Continuity mistake: When Station 51 is being dispatched to the fire and explosion at Martell Industries, the other companies called are Station 36 and Engine 14, but we see Engine 236 at the scene even though they were not called. This is before Captain Stanley asks dispatch for the second alarm.
Super Grover
24th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
24th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: During the fire at Martell Industries, when Roy and Johnny make a mad dash out of the building before the explosions, and midway Roy's helmet falls to the ground as he keeps running, but in the next shot when he and Johnny reach the engine and dive to the ground, the helmet is hanging around Roy's neck.
24th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Dick introduces Art Fromich to Roy and John, in the wide shots the Biophone is lying on its side atop the squad, but in each of Roy's closeups the Biophone is upright.
24th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When we hear Station 51 being dispatched to the structure fire at Kiddytime Toy Factory, just as Roy rushes to the squad's door to open it, we can see the reflection of the camera dolly through the squad's windshield as it moves.
24th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: During the structure fire at Kiddytime Toy Factory, when the man is downed by an electrical shock, Johnny pulls out the defibrillator and Biophone from the squad, and in Johnny's closeups with the Datascope we can see that its center knob on the right is missing, but in the Datascope's closeups the knob is back.
22nd Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Other mistake: During the paint factory fire, when Engine 2 rolls up, we can see the red, large, rectangular vinyl material that is adhered to the front of the engine, with the company number printed on it. There's also vinyl material adhered to the top of the cab as well as the back of the engine with nothing on it, presumably covering the engine company's real number.
22nd Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Other mistake: When Squad 51 is dispatched to the possible heart attack, while Chet’s at the base station responding to the dispatcher, the lightbar atop Squad 51 has nothing covering the chrome, but en route in the close up there's black tape covering much of the chrome trim.
22nd Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Revealing mistake: During Station 51's rescues on the foggy San Diego Freeway, when Chet is giving CPR to the little girl, it's just too obvious that he's not really giving CPR, unless her mouth is located on her cheek.
22nd Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Other mistake: When Squad 51 and the engine company arrive at the rock quarry, in the shot after John tells Jason to get the HT, just as Roy, Captain Stanley and Mike walk towards the right side of the screen, something drops down from the top of the screen, enough to cover the top left corner of the screen area, then gets pulled back up.
21st Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Revealing mistake: After Station 51 is dispatched to 'man trapped at the rock quarry', just before Squad 51 heads through the tunnel-like passageway, in the shot from the top of the squad we can see that the lightbar's chrome center and trim have been covered in black, presumably to prevent the reflection of the camera and cameraman, who's riding atop the squad.
21st Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Other mistake: When Tommy's on the ledge, and Roy and John are on the aerial ladder, just as Tommy jumps off the ledge and Roy catches him, we can see the young actor happy and grinning as he's being caught by Kevin Tighe, but within the very serious storyline of a 7 year old boy jumping from a ledge, looking "empty, tired and giving up", this doesn't fit. Obviously the young actor thought it was great fun to do a stunt like that.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
The Promise - S3-E11
Other mistake: At the very end, when Roy is cleaning the windshield while John's fiddling with the squad’s radio mic, the spray can on the hood of the squad has tape covering the brand name.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Other mistake: When Dixie's on the phone with the suicide attempt, Dixie tells her the date of her own birthday, hoping to get the caller's birthday in return. Then when the caller tells Dixie that the month of her birth is February, while Brackett's listening, they don't contact Early who's with the senior data analyst with that crucial information to help narrow down her identity faster, which was the whole point of Dixie trying to get that information from her.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Other mistake: During the fire at the horse ranch, when Engine 40 rolls up we can see that the engine company's number is covered atop the cab, and the large, red rectangular vinyl material that's adhered to the back of the engine with nothing on it. Presumably covering the real engine company's number.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
I'll Fix It - S4-E2
Deliberate mistake: After Roy and Johnny rescue the man trapped under his house, when the ambulance reaches Rampart, in the shot from inside the ambulance when Roy follows the stretcher out, he stops at the receiving doors and waits for John, who just arrived in the squad, and in this semi-closeup, it's odd and very apparent that it's not actually Randolph Mantooth, it's his double meeting Roy at the door.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Revealing mistake: While John's in the ambulance with the boy who ingested the poison, after John inserts the esophageal airway and uses the ambu-bag, just as John says, "Real good," if we look out the window behind the attendant, we can see Universal's GlamourTrams (a set of three trams) driving by in the distance. The footage inside the ambulance was shot while the ambulance drove around Universal's lots.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: After Station 51 is dispatched to 'man down' and realize it's Old Bill when they look through the window, when Roy and Johnny climb through the window their gear is handed in to them, and John takes the drug box with his left hand and Biophone with his right, but in the next interior shot John's taking them with the opposite hands.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Station 51 is dispatched to an 'unknown type rescue', the woman who opens the door tells them she didn't call, and when Roy asks her if he and Johnny can check on her sick husband, Roy's second shirt button is open and his undershirt is visible, but in the next shot it's buttoned up again.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Squad 51 is dispatched to 'person caught in a mailbox', have a look at the squad's license plates when it rolls up on scene. The plates read "70324H" which is the California commercial plate number for Squad 51, not the usual prop dept's license plate "E999007." It was the prop dept's responsibility to change from the commercial plate to the prop plate, but this scene slipped by them. It's also interesting to notice that this scene takes place at a real intersection up the block from Universal Studios, which is the direction Squad 51 came from. Note the "Black Tower/MCA Tower" in the background, which houses Universal's executive offices.
20th Jun 2014
Emergency! (1972)
How Green Was My Thumb? - S3-E17
Other mistake: When Station 51 is dispatched to the fire at the winery, just as Squad 51 rolls up, in this semi-closeup we can see that it's Roy driving and exiting the squad, and also that it's actually Randolph Mantooth's double exiting the squad and getting the drug box from the side compartment. Also fun to note the difficulty the double had just opening the squad's door.
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