Emergency! Opening Theme Songs & Ending Theme Song

[medisys201]

This show is what got me in to this line of work. We need more shows like this.

[deathmasta455]

I love this show its classic!!!

[jalola298]

A couple of years ago, Randy Mantooth got interviewed on a medical show in Canada. He said that all the actors actually took enough of the real paramedic course to look realistic on TV. The show was created to help promote the paramedic service which was just starting in the US around 1970. They had to have a real fireman in the cast to drive the fire reel. And the actors from the show regularly go out on the road promoting paramedic and EMS services to this day. Very very impressive!

[authorsdream]

@jalola298 Yea, I read that. It is impressive. That's why the show looked so real. It's still the best show and I still love it!

[ambersalcove]

I agree that this was when tv was tv and I also have to agree that 70's tv stars were definately heart throbs

[bhkidd]

How ironic! Bobby Sherman is in this as a nurse during his teen heartthrob days. Now he is a fully certified EMT and serves as a medical training officer for the LAPD.

[authorsdream]

@bhkidd He played an intern in this episode. I read somewhere that he was asked if that role was what got him interested and he said No, that it was while his children were little.

He was a good role model then and even more so now! 

[kewrock]

Thanks. Out of all the Emergency clips uploaded, This is the only one that has that segment of music. That's the one I remember.

[kewrock]

anybody know what season :19 to :53 is?

[authorsdream]

@kewrock all pics in this video came from Season 3 episode title "Fools."

[TheJoshJericho]

add my mate TheMysterio1995

[joned1000]

TV used to entertain. Now it's a parade of fools on reality slop, people who like to air their dirty laundry and think we're all interested. We have to stop watching, folks, and it will go away.

[authorsdream]

@joned1000 I agree. TV used to Entertain. Now I hardly watch it except maybe on Monday and Tuesday.

[ambersalcove]

I think my favorite character has to be Kevin Tigh who plays Roy Desoto in the show I wonder if he became a fire fighter Paramedic after this show?

[authorsdream]

@ambersalcove No, Kevin Didn't become a Firefighter. He is still acting. If I remember correctly he is doing plays now and is doing very well. I also believe he has a fan site.

[ambersalcove]

I'm renting this show on DVD it's the best

[authorsdream]

@ambersalcove you do know you can by the first six season of the show and season 7 is due out by the end of March or beginning of April.

[paramedicEmergency51]

I am currently uploading the rest of the Great Rescues of Emergency! episode on my channel since it's not on DVD or the Internet. Check out my channel

[ninasgirl]

It will be out in a couple of months. I got a notice from Amazon that my shipment of Season 7 will be sent out between April 1 - 5. I saw somewhere else it will be released on March 29th.

[PrinceWatercress]

In my opinion, this show is a hell of a lot better than what's on today.

[ninasgirl]

@PrinceWatercress I couldn't agree more! I am hard press to find a show that meets this quality. It's still around after thirty some years, that should say something about how great the show is! 

[PrinceWatercress]

@ninasgirl Glad someone agrees with me! Thanks a lot!

[ninasgirl]

@PrinceWatercress Where this show is concerned I will always agree. It's the best ever! I will always love it! I never tire of watching the episodes. NEVER!

[ambersalcove]

I agree with that

[DirtyHarry450]

LOVED THIS SHOW THIS SHOW INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER AND IN 1992 THE DREAM BECAME A REALITY AND TO THIS DAY I AM STILL IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE FIRE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD! NOTHING I KNOW MEANS MORE THAN SAVING A LIFE!

[mic187x2]

too bad the modern version of emergency Trauma didn't make it past 1 season. also didn't you hate how Nancy kissed her partner and we dont know what happened because the show was cancelled

[montanaguy01]

My favorite episode of Emergency! was the special "Emergency! Greatest Rescues", that included the clips of the lady that got her big toe stuck in the bathtub faucet and the lady that had trouble breathing from wearing a girdle that was too small and too tight, and it had to be cut off. Johnny got the honors of cutting it off and once he made the last snip with the scissors, it came off and smacked him in the face!

[michelles5257]

I agree..... Randolph Mantooth was / is something else! I had a HUGE crush on him back then. I don't remember Bobby Sherman being on the show!!! WOW, Randy and Bobby in one show.... I must have been drooling as an 8-year-old! LOL. :)

[Voluptuousgirly]

@michelles5257 Its ironic how Bobby Sherman wound up later in life becoming an EMT lol :)

[4841253]

Randolf mantooth was something else back then! 

[authorsdream]

@4841253 Randolph Mantooth is STILL something else! LOL

[SuperAwesomeLontopia]

Why isn't emergency on iTunes?

[meavid]

My only real childhood memory of this show was the episode when a truck that was carrying a shipment of tomatoes lost control, spilling tomatoes onto another driver...something like that. :)

[Moosedog89]

I loved this show this brings back so many memories. I used to stay at my great grand parents house and on Saturdays I used to have to watch Lawrence Welk before I could watch Emergency and then Adam 12 I miss those days and I miss my grandparents memories are GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mkl62]

This episode showed that the paramedic program still had some unbelievers like Sherman's character, a second generation doctor. After almost fatally diagnosing a heart attack victim, Sherman rides with the squad. They get a girl out of a mailbox, which gets a good laugh, but things turn deadly when they rescue another heart attack victim trapped on a ledge during a refinery fire. Sherman sees first hand what they go through and his opinion changes.

[austin39028]

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS SHOW. IT'S BEEN VERY LONG SINCE I HAVE WATCHED IT BECAUSE I MOVED.

I CAN'T WATCH IT ANYMORE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TV.I REALLY MISS HOW IT STARTED WITH THE FIRE TRUCK.THANK YOU!!!!!!!

[authorsdream]

@austin39028 They do have the first six seasons on DVD now so if you are able to get them, you could once again enjoy this wonderful show. It's still great after all these years!

[austin39028]

@authorsdream thank you



[authorsdream]

@austin39028 You're very welcome.

[4841253]

@austin39028 You can get full episodes on hulu.

[Rayna0758]

I tell you one damn thing watching Johnny and Roy as a Kid made me what I am today thats right firefighter EMT

[JollyRodders]

We used to watch this in the U.K back in the 1970s when the ambulance crews over here were just stretcher bearers. The Ambulance service now is 100% paramedic...And they even use the same sound sirens on their vehicles too.

[LASportsFan4Life]

I'm in paramedic class right now. Inserting two amps of sodium bicarb would be considered a disaster nowadays, LOL.

[kmdiver911]

i am a firefighter/paramedic today directly because of this show. watching this sure shows how far we have come in the fire service/EMS. today if it is in my med box i can give it without contacting medical control for "orders," and the only time we send an EKG strip is if we are on the scene of an acute STEMI, and then it is to the cath lab so they can be ready for the patient. this show ROCKS!!!!

[gunslingermedic]

Emergency was my inspiration when I went into the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman and became an EMT for close to 17 years before I retired in 2006.

[kmdiver911]

@gunslingermedic amen brother.  this show became THE reason why so many of us today are in EMS/fire service.

2 amps Sodium Bicarb - hahahahaha.

[robjg5246]

Gosh this reminds me of getting home from high school, rolling a doob and enjoying KTLA Los Angeles brining me the finest of Jack Webb's shows!

[robjg5246]

Man......Jack Webb was a television show creating master!

[savammy]

i dont remember bobby sherman on this show

[authorsdream]

He was on the episode "FOOLS" in Season Three.

[daboteman]

Nelson Riddle composed the main title music for the television show named "Route 66".

Bobby Troup wrote the lyrics for the song that cajoled you to "get your kicks on Route 66", essentially a sales pitch for the highway. So you're both right.

[TheMashwatcher585]

this was when tv was tv

[chadg7200]

oh yeah. i hate watching CSI,

[thermonuclearwarfare]

i loved this show as a kid...

man! i cant find any clips on youtube of the intro to the show! errrrrrrrr

[DENNISPUPPY]

cheer up, season 6 dvd is on the way- april 13

[regency98us]

Man I loved this show. This and Adam -12. If anyone remembers episodes of Adam-12 when there would be a wreck or a fire, and all of a sudden on screen the Squad 51 and Engine 51 trucks would appear. It was like all our heroes coming together. I loved that!

[da40flyer]

If memory serves, I believe Reed and Malloy were in an episode of Emergency.

[luvtrns4evr]

Shows today don't deserve ratings. This show was my favorite and it had such a great cast and theme.

[steadfastcoward]

I can't see why not! They always looked like they would fit in anywhere, 2 million or 2,000 people. It never looked like acting...they looked like they worked there with the other actual firemen in the cast.

THAT has to be why people love this show so much. It hits a big harmonious chord with them.

[MAURICIO6403]

UNIDAD 51 RAMPAX

[steadfastcoward]

Jack Webb was always so good at finding casts that worked as if they'd known each other for life : )

I do wonder what was in those drips... and shame on you Sweeny ;-ppp

[sweenykim]

I like how Kelly Brackett MD would give an IV-D5W to EVERY patient for EVERY condition. You could come into Rampart with Bad breath or hemmorids & he'd have U hooked up to an IV-D5w before he could get a glimpse up Julie London's dress.  :)

[bhkidd]

How funny, a shot of Bobby Sherman, who actually became a paramedic and I believe still works in LA county

[papamac630]

Another bit o' trivia...the episode "Fools" was a precursor to Bobby Sherman's becoming a real-life paramedic...ended up as the chief paramedic trainer for Los Angeles County...not bad for a pain-in-the-paramedics-butt-do­ctor...

[case139]

And the funny part is that Bobby Sherman, just two years earlier,  was the lead on an ABC series entitled "Getting Together", which aired, ironically, on Saturday nights.

[regency98us]

Yes, it was a spinoff from The Partridge Family when he and Wes Stern were on an episode which aired in March 1971.

[clarkbailey1973]

I loved this show as a kid

[paktype]

I loved this show. I thought the red EMT truck was the coolest thing ever.

[QuaintMelissaK]

It's interesting that Bobby Sherman, who was in this episode, is now an EMT!

[rubber4532]

I never noticed how gawky randolph was

[lawhamjr]

I'm watching Season 4 right now. And with a kid on the way, you gotta show it to him. Two childhoods connected with one show!

[starwarsrebel2006]

There was a Saturday morning cartoon version of this show. I remember watching it as a kid in the 70's.

[mcdonchris]

OMG yeah I had forgotten about the cartoon...I loved the Emergency one and the Planet of the Apes one...Thanks for reminding me...lol

[meyersd66]

Start an IV with d5w.. stat!

[mom369222]

I always loved EMERGENCY! I never missed an episode. Every weekend Saturday Nights, I'd turn on the t.v., thses guys were my heroes

[authorsdream]

I only missed one episode and that was after my mom passed away. The last episode we watched together was Emergency! that Staurday night. Saturady's at 8PM sharp! That was my TV time. My brothers didn't know but after every episode I would follow mom into the kitchen and ask if I could watch it next week. She always said yes. She loved the show also.

[DartsRme312]

Saturday Nights....back in the day when they ACTUALLY put good programming on...NOT no more!

[FPC2110]

I looked up some info on the series and found that Emergency was the catalyst of modern EMS in use today. The one thing I thought at the time was that the show had more equipment than most real departments at the time. The show donated their equipment to the LA Fire Department after the show went off the air.

I understand that Squad 51 is in the LA Fire Museum. IMHO, the show has saved countless lives by being the catalyst for then cutting edge procedures.

[authorsdream]

Yes we know and all us Emergency! fans are very proud of that fact. I still think this is the best show ever created and none today can touch it.

[beurselfman]

Love that "Mark V" clink at the end!

[Medic83301]

I watched Emergency when I was young and that's when I decided to be a paramedic . My favorite opening theme is the conversation between Johnny & Roy and Rampart .

[DrEarlScheib]

"???"(Indeed... a fine point, not withstanding...) OK then...

He was the LEAD composer/arranger... My source is his daughter just to tip the iceberg... This is a cool video post BTW. (He also wrote Barnaby Jones as well as Bob Newhart among others. Many singers/entertainers enjoyed working with Mr. Riddle; Among THEM was Dinah Shore...)

(...indeed...)

[mkl62]

The first opening theme is from the 1975-76 season. It shows both Squad and Engine 51 leaving the station. The third opening is from the final season (1976-77). It is mainly dialogue between the paramedics and Rampart Hospital.

[donmccullen]

I have started watching Emergency! on RTN and dialogue opening was was used in the 1975-76.

[DrEarlScheib]

Theme by Nelson Riddle; Who also penned "Route 66". When music was music. Nice posting. Thanks.

[case139]

And on the season FOUR DVD? All but one episode have the Season 6 opening instead of the Season 4 opening. What is Universal thinking? This wasn't "authentic" or "as it happened" on the original run.

[case139]

The four themes are, in this order: Fifth season opener, first season opener (after episode 3), sixth season opener (now exclusively covering all episodes in syndication), and third season closing.

[authorsdream]

I"M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU!!!!!

I CAN"T WAIT TO HAVE EVERY LAST SHOW AND MOVIE!

I KNOW A CERTAIN FRIEND OF MINE WILL BE HAPPY THEN TOO!!!

HAVE NO IDEA WHY SHE HASN"T GOTTEN TIRED OF ME WATCHING WHAT I HAVE ALREADY EVERY NIGHT!!!! LOL Evertime she calls, I put on an Emergency! episode! Hey! When there's something that good to watch, why watch anything else! RIGHT?!

[organmommie]

Hmmm, well, maybe your friend just enjoys the show a lot too, or maybe it's her way of trying to show you that everything that is important to you is important to her as well.

[theylou]

Love them all!! From the Pilot to the last 2 hour movie. I must complete my collection. Thank you for posting.

[BassmanII]

The Second theme is from the first season

[authorsdream]

Yes, it is, but the first one is from the two hour movie Pilot. Where they first become paramedics.

[megamanj2007]

What variation of the "Emergency!" theme (heard from 0:00 to 1:02) was this from? Must be from later seasons, because the music is much faster and more upbeat than in earlier seasons.

[authorsdream]

The first one you hear is from the pilot Episode.

[BassmanII]

Wrong!! That is from the 1975-76 (Fifth) Season

[authorsdream]

Well it sounds like the first pilot episode to me, but I could be wrong. Guess that's the reason to watch the very first movie of Emergency!

[da40flyer]

The first theme is from the syndicated version. The second is from the pilot. The third is the first run network show's theme after season 1. :)

[authorsdream]

Thank you for clearing that up for everyone! Though you did take away my reason for watching the pilot episode again! LOL

[da40flyer]

LOL aww come on now, the pilot is always worth another look.

[authorsdream]

Well, that's true...I guess I am just going to have to make the sacrific and bit the bulett! LOL Yea, like it will be such a hardship on me! NOT!!!!! LOL

[LtGiant]

I Used To Emergency! As Reruns Everyday When I Was A Kid..

[Centennialite]

Ah, to be 12 years old again! I loved John Gage and my best friend had a thing for Roy. We actually did an MST3K-type audio recording with one of the episodes one afternoon, pretending we were right there with the guys at the fire... it was a blast! Thanks for posting this!

[theylou]

It's Saturday night all over again. When I was a kid and I heard this theme music I ran to the tv. I had to see my man,Johnny Gage. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep it up!!

[authorsdream]

I know what you mean! It was the highlight of my week! To make sure that I could watch it ever Saturday night I would go into the kitchen and ask my mom if I could watch it the next week. She always said yes. Made my brothers and sisters soooo mad!!! LOL

They never knew why I got to watch the show every week until after our mother passed away in 73.

[mom369222]

Saturday Nights were my best nights. I had to settle for black, and white though until we got a colr t.v., but after the 1st episode, I was hooked! After that, I looked forward to Sat nights,and my favorite show