The Tolkien Joke and Meme thread

[Erestor Arcamen]

It was from Captain Planet and the Planeteers. You weren't missing much 😂

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Kind of cheaply made, for sure, but I don't think a cartoon show about saving the planet is such a bad idea -- may be overdue for a revival.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Kind of cheaply made, for sure, but I don't think a cartoon show about saving the planet is such a bad idea -- may be overdue for a revival.

I agree with you on the topic 100% and I loved the show when I was younger. It's just one of those things that seeing it now for the first time, I see how silly and cheesy the show itself was . I also had it on my Nintendo as a game (and a hard one at that!).

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

What happens when you lose -- planet blows up?

 

[Olorgando]

It was from Captain Planet and the Planeteers. You weren't missing much 😂

My usual Wiki check - OK, original run was 1990-92, a sequel ran 1993-96.
If it made it into German TV at all, it would most likely have run on the "kiddie" channels that both public TV (by far the market leader generally) and the two private TV conglomerates each have. I think I can rule out public TV, they don't go in for "superhero" stuff. Even the private TV channels don't seem to go in for it much, the only thing I could name off the cuff are the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", several of the aminated series, it seems - and those "Power Rangers" incarnations, but they were live-action.

Oh wait, one of the really small private channels is big on the Anime genre, with lots of superhero - cum - fantasy stuff.

Anyway, since I usually only cursorily zap by these channels, I may easily have missed any run(s) that the series may have had in Germany.

Some folks might consider the following a joke:
The two animated series my wife I enjoyed watching for a while are the BBC's "Shaun the Sheep" (public TV), and France Télévisions' "Grizzy and the Lemmings" (private TV). Problem is, we've seen all of the episodes that have made their way to German TV. Perhaps more are on the way, we'll have to check occasionally. 😄

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[Olorgando]

Hmyes - when your Internet surfing has trapped you in a bubble.

A dose of a JRRT site might be sanity-restoring … but stay away from Tom Bombadil and Balrogs' wings!

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LOTRholygrailmemes/comments/g1cd5c

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

https://imgur.com/a/S61AdWb

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[Olorgando]

Oh-oh, that b-word again ...

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

https://imgur.com/a/aHUJh3J

 

[Olorgando]

I came across this meme. Yes, it is Cheburashka in the Dead MarshesView attachment 6645

Erm ... yes ...
Two questions:
1) who is Cheburashka?
2) I don't recall Frodo, Sam or Gollum ever mentioning any of those phantoms smiling … 🤔

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Google's your friend here:

Cheburashka – Russiapedia Of Russian origin

The Great Russian CheCheburashka is a small brown-haired animal famous for his huge ears and big eyes.

russiapedia.rt.com

Cheburashka - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Olorgando]

Google's your friend here:

Google . Is . Not . My. Friend .

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

One of the things I love about this forum is that our many international members allow me to learn about aspects of cultures I'd never otherwise meet!