Emergency! - Season One Cast: Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Robert Fuller, Bobby Troup
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- DVD Release Date: 08/23/2005
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- Sales Rank: 13,992
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Scene Index
Disc #1, Side A -- Emergency!: Season One
1. Rescue Man [21:59]
2. Paramedic Program [33:43]
3. On the Job Training [19:37]
4. Showing Discipline [20:18]
1. Accident With Injuries [4:34]
3. "No Air" [21:30]
4. The Party's Over [9:41]
5. Rough Spot [14:22]
1. A Long Way Up [10:07]
2. Feeling Dizzy [16:32]
3. Potential Poisoning [10:22]
4. Collapsed Building [13:45]
Disc #1, Side B -- Emergency!: Season One
1. In Labor [8:55]
2. Out Cold [19:17]
3. Electrified [12:22]
4. Afraid to Move [10:11]
1. Moving Fast [5:34]
2. No Ambulance [18:35]
4. Early Delivery [12:24]
5. Caught Looting [11:34]
1. Crash Course [9:15]
2. Attempted Suicide [16:09]
3. Tanker Truck Turnover [11:41]
4. Teen Overdose [13:43]
Disc #2, Side A -- Emergency!: Season One
1. Gunshot Victim [6:26]
2. Mis-Medicated [20:29]
3. No Signs of Drugs [12:04]
4. Chemical Danger [11:46]
1. Boating Accident [5:55]
2. Becoming Seasick [20:09]
3. In a Ditch [:58]
4. All is Well [12:57]
1. Chapter 1 [9:30]
2. Chapter 2 [17:10]
3. Chapter 3 [10:41]
4. Chapter 4 [13:28]
Disc #2, Side B -- Emergency!: Season One
1. Between Floors [4:53]
2. In Awe [21:36]
3. Natural Gass [12:06]
4. Railroad Rescue [12:14]
1. Stuck in a Duct [6:23]
2. Just Another TV Show [19:13]
3. The Second Round [12:30]
4. Radioactivity [12:41]
1. Tackled Too Hard [4:32]
2. Caught in the Act [23:59]
3. Aircraft Down [5:23]
4. Treetop Rescue [16:54]
Editorial Reviews
This dramatic series aired from 1972 to 1977 and did for Los Angeles-based fire department paramedics what Dragnet and Adam-12 did for the LAPD. This was no accident: Dragnet star Jack Webb produced all three shows, and he incorporated actual departmental terms, procedures, and case histories into the scripts. Debuting as a midseason replacement on NBC, Emergency! pioneered the two-pronged story structure that later became a staple of Dick Wolf's Law & Order. Typical episodes would initially involve field rescues by paramedics of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Station 51, then continue with follow-up plot developments in the fictional Rampart Emergency Hospital. The paramedics included Johnny Gage (played by Randolph Mantooth) and Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe), while the Rampart staff was mainly represented by Doctor Kelly Brackett (Robert Fuller), neurosurgeon Joe Early (Bobby Troup), and head nurse Dixie McCall (Julie London). Like the other Webb-produced shows, Emergency! occasionally suffered from a tight-lipped earnestness that made the characters seem campy -- even back in 1972. But that was something Webb and his creative team willingly risked in the glorification of these hardworking public servants. However contrived some situations might have seemed, there was nothing phony about the policies and procedures to which the paramedics and physicians adhered. Another innovation of this fast-paced show was the introduction of multiple subplots in each hour-long installment -- something that's now commonplace in TV drama. Gage and DeSoto participated in up to three calls per show, which necessitated the appearance of innumerable actors. Baby boomers who remember the show will recognize literally dozens of familiar faces in these sometimes corny but engrossing episodes. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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