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Adios, Emergency !

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The day we have been alerting you to has finally arrived.  This is the final day that the tv episodes of Emergency! will be available for free on the internet.  After today, all episodes will be moved over to the Hulu-Plus service and will be charged for downloading.

It's been a great 20 months that we have been riding along with Roy and Johnny.  They are just like other members of our shift by now.  The Geezerguys are glad that you were able to ride along with us.  After today the entire Sunday Emergency! category archives will be disabled, too.  So pull up the computer chair for 49 minutes and 44 seconds and enjoy this episode.

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Season Three – Episode 14

Computer Error

 

The computer makes a mistake and paramedic Gage's dinner costs $842

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A Saturday Emergency !

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Season Three – Episode 13

Understanding

 

Gage and DeSoto rescue a horse from a burning stable.

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A Friday Emergency !

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Season Three – Episode 12

Body Language

 

A teen-age girl trips out after eating daffodil bulbs.

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A Friday Emergency !

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Notice: As we previously explained to you HERE, the availability of the Emergency! series expires on September 18. After 21 months of visiting Johnny and Roy every Sunday, we will no longer be able to provide you with these great, classic episodes. Beginning Sept. 4 we are running an Emergency! Marathon and showing an episode every day until the franchise expires. The only exception will be this weekend, Sept. 10 and 11 in deference to the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon building attacks. After the 18th our archived postings under Sunday Emergency will also be removed. We hope you enjoyed these shows as much as we did.

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Season Three – Episode 11

Promise

A grateful girl gifts Gage with a dog.

 

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A Thursday Emergency !

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Notice: As we previously explained to you HERE, the availability of the Emergency! series expires on September 18. After 21 months of visiting Johnny and Roy every Sunday, we will no longer be able to provide you with these great, classic episodes. Beginning Sept. 4 we are running an Emergency! Marathon and showing an episode every day until the franchise expires. The only exception will be next weekend, Sept. 10 and 11 in deference to the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon building attacks. After the 18th our archived postings under Sunday Emergency will also be removed. We hope you enjoyed these shows as much as we did.

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Season Three – Episode 10

Zero

 

Paramedic Gage finds it takes a different kind of courage to face television cameras and DeSoto has to save him.

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A Wednesday Emergency !

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Notice: As we previously explained to you HERE, the availability of the Emergency! series expires on September 18. After 21 months of visiting Johnny and Roy every Sunday, we will no longer be able to provide you with these great, classic episodes. Beginning Sept. 4 we are running an Emergency! Marathon and showing an episode every day until the franchise expires. The only exception will be next weekend, Sept. 10 and 11 in deference to the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon building attacks. After the 18th our archived postings under Sunday Emergency will also be removed. We hope you enjoyed these shows as much as we did.

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Season Three – Episode 9

Inheritance Tax

 

The paramedics become heirs to $1,000,000.

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A Tuesday Emergency !

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Notice: As we previously explained to you HERE, the availability of the Emergency! series expires on September 18. After 21 months of visiting Johnny and Roy every Sunday, we will no longer be able to provide you with these great, classic episodes. Beginning Sept. 4 we are running an Emergency! Marathon and showing an episode every day until the franchise expires. The only exception will be next weekend, Sept. 10 and 11 in deference to the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon building attacks. After the 18th our archived postings under Sunday Emergency will also be removed. We hope you enjoyed these shows as much as we did.

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Season Three – Episode 8

Insomnia

 

Paramedic Gage, despite the help of his friends, just can't get to sleep.

A Monday Emergency !

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Notice: As we previously explained to you HERE, the availability of the Emergency! series expires on September 18. After 21 months of visiting Johnny and Roy every Sunday, we will no longer be able to provide you with these great, classic episodes. Beginning Sept. 4 we are running an Emergency! Marathon and showing an episode every day until the franchise expires. The only exception will be next weekend, Sept. 10 and 11 in deference to the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon building attacks. After the 18th our archived postings under Sunday Emergency will also be removed. We hope you enjoyed these shows as much as we did.

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Season Three – Episode 7

The Promotion

 

A major traffic pile-up on a fogbound freeway during rush hour causes problems.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Notice:  As we previously explained to you HERE, the availability of the Emergency! series expires on September 18.  After 21 months of visiting Johnny and Roy every Sunday, we will no longer be able to provide you with these great, classic episodes.  Beginning today we will be running an Emergency! Marathon and showing an episode every day until the franchise expires.  The only exception will be next weekend, Sept. 10 and 11 in deference to the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon building attacks.  After the 18th our archived postings under Sunday Emergency will also be removed.  We hope you enjoyed these shows as much as we did.

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Season Three – Episode 6

Snake Bite

 

Gage is attacked by a rattlesnake during a mountain rescue.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Three – Episode 5

Heavyweight

 

Dr. Brackett tries to persuade a mother to keep her deformed baby.

Notice!

On September 18 our run with Emergency! will come to an end.
After 20 months, Hulu will be taking all episodes offline from
their free access site.  Read our Morning Lineup of
August 22 HERE for complete details.

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Morning Lineup – August 22

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Monday Morning – Schedule Change Announcement.

It was 20 months ago that we began running the weekly episodes of the classic tv series Emergency! each Sunday here on Firegeezer.  Our first posting was on January 3 of last year, over the New Year's Day weekend.  After running it for a few weeks it became a popular Sunday diversion for our readers, almost a habit for some.

When the show originally ran on NBC television in 1972, many of its current fans weren't even born yet, or at least too young to enjoy the show.  But its realism in depicting the everyday activities of a firehouse routine along with the well-scripted dramatic stories woven into the hour-long program is enduring and remains ever popular, especially for people connected to the fire and EMS services.  Who in the business doesn't know who Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto are?

But a month from now, our run with the crews from Engine and Squad 51 along with the sterling staff at Rampart General's ER will be coming to an end.  We have been documenting over the past 8 months or so about the shifting distribution plans of the various video purveyors as we've watched Blockbuster and other retail rental units shutting down amid a shift to virtual delivery of programming over the internet in lieu of dvd's and online viewing opportunities.  Our provider of the Emergency! series, Hulu is moving the four available seasons over to their Hulu-Plus system that operates as a subscription plan that charges monthly fees much like Netflix does and permits you to watch any and everything on direct downloading to your computer and tv set.

The final day that Emergency! will be available free online is Sunday, September 18, so our pleasant visit to Los Angeles County will be coming to an end.  During the final two weeks of availability I am planning on running an Emergency! marathon showing an episode each day during the span, excepting Sept. 10 and 11 when the WTC commemoration will be predominant.  Also on the 18th our links in the Sunday Emergency category will be canceled and our backlisted postings will be removed from our archives.  Time marches  on.

Now we need to march on and get this equipment checked out for today.  It's Monday, so the long list will keep us busy for a while.  I'll make sure there's plenty of coffee ready.  See you back in the day room later.

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A Sunday Emergency!

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Season Three – Episode 4

An English Visitor

 

A visiting fireman causes jealousy when the paramedics take him on the rounds.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Three – Episode 3

Alley Cat

 

Paramedic Gage is chosen as "father'' to a litter of kittens.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Three – Episode 1

Frequency

 

Four paramedic units face their own emergencies when they have to share the same frequency for messages.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 21

Audit

 

Paramedic DeSoto must decide whether or not to do an amputation on a trapped man.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 20

Rip-Off

 

Paramedics DeSoto and Gage are accused of stealing $500 from a heart attack victim.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 19

Boot

 

The Paramedics and men of Station 51 become concerned when their mascot becomes listless and refuses to eat.

 

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 18

Seance

 

The paramedics respond to a series of unusual emergencies after treating an injured woman at a seance.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 17

Honest

 

Paramedics Gage and DeSoto feud over whether the truth should always be told.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 16

Syndrome

 

When TV star Raymond Boyd is brought to Rampart, Dr. Brackett suspects that he and Nurse McCall knew each other before.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 15

The Professor

 

When a foreign dignitary becomes ill, Dr. Brackett is asked to cure him.

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A Weekend Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 14

School Days

 

A paramedic trainee loses his confidence on his first call.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 13

Drivers

 

A star quarterback collapses for unknown reasons.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 12

Helpful

 

A new doctor at Rampart suddenly disappears.

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A Sunday Emergency !

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Season Two – Episode 11

Musical Mania

 

Paramedic Gage drives the crew up the wall with his attempts to become a musician.

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