Revealing mistake: While Roger is in the bathroom he hears banging, and when he opens the door he sees the gardening tools poised to attack, and in the shot from the bedroom facing Roger, we can see the stunt wires attached to the hedge shears as it hovers in front of the door's wood casing. (00:44:35)
Super Grover
3rd Aug 2022
House (1986)
3rd Aug 2022
House (1986)
Visible crew/equipment: After the gardening tools attack Roger in the shed, when Roger loads the shotgun to confront the marlin mounted on the wall, just as he enters the room and stops, the boom operator's raised arm is visible on the left side of the screen. (00:43:45)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: While Rockford convinces Rocky to temporarily stay at LJ's, Angel fixes himself a sandwich then lifts the plate with his left hand and grabs the beer with his right hand, but next shot the items have switched hands in midair. (00:41:50)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Say Goodbye to Jennifer - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: Early in the morning, before Rockford heads out to the airport for a stand-by flight, when he picks up the phone receiver he holds it in his right hand, then it cuts to a closeup. This closeup presents three issues. One, Rockford is wearing a pinky ring on his right hand that doesn't exist otherwise; two, a rolodex suddenly appears beside the telephone; three, the right hand in the closeup is not holding the receiver. (00:21:40)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: After Angel lies to Jim about bunking over at Aaron's he leaves Rocky's house, and when Angel shows up at Gaedel's apartment, the moving boom mic is visible in the hallway under the head jamb, and there's a small white tape mark on the carpet between Angel's feet. (00:40:00)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rockford shows up at the hotel suite expecting a "secret witness" Lt. Chapman tells him Angel's in bed, and as Rockford walks toward the bedroom, the actor's black tape mark is visible on the carpet where Chapman had been standing. (00:08:40)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rockford walks over to Chris Jenk's airplane there are no tape marks on the ground near the wing, but when Rockford hands Chris his briefcase, there are two small black tape marks on the ground, one by Rockford's feet and the other where Chris had been standing in the previous shot. (00:26:55)
30th Jul 2022
The Waltons (1972)
The Carnival - S1-E3
Factual error: After John-Boy reads the scary bedtime story to Jim-Bob and Elizabeth, when Elizabeth is lying in bed she's holding her Raggedy Ann doll, and in the closeup we can see the doll's Knickerbocker tag. This episode takes place in 1933 (the Chicago World's Fair is mentioned at the end), and the Knickerbocker Toy Company created this doll in the late 1960s. (00:09:30)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: After Angel dives into Firebird through the open window, Rockford ends up chasing after Kane with sirens following, and when Rockford pulls over at the side of a road, we can see the reflection of the crew and filming equipment positioned beside the car. (00:33:55)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rockford leaves the motel room he gets into his car, backs up and beeps, then as Angel dives into the car through the open window, we can see the reflection of crew, camera, boom mic, boom operator on the surface of the Firebird. (00:32:40)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: At the airport, there's a wheel chock wedged against the airplane's nose wheel when Chris climbs into the cockpit, and as Rockford walks away we hear Chris starting the engine, but in the next shot that wheel chock has vanished to allow Chris to steer the airplane forward, toward the taxiway. (00:27:00)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: At the airport, when Chris is in the cockpit of the "blue and yellow single engine" the aircraft's N-number is N8825H, but when Chris is on his way to Oregon the airplane hits the water, and its tail number is now N4372K. (00:27:10)
30th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: While Beth and Susan are at the restaurant talking about Susan's company, in the shots facing Susan there's an ashtray beside the salt and pepper shakers, but in shots facing Beth that ashtray has vanished and in its stead are cigarettes and a lighter. (00:06:40)
28th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Say Goodbye to Jennifer - S1-E19
Visible crew/equipment: While Rockford is in Dr. Stuart's office Stuart gets a wet washcloth for his bruises, and when he tells Rockford that he's known Jennifer since she moved to LA, the white T-mark is visible on the floor beside the patient chair, where Stuart had been standing. (00:30:00)
28th Jul 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rockford and Sky go to Mac Grunning's address they use the stairs to head up to his apartment, and in the hallway before they enter 314, the movement of the boom mic is visible at the top of the screen. (00:35:15)
28th Jul 2022
Family Guy (1999)
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: At the mall Stewie is wearing a pair of mustard color fingerless mittens, and the problem occurs while Stewie is sitting on Santa's lap. When Stewie first mentions plutonium and being a good boy, Stewie's hands show all of his fingers which means he's mittenless, but the color of his hands is the same color as his mittens. Then, when Santa tells Stewie to wrap it up, Stewie is wearing his mustard color mittens, then his mustard color fingers return again.
28th Jul 2022
Newhart (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: During the 'five years later' scenes, Chester, Jim, and two others arrive at the inn, and when Chester begins his tale of moving to Marina del Rey, we can see boom mic movement at the top of the screen, then as Jim mentions their houseboat being a few slips down from Robert Goulet, the boom mic dips way down into view, over Chester.
28th Jul 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Phil eats the "horse" egg at Moe's he asks to be taken to the hospital, and when it cuts back to Homer at the power plant, the direction of the stripes on Homer's tie switch to the opposite direction, mid shot. The same thing occurs again later. First, when Homer is standing outside the office while Fred talks to Burns about the benefits package, and also when Homer can't stay for Marge's turkey breakfast. (00:07:05 - 00:12:20)
28th Jul 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: While Homer, Carl, and Lenny are at Moe's with their new bud Fred, in the interior shots the swinging front door to Moe's swings open on the left side, but in the exterior shot when they all leave Moe's, that door still swings open on the left side, opposite to the interior shots. (00:08:00)
28th Jul 2022
Doctor Who (2005)
Flux: Chapter One - The Halloween Apocalypse - S13-E1
Continuity mistake: At the very start, when Yaz says, "Oh yeah, we are totally in command," just as it begins to zoom out, the handcuff around Yaz's right wrist has the double bar facing out and her left wrist has the single bar facing out, but in following shots both handcuffs are facing the same way. Similarly, this occurs with the Doctor's handcuffs around both wrists, when the Doctor keeps trying the voice recognition. (00:00:10)
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