Other mistake: Ponty follows the instructions of the titular book, which follows the logical progression through the corporate ladder. However, when he becomes VP of advertising, he is reading from the very first pages.
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1967)
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Directed by: David Swift
Starring: Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Robert Morse, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague
Continuity mistake: When JB talks to Ms. Jones on the intercom after talking to his wife on the telephone, he asks where the "You know" is. She says "It's in your top right-hand drawer." You can see him moving to his left.
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Suggested correction: Correct, but if you look at the desk in the wider angle from earlier in the scene, that would be the position of the rightmost drawer in it - the part of the desk the telephone sits on is a curve with no drawers. He has to move to his left no matter what.
J. Pierpont Finch: Just remember, Wally, we're all brothers.
J. B. Biggley: Some of us are uncles.