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Line 2: [[File:emergencycast_7499.jpg\|frame\|The core cast of ''Emergency!'']] The first TV show to show the lives of paramedics, it'''''Emergency!''''' was a very well done and medically accurate show which inspired countless children to want to be in Squad 51, and supposedly many communities to get their own paramedics. An hour-long drama, it had elements of comedy, drama, angst, and many other things in its episodes, and though it had a shorter run, could be said to be a domestic version of one of the best shows ever in range, ''[[MASH (television)\|MASH]]''. It was also responsible for popularizing nationwide the concept of paramedics, which were an innovation of the Los Angeles County Fire Department at the time. The origin of the show was when TV producer Robert A. Cinader was in Los Angeles looking into creating a standard [[Medical Drama]]. Once there, he learned of the paramedic program, which was just getting started, and realized it was a dynamite idea for a show of brave firefighters rushing about in their duties. And thus the first and most famous live-action [[Rescue]] TV show was born. Line 9: Followed/accompanied -- as was virtually standard practice in the 1970s -- by an animated Saturday morning series, ''[[Emergency +4]]'', in which the ''Emergency'' paramedics were saddled with the requisite four kids and dog. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Seventies Hair]]: The show is a vertiable time capsule of 70s hair styles: sideburns (Dr. Brackett and DeSoto), feathered mullets (Gage), [[Porn Stache]] (Kelly and Marco), and The Afro (Dr. Morton)▼ * [[Always on Duty]]: Carefully averted. * [[Animated Adaptation]]: ''Emergency +4'', as noted in the main text. Line 39 ⟶ 38: * [[Rescue]] * [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: Some of the episodes dealt with real issues being faced by the still-new paramedic program such as distrust and second-guessing of paramedics by doctors, and response delays due to units responding to non-emergency situations. ▲* [[Seventies Hair]]: The show is a ~~vertiable~~veritable time capsule of '70s hair styles: sideburns (Dr. Brackett and DeSoto), feathered mullets (Gage), [[Porn Stache]] (Kelly and Marco), and The Afro (Dr. Morton) * [[Shout-Out]]: In a reversal of the usual, LA County Fire Station 127 (the real-life fire station that played the part of Station 51) was renamed the Robert A. Cinader Memorial Fire Station in honor of one of the show's producers. * [[Shown Their Work]]: Aside when the demands of the plot required a change, the vast majority of the procedures carried out by the firefighters and paramedics were faithful to what real firefighters and paramedics did at the time. This is mainly due to Tighe and Mantooth having actually trained as paramedics and, in many of the larger incident scenes, actual firefighters acting as extras. Line 47: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:The Seventies]] [[Category:American Series]] [[Category:TV Series]] [[Category:~~{{PAGENAME}}~~Live-Action TV of the 1970s]]