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Character mistake: Captain McCrea tells the passengers that it's the 700th anniversary of the Axiom's first flight. The Axiom has been in flight for 255,642 days. Actually, 700 years is 255,675 days. That figure includes the additional day in 175 leap years.

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Character mistake: On the marquee at the Philadelphia theater where the musical "Pretty Lady" will be performed, lights spell out GALA PREMIER. A premier is the ruler of a country. The debut of a musical is a première.

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Factual error: Hallie, in London, dials the operator and says she wants to place a collect call to Napa, California. The phone rings once and Annie answers, then begins talking. On such a call, the operator should have told the recipient, "You have a collect call. Will you accept the charges?"

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Murder by the Book - S1-E2

Character mistake: This episode opens with James Ferris typing the final chapter of a mystery novel. He is using all-capital letters, No professional writer would do that.

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Other mistake: In "Dunked In The Deep" (1949), Moe, Larry and Shemp go to a pier where a ship is docked. The picture of the ship has been flipped and the ship's name, SAN CAPEADOR, appears in reverse.

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Other mistake: Charlie spray-paints graffiti on the wall of the gymnasium to protest Principal Newman's refusal to decorate the school for Christmas. We see "Newman" in large letters, an equal sign and a decorated Christmas tree with a big red circle and slash across it. The letters have sharp, smooth edges and the tree and ornaments are highly detailed. It is obvious the graffiti was painted with brushes, not spray paint.

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Continuity mistake: After Santa marries Carol and kisses her, he puts his right hand on Charlie's arm. In the next shot, Santa's arm is down.

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Other mistake: A Federal Express driver delivers hundreds of boxes to Scott Calvin. They contain the names of all the children in the world. Scott opens a box and picks up the top page and begins reading the names. The second page in the box is identical.

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Continuity mistake: When Rat and Mole enter Scrooge's office to ask for alms for the poor, the wall clock shows the time as 9.00. After Scrooge sends them away with no money, the clock shows the time as 6:57.

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Other mistake: When Donald crashes his car, a tire comes loose and rolls toward Chip and Dale. As the tire falls over them, Dale disappears for a fraction of a second.

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Continuity mistake: When Donald Duck crashes through the roof of his trailer, the door flies open and pots, pans, dishes and other items fly out and land on the ground. In the following scenes showing the trailer, those objects have vanished.

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Continuity mistake: Upon seeing Donald Duck's footprints in the sand, Chip walks the length of one footprint, leaving eight of his own footprints as he goes. He fetches Dale to show him Donald's footprints but when Chip reaches the footprint he walked across, his own footprints have vanished.

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Continuity mistake: Oliver returns home to find Stan holding a hose and putting out of the smoldering remains of a fire that destroyed much of the house. In the medium-range shot that follows, Stan's right arm is at his side and the hose is on the floor.

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Continuity mistake: In "Self-Made Maids," Moe, Larry and Shemp play dual roles, appearing as artists and as three models, Moella, Larryella and Shempella. In one scene, Larryella squeezes Shemp's hand while he's holding a tube of black paint. The paint squirts only on his face but in the next shot there are also paint spatters on his smock. When he returns to his easel, the paint on his face and smock has disappeared.

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Revealing mistake: As Ricky Bobby drives a test lap, one crew member tells another that Ricky Bobby is going only 26 miles an hour. In three close-ups of the vehicle, the reflection of the bleachers can be seen on the windshield. The reflection does not change. The vehicle is not moving.

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Food in a Geoffy - S7-E3

Character mistake: Beverly waves a university brochure in Adam's face and tells him he's going to go "to UCLA. That's in Hollywood." UCLA is in Westwood.

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Continuity mistake: Bertha Krasnoff, a furrier known to her customers as Madame Valerie, has a purse hanging from her left arm as she says goodbye to a customer exiting the shop. When she greets another woman entering the shop, the purse is now on her right arm.

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Last Salute to the Commodore - S5-E6

Character mistake: After Commodore Otis Swanson is murdered, Columbo goes to the Swanson Shipyard to speak with the Commodore's nephew, Swanny Swanson. Columbo calls him "Mr. Swenson."

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Stupidity: In "Studio Stoops," one mobster ties Larry to a bed and another mobster ties Moe to a chair. The second mobster says, "Boss, why don't you let me plug 'em?" The other replies, "It would make too much noise. Wait till we get 'em outside." If that is the plan, then why tie up Moe and Larry indoors?

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Character mistake: In "Movie Maniacs," the Three Stooges arrive in Hollywood via train, sneak into a movie studio and walk onto the set of a movie being filmed. A starlet looks at Curly and says, "Oh, Mr. Howard." There is no way she could have known his name.

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