Lord of the Ringos

It's a little known fact ... that in the late 1960's, when the Beatles were searching for projects to occupy their creative energies, talk of a Fab Four/Tolkien animated film was bandied about. Think Yellow Submarine with orcs instead of blue meanies. The casting was to be as follows:

George Harrison as Gandalf

Paul McCartney as Frodo Baggins

Ringo Starr as Sam Gamgee

and John Lennon as Gollum (though I, personally, imagine him as more of a Gandalf)

I don't think this project would have flown, but it is, at least, an interesting historical footnote. But I wonder what LOTR-based Beatle songs would've sounded like. "Happiness is a Wormtongue". "Luthien in the sky with" ... no, no, no. Nevermind.

I hope I haven't ruined either of these fine artistic snacks for anybody. Don't blame me if you have visions of Frodo singing "Hey Jude" to Gollum.