-> I thought the movies were brilliant, but they would have been so much better if they'd been a musical. If they'd have considered a sort of Baz Luhrman/Peter Jackson collaboration...
--> --Martin Pearson, explaining how he came up with the show.

''The Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkien'' is a [[AffectionateParody lovingly irreverent re-telling]] of ''TheLordOfTheRings'', interspersed with songs. The story sections tend to switch among pointing out the [[LampshadeHanging logical inconsistencies]] and {{plot hole}}s of the story, highlighting the [[PragmaticAdaptation differences between the book and the movie]], and sometimes just [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment careening off]] [[NonSequitur the rails]], depending on [[RuleOfFunny what is funniest at the time]].

The show is performed by Martin Pearson: comedian, [[FolkMusic folk singer extraordinaire]] and all-around nerd.

A live recording of the show has been [[http://www.martinpearson.com.au/recordings released on CD]]. The first half of the show is also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKit2iV1fUI up on YouTube]]. Pearson has also [[http://www.howtospotapsychopath.com/2010/04/20/but-some-elves-came-and-helped-them-who-werent-even-in-the-book/ officially stated]] that, given the difficulty of finding the show on CD for a reasonable price, he's OK with fans torrent-downloading the show for free.

A sequel, based on the Hobbit movies, has been confirmed for release "after they come out".

!!This show provides examples of:
* AudienceParticipationSong: All of the songs have "a bit in it for" the audience.
* BlackSpeech: "The Two Towers Song" (and elsewhere)
* BritishAccents: Fun is poked at Sam's and Gimli's accents in particular.
* BulletproofFashionPlate: Legolas.
-->Legolas, meanwhile, still has perfect hair- still braided- and appears remarkably clean, yet he has no backpack. Where does he keep his brush?
* {{Elfeminate}}: Almost any time Legolas is mentioned.
* EndingFatigue: The Loo Break Song.
* FantasticRacism: "What is this inability to put dwarves on screen?! SPECIESIST, THAT'S WHAT IT IS!"
* FluffytheTerrible: The Witch-King sits on his vast, evil, bat-winged steed...Pookums.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Martin points that the Balrog seems completely unaware of the fact that it has wings.
* IAmXSonOfY: Mocked repeatedly, especially in Rohan.
--> Eowyn and Eomer, son of Eomund; Theoden, son of Thengel; and Grima, son of a bitch.
* IncrediblyLamePun: A couple stand out, even by the standards of the show.
--> Merry wants them to go to war, but the Ents consider this a ''moot'' point.
--> *CollectiveGroan from the audience*
* InfantImmortality: Mentioned in reference to, of all things, ''[[BadassArmy the Uruk-Hai army]]''. Sure, they were horrible snarling death-machines, but they were only born a week ago!
* [[KilledMidSentence Killed Mid-Song]]: After the first chorus of Gollum's song (a parody of ''Ring of Fire'' without backing music) begins the second verse:
--> The taste of fish is sweet
--> SPLASH. Sizzle.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The Nazgul in Fellowship are followed by Sauron's chamber orchestra, playing the appropriately titled tune, "Theme for Loud Unsubtle Bastards".
* MusicalPastiche: Most of the songs are parodies or use the tunes of other songs. Sometimes it makes sense, such as "Ghost Riders In The Sky" for "The Nazgul Song"; other times... less so.
* NoBigDeal: Sam never quite found his footing fighting orcs and trolls, but when confronting a rhinoceros-sized spider, he is remarkably calm...because he's a ''gardener'', and "this is just a big bug!"
* ObviouslyEvil: Pearson laments that Gandalf did not pick up on the fact that Saruman was a bad guy, despite living in a tower completely painted black, and even worse, played by ChristopherLee.
* OneOfUs: Martin says he's read the books every year since he was thirteen, and thought the movies were brilliant.
* PluckyComicRelief: "Gimli arrives with his introductory pratfall, and we realise that he has drawn the Comic Relief short straw for the movie."
* PrecisionFStrike: Perhaps surprisingly, there is only one use of the word "fuck" in the show.
* PuppyDogEyes: Frodo attempts his scary face on Gollum, and "looks about as threatening as a Girl Guide crossed with a Pokemon".
* RunningGag: The second half of the show covers the third movie and has repeated references to Frodo trying to find his way to "Book Three".
* SelfDeprecation: "The Ents are slow and boring, have no social skills, speak a language nobody else understands, and can't remember what women look like. Merry and Pippin immediately grasp the awful truth: ''he's a [[FolkMusic folkie]]''!
* ShoutOut: Many, including ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''Film/TheSixthSense'', and ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment''.
* TalkingToHimself: Mostly averted, as the show is largely in third person, but the songs are first-person, so "The Legolas and Gimli Song" requires Martin to switch between the high, soft Legolas voice and the loud, gruff, Scot-ish Gimli voice.
* ThemeNaming: The songs are all called "The [Noun] Song".
* VillainSong: Sauron, Saruman, the Nazgul and the Balrog all get songs from their perspective.
----