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All right, I'll probably regret this ( 
), but what is is your favorite EMS/Fire related TV show and movie?
), but what is is your favorite EMS/Fire related TV show and movie?
Favorite EMS TV Show & Movie
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Real Life: Paramedics on Discovery Health Channel
Drama: Third Watch
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Drama: Third Watch
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I like Third Watch & ER, especially because I can yell at the TV when they break protocols. 
Third Watch is extra fun since I know a bunch of NYPD and FDNY people so I can see the "drama" in that, too.
As for real-life shows, I try not to watch because...
Erika + Adrenaline + Blood = Cool, calm, collected.
Erika - Adrenaline + Blood = EEEEWWWWW
Third Watch is extra fun since I know a bunch of NYPD and FDNY people so I can see the "drama" in that, too.
As for real-life shows, I try not to watch because...
Erika + Adrenaline + Blood = Cool, calm, collected.
Erika - Adrenaline + Blood = EEEEWWWWW
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Emergency!, of course. Gotta love Johnny and Roy.
'Course, growing up in LA, was always fun to see them respond 60 miles or so on a call in about 5 minutes, then transport another 40 miles. :lol: Everyone had a BP of 120/80 and everyone got "D5W, TKO" regardless of their chief complaint.
'Course, growing up in LA, was always fun to see them respond 60 miles or so on a call in about 5 minutes, then transport another 40 miles. :lol: Everyone had a BP of 120/80 and everyone got "D5W, TKO" regardless of their chief complaint.
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Yeah, Third Watch is like that - they're in the 55 but one day they'll be on the East River, the next on the Hudson... then up to Central Park...
My ambulance corps has the entire "Emergency!" series on DVD.
My ambulance corps has the entire "Emergency!" series on DVD.
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I never watched an episode of ER until about three years ago. I then watched just about every one. I then stopped watching the show about a year ago.
I have probably seen every episode of Paramedics... at least twice. I'm going to vote for TLC's Paramedics for the real-life show.
I've only seen probably 10 or so episodes of The Third Watch, but I've liked every single one. That'd get my vote for the dramatic side of things.
I have Hopkins 24/7 on DVD, it was a series on ER type stuff first seen on public TV, then on TLC. There's this real cocky doctor that says something along the lines of:
Anyone can be a doctor if their mom or dad writes the check. It takes nothing to be a doctor. People dont want a good doctor when they go into the hospital, they want the best. I work every day towards being the best, and really think I'm right up there.
I see it as a bit motivational. I think it's true in any line of work.
I have probably seen every episode of Paramedics... at least twice. I'm going to vote for TLC's Paramedics for the real-life show.
I've only seen probably 10 or so episodes of The Third Watch, but I've liked every single one. That'd get my vote for the dramatic side of things.
I have Hopkins 24/7 on DVD, it was a series on ER type stuff first seen on public TV, then on TLC. There's this real cocky doctor that says something along the lines of:
Anyone can be a doctor if their mom or dad writes the check. It takes nothing to be a doctor. People dont want a good doctor when they go into the hospital, they want the best. I work every day towards being the best, and really think I'm right up there.
I see it as a bit motivational. I think it's true in any line of work.
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I like watching Paramedic's on TLC. I was at the movies today to see Spider-Man 2 and seen that Ladder 49 is playing. That looked pretty awesome. Anybody see Ladder 49 or the other movie about 9/11 yet?
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Really? I didn't think it was coming out 'til October. Haven't seen anything for it out here yet, but with the FD, work and a 7 month old, I don't get to the movies much.
Can't wait to see that....looks really good from the preview I saw.
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I haven't watched ER since around when Clooney left the show. Just got out of it.
Third Watch was good early on, but they've cut so much of the fire/EMS from it now that its really just another cop show. Don't get me wrong, I like cop shows in general (NYPD Blue, Law & Order, CSI), but I never really cared much for the Third Watch PD characters.
OK, here's a couple of short lived ones...anyone remember these:
240-Robert - 1979-1980 - About an LA County Sherrif search and rescue team. Starred John Bennett Perry (Matthew Perry's dad), a very young Mark Harmon and Joanna Cassidy.
Code Red - 1981-1982 - About the LAFD. Starred Lorne Greene (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica) as a Bat. Chief who's two sons were also on the department (one a FF and one a helicopter pilot, I believe). Also had the (supposedly) first female firefighter on the LAFD.
True Blue - 1989-1990 - About the NYPD ESU. Combination SWAT team and rescue team. Each episode had one or two crime scenes and one or two rescues.
H.E.L.P - 1990 - About the Harlem-Eastside Lifesaving Program, a fictitious "joint venture" of NYPD, FDNY and NYEMS. Seemed to kinda pick-up where True Blue left off (though I don't think they were really related, just the timing) and was something of a predecessor to Third Watch (the combined police/fire/EMS theme). Starred John Mahoney (Frasier) as the head honcho and Wesley Snipes as an ESU officer.
Third Watch was good early on, but they've cut so much of the fire/EMS from it now that its really just another cop show. Don't get me wrong, I like cop shows in general (NYPD Blue, Law & Order, CSI), but I never really cared much for the Third Watch PD characters.
OK, here's a couple of short lived ones...anyone remember these:
240-Robert - 1979-1980 - About an LA County Sherrif search and rescue team. Starred John Bennett Perry (Matthew Perry's dad), a very young Mark Harmon and Joanna Cassidy.
Code Red - 1981-1982 - About the LAFD. Starred Lorne Greene (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica) as a Bat. Chief who's two sons were also on the department (one a FF and one a helicopter pilot, I believe). Also had the (supposedly) first female firefighter on the LAFD.
True Blue - 1989-1990 - About the NYPD ESU. Combination SWAT team and rescue team. Each episode had one or two crime scenes and one or two rescues.
H.E.L.P - 1990 - About the Harlem-Eastside Lifesaving Program, a fictitious "joint venture" of NYPD, FDNY and NYEMS. Seemed to kinda pick-up where True Blue left off (though I don't think they were really related, just the timing) and was something of a predecessor to Third Watch (the combined police/fire/EMS theme). Starred John Mahoney (Frasier) as the head honcho and Wesley Snipes as an ESU officer.
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Has anyone heard about the new series this fall with Dennis Leary? It is called "Rescue Me", and it looks to be a FD orientated show.
Personally, I have to go with the consensus on this and go with Third Watch (simply because it is a little bit more realistic than ER) and Paramedics because it is not all blood and guts. You get to see the routine transfer calls, the DK's, the psych patients, etc...
Personally, I have to go with the consensus on this and go with Third Watch (simply because it is a little bit more realistic than ER) and Paramedics because it is not all blood and guts. You get to see the routine transfer calls, the DK's, the psych patients, etc...
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SafetyPro... ur right. Ladder49 is'nt coming out til October. I just seen the movie poster hanging outside the theater where the currently playing movies are and just assumed. The official movie website is pretty cool though: http://ladder49.movies.go.com/main.html.
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I am a fan of Paramedics, ER and Third Watch!!! But who can forget the one of the best movies - BackDraft!!! Not only do I tear up every time I watch the funeral scene and hear the bagpipes, but Kurt Russell is pretty sexy even for an old guy!!!
Plus I am still figuring out the logistics of the fire department scene when they are on top of the truck... and that is all I will say about that!!! Maybe one of these days!
Plus I am still figuring out the logistics of the fire department scene when they are on top of the truck... and that is all I will say about that!!! Maybe one of these days!
Ladder 49 looks amazing. I will be in line for the first showing in oct. I also have the whole Emergency! series on tape. As for that new 9/11 movie I will have my eyes plucked out before watching such political trash. Too many people died on 9/11 for anyone to use it for political gain in the upcoming elections. I don't care if they are democrat or republican.
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Amen, brother.
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Will definitely be going to see Ladder 49...will definitely NOT have anything to do with the 9/11 movie. I am in complete agreement with lastcode, and echo the AMEN!
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Ditto with the added caveat that I will never view any of Michael Moore's films.
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Favorite TV Show appeared in the late 1980's/Early 1990's it was called "HELP"...
Favorite movie has gotta be Mother, Jugs & Speed!
Favorite movie has gotta be Mother, Jugs & Speed!
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Mother, Jugs and Speed... we're watching that on shift this morning!
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Mother, Jugs, and Speed.
Wow, I haven't seen that movie in a couple of years.
Wow, I haven't seen that movie in a couple of years.