All Episodes of When Things Were Rotten
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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
Season 1
7.6/1036 votesThose Wedding Bell Blues
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1975
Sheik Achmed comes from Arabia to sign an olive oil treaty with Prince John, but demands the hand of Maid Marian in marriage as part of the deal.
Director: Marty Feldman
Writer: Jim Mulligan
- 7.4/1030 votes
Quarantine
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1975
The plague has come to Nottingham and both Robin's and the Sheriff's men are stuck in quarantine in the throne room until the disease runs its course. What will kill them first—the plague or each other?
Director: Norman Abbott
Writer: John Regier, Gary Markowitz
- 7.3/1032 votes
A Ransom for Richard
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1975
The peasants' faith in Robin Hood is shaken after he is chosen to guard King Richard's ransom from Prince John and the Sheriff and the treasure comes up missing.
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Writer: William Raynor, Myles Wilder
- 7.3/1036 votes
The Ultimate Weapon
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1975
Robin and his men must stop mad German inventor Dr. Otto Bahn from building the ultimate weapon for Prince John and the Sheriff that would destroy Sherwood Forest.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Steve Zacharias
- 7.3/1031 votes
The Spy (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1975
King Richard must return home to England soon or lose the throne to Prince John. Meanwhile, Robin's men suspect there is a double agent in their ranks. But which side is he really working for?
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Writer: Lawrence H. Siegel
- 7.2/1037 votes
The House Band
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1975
The Sheriff recruits a band of evil lookalikes to impersonate Robin Hood and his band in order to discredit them with the peasants while the real Robin and his men are on vacation.
Director: Joshua Shelley
Writer: Barry Blitzer, Jack Kaplan
- 7.1/1031 votes
Ding Dong, the Bell Is Dead
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1975
Robin and crew have to stop the Sheriff and Prince John from selling to an Ethiopian prince the beloved bell they have stolen from Nottingham Abbey.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Les Roberts
- 7.1/1033 votes
Birthday Blues
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1975
It's a happy birthday for both Renaldo and Bertram, in Sherwood Forest and Nottingham Castle. When Renaldo goes to visit Bertram, he's captured and sentenced to death. Will Bertram forget old scores and save his brother's life?
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Writer: Harry Lee Scott, Bob Sand
- 7.1/1032 votes
The Spy (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/1975
The Merry Men put on trial the one they think is the traitor in their ranks. Meanwhile, Robin has to stop the Sheriff from killing King Richard when he returns to England as the law requires or lose his throne.
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Writer: Lawrence H. Siegel
- 7.0/1035 votes
This Lance for Hire
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/1975
The Sheriff hires the famous mercenary, the Black Knight, to challenge Robin to a fight to the death. Robin accepts, despite being crippled by a recent wound. But the Sheriff has his own plans for the fight, no matter who wins.
Director: Joshua Shelley
Writer: Jack Amob, Bruce Selitz
- 6.9/1044 votes
The French Dis-connection
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1975
The French Ambassador visits England to forge an alliance that will make Prince John so powerful that King Richard will never be able to reclaim his throne. Robin and his men infiltrate the palace to prevent this.
Director: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Pat Proft, Bo Kaprall
- 6.9/1034 votes
There Goes the Neighborhood
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1975
The Four Guys from Gloucester, master woodsmen, have been hired by the Sheriff to chop down Sherwood Forest, so it can be replaced by a new housing development, Sherwood Meadows. Robin and his men must convince the Guys to abort mission.
Director: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Tony Geiss, Thomas Meehan
6.8/1050 votesThe Capture of Robin Hood
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1975
As rumblings grow among the peasantry when tax collections increase, the royal collector is waylaid and robbed by Robin Hood and his band of men. News of the incident reaches the Sheriff of Nottingham and Prince John.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Norman Steinberg, Mel Brooks, John Boni