When Things Were Rotten

Name: When Things Were Rotten
Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1975-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.3

About When Things Were Rotten

When Things Were Rotten is an American situation comedy television series created in 1975 by Mel Brooks and aired for half a season by ABC. A parody of the Robin Hood legend, the series starred Richard Gautier as Robin Hood.

When Things Were Rotten is an action-adventure and comedy series that ran on ABC. It ran for one season of 13 episodes between September 1975 and December 1975.

Its themes are middle ages (476-1453), robin hood, 12th century, and sitcom. Richard Gautier stars as Robin Hood, Dick Van Patten as Friar Tuck, Henry Polic II as The Sheriff of Nottingham, and Bernie Kopell as Alan-A-Dale.

Blackadder, Robin of Sherwood, and The Adventures of Robin Hood make useful companions to When Things Were Rotten, all filed under satire. It carries a TV-PG rating.