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Big John, Little John

1976 · 1 season

A gentle, silly sitcom where the joke is watching a grown man navigate life as a kid, full of warm family humour and mild slapstick.

Genres
Sci-fi & fantasy, Comedy
Overview
A middle-aged schoolteacher transforms into a 12-year-old boy at inopportune moments.
How it feels
Light, whimsical, warm and absurd. Brisk and fine in the background.
About
Identity, family, coming-of-age, work
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism3
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

Cast

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Details

Genres
sci-fi & fantasy, comedy
Created by
Lloyd J. Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz
Written by
Alan Dinehart, Lloyd J. Schwartz, Sam Locke, Sherwood Schwartz
Starring
Herb Edelman, Robbie Rist, Joyce Bulifant, Mike Darnell, Olive Dunbar, Stephen H. Cassidy, Kristoff St. John, Cari Anne Warder
Music
Richard LaSalle
Cinematography
Alan Stensvold
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes, 30 min each
Network
NBC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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