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<blockquote data-quote="bmasters9" data-source="post: 335449" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>I personally would add the movie-length pilot of <em>Emergency! </em>to that list (OAD Saturday, January 15, 1972 on NBC); it set up the fight to get a paramedic program started in California (one of the main characters in the series, Dr. Kelly Brackett [Robert Fuller], was initially opposed to it, but eventually joined the fight).</p><p></p><p>From this 1972 pilot picture (an <em>NBC Saturday Night at the Movies</em> broadcast that night) came a 6-season masterpiece of television that had Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe et al. (Jan. 1972 to May 1977), and has been credited for helping get paramedic and EMT programs started in many areas of America (I have finished it all on DVD [this pilot, the series, the <em>Adam-12 </em>crossover, and the <em>Final Rescues</em> TV movies of 1978 and '79]); it is also well-worth the money on DVD.</p><p></p><p>Here is an ad for what I believe is the pilot, from WBZ Channel 4 in Boston (now the CBS O&O of that New England area):</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]40005[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And here is the opening from that 1972 pilot picture:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]ZB-fQIKppCs[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bmasters9, post: 335449, member: 77"] I personally would add the movie-length pilot of [I]Emergency! [/I]to that list (OAD Saturday, January 15, 1972 on NBC); it set up the fight to get a paramedic program started in California (one of the main characters in the series, Dr. Kelly Brackett [Robert Fuller], was initially opposed to it, but eventually joined the fight). From this 1972 pilot picture (an [I]NBC Saturday Night at the Movies[/I] broadcast that night) came a 6-season masterpiece of television that had Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe et al. (Jan. 1972 to May 1977), and has been credited for helping get paramedic and EMT programs started in many areas of America (I have finished it all on DVD [this pilot, the series, the [I]Adam-12 [/I]crossover, and the [I]Final Rescues[/I] TV movies of 1978 and '79]); it is also well-worth the money on DVD. Here is an ad for what I believe is the pilot, from WBZ Channel 4 in Boston (now the CBS O&O of that New England area): [ATTACH type="full" alt="emergency1972premieread.jpg"]40005[/ATTACH] And here is the opening from that 1972 pilot picture: [MEDIA=youtube]ZB-fQIKppCs[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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