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Peter Ustinov, Brian Bedford, Pat Buttram, Ken Curtis, Andy Devine, Monica Evans, Phil Harris, Roger Miller, Carole Shelley, and Terry-Thomas in Robin Hood (1973)

Pat Buttram: Sheriff of Nottingham - A Wolf

Robin Hood

Pat Buttram credited as playing...

Sheriff of Nottingham - A Wolf

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  • Friar Tuck: [the sheriff has just taken the last farthing out of the church's poor box] Now, just a minute, Sheriff! That's the poor box!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: It sure is, and I think I'll take it to poor Prince John. Every little bit helps.
  • Mother Church Mouse: Ooh! You put that back!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: And the good Lord blesses you, little sister.
  • Friar Tuck: [shouts furiously] You thieving scoundrel!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Now, take it easy, Friar, I'm just doing my duty.
  • Friar Tuck: Collecting taxes for that arrogant, greedy, ruthless, no-good Prince John?
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Listen, Friar, you're mighty preachy and you're gonna preach your neck right into a hangman's noose!
  • Friar Tuck: [screams] Get out of my church! Out! Out! Out! Out!
  • [pushes the Sheriff out into the rain]
  • Friar Tuck: You want taxes? I'll give you taxes!
  • [begins assaulting the Sheriff]
  • Father Saxton: Give it to him! Give it to him! Give it to him, Friar!
  • Robin Hood: [in disguise] I'm gonna win that Golden Arrow, and then I'm goin' to present meself to Maid Marian.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Listen, Scissorbill. If you shoot half as well as you blabbermouth, you're better than Robin Hood.
  • Robin Hood: Robin Hood, he says? Wowee! I'm tip-top, alright, but I'm not as good as he is.
  • [Shoots a perfect bullseye]
  • Nutsy: [shouting] One o'clock and all's well!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: [clock chimes three times] Nutsy, you better set your brain ahead two hours.
  • Nutsy: Right. Hey, Sheriff, does that there mean adding or subtracting?
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Oh, just forget everything.
  • Nutsy: Yes sir, yes sir.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Nutsy, how am I supposed to sleep with you yelling "all's well" all the time?
  • [the Sheriff of Nottingham enters the castle singing]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: He throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way / He calls for Mom and sucks his thumb and doesn't want to play / Too late to be known as John the First, he's sure to be known as John the Worst!
  • [to Sir Hiss]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: [speaking] Am I right?
  • Hiss: [chuckles] That's P.J. to a "T". Let me try, let me try.
  • [lowers his voice]
  • Hiss: [singing] Too late to be known as John the First, he's sure to be known as John the Worst!
  • [sees an angry Prince John peeking behind a door, with a glass jug of wine in his hand, shrivels]
  • Hiss: The Fabulous, Marvelous, Merciful, Chivalrous.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Oh, you've got it all wrong, Hiss. The Sniveling, Groveling, Measly, Weaseling.
  • Prince John: [shouts] Enough!
  • [throws the glass jug at the sheriff, but it hits the wall and the wine rains down on him]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: But, but Sire, it's a big hit. The whole village is singing it.
  • Prince John: Oh, they are, are they? Well, they'll be singing a different tune. Double the taxes! Triple the taxes!
  • [grabs Sir Hiss by the neck]
  • Prince John: Squeeze every last drop out of those insolent musical peasants.
  • [the Sheriff and the vultures are building a scaffold to hang Friar Tuck]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Well, Trigger. Everything's rigged up and all set.
  • Trigger: Yep, it's one of the prettiest scaffolds you ever built, Sheriff.
  • Nutsy: Sheriff, don't you reckon you should give that trap door a test?
  • [pulls a lever and opens the trap door, allowing the Sheriff to fall in]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Criminently, now I know why your mama called you "Nutsy".
  • Prince John: Stop! Executioner, stop! Hold your axe!
  • Little John: [threatening him with a dagger] Okay, big shot, now tell him to untie my buddy, or I'll.
  • Prince John: Sheriff, release my buddy! I mean, release the prisoner!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Untie the prisoner?
  • Clucky: You heard what he said, bushel britches!
  • Prince John: Sheriff, I make the rules! And since I'm head man.
  • [to Little John]
  • Prince John: Not so hard, you mean thing.
  • [back to the Sheriff]
  • Prince John: Let him go, for heaven sakes! Let him go!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Wait a minute. Is the safety on Old Betsy?
  • Trigger: [tapping the side of the crossbow] You bet it is, Sheriff.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: That's what I'm afraid of. You go first.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Criminently, Trigger! Point that peashooter the other way.
  • Trigger: Don't you worry none, Sheriff. The safety's on Old Betsy.
  • [Old Betsy goes off]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: What in tarnation you tryin' to do, you birdbrain?
  • Trigger: Just doin' my duty, Sheriff.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Oh, you and that itchy trigger finger of yours.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: You're under arrest for high treason to the crown!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Well, lookie there.
  • [chuckles]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Friar Tuck, the old do-gooder. He's out doin' good again.
  • [Sheriff of Notthingham go on to Friar Tuck]
  • Otto: [Friar Tuck enter the Otto's house] Well, good mornin', Friar Tuck.
  • Friar Tuck: Shh, Otto. Shh! For you, Otto, from Robin Hood.
  • [Chuckling]
  • Otto: Oh, God bless Robin Hood.
  • [Sheriff of Notthingham knock the door]
  • Friar Tuck: [Friar Tuck whispers] It's the Sheriff! Hurry, hide it! Quick!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: [coins jangle] Here I come. Ready or not.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: [Sheriff of Notthingham open the door] Well, greetings from your friendly neighborhood tax collector.
  • Otto: Oh, take it easy on me, Sheriff. What with this busted leg and all, I'm way behind on my work, Sheriff.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: I know, Otto, but you're way behind on your taxes too.
  • Friar Tuck: Oh, have a heart, Sheriff. Can't you see he's laid up? Come on, Otto. You'd better sit down and rest.
  • Otto: [coins jangling] Oh, thank you. Yes.
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: [to Otto as he's sitting down] Let me give you a hand with that leg.
  • [lifts up Otto's leg]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Upsadaisy.
  • [farthings fall out of Otto's cast into the sheriff's hand]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Bingo! Ah, what they won't think of next!
  • [Otto wails]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: It smarts, don't it, Otto? But Prince John says that taxes should hurt.
  • Friar Tuck: [shouts] Now, see here you... You evil, flint-hearted leech!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Now, now, now, now! Save your sermon, preacher. It ain't Sunday, you know.
  • [chuckles]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: [Little John is secretly holding a dagger on Prince John and demanding Robin Hood's release] There's something funny going on around here.
  • Little John: [whispering] Now, P.J. tell my pal to kiss Maid Marian, or I've just found a new pincushion.
  • [the Sheriff goes behind the throne and sees Little John]
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Why, you!
  • [tries to hit Little John with his sword, but misses. Little John lets go of Prince John and hits the Sheriff back]
  • Prince John: [shouts] Kill him! Don't stand there, kill him!
  • Sheriff of Nottingham: Howdy, Friar! Well, it looks like I dropped in just in time!
  • Father Saxton: What does that big-bellied bully want here?

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