Emergency +4

*Emergency +4*
Emergency +4
Genre	Adventure cartoon
Created by	Harold Jack Bloom; R. A. Cinader; (live-action basis program)
Developed by	Fred Calvert Productions
Presented by	Fred Calvert Productions
Voices of	Randolph Mantooth; Kevin Tighe
Theme music composer	Sound Track Music Company
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Producer	Fred Calvert
Running time	30 min.
Production companies	Fred Calvert Productions; Mark VII Limited; Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 8, 1973 –; November 30, 1974
Related
	Emergency!

Emergency +4 is a 1973–74 American animated television series based on the live action prime-time series Emergency!^[1]

The cartoon features the show's two main characters, young firefighter-paramedics John Roderick "Johnny" Gage and Roy DeSoto, voiced by the actors who played them on the prime-time series, Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe. It also added 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Desert Storm"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
2	2	"Danger at Fantasy Park"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
3	3	"The Circus Story"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
4	4	"Sunken Plane"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
5	5	"River of Peril"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
6	6	"Fire at Sea"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
7	7	"Tsunami"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
8	8	"Brushfire"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
9	9	"Oil's Well"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
10	10	"Winter Nightmare"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
11	11	"Cry Wolf"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value

Season 2 (1974)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
12	1	"Bicycle Thieves"	Fred Calvert	John Bates	not a number value
13	2	"S.O.S. Help Us!"	Fred Calvert	Robert and Charlene Bralver	not a number value
14	3	"King of the Mountain"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
15	4	"Stuntman"	Fred Calvert	David and Susan Dworski	not a number value
16	5	"Odyssey I"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
17	6	"Odyssey II"	Fred Calvert	TBD	not a number value
18	7	"Out of the Blue"	Fred Calvert	Don Goodman	not a number value
19	8	"Afterburner"	Fred Calvert	Janus McBride	not a number value
20	9	"Wheels of Fire"	Fred Calvert	John Bates	not a number value
21	10	"Ghost of Billy Silver"	Fred Calvert	John Bates	not a number value
22	11	"The Old Crox"	Fred Calvert	John Bates	not a number value
23	12	"Blast Off"	Fred Calvert	John Bates	not a number value

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

^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 181. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ 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.
^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 145. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

External links

Emergency +4 at IMDb
Episode guide^{[dead link‍]} at the Big Cartoon DataBase

[1] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 181. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[Woolery-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.

[Daytime-3] Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 145. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

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