The Lord of the Rings is a fantasy series created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Originally a series of books, they have been adapted into a movie series directed by Peter Jackson.

Both Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington are fans of the series. Gregg is much more of a fan than Tim is, self-describing himself as a “Hobbit freak,” and Bilbo Baggins as a personal hero.^[1]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released on December 6, 2012, and was reviewed in S01E07. Gregg had been waiting for the Hobbit movies to continue the story since the end of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, having read the original books and anticipating an adaptation. Gregg later stated it was his favorite movie of the year.^[2]

During the 1st Annual On Cinema Oscar Special, Gregg predicted that, to combat low ratings, Oscar would shock the world by revealing that An Unexpected Journey would win Best Picture, an award it was not nominated for, through a write-in vote. (It lost to Argo.) He also predicted the film would win eight Oscars in total. (It did not win any.)

Gregg felt that, despite the two Hobbit movies already planned, there would be “many, many more” movies starring Bilbo Baggins, a prediction that Tim agreed was very likely, adding that the two would be “old, gray men” and still enjoying new releases of Hobbit movies.^[3]