Emergency +4 is an American animated television series based on the live action prime-time series Emergency!
The series began on NBC's Saturday morning schedule on September 8, 1973 and ran twenty-three 30-minute episodes over two seasons. It remained on the network until September 4, 1976 through re-runs.
Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe provided the character voices for their respective Emergency! paramedic characters of John Roderick Gage and Roy DeSoto. (See below for other character voice providers.)
Each episode of the adventure series revolved around the Paramedical Rescue Service. The "+4" of the series title referred to the four children who joined the paramedics in each episode's rescue activities.
Universal Studios outsourced the animation to Fred Calvert Productions because, at the time, it did not have its own animation division. Universal Animation Studios was subsequently organized to manage its parent company's rights to this series, along with other animated properties in the NBCUniversal catalog that were produced outside either UAS or its predecessor company, Walter Lantz Productions, in addition to works from both of those companies.
NBCUniversal, Universal Studios, and Universal Animation Studios were not known to have made Emergency +4 available on home video in any format—video-cassette, DVD, Blu-ray, or even on-line stream or download—as of late September 2015.
Randolph Mantooth as John Gage
Kevin Tighe as Roy DeSoto
Donald Fullilove as Jason Phillips
Peter Haas as Randy Alrich
Sarah Kennedy as Sally and Carol Harper
David Jolliffe as Matthew Harper
Richard Paul (12 episodes, 1974)
Season 1
Produced and Directed by Fred Calvert
Starring the Voices of Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, with Donald Fullilove, Peter Haas, David Jolliffe, Sarah Kennedy
Associate Producer: Clifford Alsberg
Created by Harold Jack Bloom, R.A. Cinader
Stories by Joel Kane, Carol Henning, David & Susan Dworski, Peter Dixon, Joe Bonaduce, Norman Maurer, Fred Freiberger, Michael Donovan
Storyboard Director: Jan Green
Storyboards: Bill Perez, Joe Bruno, Corny Cole
Story Editors: Harriet Foster, Janis Fierstein
Animation Director: Ray Patterson
Animation: Edwin Aardal, Joan Drake, Daniel De La Vega, Shannon Lee Dyer, Robert Goe, Fred Hellmich, Robert Maxfield, Ambrozi Paliwoda, Morey Reden, Allen Wilzbach
Production Designer: Don Jurwich
Layout: Ray Aragon, Dale Barnhart, Kimie Calvert, Norm Gottfredson, Paul Gruwell, Alex Ignatiev, Michael Moss, James Mueller, Michael O'Mara, Norly Paat, Joel Seibel, Tony Sgroi, Craig Spaulding, Grace Stanzell, Al Wilson, Zygamond Jablecki
Background Stylist: Walt Peregoy
Background: Daniela Bielecka, Linda Langmade, Carolyn Lim, Cathy Patrick, Don Schweikert, Donald Watson
Production Coordinator: Paul Shively
Music by Sound Track Music Company
Editing: Bill Shippey, Peter Aries
Ink and Paint Supervisor: Pat Jencks
Checking Supervisor: Jan Cornell
Scene Coordinator: Rollie Greenwood
Xerox Supervisor: Ralph Coffman
Camera: Animation Camera Services, Inc.
Sound Engineering: Tom Rees, Valentine Recording
Production Assistants: Vanessa O'Meara, Carolyn Rosales
Fred Calvert Productions in association with Mark VII Limited and Universal Studios
Season 2
Executive Producers: Fred Calvert, Michael Jaffe
Produced and Directed by Fred Calvert
Associate Producer: Janis Fierstein
Created by Harold Jack Bloom, R.A. Cinader
Starring the Voices of Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, with Donald Fullilove, Peter Haas, Sarah Kennedy, Bobby Diamond, Richard Paul, Jack DeLeon, Casey Kasem
Story Editors: Harriet Foster, Janis Fierstein
Art Director: Kimie Calvert
Storyboard/Layout: Gerard Baldwin, Gordon Bellamy, Norly Paat, Michael O'Mara, Roy Wilson, Bill Perez
Animation: Shannon Lee Dyer, Edwin Aardal, Ed DeMattia, Fred Hellmich, Don Schloat, Allen Wilzbach
Background Stylist: Walt Peregoy
Background: Daniela Bielecka, Cathy Patrick, Don Schweikert, Donald Watson
Music by Sound Track Music Company
Editing: Bill Shippey, Peter Aries
Production Coordinator: Don Schloat
Scene Coordinator: Rollie Greenwood
Ink and Paint Supervisor: Laurie Curran
Xerox Supervisor: Ralph Coffman
Camera: Animation Camera Services, Inc.
Voice Track: Larrabee Sound
Fred Calvert Productions in association with Mark VII Limited and Universal Studios
