Trivia: The day this episode aired, March 3, 1966, Alice Pearce (the first Mrs. Kravitz) passed away. The episode was interrupted to announce her passing.
Jeff Swanson
10th Jan 2008
Bewitched (1964)
9th Jan 2008
Bewitched (1964)
Other mistake: At the end of a scene showing the dog, the scene is reversed (mirror image) for a moment. (00:08:50)
5th Jan 2008
Bewitched (1964)
Follow That Witch (2) - S2-E29
Revealing mistake: When Samantha starts trashing the private detective's apartment, she causes a chandelier to fall onto a coffee table, breaking the table. However, it is easy to see that the table breaks just before the chandelier falls on it. (00:20:10)
31st Dec 2007
The Sound of Music (1965)
Trivia: More than one take of the boating scene was filmed (Julie Andrews recalls two). On the one used in the movie, Julie Andrews falls off the far side of the boat. However, in the original theatrical trailer shown on the 40th edition DVD, another take is shown in which everyone falls off the near side.
29th Dec 2007
Bewitched (1964)
22nd Dec 2007
Bewitched (1964)
Aunt Clara's Old Flame - S2-E11
Revealing mistake: Aunt Clara levitates her doorknob collection to put it away. As they pass in front of her, the wires used to make them levitate become visible. (00:06:15)
7th Dec 2007
Scrubs (2001)
My Musical - S6-E6
Continuity mistake: Carla and Turk's song and dance, "For The Last Time I'm Dominican", was filmed a couple of months later than the rest of the episode because actress Judy Reyes, who plays Carla, was recovering from a broken hip at the original time of shooting. Stephanie D'Abruzzo, who played the patient, was brought back in to film the scene; her hair is noticeably longer during the "Dominican" song than during the rest of the episode.
19th Nov 2007
A Christmas Story (1983)
Continuity mistake: Just after the fight between Ralphie and Farkus starts, there is a shot of the two from the side and already there is quite a bit of blood on Farkus's face. But then in a shot from over Ralphie's shoulder, there is no blood visible on Farkus's face at all. (00:57:35)
18th Nov 2007
A Christmas Story (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Farkus grabs Schwartz and tries to make him say "uncle", the end of Schwartz's stocking cap is hanging loose in front of him. But in the following shot - showing Farkus throwing Schwartz to the ground - the end of the stocking cap is behind Schwartz's back. (00:23:00)
14th Nov 2007
Bewitched (1964)
Continuity mistake: The shaving cream smears on the mirror are different in the close-ups than they are on the wider shots. (00:04:25)
9th Nov 2007
Bewitched (1964)
Driving is the Only Way to Fly - S1-E26
Visible crew/equipment: As Harold and Samantha drive away from the traffic jam, part of the camera rig is reflected in the side window of the car. (00:16:00)
9th Nov 2007
Bewitched (1964)
There's No Witch Like an Old Witch - S1-E27
Visible crew/equipment: As Samantha helps Aunt Clara out of the closet, as Samantha says, "Don't go 'way!" the boom mike's shadow becomes momentarily visible at the top of the screen. (00:02:00)
7th Nov 2007
Bewitched (1964)
Red Light, Green Light - S1-E23
Continuity mistake: When Dave sees Darrin's ad for the community meeting, he suggests a couple of changes, one of them being to add a line saying "and bring your friends". But the ad was shown in close-up shortly before Dave's arrival, and there was already a line saying "Be sure and bring all your friends". (00:13:35)
5th Nov 2007
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: The piece of licorice that Carol Anne puts into the cigar box with the dead parakeet "for when he's hungry" appears to be close to 6 inches long when she's placing it in the box but no more than a couple of inches long when it's shown in the box a few moments later. (00:10:10)
4th Nov 2007
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: Just before the house starts to implode, Teague is backing away from it and as he does so, he passes a couple of white garbage bags on the sidewalk and backs into the street. In the next shot, taken from across the street showing bystanders being blown backwards, Teague is visible in the background; he's back on the sidewalk tripping backwards over the same bags he safely passed moments before. (01:48:10)
27th Oct 2007
Evan Almighty (2007)
Trivia: The scene where God appears in the backseat of Evan's car and they are both visible in the rear view mirror, is reminiscent of the movie poster for "Driving Miss Daisy", also starring Morgan Freeman, where Freeman and Jessica Tandy were both visible in the rear view mirror.
18th Aug 2007
8 Simple Rules... For Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002)
Trivia: Although Amy Davidson played the younger daughter in the show (presumably 14 or 15), she was actually 23 when the show debuted in 2002.
31st Jul 2007
The Last Mimzy (2007)
Trivia: Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, who played Emma, was also the voice of Mimzy; her voice was digitally altered and added in post-production.
30th Jul 2007
The Wonder Years (1988)
Continuity mistake: In episode 37, "The St. Valentines Day Massacre", the writing on the card Kevin makes for Winnie changes from the time he makes it to when it's shown again at the end of the episode; he's shown printing it and writing just in one corner of the card, but when the card is shown again, the writing is in cursive and is spread down the side of the card.
20th Jul 2007
The Wonder Years (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: The reflection of a large light used to light the shot is visible in the car window as Wayne is driving away after dropping Kevin off at the mall.
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