Just watched the 2 part ep of The Six Million Dollar Man - The Secret of Bigfoot and the 2 part ep of The Bionic Woman - Kill Oscar Goldman, the one that introduces the fembots. Needless to say both of these villains scared the bejezus out of me when I was a kid. š±
Had all the toys though! I was also a member of the Steve Austin fan club. Had to send away and got a signed 8x10 glossy portrait of Lee Majors as Col Austin. š¤š š
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 70ās. 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!
Watched a few ep of Emergency! now and I have to say itās 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, itās refreshing. šØ
More fun things:
- Always checking the map before a run (No GPS!)
- Writing *everything* down (no tablets!)
- Have each otherās backs
- Rampart staff is a little stiff compared
- Animal rescues YAY!
So I asked ChatGPT what was the episode of #Emergency where Fireman John Gage was hit by a car. It gave me a long, dramatic answer citing S3 ep 19 called āThe Hard Hoursā. Went and read the description on Peacock and it said nothing about Gage being hit.
Then I googled the question and found it was actually S5 E22 āThe Nuisanceā.
Iām starting to think AI is a complicated plot by Google to make web searching relevant again.
Another classic show I watched growing up was #GilligansIsland I know every ep by heart & drove my mom crazy watching it š
Fav eps:
Pass the Vegitables Please - The castaways gain superpowers by eating radioactive veggies.
Mine Hero - Gilligan hauls in a WWII mine and they try to diffuse it before it blows up the island.
Seer Gilligan - The castaways discover seeds that let them read each otherās minds!
Gilliganās Living Doll - A NASA robot lands & they put him to work + a possible rescue.
@gedeonm I once did the math, that I had probably seen them all about 7 times? Twice per school year, not watching in summer because no āafter schoolā appointment. 5 episodes a week 3/4 of the year, around 100 episodes produced total.
About the point I was sure I had seen them all about three times, I caught one I missed.
It had Richard Kiel and a lot of night shots, including a blue moon. Ghost a Go-Go. I forget the reason for Richard Kiel in cat burglar costume being on the island.
My wife and I were taking bets if Gage and DeSoto would have to defibrillate one of the victims in this tiny plane that crashed atop a tree deep in the forest 100 feet up. #Emergency
Yes/No?
When #Emergency is good itās *really* good. Iām starting to understand why it became the smash hit it did with S2 E1 āProblemā.
DeSoto considers quitting being a paramedic after a quick decision in the field and the victim is lost. The ep culminates with a thrilling house fire where Roy goes in to find a boy and his dog and rescues both.
This is a *real* structure fire on a real street in LA. No CGI no back lot at universal. How they did it I dunno but itās damned fine TV.
Another #StarTrek alum makes an appearance on #Emergency S2 E5, this time itās William Campbell from Trek TOS, better known as Trelayne from The Squire of Gothos. š
Campbell plays a drunk driver who plows into a little seven year old girl and puts her in critical condition for most of the episode. Despicable doesnāt do his performance justice. Of course this is #RetroTV and she finally recovers in the end thank goodness. š
Just crazy the stars you run into when watching old TV shows like #Emergency.
Sheās only on screen for like a minute and her appearance in S2 E10 āDinner Dateā is uncredited but this is a very very young Melissa Gilbert.
It might be her very first TV appearance, Iām not sure. This was in 1972, two years before the premiere of Little House on the Prairie in ā74. I almost missed her completely! #RetroTV
How times change! Gage and DeSoto rescue a child locked in a hot car at a shopping plaza whoās been trapped for an hour unattended.
They get him out and he seems to be okay thankfully and the childās mom comes running out from a hair salon not to thank them but to berate them for breaking into her car without permission.
I was SURE they would call a cop to arrest her and take the kid but nope! They hand the boy back and apologize and go on their merry way.
1973, BABY!! š± #Emergency #RetroTV
Such questions have mistakenly veered towards more popular (but wrong) episodes for years.
@gedeonm weird, because when I ask it, it gives the correct answer:
The episode youāre thinking of is:
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āThe Nuisanceā
(Season 5, Episode 22) of
Emergency!
@sunsetandlabrea I think this probably demonstrates the problem in that itās so untrustworthy that it gives different responses depending on when and how you ask the question.
Hereās the screenshot of my actual query. And I actually gave it more credibility than I should have because it didnāt actually suggest the episode I said it did. S3 E 18 is called āHow green was my thumb?ā not āThe World of Hurtā. š¤·āāļø
@chertridge @michaelgemar see, this is why I called Emergency! TV comfort food. Thereās a predictability in every emergency call. They show them heading out, arriving, assessing the scene, getting the patientās vitals and calling it in. And that part is pretty much all the same every time. Itās like a little dramatic ritual and itās fun and comforting to me.
Plus now I know what the hell ringers lactate is! š¤š
@gedeonm watch this next - totally forgot about it
I meanā¦ you canāt watch this without also watching Adam 12
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