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"Emergency!" (1972): Season 4: Episode 22 -- The L.A. County Animal Control Department appeals for help from the Rampart Hospital.
"Emergency!" (1972): Season 4: Episode 21 -- A lonely old cowboy gets attention by faking injuries.
"Emergency!" (1972): Season 4: Episode 20 -- The crash of a light plane into an apartment house provides the fire department with highly dangerous duty.
"Emergency!" (1972): Season 4: Episode 19 -- A man with a slipped disc is trapped on a waterbed.
"Emergency!" (1972): Season 4: Episode 18 -- Dr. Brackett's father needs surgery.

Overview

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
22 January 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Adventure | Action more
Plot:
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area. full summary
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
A Saturday night staple back in the day more (30 total)

Cast

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Randolph Mantooth ... Paramedic Johnny Gage / ... (133 episodes, 1972-1979)
Kevin Tighe ... Paramedic Roy DeSoto / ... (133 episodes, 1972-1979)
Julie London ... Nurse Dixie McCall / ... (132 episodes, 1972-1979)
Bobby Troup ... Dr. Joe Early / ... (132 episodes, 1972-1979)
Robert Fuller ... Dr. Kelly Brackett (131 episodes, 1972-1979)
Tim Donnelly ... Firefighter Chester 'Chet' Kelly / ... (125 episodes, 1972-1978)
Marco López ... Marco Lopez / ... (124 episodes, 1972-1978)
Mike Stoker ... Engineer Mike Stoker / ... (124 episodes, 1972-1978)
Michael Norell ... Captain Hank Stanley (108 episodes, 1972-1978)
Harold 'Hal' Frizzell ... Ambulance Attendant / ... (68 episodes, 1972-1978)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Emergencia (USA: Spanish title)
Emergency One (USA) (syndication title)
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Runtime:
60 min (124 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:13

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Squad 51, the Dodge utility truck, is on display at the Peterson Automotove Museum in Los Angeles, California. more
Goofs:
Continuity: There are a number of stock footage continuity errors. The major one is the differences in Squad 51, which was always a Dodge pickup, but several model years were used on the show. Most of the street scene footage that shows the Squad traveling was shot in Season 1, so an older model usually appears that doesn't always match the Squad that leaves the station or arrives at the scene. Another continuity issue is repetitive use of the same response footage episode to episode, so the same cars are always stopped at the same spot at a particular intersection. more
Quotes:
Paramedic Roy DeSoto: What'd you say that I said that you said?
Fireman Chet Kelly: That your partner here is a nut.
Paramedic John Gage: Aha! aha, aha.
Paramedic Roy DeSoto: What about it?
Paramedic John Gage: You admit it?
Paramedic Roy DeSoto: That you're some kind of nut? Yeah, I said it, so what? You're a nut, but you're a friendly kind of nut.
Paramedic John Gage: Oh, that's a heck of a thing to say about someone you work every shift with!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Diagnosis Murder: Malibu Fire (#5.3)" (1997) more

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14 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
A Saturday night staple back in the day, 8 June 2000
Author: raysond from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"Emergency" was a show that had it all....gripping medical drama combine with high adventure and cliffhanging excitement. As a child growing up,it was a Saturday night staple during its run on NBC from 1972-1977. Basically,it was a show about paramedics but a whole lot more. The show not only follow the lives of two paramedics DeSoto(played by Kevin Tighe),and Gage(played by Randolph Mantooth)at Station 51 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department who risk their lives saving people in daring but sometimes dangerous situations,but it also follows the staff and doctors at Mayfair Rampart General Hospital,particularly the details in the lives of Dr. Brackett(played by Robert Fuller),and Dr. Early(played by Bobby Troup),and the head nurse McCall(played by 50's recording artist Julie London). Its premiere episode from January of 1972,was the most gripping ever,which in turn begins the partnership of Gage and Desoto and the situations they encounter(which in a two parter episode Nurse McCall is injured when she tries to save a woman from a burning car hanging inches over a steep cliff,and Gage and Desoto raced against time to save them both). The producer of this show was Jack Webb(the man who was Joe Friday from Dragnet) who also during this created the best action series ever to come out of the 1970's which during that time he was producing shows like "Adam-12",and "O'Hara-US Treasury")and its rarely seen nowdays(except if you catch some of the episodes on TV Land) and its one of those shows you don't want to miss.

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