Steven Lee

Continuity mistake: Mickey Mouse uses an axe to cut down a tree for Christmas. Each chop he makes is horizontal, but when the tree falls over, the lower part of the trunk comes to a point, and the stump remaining in the ground has disappeared.

Steven Lee

Show generally

Continuity mistake: In "Disorder In The Court" (1936), Curly is on the witness stand in a courtroom. When he tips his chair and falls backwards, a stunt double is used. The double's hair is much darker. When Moe and Larry rush over to pick him up, he is facing the wall. In the close-up, Curly is now facing forward. (00:05:00)

Steven Lee

Show generally

Continuity mistake: "Rusty Romeos," a 1957 short co-starring Joe Besser, is a remake of "Corny Casanovas," a 1952 short co-starring Shemp Howard. In a scene using stock footage from the earlier film, Moe and Larry are fighting, and a framed photo of Shemp is on a small table next to the couch. In the following scene, using new footage, the photo is of Joe. (00:15:10)

Steven Lee

Show generally

Continuity mistake: In "Disorder In The Court" (1936), Curly is trying to catch a parrot flying near the jury box. He tries to hit the bird with a mallet but winds up knocking out the six jurors in the front row. Moe drags Curly away, but suddenly the six jurors in the back row also appear to be knocked out.

Steven Lee

Narrow Escape - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: Gene is chasing a smuggler who is driving a horse and buggy with an unwitting Pat Buttram by his side. The smuggler drives past a roadside post marking the U.S.-Mexico border. In the immediate long shot of Gene chasing him, the post has disappeared. (00:22:05)

Steven Lee

Narrow Escape - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: Gene is chasing a stagecoach robber. Both men are on horseback and shooting at each other. When the stagecoach robber runs out of bullets, he puts his gun back in the holster. In the next shot, he again puts the gun back in the holster. (00:09:30)

Steven Lee

Thunder Out West - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: George Evans and Reverend Parker are playing chess when they hear a knock at the door. George asks, "Now who could that be at this late hour?" Gene enters and says, "I hate to trouble you at this time of night." Gene says the Cattlemen's Association safe has been blown open and asks George to ride into town with him and determine how much money is missing. When they arrive in town, it is midday. (00:04:40)

Steven Lee

Continuity mistake: Mr. Toad is wearing salmon-colored trousers and riding a horse. As they stop to watch a "motor car" pass by, Toad's trousers are grey. After the car has passed, they are once again salmon.

Steven Lee

Continuity mistake: A cannonball fired from Captain Hook's ship hits a cliff where Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Michael are watching. The blast hurls the four into the air. When Wendy regains consciousness, she is lying face down on the shore as waves wash over her. As she runs up the hillside to search for the others, her clothes are dry and her hair is blowing in the breeze. (00:23:20)

Steven Lee

Melody Mesa - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: The episode opens with a close-up of a poster saying "Elect John Nevers Sheriff" and the shadows of several branches across it. In the long shot, the branches are blowing in the wind. The opening shot is obviously a still photo. (00:00:38)

Steven Lee

12th Apr 2023

Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

Continuity mistake: In the "Mickey and The Beanstalk" segment, the Golden Harp is locked inside a chest and has 19 strings. When she is on the table and singing to Willie, she has only nine strings.

Steven Lee

12th Apr 2023

Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

Continuity mistake: Bongo the bear, riding in a car of the circus train, looks out the window. There are four vertical bars on the window - but when seen from outside the train, it has six bars.

Steven Lee

3rd Apr 2023

The Mad Doctor (1933)

Continuity mistake: In this 1933 Mickey Mouse short, Mickey dreams he is in a mad doctor's castle. He opens an inner door and finds a second door behind it. He then finds a third, fourth and fifth door. When a sixth door swings open and he is able to enter the mad doctor's lair, the other five doors have vanished.

Steven Lee

The Breakup - S1-E16

Continuity mistake: When Jeff Derrington arrives on horseback at his ranch, his wife and a baby carriage are in the yard. The carriage is covered by a white blanket. A close-up shows a baby boy in the carriage, even though Jeff never removed the blanket.

Steven Lee

The Star Toter - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: While Gene plays guitar and sings "Back In The Saddle Again," a close-up shows the chuck wagon cook waving his ladle back and forth in time with the music. In the following long shot, the cook is leaning over and dipping the ladle into a stew pot.

Steven Lee

20th Aug 2021

Song of the South (1946)

Continuity mistake: Brer Fox rips two buttons off Brer Bear's coat to use as eyes on his "tar baby." When he pulls them loose, small pieces of the coat's fabric are stuck to them but when he puts them on the tar baby's face, the pieces of fabric have disappeared.

Steven Lee

19th Aug 2021

Song of the South (1946)

Continuity mistake: Johnny and Toby are heading to a frog pond. Johnny stops by a fence and considers taking a shortcut through the pasture until Toby warns him of the bull in the pasture. When the two boys turn around, the fence is suddenly several feet away.

Steven Lee

16th Aug 2021

Pie-Eyed (1925)

Continuity mistake: When the nightclub manager is chasing Stan in and out of several rooms in an apartment building, it is dark outside the windows. When the two men climb onto the fire escape, it is daylight. In addition, several scenes in the hallway were printed in reverse. The "JANITOR" sign on the closet is in reverse.

Steven Lee

11th Aug 2021

Ragtime Bear (1949)

Continuity mistake: In this first Mr. Magoo animated short, Waldo is playing a four-string banjo. Throughout the cartoon, the number of strings keeps changing. Sometimes there are three and sometimes there are only two.

Steven Lee

9th Jun 2021

The Comic (1969)

Continuity mistake: A hospital nurse hands a cup of water to Billy Bright, so he can take some medication. In the next scene, the cup is back on the nurse's tray and Billy picks it up himself.

Steven Lee

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