why does the sheriff of notingham always '' fail '' to foil robin and his men in every episode of every series?

Question

of every screen adaptation ?

could you name me an episode of a series of an adaptation where , ( rolls Rs) '' the sheriff '' of notingham finally captures / foils robin hood and his gang of outlaws?

surely, '' the sheriff '' of notingham wouldn't of been that inept at foiling robin hood and his merry men everytime? or else he would of been given the sack.

the only episode i could think of, where the sheriff finally foils robin hood killing him is in the 1980s ''robin of sherwood'' in the episode ''the greatest enemy'' - where the sheriff brings every norman soldier he has into sherwood in an all out assault on robinhood and his merry men.......starring actor nickolas grace as the sheriff and michael praed as robin hood.

thats the point in the series where jason connory took over as a blonde robin hood.

other than that episode, there is no other screen version, episode where the sheriff foils robin hood, he fails everytime.

Answer 1

In the USA we have a trick-shooting exhibition basketball team called the Harlem Globetrotters. They travel the country playing comedy exhibition games. They play a team called the Washington Generals every game, and the poor Generals take a b##t-kicking every time. The Generals are just as good athletes as the Globetrotters. I bet they could do all the same trick shots that the Globetrotters do. But it is not their show-- no one comes to a Globetrotters game to see the Generals win.



If any of the series were titled "The Adventures of the Sheriff of Nottingham", things might be different. But it is not his show. No one tunes in to see Robin thrown into a dungeon and tortured until he gives up the names and hideouts of all of the other merry men.



That's just how TV works.

Answer 2

Robin's just a folkloric character - it's not his job to lose, that's what the evil forces of authority are for.



Personally, if I were alive in the Middle Ages, I'd probably favour harsher penalties for highway robbery, especially if some nutter in green mugged me and said he was giving it all to Oxfam. That wouldn't make me feel any better, I'm still out of pocket!

Answer 3

It was a Warner Bros. thing. A lot of the scripts were part of a deal they did with Wile E Coyote and his agent.

Answer 4

How else would the series continue?