History Trivia / Emergency

* Most episode entries [[http://emergencyfans.com/episodes/index.htm here]] have at least one or two more. They include vehicle and uniform switches, actors changing locations, a number of equipment and procedure gaffes, and actors' names getting used rather than the character names.
* {{Blooper}}: In "The Nuisance", John is hit in the right side, but Brackett says his left leg bones are broken.

** Tim Donnelly (Chet Kelly)'s brother Dennis directed about 18 episodes.

* LostEpisode: Kind of. 'Richter Six' never got filmed due to a writer's strike. Summary of the script is here: http://www.voyagerliveaction.com/episodes3/richtersix1.html At least one scene seems to have been recycled for later, as there's an episode where Chet gets trapped in debris and hurts his arm just as in the script. Other scrubbed episodes were "The Long Weekend" and "The High Rise", although "The High Rise" appears to have been rewritten as the movie "The Steel Inferno". Info on both episodes can be found in this episode guide. http://emergencyfans.com/episodes/index.htm

** Tim Donnelly (Chet Kelly)'s brother Dennis directed about 18 episodes.

** Tim Donnelly (Chet Kelly)'s brother Dennis directed about 18 episodes.

* LostEpisode: Kind of. 'Richter Six' never got filmed due to a writer's strike. Summary of the script is here: http://www.voyagerliveaction.com/episodes3/richtersix1.html At least one scene seems to have been recycled for later, as there's an episode where Chet gets trapped in debris and hurts his arm just as in the script.

** Tim Donnelly (Chet Kelly)'s brother Dennis directed about 18 episodes.

* Tim Donnelly (Chet Kelly)'s brother Dennis directed about 18 episodes.

* TheRedStapler: The show is popularly thought to be the best advertisement about the merits of the paramedic program ever and lots of cities and counties started setting up their own. Pretty much {{lampshaded}} in one episode when Gage and [=DeSoto=], after being involved in a rescue in a rural area outside their jurisdiction and which couldn't afford to run its own paramedics even after seeing their value, described a system of volunteer emergency medical responders such a region could set up to the local sheriff.

* John's Land Rover was Randolph Mantooth's own vehicle. It and his home In Malibu were both totaled in a rather infamous wildfire in the late 70s.

* John's Land Rover was Randolph Mantooth's own vehicle. It and his home in the Hollywood hills were both totaled in a wildfire in the late 70s.

* DoingItForTheArt: The stars playing the paramedics, Tighe and Mantooth, took the regular paramedic training regime, and apart from skipping the final certification exam, were otherwise fully qualified as the real thing.

* Actor Allusion: In the episode "Firehouse Four" (4x11), Johnny asks Dixie if she knows anything about singing. Her response? "A little." The actress who plays Dixie, Julie London, was a successful vocalist in real life. Also in the pilot, when Dr. Joe Early, while playing piano at a party, greets Dr. Brackett with an impromptu song. Brackett jokingly responds, "You know for a doctor he plays . . pretty bad." Early was played by noted jazz singer/songwriter Bobby Troup, most famous in the music industry for Nat King Cole's hit song "Route 66."

Actor Allusion: In the episode "Firehouse Four" (4x11), Johnny asks Dixie if she knows anything about singing. Her response? "A little." The actress who plays Dixie, Julie London, was a successful vocalist in real life. Also in the pilot, when Dr. Joe Early, while playing piano at a party, greets Dr. Brackett with an impromptu song. Brackett jokingly responds, "You know for a doctor he plays . . pretty bad." Early was played by noted jazz singer/songwriter Bobby Troup, most famous in the music industry for Nat King Cole's hit song "Route 66."

* John Gage does more high-altitude rescues than Roy Desoto because actor Kevin Tighe is somewhat afraid of heights. Randolph Mantooth, on the other hand, wasn't overly fond of spending a lot of time in the water.

* {{Blooper}}: In "The Nuisance", John is hit in the right side, but Brackett says his left leg bojes are broken.

* LostEpisode: Kind of. 'Richter Six' never got filmed due to a writer's strike. Summary of the script is here. http://www.voyagerliveaction.com/episodes3/richtersix1.html
** At least one scene seems to have been recycled for later,as there's an episode where Chet gets trapped in debris and hurts his arm just as in the script.

* RealLifeRelative: Julie London and Bobby Troup were husband and wife. Randolph Mantooth's brother, Donald, also shows up in a couple episodes playing a fellow firefighter.
** London was also married to producer Jack Webb before marrying Troupe.