TV on DVD: Mel Brooks, not so rotten

Actor/Director/Writer Mel Brooks speaks onstage during the PBS panel for... — Actor/Director/Writer Mel Brooks speaks onstage during the PBS panel for "American Masters' 'Mel Brooks: Make a Noise'" of the 2013 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California. (Jan. 14, 2013) Credit: Getty Images

By Diane Werts, Special to NewsdayJune 17, 2013

Mel Brooks was at the height of his movie mastery in 1975 (just after "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein") when he dabbled in TV with this 13-episode Robin Hood spoof. "Get Smart" grads Dick Gautier and Bernie Kopell star. Though still only sporadically funny, their gag-com certainly delivers great guests -- Sid Caesar, Dick Van Dyke, Dudley Moore, Lainie Kazan, Paul Williams.

WHEN THINGS WERE ROTTEN

SeriesList price $25 for two discs, released by CBS, direct-order only from Amazon.com.

Also out:

WILFRED: THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SERIES This is the Australian original, starring co-creator Jason Gann as the troublesome dog; $30, Shout.

WILFRED: SEASON 2 Here's the American version, with Gann again and Elijah Wood, who start season 3 on FX Thursday; $30 DVD/$40 Blu-ray, Fox.

DOCTOR WHO: SEASON 7, VOLUME 2 Matt Smith's latest adventures; $25 DVD/$30 Blu-ray, BBC. (Separate release: "Doctor Who: The Snowmen" special, $15 DVD/$20 Blu-ray, BBC.)

K9: THE COMPLETE SERIES Little-seen 2009 family show with heroic robot dog out of "Doctor Who"; $30, Shout.