Hey Americans. Yeah, you. Remember how much you loved Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring the Kevin of Costner and the Mary Elizabeth of Master and Tonio? You know it’s true. Everything I do, I do it for you… Bryan Adams at the top of his game. Christian Slater doing a cockney accent. Kevin inspiring Eddie Izzard’s bit about American Robin Hoods and Mel Brooks’s Men in Tights. Morgan Freeman rocketing to fame. Kevin Costner’s entire booty ass. “I’ve never seen a noblewoman’s breasts before.”
I’m remembering this because I’ve been saying “huzzah” to low-key good news for long enough that my husband and mother-in-law have noticed, without me noticing I was doing this weird thing. And I wondered if I got it from the episode of China, IL where Baby Cakes started thinking he was Kevin Hood, which consisted of medieval violence and saying “huzzah” whenever he appeared. Then I just remembered that moment.
My family watching the shit out of that movie on VHS. The soundtrack dominating the airwaves. Not a negative word in sight. Everybody was hyped for that goofy shit, and then it was gone, leaving a hole in our little hearts. Dredge up your VHS player and watch it again. You know you wanna. Huzzah!
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…don’t tell me it’s not worth fighting for, i can’t help it, there’s nothing i want more… i swear, i’m gonna get one of youse
directed by that stooge of the military industrial complex who wrote red dawn! a memorable ridiculous alan rickman role! with a spoon!
I remember watching that movie a bunch of times on vhs myself. I figured that historical accuracy was irrelevant since it featured legendary characters anyway.
I heard about a wedding where the bride requested that this be the song played as she was walking down the aisle, but unfortunately identified it only as ‘the Robin Hood song’, and thus was somewhat surprised to step out into the aisle and be greeted with the strains of Gary Miller’s ‘Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen…’
springa – hell yeah
doc – at least it wasn’t brave sir robin from holy grail
This was my favourite:
Sheriff of Nottingham: [to a wench] You. My room. 10:30 tonight.
Sheriff of Nottingham: [to another wench] You. 10:45… And bring a friend.
and as an aside, the best Robin Hood movie is this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_and_Marian
and on anotherish topic
the very best treatment of Arthurian Legend is this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Stewart%27s_Merlin_Trilogy
bar none
that’s fun to see audrey not looking like a child, thx 1976. thx for the recs.
sean was one year younger than her! he looked so rough-hewn in that show. good year for mens to be made out of hair.
I didn’t really remember that movie was 50!!!!!! years ago.
Jesus wept.
im about that age, as is the song afternoon delight. maybe i was born to sean and audrey having a lil afternoon delight. u never kno.