Geez, I remember watching this episode of "Rescue 8" when I must have been about six years old. What scared me about this program was, according to my mom who was watching it too, that there was no place to hide from an earthquake. "You mean you can't hide somewhere from an earthquake?" "No, you can't not anywhere," was here response. We couldn't watch it all as we had to go my mom's sister's (my Aunt Lollie) and my Uncle Don's home in Chicago (this syndicated TV program would have been on WGN, channel 9 in Chicago). Now I can finally watch the end and see what happened. Thanks for sharing and by the way, that was about 1964.
Has anyone noticed that the windshield had been removed from the rescue truck? Jim Davis`s best show was his "Matt Clark Railroad Detective" series, in "Stories of The Century".
9:12 - 1958 Chevrolet convertible drives away from the first railroad station to get to the next one. Cut to the Chevy pulling up in the exact same location with the same 1958 Buick parked in the same place. Oops.
The TV news reporter in this episode is Paul Frees. Frees was one of the creators of Rescue 8 as well as voicing the opening narration for the series. Frees was a veteran voice over announcer and voice actor in numerous commercials and cartoons. Frees played the radio reporter in the 1953 classic War of the Worlds.
Yea Jim Davis certainly a genuine person. " tough as nails"..good ol' boy. Just like James Arness, John Wayne, John Carrol, Joel McCrae and other. Certainly can refer to them as a "Man's Man" !
I bought this collection some years ago and most aren`t in as good conditions as this one. I only wish there was a good collection of the Whirley Birds available.
Great memories . I was born in 1957 and for Me and My older Brother this and all the other great Shows from this Era were real entertainment and role models. We played rescue and War games all the time. Made Fire stations and towns from cardboard boxes and building blocks for Our toy fire trucks and cars . Dug up the garden with toy dump trucks and bulldozer’s . Those were good days. The hobby stores always had a HO scale car track and train set to give kids something to dream about for Christmas and Birthdays . It might have taken a while to save up for those but We really appreciated them . Plastic Models were not cheap but more affordable for Kids. With a couple of dollars a week allowance for doing chores we could get a decent model.
Just amazing how many "Jock Ewing" fans do not know what they are missing here. Jim Davis is a one of a kind just like Lloyd Bridges. Just an opinion folks.
I have only seen this once. This show is awesome. I wish it was still on TV. It is the precursor to Emergency. I wonder if they ever used any of the characters from this series in Emergency as a Captain or Chief. They would have been at retirement age from this series in Emergency. This is a great show to put on FETV in my opinion.
Wow! Never knew about these before. I think this is my favorite episode so far, but have enjoyed them all. I love the moral lessons too. Shame they can't make shows like this anymore! Thank you very much for sharing!
11 or 12 years later we had EMERGENCY! Same Fire Dept., but different uniforms and vehicle. Station 8 was used as Station 10 in the EMERGENCY! Pilot movie.
Hi, I remember watching this old show when I was a very young child. I remember that my family had a parakeet and I got to name it Skip after one of the characters in this. The times and television have really changed. Best to Everyone. Sincerely, Tom
I watch this as a kid in the late 50s, I would go out to the garage and climb up into the rafters and pretend I was saving something, got stuck more than once. Now my sone is a real LA County fireman.
