Big John, Little John Season 1 Episode 5 Big Scare, Little Scare ( Air Date 1976-10-09 ) Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy category. Overview "Big John, Little John was an American Saturday-morning situation comedy, produced by Sherwood Schwartz, which starred Herbert Edelman as "Big John" and Robert "Robbie" Rist as "Little John." The show first aired on September 11, 1976 on NBC, and ran for one season of 13 episodes. The series was produced by Redwood Productions in association with D'Angelo-Bullock-Allen Productions.".