When Things Were Rotten (1975)
- Directed by
- Peter H. Hunt, Peter Bonerz, Joshua Shelley, Norman Abbott
- Genre
- sitcom
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 13 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a short-lived 1970s sitcom that parodies the Robin Hood legend. It follows a handsome and heroic version of Robin Hood as he and his band of merry men get into comedic misadventures in medieval England.
comediclightheartedfast-pacedsatiricalwhimsicalsillycampyabsurd
What happens
When Things Were Rotten is an American sitcom television series created in 1975 by Mel Brooks and set in 1197 as a parody of the Robin Hood legend. It aired for half a season on the ABC network. The series starred Dick Gautier as the handsome and heroic Robin Hood. The series received mostly critical acclaim, though John Leonard wrote that watching it was "like being locked inside a package of bubblegum where the only card is Alvin Dark." It failed to find an audience and was cancelled after 13 episodes. The Bionic Woman was its midseason replacement, and became a great success. Eighteen years later, Brooks produced another Robin Hood parody, the feature film Robin Hood: Men in Tights. The complete series was released on DVD in 2013 as a manufactured-on-demand item exclusively available on Amazon.com's CreateSpace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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