Factual error: While eating, General Haggarty was told about how Conway should be a cook. Haggarty said "Change his (Conway's) MOS. MOS means Military Occupational Specialty, your job in service. Since M*A*S*H was set in the early 50's, Haggarty wouldn't have said that, because 'MOS' wasn't used until 1965.
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22nd Apr 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
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Suggested correction: "MOS" most certainly was used during the Korean War. In 1965, the MOS system was simply changed, not created.
I perhaps misspoke. It was titled PMOS, and revamped in 1965 as just MOS. My apologies and thanks for the info.
According to "Introduction to Special Regulations SR 615-25-15, Enlisted Personnel Military Occupational Specialties" from the Department of the Army in November 1950, it's MOS. The "P" just means primary, but MOS was/is used way more than PMOS.
22nd Apr 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
Preventative Medicine - S7-E22
Continuity mistake: In Potter's quarters Klinger's arm holding the chicken goes from in front of his chest to by his waist between shots.
21st Apr 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Factual error: While in space, Superman and Nuclear Man's capes are flapping. Since it is a vacuum, there is no air, therefore the capes shouldn't flap. Likewise, on the moon, the dust and dirt are moving too quickly to be in a micro gravity situation.
21st Apr 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When Nuclear Man blows the first manhole cover up, you can see the small plug-like device that was in the barrel of the ejector device as it flips over.
21st Apr 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Other mistake: As Superman flies past the subway train, it's obvious that the train is sitting still, as the view of the tunnel shown it is stationary.
21st Apr 2022
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Trivia: In the original cut, the man reporting from Epsilon 9 says the cloud measures "Over 82 AUs in diameter. Since an Astronomical Unit is the distance between the Earth and Sun is 92,955,807.3 miles, 82 AUs would be 7,622,376,198.6 miles. In the Collector's and Director's cuts, it has been redone as 2 AUs, or 185,911,614.6 miles.
21st Apr 2022
Space: 1999 (1975)
Other mistake: After the alien probe emits atmosphere on the surface, there's suddenly full gravity, as evidenced by the first two people walking normally. There was no mention of full gravity on the Moon's surface, as all walking before was in microgravity.
18th Apr 2022
Will & Grace (1998)
Boardroom and a Parked Place - S5-E6
Trivia: Towards the end of the episode, Mr Stein (Gene Wilder) says "From the heart of my bottom." Then a moment later says "Wait a minute...strike that, reverse it", an homage to Willy Wonka, the character he played in the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
8th Apr 2022
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Other mistake: The scene in Klink's quarters is one of a few where you can see Larry Hovis' (Carter) wedding ring.
8th Apr 2022
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Continuity mistake: After Hogan, LeBeau, and Newkirk leave, Carter is sitting, holding the glass with both hands. After the cut, he's holding the glass in his right hand only.
23rd Mar 2022
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, WIlma is wearing a red suit, but when the camera looks at her hand over the numbered buttons, the cuff is white.
23rd Mar 2022
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Revealing mistake: In the closeup of Twiki, you can see Felix Silva's mouth in the mouth grille.
23rd Mar 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
23rd Mar 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
Factual error: The Spot-A-Card pinball machine in the Officers' Club didn't come out until the 60's.
23rd Mar 2022
Batman (1966)
The Clock King's Crazy Crimes (1) - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: After starting the sand in the giant hourglass, Clock King puts on his alarm clock top hat. Between distance and close shots, the clock reads a few minutes to three, then Three o'clock in the closeups.
22nd Mar 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: As the first chopper lands on the pad, you can see that the pilot is Cowboy, a clear reuse of the shot from the episode "Cowboy"
22nd Mar 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
The General Flipped at Dawn - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: As the chopper lands on the pad, and the ambulance comes up, the pilot is as two different men when Hawkeye and Trapper approach and arrive at the chopper, meaning the landing was stock footage.
21st Mar 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
As You Were - S2-E20
Trivia: When Radar was on the phone saying he was an officer, he answered "Uh, well, I'm, uh, nineteen." I know it was for the show, but when this episode aired in 1974, Gary Burghoff was 31 years old at the time.
17th Mar 2022
Batman (1966)
It's the Way You Play the Game (2) - S2-E26
Visible crew/equipment: After Batman gets out of the Batmobile, you can see the lighting rigs, boom mic, camera and crew reflected on the Batmobile's side.
10th Mar 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
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