Super Grover

24th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Gossip - S4-E3

Visible crew/equipment: When John and Roy help the driver out of the overturned armored truck, the bulging outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the left side of the driver's shirt, and when Roy's arm is around the man's waist, Roy even puts his palm over the mic transmitter as he bends to pickup the man's gun.

Super Grover

24th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

24th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Floor Brigade - S3-E19

Visible crew/equipment: Just before the hermit leaves Rampart, the actor's mark is visible on the floor in front of the market owner's feet, and when Dixie turns the hermit's wheelchair, the tape mark in front of Brackett becomes visible.

Super Grover

24th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

24th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

The Hard Hours - S3-E18

Visible crew/equipment: When John and Roy get back to the station, Captain Stanley asks them to step into the office, and as Cap walks through the doorway the camera's shadow is visible on the wall at the left. Also note the coiled electrical wire lying on the floor in front of the squad, and the shadow of something that is directly in front of the squad, even though the squad just rolled in.

Super Grover

24th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

24th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Messin' Around - S3-E15

Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 is dispatched to the bulldozer accident, just before Engine 51 comes to a stop at the junkyard there's a shot from the perspective of Engine 51's roof, with the Beacon Ray dome light in front, and on the light's red and chrome surface we can see the reflection of the camera mounted on the roof behind the dome light.

Super Grover

24th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

How Green Was My Thumb? - S3-E17

Visible crew/equipment: When John and Roy are searching for the missing man during the fire at the winery, a flaming piece of debris falls in front of Roy. When Roy climbs up to the deck above him, it cuts to Roy on his knees about to stand up, and we can see someone moving right near him, at the left of the screen, even though he's alone.

Super Grover

22nd Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Fools - S3-E16

Visible crew/equipment: At the refinery fire, after the stokes is loaded onto the snorkel and then John and Roy climb in, two shots after Captain Stanley's closeup, in the shot tilting up at the descending snorkel basket, a crew member who is crouching down can be seen on the tower behind it (presumably it's the second cameraman shooting all the footage from that angle).

Super Grover

22nd Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Fools - S3-E16

Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 is dispatched to the fire at the refinery, when they reach the refinery and make a right turn the view is from atop Squad 51's roof, and the reflection of the covered camera and part of the cameraman's head are visible in the squad's lightbar.

Super Grover

22nd Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

22nd Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

15th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency! mistake picture

Insomnia - S3-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and John are in The Boat with the victim of the explosion, the ambulance arrives and just as it passes by we are able to see a nice reflection of crew members, location set's 9-bank array lighting, reflector screens, a ladder and other equipment.

Super Grover

15th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Insomnia - S3-E8

Visible crew/equipment: After Squad 51 is dispatched to the 'heart attack' at Compu-Data, when Johnny and Roy walk in and then approach the victim in the office, the reflection of the moving camera dolly is visible on the office's large panes of glass. The camera equipment also casts a shadow on the three men as they walk toward the office, then on the glass as it moves back and forth.

Super Grover

15th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Snakebite - S3-E6

Visible crew/equipment: After Roy, Johnny, and Chet find the victims of the vehicle accident, when Johnny checks on the boy's mother, the bulging outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back, right side of Johnny's red shirt.

Super Grover

15th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency! mistake picture

Snakebite - S3-E6

Visible crew/equipment: When Chet, Roy, and Johnny are with the mother and child at the scene of the vehicle accident, the reflections of location set array lights, four side-by-side reflector screens with some crew members holding them and the camera/cameraman are all visible in the window and surface of the funeral home hearse, as it arrives and then pulls to the side of the road.

Super Grover

15th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

The Old Engine - S3-E2

Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny and Roy are leaning on the old fire engine talking about how it's not just some old car, and then when Johnny bends over and lays the mechanic's creeper on the ground, the outlines of the mic transmitter and wire are visible on the back of Johnny's shirt.

Super Grover

15th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Camera Bug - S4-E10

Visible crew/equipment: At the start of the episode, when Johnny is taking photos of Roy in the locker room, the actor's tape mark is visible on the floor below the bench, where Johnny stands when he shows Roy the article in the newspaper supplement.

Super Grover

15th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Details - S4-E12

Visible crew/equipment: During the structure fire, after Roy and John climb out onto the ledge and the fire flashes in the exterior shots, the next interior shots we see shows stacked boxes falling as the fire flashes through the doors. The interior shots are from episode 3x7, "Promotion", during the structure fire, after the security guard is taken down the ladder. We can even see a crew member's hand pushing a lower box which causes them all to fall.

Super Grover

15th Mar 2014

Emergency! (1972)

Boot - S2-E19

Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny is bending down while checking on Boot, who's hiding under the bed again, and also as he and Roy walk out of the dorm when Station 51 is dispatched to the 'stove fire', the outline of the lav mic transmitter is visible on the back of Johnny's shirt.

Super Grover

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