There is a great article in today's WSJ about the Los Angeles County Fire Museum that is restoring the 1973 Fire Engine from the 1970's show Emergency.
Who else watched a lot of that show?
There is a great article in today's WSJ about the Los Angeles County Fire Museum that is restoring the 1973 Fire Engine from the 1970's show Emergency.
Who else watched a lot of that show?
Gage/Desoto: Rampart, inbound with trauma from bowling injury. Multiple compound fractures and bleeding from scalp wound. ETA 5 minutes.
Rampart: Roger, 51, start IV with D5W...
Every week
I had always heard the show was very authentic for the day.
I still don't know what D5W is, but they used a whole lot ot it on that show.
I liked Chips better.
Car related trivia:
Bobby Troupe (Dr. Early) wrote the song "Route 66".
D5W is 5% dextrose in saline. It's a ringer solution to replace lost blood and hydration.
Great show!
This link will take you to tons including links to full episodes.
http://www.emergencyfans.com/
I remember watching the show.. and playing the boardgame, when I was a kid
There was a great article in (I think) Mopar Action a few years ago about Squad 51, the pickup-based rescue truck they used on the show. It's been restored too, and is in the same museum, as the WSJ piece notes.
Emergency follow by Adam 12. Every week with my Dad.
My brother had the lunch box, and it still lives at mom and dad's house
Emergency! and Adam-12 are both available on Hulu.com. I've been working my way through both series all over again (along with Rockford Files, Dragnet and a bunch of other tv shows from my youth.)
I never really got into those shows... I was 5-6 at the time. The only episode that I remember was where the kid got his arm caught in pool drain.
IIRC, S.W.A.T. came on the air shortly after.
In Detroit (and I'm assuming every other city in the US too) most of the local stations broadcast an extra channel or two ever since digital TV was mandated. One of them shows nothing but old shows like Emergency, Dragnet, The Incredible Hulk, Magnum PI (there was a great episode recently with a 928 chasing Magnum in his Ferarri), etc. I watch Emergency just about every day while studying. Kojak's on right now.
Bob
Emergency! actually contributed a line that my wife and I still use. The guys are dispatched to a house in the burbs where the homeowner is "trapped" in a large steamer trunk. His wife called it in. They open the (locked) trunk and find a highly pissed off amateur magician who was just practising his escape act. As the "rescuers" gently back away to make THEIR escape, the guy glares at his wife and says, "Estelle, you have no faith in my Art!"
I loved that show, watched it every day after school and hve most of the DVD's. After I wrecked my car, once they started my Morphine IV I kept asking when I was getting my Ringers Lactate. I also kept asking the large bunny in the nightstand to bring me pudding. I still haven't gotten either.
Woody wrote: Car related trivia: Bobby Troupe (Dr. Early) wrote the song "Route 66".
and who I believe was married to Julie London for whom I had a case of the hots. This was MILF before MILF was popular.
That show was very likely the reason why my sister became a paramedic.
"One Adam 12, one Adam 12, see the man...."
spitfirebill wrote:Woody wrote: Car related trivia: Bobby Troupe (Dr. Early) wrote the song "Route 66".and who I believe was married to Julie London for whom I had a case of the hots. This was MILF before MILF was popular.
He was, though I suspect that she may have been a GILF by then.
Woody wrote:spitfirebill wrote:He was, though I suspect that she may have been a GILF by then.Woody wrote: Car related trivia: Bobby Troupe (Dr. Early) wrote the song "Route 66".and who I believe was married to Julie London for whom I had a case of the hots. This was MILF before MILF was popular.
So???
And Julie London was a famous singer from the '50's and Bobby Troupe a Jazz musician.
If I remember correctly it was created by Jack Webb from Dragnet fame.
"... add two units of saline and transport immediately."
I used to make the Dodge truck they drove with my Legos. I also made the station. Pretty simple considering it was open in front and rear. Also had SWAT and the Rookies stuff.
Oh yeah, Emergency, Adam 12, watched them religiously. I always thought that "Cal" was hot. 
I was exactly the age where every kid wants to be a cop or fireman when these shows were on. When I saw this thread the Emergency 51 alarm played in my head along with "We're on our way, Rampart". Memory is a funny thing... I haven't given a thought to it since the 70s.
I had the Paramedics unit Matchbox though... so there was a time that I was deeply involved.
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