# "Big John, Little John" question (of all things!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-john-little-john-question-of-all-things/714062 "2015-03-03T02:05:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-john-little-john-question-of-all-things/714062/21 "2015-03-04T17:10:01Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > God, yeah, I remember that much. They’d even have a weekday prime-time special to preview the Saturday morning lineup sometime in the fall. Yep. I remember the Saturday morning preview shows being almost as important an event as the day (one day per year) when “The Wizard of Oz” was shown. > [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Don’t forget _Monster Squad_ with future _Love Boat_ Gopher and congressman Fred Grandy! Or the disturbingly dramatic _Run, Joe Run!_ Yeah, I remember recognizing Gopher as “that guy from Monster Squad”. > [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Does anybody remember a Saturday morning live-action show called “Bigfoot and Wild Boy”? (or something like that.) I could’ve sworn I saw this as a kid, but nobody I ever mention it to has ever heard of it. I remember it ([Bigfoot and Wildboy - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot_and_Wildboy)) but I wasn’t a fan, for some reason I no longer recall. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-john-little-john-question-of-all-things/714062/22 "2015-03-04T19:52:40Z")
I remember Big John/Little John, the show and the song. Run Joe Run, like The Incredible Hulk but with a German Shepard. Sigmund and the Sea Monsters was pretty freaking sweet! Of course I was nerd kid and I liked the ‘In the News’ where they tried to explain the f-ed up world of adults to kids. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-john-little-john-question-of-all-things/714062/23 "2015-03-04T20:44:21Z")
I have fond memories of all those shows. As an adult, I have to seriously wonder what Dr. Shrinker’s end game was. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-john-little-john-question-of-all-things/714062/24 "2015-03-04T21:09:19Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I have fond memories of all those shows. > > As an adult, I have to seriously wonder what Dr. Shrinker’s end game was. I’m not sure that he had one. But with a name like “Shrinker,” there really are a fairly limited number of professions you can go into. Mad scientist has got to be one of the more respectable ones. I imagine he was just in it for the yuks. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-john-little-john-question-of-all-things/714062/25 "2015-03-04T21:50:21Z")
Yes - but those Evil Island mortgages don’t pay themselves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-john-little-john-question-of-all-things/714062.md?page=1)