E.M.T.
| E.M.T. | |
| Episode # | 317 |
| Air Date | January 19, 1980 |
| Briefing | none |
Brief Plot
A swerving driver pulled over by Jon and Ponch turns out to be a fireman. Back at Central they volunteer for an E.M.T. course without reading the small print. The course is run by the fireman they pulled over, and he gives them a hard time. Later, Jon and Ponch save a car crash victim with a hang glider, and rescue a pair of kids from their cave-like den under the freeway.
Plot
Ponch and Jon, while viewing the highway, look up and take notice of two hang gliders overhead. Two boys are in a dirt clubhouse beneath the highway. The vibration from the passing vehicles causes the walls to begin failing. The boys leave the clubhouse and climb up a hill toward the freeway where one is nearly hit by a car, which swerves to miss the boy. Ponch and Jon begin to pursue the reckless driver. (Opening credits)
Guest Stars
- William Smith as Michael Adams
- Ellen Geer as Margo Adams
- Paul Linke as Grossman
- Brodie Greer as Baricza
Co-starring
- Dennis Dimster as Jimmy
- Michael Dorn as Turner
- Dago Dimster as Bobby
- Ross Borden as Man with Camera
- Chuck Howerton as Colston
- Harvey Selsby as Korbel
- Patrick Petersen as Warren
Featuring
- Trevor Henley as Waters
- Colleen Kelly as Stewardess
- Kallie Gross as Stewardess
- Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark
Crew
- Produced by: Cy Chermak
- Written by: Jerry Thomas and Frank Dandridge
- Directed by: Phil Bondelli
- Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
- Story Editors: William D. Gordon & James Doherty
- Associate Producer: Paul Rabwin
- Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
- Music by: Alan Silvestri
- Theme by: John Parker
- Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
- Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks
- Art Director: Les Gobruegge
- Editors: Robert Phillips
- Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow
- Assistant Director: Bob Jeffords
- 2nd Assistant Director: John Peter Kousakis
- Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
- Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
- Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
- Technical Advisor: Bill Kuethen
- Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
- Assistant to the Producer: Randy Torno
- Rerecorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
- Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.
- Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
- Makeup: Richard Cobos, S.M.A, Walter Schenck
- Hairdresser: Don Lynch
- Casting: Michael O. Hanks
- Locations by: Cinemobile Systems
- Hang Gliders Furnished by: Wills Wing, Inc.
- With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
- Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
- Automobiles furnished by: Ford Motor Company
- Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
- Rosner Television in association with MGM Television
Fun Facts
- The stock car that crashes near the end has the same paint scheme as Candi's race car in Drive, Lady, Drive, although it's #37 instead of #43. There's also a #37 stock car with the same paint scheme in the background of the scene where Jon photographs the engine during the pre-titles sequence of Destruction Derby.
- The kids' den was under Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills, next to the Ventura Freeway. View in Google Maps The crash involving the heart attack victim was filmed a couple of hundred yards away on Kanan Road, between Roadside Drive and Agoura Road.
Mistakes
| Preceded by: "Jailbirds" |
E.M.T. 317 |
Followed by: "Kidnap" |