Where There’s a Whip, There’s… This, Apparently
I should probably explain this for younger nerds — waaaay back in ye olden days of 1980, Rankin-Bass made a pretty horrible, animated Lord of the Rings/Return of the King movie, and this song was featured.
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…what? You want me to explain why someone would make an elaborate dance routine to this horrible, goofy-ass song? Oh, I have no fucking clue about that. Just be glad it’s Friday afternoon, all right?
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.