Thoughts On Emergency!

So, I recently started making my way through the DVD box set of this '70s classic, which was actually one of my first "favorite" shows(although I remember it paired with "S.W.A.T" on Saturday nights so it must have been the fifth season of the show [Fall '75]...)

It's fun to observe the adult themes and nuances of character dynamics that I obviously missed as an eight-year old(especially between the folks at Rampart!)


One thing I have noticed is that the storylines tend to be preachy at times, with a lot of anti-drug stuff, like literally a major part of three of the last four episodes I've watched(I'm almost thru season two...)

While this doesn't really bother me(having grown up back then I realize that it's just how it was,) but I can't help that if the same show were to air today, you'd get the usual crowd of morons complaining that it's yet another example of the pervasive "wokeness" that's ruining everything!

It's kinda like the Bon Jovi tune...

The more things change the more they stay the same
The more things change the more they stay the same
Ah, is it just me or does anybody see
The new improved tomorrow isn't what it used to be
Yesterday keeps comin' 'round, it's just reality
It's the same damn song with a different melody
The market keeps on crashin'
Tattered jeans are back in fashion
'stead of records, now it's mp3s
I tell you one more time with feeling
Even though this world is reeling
You're still you and I'm still me
I didn't mean to cause a scene
But I guess it's time to roll up our sleeves
The more things change the more they stay the same
The same sunrise, it's just another day
If you hang in long enough they say you're comin' back
Just take a look, we're living proof and baby that's a fact
You know the more things change the more they stay the same
The more things change the more they stay the same
You're either runnin' round in circles or you're runnin' out of time
Everybody somewhere either 12, 3, 6 or 9
The times they are a-changin'
We're here to turn the page
It's the same old story but it's told a different way
The more things change the more they stay the same
The same sunrise, it's just another day
If you hang in long enough they say you're comin' back
Just take a look, we're living proof and baby that's a fact
You know the more things change the more they stay the same
Never and forever just keep comin' back again
Don't hold out for tomorrow or hold onto yesterday
The more things change the more they stay the same
The more things change the more they stay the same
The more things change the more they stay the same
Here comes a na na na na na na na
These days it's the raise the roof instead of sha la la
Here come the rockers, the dancers and the remixed drum machine
This one is for the CEOs and record companies
And if you're waitin' on a happy ending
We're gonna hit the hook one more time
The more things change the more they stay the same
The more things change the more they stay the same
The more things change the more they stay the same
The more things change the more they stay the same
You know the more things change the more they stay the same
The same sunrise, it's just another day
If you hang in long enough they say you're comin' back
Just take a look, we're living proof and baby that's a fact
You know the more things change the more they stay the same
Never and forever just keep comin' back again
Don't hold out for tomorrow or hold onto yesterday
The more things change the more they stay the same
Whoa oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh