TV SERIES · 1972– · USA
Emergency!
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- #001
The radio call sign KMG365, spoken when Station 51 responds to a call, is still a valid FCC call sign licensed to the LACoFD. It appears on the station patches of the crew at Station 127, which served as the filming location for Station 51.
- #002
The series was truly a family affair, as Julie London was married to Bobby Troup at the time and had been hired by her previous husband, Jack Webb, who created and produced the show.
- #003
The series is popularly credited with encouraging the widespread adoption of paramedic programs in North America.
- #004
Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth became very good friends while working on the series and have remained so since it ended. In fact, Tighe served as best man at Mantooth's wedding in 2002.
- #005
John Gage was based on Battalion Chief Jim Page, who helped establish the firefighter/paramedic program for the LACoFD. Executive Producer Jack Webb wanted to name the character after Page, but Page refused. Jim Page died on Saturday, 4 September 2004, and Randolph Mantooth was one of the speakers at his memorial.
- #006
LACoFD dispatcher Sam Lanier, who had served more than 18 years in the department, played the dispatcher. Although he is credited in only 56 episodes (likely the ones in which he appears, even if only from behind in stock footage), his voice "appeared" in all 129 episodes. He died on Saturday, 21 May 1997.
- #007
Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe underwent paramedic training to prepare for their roles. Had either of them chosen to sit for (and pass) the certification exam, they would have qualified as Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics.
- #008
Like Dragnet (1951) and Adam-12 (1968), the rescue scenarios were based on logbook reports submitted by real-life paramedics.
- #009
After the series, Jim Page, who had served as the show's consultant and is regarded as the father of modern EMS, offered Randolph Mantooth the chance to train as a firefighter with the Los Angeles County Fire Department and become a firefighter. After much deliberation, Mantooth turned it down.
- #010
Randolph Mantooth was producer Robert A. Cinader's first choice for Johnny Gage, but he politely declined the offer. Cinader, who was under contract to Universal, had watched the promising actor in one of his guest roles, The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969), in which Mantooth played a character questioned in court by Sen. Hays Stowe. It was Cinader who convinced him to take the role, since Mantooth knew nothing about what a paramedic did.
- #011
Mike Stoker, who drove the engine, was not an actor authorized to operate a fire engine the way a firefighter holding a SAG card would be. This was desirable given that the engine he drove was a real fire truck, unlike the studio-built Squad 51 paramedic truck (the latter was donated by the Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation as product placement). The producers wanted it operated by a qualified professional for insurance purposes.
- #012
Before the series, Bobby Troup had long hair and a ponytail until producer Jack Webb ordered him to cut it.
- #013
Julie London was surprised when she was asked to appear in the series. She was also Jack Webb's first choice for the female lead, Nurse Dixie McCall, despite their previous marriage and divorce and their lifelong friendship. She was happy to take the role alongside her real-life husband Bobby Troup, who played Dr. Joe Early.
- #014
Dixie McCall, R.N., served as an Army nurse in a "M*A*S*H" unit during the Korean War.
- #015
The series came about while producer Robert A. Cinader was researching a new medical drama set in an emergency hospital in the Los Angeles area. There he learned that a fledgling paramedic program was being tested in the Los Angeles County Fire Department. After learning all the details of the program and the nature of the news, Cinader concluded that the adventures of such a team of specially trained firefighters could be perfect material for a series.
- #016
During its original run, the series was actually thought to have saved lives. Over the years there were many reports of children and adults rescuing people using techniques shown on the show. In later seasons, however, the series aired a disclaimer in its credits stating that the medical techniques shown should only be performed by people with the proper official training. To better illustrate the need for proper training, one story had the main characters of "Grateful" dealing with a patient whose serious medical condition was worsened by an amateur who incorrectly performed a medical technique called the precordial thump, and who scolded him for the mistake.
- #017
Fire Station 51 is, in real life, Los Angeles County Fire Station 127, located at 2049 E. 223rd Street in Carson, California. Also, although the real station's crew never included a paramedic unit, the real hospital shown as Rampart, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, is the closest hospital to it, and would therefore be the normal medical facility Station 127 would respond to. The station is still in service with very few changes. The Engine 51s and Squad 51 used in the series have since been retired and are on display at the Los Angeles County Fire Museum.
- #018
The paths of paramedics Gage and DeSoto sometimes crossed at Rampart Hospital with Officers Reed and Malloy from Adam-12 (1968). In "Hang-Up" (1972), the firefighters are watching "Ambush" (1971) when they are dispatched on a call. Throughout the rest of the series, the firefighters try to find out by phone what they missed.
- #019
In the first five seasons, Dixie McCall, R.N., often wore a nurse's cap along with her dress or uniform, but in the final season she removed the cap and wore only the uniform.
- #020
Throughout his time on the series, Randolph Mantooth became an advocate and spokesman for real-life firefighting/paramedic/EMS programs. Mantooth continued this kind of work after the series ended.
- #021
This was Julie London's final film and/or television role.
- #022
The badges worn by the actors were real Los Angeles Fire Department badges. The badges were held and safeguarded by Fire Department personnel, who handed them out and collected them again on every day of filming.
- #023
About 30 years after the series first aired, the Smithsonian Institution accepted memorabilia from it, including firefighter helmets, turnout gear, a biophone and a defibrillator, into the public service section of the National Museum of American History.
- #024
"Squad 51," a 1972 Dodge D300 commercial truck, is displayed at the Los Angeles County Fire Department museum alongside the 1973 Ward LaFrance "Engine 51." Both were restored to their original condition from the series by volunteers.
- #025
Marco Lopez (who later played Firefighter Marco López at Station 51) was one of the FF-PM trainees who graduated alongside Roy and Johnny from the twelve-week training at Rampart Hospital. At the graduation ceremony he stood at the far left of the graduates' line.
- #026
Harbor UCLA Medical Center served as Rampart Emergency Hospital in the series. The hospital is located at 1000 West Carson Street in Torrance, California. This is fitting, since the hospital (later known as Harbour General) served as the first training facility for the Los Angeles County Paramedic Training Program.
- #027
Long before the series began, Robert Fuller had met Julie London after serving in the U.S. Army. When he saw her at one of the nightclubs in Los Angeles, California, he witnessed her singing there with her future husband (Bobby Troup) for the first time. Fuller also worked with London on an episode of Laramie (1959), in which London played a young woman fleeing her husband while outlaw brothers planned to kill her. A long-term friendship began that lasted 45 years, until London's death in late 2000, after Troup's passing.
- #028
When Julie London was the producers' first choice for Dixie McCall, R.N., she had already committed to a three-week singing engagement with Bobby Troup in Las Vegas, Nevada, before filming of the pilot episode.
- #029
In the various water rescues in which Johnny, Roy or any other rescuer had to enter the water in uniform, each character can be seen wearing special and/or water-resistant footwear made to resemble the department-issued black leather chukka boots they would normally wear at the time. In some cases the shoes are all-black, worn Converse Chuck Taylor shoes or another type of shoe. This practice began around the third season to save money or time because the leather boots would get wet and/or ruined.
- #030
In "CHiPs (1977)," the fictional Engine and Squad 51 respond to a motor vehicle accident in the episode titled "MAIT Game"; moreover, these are not just two pieces of apparatus with the same number; the Ward-LaFrance Engine and the Dodge Utility body are even shown leaving the 51 Stationhouse. However, since that series had already ended, the crew is not shown.
- #031
The rings worn by Dixie McCall and Joe Early throughout the series were the actual wedding rings worn in real life by Julie London and Bobby Troup.
- #032
Despite good ratings, the series was put on hiatus after its sixth season in 1977 because of the potential loss of star Robert Fuller (who wanted to pursue other projects). In 1978 and 1979 the series returned as six special films, which were considered "Season Seven."
- #033
Most of the equipment and clothing used throughout the series was actually used by the LACoFD.
- #034
When producer Jack Webb approached Robert Fuller as his first choice to play the male lead of Dr. Kelly Brackett, Fuller politely turned it down twice because he was looking for Western films and series (which he had done for much of his life). Webb strongly encouraged Fuller to take the role of Brackett, explaining that Westerns on television were dying and were not being renewed. Fuller took the role.
- #035
Long before the series began, both Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe were passionate, lifelong fans of Julie London, and both listened to her music while growing up. As of 2016, Randolph Mantooth owns compilations by both of his acting mentors.
- #036
Most of the time the same police officer, Vince Howard, assists the paramedics when police are needed.
- #037
Throughout the series' run, Dixie acted like a surrogate mother to Johnny and Roy, just as Julie London did in real life for Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe. In separate interviews, Mantooth said London was like a surrogate mother and mentor to him, and Tighe said that both she and Troup were very special to the cast and crew, that they were good friends, and that they were deeply saddened when they died.
- #038
At the end of the series, Jack Webb was going to promote Julie London to head producer of a possible new series. She turned it down and retired from show business to spend more time with her family.
- #039
Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe became close friends with Julie London and Bobby Troup. After the series was cancelled, they stayed in touch until London's death in 2000. In fact, all three visited London in the hospital after she suffered a stroke in 1995.
- #040
As with Randolph Mantooth in real life, some references were made to John being partly Native American.
- #041
Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe are the only actors who appeared in every episode of the series.
- #042
Los Angeles County Fire Station 127 at 2049 East 223rd Street in Carson, California, was chosen to represent the then-fictional "Station 51," while the original choice was actually Los Angeles County Fire Station 106 at 27413 Indian Peak Road in Rolling Hills Estates, California. Although architecturally almost identical to Station 127, Station 106 was located in a shopping and residential area that offered a wider variety of scenery (along with added low hills and pine trees) compared to the heavy industrial area where Station 127 stands. The decision to use Station 127 was made because of the sun's path. Station 127 faces south, which makes lighting the front of the station much easier for filming. Station 106 faces northeast, which leaves the front of the building in shadow for most of the day, which is not ideal. Ironically, after filming on the series was completed in 1978, cast member and Engineer Mike Stoker would go on to serve as Captain of Station 106 until he retired in 1996.
- #043
Years after the series ended, Robert Fuller appeared as a guest star alongside Randolph Mantooth in an episode of Diagnosis Murder (1993) that served as a reference to the series. Fuller played a land developer in a project intended to expand the community, and Mantooth played the Mayor and the owner of a market.
- #044
The writers wanted to make Dr. Brackett and Nurse McCall a couple, but the chemistry between Robert Fuller and Julie London was not there.
- #045
Station 51's original Ward La France fire truck can be seen in a brief scene in The China Syndrome (1979).
- #046
John Smith, who played Captain Hammer in two episodes of the first season, starred alongside Robert Fuller in the western series "Laramie (1959)," which aired from 1959 to 1963. Julie London appeared as a guest star in one episode and kissed Fuller at the end of the episode.
- #047
The ambulance crash scene in the episode Back-Up (1975) was taken from the records of the Los Angeles City Fire Department, an incident that occurred in August 1964 (eight years before the episode was recorded). The producers paid such attention to detail that they used similar vehicles to those in the real-life incident.
- #048
In several episodes, Dixie visited Station 51's fire department. In the first episode, she rode out twice with Squad 51 alongside Johnny and Roy to rescue victim patients before becoming a victim herself.
- #049
Both Tim Donnelly and Marco Lopez had previously worked as actors with the series' creators Jack Webb and Robert A. Cinader on their earlier shows Dragnet 1967 (1967) and Adam-12 (1968), mostly in small supporting roles or as extras in various scenes. Because Webb worked so intensively with Donnelly and Lopez (who was also Webb's stand-in on "Dragnet 1967"), he gratefully created the roles of Chet B. Kelly and Marco Lopez specifically for them on Emergency! (1972). Both appeared on the series for all six seasons.
- #050
The portable radio telephone the paramedics use in the field to communicate with Rampart Hospital is the Biophone 3502 radio.
- #051
During his recurring role on Emergency! (1972), after Jack Webb fell into a dispute with the LASD, the character of Officer Vince (Vince Howard) changed from a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to a general police department, which resulted in the rights to use LASD logos and imagery being revoked.
- #052
When Julie London auditioned for Dixie McCall, R.N., she knew absolutely nothing about nursing and could not understand any medical terminology either. Along with reading the script, she had to read the words on a teleprompter while working on medical terminology to prepare for her role. She also worked very closely with the Nursing Technical Advisors throughout the entire series.
- #053
In the first season of this series, "Captain Hammer" was played by two different people. The first was played by Dick Hammer, a real Captain of the LACoFD. Hammer was uncomfortable with acting and, at his own request, was released from his contract toward the end of the first season. The second "Captain Hammer" was played by veteran actor John Smith.
- #054
Julie London and Bobby Troup were among the first actors cast in the series.
- #055
In the last two seasons of the series, Robert Fuller's on-screen appearances decreased because of the direction the series took (special episodes). Along with going fishing, he was also looking for Westerns. Part of his contract stated that he wanted to work part-time.
- #056
Ron Pinkard's name tag reads "Tom Gray, M. D." in the pilot.
- #057
Before Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe took on their roles, both had to read medical terminology together with Julie London in order to pronounce the medical terms.
- #058
It is the only series Jack Webb produced that contains no police element. The show also wanted to highlight firefighters and their daring rescue operations, but the team was not sure they had enough material. To make it work, both Jack Webb and Robert Cinader added paramedics to the cast. At the time the paramedic profession was relatively new, and there were only a few training programs nationwide.
- #059
Singer Bobby Sherman quit show business after appearing in the third season and became an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). He soon volunteered with the Los Angeles Police Department, working alongside paramedics and teaching CPR and first aid classes. In the 1990s, Sherman officially became a technical Reserve Police Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (he still serves 2 days). Sherman later was promoted to the rank of Captain in the Los Angeles Police Department. Mr. Sherman served as a medical training officer at the Los Angeles Police Academy for more than a decade, training thousands of police officers in first aid and CPR. In 1999 he was named Reserve Officer of the Year in the LAPD. Also in 1999, he became a Reserve Sheriff's Deputy when the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department continued its CPR/emergency training for newly hired deputies. Sherman retired from the Sheriff's Department in 2010 but continues his service in the LAPD.
- #060
Robert Fuller, Julie London and her second husband Bobby Troup lived near and in Encino, California (most of the series was shot in Universal City, California and various parts of the city). They did not have to travel that far to get to the set.
- #061
While preparing for their roles, Robert Fuller and Bobby Troup studied a medical dictionary in order to pronounce the medical terms.
- #062
While the series was still in production, it was distributed to local television markets, and new episodes aired on NBC. To avoid confusion, the syndicated version was renamed "Emergency One."
- #063
In many scenes of this series in which viewers see footage of Squad 51 responding, shot from the front seat looking toward the windshield, the driver can be seen wearing the Squad 18 helmet, reflected in the rearview mirror. In the book Emergency! Behind the Scenes, Los Angeles County Firefighter/Paramedic Bob Hoff stated that Patrol 18 (a 1970 Dodge D300, as can be seen from the hood) was used for this stock footage, with the Director of Photography sitting in the middle with a small handheld camera.
- #064
Some of the early episodes implied that Dixie and Brackett might be lovers. However, as the series progressed this was never mentioned again, and they were mostly portrayed as good friends.
- #065
In The Firehouse Four (1974), Fred Gibson, played by Lennie Weinrib, was rescued the most times in a single episode: three times.
- #066
No matter how many units are called to the scene, the Engine and Squad 51 usually arrive there first, and Captain Stanley is always on duty.
- #067
Bobby Troup wrote the famous song "Route 66," which was performed by The Rolling Stones, among many other songs.
- #068
Netflix incorrectly labels the series' run as "1976," even though it actually aired between 1972 and 1977; the final season consisted of one- or two-episode special films that did not always include the entire core cast.
- #069
It is the first show to feature a paramedic program involving an emergency hospital and to focus on real-life rescues.
- #070
The San Diego Freeway, Interstate 405, runs behind Station 51.
- #071
Julie London and Bobby Troup were not the only actor and actress in this series who had been singers before. The other singers were John Travolta, Robert Alda and Bobby Sherman, all of whom appeared in the series.
- #072
Before working as Chief Emergency Physician at Rampart General Hospital, Dr. Kelly Brackett attended Johns Hopkins and did his residency at the Mayo Clinic.
- #073
All scenes involving the crew, the fire engine, police cars and ambulances were filmed silently.
- #074
After the series finale, thanks to both Julie London and Bobby Troup, they held a party featuring musicians in front of the camera, including music and dancing.
- #075
Many of Robert Fuller's friends appeared in the series: John Smith, Denny Miller, James Gregory, Adam West, Jeanne Cooper, Dabbs Greer, Dennis Patrick, Martin Milner, Kent McCord and Bobby Troup.
- #076
To shield Julie London from pressure and attention, both Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe received the most screen time and publicity.
- #077
During a rescue, Gage tells Dixie that he missed an episode of her favorite TV series, Adam-12 (1968). Jack Webb produced both series. The mention of Adam-12 is a contradiction, since the paramedics encountered Officer Malloy and Reed from that program in multiple episodes.
- #078
All siren and horn sounds for the fire engines, crews, police cars and ambulances were added in post-production.
- #079
Off camera, Randolph Mantooth was not genuinely friendly with Robert Fuller (it was not that Mantooth could not get along with him, but that Fuller wanted a professional relationship with Mantooth and Kevin Tighe off camera) until the end of the series, though after the show was cancelled the two genuinely remained friends.
- #080
Johnny and Roy rarely lock the Squad on a call, yet they never lose anything to theft. In the pilot episode, Roy explains to Johnny that there is not really enough drugs to be worth the time they spend.
- #081
Kevin Tighe was producer Jack Webb's first choice for Roy DeSoto. He auditioned and was nervous about the role. Tighe read about 4 lines for the audition, then Webb stopped him and Tighe won the role shortly after.
- #082
Randolph Mantooth was nearly fired after an argument with Jack Webb.
- #083
Sam Lanier, a real-life officer in the Los Angeles County Fire Department, is the voice heard whenever an emergency call comes in to Station 51. In some cases he is even seen making the call at the control center.
- #084
The dog the crew kept at the station house in season 6 was named Henry, after Captain Hank Stanley of Station 51. He was a basset hound and had his own distinctive tuba music.
- #085
From the beginning of the sixth season, some scenes show what initially caused the need for the rescue.
- #086
All the main characters referred to Dixie McCall throughout the series by her nickname, "Dix."
- #087
Because she was rarely shown in scenes outside the hospital, Julie London had no opportunity to perform. The closest she came was in the two-part pilot Wedworth-Townsend Act (1972), when her character got into a car.
- #088
At the start of the series, both Julie London and Randolph Mantooth did not get along with creator/producer Jack Webb during production. Webb, then married to London, had said some dismissive things to her, and Mantooth hated his boss's protective behavior enough that it nearly led to Mantooth being fired.
- #089
On set, Randolph Mantooth was most influenced by Bobby Troup; like Kevin Tighe, Mantooth had been a fan of his before the series began and while growing up.
- #090
In later seasons, Squad and Engine 51 sound British siren alerts.
- #091
The Emergency! siren used in every episode was later also used in the film Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing (2006)(#5.4).
- #092
Robert Fuller and Julie London were the two main cast members who had not worked with Jack Webb on any of his earlier television programs before appearing in this series. Fuller said in several interviews that although he admired Webb, he had no connection to him. London was (of course) married to him and later divorced Webb. London's friendship with Webb began in 1942, when he saw her singing in one of his jazz clubs while she was still in high school.
- #093
Many of Julie London's friends appeared in the series: Bobby Troup, Dick Van Patten, Barbara Nichols, J. Pat O'Malley, Anne Seymour, Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Virginia Gregg and John Smith.
- #094
Lieutenant Ronald Crockett is the only character who calls Dixie "Miss McCall" instead of "Dixie."
- #095
The only joke made about singing was the fact that Julie London was a singer in real life. It appeared in the fourth-season episode "Firehouse Four."
- #096
Many of the actors who appeared in Dragnet, which Jack Webb had previously produced, also appeared in episodes of Emergency!
- #097
The shift captain played by Mike Norrell was named Captain Stanley. Station 8, located on Santa Monica Boulevard, sits at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and North Stanley Avenue.
- #098
When Johnny communicates with Rampart, he frequently begins his sentences with "Um" or "Uh," and for the sake of realism this was kept in the episode. Roy does this less often.
- #099
It was the only one-hour show Jack Webb produced.
- #100
In several episodes, Gage and DeSoto make references to the series Adam-12. Randolph Mantooth had once played a character role in an episode of Adam-12.
- #101
Emergency! was a novel by the prolific author Richard Hubbard (1930-1974), published under the signature Chris Stratton.
- #102
In real life, in the same position as her character Dixie McCall, Julie London would quietly and calmly accompany young actors and visitors to the set off-camera, teaching them both respect and social boundaries; having them draw each other's attention, try to listen, be patient and avoid crossing the line all genuinely helped them in front of the camera.
- #103
Before becoming head nurse at Rampart General Hospital, Dixie McCall, R.N., also worked in the same hospital's Pediatrics Department.
- #104
Although Jack Webb, as executive producer of "Dragnet," "Adam-12" and "Emergency!," was known for his great attention to detail in his shows, some mistakes were not noticed before broadcast.
- #105
Unlike Jack Webb's earlier show Dragnet, most actors with smaller roles in Emergency! do not receive billing in the credits even if they have dialogue lines in the episode. In Dragnet, generally, with some exceptions, those who appeared but had no lines were the ones not listed in the titles.
- #106
In many episodes, the same turnout coats are reused/recycled for different actors playing firefighters. For example, in the episode School Days, the Paramedic Trainee's surname is Hanks, and this is stamped on the back of the turnout coat along with prominent stains. The same turnout coat can be seen in The Nuisance and Survival at Charter #220. Another coat used repeatedly bears the surname Stone.
- #107
Long before the series began, Kevin Tighe had been a fan of Robert Fuller since his youth.
- #108
Jack Kruschen, Martin Milner and Kent McCord were this series' first guest stars, and they had also appeared in Adam-12 (1968) before the series premiered. Both Milner and McCord also guest-starred in Diagnosis Murder (1993) as police officers 25 years after the episode aired, alongside classic cult TV policemen of the era.
- #109
So far, chili is Station 51's favorite dish. Hamburgers come second.
- #110
Whenever a call came in to Station 51, the paramedic unit (Squad 51) generally moved first and stayed in the lead until reaching the destination.
- #111
Robert Fuller had also worked with Marla Adams in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) at the end of his acting career. There Fuller played Wade Harper, a retired El Paso Texas Ranger and the great-great-grandson of Jess Harper from Laramie (1959), who also supports his wife after their daughter is shot.
- #112
Although Julie London and Randolph Mantooth had a 19-year age difference, they were widely believed to have great chemistry both on and off screen. In later interviews, Mantooth said that despite his younger appearance, she was like a "surrogate mother" to him. What made the situation all the more interesting was that both Julie and Randolph spent their best off-camera time with Kevin Tighe, even visiting her home together with Bobby Troup and the children, and that all of them had sufficient screen time in the sixth and final regular season.
- #113
When the series began, until roughly the second season, the production company cooperated with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, since scenes in which the fire department responded always featured their deputies. From the start of the third season, however, LASD deputies were replaced by generic-looking LAPD officers, and deputies no longer appeared. It appears the series lost the sheriff's department's involvement.
- #114
Dixie always invited her visitors to have coffee, but off camera, whenever Julie London wanted coffee, at least 16 cast and crew members on the set would give her a cup of coffee to drink.
- #115
Robert A. Cinader developed the material Randolph Mantooth did throughout his personal life, much of it comedic. Mantooth had a very good relationship with Cinader and did absolutely everything, while Kevin Tighe had some difficulty with the comedic scenes in the series. This occurred to Tighe in his younger years, but he went along with it. Tighe struggled with humor and also developed what he saw in his character.
- #116
Throughout the series, the sounds of the fire engines were at times replaced with sound clips of the truck from "Duel" (1971).
- #117
Art Balinger, who appeared in a recurring role as Battalion Chief, was also a regular on Adam-12 (1968), Dragnet (1951) and Dragnet 1967 (1967).
- #118
Julie London was the only cast member who called Robert Fuller "Bobby" off camera, to avoid confusion with Bobby Troup. It was a loving way of giving him this nickname, which they shared as both a lifelong friendship and a special connection between them. Her relationship with Fuller had begun professionally rather than amicably, unlike London's, and out of respect everyone called him "Bob."
- #119
The series was cancelled in 1977 due to falling ratings, but it had been successful in seasons 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; with the sixth season the ratings began to drop, so the series was cancelled after 6 seasons.
- #120
When the series went in a completely different direction, Robert Fuller was somewhat disappointed by this, which led him to limited screen time, unlike Julie London, who had sufficient screen time. Despite the series' problems, he was very lucky to remain on it.
- #121
Much of the incidental music in the season 1-2 episodes appears to have been taken from the 1966 Batman TV series.
- #122
While the announcers ask for McKay's statistics, they are referring to USC head coach John McKay. 1975 (the year this game was played) was the last of John McKay's 15 seasons at USC. In 1976, he became the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, an NFL expansion team. His son, John McKay Jr., played WR for his father at both USC and Tampa Bay.
- #123
Most of the time, when there is a structure fire, it is a dilapidated, dark, very run-down building with "apartments" that look as if they were built in the 1920s, with small sinks in the main room.
- #124
In the first few episodes of the first season, there were indications of a romance between Dr. Brackett and nurse Dixie McCall. According to rumor, fans wrote letters stating they did not like the idea of the characters being so intimate, since Julie London, who played Dixie, was 7 years older than Robert Fuller, who played Dr. Brackett, and the storyline was therefore dropped.
- #125
During the emergency service's first year, Roy and Johnny turned right whenever they received a call. You could see cars parked on the left side of the curb. The same cars were shown every time they received a call, indicating that when the fire engine turned right, the producers used the same film loop in every scene of Johnny and Roy leaving the fire station.
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