Rocket Robin Hood is a Canadian animated television series, placing
the characters and conflicts of the classic Robin Hood legend in a
futuristic, outer space setting. It was produced by Krantz Films, Inc.
and aired on CBC Television from 1966 to 1969.Rocket Robin Hood leads
his "Merry Men"â€"including the strong, dimwitted and likeable Little
John; consummate overeater Friar Tuck (who designs all of the Merry
Men's weaponry); his two-fisted, red-headed cousin Will Scarlet;
Robin's plucky girlfriend Maid Marian; his sharp-witted right-hand man
Alan-a-Dale; scrawny and feisty camp cook Giles (a reformed crook and
Gabby Hayes-type); and other characters from the classic story of
Robin Hood. They live in "the astonishing year 3000" on New Sherwood
Forest Asteroid and are determined to foil the despotic plans of
Prince John and his bumbling lackey, the Sheriff of N.O.T.T. (National
Outer-space Terrestrial Territories) and other villains such as Dr.
Medulla, Manta, Nocturne and the Warlord of Saturn. Rocket Robin Hood
and his people fly in spaceships and use weapons such as
"electro-quarterstaffs".Each 22-minute episode is divided into three
segments, with cliffhangers between the first and second part and the
second and third part. All episodes also feature short vignettes of
the various characters.A male chorus sang the opening and closing
themes for each of the three seasons in the style of traditional old
English ballads.
the characters and conflicts of the classic Robin Hood legend in a
futuristic, outer space setting. It was produced by Krantz Films, Inc.
and aired on CBC Television from 1966 to 1969.Rocket Robin Hood leads
his "Merry Men"â€"including the strong, dimwitted and likeable Little
John; consummate overeater Friar Tuck (who designs all of the Merry
Men's weaponry); his two-fisted, red-headed cousin Will Scarlet;
Robin's plucky girlfriend Maid Marian; his sharp-witted right-hand man
Alan-a-Dale; scrawny and feisty camp cook Giles (a reformed crook and
Gabby Hayes-type); and other characters from the classic story of
Robin Hood. They live in "the astonishing year 3000" on New Sherwood
Forest Asteroid and are determined to foil the despotic plans of
Prince John and his bumbling lackey, the Sheriff of N.O.T.T. (National
Outer-space Terrestrial Territories) and other villains such as Dr.
Medulla, Manta, Nocturne and the Warlord of Saturn. Rocket Robin Hood
and his people fly in spaceships and use weapons such as
"electro-quarterstaffs".Each 22-minute episode is divided into three
segments, with cliffhangers between the first and second part and the
second and third part. All episodes also feature short vignettes of
the various characters.A male chorus sang the opening and closing
themes for each of the three seasons in the style of traditional old
English ballads.
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