Tina: Miss, is everything okay?
Sally: Oh, yeah, everything's great. Except you're ruining my relationship with Don.
Tina: Don?
Sally: Yeah, lady! Don Orville. I'm mean, we've been going out for over a year and all of a sudden your name comes up. And what are you trying to do to us?
Tina: Look, I was only with Don for six months. And two weeks after we broke up, he was already going out with Cheryl Fassler, and Laura Brockman after...
Sally: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...wait. [Pause] Wait. There were others?
Bishop73
5th Nov 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
5th Nov 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Sally: I don't get it. For free, murder is a horrible tragedy, but you charge $100 for it, and suddenly it's a sophisticated night out.
Tommy: But it's inappropriate for kids.
Dick: This world does need more entertainment that's acceptable for children.
Harry: Something where people are nice to each other. Something where people can just love one another.
Tommy: They have that. It's called pornography.
Dick: Then that's what kids should watch.
5th Nov 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Hotel Dick - S2-E3
Hotel Clerk: Good morning, Mr. Takei.
George Takei: Good morning. I'm checking out.
Hotel Clerk: Oh, of course. Here's your bill, sir.
George Takei: $3,000. Well, that's all right, I can afford it. I'm a famous actor.
Hotel Clerk: I'm sorry, that's $30,000, Mr. Takei.
George Takei: Oh my!
5th Nov 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
The Loud Solomon Family: A Dickumentary - S5-E9
Don: Sally? I want you to know that I accept you for who you are, and if we end up just being friends...
[Sally grabs and kisses Don]
Don: Sally!
Sally: Don. Oh man. Wow. You just kissed the gay right outta me.
Don: I did?
Sally: Uh-huh.
Don: What can I say? It's a gift.
28th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Caryn is on the desk, her back is to the class. After the pledge, when Dick says "never mind" and the camera angle changes, she's now facing the class.
28th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
This Little Dick Goes to Market - S5-E14
Trivia: When Dick and Tommy walk through the Eversoll office, the door they open up has the name "Gary Parkinson." Gary was the Buckeye Fidelity insurance salesman from s05e03, "The Fifth Solomon." They also pass the office of "Ted Hughes." Ted also worked at Buckeye. Terry Hughes was the director of the episode.
26th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
A Nightmare on Dick Street (1) - S2-E25
Question: Don says if he nabs Karl Borsky he makes detective. (I'm pretty sure I've seen other shows where a cop says if he does something or brings someone in he'll make detective, or some rank). Is that how some police departments promoted officers to detective? I thought it just a matter of necessary years of experience and passing a test (and maybe having a vacancy) and not about having a certain number of high profile arrests or accomplishing a certain feat. Granted Don may be exaggerating, but taking what he said at face value, how true is it?
25th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Dick Puts the Id in Cupid - S5-E11
Factual error: At the police station, in lock up, there's a paper on the bulletin board with a phone number "1-800-VICTIM" An 800 number should have 7 letters/numbers instead of just 6.
23rd Oct 2020
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the 2 girls at the mall leave after calling Freud a geek, the girl in pink puts her purse strap on her shoulder. In the next shot, it's off her shoulder, and she's seen putting it on it again.
21st Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Dick's Big Giant Headache (1) - S4-E23
Continuity mistake: After Harry eats the egg, the lid is still up. When Vicki walks in, the lid is down.
17th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Continuity mistake: When everyone is in the living kitchen, Tommy ends up getting 2 darts stuck into the dartboard. When Harry throws the remote, the 2nd dart is missing. But it's back in the wide shots after Jennifer comes in. Later, when Tommy throws another dart, that 3rd one is seen, but not the 2nd one.
16th Oct 2020
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Trials and Tribble-ations - S5-E6
Trivia: When the agents ask Sisko which Enterprise ship, he says "the first one." One agent also responds with there's been 6 Enterprises. However, in the 2001 TV series "Star Trek: Enterprise", we learn there was an Enterprise before the "first" one. And (as of 2020), there have been 8, or possibly 9, Enterprise ships. (I have listed this a trivia since at the time of the show it wouldn't have been a mistake. But one could argue this is a mistake or that the TV series ST:E made a mistake, since it's been established TOS Enterprise was the first ship with that name).
14th Oct 2020
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Trials and Tribble-ations - S5-E6
Continuity mistake: When Dr. Bashir picks up the chair in the bar, he grabs it by the armrests. But in the next shot, he's holding it by the back.
14th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
13th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Question: I'm watching this show on an app called "Tubi TV" and none of the 1st season episodes have the opening narration from James Earl Jones. I remember watching this on TV, but it would have been reruns and I can't remember hearing the narration then either (granted, I may have forgotten hearing it, but it's so distinct and unique that I don't think I would have forgotten it). When the show was in rerun syndication, was the narration removed? Why? Just to ad 30-seconds of ad time? Why would the narration be removed on streaming services where ad time isn't an issue? Do they not have access to the originals? Has anyone seen the narration removed anywhere else?
Answer: I have the entire series on DVD, and season 1 doesn't have the narration on it either. Perhaps the studio cut it to avoid having to pay residuals to James Earl Jones. Some episodes on my DVDs also seem to be missing scenes or parts of scenes that appeared in original airings, but were removed in syndication, so it seems just as likely that all episodes that were supplied for DVD replication or for streaming services received versions that were the edited for syndication.
Thank you for this insight. Interesting the DVDs don't have it.
13th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Trivia: Leon is played by John Lithgow's real life son, Ian Lithgow. Although he is often portrayed as a somewhat dim-witted college student, Ian had already graduated from Harvard (like his father) prior to the series starting.
9th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Continuity mistake: In the beginning when Dick is talking to Sally and Harry about Mary, the position of his tie changes after he says "what's the point."
9th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Fifteen Minutes of Dick - S2-E23
Trivia: At the book signing with Mark Hamill, a poster of the comic "Black Pearl" is displayed. Mark Hamill created and wrote "Black Pearl."
9th Oct 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Dick gets out of the chair to talk to Tommy, his newspaper is on the chair cushion. Later, it's on top of the pillow.
6th Oct 2020
Spaceballs (1987)
Trivia: In the merchandising scene, the coloring book is a 1980's Transformers sticker adventures coloring book and the lunch box is a 1980's Transformers lunchbox from Aladdin (the company, not the movie).
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Answer: Being promoted within the police department is usually a result of time on the job, combined with demonstration of talent and ability. When a character "cracks the big case" or "nabs the bad guy" this means that their superiors will take notice and possibly promote them if possible. In Don's case, he may already have the required years of service, but has yet to show sufficient ability.