165: Rankin/Bass' THE RETURN OF THE KING (1980)

In 1980, three years after their animated adaptation of The Hobbit, Rankin/Bass returned to Middle Earth in a very confusing way. They jumped straight to the third volume of The Lord of the Rings, to bring us THE RETURN OF THE KING as an animated TV musical. Join Ian and Matthew as they try to makes sense of this baffling media artifact.

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• Previously on IMMP: THE HOBBIT (Rankin Bass, 1977)
• Previously on IMMP: Ralph Bakshi’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978)
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