Harvard Lampoon

Harvard Lampoon undergraduate humour magazine and organisation, founded in 1876.

Bored of the Rings (1969)

Parody of Lord of the Rings, written by Henry Beard and Douglas C. Kenney, published as "by the Harvard Lampoon".

• It was the next morning that the armies of Twodor marched east laden with long lances, sharp swords, and death-dealing hangovers. The thousands were led by Arrowroot, who sat limply in his sidesaddle, nursing a whopper. Goodgulf, Gimlet, and the rest rode by him, praying for their fate to be quick, painless, and if possible, someone else's.

Many an hour the armies forged ahead, the war-merinos bleating under their heavy burdens and the soldiers bleating under their melting icepacks. As they drew closer to the Black Gate of Fordor the ravages of war were seen on every side: carts overturned, villages and towns sacked and burned, billboard cuties defaced with foul black mustaches.

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