"Rocket Robin Hood" (1966) TV series 1966-1969

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Writer:

Ralph Bakshi (writer)

Release Date:

2 January 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy

Plot:

The futuristic adventures of the legendary outlaw and his Merry Men in outer space.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Robin Hood | Character Name In Title

Cast

Carl Banas	...	Titanor / Dr. Manta (voice)
Ed McNamara	...	Rocket Robin Hood (voice)
Chris Wiggins	...	Will Scarlet / Infinata / Baron Blank (voice)
Bernard Cowan	...	Narrator (voice)
Len Birman	...	(voice)
Paul Kligman	...	Friar Tuck (voice)
Gillie Fenwick	...	Sheriff of N.O.T.T (voice)
John Scott	...	(voice)

Runtime:

22 min (52 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Canada:G

Company:

Grantray-Lawrence Animation

Trivia:

During the late second and third seasons, the show shared a lot of animation and background music with "Spider-Man" (1967). Two episodes of the series ("From Menace to Menace" and "Dementia Five") had almost all their animation recycled for episodes "Phantom from the Depths of Time" and "Revolt in the Fifth Dimension" of "Spider-Man" (1967) by simply substituting Rocket Robin Hood with Spider-Man on the animated cels. The dialogue from these episodes was reused too with Spider-Man saying the same lines and Rocket Robin Hood and his supporters.

Quotes:

Narrator: Rocket Robin Hood, the happy outlaw of outer-planetary space is a direct descendant of Robin Hood of old. He's fast with a joyful laugh, a ready jest, and a quiver full of futuristic arrows. Robin robs from the cosmic rich to give to the astral poor. He's fun. He's fantastic. Rocket Robin Hood - merriest of the Merry Men in the astounding year 3000.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Hoverboy (2000)

awesome!

this show has been dated quite a bit because it is so old but i was so excited to see it running in reruns on the cartoon channel! the show is very old but it is Canadian and is so "retro-cool" i could scream. i remember watching this show as a kid and can't believe i still love it this much. the drawings/animation are pretty dated but that is one of the things that makes the show so interesting. if you are a fan of today's high tech cartoons with their "smoother" animation you won't like this show to much but for those of us who do this is a can't miss show. not sure if it was on much, or well know, in the united stated. the stories can sometimes be slow paced and it is really frustrating sometimes that they always repeat the entire very long opening credits scene after each break but that is because it was filmed and put on television originally in serial style.