miss in the films):

"Very well, very well, Master Elrond!" said Bilbo suddenly. "Say no more! It is plain enough what you are pointing at. Bilbo the silly Hobbit started this affair, and Bilbo had better finish it, or himself. ... When ought I to start?"

Thanks for reviving this thread! :D

A part that I like is in The Long Expected Party, when Lobelia throws

at Frodo and Frodo goes in and turns to Merry Brandybuck and says something to the effect that that was an insult and Merry replies with

amazing!!
 

the part where frodo reads gandalfs letter in bree
"i'll melt all the butter in him,i'll roast him over a slow flame(butterbur)"
hillarious!!!!

"Time wears on, and the mists are blowing away, or would if you strange folk did not wreathe yourselves in smoke." -Legolas

:D

I can't believe that no-one has mentioned this one yet:

I like the line in Fangorn when Legolas says "I feel older in this forest, older than I have felt since traveling with you children." or something to that effect (I've got to find my book! >_<). Imagine Aragorn's dirty look, not to mention Gimli's!

Also, I like when in the Appendices, Aragorn calls "Tinuviel!" after Arwen and she smiles and says, "Why do you call me by that name?" I can just picture her thinking, "::indulgent sigh:: Yet another infatuated sap!"

"This was unexpected and rather difficult. There was some scattered clapping, but most of them were trying to work it out to see if it came to a compliment." <Love, love, love that line! They did Bilbo's line so well in the movie.
Bilbo: "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve!"
Crowd: One or two people clap, most look at each other like, "Huh?"

I like some of the other mentioned already, like Aragorn scolding Merry about pipeweed, Quickbeam, and the 'wreathed in smoke' line. Betcha Legolas was downwind on that last one. :D

Fordim has put a long quote in so I will too, don't hang me for it ;) and davem has just reminded me of one of the funniest things in The Hobbit (more on which in another thread shortly). This is great, as acutely observed as a Mike Leigh script, especially if you know about the agonising complexities of British manners regarding strangers:

Splendid. One of my very favourite things that Tolkien ever committed to paper :D