Emergency/Trivia

• Actor Allusion: In the episode "Firehouse Four" (4x11), Johnny asks Dixie if she knows anything about singing. The actress who plays Dixie, Julie London, was a singer in real life.
  • Also in the pilot, when Dr. Joe Early, while playing piano at a party, greets Dr. Brackett with an impromptu song. Early was played by Jazz Singer and Songwriter Bobby Troup, most famous for Nat King Cole's hit song 'Route 66.'
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Jamie Farr (Corporal Klinger from M*A*S*H (television)) guest-starred in one episode as a student who thought someone had put a hex on him.
  • In one TVLand ad, Gage is telling some nursing students (via a fake voiceover) the exciting things he gets to do as a paramedic. Along with "spray foam around" and "rescue cats from trees", he gets to "help Dick Van Patten when he gets his hand caught in a drain".
• You Look Familiar: In the Dragnet/Adam-12/Emergency shared universe, Tim Donnelly appeared in 5 different roles in Dragnet and 2 roles in Adam before landing his regular role as Firefighter Chet Kelly in Emergency.