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When Things Were Rotten
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Starring Richard Gautier as folk hero Robin Hood, David Sabin as Little John, Dick Van Patten as Friar Tuck, Bernie Kopell as Alan-a-Dale, Misty Rowe as Maid Marian, Henry Polic II as Sheriff of Nottingham and Ron Rifkin as Prince John, When Things Were Rotten was a 1975 American situation comedy series parodying the Robin Hood legend created by Mel Brooks, airing on ABC.Much of the show's style was hallmarked with one-liners, sight gags and literal humor. The humor was anachronistic and lampooned 1970s social concerns.Despite critical acclaim, the series full of rapid-fire Mel Brooks style of comedy was out of place on network television and was canceled after thirteen episode when it failed to find an audience.Nearly 20 years later, Brooks would spoof Robin Hood again with his penultimate film, Robin Hood: Men in Tights. | |
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Card-Carrying Villain | |
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Card-Carrying Villain: The Sheriff knows full well he's a villain and doesn't hide it from anyone, casually telling people he's evil when the opportunity arises. Bertram and Prince John are similar, but it's harder to tell for them where the line is drawn between villainy and immaturity. | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy: One of the defining character traits of the Twins: Bertram constantly seeks the approval of his (involuntary?) father figure The Sheriff, and Renaldo openly imitates his hero and father figure Robin Hood. | |
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Visual Pun: Whenever someone is commanded to "Hold your tongue!", they invariably reach into their mouth.... Also: | |
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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." | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: Alan-a-Dale addresses the audience frequently. One episode had Renaldo suspected of being a spy: | |
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Beard of Evil | |
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Beard of Evil: Sheriff of Nottingham. | |
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Not-So-Forgotten Birthday | |
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Not-So-Forgotten Birthday: It's Renaldo's birthday, and Robin and the Merry Men are planning a surprise party...and are pretending not to when Renaldo shows up. | |
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Eternally Pearly-White Teeth | |
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Eternally Pearly-White Teeth: Robin Hood. Just look at the above picture. | |
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Multishot | |
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Multishot: Robin asks for ALL the arrows and fires what looks like a round brace of arrows that somehow do exactly what he wants. | |
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Royal Brat | |
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Royal Brat: Prince John. | |
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Puppet King | |
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Puppet King: Prince John is only in power because he's King Richard's brother and the Sheriff needs to take advantage of that to hold his position. | |
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Clueless Deputy | |
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Clueless Deputy: Bertram's primary function in the series. | |
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I Kiss Your Hand | |
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I Kiss Your Hand: The French ambassador The Marquis de la Salle to Maid Marion and Princess Isabelle, which then morphs into Lecherous Licking. | |
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Big Eater | |
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Big Eater: Friar Tuck, natch. | |
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Tree Buchet | |
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Tree Buchet: In "The Capture of Robin Hood", Robin and the merry men use a tree to launch Bertram out of Sherwood Forest and headfirst through the Sheriff's door. | |
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Impossible Pickle Jar | |
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Impossible Pickle Jar: An episode has Maid Marian distract a pair of guards with the Pickle Jar Trick: She asks them to open a pickle jar for her (possibly one that's glued in place). | |
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Europeans Are Kinky | |
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Europeans Are Kinky: 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 disappointment), and prepares himself to seduce Marion again after receiving a (fake) note from her. | |
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Baguette Beatdown | |
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Baguette Beatdown: In "The Capture of Robin Hood", Robin attempts to use a baguette to defend himself against the Sheriff's sword. He winds up with sliced bread. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: To Prudential Insurance's successful slogan "Get a piece of the Rock." | |
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Anti-Villain | |
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Anti-Villain: After the pilot, Bertram rapidly turns into this. He adores Maid Marian, is scandalized by his twin brother but clearly loves him, demonstrates only a childlike understanding of torture or killing when he threatens either, and seems to be motivated almost entirely by a desperation to have the Sheriff's approval. Small wonder he gets one of the few more serious episodes focused on his brother and him. | |
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Glove Slap | |
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Glove Slap: The Marquis de la Salle does this to a disguised Renaldo, knocking him across the room and causing his wig to fall off. | |
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Crushing Handshake | |
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Crushing Handshake: The Sheriff of Nottingham does this...to himself. Complete with knuckle cracking. | |
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Splitting the Arrow | |
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Splitting the Arrow: In "The Capture of Robin Hood", it is the Sheriff of Nottingham who splits the arrow during the archery competition. Robin Hood bests by shooting an arrow that curves around the target and knocks out the Sheriff's arrow by coming through the back of the target. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: With his hero worship and adolescent bravado and his tendency to fall into trouble, Renaldo pretty much replaces Much the Miller's Son from more traditional Robin Hood versions. | |
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Purely Aesthetic Era | |
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Purely Aesthetic Era: Merry Olde England with baseball umpires, The Supremes musical quotes, balloons, and OPEC-like organizations. | |
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Folk Hero | |
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Folk Hero: It's Robin Hood! | |
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Evil Chef | |
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Evil Chef: Friar Tuck takes on this role for a cunning plan, using Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce to trick the Marquis de la Salle into eating overly spiced soup. Hilarity ensues. | |
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Evil Twin | |
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Evil Twin: Renaldo is one of the Merry Men, while his twin brother Bertram is the Sheriff's right-hand man. Also an example of Playing Their Own Twin. | |
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Cut Short | |
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Cut Short | |
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