Continuity: When Rick Walker is in the bar with Sam, he recognizes Coach as a former pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox. Yet in future episodes of Cheers, Coach is always identified as a former third-base coach.
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Cheers (1982) - 13 mistakes in entire show
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Endless Slumper (season 1, episode 10)
Affairs of the Heart (season 2, episode 6)
Continuity: After Diane's 'Romance is in the air' Sam comes closer to her and stands right behind her. Then there is a cut and suddenly Sam is standing to her right, shoulder to shoulder - it's a different angle, but the distance is too great.
Snow Job (season 2, episode 18)
Continuity: When Coach walks out from behind the bar near the start, he's got feathers almost up to his knees. Then when he turns around to walk back, they're now only over his feet.
The Bartender's Tale (season 3, episode 23)
Revealing: When Frasier comes into the chalet after skiing he doesn't show any of the visible effects after a hard day on the slopes. Meaning, his face isn't even flushed from the cold, his hair is perfectly combed after wearing a hat and there is not even a drop of snow on his boots.
Fear is My Co-Pilot (season 4, episode 21)
Continuity: During the scene when Sam and Diane are left alone in the cockpit, the position of the curtain behind them keeps changing. When Sam is speaking, the curtain is half open. When the camera angle switches to Diane, the curtain is closed.
What's Up, Doc? (season 7, episode 18)
Plot hole: At closing time, Cliff, Norm and Woody spontaneously decide to go to Cliff's house. Sam then enters the bar after his date at Melville's. Later in the scene, Rebecca asks Sam about the 'Three Stooges', to which Sam sarcastically replies that they went to Cliff's house. But how could he possibly know that since he entered the scene after they had already left.
Other: Right after Sam tells Carla he will sleep with the next woman who walks through the door, in the background there is an "Extra" (blonde-haired woman seen in background between Sam and Carla) who starts to cross right then turns and crosses lefts then turns right and stops and looks confused as to where she is to cross. Obviously she was given directions of which way to cross and when, but forgot.
What is... Cliff Clavin? (season 8, episode 14)
Continuity: Just before they reveal the answers of Final Jeopardy, they take a wide shot, and Cliff's question (Who are 3 people who have never been in my kitchen) is already revealed. But when they take a tight shot and ask Cliff to reveal his question, it is covered up.
Cry Hard (1) (season 8, episode 25)
Continuity: Sam, Norm, and Woody are helping Rebecca move into Robin Colcord's house. When a curious Norm opens a bedroom door, the wall is bare. The shot cuts to Rebecca then back to Norm, but now there is a desk with flowers and a vase on it, plus a picture hanging on the wall.
Breaking in is Hard to Do (season 9, episode 7)
Continuity: Rebecca walks to the bar, busily writing her love-letter to Robin on a notepad. As she speaks with Sam, she tilts the notepad toward the camera. We can see it is blank.
Woody Interruptus (season 9, episode 13)
Continuity: In the scene where Sam talks to Henri, we can see Sam wearing a wedding ring. Of course, in the show, as a great lady's man, Sam is not married. (From 6:39 to 7:57).
Madame LaCarla (season 10, episode 3)
Continuity: In the scene where Carla is sitting at a table in the bar, dressed as the new Madame LaCarla and is voicing her doubts about being the new Madame, you can see that Carla is only wearing ONE earring. (left one). In other scenes she is wearing both earrings.
The Magnificent Six (season 11, episode 4)
Visible crew/equipment: At the end, Sam gives up trying to get the phone number of the woman at the table. As Sam walks back to the bar, Cheers director James Burrows can be seen directing an off-screen camera. He is the bearded man wearing the green shirt.
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