Continuity mistake: When Roy's shaving while Johnny's in the shower, Roy fills a bowl with cold water and tosses it into Johnny's shower stall, then goes back to shaving, and the shaving foam on Roy's face changes between these shots.
Super Grover
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: At the start, after the boy ties a bowline knot in the rope attached to the van, when the mom gets into the van with her daughter, the reflections of two crew members, the cameraman and the top of the camera are all visible in the vent window, in two shots.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
The Girl on the Balance Beam - S5-E18
Visible crew/equipment: While en route to the woman trapped on a wire, the reflection of the cameraman is visible on the windshield after Mike drives past the entrance to Commercial Studios. We see it's not Captain Stanley, but instead it's someone wearing a white shirt, holding up something (presumably the camera) with both hands.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
The Girl on the Balance Beam - S5-E18
Visible crew/equipment: At the gym, when Nancy wants to prove that she's feeling fine, she tries to do a cartwheel, and the outlines of the mic transmitter and wire are visible on the back of her leotard.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Chet is trying unsuccessfully to get Henry to use the dog house, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on Chet's back.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Revealing mistake: At the gas station, when the pump sparks and catches fire, we can see that it's not gasoline on the ground with the water from the fire hose, but instead it's floating thick gobs of stunt fire gel with burning flames.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
An Ounce of Prevention - S6-E13
Continuity mistake: During the rescue up on the ferris wheel, Johnny's uniform shoes have changed into shoes with flat soles.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
An Ounce of Prevention - S6-E13
Visible crew/equipment: When Station 51 is dispatched to the man who's ill on the ferris wheel, just as Engine 51 rolls out of the apparatus bay, in the closeup we see the reflection of the array lighting and the reflector screen on the side of the engine.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Audio problem: When the guys reach the top of the tower ride at Oceanland Park, we hear Captain Stanley say, "Kelly, you go up on top and throw the tag line over the side, we'll take the stokes up that way," but Cap's mouth is saying something entirely different.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Charlie's at the station, complaining that every time one of the squads breaks down it's only crying out for mercy against the drivers, and that firemen are the worst thing to happen to the squads, we can see the reflection of the boom mic on the windshield of Squad 51.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Charlie stops at the station to service Engine 51, while Roy and John are trying to service the squad, the multiple reflections of location array lighting are visible on Charlie's squad, and on Squad 51's spotlight.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Family Ties - S6-E16
Visible crew/equipment: At the house fire, when Chet finds the teenagers in the attic, just after Marco climbs in through the window, we can see the moving shadow of filming equipment (looks like the boom) by the stool.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Family Ties - S6-E16
Other mistake: Before the fire in the patient's room, which is caused by liquid shorting out the clock radio, we can see the tape covering the brand names of the baby powder and the clock radio.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Bottom Line - S6-E17
Visible crew/equipment: When the guy walks into the ER with the white phosphorous burn, the outline of the lavalier mic transmitter is visible on the back of Dixie's uniform.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Bottom Line - S6-E17
Revealing mistake: While the guys are eating chilli at the table, when Station 51 is dispatched to 'man down', notice that when they're at the scene, both paramedics are wearing their jackets and Johnny is wearing his helmet. We never see Johnny's face in any of the wide shots, because the entire time it's the double with Roy. We only see Johnny alone in a few closeups, pickup shots which were filmed later, and we can see the style of the houses in the closeups do not resemble the houses in the other shots. The real Johnny is back, once they reach the hospital.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When 51's guys are at their practice game, the gymnast is injured and the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Johnny's T-shirt. (00:16:40)
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: At start of episode, when Captain Stanley walks in announcing the upcoming game against 16, the paper he's holding changes hands between shots. Then after Cap sits down, the paper again changes hands between shots. Also notice that after Chet finds Henry's bone behind him in the couch, he gives it to Henry then puts it back behind him again, then gives it to Henry once again.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Revealing mistake: When Station 51 is dispatched to the gas explosion at the cafeteria, during the actual rescue the four firemen we see in closeup in the cafeteria are supposed to be Roy, Johnny, Chet, and Marco, but it's really odd that all are the doubles, very obvious in the closeups. There's little dialogue during this scene, which was dubbed later in ADR.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Captain Stanley is writing on the board about the practice game at 9:00 am on Thursday, the board was clean before he started writing, then the board is dirty, and by the time he walks away the board is clean around what Cap just wrote, and his handwriting and its position on the board have changed as well.
7th May 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Revealing mistake: When Station 51 is dispatched to a man trapped at World Picture Corp, just as they reach the entrance to World Picture Corp, the Sheraton-Universal is seen on the corner, and the street sign for touring Universal Studios is visible as well. (00:19:45)
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