§§ Emergency Theater Live Founder Interview on EMS Live Radio §§ Debut Launch: June 22nd, 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location : Canada with tandem Chatroom Audience. Radio Appearance of Patti Keiper, Emergency Theater Live Founder, talking about the project and how it began. **Transcribed by C. Meyers, Emergency Theater Live Host French Seychelle Islands** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part One ============= *Loud guitar jamming music and sirens* ANNOUNCER- This is EMS Live. Welcome back, paramedics from Newfoundland to British Columbia. From Maine to California. From North America to Aisa, the Middle East and Europe. Welcome to EMS Live. The voice of paramedics around the world. EMS personnel no longer separated by thousands of miles. Now, EMS personnel from all over North America and the world are together. EMSLive dot com. Now, John Bignell and Darek DeSaunier. EMS Live .... **Jamming guitar and drum roll wrapping up** Host- Hi. I'm John Bignell and this is EMSLive for Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004. Host2- And we will also talk with Patti Keiper from Emergency Theater Live. She's an m- EMT-basic who didn't quite make it out of the seventies. Or at least, some part of her anyway,.. since she and a large group of dedicated fans continue to produce new stories from the hit TV show, Emergency. I'm Darek DeSaunier from EMS Live. *SNIP* Host- ...but we have...something fun coming up now. Host2- Yeah. Host- Uh,,.. Host2- Sorry. I just wanted to get that in there. Host- No definitely.. Host2- I had it...and wanted to highlight it. Host- To use it. Host2- Uh, but now we're going to be talking to Patti Keiper. And I apologize if that's not how you pronounce her name. W-well, I will. Host-She'll correct you shortly. Host2- Yeah, and...S-she...like we said, is uh, is a part of Emergency Theater Live. They do fiction role play theater on ...the internet. And it's an interactive role play scenario created by fans of the 1970's television series Emergency. The online episodes are presented and written along with real EMS and firefighting personnel working in the field. Host- Well.. Host2- Hold on, we have a stinger here to do an introduction of something special. *Stinger sound recording*- Station 51's call tones. Voice of the late L.A. County dispatcher Sam Lanier- Station 51. Engine 34. Engine 9. Structure fire. *sounds of running feet on concrete and slamming truck doors* 46440 Miller Canyon Road. 46440 Miller Canyon Road. *engines starting up* Cross street, Caine. Time out, 15:45. *Suspenseful strings and tuba music chord* Voice of actor Mike Norell (Captain Stanley)- Station 51, KMG 365. * music chord ending* Host- All right. Host2- Does anyone recognize who that was? Hi Patti, welcome to the show. PK- (Over the phone from Minnesota USA ) Hello. Thank you very much. Host2- Did I pronounce you last name properly? PK- Yes. My last name is Keiper. Host2-Ok, *whew* Host- Patti, Emergency ended..what? Thirty years ago? PK- That's correct. It ended around 1976. Hosts (together)- Oh. Are you having a hard time letting that go? PK- It was incredibly hard... Hosts- *chuckling* PK-....From what I understand, I was about eleven when the show ended. And, uh, the network, I believe it was NBC, ended the show at the height of its success. Host2- Wh- PK- ..It was one of the most top rated shows and POOF, they ended it. Host-(sarcastically) Now why would you do that? Now.. there was some.. Host2- They like to leave on a high note. Host- I suppose you could leave on a high note... PK- Exactly... Host2- But.. PK- I'm not sure if this is true, but they said, a television show called The Love Boat took its place. Host-(unpleasant surprise)*laughing* Oh, really?! PK-*chuckling* Host2- Well, I remember The Love Boat. You must have watched The Love Boat. PK- Oh, that was interesting. Host2- It wasn't...it wasn't as good as Emergency though. PK-*laughter* Host2- I mean,...come on. Host- Eh....so, you're doing something quite interesting. Now we have- We talked about it a little bit ..um, but I'm sure you can explain it a little more clearly to our listeners. PK- Sure. I'd be happy to do that. Host2- All right. Emergency Theater Live? Can you tell us about that? PK- Exactly. So, Emergency Theater Live started out as ...a play by email, ah, storywriting role play ..on a email onelist. And what it was is that it started out about four years ago in a completely different genre called Star Trek. So we just had a bunch of people get together, and they started writing stories. Someone would write a scene. Another person would add on to. And pretty soon, we had episodes being created that ran for about two years. And then, interest in that sort of died out in reading members, and we started focusing on another show, Emergency. And, what happened after that, is that, interest grew phenomenally. People came and said, Oh, this is a role play. It's a theater.. This is wonderful! Pretty soon, we had a paramedic join. And they would read along and somebody would have a question about something technical, EMS or firefighting. And another reader would answer, on the email onelist, and they'd start ...giving answers and the stories would progress and--. Here it is two years later, and we have ..episodes that are going on, that people are writing, between EMS personnel , firefighters and fans of this 1970's show Emergency. Host- So you've been able to keep the show..alive. Any prospects on uh, the show coming back based on your scripts? PK- Oh, there's absolutely no prospects. Host2- *chuckling* PK-..the rights to Emergen-*laugh*-cy belong to Mark VII Productions and Universal. This is entirely volunteer. Just for fun. Host- Oh yeah.. but it ..sounds like a LOT of fun. PK- Oh yeah. Host-...I was reading ...through one of the scripts, The... PK- Uh huh. *listening* Host...Blue..? What was it called... Why don't you tell me.. Host2- S-So where are the characters at now in these stories? Are they ... PK- The characters are at now, from what I understand. Uh, Kevin Tighe, he played one of the title roles. He played the character of Roy DeSoto. Host-Right. PK- He drove the rescue squad, I don't know if you remember that. Host- I watched it as a child. I- PK- Yeah.. Host- But, uh.. PK- But he's done..a couple of feature films. He's been in major movie roles ever since. He's played bad guys. He's been on Star Trek Voyager. Oh, the list is endless. Host- Yeah, *indistinct word* PK- There are websites out there that you can search on. Google. That can tell you where the cast members are. Host2- Oh, really? PK- Umm. Hmm. Host2- So.. in 1972, this- this show...debuted and.. PK- Exactly. Host2- ...it was, uh, it was said to have uh, a great impact on our- our on EMS in general. Before the show, paramedics didn't really exist in the way ..in the same way that they do now. Um,, I think, by the end of the- the show's airing, uh, I read on one of your ..emails, that, 50% of the ambulances in the United States had paramedics on it compared to like..none or something before it started. PK- Exactly.. when Emergency started out, that was basically the start of the paramedic program. No one knew what a paramedic was. And this television series, from my understanding, was the television series that created interest within the public and government levels, about the lack of the EMS. A part, they used to have, just ambulance attendants come out and-- scoop up from an accident site and- they'd throw them on a stretcher and take them in. They had no prehospital care whatsoever. Host- Oh, yeah. Drive fast. PK- umm hmm. Host- That was, uh,.. PK- ....and this series was instrumental in creating those programs. Los Angeles County was one of the first. Host2- I think it uh, gives people perspective in what drove the interest in the fact that, these were cool things. They were driving around fast. They were doing a lot of... PK- *laughing out loud* Host2-...innovative stuff. And it was fun and a good TV show. PK- It sure was. Host- It.. PK-..the writing was s- Host2- And then they realized, Wait a minute. This is fiction, but... It could be reality. PK- *Giggling* It IS reality. I'm sure people understood it as ..common interest. They'd look at it and go.. Hey! They're really doing something like this? And the way Jack Webb, the producer of Emergency, presented the format.. It made it exciting and I guess it was uh, one of the first "reality" television shows.. that.. came into existence. Host- I suppose you're right. Now were you re- were you supris-*giggle*-ed at how your- your group took off? PK- Oh, I was completely amazed! This started as just a hobby site for fun amongst people that liked writing fan fiction. Apparently, it's a pretty big genre on the internet, where people take a television show, and a set of characters that they like, and ..they create a role play game and they share..stories. So we were just....kicking around the idea of writing episodes because..... Emergency was a good show and ..it doesn't exist anywhere in syndication, or on tape. And yeah, I was absolutely amazed. All these people would come and and email in, going, Oh! Do you have more episodes? Do you have more episodes... Host2- So how does this work? Do th- If I wanted to ..write my own episode, Pk- Yeah? Host2- Well, how w- what would I have to do here, to join and write, uh.....my own version? PK- *delighted laughter* How this works is..that ..on the Emergency Theater Live website, there is a link that people can click, where they can see the current episode in production. And this is being shown with images.. And what people write, up to the minute, with music. And they can read, there, to see where the scene is left off on the particular episode that's going on that month.. And what happens after that is there's a pre-production list that you can sign up, it's on a email one list called YahooGroups. And..once you're on this list, you can just read what a writer has already sent in on a scene with the characters, and then, write your OWN scene, and kick it off to the email list. And, that will be included in the episode, and that will be updated. Host- So it's kind of like..paragraphs? PK-...and it keeps going.. Host-... kind of like paragraphs where one person writes a paragraph and then I continue my paragraph? Is that, uh? PK- Exactly. Exactly. It's like a fic- I think they call it a... round robin. Host2- A round robin.. PK- ..story telling. yeah. Host2- All right.*chuckle* PK- Someone writes a scene and another continues where the last left off, and so forth. Host2- So is there a vote? Can I write like a horrible scene where ...all the guys of Squad 51,*creepy voice* die..? Host- Yeah, now I see where John would do that. PK-*rawkcious laughter* Host2- And he's not a very good writer. Host- I'd get kicked out. I'd get kicked out, right away. PK- Oh, I don't know about getting kicked out right away, cause the ..guidelines are really really simple. Host2- Oh th- PK- If you've seen it on the television show, Emergency...If it's a character that you've seen, like Roy DeSoto or John Gage. Or, if you are very familar with the series, it's what we call, canon. Where it fits the facts, and the settings and the premise, and the EMS protocol that was carried out on the show, that is acceptable, you can do that. And when you- when people come to the pre-production email onelist, there is an email that gets kicked out that has really really loose guidelines about how to write. It's pretty open. Host2- So we don't have to vote. Or there's no.. PK- Not at all. There's no pre-planning at all. You read a scene, you add onto it, kick it off to the list to all the ..reading audience to see where it goes, and then that's half the fun.. Host- So no fear of rejection then. That's- that's good for you, John. PK- Yeah. Host2- Then I wanna join then. I won't be rejected..all right! PK- Yeah? And if people have any questions about, Oh, I don't know anything about firefighting, I'm not- I don't know that much about emergency medicine.. We have a list of consultants... Host- cool.. PK- ..that the readers and the new writers coming in, can ASK their questions, get their answers and then they can add that to their scenes. Write a scene and send that out. Host2- Now in terms of the protocols. PK- The protocols? Host2- What uh, what were they doing....back then? PK- They were doing 1970's protocol. They had old... technology. The way that they delivered medications were different. And so, some of the consultants that we have, are FROM that time, and so, they can help..the readers and the writers, get acclimated as to how things are. So on the website, we have an online medical dictionary about.. the medications that were used in Emergency's time. And, just general information like that so they can-- so the potential writers, who are fans, can come on and say, Oh, I guess I can write, I guess I can write...cause they have the help of the consultants that we have, that are volunteers, and ...the medical dictionary. Host2- Do you have any ...people from uh, the show..or, part of the cast that uh? PK- From the cast? Oh, no. Host2-...helping out? PK- But we have.... a couple of paramedic firefighters who were working at the time Emergency came out for around thirty years. And they're with the list. Host- I'm sure Ron- We should talk to Ron Stewart. He was the medical director..y-you know him well . ( at Darek host) Host2- Well. I do. I do. He uh,... Host-He was the-- Host- Did y- Host2- He was the.. ( at Patti ) Did you- are you familiar with Ron Stewart? PK- No, I'm not familiar at all. Host2- Well, he used to be the...health minister? Host- Health minister..of Nova Scotia. Host2- In Nova Scotia.. He also ...created the ...Center for Emergency Medicine in ..in Host- In Pittsburg? Host2- Yeah, western Pennsylvania. In Pittsburg. PK- Oh, wow.. Host2- And he was the-- Well, I don't know if he created it. He was ob-obviously the driving force. But I think that was his baby. Host- And he was the medical director. Host2- And then he was the medical director for Emergency, the show. PK- Oh, nice! Host2- Oh, yeah... PK- It would be nice to meet him. Host- Uh huh. So he was a Nova Scotian. Host2- It was.. it was his proposal that evolved the Nova Scotian system in the early nineties, uh, to where it's at today. Where actually it's .....a ...system, it's a career. Host- Yeah and he was also part of the- Host2-...EMS system. Host- He's an amazing man. He uh, he's definitely d-done a lot of stuff. PK- Oh, I'd love to talk with him. He'd probably enjoy seeing this little theater site. Host- Oh, I'm sure he'd get a BIG kick out of it. PK- *Delighted laughing* Host2- That's exactly what I was thinking. He'll- he'd laugh at it. He'd go, This is amazing. PK- Oh sure. Host2-....it was thirty years ago! Host- You need to get HIM as a consultant. We'd should.... try and... hook that up. PK- That would be fun. Host- Oh, yeah, definitely.. PK- He'd- be- thrilled.... Host- (eager interruption) Do you get people from outsi-- from all around the world? What, uh, who's the farthest away? And ..as in farthest continent? PK- The farthest away is the French Seychelle Islands. That's the farthest away that we have on a member. We have a couple of reading members that are from Germany. And...we have another host who's in Belfast. Host- Oh. PK- And we have a couple.. That's the way we can cover all the time zones and we can keep the site active and up date, as soon as a writer sends in information. So we have a lot of fun things on the website. Uh, such as, uh, an Emergency Scene Portrait Gallery where the ..readers that come in, they can go and have themselves put in a ....picture... from a scene from Emergency and that's in a gallery on the website. Host- ( To Host2 ) Oh, that's right up ... PK- We have a message board. Host-...your alley. PK- We have music's. That are featured.. on the episodes. When you go in and click a banner to read an episode, there's music that's donated ...from readers- They're midi files. And that plays while you're reading and watching the pictures.... Host- Nice. PK- ...that's kind of interesting. Host2- Well, we have to say, your site's very busy, lots of music with a lot of great stuff.... It's a fun site.... PK- Sure. Host2- I highly, d- uh, I highly recommend that everyone go check it out. PK- Oh yes! For the die hard Emergency fans. Yes, we have made Emergency icons and cursors. You can download those onto your computer. *laughter* Host- Well! I'm gonna have to do that straight away. Host2- Is it- uh, I don't know if it was your organization, but uh, it was in an email that I received... PK- Uh hmm.. Host-..and it was people taking ..their pictures ...and inserting them into scenes from Emergency... Host2- Yeah, well that's what she just talked about. Host- Oh. All right. PK- Yeah. That's on the...Emergency Theater Live Homepage. If you click that link ...that leads to the graphics site... Host- So, uh.. PK- ..towards the middle of the page there's a camera that you can click, and if you go there, it leads to that gallery. You'll see a picture of all the readers and the theater hosts, being put into scenes from Emergency. So I-- Host- Oh, I misunderstood what you're saying... Host2- Uh, yeah, that came in an email ...for me... PK- Yeah. Host- That's quite a novel concept. PK- Yeah, that was interesting. That was something that was just ..an idea that was developed about two months ago. And interest in that alone ..has been soaring. It's all over. Host2- Wow, yeah.. Host- You put on a-- Host2- I want a picture of ME driving squad 51. PK- Ok. Do you know what you do? You-If --You're already on the pre-production list so just send a photograph ..to the list ...and it'll be made. Host2- All right! PK- Yep. Host- Now they actually have a Squad 51, still... uh.. down in Hollywood ..from what I understand. PK- Yes, they do. I believe it's in the Los Angeles County Fire Museum.. and that's the last I've heard of that. And then, the engine 51, from one of the readers on the list, is in Yosemite, and it's given another name- I think it's engine number 7. And its fighting forest fires. And its still actively in service, but I believe the squad is just on display now. Host2- Why would they change the number? If you actually had that fire truck and was fightin fires, you would KEEP that number, wouldn't you? PK- *chortling* Host- Oh, yeah. I would. Host2- I would. PK- *laughing* Well I think they did that because there's a real station 51 that was... on the Universal Studios grounds ...that actually had that call sign.. so I think...they had to change it ...because it was the Park Service District. That's my understanding. Host- All right. Well, we'll let- we'll let em get away ..with that this time I guess. PK- Sure. Host2- Logistically maybe, it wasn't possible but.. I'D still call it- Host- So what are your- What are your plans? Are you gonna- are you gonna take all the old TV shows and and- start these little round-- what is it called round abouts? PK- Round abouts? Well, what we're doing is that, um- we take the characters that we know, and the settings that we know and just keep writing NEW episodes, so it doesn't really.. go over ..the old episodes that were on the TV shows. Host- But uh, PK- Making new ones. Host- But uh, this concept. How long do y- How long do you foresee...the Emergency run going.. You said uh,.... PK- The Emergency run going ? Host- ..You said this Star Trek was ...two years? PK- Yeah,..we projected about four years. We did about four years with the ...Star Trek genre that we did earlier while we were still developing this whole group of writers and the concepts and the ideas. So, ..probably another two years or so. Host- Wow. Host2- Do y- do y- see- PK- We put out a new episode every month. Every two months. Host2- That was my next question. How long does it take to go through a new- go through a new episode and- and get it out there for the readers? PK- It takes about one month to do that. Host- Annnd... PK- ...usually from the beginning of the month to the end of a month, like we're doing- we're on episode 11 right now, Host2- So what schedule?-- PK-..and it's called Shadows Of The Past.. And that started June 1st. And it's expected to wrap up and- all the writing that people send into the pre-production list, is expected to be editted and put to music and images, and be completed by June 30th. Host2- Now, can you tell us a little bit about that episode, and where they're at and what ... PK- Sure! Host2- ..and what's the next paragraph gonna say? PK- I don't want to spoil too many things.... Host- Oh yeah. PK.. or the plot design. But I'll tell you right now that.. The whole gang of station 51, uh, is in Santa Rosa County. if you're familiar with the series, that is a rural community and they try to go fishing. And in the episode, on the real TV show, they COULDN'T go fishing because they had all these emergencies crop up, they had a fishing boat blow up, fisher people were burned. Anyway, where they are now, in Episode eleven, is brand new, is,.. they get to the campsite and.. all the gang of 51 is sitting in a camper, and they're on the side of a lake... and they meet this woman who's at a cottage, and they just had a small problem... I'm not gonna say what it is 'cause it's very funny. Host- Ok. Host2- *Chuckle * PK- And they got invited up to the cottage right now, because this episode is just beginning, and they meet the Sheriff, that.. they met in the episode on the TV show. And right now, the sheriff....has a frown on his face, in the scene, where we're currently at, and something's wrong. And that's where the last writer left off. And so we're just waiting for the next writer to send in a scene, to continue the episode. Host- Now is- now is Johnny or Roy trying to date this girl? Who is this girl... PK- Exactly. Host- Yeah. PK- It's a shared role play writing. So what we do is .. we have pauses. We wait for a fan writer come in and submit a scene, and if that doesn't happen, we have one of our volunteer staff writers come in and continue the story. Host- Well, I just joined today. PK- You did! I noticed.. Host- Oh yes.. PK- One of our hosts said that-- Darek? Right? Host- Yep! Pk- ..Yeah...said that you joined this morning. Host- I did- I was uh, I wanted to look over the site before- before coming on tonight at... uh, I've been busy in the last- last week so.. PK-Yeah. Host- I ...certainly d-didn't want to come in cold... PK- Oh, no.... Host- But uh, PK- ...you'll have some fun. Host- But I read...some of the previous .....episodes and...yeah, it looks like a ball. I'm- PK-*chuckling* Sure. Host- I'm looking forward t- I'll add something. PK- Yeah, we're trying to find more writers. Lately it's been- We have a high percentage of readers. It was the same during the years, that we were working on Star Trek. Host- Right. PK- Where we had a huge readership. But then the writers would either feel intimated or they didn't understand how the process worked. And that's how we honed down the guidelines to make it really simple. So if you've seen it on the show, you can write it! Host-Right. Host2- Did they have monsters on the show? PK- yeah... make things canon. Host-( To John ) Do you wanna- Why? Do you wanna ..write? Host2- I was thinking if you were at a camp...at a cottage.. that you should have monsters... shouldn't you? Host- Oh, Sasquatch... PK- Yes!.. Host- You know what? We could have Sasquatch-- PK- So,.. Roy and Johnny are on the porch of this woman's cottage. And they're facing the sheriff, with a ..frown on his face, and he has something to say.... Host2- *getting into it* There's a sea monster in the lake! PK- Yeah, ..something. *laughing* Host- We should all--It shouldn't be here. PK- Whatever you want the guys want to do. And then you can kick out that scene, and then you see where the next writer picks up. Host- That- PK- That's what's neat about these episodes, 'cause nothing's planned. So then, everything is eventually pretezeled together because the staff writers go, Ok, well, another writer wrote about this, so we'll tie that in, in a later scene, and it's amazing how...by the end of the month, the whole episode is rounded out and well formed. It works well ! Host2- So where d- Host- Uh, we have a lot of people listening so, if they're interested, how do they join and where do they need to start from? What do- what do- Can you go through the process of joining..this group so that ....they can become writers? PK- Yes. They can join by either going to the Emergency Theater Live Homesite, which is, on a link that you can see on the ....homepage at EMS Live dot com. Host- Thanks for the plug. PK- And uh, ..there is a ...picture of station 51 with a flag flying with flames beneath it. And you can click that and that will take you to the Yahoo Groups Homepage where you can sign up on that list. And then, once you sign up on our list, um, information is automatically sent out, once the theater hosts approves the membership. All the information you need to get started is ...sent you your inbox. Host- Yes, I got a number of emails today. PK- Um hmm. Host- With all sorts of information. Including- including texts of old shows and.. passwords in order to gain access those, too. PK- Exactly, exactly... Host- To the multi-media....part of it, right? PK- And you'll get guidelines on how to write. You'll get our consultants list. And you'll get a bunch of fun things like, we send out like a screensaver that we found that's really good that'll give you sounds ...and images....... Host- Yeah, I'm gonna put that one on my web- on my computer today. Host2- You did? Host- I did. PK- And.. also on Emergency Theater Live, we have.. screensavers that were made and designed that match the episodes that we're creating. We have three of them. One of them was an award winning, Episode Six.,...anyway... uh,... Host2- Hey go ahead, you gotta plug yourself. PK- Sure! Host- You won an award. Now what award was this? PK- This was just... the ones that were voted by fan readers coming in and they're saying, 'Ooo, yeah, The Golden Horn was a really, really good script.' It really didn't get, uh, formal recognition. But, just ..within fandom and within fan fiction readers... Host- So you're taking these....screensavers and they- and they have ...the pictures that conincide-- PK- Yep. Pictures, dialogue.. But... if you haven't read the episode itself, don't download the screensavers first 'cause it will spoil the plotline for you ...because it will give away what happened in the story. Host- Oh. I know. I already did that...*mousy voice* Host2-*laughing* PK- Oh, no! *sympathy* Host- Now what do I do? PK- Ohh! *mock wailing* Host- I haven't actually watched the whole ..screensaver.. PK- Yeah? Host- ..'cause I was working late and- I didn't get to the screensaver... PK- Yep.. Host- So.. PK- And the music that's on these episode screensavers are identical to the ones that are on the online episodes in the vault. Host2- Pretty impressive. I hope that you get lots of people joining and listening, from listening to our show and I - I definitely think a sea monster is next. PK- *chortling* Host- W- We'll see. We'll see. I'll uh, I'm gonna- look into writing- helping with..these episodes. I think it's a fun thing. PK- Oh, that would be wonderful. Host- Yeah. Now I .. PK- Yeah, we're always looking for more writers. Host-....I may not do a good job. It may- It sounds wonderful. PK- We have a millio- we have a million people who are volunteer consultants. We have nurses, doctors, hazmat captains, firefighters, nursing students, paramedic students- They're all on the consultants list. They're going.. Sure, we'll help.. And then we have.. a million readers. We have, about three hundred on the pre-production list ..who join in and they get the writing the second it's sent in. And then we help people along as soon as we can.. Host2- Now when you say a million... PK- ...but... Host- Are- are you just... PK- ...yeah...*teasingly exaggerating* Host- *missing the humor and joke * That's a large number. PK- ....but very few writers...that sort of surprised us. We ....figured we'd be able to get more writers...to help ...and we're simplifying, that trying to come up with-- to ... Hosts- It's three hundred and one now. PK- ..make things easier ...and more fun. Host2- It sounds like a great project and a lot of fun. A great way for paramedics to- to vent uh, their life work.. PK- Exactly.. Host2- We've read a lot of great stories ... PK- Exactly... Host2- ....pertaining to.. Emergency episodes. Host- And it's extremely creative and so I commend you for that. PK- Thank you. Host2- It sounds, uh... PK- And they can do that vicariously because everyone who's in EMS or most everyone, is already familiar with Emergency. Host- Right. PK- And the characters are already developed, the settings are developed. And... if you need references there's ....satellite feeds out there everywhere that you can get ....and buy on Ebay even, to see episodes of Emergency. 'Cause like, Here at ...uh, voyagerliveaction ...dot com, which is the server for Emergency Theater Live, we HAVE all the episodes of Emergency. We've managed to procure that, so we have reference materials. Host- Oh.. Nice. PK- And if people have questions, we can research it and ..send it out on the pre-production list for writers ..and readers. Host- Well, there you go. Patti, thank you very much for talking with us about Emergency. I'm sure-- PK- Thank you very much for having me on the show. Host- Ah,, We...hope you enjoy continued success and I will ..see you... on the website... well, I won't actually see you... but ..you'll probably see me.*chuckling* PK- Yeah, I'll be there. Host2- ...(joking) maybe the Sheriff met Darek... PK- Yeah! We have a catch phrase on the pre-production list, Whenever a host signs off they usually say, I'll see you station side. Host2- Station side? All right, we'll see you station side. Host- All right, Patti. We'll see you station side. PK- Thank you very much. Host- Have a good night. PK- Good night. (hanging up) Host- And that was Patti Keiper from.... Host2- (same time as) ..Emergency Theater Live Host- ...Emergency Theater Live Host- That's right. That's a- that's a very creative idea. Host2- Well, i-- Host- I'm all for it. Host2- Well if it comes down to creativity.. it's a unique medium that we can all, uh, ...that we can all chat with, that we can all join in, and discuss uh, it- it's just...plain and simply, a lot of fun. Host- Yeah, it's just nice. Eh,....it's people getting together.. I mean think about h- how... think about all the people! S-she said she said..a ...million people.. *still not getting the exaggeration joke* Host2- We should've- We should've asked her to name off all the consultants. Can you start from 'A' ?.... Host- Ok, go! Host2- We got time. Host- *mock seriousness* I don't know if we've got that kind of time.. Host2- *foreign accent- finally getting the joke from Patti* A meeleeon peeeople. Host- All right, so-*laughing* All right well, thanks a lot, everyone, for joining us this week on EMS Live. This has been Darek DeSaunier.. Host2- And I'm John Bignell. Thank you for tuning in. Host - We'll see you next week. *Loud guitar jamming music and sirens* ANNOUNCER- EMS Live. 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All rights to this broadcast belong to EMSLive.com and its affliated company. **Transcribed by C. Meyers, Emergency Theater Live Host French Seychelle Islands** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------