The Burbs

The Burbs (1989)

4 mistakes since 25 Aug '20, 07:02

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Revealing mistake: When the Klopek's house is burning and the roof starts to collapse, the "house" is really just an empty shell.

mdwalker

Continuity mistake: When Art jumps the fence to Ray's property to escape Landru, the Great Dane, his feet break the alarm trip wires as he falls. Later, when Art, Ray, and Mark are going over the fence after Art cut the power, the alarm trip wires are intact again.

Continuity mistake: When the garbage men are first seen discussing attending the healing seminar or taking on Roselli plumbing, the house in the background is different from the house on the street across from the Klopek's house which is then seen after Art, Ray and Rumsfield go out to question them about the trash.

Continuity mistake: In Ray's nightmare, Reuben stands over him, ready to plunge a knife into him and tells him to mind his own business. But at that point, Ray had not met or even seen Reuben.

mdwalker

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Trivia: According to Courtney Gains, who plays Hans, he, Henry Gibson and Brother Theodore weren't told if their characters were guilty or not. Also, along with the alternate ending, there were several versions of 'the reveal' in the trunk of the Klopeks' car; including a version where the victims were cheer leaders and one with the garbage men. Ultimately, it became a collection of bones. Source: "There goes the neighborhood" blu-ray special features.

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Answer: I watched the YouTube clip. The closed captions interpret it as, "Hey, Ricky, get this limo out of your yard." Listening to it, however, it sounds like he says, "lame-o" (as in a lame person) rather than "limo."

raywest

The closed-caption setting on YouTube is voice-activated, and it often displays typos and "approximate" words when it doesn't recognize the audio output (especially slang terms). In that scene, Rumsfield yells, "Hey, Ricky, get this lame-o out of your yard!" In response, Ricky puts his arm around his friend's shoulders and laughs, "Get out of my yard, Lame-o!"

Charles Austin Miller

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