Emergency +4

Emergency +4
GenreAction Adventure Cartoon Science fiction
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!. It ran for two seasons.

The Saturday-morning cartoon series shows 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 attract its target audience, it also adds a "plus four" of kids trained in lifesaving techniques—Carol, Matt, Jason, and Randy—along with their pets Flash the dog, Charlemagne the hawk, and Bananas the monkey.

Cast

Episodes

Season 1 (1973)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air 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 air 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

Season 2

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 14 March 2020.

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