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  1. Pargoletta on Chapter 1 Tue 24 Mar 2015 07:33AM UTC

    Oh, wow! Someone else who remembers the other E/R! Irrationally, I thought I was the only one -- not even most of the nostalgia sites seem to remember that one. (Did you also watch the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon on CBS on Saturday mornings?)

    Hope you enjoy the rest of this!

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    1. Amanda (Guest) on Chapter 1 Fri 27 Mar 2015 11:48PM UTC

      Nope, didn't watch Dungeons, but I loved The Muppet Show, in any of its incarnations.

      And I also loved this story!

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      1. Pargoletta on Chapter 1 Tue 31 Mar 2015 07:59PM UTC

        Muppet Babies! That and D&D are my all-time favorite Saturday morning cartoons. The thing I loved about Muppet Babies was that it kept a lot of the intelligence and wit of The Muppet Show, even if it was simplified for a littler-kid audience.

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        1. KathyG on Chapter 1 Mon 31 Oct 2022 04:13PM UTC

          Did you also love "Emergency!", which aired back in the 70s? I loved that show when I was a young girl.

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          1. Pargoletta on Chapter 1 Tue 01 Nov 2022 11:03PM UTC

            I never saw that, unfortunately. Just a tad bit too young to have seen it.

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            1. KathyG on Chapter 1 Tue 01 Nov 2022 11:34PM UTC

              Aww, you missed out, then; it was a great show! It was a TV show about Los Angeles firemen/paramedics and the hospital they worked with.

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            2. KathyG on Chapter 1 Sun 19 May 2024 12:34AM UTC

              Emergency! Season 2 Opening and Closing Credits and Theme Song

              The entire series is available on DVD now. I highly encourage you to order yourself a set and check the show out! I liked that show much better than the hospital show that aired prior to then, "Medical Center." (I have fond memories of "Marcus Welby, M.D.," though.)

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              1. Pargoletta on Chapter 1 Sun 19 May 2024 11:28AM UTC

                Oh, cool! It looks like this was one of the openings that "Police Squad!" parodied. I also love that each character has all of their degrees and qualifications listed after their names.

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                1. KathyG on Chapter 1 Sun 19 May 2024 12:59PM UTC

                  Yes, that made it immediately apparent to the viewer what each character's job was, didn't it? Since I've never watched "Police Squad," I'll have to take your word for it.

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    3. Kittyhawk57 on Chapter 1 Fri 17 Jul 2015 02:10PM UTC

      Excuse me for butting in, please - but which other ER? Google only gives me one series 1994 - 2009, and that's the one I remember... It was a great show - probably because its creator, Michael Crichton, studied medicine for a few years.

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      1. Pargoletta on Chapter 1 Sun 19 Jul 2015 10:38PM UTC

        Believe it or not, there was a show called E/R that ran for about a year in 1984. Like its far more famous follower, it was set in the emergency room of a Chicago hospital, and it featured a very young George Clooney: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086704/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_72 or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E/R will tell you about it.

        It tried to walk the very thin line between sitcom and half-hour drama in the way that M*A*S*H did, mixing serious storylines with general wackiness. It didn't always succeed, but when it did, it really did. I was very little when this show aired, but I still remember parts of it to this day, and you can see some of it on YouTube if you want to see how it holds up.

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        1. Kittyhawk57 on Chapter 1 Tue 21 Jul 2015 02:40PM UTC

          Thanks for the info - I managed to find snippets on YouTube. But I wouldn't have recognized George Clooney if he hadn't been in the title of the video ;)

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