Frodo Lives! text 'Frodo Lives!' was displayed in large letters with a moving border. The term first became popular because of an increase in the availability and number of readers of the novel (which, up until that point, had been subject to rather mixed reviews) following release of the Ballantine Books paperback edition. While no longer as pervasive as it once was, the term continues to appear regularly in newspaper articles and popular culture related to Tolkien's stories. Frodo Lives! "Frodo Lives!" was a popular counterculture slogan in the 1960s and 1970s, referring to the character Frodo Baggins from J. R. R.
Captain Frodo the cast of "The Kamikaze Freakshow" in 1998. Two years later in 2000 started the Australian freak show "The Happy Sideshow" with Space Cowboy, Shep Huntly and Tigerlil. From 2004 to 2006, Frodo toured with Circus Oz in Australia and two seasons in London. After leaving Circus Oz, Frodo embarked on two season solo show in Adelaide and Melbourne. Since 2006, Captain Frodo has performed to great critical acclaim with Australian variety show La Clique in numerous cities including Sydney, New York, Montreal, London, Paris and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In then summer seasons 2014 and 2016 he toured