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Emergency +4

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!

R. A. Cinader (live-action basis program) Kevin Tighe Mark VII Limited Universal Television

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)

Season 2 (1974)

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

(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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