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2026-04-06 04:42 UTC

Since I was on a retro TV kick I picked a random ep of the old Emergency! series and boy it was awesome! A two-part ep from S7 that was like a mini disaster flick where they have to rescue office workers from a raging inferno high rise. Really impressive for a TV show from the 70’s. Hundreds of extras, tons of physical burning sets, and high drama. The S7 ep also had a very familiar, very YOUNG John DeLancie, better known to us as Q from #StarTrek TNG. Impressive, Mon capitan!

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  • @gedeonm@mastodon.social A few days ago I re-downloaded Quantum Conundrum - a physics-based Portal-like puzzle platformer with John as narrator and quirky mad scientist. 😁 Although I played and finished it already years ago after it's initial release, I had to buy it again on Steam, simply because its really noticeable that John put a lot of heart and soul into it. 😊

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  • @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-06 18:10

    @gedeonm@mastodon.social I loved this show! Made the pilgrimage in 2013 Friend of mine became a paramedic because of his childhood love of the show

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  • @gedeonm@mastodon.social 2026-04-10 01:21

    Watched a few ep of Emergency! now and I have to say it’s kinda TV comfort food. Parts are hokey but other parts are super sincere and the leads are just well acted. Gage and DeSoto both are professionals w/ awesome bedside manners. They take pride in their job and their squad, it’s refreshing. 🚨 More fun things: - Always checking the map before a run (No GPS!) - Writing *everything* down (no tablets!) - Have each other’s backs - Rampart staff is a little stiff compared - Animal rescues YAY!

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  • @johninparis@zx81.social 2026-04-18 09:12

    @gedeonm@mastodon.social Oh, wow. I absolutely loved “Emergency!” and “Adam 12” (which someone else mentioned, too). I had the “Emergency!” lunchbox (metal, of course, as they were back then). It became a storage box for small toys when I retired it. My uncle was a firefighter, and I *so* wanted to be one when I grew up. One Christmas, I got his fire department chief’s metal helmet as a gift after they switched to the then-new non-conductive helmets. I still have the helmet, but not sure about the lunchbox.

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