Emergency +4

Emergency +4
GenreAction Adventure Science fiction cartoon
Created byHarold Jack Bloom
R. A. Cinader
(live-action basis program)
Developed byFred Calvert Productions
Presented byFred Calvert Productions
Voices ofRandolph Mantooth
Kevin Tighe
Theme music composerSound Track Music Company
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes23
Production
ProducerFred Calvert
Running time30 min.
Production companiesFred Calvert Productions
Mark VII Limited
Universal Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 8, 1973 (1973-09-08) –
November 30, 1974 (1974-11-30)
Related
Emergency!

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

Episodes

Season 1 (1973)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Desert Storm"Fred CalvertUnknown8 September 1973 (1973-09-08)
22"Danger at Fantasy Park"Fred CalvertUnknown15 September 1973 (1973-09-15)
33"The Circus Story"Fred CalvertUnknown22 September 1973 (1973-09-22)
44"Sunken Plane"Fred CalvertUnknown29 September 1973 (1973-09-29)
55"River of Peril"Fred CalvertUnknown6 October 1973 (1973-10-06)
66"Fire at Sea"Fred CalvertUnknown13 October 1973 (1973-10-13)
77"Tsunami"Fred CalvertUnknown20 October 1973 (1973-10-20)
88"Brushfire"Fred CalvertUnknown27 October 1973 (1973-10-27)
99"Oil's Well"Fred CalvertUnknown3 November 1973 (1973-11-03)
1010"Winter Nightmare"Fred CalvertUnknown10 November 1973 (1973-11-10)
1111"Cry Wolf"Fred CalvertUnknown17 November 1973 (1973-11-17)

Season 2 (1974)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
121"Bicycle Thieves"Fred CalvertJohn Bates14 September 1974 (1974-09-14)
132"S.O.S. Help Us!"Fred CalvertRobert and Charlene Bralver21 September 1974 (1974-09-21)
143"King of the Mountain"Fred CalvertUnknown28 September 1974 (1974-09-28)
154"Stuntman"Fred CalvertDavid and Susan Dworski5 October 1974 (1974-10-05)
165"Odyssey I"Fred CalvertUnknown12 October 1974 (1974-10-12)
176"Odyssey II"Fred CalvertUnknown19 October 1974 (1974-10-19)
187"Out of the Blue"Fred CalvertDon Goodman26 October 1974 (1974-10-26)
198"Afterburner"Fred CalvertJanus McBride2 November 1974 (1974-11-02)
209"Wheels of Fire"Fred CalvertJohn Bates9 November 1974 (1974-11-09)
2110"Ghost of Billy Silver"Fred CalvertJohn Bates16 November 1974 (1974-11-16)
2211"The Old Crox"Fred CalvertJohn Bates23 November 1974 (1974-11-23)
2312"Blast Off"Fred CalvertJohn Bates30 November 1974 (1974-11-30)

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

  1. ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 181. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ↑ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 145. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved March 19, 2020.