Big John, Little John (Scripted, English)
Genres: Comedy, Children, Science-Fiction
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1976-09-11
Ended: 1976-12-04
Network: NBC
Country: US
Airs on: Saturday
Air time: 11:30
Runtime: 30 minutes
Big John, Little John was a sit-com that aired in 1976 on NBC.The show centered around a forty-year-old middle school science teacher named John Martin (played by Edelman). While vacationing in Florida, he drinks from a spring which turns out to be the legendary Fountain of Youth sought by Juan Ponce de León. The water changes him into a twelve-year-old boy (played by Rist), and back again.