Continuity mistake: When Elizabeth walks out to the porch, she stands beside Zadok holding one apple in each hand in the wideshot, but in the medium shot both apples are in her left hand, but next shot it's back to one apple in each hand. (00:16:40)
Super Grover
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While John-Boy is on his way to the library he drops his books just as he sees Selina, then when he picks them up and heads inside, the reflections of the camera and a crew member are visible on the left door. (00:17:15)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After Selina finishes the exam she shows up late to meet John-Boy, and when she enters the cafeteria there's a T-mark on the floor where she stands. (00:29:30)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Conflict - S3-E1
Other mistake: While Martha Corinne is standing in front of the bathroom sink in the new house, we see her height compared to the mirrored medicine cabinet above the sink, and Martha Corinne is quite a bit shorter than the mirror's knob, even with her bonnet. When she reaches up to open the cabinet door, in the next closeup from behind her she is now taller than that knob. For this specific closeup The Actress was presumably standing on a stool, in order to have the perfect shot of her turning her head, then being surprised by her own reflection in the mirror. (00:54:00)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Conflict - S3-E1
Visible crew/equipment: While Esther is pointing out of the features of the new house's bathroom to Martha Corinne, two tape marks are visible on the bathroom floor in front of John and Olivia's feet. Then after Martha Corinne turns the lights on and off a few times, as they all walk toward the kitchen there are white tape marks visible on the kitchen's linoleum floor. (00:53:50)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Conflict - S3-E1
Visible crew/equipment: After Blake and the U.S. Marshals show up for the final standoff, when John-Boy runs over to stop Blake's truck, the reflection of a crew member is visible on the left side of the windshield. (01:29:50)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Conflict - S3-E1
Visible crew/equipment: Before Martha Corinne gets in the truck, when Mary Ellen tells Jim-Bob and Ben to quit eating all the berries she takes the bucket away, and as Jason turns around we can see the shadow of the moving boom mic on the seat at the back of the truck. The reflections of crew are visible on the cabin's window. (00:31:30)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Conflict - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Boone Walton's truck license plate number is T98254. When Blake and the U.S. Marshals drive up for the final standoff, Blake's truck license plate number is also T98254. When John-Boy runs up to Blake's truck to confront him, his front license plate number has changed again to T79825 (same as earlier, when Blake unloaded explosives), which is also the same plate number that was on another man's truck near the start of the episode. Finally, when the shooting starts and Blake's truck swerves to a stop, the back plate number is T37982. (01:27:55)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Continuity mistake: When John-Boy finishes the roof repair he carries the ladder and places it beside the tree, then he notices the unlocked padlock on the garage door. In the closeup, the open lock is inserted through the latch facing the right, but in the wideshot the lock is inserted through the latch the opposite way. (00:25:25)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy tells Mr. Rudge that he'd like to know all about his deceased son, during this touching scene there are closeups as Mr. Rudge's hand strokes the vehicle that belonged to his son, and we can see the reflection of the boom pole and mic, at least two crew members, filming equipment, and another vehicle on the polished chrome surface. (00:43:20)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While Erin is in the forest with Lancelot to set him free, once the doe runs off Erin gets up then bends over, and the bulging outline of the mic transmitter is visible at her back. (00:47:40)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Thanksgiving Story - S2-E10
Visible crew/equipment: After John-Boy's suggestion to double up the wood planks works out, John tells his son to get some more, and as John-Boy gets another plank from the stack of lumber, a crew member is visible at the right side of the screen. (00:09:00)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Thanksgiving Story - S2-E10
Visible crew/equipment: After Olivia and John return home and tell everyone about John-Boy's possible surgery, when Esther goes to the kitchen Mary Ellen and Erin follow, and we can see the white T-mark on the rug where Mary Ellen had been standing. (01:05:55)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Factual error: After Ethel Richardson unwittingly reveals to Miss Pollard that there's a special meeting of the school board, when it cuts to John's truck returning home from the meeting, at the start of this shot a modern black car is visible at the top, right corner of the screen. (00:34:35)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: During supper everyone is talking about Miss Pollard leaving, and when Mary Ellen says that she heard Miss Pollard crying, a crew member wearing a blue shirt is visible at the right side of the screen. (00:40:25)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Bequest - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: While Reverend Fordwick is speaking to the congregation at Sunday's service, in all three of Esther's closeups we see the girl who is wearing a blue dress and brown hat sitting behind Esther, but in other shots that girl is seated two rows in front of Esther and it's Jason and Ben who are seated behind their grandmother. (00:24:30)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Journey - S2-E1
Visible crew/equipment: After their visit to the beach, Maggie and John-Boy go into the nearby town to look for the restaurant, and when they stop at the corner we can see the chalk T-mark on the sidewalk, then they walk a bit and another chalk T-mark is visible, and when Maggie spots the restaurant two final chalk marks are visible at their feet. (00:38:15)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Bicycle - S1-E23
Factual error: While Ann is on the Walton's swing telling Curtis that he deceived and lied to her, when Curtis gets back into his car, a modern vehicle is visible at the right side of the screen, which is inappropriate for the time period. (00:46:10)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Bicycle - S1-E23
Visible crew/equipment: While Ann is riding the blue bicycle trying to catch up to Curtis, in the second closeup of Curtis driving the vehicle, the reflections of equipment and crew members who are in front of his moving car are visible on the windshield. (00:47:50)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Bicycle - S1-E23
Visible crew/equipment: When Curtis stops his car because Ann has been following him on Olivia's bicycle, while the couple are hugging we can see the reflection of two crew members on the vehicle's windshield. (00:48:10)
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