Magical Maestro

Continuity mistake: When Poochini is rehearsing, Mysto the Magician knocks on the door of his dressing room. At this point, you can see that the handle is on the left hand side of the door, but when Poochini opens the door, he opens it from the right hand side.

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the concert, the conductor's hair is combed smooth, flipping up in back. When Mysto appears under the stage to freeze the conductor, the conductor's hair is now shaggy and does not flip up in back.

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the concert, look at the baton the conductor is holding. You can see that the baton is thin with a pointed end, but before Mysto freezes the conductor with his magic wand in the next shot, the baton is wider and has a tip at the end of it.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto introduces himself to Poochini after he comes out of his dressing room during a rehearsal, the collar on Mysto's shirt disappears briefly.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto opens the door and goes through the Stage Entrance at the beginning of the short, beside the door there is a poster of The Great Poochini singing. When we see Mysto looking at the poster a little later after Poochini threw him out in the alleyway, a conductor has now appeared.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto asks Poochini if he got the job, Mysto's coat is buttoned up. After Mysto is thrown out by Poochini, he realises his magic wand can pass it off as a conductor's baton. At this point, Mysto's coat is undone and the button is missing, but when he goes to the promotional poster outside the door, the coat is buttoned again.

Continuity mistake: When we first see Mysto the Magician at the start of the cartoon, the coat he is wearing is brown. When he enters the stage entrance and walks towards Poochini's dressing room, his coat is red.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto the Magician freezes the conductor at the beginning of Poochini's performance, the conductor is holding the baton in his right hand, but in the next shot he is now holding it in his left hand.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto the Magician enters the theatre and goes to Poochini's dressing room, you can see there are some pictures by the entrance and a desk by the wall. But when we see Mysto knocking on Poochini's door, the pictures and the desk have disappeared.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto asks Poochini if he got the job after his audition, Mysto is holding the magic wand in his left hand. But when Poochini kicks Mysto into the alley, he is now holding the wand in his right hand.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto the Magician knocks on Poochini's door when he enters the Stage Entrance, the door has a handle on it. But when Poochini opens the door, the handle has gone.

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon, Mysto the Magician enters the Stage Entrance and you can see that he leaves the door open. But when Poochini kicks Mysto out after he was not impressed with his audition, the door has disappeared.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto the Magician freezes the conductor before the start of the concert, you can see the conductor's baton is pointing up when he is frozen, but in the next shot the baton is now pointing down.

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the show, there is a barrier around the conductor that disappears during Poochini's performance.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto uses his magic wand to raise Poochini to the ceiling during the show, you can see that Poochini is in the middle of the stage when this happens, but when Poochini comes crashing to the ground in the next, he is now at the left of the stage.

Continuity mistake: When Poochini discovers that Mysto was the conductor throughout the whole concert, you can see there is nothing at the far end of the stage, but when Poochini freezes Mysto and puts him back on the stage, a small flight of steps has appeared.

Continuity mistake: When Poochini kicks Mysto out of the stage entrance, he leaves a boot mark on Mysto's trousers. When Mysto goes back into the stage entrance to take his revenge on Poochini, the boot mark has disappeared.

Continuity mistake: When Mysto freezes the conductor to take his place at the concert, you can see the conductor has his hands raised when Mysto steals his hair, tuxedo, nose and facial hair. When Mysto takes his place to continue the performance, the conductor's hands are now lowered.

Continuity mistake: When the conductor starts the music to begin the performance, you can see there is no orchestra in front of him, but later on an orchestra appears when Mysto makes Poochini Chinese.

Continuity mistake: When we first see a view of the opera hall, you can see there is no aisle in the centre. But when Mysto runs after Poochini discovers that the conductor was actually Mysto in disguise, an aisle has suddenly appeared.

Continuity mistake: When we first see a view of the opera hall, you can see there is no aisle in the centre. But when Mysto runs after Poochini discovers that the conductor was actually Mysto in disguise, an aisle has suddenly appeared.

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Trivia: When Mysto the Magician tries to impress the Great Poochini with his audition, he ends with a quick dance. This is a reference to another Tex Avery cartoon, "Doggone Tired", in which the hunting dog did the same dance with background music after finding a rabbit hole.

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