Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 1942

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Holiday Inn picture

Continuity mistake: After their first number, Ted and Jim are in their dressing room, Jim is buttoning his left cuff and then pulls down his right sleeve. In the next shot, he does this again.

Jack's Revenge

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Ride 'Em Cowboy picture

Continuity mistake: When Abbott and Costello are on the train. Costello walks over to see the guys playing poker. In the background a man closes the back door of the train. As Costello passes you see the door is open again and the same guy closes it again. (00:17:10)

Greg Weisgerber

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Woman of the Year picture

Continuity mistake: When Spencer Tracy takes Katharine Hepburn to the baseball game (about 20 minutes into the film), several plays supposedly from that game are shown. Some of the plays take place on a diamond that has a well manicured dirt path from the pitchers mound to home plate, while others take place on a diamond with an all grass infield and no path.

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Yankee Doodle Dandy picture

Continuity mistake: In the dressing room scene just before Mr. Albee's visit, as Jerry Cohan is talking he wraps a scarf around his neck. He leaves one end outside of the dressing gown, but in the next shot, both ends are tucked in.

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Road to Morocco picture

Continuity mistake: When Princess Shalmar, Orville, and Jeff are confronted by Kasim as they are escaping, Orville is wearing a flat topped hat to carry a load on his head with. Kasim uncovers the "hidden" Jeff, Orville steps back into scene and he is now wearing a different hat that looks like a fez wrapped in a turban.

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Sky Trooper picture

Continuity mistake: Look at the box Donald is sitting on when he is peeling potatoes at the beginning of the short. You can see on the side there is a hole at the bottom, but a couple of shots later the hole has gone and there are now four pieces of wood around the perimeter.

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To Be or Not To Be picture

Continuity mistake: With very little petrol available, the Bronski's chauffeur uses a horse to tow the car. Once they are at the theatre, the chauffeur pulls on the reins and gets down to open the car door, so the Bronskis can get out. Between pulling to a stop and the Bronskis being out, the reins have vanished.

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My Favorite Duck picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky is making his breakfast on the stove, the direction of the frying pan handle changes between shots.

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Donald Gets Drafted picture

Continuity mistake: When the drill sergeant tells Donald not to move a muscle, there is nothing between Donald's feet but in the next shot an anthill has suddenly appeared.

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Case of the Missing Hare picture

Continuity mistake: At the end of the cartoon, Bugs is holding a blackberry pie and you can see that the background behind him is green, but when he says "I do'd it!" and pushes the pie into Ala Bahma's face, the background changes to yellow.

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Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner picture

Continuity mistake: When the moth is in the bar, he pulls off part of the man's trouser leg and eats it. You can see that the tear mark has pieces of cloth around it, but when the moth says "And pre-war cuffs too!" the pieces of cloth have completely disappeared.

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Puss n' Toots picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry runs onto the record player, he runs next to a button panel and there are four buttons on it: Fast, Stop, Start and Change. But when he is pressing random buttons later on in the cartoon, a "Record" button has been added and the "Change" button has disappeared.

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The Wacky Wabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs hides in the hole from Elmer, he puts the cow skull over the hole. Elmer then takes away the skull and then puts his head in the hole. At this point, you can see that the background is a desert, but when Elmer takes his head out of the hole, it has changed to a cliff. The background goes back to a desert when Bugs appears in the next shot.

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The Impatient Patient picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy sees Dr Jerkyl's house, he is holding a telegram in his hand that disappears when we see him in the next shot.

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