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davem · 01-31-2008, 12:27 PM

Humphrey Carpenter mentioned (in a talk at the Church House Bookshop back in '77) taking Tolkien for lunch at a pub to discuss the possibility of him speaking on Radio Oxford, & that among other subjects they chatted about after the meal (like the ending of the Latin Mass after Vatican II) Tolkien spoke with great expertise on the subject of the Marx Brothers.

01-31-2008, 12:27 PM	#2
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Humphrey Carpenter mentioned (in a talk at the Church House Bookshop back in '77) taking Tolkien for lunch at a pub to discuss the possibility of him speaking on Radio Oxford, & that among other subjects they chatted about after the meal (like the ending of the Latin Mass after Vatican II) Tolkien spoke with great expertise on the subject of the Marx Brothers. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."