''Emergency +4'' is a 1973–1974 American animated television series based on the live action prime-time series ''

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'' 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,

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. 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, Charlemayne the myna bird and Bananas the monkey.

Broadcast run

The series began on

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'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.

Casting

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provided the character voices for their respective ''Emergency!''

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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

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outsourced the animation to Fred Calvert Productions because, at the time, it did not have its own animation division.

Cast

as John Gage *

as Roy DeSoto * Donald Fullilove as Jason Phillips * Peter Haas as Randy Alrich *

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as Sally and Carol Harper * David Jolliffe as Matthew Harper * Richard Paul (12 episodes, 1974)

Episodes

Season 1 (1973)

Season 2 (1974)

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,

* 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,

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* 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,

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* 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

External links

*
Episode guide
at the

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