| Genre | Parody Sitcom Adventure |
|---|---|
| Creator | Mel Brooks Norman Stiles John Boni |
| Starring | Dick Gautier Dick Van Patten Bernie Kopell Richard Dimitri Henry Polic II Misty Rowe David Sabin Ron Rifkin |
| Composer | Artie Butler |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Num seasons | 1 |
| Num episodes | 13 |
| Producer | Mel Brooks Stanley Jacob Norman Steinberg |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Network | ABC |
| Company | Crossbow Productions Paramount Television |
| First aired | September 10, 1975 |
| Last aired | December 3, 1975 |
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.[1] It aired for half a season on the ABC network.[2] The series starred Dick Gautier as the handsome and heroic Robin Hood.
The series received mostly critical acclaim,[3] though John Leonard wrote that watching it was "like being locked inside a package of bubblegum where the only card is Alvin Dark."[4] It failed to find an audience and was cancelled after 13 episodes. The Bionic Woman was its midseason replacement, and became a great success.[5] 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.[6]
See also
References
- ^ John Clute and John Grant (1997). ' The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)'. Orbit. ISBN 978-1-85723-368-1.
- ^ DeCaro, Frank (July 19, 2013). "Borscht Belt Sherwood Forest". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ See, for example, "Review," by Cleveland Amory, "When Things Were Rotten," TV Guide, December 13, 1975, p. 18
- ^ Leonard, John (October 26, 1975). "The Worst Television Season Ever, Ever, Ever". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ "The Bionic Woman (1976): Season 1". DVD Talk. Internet Brands. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ^ "DVD release info". TVShowsOnDVD.com. CBS Interactive. Archived January 5, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
External links
- When Things Were Rotten at IMDb