It Was A Thing on TV Twin Pack (Episodes #69-70): When Things Were Rotten & The Nutt House

 

This Week on It Was A Thing on TV, the gang pays tribute to a legend by looking at his two not so well known TV creations.

 

First, When Things Were Rotten. Mel Brooks is a legend, both for his work in film and on television.  He had something in Fall 1975 with When Things Were Rotten, but it had rotten luck and a rotten time slot versus two powerhouse shows plus it might have been a little ahead of its time.

 

Then, 14 years after When Things Were Rotten, Mel Brooks returned to TV with The Nutt House.  It had Mel Brooks behind it.  It had Cloris Leachman.  It had Harvey Korman.  Yet it lasted all of 5 episodes.

 

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