I'm not really surprised by this because it's all about how the shot looks after the turn. To the right they have an open area with industrial buildings to the left they come up to an intersection only a few yards down the shot
Once in a great while you'll notice Squad/Engine 51 turn right, but mostly they turn left. And it seems like when they turn left, it seems like they have that same bunch of cars scrunched together and stopped in the middle of the road in the left turn lane.
I remember back watching Rockford Files with later episodes Jim drove the firebird with square headlights but they would show the the older model with round headlights.. Also when they would show the dash board of a Ford sedan dash when the car was a GM car or truck.. My mom thought I was crazy always showing her these little tidbits..
I'm glad you did this video!!! 😂 When this show was originally on, my parents and I would always guess which way they would turn...it turned into a family game!!! As I got older and tried to guess which way...I was always made fun of till all my friends started doing the same thing... 😂 As a young Adult...I thought I was just wierd, but...I wasn't!!!
First quibble; Engine 51 is not a truck but an engine (or pumper) in some places. Now, where the station is dictates the turn out of the station to a large degree. For instance, my station turned left out of the station a large majority of the time.
I have all the episodes on DVD. When I first got them, I noticed a lot of the video leaving the station looked like stock footage reused over and over. The same cars were always ahead of them or on the side streets. That could explain why they turned one way most of the time.
Station 51 has a fire engine, not a truck. Engines carry fire extinguishing equipment, such as hoses and extinguishers, while trucks carry mainly rescue equipment like ladders. (In case you can't tell on video what type of vehicle it is, the dispatcher frequently mentions Engine 51.)
Former volunteer firefighter. I have alot of city fire fighter friends and they saw this and said in city which station 51 is there are mapped out response areas. By appearance it looks like they are on the edge of town. So the city being mostly to the driver(right) side of the station. The less city more rural area might mid neutral response with another fire house. Or end city limits and covered by volunteers. But which ever way there are more public places or busy intersections would be the most likely direction they go. There's a station in NY thats on a 1 way street but most it's calls is from the direction the street comes from so they go the wrong way.
Rick, you’ve got so much patience going thru 18 videos looking for this! I found this to be so much fun and so interesting. At first I thought maybe they were reusing footage, but you’ve shown us that is definitely not the case. I think you made an excellent point that sometimes a city will open up more in one direction from a fire station. Who knows why for sure, but this was very enjoyable👍🏼
Hey Rick, I hate to admit this but I've been a fan of Emergency for over 50 years, yikes, I'm old!!! I never thought that they reused footage, I always figured that they turned in the direction of wherever the call was. Now I enjoy Emergency to see Los Angeles of yesteryear & to see what are now classic cars!!! Thanks for sharing another fascinating video!!! 👍👍🙂
We are old. Don't fear, current firefighters still watch the show. The firefighters in the 70's did more with so much less. Lots of cool tricks they do on every episode.
Crikey, the show was filmed before the South Coast Air Quality Management District was formed. Smog everywhere. Same goes for CHiPs. Even Galactica 1980.
I was trying to think back to when I used to watch this religiously. I thought always turned the same way. Very surprised when you found out that wasn’t totally true. Good job, Rick!
You’re most welcome. Our memories can be very selective and then some things we don’t remember things as they were. Me included. So I’m happy to be able to research this
I wonder if there was ever an episode where one vehicle went to the left and the other to the right at the same time? That would be cool! Speaking of vehicles, did they ever show where the employees at the station parked their own vehicles? I would think in the back, but I really don’t know. Anyway, I appreciate the work that went into this video. Your dedication to your craft is commendable! 👍🏻
In the back. There was an episode that showed Roy’s Porsche 356 (Tigh’s actual car, I think) and it was parked in back. And I think Johnny’s Land Rover (Mantooth’s actual vehicle) was shown in back, too. Going from memory. It’s been some years since I’ve seen these episodes.
You won't see a station sent on multiple calls at same time. So you won't see both vehicles leaving at same time and going to different incidents. That being said there are times when one unit -- the squad or the engine -- will be dispatched and almost immediately after the other unit is dispatched to a separate incident. In case of the squad being sent first and they call "Station 51" they'll then call something like "Squad 110 in place of Squad 51" as a note that the squad is already out
I enjoy these fact or fiction videos. Always interesting to find out what is or isn’t real regarding some of these shows, especially ones that are based within reality. Keep up the great work Rick, take care!
The way to differentiate between directions is stage left and stage right. So an actor on stage and facing the audience sees what is our left as right and vice versa.
Hello Rick, I grew up watching the original episodes when they first aired. On season 1 episode 8 Nurse’s Wild and episode 9 Publicity Hound squad 51 makes a left on its own first 20m in. Little trivia, I don’t know the name of the episode. John Gage has to drive squad 51. You see him driving south on Main St crossing Ramona Blvd in the city I grew up in Baldwin Park. I was so excited when I saw this. Thank you for all your efforts.
At 4:14, you said it was season 1 episode 3 if I’m correct. I know the show used a lot of stock footage from L.A. Co. fire dept. but this view was taken by Squad 29 (station 29 in Baldwin Park on Los Angeles St. west of Maine St.) The exact location is facing southbound on Maine at Ramona Blvd.. I used to live in Baldwin Park and drove this direction everyday. Also, I don’t believe squad 51 had a louvered hood but squad 29 did during this time period. Fun facts. I didn’t check the other comments so please forgive me if I repeated anything.
One episode mentioned is Cooks tour not Cooks town a slight error.. Plus it was likely stock footage from the first season and then season 3 from when the Ward arrived .. You'll notice in some footage of the Crown its Captian Hammar or Captian Stanley and a differant crew sometimes that was likely the Engine Jump seat crew from real Engine 127 likely on day one of "going code" stock footage from season 1 just like the "Why" doesn't Johnny drive >>it was due to a lot of stock footage was filmed in 1 day when Mantooth was under the weather (Hung over) from celebrating getting on the shows Pilot and series ..
Ad on to that IRL Station 36 is down the road to the right (that’s the left according to the rules of the camera facing the bay of Station 51) (side note I do not know where Station 36 is located on the show other than it exists)
I found the right-left thing a bit confusing as I always went with the way a driver would turn - which was opposite from the way you were looking at it. I’m absolutely enjoying watching the reruns on a cable channel as this was one of my favorite shows. It is really amazing though just how much fire and medical have changed since this show was new.
Was watching emergency tonight on a tv channel and in the episode right after Floor Bridage they turn the other direction that we aren't use to in beginning of the episode.
More superfluous info. In this view, the sun is casting a shadow of the roof lights onto the hood of the vehicle. Squad 51 was equipped with federal signal twinsonic lightbar but in this scene, the roof lights consisted of two forward facing red lights, a siren/speaker in between the two red lights and a single amber flasher facing the rear. The lights and siren/speaker were mounted onto a triangular plate called “The platter” which was mounted on the the front center of the roof. More trivia to astound your friends. Useless info but fun.😊
The town where I live has two fire stations; one is downtown at the municipal complex and the other is in the industrial park. The one at the industrial park only has a few factories and houses to the left, east, before you run out of the city limits. The one downtown is close to being centrally located in the western third of town and depending on the location they are going to they can go in either direction.
If you notice ... in the one episode where they do indeed turn left, there are visible tire marks on the street, that I'd not seen in prior episodes. As if they'd rehearsed the scene over and over. Thougts
I also wanted to dispel the rumor that every emergency call was reused footage of the trucks coming out. Seems that was not true. They went to great lengths, in fact, to use different angles and shots to vary the exit scenes
@@ricknineg i wonder if they spent a few days filming different angles and exits. Growing up our next door neighbors house was used as the exterior for a Bob Hope TV Comedy serial show and they filmed several days exterior episodes in 2 days that was used in about 10 episodes. Us neighborhood kids had a blast watching them film. 😎
Typically a Fire Engine has a water tank and pumps. A Fire Truck usually has a mounted ladder. There are some which have both features, but, for the purpose of mutual aid requests, they must be specific if they need a Fire Truck or Fire Engine. This station had Engine 51.
I just watched an episode yesterday, the one where Gage bought a house his partner was thinking of buying. I think they turned right out of the station.
Retired firefighter paramedic here... some of our fire stations calls were 80% in one direction or another. Some of our stations were built on the outskirts of a community. Not that this was the case on Emergency, but this was great research on your part 😊
Larger communities might also have a station towards one edge of the zone they are supposed to cover. I know 1 local station will almost never pull a right ( using same direction as Rick does for this vid ) simply because there is rarely a fire on the docks compared to the residential or collision calls in the other direction. This station is right near the northern boundary for service, they ain't got a boat to go further north. ;)
I see it the opposite. They are turning left onto the street. I’m looking at it as if I was the driver. But I never noticed it before. All I’ve noticed is the tire marks they are making.
Just catching up on some videos. I have the DVD set and watching the episodes daily. I actually noticed in the beginning that when the squad went alone, it went left screen from front view. I also am amused at the reuse of the footage season to season with one shot that always stuck out when they go out and bear left from rear view angle and there is a white car blocked across the lane. I laugh every time.
It's been a very long time since I've watched the show, but it was my favorite as a child. Didn't they announce the address of the Emergency! over the intercom system each time they rolled out? Maybe in each episode the turn is accurate to where the event is? You could do a deep DEEP dive on that.
I noticed that on squad 51 the front license plate is 999007 and on the back there is a different plate, looks like 355 or something other than what is on the front.
I think in later seasons, when both vehicles leave, many times footage is reused of the vehicles turning left. There is always one car that is parked crooked. It looks like it could be a Dodge Charger.
They rarely, if ever, reused footage during the exits, as I have shown. Remember this was a real station, real streets. Real people in the streets. That car is probably a worker close-by that just parks there. They took extreme creativity to make that shots look unique
The show Emergency! Went to 6 session and 6 different made for TV movies. I'm crazy for Emergency! I have the complete TV show.. Love from Marysville, California KMG 365
They had to move the real trucks out of Station 127 when they filmed. Just speculation on my part, but maybe it was easier for them to park them on the street to the left of the station? Whatever the reason was, I imagine there was some production-related issue that made it easier to get footage in one direction than the other.
If you watch episodes after they got the new Engine 51 (S3 and beyond), when they exit, you can see Engine 127 parked on the right side of the building! In seasons 1 & 2, Engine 127 doubled as E51, so the extra truck was not an issue. Both E127 and Truck 127 were parked on the side driveway when stock footage was filmed with the new Ward LaFrance. During S1 & 2, when E127 was used, Truck 127 was on the side but parked far enough back it was not seen in the exit shots.
In the one were there was a large fire in a pricey neighborhood, they went out once to the left with the engine and then when they came back, after being recalled. They went to a call for Rampart and went to right. And when they were finally called to the fire they went to the left. Even though the first time with engine they went left. OK I'm getting confused! Look straight on Left, Right and right! That's better, I hope!
Several years ago I had noticed that they seem to always turn the one direction and then following episodes I paid attention to that and saw in two or three episodes they turned the other way. I don't know what seasons or episodes but yes, there are a few episodes that they do turn the other way.
Hi Rick. Question for you if you know or can find out. I grew up in the seventies and this show was one of my favorites BUT I remember certain episodes it was called” Emergency 51”. I know I saw that. I wasn’t dreaming. Mandela effect you think? Or were certain episodes named that?
So looking at the episodes by name, there isn’t an episode with the name Emergency 51. There are TH-cam videos with that name and even some websites. But they have said the phrase on the show
@@ricknineg Thanks. It’s very strange but I know I saw the title card at the beginning for the show saying “Emergency 51”. Must be a Mandela effect thing as that’s what I thought the show was called until I watched it in the 2000’s.
Well 80 percent right against 20 percent left is just still mostly going right. With these scenes. Well it's common for Hollywood to do this. All they have to do is use their. Magic and edit. Those scenes to make it look like at least. By taking some parts of the same scene to make it look different. Could it be a cult thing . ? Well Hollywood is full of that. Without people knowing. But not just Hollywood. Who knows..
I'm not really surprised by this because it's all about how the shot looks after the turn. To the right they have an open area with industrial buildings to the left they come up to an intersection only a few yards down the shot
Once in a great while you'll notice Squad/Engine 51 turn right, but mostly they turn left. And it seems like when they turn left, it seems like they have that same bunch of cars scrunched together and stopped in the middle of the road in the left turn lane.
I remember back watching Rockford Files with later episodes Jim drove the firebird with square headlights but they would show the the older model with round headlights.. Also when they would show the dash board of a Ford sedan dash when the car was a GM car or truck.. My mom thought I was crazy always showing her these little tidbits..
Very Interesting ! Also, I never noticed the license plate of '999007' until NOW! Pretty neat!
I'm glad you did this video!!! 😂 When this show was originally on, my parents and I would always guess which way they would turn...it turned into a family game!!! As I got older and tried to guess which way...I was always made fun of till all my friends started doing the same thing... 😂 As a young Adult...I thought I was just wierd, but...I wasn't!!!
Much appreciated! And now I made the game into a video haha
Same here Kevin
My family does the same thing kevin😅
I did the same thing!
This was a REAL TV show, not like the crap today.. Take me back tot the 70s, im ready to go!
First quibble; Engine 51 is not a truck but an engine (or pumper) in some places. Now, where the station is dictates the turn out of the station to a large degree. For instance, my station turned left out of the station a large majority of the time.
I have all the episodes on DVD. When I first got them, I noticed a lot of the video leaving the station looked like stock footage reused over and over. The same cars were always ahead of them or on the side streets. That could explain why they turned one way most of the time.
Station 51 has a fire engine, not a truck. Engines carry fire extinguishing equipment, such as hoses and extinguishers, while trucks carry mainly rescue equipment like ladders. (In case you can't tell on video what type of vehicle it is, the dispatcher frequently mentions Engine 51.)
I was thinking the same thing. It’s Engine/Squad 51. Not Truck 51.
Perhaps near the Edge of their city limits!??
Former volunteer firefighter. I have alot of city fire fighter friends and they saw this and said in city which station 51 is there are mapped out response areas. By appearance it looks like they are on the edge of town. So the city being mostly to the driver(right) side of the station. The less city more rural area might mid neutral response with another fire house. Or end city limits and covered by volunteers. But which ever way there are more public places or busy intersections would be the most likely direction they go. There's a station in NY thats on a 1 way street but most it's calls is from the direction the street comes from so they go the wrong way.
Rick, you’ve got so much patience going thru 18 videos looking for this! I found this to be so much fun and so interesting. At first I thought maybe they were reusing footage, but you’ve shown us that is definitely not the case. I think you made an excellent point that sometimes a city will open up more in one direction from a fire station. Who knows why for sure, but this was very enjoyable👍🏼
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Hey Rick, I hate to admit this but I've been a fan of Emergency for over 50 years, yikes, I'm old!!! I never thought that they reused footage, I always figured that they turned in the direction of wherever the call was. Now I enjoy Emergency to see Los Angeles of yesteryear & to see what are now classic cars!!! Thanks for sharing another fascinating video!!! 👍👍🙂
50 years of a wonderful show
We are old. Don't fear, current firefighters still watch the show. The firefighters in the 70's did more with so much less. Lots of cool tricks they do on every episode.
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Crikey, the show was filmed before the South Coast Air Quality Management District was formed. Smog everywhere.
Same goes for CHiPs.
Even Galactica 1980.
I think a lot of shows reuse shots for economic reasons. The one that always make me giggle is the shot of the Batmobile leaving the cave. 🦇
I was trying to think back to when I used to watch this religiously. I thought always turned the same way. Very surprised when you found out that wasn’t totally true. Good job, Rick!
You’re most welcome. Our memories can be very selective and then some things we don’t remember things as they were. Me included. So I’m happy to be able to research this
I wonder if there was ever an episode where one vehicle went to the left and the other to the right at the same time? That would be cool!
Speaking of vehicles, did they ever show where the employees at the station parked their own vehicles? I would think in the back, but I really don’t know.
Anyway, I appreciate the work that went into this video. Your dedication to your craft is commendable! 👍🏻
In the back. There was an episode that showed Roy’s Porsche 356 (Tigh’s actual car, I think) and it was parked in back. And I think Johnny’s Land Rover (Mantooth’s actual vehicle) was shown in back, too. Going from memory. It’s been some years since I’ve seen these episodes.
You won't see a station sent on multiple calls at same time. So you won't see both vehicles leaving at same time and going to different incidents.
That being said there are times when one unit -- the squad or the engine -- will be dispatched and almost immediately after the other unit is dispatched to a separate incident. In case of the squad being sent first and they call "Station 51" they'll then call something like "Squad 110 in place of Squad 51" as a note that the squad is already out
The crossover episode of Emergency and Adam 12 called Lost and Found is airing right now on Me-TV at 5pm eastern.
They turn to the left
Good episode Rick I grew up watching Emergency. I watched it on METV I wish they'd bring it back.
I enjoy these fact or fiction videos. Always interesting to find out what is or isn’t real regarding some of these shows, especially ones that are based within reality. Keep up the great work Rick, take care!
Thanks Jared! This was a fun one
the first episode with the NEW Engine, the engine turned LEFT with it's first run
The way to differentiate between directions is stage left and stage right. So an actor on stage and facing the audience sees what is our left as right and vice versa.
Hello Rick, I grew up watching the original episodes when they first aired. On season 1 episode 8 Nurse’s Wild and episode 9 Publicity Hound squad 51 makes a left on its own first 20m in. Little trivia, I don’t know the name of the episode. John Gage has to drive squad 51. You see him driving south on Main St crossing Ramona Blvd in the city I grew up in Baldwin Park. I was so excited when I saw this. Thank you for all your efforts.
Hey Rick
Very interesting... I had kinda assumed the footage was generally reused....with the odd change.
Take care 🙂
At 4:14, you said it was season 1 episode 3 if I’m correct. I know the show used a lot of stock footage from L.A. Co. fire dept. but this view was taken by Squad 29 (station 29 in Baldwin Park on Los Angeles St. west of Maine St.) The exact location is facing southbound on Maine at Ramona Blvd.. I used to live in Baldwin Park and drove this direction everyday. Also, I don’t believe squad 51 had a louvered hood but squad 29 did during this time period. Fun facts. I didn’t check the other comments so please forgive me if I repeated anything.
Guest star tony dow just passed away.
Wally Cleaver is gone now.
Wally died today?
@@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730 Yep. That just leaves Beaver as the sole survivor of Leave It To Beaver.
@@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730 I just read that Wally is in hospice -- so he's still with us.
One episode mentioned is Cooks tour not Cooks town a slight error.. Plus it was likely stock footage from the first season and then season 3 from when the Ward arrived .. You'll notice in some footage of the Crown its Captian Hammar or Captian Stanley and a differant crew sometimes that was likely the Engine Jump seat crew from real Engine 127 likely on day one of "going code" stock footage from season 1 just like the "Why" doesn't Johnny drive >>it was due to a lot of stock footage was filmed in 1 day when Mantooth was under the weather (Hung over) from celebrating getting on the shows Pilot and series ..
Interesting Rick really need to watch emergency thanks for sharing great video as always I'm learning always from you love the video buddy
I just figured it would be least disruptive to the neighborhood, like an intersection or something and the other way just worked better.
one concept is the border for Station 51 is toward the stations right (your left) so more area is towards the left (your right)
Ad on to that IRL Station 36 is down the road to the right (that’s the left according to the rules of the camera facing the bay of Station 51) (side note I do not know where Station 36 is located on the show other than it exists)
I found the right-left thing a bit confusing as I always went with the way a driver would turn - which was opposite from the way you were looking at it. I’m absolutely enjoying watching the reruns on a cable channel as this was one of my favorite shows. It is really amazing though just how much fire and medical have changed since this show was new.
I actually never noticed all the time i watched it. I really need to get the series on dvd.
Was watching emergency tonight on a tv channel and in the episode right after Floor Bridage they turn the other direction that we aren't use to in beginning of the episode.
I watched two 5th season episodes tonight. They turned the OTHER way.
BTW, Chet was a knucklehead.
More superfluous info. In this view, the sun is casting a shadow of the roof lights onto the hood of the vehicle. Squad 51 was equipped with federal signal twinsonic lightbar but in this scene, the roof lights consisted of two forward facing red lights, a siren/speaker in between the two red lights and a single amber flasher facing the rear. The lights and siren/speaker were mounted onto a triangular plate called “The platter” which was mounted on the the front center of the roof. More trivia to astound your friends. Useless info but fun.😊
This is my 5 year old brothers favorite show and he's always asking why they always turn the same way. 😅. Thanks for sharing Rick!
Thanks Ric...there is a local station that always turns right. It is the officers decision...very funny
The town where I live has two fire stations; one is downtown at the municipal complex and the other is in the industrial park. The one at the industrial park only has a few factories and houses to the left, east, before you run out of the city limits. The one downtown is close to being centrally located in the western third of town and depending on the location they are going to they can go in either direction.
If you notice ... in the one episode where they do indeed turn left, there are visible tire marks on the street, that I'd not seen in prior episodes. As if they'd rehearsed the scene over and over.
Thougts
Or maybe they had gone out on an Emergency earlier that we didn’t see
That's great. Before this I assumed they were rerunning footage but i guess not. 👍🚨
Same
I also wanted to dispel the rumor that every emergency call was reused footage of the trucks coming out. Seems that was not true. They went to great lengths, in fact, to use different angles and shots to vary the exit scenes
@@ricknineg i wonder if they spent a few days filming different angles and exits. Growing up our next door neighbors house was used as the exterior for a Bob Hope TV Comedy serial show and they filmed several days exterior episodes in 2 days that was used in about 10 episodes. Us neighborhood kids had a blast watching them film. 😎
I know it doesn't have anything to do with the topic but I would still like to know if the paramedic truck was saved and in a TV museum somewhere?
Yes, I made a video on it. Here is the link. th-cam.com/video/DvDz6MQVC4Y/w-d-xo.html
I also know that during the first 2 seasons they went to the left more often.
Hey Rick!!! You made my day!!
So kind and so happy to hear this. You made mine with this comment, Billy
Typically a Fire Engine has a water tank and pumps. A Fire Truck usually has a mounted ladder.
There are some which have both features, but, for the purpose of mutual aid requests, they must be specific if they need a Fire Truck or Fire Engine.
This station had Engine 51.
I just watched an episode yesterday, the one where Gage bought a house his partner was thinking of buying. I think they turned right out of the station.
Retired firefighter paramedic here... some of our fire stations calls were 80% in one direction or another. Some of our stations were built on the outskirts of a community. Not that this was the case on Emergency, but this was great research on your part 😊
Oh very cool! That actually coincides with the experiment here and it also coincides with the realism that show wanted to portray
Larger communities might also have a station towards one edge of the zone they are supposed to cover. I know 1 local station will almost never pull a right ( using same direction as Rick does for this vid ) simply because there is rarely a fire on the docks compared to the residential or collision calls in the other direction. This station is right near the northern boundary for service, they ain't got a boat to go further north. ;)
I see it the opposite. They are turning left onto the street. I’m looking at it as if I was the driver. But I never noticed it before. All I’ve noticed is the tire marks they are making.
Thanks Rick. I wonder if the needed placement of the camera had anything to do with it.
This is interesting I never noticed that before.
Just catching up on some videos. I have the DVD set and watching the episodes daily. I actually noticed in the beginning that when the squad went alone, it went left screen from front view. I also am amused at the reuse of the footage season to season with one shot that always stuck out when they go out and bear left from rear view angle and there is a white car blocked across the lane. I laugh every time.
It's been a very long time since I've watched the show, but it was my favorite as a child. Didn't they announce the address of the Emergency! over the intercom system each time they rolled out? Maybe in each episode the turn is accurate to where the event is? You could do a deep DEEP dive on that.
I love your erudite approach to fact finding. I never paid this much thought until now. Thanks, Rick!
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I wonder if there was ever an episode where the engine went left and the squad went right or vice versa?
That would have been hilarious
I noticed that on squad 51 the front license plate is 999007 and on the back there is a different plate, looks like 355 or something other than what is on the front.
I thought there may have been a huge sign for an adult video store to left they didn't want to pan over and see!
I think in later seasons, when both vehicles leave, many times footage is reused of the vehicles turning left. There is always one car that is parked crooked. It looks like it could be a Dodge Charger.
They rarely, if ever, reused footage during the exits, as I have shown. Remember this was a real station, real streets. Real people in the streets. That car is probably a worker close-by that just parks there. They took extreme creativity to make that shots look unique
I liked this show it was filmed in the L A FIRE DEPARTMENT!
In the earlier episodes they went left more often
Ah,ah the show Emergency! Went to 129 sessions. Love from Marysville, California KMG 365
They turn to the right more for safety. So they don't have to cross traffic to get in their proper lane. I do the same mostly.
The show Emergency! Went to 6 session and 6 different made for TV movies. I'm crazy for Emergency! I have the complete TV show.. Love from Marysville, California KMG 365
What is the freeway behind the station. I watch it to see the classic cars and Trucks. Lot’s of station wagons in the series.
Sometimes leave when was raining and then it's not
They had to move the real trucks out of Station 127 when they filmed. Just speculation on my part, but maybe it was easier for them to park them on the street to the left of the station? Whatever the reason was, I imagine there was some production-related issue that made it easier to get footage in one direction than the other.
If you watch episodes after they got the new Engine 51 (S3 and beyond), when they exit, you can see Engine 127 parked on the right side of the building! In seasons 1 & 2, Engine 127 doubled as E51, so the extra truck was not an issue. Both E127 and Truck 127 were parked on the side driveway when stock footage was filmed with the new Ward LaFrance. During S1 & 2, when E127 was used, Truck 127 was on the side but parked far enough back it was not seen in the exit shots.
In the one were there was a large fire in a pricey neighborhood, they went out once to the left with the engine and then when they came back, after being recalled. They went to a call for Rampart and went to right. And when they were finally called to the fire they went to the left. Even though the first time with engine they went left. OK I'm getting confused! Look straight on
Left, Right and right! That's better, I hope!
A better question is why does Roy always shown driving the truck to the emergency?
He was the driver. Gage was primarily the navigator. Remember, no GPS. They had to rely on memory or a good map
Wow !!! Thank you rick!
It depends on the part of the show it is in. Now did you ever see them drive around the station and pull in through the back door?
I never did.
I wondered about that, too. They always back in. I suppose that would be a pretty tight turn around the back.
Interesting.
Keep on truckin'.
Lol, i cant believe you researched all this! Kudos!
Haha I can’t tell you how fun it was. It was fun
Most likely they did it once. While using the same shot over and over. Very cost effective.
When is the 50th anniversary of Emergency 51?
This year, 2022
Yes, exactly when this coming Fall ?
Hey Rick, is the Fire Station still there, and where was it located ?
Make sure to check out my Emergency playlist. I’ll link you to the video here. th-cam.com/video/5Vx0Tf-rdh0/w-d-xo.html
Several years ago I had noticed that they seem to always turn the one direction and then following episodes I paid attention to that and saw in two or three episodes they turned the other way. I don't know what seasons or episodes but yes, there are a few episodes that they do turn the other way.
Very cool being able to research this
No! You need to watc more episodes
Wasn't the firetruck called Station 51?
No, the truck was truck Or Firetruck 51. They paint Station 51 to denote which station the truck belongs to
Didn't like the way you framed "turn right" or "turn left". They are doing the turning so it should be from their perspective.
Hi Rick. Question for you if you know or can find out. I grew up in the seventies and this show was one of my favorites BUT I remember certain episodes it was called” Emergency 51”. I know I saw that. I wasn’t dreaming. Mandela effect you think? Or were certain episodes named that?
So looking at the episodes by name, there isn’t an episode with the name Emergency 51. There are TH-cam videos with that name and even some websites. But they have said the phrase on the show
@@ricknineg Thanks. It’s very strange but I know I saw the title card at the beginning for the show saying “Emergency 51”. Must be a Mandela effect thing as that’s what I thought the show was called until I watched it in the 2000’s.
I think I read somewhere that the name was changed when it first went into syndication
@@sparty954 There may have been a very short-lived spinoff show?
I remember seeing this name change in some of the opening credits as well. Nothing else in the show seemed any different. Very observant 😊
Well 80 percent right against 20 percent left is just still mostly going right. With these scenes. Well it's common for Hollywood to do this. All they have to do is use their. Magic and edit. Those scenes to make it look like at least. By taking some parts of the same scene to make it look different. Could it be a cult thing . ? Well Hollywood is full of that. Without people knowing. But not just Hollywood. Who knows..
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I am almost certain that the clips where they turn right is just the same footage recycled over and over since that red VW is there every time.
Probably someone who worked closely. I went through 20 Emergency exits and very few of them were recycled. Most all shot differently
They turn left also.
My man is dyslexic
Sorry to hear that
Do you know where in L.A. the station is?
This link of a previous video should help. th-cam.com/video/5Vx0Tf-rdh0/w-d-xo.html
No they turn both ways
False
You overly complicated your description of what left and right are. Just say they turn left and trust you viewers to be smart enough to figure it out.