Other mistake: Lucy walks out on the balcony and sees Van Johnson sleeping on a lounge chair by the swimming pool. The photographic backdrop shows automobiles, trees, mountains, the Roosevelt hotel and many other buildings of Hollywood but when Lucy goes to the pool and sits on the lounge chair next to Van Johnson, the background is just a plain painted backdrop with no cars, trees, mountains or buildings. This plain backdrop also appears in the episode with Harpo Marx.
Steven Lee
12th Jun 2020
I Love Lucy (1951)
20th May 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
It May Look Like a Walnut! - S2-E20
Continuity mistake: The episode opens with Rob watching a horror movie on television. The bedside clock shows the time as 9:05. At the end of the episode 23 minutes later, the clock shows 9:10.
19th Apr 2020
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Factual error: Rick Dalton, relaxing on a float in his swimming pool, tunes his radio to 93 FM. A KHJ jingle is heard but KHJ was 930 AM. The station at 93.1 FM in 1969 was KNX-FM.
19th Apr 2020
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Other mistake: Over a car radio, KHJ's Robert W. Morgan is heard giving the weather forecast. The predicted high is "95 downtown, 105 in the valley." The scene takes place in the middle of winter, February 9, 1969.
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Suggested correction: The daytime temperatures can reach that high in the winter.
The highest recorded temp for Feb 9 for Downtown LA is 89 set in 2016, and the highest February temperature ever there was 95 on Feb 20, 1995. "The valley" is too ambiguous to identify where it means. So while they "can", they don't, and any movie showing record-setting temps during winter, even if theoretically possible, would be considered wrong.
19th Apr 2020
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Factual error: In a scene taking place Sunday, February 9, 1969, KHJ's Robert W. Morgan is heard on the car radio. Morgan hosted a Monday-to-Friday morning show. He never worked on Sunday.
5th Apr 2020
Columbo (1971)
Other mistake: Over a public address system, Cahill tells his staff to quit working on their World War III scenarios until "after lunch." He immediately returns to his office and the wall clock shows the time as 4:30.
24th Mar 2020
The Three Stooges Show (1960)
Other mistake: In "Busy Buddies" (1944), Curly pastes a Carrot County Fair poster onto a fence but has it upside down. In a close-up, the image of the poster is in reverse.
13th Mar 2020
Wall-E (2008)
Character mistake: Captain McCrea tells the passengers that it's the 700th anniversary of the Axiom's first flight. The Axiom has been in flight for 255,642 days. Actually, 700 years is 255,675 days. That figure includes the additional day in 175 leap years.
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Suggested correction: Leap years only occur because of the earth's rotation around the sun. As the AXIOM is in space, there is no need to correct for the earth's rotation.
First, rotation is the spin of the Earth (which cause day and night). Revolution is the earth orbiting the sun (which causes years). However, this correction is not valid on the premise you're trying to present. Many films set in space still use Earth time, so a day is 24-hours, even though they're in space and there is no sunrise and sunset (although it's stated the Axiom operates on a 25-hour day). So they would use Earth's year, which takes 365.256 days. Since the Axiom isn't orbiting the Sun, it wouldn't experience a year, so they're using something else. The fact that they're slightly off suggests it's a writing mistake and there's no evidence they use an arbitrary 365.203 day year.
13th Mar 2020
42nd Street (1933)
Character mistake: On the marquee at the Philadelphia theater where the musical "Pretty Lady" will be performed, lights spell out GALA PREMIER. A premier is the ruler of a country. The debut of a musical is a première.
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Suggested correction: "Premier" as an adjective means "earliest creation", such as a primer issue or "first in importance or order." In fact, in 1933 "Mickey's Gala Premier" was released. Only as a noun does it mean prime minister or other head of government.
7th Feb 2020
The Parent Trap (1998)
Factual error: Hallie, in London, dials the operator and says she wants to place a collect call to Napa, California. The phone rings once and Annie answers, then begins talking. On such a call, the operator should have told the recipient, "You have a collect call. Will you accept the charges?"
10th Jan 2020
Columbo (1971)
Character mistake: This episode opens with James Ferris typing the final chapter of a mystery novel. He is using all-capital letters, No professional writer would do that.
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Suggested correction: It's not meant to be all capital letters, but block letters. Just look at the title card and credits in the opening - they're block letters too.
7th Jan 2020
The Three Stooges Show (1960)
Other mistake: In "Dunked In The Deep" (1949), Moe, Larry and Shemp go to a pier where a ship is docked. The picture of the ship has been flipped and the ship's name, SAN CAPEADOR, appears in reverse.
29th Dec 2019
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Other mistake: Charlie spray-paints graffiti on the wall of the gymnasium to protest Principal Newman's refusal to decorate the school for Christmas. We see "Newman" in large letters, an equal sign and a decorated Christmas tree with a big red circle and slash across it. The letters have sharp, smooth edges and the tree and ornaments are highly detailed. It is obvious the graffiti was painted with brushes, not spray paint.
18th Dec 2019
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Continuity mistake: After Santa marries Carol and kisses her, he puts his right hand on Charlie's arm. In the next shot, Santa's arm is down.
11th Dec 2019
The Santa Clause (1994)
Other mistake: A Federal Express driver delivers hundreds of boxes to Scott Calvin. They contain the names of all the children in the world. Scott opens a box and picks up the top page and begins reading the names. The second page in the box is identical.
30th Nov 2019
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Rat and Mole enter Scrooge's office to ask for alms for the poor, the wall clock shows the time as 9.00. After Scrooge sends them away with no money, the clock shows the time as 6:57.
20th Nov 2019
Trailer Horn (1950)
Other mistake: When Donald crashes his car, a tire comes loose and rolls toward Chip and Dale. As the tire falls over them, Dale disappears for a fraction of a second.
20th Nov 2019
Trailer Horn (1950)
Continuity mistake: When Donald Duck crashes through the roof of his trailer, the door flies open and pots, pans, dishes and other items fly out and land on the ground. In the following scenes showing the trailer, those objects have vanished.
20th Nov 2019
Trailer Horn (1950)
Continuity mistake: Upon seeing Donald Duck's footprints in the sand, Chip walks the length of one footprint, leaving eight of his own footprints as he goes. He fetches Dale to show him Donald's footprints but when Chip reaches the footprint he walked across, his own footprints have vanished.
4th Nov 2019
Helpmates (1932)
Continuity mistake: Oliver returns home to find Stan holding a hose and putting out of the smoldering remains of a fire that destroyed much of the house. In the medium-range shot that follows, Stan's right arm is at his side and the hose is on the floor.
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