Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[payn]

Classic yellow rain coat paramedic uniform.

 

[Mannahnin]

Classic yellow rain coat paramedic uniform.

The first paramedic programs in the US only started in the late 60s and early 70s, right? Most of what we've come to expect of them in uniforms and equipment and so forth is relatively recent. I wouldn't be shocked to see non-uniform rain gear forty years ago when this movie came out. Of course it could also just be budget costuming.

 

[dragoner]

I bought the soundtrack to Return of the Living Dead, great album; it also had some of the more scary zombies for being essentially a comedy.

 

[Ryujin]

The first paramedic programs in the US only started in the late 60s and early 70s, right? Most of what we've come to expect of them in uniforms and equipment and so forth is relatively recent. I wouldn't be shocked to see non-uniform rain gear forty years ago when this movie came out. Of course it could also just be budget costuming.

Remember the 1972- TV series "Emergency!"? They did some pretty in depth research for that show, which was set in L.A., and the paramedics wore what they wore in real life; the same as other firemen.

 

[Autumnal]

Well, first of all, the phrase "It was..." is vague and misleading - Which 'it" are you referring to, and why are you bringing up past events that are clearly no longer relevant to the current discussion?
And secondly, I object to the inherent prejudice present in your attempt to diminish the ubiquity of the issue by trying to marginalize it by labeling it "strange".

Surely there’s traffic that needs playing in near you?

A lot of people try to mask the simplicity of their main point with walls of text or gussy it up with ten-dollar words. The vast majority of posts come down to “I like it” or “I don’t like it” but people seem compelled to make giant posts with dozens of arguments and sub-arguments. It leads pretty quickly to nitpicking sentence-by-sentence replies.

Soooo true. A lot of people never think much about why they’re writing. Is the goal to just feel good about what I write? Then I can let it all hang out. I was reading Dickens, Twain, Vance, and Lovecraft before I discovered D&D; I know how to get grandiloquent. But if I’m trying to communicate, I’ll want to use language that doesn’t invite misunderstanding - clear words, clear grammar, the works.

The one that's always amused me locally is the "LA Lakers". Because Los Angeles is definitely known for our lakes.

Tired: Big Bear Lake is nice.
Wired: The Salton Sea will rise again when the Army Corps of Engineers takes it for granted!

 

[Mannahnin]

Remember the 1972- TV series "Emergency!"? They did some pretty in depth research for that show, which was set in L.A., and the paramedics wore what they wore in real life; the same as other firemen.

Apparently when the show started there were only six paramedic units in the entire country. Whereas when the show ended five years later they were in every state.

Paramedic - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ryujin]

Apparently when the show started there were only six paramedic units in the entire country. Whereas when the show ended five years later they were in every state.

Paramedic - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The video I linked said 12, but in the span of planning, to pilot, to full show it could have doubled from 6.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Maybe? But there have also been plenty of cases of sports franchises moving without changing their names too.

Most of the ones I can think of don’t have names strongly rooted in unique/notable local connections. Raiders? Chargers? Colts? Dodgers? Rams?

And lots of teams that moved DID change names to either fit in better or sever old associations, like the Titans, Stars, Devils (twice), Pelicans, OKC Thunder and Texas Rangers.

 

[prabe]

Most of the ones I can think of don’t have names strongly rooted in unique/notable local connections. Raiders? Chargers? Colts? Dodgers? Rams?

And lots of teams that moved DID change names to either fit in better or sever old associations, like the Titans, Stars, Devils, Pelicans, Texas Rangers.

The Dodgers, at least, did. It's plausible that the Colts did, too.

And the Twins changed their name (from Senators) before the Rangers did.

 

[Autumnal]

Well, poop. I’ve been enjoying participating again, but family situations round 2 beckon, and also my vascular system is being stupid again. So I will be back posting…when I can. In the meantime, please be good. Failing that, please be interesting.