Emergency +4
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| genre | Action Adventure Science fiction cartoon |
| creator | Harold Jack Bloom |
| R. A. Cinader | |
| (live-action basis program) | |
| developer | Fred Calvert Productions |
| presenter | Fred Calvert Productions |
| voices | Randolph Mantooth |
| Kevin Tighe | |
| theme_music_composer | Sound Track Music Company |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| num_seasons | 2 |
| num_episodes | 23 |
| producer | Fred Calvert |
| runtime | 30 min. |
| network | NBC |
| company | Fred Calvert Productions |
| Mark VII Limited | |
| Universal Television | |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| related | Emergency! |
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Emergency +4 is a 1973–1974 American animated television series based on the live action prime-time series Emergency!, running concurrently for two seasons.
The Saturday-morning series features two main characters, firefighter-paramedics Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto, voiced by the actors who played them on the prime-time series, Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe. To appeal to its target audience, it also adds a "plus four" of young people trained in lifesaving techniques—Carol, Matt, Jason, and Randy—along with their pets Flash the dog, Charlemagne the hawk, and Bananas the monkey.
Broadcast run
The series began on NBC's Saturday morning schedule on September 8, 1973, and ran twenty-three 30-minute episodes over two seasons. The final episode aired on November 30, 1974. The show remained on the network until September 4, 1976 through re-runs.
Casting
Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe provided the character voices for their respective Emergency! paramedic characters of John Roderick Gage and Roy DeSoto. (See below for other character voice providers.)
Format
Each episode of the adventure series revolved around the Paramedical Rescue Service. The "+4" of the series title referred to the four children who joined the paramedics in each episode's rescue activities.
Production
Universal Studios outsourced the animation to Fred Calvert Productions because, at the time, it did not have its own animation division.
Cast
- Randolph Mantooth as John Gage
- Kevin Tighe as Roy DeSoto
- Donald Fullilove as Jason Phillips
- Peter Haas as Randy Alrich
- Sarah Kennedy as Sally and Carol Harper
- David Jolliffe as Matthew Harper
- Richard Paul (12 episodes, 1974)
Episodes
Season 1 (1973)
| EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Desert Storm | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Danger at Fantasy Park | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Circus Story | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Sunken Plane | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = River of Peril | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Fire at Sea | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Tsunami | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Brushfire | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Oil's Well | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Winter Nightmare | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Cry Wolf | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = AE102F
Season 2 (1974)
| EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Bicycle Thieves | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = John Bates | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = S.O.S. Help Us! | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = Robert and Charlene Bralver | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = King of the Mountain | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Stuntman | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = David and Susan Dworski | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Odyssey I | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Odyssey II | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Out of the Blue | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = Don Goodman | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Afterburner | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = Janus McBride | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Wheels of Fire | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = John Bates | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Ghost of Billy Silver | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = John Bates | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = The Old Crox | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = John Bates | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070 | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Blast Off | DirectedBy = Fred Calvert | WrittenBy = John Bates | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000070
Credits
Season 1
- Produced and Directed by Fred Calvert
- Starring the Voices of Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, with Donald Fullilove, Peter Haas, David Jolliffe, Sarah Kennedy
- Associate Producer: Clifford Alsberg
- Created by Harold Jack Bloom, R. A. Cinader
- Stories by Joel Kane, Carol Henning, David & Susan Dworski, Peter Dixon, Joe Bonaduce, Norman Maurer, Fred Freiberger, Michael Donovan
- Storyboard Director: Jan Green
- Storyboards: Bill Perez, Joe Bruno, Corny Cole
- Story Editors: Harriet Foster, Janis Fierstein
- Animation Director: Ray Patterson
- Animation: Edwin Aardal, Joan Drake, Daniel De La Vega, Shannon Lee Dyer, Robert Goe, Fred Hellmich, Robert Maxfield, Ambrozi Paliwoda, Morey Reden, Allen Wilzbach
- Production Designer: Don Jurwich
- Layout: Ray Aragon, Dale Barnhart, Kimie Calvert, Norm Gottfredson, Paul Gruwell, Alex Ignatiev, Michael Moss, James Mueller, Michael O'Mara, Norly Paat, Joel Seibel, Tony Sgroi, Craig Spaulding, Grace Stanzell, Al Wilson, Zygamond Jablecki
- Background Stylist: Walt Peregoy
- Background: Daniela Bielecka, Linda Langmade, Carolyn Lim, Cathy Patrick, Don Schweikert, Donald Watson
- Production Coordinator: Paul Shively
- Music by Sound Track Music Company
- Editing: Bill Shippey, Peter Aries
- Ink and Paint Supervisor: Pat Jencks
- Checking Supervisor: Jan Cornell
- Scene Coordinator: Rollie Greenwood
- Xerox Supervisor: Ralph Coffman
- Camera: Animation Camera Services, Inc.
- Sound Engineering: Tom Rees, Valentine Recording
- Production Assistants: Vanessa O'Meara, Carolyn Rosales
- Fred Calvert Productions in association with Mark VII Limited and Universal Studios
Season 2
- Executive Producers: Fred Calvert, Michael Jaffe
- Produced and Directed by Fred Calvert
- Associate Producer: Janis Fierstein
- Created by Harold Jack Bloom, R.A. Cinader
- Starring the Voices of Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, with Donald Fullilove, Peter Haas, Sarah Kennedy, Bobby Diamond, Richard Paul, Jack DeLeon, Casey Kasem
- Story Editors: Harriet Foster, Janis Fierstein
- Art Director: Kimie Calvert
- Storyboard/Layout: Gerard Baldwin, Gordon Bellamy, Norly Paat, Michael O'Mara, Roy Wilson, Bill Perez
- Animation: Shannon Lee Dyer, Edwin Aardal, Ed DeMattia, Fred Hellmich, Don Schloat, Allen Wilzbach
- Background Stylist: Walt Peregoy
- Background: Daniela Bielecka, Cathy Patrick, Don Schweikert, Donald Watson
- Music by Sound Track Music Company
- Editing: Bill Shippey, Peter Aries
- Production Coordinator: Don Schloat
- Scene Coordinator: Rollie Greenwood
- Ink and Paint Supervisor: Laurie Curran
- Xerox Supervisor: Ralph Coffman
- Camera: Animation Camera Services, Inc.
- Voice Track: Larrabee Sound
- Fred Calvert Productions in association with Mark VII Limited and Universal Studios
References
References
- (2018). "The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows". Rowman & Littlefield.
- (1983). "Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981". Scarecrow Press.
- (1997). "The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television". Watson-Guptill Publications.
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