Brice listens to Roy lecture.
The Brice Episodes
The
Nuisance
Original air date: 3/6/76 (this was my thirteenth birthday. Probably doesn’t
mean anything, but it’s interesting….)
Writer: Robert
Hamilton
Director: Randolph
Mantooth
Guest Cast: Gretchen Corbett, Carole Cook, James G. Richardson, Joan
Shawlee, Coleen Gray, Joseph Perry.
John is the victim of a hit-and-run driver while the squad is out on a late night call. Roy must deal with his replacement, firefighter/paramedic Craig Brice, ‘the walking rulebook’, while Johnny deals with a cute physical therapist and a veteran nurse who treats the hospital like her own personal boot camp. The mandatory Big Structure Fire caps off the episode.
Brice
listens to Roy lecture.
First appearance.
The paramedics rescue an injured man from a telephone pole. Johnny and Roy
are asked to serve on the Paramedic Advisory Committee, but are put out when
Brice insists on running the meetings strictly according to Roberts Rules and
elects himself as chairman. Johnny and Roy rescue a climber from a tall
building. Roy comes up with a way to bypass the committee rules legally despite
Brice. (Clever dude, that Roy…..)
Notes: Real-life paramedic Bob
Belliveau plays Brice’s partner ‘Bob Belliveau’ in this episode. It is a common
misconception that Bellingham appears in this one, but the name ‘Belliveau’ is
used quite clearly at least twice in the dialogue. Mr. Belliveau was the first
ever paramedic trained in LA County.
A rare flustered moment. Thanks Roy. J
Bob Belliveau, tolerant partner and Henry’s buddy.
Original air date: 3/26/77
Writer: James G. Richardson
Director:
Christian I Nyby II
Guest Cast: James G. Richardson, William Bryant, Walter
Barnes, Shannon Farnon, Jeannie Fitzsimmons, William Boyett.
Brice is on TV. Brice is in the paper. Brice has an idea for the tape review
process. Johnny is climbing the walls. A group of rambunctious children drive
their babysitter to distraction. During a warehouse fire, Brice becomes trapped
and must be rescued.
Notes: This episode features the first on-screen appearance of Bob ‘The
Animal’ Bellingham. At this point, he and Brice are apparently working as a team
out of Station 16
No glasses!
Bob Bellingham, AKA ‘The Animal’. The biggest slob in the department.