Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency! mistake picture

The Mouse - S4-E20

Revealing mistake: At the apartment complex where the jet fighter had crashed there's an explosion, and when one of the firefighters becomes engulfed in flames his helmet falls off, and the special fireproof headpiece that the stuntman is wearing is visible.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency! mistake picture

The Mouse - S4-E20

Visible crew/equipment: Just after Herbert leaves the station in the morning, dispatch sounds the alarms, and when Roy and John are in the squad while the dispatcher begins talking, there are nice reflections of the camera, reflector screen (in the background), and crew members/cameraman who move around, that are visible on the surface of the spotlight. Additionally, the shadow of the boom/mic is perfectly visible on the windshield as it moves down.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

The Mouse - S4-E20

Visible crew/equipment: After Squad 51 responds to the 'man unconscious' at the laundromat, while they're en route, when Engine 36 contacts them that the man is in full arrest, the reflection of the vehicle with the camera is visible on the spotlight.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

The Mouse - S4-E20

Visible crew/equipment: After the guys decide to eat lunch before resuming their CPR practice, when Chet picks up the CPR mannequin and walks toward the fridge, the top of the set is visible at the corner, between the fridge and the stove. We can see the top of the set again later, after Chet picks the losing matchstick and has to set the mousetrap himself.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

The Mouse - S4-E20

Other mistake: When Station 51 is dispatched to the structure fire, the address is given as 1127 West Winston, but when they're on the scene, the fire flashes through the front door causing Marco and Chet to fall back, and the house number on the stairs is 1026.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Insanity Epidemic - S6-E14

Visible crew/equipment: When the guys are at the gas station with the broken pump nozzle, after Marco and the stretcher are loaded onto the ambulance, the reflection of the location array lighting can be seen on the back of the ambulance, when Johnny shuts its doors.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Insanity Epidemic - S6-E14

Revealing mistake: At the gas station with the broken pump nozzle, Captain Stanley and the station attendant head to the garage area to see the main shut-off circuit box, which is located at the far right corner of the garage, but in the next shot, we can see the attendant's reflection behind Roy, and he's standing somewhere else off camera, not where he's supposed to be in the next shot with Captain Stanley.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Daisy's Pick Blind Date - S4-E7

Other mistake: When Johnny and Roy are in the ice house, there's a closeup of Johnny's arms as he's hosing down the ice and removing it from the hypothermic victim's arm, but it's obvious that the dark hairy arms belong to the stunt double, not to Johnny.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Daisy's Pick Blind Date - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: While Roy, Johnny, and Cap are in the ice house with the hypothermic victim, there's a closeup of the pipe's frozen shut-off valve in the upright position with an ammonia leak, and the manifold temp/pressure gauges that are hanging from it. Then, when Johnny goes to wrap the rag around the valve it's upside-down, but in the next shot the valve is upright once again, and the manifold gauges are now facing the opposite way.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Surprise - S4-E6

Visible crew/equipment: While Roy is hanging off the side of the building with the second victim, Johnny's trying to tie off the swaying sign, then after he asks for some slack the second time, there's an overhead shot from the roof, and we can see the shadow of the camera and a bit of a crew member, at the bottom of the screen. Then a few shots later, from the same POV, we still see the camera's shadow, and we also see the leg of a crew member (white sneaker and dark pants) walk into the shot and back out, at the left of the screen.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Surprise - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: When 51's guys get to the roof of the building with the swaying sign, Marco places the silver hose roller on the roof edge, but when Captain Stanley and Stevie's father lean over the edge to talk to Stevie, the second larger hose roller is already in place near the silver hose roller, even though the second one hasn't been brought to the roof yet by Engine 95's guys.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Fuzz Lady - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: At the park, when the attendants load the mugger into the ambulance, and also when the ambulance backs up to Rampart's ER receiving, just as Squad 51 turns and starts backing up, the type of ambulance that parked is a station wagon, but in the next shot while Squad 51 is still backing up, that ambulance has suddenly become the truck type.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Frequency - S3-E1

Other mistake: When Johnny and Roy are at the construction site with the injured father and son, Rampart is also on the line with two other squads - Squad 18, treating a pulmonary edema, and Squad 36, treating a bike accident. When Marco and Chet carry up the stokes basket, we hear the dispatcher saying, "Engine 21 and Squad 18, heart case...," even though Squad 18 is already tied up with the pulmonary edema.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Heavyweight - S3-E5

Character mistake: When Johnny first contacts Rampart via landline about the stabbing victim, while Roy is across the street with the gunshot victim, Brackett gets on the line and asks Johnny if he started an IV, to which Johnny replies no, then he asks what the vitals are. Johnny has only just made contact with Brackett about this patient, so Johnny could not have started an IV without the doctor's consent, Brackett knows this. This goes against established procedure.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Heavyweight - S3-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are with the man who was injured by a gunshot, Johnny goes across the street to treat the stabbing victim, and just as Johnny and the others enter the living room, the shadow of the moving boom is visible on the wall to the right.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Body Language - S3-E12

Character mistake: When Johnny is about to tell Roy what the problem is, the dispatcher drops tones and says "Station 51, Engine 36, Truck 116, small aircraft in trouble.," but when Captain Stanley responds we hear him say, "Squad 51, 10-4...," even though he should have said, "Station 51, 10-4...," because both Engine 51 and Squad 51 were dispatched.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Prestidigitation - S4-E18

Continuity mistake: Just after Brackett tells Early that the patient he was talking to is his father, it cuts to a shot of Squad 51 pulling up the driveway, and the Engine 51 we see parked in the apparatus bay is not the current Ward LaFrance pumper, it's the original Crown engine from seasons 1 and 2.

Super Grover

1st Apr 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Show generally

Other mistake: On Emergency! there's a noticeable lack of blood (not that it's a bad thing), even on the medical disposable gloves, during numerous scenes such as when a victim has arterial bleeding from carotid, brachial, and femoral arteries, or during the surgical procedures, and the labor/delivery scenes.

Super Grover

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