Best TV corrections of 1983

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Mama Gets a Job - S1-E7

Corrected entry: In 'Mama Gets a Job', she is at the Raytown Travel Agency answering phones. The first time she picks up the phone, it kept ringing because she didn't hit a button. She is taught how to answer and then Buzz calls which she hits the button for. Right after that Vint calls. She does not hit any buttons but she is able to talk to him. (00:14:50)

Correction: The phones in that time frame of show would have been push button that lock on one line and you can answer that line the next time it rings or hit another button to answer another line.

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The Accused - S1-E6

Corrected entry: In the police station, the police officer is yelling loudly at Neville in German. Why didn't they find an interpreter as it is obvious that he is a British builder who probably speaks very little German? Also, why would you get aggressive with someone who is obviously scared?

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Correction: Just becuase someone is English doesn't mean they can't speak Germen, at the initial 'interview' the officer may have just thought that Nev was faking not being able to understand. He wasn't being aggresive, it's just the way German happens to sound to English ears, I know I hear German voices all the time and it often sounds as though they are shouting and being aggresive.

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