History Series / WhenThingsWereRotten

* IKissYourHand: The French ambassador The Marquis de la Salle to Maid Marion and Princess Isabelle, which then morphs into [[LecherousLicking Lecherous Licking]]. Prince John is not amused.

* PurelyAestheticEra: Merry Olde England with baseball umpires, The Supremes musical quotes, and OPEC-like organizations.

-->'''The Sherriff:'''Can we hang the banners now?'
-->(''[[GilliganCut Cut to a man, woman and two children hanging on the wall]]'')

* EvilTwin: Renaldo is one of the Merry Men, while his twin brother Bertram is the Sheriff's right-hand man.

* {{Eternally Pearly White Teeth}}: Robin Hood. Just look at the above picture.
* {{Folk Hero}}: It's [[RobinHood Robin Hood]]!

-->(''[[GilliganCut Cut to man, woman and two children hanging on the wall]]'')

* [[Folk Hero]]: It's [[RobinHood Robin Hood]]!

* {{FolkHero}}: It's [[RobinHood Robin Hood]]!

Starring Richard Gautier as {{folk hero}} RobinHood, David Sabin as [[TheBigGuy Little John]], Dick Van Patten as [[BadassPreacher Friar]] [[WarriorMonk Tuck]], Bernie Kopell as [[WarriorPoet Alan-a-Dale]], Misty Rowe as [[LoveInterest Maid Marian]], Henry Polic II as [[NoNameGiven Sheriff]] [[FeudalOverlord of Nottingham]] and Ron Rifkin as [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland Prince John]], '''''When Things Were Rotten''''' was a 1975 American situation comedy series parodying the RobinHood legend created by Creator/MelBrooks, airing on Creator/{{ABC}}.

Starring Richard Gautier as {{folk hero}} RobinHood, David Sabin as [[TheBigGuy Little John]], Dick Van Patten as [[BadassPreacher Friar]] [[WarriorMonk Tuck]], Bernie Kopell as [[WarriorPoet Alan-a-Dale]], Misty Row as [[LoveInterest Maid Marian]], Henry Polic II as [[NoNameGiven Sheriff]] [[FeudalOverlord of Nottingham]] and Ron Rifkin as [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland Prince John]], '''''When Things Were Rotten''''' was a 1975 American situation comedy series parodying the RobinHood legend created by Creator/MelBrooks, airing on Creator/{{ABC}}.

Starring Richard Gautier as {{folk hero}} RobinHood, David Sabin as [[TheBigGuy Little John]], Dick Van Patten as [[BadassPreacher Friar]] [[WarriorMonk Tuck]], Bernie Kopell as [[WarriorPoet Alan-a-Dale]], Misty Row as [[LoveInterest Maid Marian]], Henry Polic II as [[NoNameGiven Sheriff]] [[FeudalOverlord of Nottingham]] and Ron Rifkin as [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland Prince John]], '''''When Things Were Rotten''''' was a 1975 American situation comedy series parodying the RobinHood legend created by Creator/MelBrooks, airing on {{ABC}}.

* SplittingTheArrow'': In "The Capture of Robin Hood", it is the Sheriff of Nottingham whp splits the arrow during the archery competition. Robin Hood bests by [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting an arrow that curves around the target and knocks out the Sheriff's arrow by coming through the back of the target]].

* SplittingTheArrow'': In "The Capture of Robin Hood", it is the Sheriff of Nottingham whp splits the arrow during the archery competition. Robin Hood bests by [[ImprobablyAimingSkills shooting an arrow that curves around the target and knocks out the Sheriff's arrow by coming through the back of the target]].

''Not just food, but also kings and cotton,''\\

* ActingForTwo: Richard Dimitri played identical twin brothers Renaldo and Bertram, the former a Merry Man and the latter is the Sheriff's right-hand man.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/GetSmart Hymie is Robin Hood and Siegfried is Alan-a-Dale!]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/GetSmart Hymie is Robin Hood and Siegfreid is Alan-a-Dale!]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/GetSmart Hymie is Robin Hood and Siegfreid is Alan-A-Dale!]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/GetSmart Hymie is Robin Hood and Siegfreid is Allan-A-Dale!]]

Starring Richard Gautier as {{folk hero}} RobinHood, David Sabin as [[TheBigGuy Little John]], Dick Van Patten as [[BadassPreacher Friar]] [[WarriorMonk Tuck]], Bernie Kopell as [[WarriorPoet Alan-a-Dale]], Misty Row as [[LoveInterest Maid Marian]], Henry Polic II as [[NoNameGiven Sheriff]] [[FeudalOverlord of Nottingham]] and Ron Rifkin as [[UsefulNotes/{{John}} Prince John]], '''''When Things Were Rotten''''' was a 1975 American situation comedy series parodying the RobinHood legend created by Creator/MelBrooks, airing on {{ABC}}.

Much of the show’s style were hallmarked with one-liners, sight gags and literal humor the humor being anachronistic and lampooning of the of 1970s social concerns, the show ran on one-linters, sight gags and literal humor being anachronistic as well as the show’s use of lampooning.

* ActingForTwo: Richard Dimitri played identical twin brothers Renaldo and Bertram, the former a Merry Man and the latter is the Sheriff’s right-hand man.

-->'''''Little John:''''' Are you ready to tell that to your maker?\\
'''''Renaldo:''''' [[Creator/MelBrooks Mel]]! [[BreakingTheFourthWall I didn’t do it]]!

Starring Richard Gautier as {{folk hero}} RobinHood, David Sabin as [[TheBigGuy Little John]], Dick Van Patten as [[BadassPreacher Friar]] [[WarriorMonk Tuck]], Bernie Kopell as [[WarriorPoet Alan-a-Dale]], Misty Row as [[LoveInterest Maid Marian]], Henry Polic II as [[NoNameGiven Sheriff]] [[FeudalOverlord of Nottingham]] and Ron Rifkin as [[BadKingJohn Prince John]], '''''When Things Were Rotten''''' was a 1975 American situation comedy series parodying the RobinHood legend created by Creator/MelBrooks, airing on {{ABC}}.