Emergency!

Insomnia - S3-E8

Visible crew/equipment: After Johnny and Roy arrive on scene with the man trapped behind the semi, when they both put down the splints and drug boxes, the bulging outlines of the mic transmitters are visible on the back of their shirts as they bend over. Then, when Roy leans over to check on the victim, the outlines of the mic transmitter and wire are visible on the back of his shirt.

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Insomnia - S3-E8

Visible crew/equipment: After Roy and Johnny pick up supplies at the nurses' station, they walk down the hallway and stop midway to talk about Johnny's insomnia. After speaking a few moments, Johnny and Roy head for the exit, so the camera follows them without cutting away, and when a father and son enter the hospital the camera turns, without cutting away, and follows them up the hallway. Just before the father and son reach the nurses' station, the actors' two black tape mark are visible on the floor behind them, precisely where Roy and Johnny had been speaking.

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Insomnia - S3-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are at the nurses' station talking about Johnny's insomnia, after Johnny signs for the supplies, as they walk away the actor's black tape mark is visible on the floor, where Roy had just been standing.

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Heavyweight - S3-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are with the guy who got stuck in the tree while hang gliding, the outlines of the mic transmitters and wires are visible on the back of the victim's sweater and also the back of Johnny's shirt as he saws the branch, and then carries the victim to the Stokes.

Super Grover

An English Visitor - S3-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When Jason prevents Johnny from falling at the rock quarry, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Jason's shirt (left side) in the overhead shot, as he hoists Johnny onto the platform, Then just after Johnny says that they should get out of there, in the shot of Roy bending over the trapped man, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Roy's shirt.

Super Grover

Seance - S2-E18

Visible crew/equipment: When Gage and DeSoto are at Harry Teal's house for the third time, there is an actor's white tape mark on the floor in front of the cabinets, just below where the Biophone is placed.

Super Grover

Syndrome - S2-E16

Visible crew/equipment: When Brackett tells Dixie to have Chet go for the cast, he steps into the hallway to speak with Mr. Kleiner, and as the two start walking up the hallway, the black tape mark is visible on the floor behind them, beside the gurney, precisely where the attendant had been standing.

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Helpful - S2-E12

Visible crew/equipment: After Gage and DeSoto climb the ladder to get the dog off the roof the second time, when it cuts to Rampart there is a man waiting outside the treatment room, and the actor's tape mark is visible on the floor, at his feet.

Super Grover

Musical Mania - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy, Johnny, and Captain Stanley are in the collapsing house trying to rescue the man trapped under it, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Roy's shirt when he's leaning over on his knees, as Johnny cuts the carpet. Then the outline of Johnny's mic transmitter is visible on the back of his shirt, when he's below the house.

Super Grover

Musical Mania - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Engine 51 arrives on scene, to join DeSoto and Gage, the guys pull on the pilot to free him from the sailplane, and the outlines of the mic transmitter and wire are visible on the left side of Gage's shirt.

Super Grover

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Women - S2-E9

Visible crew/equipment: After Mr. Howarth confronts his son about the pills his daughter took, when Dixie walks up and tells him that he can see Monica, the actor's tape mark is visible on the floor, at Dixie's feet.

Super Grover

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Women - S2-E9

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are working on freeing the man trapped in the vehicle, and then when they are taking his vitals, the outlines of the mic transmitters and wires (running up toward their shoulders) are visible on the back of Roy's and Johnny's shirts. The mic transmitter's outline is also visible on the left side of Christy's sweater, below the waistline.

Super Grover

Fuzz Lady - S2-E7

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are walking down the hallway at Rampart, Roy asks Dixie for some supplies, just before Johnny spots Sheila doing uncover work, the two white tape marks are visible on the floor just behind him.

Super Grover

Drivers - S2-E13

Visible crew/equipment: During the rescue of the unconscious boy stuck within the tree, when DeSoto climbs the ladder to begin chiseling at the tree, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of DeSoto's shirt.

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Drivers - S2-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When DeSoto and Gage are trying to rescue the unconscious boy stuck in the tree, Gage drills a hole in the tree, and when he reaches down to the oxygen tank and then places the tube in the hole, the outlines of both the mic transmitter and wire are visible on Gage's shirt.

Super Grover

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Saddled - S2-E6

Visible crew/equipment: When Dixie looks for Sally to flush the patient's eyes, she finds her in the hallway, and there are two actors' tape marks on the floor in the waiting room, where Dixie and Mike, the patient's friend, will stand in a moment.

Super Grover

The Mouse - S4-E20

Revealing mistake: At the apartment complex fire, after Johnny is knocked unconscious by the explosion, when the Pasadena fireman finds him and has to lift him up, it's funny how even though Johnny's unconscious we can see that he actually helps to stand himself up, so the fireman can lift him up and carry him out.

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Trivia: On May 16, 2000, 28 years after the debut of "Emergency!" on television, due to the profound impact "Emergency!" had on the American EMS system, key props and memorabilia from the show were inducted into the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, Division of Cultural History - the Public Service sector, located in Washington, D.C. Some of the items included: Original scripts, Biophone, trauma boxes, defibrillators, monitor, radios, turnout gear, helmets, and Roy's and Johnny's uniforms.

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Question: Why is the driveway in front of the station always wet? Day or night, whenever they pull in or out it looks like it was just hosed down.

Answer: It is standard practice to wet down driveways so that they stand out in a long shot.

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