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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.

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Musical Mania - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are on the high school roof with the unconscious 15 yr old girl, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Johnny's shirt when he kneels down and sets up the Biophone, and the outline of the mic transmitter is also visible on the back of Roy's shirt after he places the label on the isoproterenol.

Super Grover

Musical Mania - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny walks into Rampart and sees the girl whose father has tetanus, he asks her about musical instruments, and when they walk away to get coffee, the outline of the lav mic transmitter is visible on the right side of Johnny's shirt.

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 the 15 year old OD is in the ER, after Morton removes the squad's resuscitator from the mask and replaces it with an Ambu bag, the cameraman moves forward and leans in, causing a distinct shadow on Johnny and the patient.

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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

Helpful - S2-E12

Visible crew/equipment: When Squad 51 responds to 'man injured', when they arrive at the house, Johnny asks Roy if there's a dog on the roof, and it cuts to a shot of Sheba, the dog, just as she glances toward the tree, and behind the tree we can see the moving legs of a crew member, likely Sheba's trainer.

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Helpful - S2-E12

Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny climbs the ladder and then picks up Sheba to carry her off the roof, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of his shirt. Additionally, as he's lifting Sheba the big dog pushes up against the front of Johnny's shirt, and we hear the crackling noises that were picked up on Johnny's hidden mic.

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Drivers - S2-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Gage and DeSoto are on the football field with Steve, the quarterback, the outlines of both the mic transmitter and its cable are visible on Gage's shirt as he helps Steve sit down on the gurney. Then when DeSoto takes Steve's blood pressure, the outlines of both the mic transmitter and cable are also visible on the back of DeSoto's shirt.

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

Drivers - S2-E13

Visible crew/equipment: After Roy and Johnny have listened to Brackett's tape of 110's rescue, when they get to the squad the outline of the lavalier mic transmitter is visible on the back, right side of Johnny's shirt, as he stores some things in the squad.

Super Grover

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School Days - S2-E14

Visible crew/equipment: When Chet is driving the crane at the wrecking yard, just as we hear Captain Stanley say, "Swing it in," we see Marco standing atop the cars, with the moving crane in front of Marco. The position of the camera is at the back of the pile of cars, and there is an outstretched hand at the top of the screen blocking the glare for the camera, which is tilting upwards.

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Trainee - S2-E8

Roy: I think you're on some sort of an ego trip, Ed. And in my book that makes you a very dangerous character.
Ed: [Laughs.] Ego trip, huh? Well, I didn't realize that psychiatry was part of the paramedic's training.
Roy: Oh that's good, Ed, you be funny. But that isn't gonna change anything. You wanna know what I figure? Well, I figure when you were working in Vietnam, it was rough. So rough you started playing over your head. And you were making it, you were doing real good. Considering it was a combat situation. And pretty soon you started getting all blown up about how Ed Marlowe is just as good as the real doctors. And you've been living on that ever since. And the trouble is, Ed, you are good. Except for two little problems. You can't quit competing with real doctors. And you can't face being wrong. You see, those people we treat out there, I mean the people we work for, the people who pay for this whole operation, they're real people, Ed, with real problems. And they have a right to expect more than just being used by you for some sort of trip. [Completely exasperated.] I guess what I'm trying to say to you, Ed, is that in my book you're just plain unprofessional.
[Ed walks out.]
John: Do you think it did any good?
Roy: Do you?

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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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The Mouse - S4-E20

Question: The old man that comes in with his wife that can't breathe, the one that the head nurse tries to counsel and tempts him with a cup of coffee. I believe he is Alfred Hitchcock, though his name is not listed anywhere. Alfred Hitchcock is known for his cameo appearances in his own shows and in other shows. Can someone confirm that this is him? This is driving me nuts... It is toward the end of the episode, but I cannot give you times.

Answer: I believe you are speaking of the old man, Mr. Wilson. He's played by J. Pat O'Malley.

Bishop73

Correct, it was J. Pat O'Malley...he also played the grandfather with his grandson when their rocket exploded, and also played "Old Bill" in the episode with Ann Prentiss, where Gage saves the little girl from the burning tree house, and her mother falls in love with him.

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