Corrected entry: When Hank crashes into the barber shop, the car's license plate changes numbers between shots.
Super Grover
25th Jun 2023
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
1st Sep 2021
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Corrected entry: When Jerry goes over to open the jail cell door, the sound effect of jingling keys can be heard, however the actor isn't holding any keys. The jail cell door doesn't even have a keyhole.
Correction: When the Sergeant tells Jerry to open the cell (00:18:20), Jerry reaches to his left side to retrieve keys from his duty belt (there is no "sound effect of jingling keys"). And keys were visible dangling from Jerry's duty belt when he told Philip to calm his wife (00:17:10). Secondly, the jail cell door does indeed have an old-style keyhole (00:18:30).
22nd Jun 2023
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Corrected entry: Mr Edwards is illiterate, so how did he read the article from the newspaper he gave to Charles - even down to knowing where, location-wise, the article is on the newspaper page? He even explained in detail what the article says to Charles. (00:07:00 - 00:08:00)
Correction: Back in S2, "His Father's Son," Isaiah couldn't read John's poignant letter to him. It's shown at the very end that Isaiah is learning to read on his own. When John finds Isaiah alone at the treehouse, the camera zooms in on the book lying on the windowsill - "McGuffey's Eclectic Primer" - a textbook to teach reading. In S2, E18, "The Long Road Home," Isaiah sees Charles writing a letter to Caroline and says he has "tried" to write but "kept busting all the pencils," which means he's already learned to read.
27th Dec 2021
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Mr. McBeevee - S3-E1
Corrected entry: When Barney, Andy and Opie go outside to see Opie's "horse" the microphone and boom shadow are visible on the back door.
Correction: Those shadows are not from a microphone and boom pole. The shadows are from the overhang's open eave with its long rafter tail. Watch the opening scene (00:00:30) showing the back of the house, with its overhang above the back door and laundry line beside the house. Those shadows are also visible in this long shot.
31st May 2023
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Mr. McBeevee - S3-E1
Corrected entry: When Opie is outside tying up Blackie, then goes in, he is wearing a toy holster and gun. It's gone when he goes in.
Correction: When Opie enters the kitchen in the interior shot, Opie's belt holster and toy gun are not gone, they're still on him at his right side. Note that this interior shot continues uninterrupted, as Opie sits down and puts his hat on the back of his chair, then as Barney walks in and takes a seat at the table. Please rewatch (00:00:45).
20th Jul 2009
Goodfellas (1990)
Revealing mistake: Morrie gets whacked by Tommy with an ice pick. After that, Morrie is dead and lifeless. Soon after, Frankie Carbone (post Jimmy leaving) exits the car. When he does, the car light comes on and you can see Morrie blink. (01:45:40)
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Suggested correction: Morrie does not blink, but his body moves slightly due to the car rocking.
You can see him blink in the edition I have.
I saw it yesterday on the Netflix version. Morrie blinked.
The mistake is valid. When Tommy says, "Where you going, you dizzy motherf*cker you," specifically just as he says the words "you dizzy," we do indeed see Morrie's left eye blink (the shadow covers his right eye). It has nothing to do with: "his body moves slightly due to the car rocking." This mistake is quite visible when streaming (MAX and Tubi, timecode 01:45:43), and it's especially visible on a laptop or iPad.
20th May 2023
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Corrected entry: When Barney does "Have you met Ted?" for the first time, he taps a woman wearing a red top but you can't see her face. When the camera angle changes to reveal it as Robin, she's wearing a green top. (00:00:43)
Correction: Within the actual episode this does not occur. During the episode (00:02:50) Barney taps the shoulder of the woman wearing a red top standing beside him, and it's Yasmin wearing the red top as she and Ted continue to converse, until Yasmin tells Ted she's Carl's girlfriend. It's later in the episode (00:05:50) that Ted spots Robin wearing a green top, then Robin walks over to the bar counter. It's at this moment where Barney taps Robin's shoulder.
19th May 2023
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Corrected entry: When Frank is told he's like the James Bond of the sky, we see him briefly sitting in the cinema watching a James Bond movie. The problem is that the movie features Roger Moore as Bond, but Roger didn't star in his first Bond movie until 1973, and it would have been Sean Connery in the 1960s.
Correction: The movie Frank watches at the cinema is 1964's Goldfinger (one of the best Bond movies!), with Sir Sean Connery as James Bond.
12th May 2023
La Confidential (1997)
Corrected entry: At the beginning when Bud is in the liquor store, and he first talks to Lynn, you see an overhead mic at the top of the screen. The next fee shots are from different angles or with the camera pulled away, but just before he leaves, they go back to the same scene between Bud and Lynn and the mic is there again as he says goodbye.
Correction: Please rewatch the scene (time 00:09:05 and 00:09:23). It's not an "overhead mic at the top of the screen" in those two shots. What you see is the dark image of a pipe tobacco pack on the white background of a metal sign, attached to the liquor shelves. The sign reads "Cool Mild 10¢" with lower part of a pipe tobacco pack. The vintage sign is for "Granger Rough Cut Pipe Tobacco" from Liggett and Myers Tobacco. Here's an identical sign: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vtg-granger-rough-cut-pipe-tobacco-440971789.
12th May 2023
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Confessions, Confessions - S2-E12
Corrected entry: While in the store to shop for glue to fix the broken vase, the man tells Bobby the glue he's holding is a 'special glue' that will fix anything which is really just a standard tube of Elmer's Glue used by any household for craft projects.
Correction: At the store, the man never uses the words "special glue" nor does the man say that it "will fix anything" while he's talking with the kids. The man actually says, "This is the best glue we've got, kids," and has them read the bottle's label about it being "good for vases," it being "not invisible," and he tells them "you've got to squint to see it." Also, it is Peter holding the Elmer's Glue-All bottle, not Bobby.
12th May 2023
The Brady Bunch (1969)
The Impractical Joker - S2-E13
Corrected entry: Alice calls the exterminator for them to come out to the house but never gives them an address.
Correction: Alice calls the Zap-It Exterminator Co, and says, "This is the Brady residence, you did a termite inspection for us a while back," then Alice ends the call with, "Yes, I'll be waiting." So the Zap-It exterminators already have their address on file from the termite inspection.
Despite Alice telling them 'it's the Brady residence', there could have been a dozen or so residents in the area last named Brady. So there'd be no way of knowing which one was actually calling, as doubtful they had caller ID or call tracer in 1970.
But it's entirely believable that this specific exterminator might only have worked for one Brady household, and therefore knows who's calling.
8th May 2023
Blue Bloods (2010)
Corrected entry: During the takedown at the apartment Danny is entering the building wearing hoodie and the shield around his neck, going upstairs, the next shot he is in shirt tie and vest at the staging area, then he is back in the apartment in the doorway in his hoodie, then he is in the street in vest and tie. (00:20:48 - 00:22:21)
Correction: Danny is not one of the 4 men who follow Maria Baez inside and up the stairs (at 00:20:40). They are John Knight and his 3 men, all plainclothes with their shields hanging from necks. Earlier, right before Baez and the 4 men head out to the apartment, John Knight is standing near his 3 men inside the Clyde motorcycle shop (at 00:18:46 for example). Rewatch please.
10th Apr 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Captain Jack - S1-E3
Corrected entry: Where's the puppy that the boys get at the end of this episode throughout the rest of the series?
Correction: In episode 1x23, Beaver and Poncho, when Beaver brings home a lost little Chihuahua, he shows his parents and asks to keep him. Then Ward tells him, "You and Wally had a dog once, remember? You didn't take care of him. We had to give him away." This explains what happened to the dog from season 1, Captain Jack episode.
12th Apr 2023
Emergency! (1972)
An Ounce of Prevention - S6-E13
Corrected entry: As Roy and the stagehand are bringing in the equipment to treat the shock victim Engine 51 rolls into the scene. Not enough time has passed for the engine to respond. They haven't even started treating the victim yet.
Correction: First, Cap and other guys at Station 51 were watching the live TV show, then heard the explosion happen live, so Engine 51 rolled out immediately and notified dispatch. Second, we don't know how far the set of the Tom Jensen Show is from Station 51. It cannot be a plot hole since we don't have the necessary information. All we know is Roy and John were cleared for 90 minutes. Third, when Jensen tells his live audience, "What you're witnessing is remarkable" John has already begun treating the victim with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, while Roy and Jensen's guy go to wherever Squad 51 is parked outside, to get the stowed paramedic supplies. Then the shot dissolves (we don't know how much time goes by - 2, 3 minutes?) and cuts to Engine 51 arriving on scene, as Roy and Jensen's guy return with all the gear.
Engine 51 cannot just roll out since they saw it live. If they were the closest to the show, they would need to be dispatched to the fire. As we don't know where the show is, there may be another station closer.
10th Apr 2023
Three's Company (1977)
Upstairs Downstairs Downstairs - S5-E1
Corrected entry: Jack's nurse date wears a wedding band.
Correction: Doreen is wearing a ring with a raised dark center stone - it glistens as she moves her hand. It looks like a regular fashion statement ring that women wore/wear on either their right or left hand; nothing indicative of a "wedding band" at all.
Explain? Alright. I watched the episode, and Doreen's ring does not look like a wedding band. It appears to be just a normal ring with at least one raised dark gemstone.
Just because it "resembles a wedding band" doesn't mean it is one. And even if it was definitively a wedding band, it's not necessarily a mistake. Three's Company was set in a very sexually liberated time. Doreen could be in an open marriage.
Correction: Generally the idea of seeing a character wearing a wedding ring as a mistake is because in real life the actor or actress forget to take off their wedding ring. In real life, Lee Crawford (who plays Doreen) was divorced in 1978 and wasn't married or engaged at the time of shooting the episode. So it's just a character choice to wear a ring on her left hand and doesn't mean she's married or engaged.
The very point being, that she is wearing on one on her hand, when she's supposed to be single in this episode. So the mistake stands.
No, because it's a character choice. People who are single wear rings on their left ring finger for a variety of reasons, none of which indicates it's a wedding band or that they're married.
There's always a chance she was married but having an affair with Jack, and like most men, Jack didn't pay attention to that fact. Many men don't notice this fact the way that women do - especially single men. Women tend to pay more attention to these types of things.
Correction: I work with a woman who is single but wears a wedding ring and refers to herself as "Mrs - " because it puts men off, and so she gets to choose who she wants to "get closer to" (her words).
26th Feb 2023
Ten Commandments (1956)
Corrected entry: When Moses interrogates Bithiah about where he came from, the ring on his finger disappears between shots.
Correction: The ring on his right hand has not vanished, it's merely blocked from view, so we can't see the ring until he moves his hand, which he does. The lower screenshot is deceiving, because if you keep watching this very same shot just as Bithiah says, "Who else? Memnet nursed Ramses. She shall pay for spreading his lies," Moses moves his right hand and we do see his ring, at the top of the screen. He is wearing this ring during the entire scene with Bithiah. See a clip here: https://i.imgur.com/tt2doBf.mp4.
Correction: The mistake's attached YouTube video is unreliable, because it's cut off at the top of the screen when Moses moves his hand. The ring has not disappeared, it's just blocked from view, and when he moves his hand the ring becomes visible at the top of the screen. Here's a clear clip of the relevant part of the scene: https://i.imgur.com/tt2doBf.mp4.
21st Dec 2022
Devotion (2022)
Corrected entry: Ensign Goode comes home and starts to play with his wife while carrying their daughter. He is in his Navy Uniform. While hiding in the dark, his wife uses a flashlight and sees him. Only now he is in civilian clothes. (00:15:40)
Correction: It's not Ensign Marty Goode who has a wife and daughter, it's Ensign Jesse Brown, and Ensign Brown is not wearing his Navy uniform during this scene. When Jesse gets out of the car (00:13:25) he's wearing a leather bomber jacket with his Squadron patch, a plaid shirt, and blue trousers. When Jesse enters his home, he silently removes his bomber jacket then surprises his wife. He continues to wear the plaid shirt and blue trousers until the end of the scene, when Jesse opens the door for the police (00:15:40).
I saw the segment again, and you are absolutely right. I have NO idea what I was thinking when I posted that. Watching a movie too late at night, I guess. No excuse, sir.
29th Mar 2023
The Waltons (1972)
Corrected entry: Prof. "Goat" belittles Jonboy in front of the other two for wrestling with the Sophmores when it was crystal clear who started the kerfuffle.
Correction: The kerfuffle on the bridge is between sophomores and freshmen, at Boatwright University. Professor Ghote, the Chairman of the English Dept, notices Walton and says, "Walton, it occurs to me that I'd like a word with you." Next, in front of the 2 freshmen friends of Walton, Ghote wryly tells John-Boy, "Don't you think you've caused enough damage for your first day? Why don't you go home now?" Then John-Boy and his 2 freshmen friends all walk off, happily smiling. Professor Ghote didn't behave unprofessionally, and he did not embarrass, belittle, or bully John-Boy. At this point in the day, John-Boy has racked up a bit of "damage" with Ghote, personally. First, he parked in a faculty spot; second, he bumped into Ghote causing the Professor to drop and scatter his papers which had been alphabetized; third, he was asked to bring the billy goat to an office which belonged to Professor William Ghote. This is not a "character mistake" or any other type of mistake.
John-Boy had already apologized to Ghote about the parking incident and Ghote chastised both the Sophs and the Frosh for the goat prank. But with the bridge kerfuffle, Ghote is an adult professional who should have known the difference regarding the antagonism, and chose to react otherwise by embarrassing John-Boy instead of applying damage control with the Soph bullies, which was both unethical and undoing. Something even Ms. Hunter would shut down appropriately.
28th Feb 2023
Bones (2005)
Corrected entry: Everyone except Bones and Booth are curious over Dr. Tanaka's true gender identity, so Angela deliberately hugs Tanaka, then audibly 'informs' Hodgins, Saroyan, and Sweets standing 15 feet across at the doorway, that Tanaka is male, instead of discreetly informing them privately apart from Tanaka's presence.
Correction: Remember, when Hodgins asks Dr Tanaka about the microsil, Tanaka replies, "I believe your partly Chinese woman will be able to reconstruct the tool," then Angela walks in saying she heard Tanaka's comment. Nakamura quickly clarifies that Tanaka (who is Japanese) "means no offense" and did not mean for it to "sound so insulting" (00:31:05). At the end, Angela decides to take matters into her own hands so to speak, regarding Tanaka's physical gender. So considering Tanaka's earlier rude comment about her, and even more so, as well as Angela just being our Angela, after Angela hugs Tanaka she walks back over to her team and in a normal voice as usual Angela bluntly says, "It moved, he's a guy" (00:40:40). Angela very simply did not care if Tanaka would overhear this. This is not a "stupidity" or any other kind of mistake, whatsoever.
I would add, Angela is very outspoken through the show and has shown numerous times that she will just say whatever needs to be said rather than hide away from a topic. And if we disregard everything mentioned above, about Tanaka being rude, How is it a mistake that Angela says it out loud?
Yep, agree about Angela being outspoken, that's why I mentioned "as well as Angela just being our Angela" because yes, that's exactly her just being her :).
Tanaka wasn't rude, it was Angela who was rude and unprofessional about the former's identity. And absolutely makes it a mistake when it's a direct failure of professional protocol. One simply does not set out to embarrass a colleague by "proving" anything in a workplace, that could potentially set them up for harassment.
I'd stated that Angela (or the production) failed to use proper professional etiquette when she approached Tanaka to curiously clarify his/her gender, without any privacy of the room. So very much a mistake, considering even Bones would not have done such out of courtesy and respect to another professional. However, Angela did not care. So that was stupidity and or negligence on her part as a supposed forensics professional, in displaying such repugnant behavior. Very much a mistake.
31st Aug 2020
Three's Company (1977)
Other mistake: In the Regal Beagle, Jack addresses Marsha as Ms. White although later in the episode her last name is revealed to be Whitewood. In addition, how could Jack have known her last name anyway? Marsha only said her first name in front of Furley and the trio early in the episode and presumably she hasn't talked to the trio since she left with Furley out the door.
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Suggested correction: In addition to the other correction (occurring 00:07:25), this correction addresses the second part of the mistake, as to how Jack knew Marsha's last name. Earlier, when Larry tells the trio that Furley was fine with him being late with the rent, Janet states, "He's been wining and dining her for 3 days" (at 00:06:15). So at any time during those 3 days (offscreen), Furley told the kids about his dream girl, which would have included her last name.
Suggested correction: No Jack does say, "Hello Ms. Whitewood!" While they are shaking hands. Time stamp in the episode when this occurs is at 7:25.
Correction: The car's license plate number is MC-4R8, and it doesn't change (00:21:45). Rewatch, please.
Super Grover ★
Sorry, you're correct. I thought the 4 was an L briefly.
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