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Liv Tyler - 31½
George Formby - 32½
Rolf Harris - 5
The Ukulele - 4
Nicole Kidman - 2
- 3
Nathan Lane - 2
Nighthoover - 2
Al Gore - 2
Lime Marmalade - 2
George Foreman - 1
Will Hay - 1
The Didgeridoo - 1
Kitkat Chunky - 1
Chunky--icecream - 1
Bob the Farmer - 1
Harry Lauder - 1
Kebab - 1

We vote Nicole Kidman

Well...

... apart from the fact he's dead, George Formby playing Galadriel wouldn't have had the same "ring" to it somehow.

"Ey-up, Frodo, you've got to take ring down't Pit O't'Doom in Mordor and utterly destroy it, tha knows. Happen it's a reet booger, but only thee canst do it. Hey-up, listen, I'll play thee out down t'river with a bit of tune on me ukelele, how's that?"

No, can't see it working.

It has to be Liv, rather than a stereotypical Northerner of the 1940's.

"stereotypical Northerner of the 1940"

go educate thy self A622568

and

as for George Formby playing Galadriel

Vote George! He is the only maan for this job maan Vote George! Vote George Vote George Vote George Vote George! Vote Nighthoover Vote Rolf Harris No, Vote George! Bob the Farmer hasn't got many votes

George is quite harmeless, I suppose, but there's a kind of person or a kind of mindset that happens to some people, where they consciously try to become a caricature of a region or a stereotype of its inhabitants.

I think of this as the "Professional.............." Syndrome.

Rolf Harris, for instance, is a Professional Australian; Kenneth McKellar is a Professional Scotsman; Terry Wogan a Professional Irishman - ie, where their career is predicated on quirks of nationality or regional identity, as much as on the personality of the celebrity involved.

George Formby was a Professional Northern Male; Gracie Fields, who could admittedly sing a bit (and granny of the much loved Lisa Stansfield?)was a Professional Northern Female. Now SHE'D have been fun as Galadriel...

"Frodo, luv! Come in and take weight off thi feet, our lad! Eeee, you've got a job on wi't'ring, chuck! Have a cuppa and a slice of hot toasted lembas, and I'll fire up t'Mirror and we'll sithee, shall we?"

(cue song)

"Sing as we GOOOOOOO,
Along the road to Mordor!"

(A chorus of happy smiling Elves caper from behind trees, and burst into choreography)

Ooo, the imagary

"Lord of the Rings - The Musical!"

That's the next logical step, isn't it? the Tolkein machine has milked everything else for money - books, audio cassettes, radio serial, action toys, DVD's, the films....

Just don't let Andrew Lloyd-Webber anywhere near it, though!

I don't get any of this fuss about the Tolkien books/moovies/whatever, I read them, the books that is, when I was a kid, they were alright as books go, I don't think I'd want to read them again though A musical?; probably even worse than him; Ben Elton could probably make a pretty awful comedy out of it

http://groups.msn.com/iltsu96vrs5p2g9u31k5thsv85/lotrcomedy.msnw

I vote Bob the Farmer unless we have to see him in a diaphanous dress....

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/0531lotrmusical31.html

Ye Gods....

.... life imitating art....

....I meant it as a JOKE, mr Wallace! a JOKE! A satirical statement on the ability of the Tolkein machine to wring every last drop of cash out of the franchise, and then some. Despite the unfeasability, unsuitability or downright inappropriateness of some possible treatments! You didn't have to take me literally and go out and start producing the bloody thing, man!

What's next? Tolkein - the genetic manipulation? Splicing together human, rat, and plague baccilus DNA to breed your own Orcs? (Make YOUR live-action role playing game ultra-realistic with Tolkein Genetic Labs, Inc...)

And I maintain I thought of the idea first and I want a share of the royalties, OK?

Fisss, fiss, fabulous fiss..
Nothing quite like it, uncooked on a dish...

*giggles*

Oh No http://www.eccentrix.com/members/cheapthrills/

um...liv tyler didn't play galadriel either
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how come, despite fork having 3 votes and nicole kidman having 2, nicole kidman is still aboce the !!!! I sense a biased poll here!

...ands thats without mentioing all the missing George, Nighthoover and Winstone Blubberhouse votes Fix!!! Fix!!!