Middle-Earth Entertainment - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Oroaranion · 10-21-2005, 03:49 AM

This is a good point, why was there a distinct lack of entertainment in Middle Earth? The lives of people must have been dead boring.
Here are some ideas:
- Gandalf as a touring/TV magician, pulling rabbits out of hats, instead of trying to destroy the dark forces of ME. He could also use one of the hobbits a ventriloquist's dummy.
- They could have changed Minas Morgul into the Hollywood of ME.
- A suggestion from "the guty who be short", who is sitting next to me at this very moment, how about Bansai Pippin. Put Pippin in a glass jar and watch him grow to its size.
Anyway, justa few ideas off the top of my head, may have more later after a good think.

Beanamir of Gondor · 10-21-2005, 09:45 AM

I distinctly remember hearing of a riveting television special that ran for a great length of time in ME, called Entmoot. Two tribes of Ents would be taken from Fangorn Forest, and placed in different parts of ME, to get episodes of the show such as Entmoot Minas Morgul, Entmoot Caradhras, and even one grueling one called Entmoot under the Dimholt.
The point of the show, of course, was for the Ents to survive in these difficult places, without being supplied with... well, with whatever Ents survive on. There were also tasks they had to complete, some physical, some gross: one I recall was the eating of meat prepared by orcs. Each week the Ents would gather in their Entmoot and vote which Ent was going back to Fangorn. The last remaining Ent would win the very special prize: an Entwife.
The only problem was that around the third or fourth season there was a scandal from some of the Ents who had won. They had discovered that their Entwives were not really Entwives, but were simply Cave-Trolls in very clever costumes devised by Radagast the Brown. Radagast (the producer) shut down the show for good.
Reruns of the show, apparently, soon gave way to another one called That Second-Age Show, which featured Boromir doing a lot of disco.

(P.S. I sure hope this thread keeps alive. It's going to be hysterical.)

10-21-2005, 03:49 AM	#1
Oroaranion Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dol Amroth Posts: 94	This is a good point, why was there a distinct lack of entertainment in Middle Earth? The lives of people must have been dead boring. Here are some ideas: - Gandalf as a touring/TV magician, pulling rabbits out of hats, instead of trying to destroy the dark forces of ME. He could also use one of the hobbits a ventriloquist's dummy. - They could have changed Minas Morgul into the Hollywood of ME. - A suggestion from "the guty who be short", who is sitting next to me at this very moment, how about Bansai Pippin. Put Pippin in a glass jar and watch him grow to its size. Anyway, justa few ideas off the top of my head, may have more later after a good think. __________________ I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed. I felled the black serpent. A grim morn, and a glad day, and a golden sunset!

10-21-2005, 09:45 AM	#2
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	I distinctly remember hearing of a riveting television special that ran for a great length of time in ME, called Entmoot. Two tribes of Ents would be taken from Fangorn Forest, and placed in different parts of ME, to get episodes of the show such as Entmoot Minas Morgul, Entmoot Caradhras, and even one grueling one called Entmoot under the Dimholt. The point of the show, of course, was for the Ents to survive in these difficult places, without being supplied with... well, with whatever Ents survive on. There were also tasks they had to complete, some physical, some gross: one I recall was the eating of meat prepared by orcs. Each week the Ents would gather in their Entmoot and vote which Ent was going back to Fangorn. The last remaining Ent would win the very special prize: an Entwife. The only problem was that around the third or fourth season there was a scandal from some of the Ents who had won. They had discovered that their Entwives were not really Entwives, but were simply Cave-Trolls in very clever costumes devised by Radagast the Brown. Radagast (the producer) shut down the show for good. Reruns of the show, apparently, soon gave way to another one called That Second-Age Show, which featured Boromir doing a lot of disco. (P.S. I sure hope this thread keeps alive. It's going to be hysterical.) __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."