Tenkar's Tavern: Found "Emergency!" on Netflix on Demand

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Found "Emergency!" on Netflix on Demand

I grew up watching Emergency! on a 9" B&W TV.

Can't believe all 122 episodes are available on Netflix.

There has to be a RPG campaign that could be built around this and maybe Adam 12 ;)

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baronzemoJuly 30, 2011 at 10:26 PM
Alright!! That will be enough of making me feel old!
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TenkarJuly 30, 2011 at 10:38 PM
44 today myself baron ;)
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MattJuly 30, 2011 at 11:06 PM
Dude - I'm like 30 episodes in and loving it.
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ScottJuly 30, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Happy birthday! I went fishing once with Robert Fuller when I was a kid. Long story.
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christianJuly 31, 2011 at 1:31 AM
Randolph Mantooth's brother was the custodian of my wife's middle school. That's all I've got. Good night now!
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PadreJuly 31, 2011 at 5:57 AM
I remember that show, Adam 12 and Sanford and Son. Emergency made me want to become a paramedic.
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WymarcJuly 31, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Hard to believe there is not a game system out there for sitcoms and TV shows in general. Most of them have the similar plot sequences, plot lines and conventions. Hard to believe there is not GURPS TV Land book out there.
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BardJuly 31, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Happy Birthday! Emergency! was my favorite show as a kid. Used to watch it back-to-back with Adam 12. What a blast of nostalgia!
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Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

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Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Found "Emergency!" on Netflix on Demand

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