History Series / WhenThingsWereRotten

Starring Richard Gautier as {{folk hero}} Myth/RobinHood, David Sabin as [[TheBigGuy Little John]], Dick Van Patten as [[BadassPreacher Friar]] [[WarriorMonk Tuck]], Creator/BernieKopell as [[WarriorPoet Alan-a-Dale]], Misty Rowe as [[LoveInterest Maid Marian]], Henry Polic II as [[NoNameGiven Sheriff]] [[FeudalOverlord of Nottingham]] and Creator/RonRifkin 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}}.

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

->''Once upon a time [[TitleDrop when things were rotten]],''\\
''Not just food, but also kings were rotten,''\\
''Everybody kicked the peasants,''\\
''Things were bad and that ain't good,''\\
''Then came Myth/RobinHood!''\\
''Ta-daah!''\\
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''Soon a band of merry men he'd gotten,''\\
''They wore outfits made of plain green cotton,''\\
''Helping victims was their business,''\\
''Boy oh boy was business good,''\\
''Good for Myth/RobinHood!''\\
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They laughed, they loved, they fought, they drank,''\\
They jumped a lot of fences,''\\
They robbed the rich, gave to the poor,''\\
Except what they kept for expenses!''\\
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''So when other legends are forgotten,''\\
''We'll remember back [[TitleDrop when things were rotten]],''\\
''Yay for Myth/RobinHood!''

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 Creator/RonRifkin 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}}.

''Then came RobinHood!''\\

''Good for RobinHood!''\\

''Yay for RobinHood!''

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

Much of the show's style was hallmarked with one-liners, sight gags and literal humor the humor being anachronistic and lampooning of the of 1970s social concerns.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: One such episode had accusing Little John interrogate Renaldo:

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.

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}}.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights''.

* 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]].

* FiveManBand:
** [[TheHero The Hero:]] Robin Hood.
** [[TheLancer The Lancer:]] Friar Tuck.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Guy:]] Alan-a-Dale (for a relative level of 'smart').
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Guy:]] Little John.
** [[TheChick The Chick:]] Maid Marion.
** And [[SixthRanger Sixth Ranger]] Renaldo (as a replacement for Will Scarlet).

-->'''The Sherriff:'''What's all this infernal noise?'
-->'''Bertram:'''We're just putting up the banners!'

* Angrish: The Sheriff of Nottingham in moments of extreme frustration would give way to this. Those around him would have to remind him, "Sheriff -- you're not talking."

* {{Angrish}}: The Sheriff of Nottingham in moments of extreme frustration would give way to this. Those around him would have to remind him, "Sheriff -- you're not talking."

* EvilChef: Friar Tuck takes on this role for a cunning plan, using [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce]] to trick the Marquis de la Salle into [[HotSauceDrinking eating overly spiced soup]]. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensues]].

* BeardofEvil: Sheriff of Nottingham.

* EuropeansAreKinky: The Marquis de la Salle. During the course of an evening, he licks the hands of both Marion and Isabelle, tries to get it on with Marion in a magician's box, follows Prince John and Princess Isabelle into their quarters for a threesome (Prince John kicks him out, to Princess Isabelle's dissapointment), and prepares himself to seduce Marion again after receiving a (fake) note from her.

* TheTeam: The Merry Men. Has elements of [[RagtagBunchofMisfits Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]], [[BandofBrothers Band of Brothers]] and [[TrueCompanions True Companions]]

** And [[SixthRanger Sixth Ranger]] Bertram (as a replacement for Will Scarlet).