Revealing mistake: When Andy, Barney, Gomer, and the kids are at the campsite in the woods, during the daytime scenes the only shadows that should be seen are the ones being cast by the sun, but there are shadows being cast in different directions due to the set lighting.
Super Grover
16th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
16th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: At the end, in the shots of the kids dancing in class, the width of the wall between the shelf/coat hooks and the perpendicular wall with the door has bizarrely increased by 1-2 feet, but that extra width is gone in previous and following shots. Presumably they needed extra space for all the kids to dance so they moved that left wall.
16th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: When Barney blows the dog whistle to call Blue from the back room, the dog comes running and knocks Barney on his back, and we can see a bit of the cushion that's under Barney's back - it's visible within the shadow under him.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
As You Were - S2-E20
Revealing mistake: At the end, in the shot of Klinger singing while he's sewing a dress on his White Rotary sewing machine, as he's guiding the fabric forward it isn't actually under the machine's presser foot, which it needs to be in order to be stitched by the needle.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Adam's Ribs - S3-E11
Revealing mistake: While Hawkeye's in the mess tent leading the protest shouting "we want something else" he climbs the tent pole, and in two of the wideshots the camera has panned a bit too far to the right, and we can see the edge of the tent facade set at the top right corner of the screen.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: While Hawkeye and Eddie are in the Swamp, when Eddie knocks over the stovepipe we can see that it's actually split into two pieces for the stunt, whereas in the previous shots it's not.
2nd Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: During the holdup at the bank, while the bank robber's holding Asa's broken gun, when Andy motions to Asa to duck out of the way in the closeup we can see the two thin wires to the left and right pulling the gun apart.
2nd Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: When Barney pulls the jail cell window out of the exterior brick wall, as it's being yanked out we can see that the brick wall is only thin drywall during the stunt, as well as the fact that the wall around the breakage differs significantly between the closeup and wide shots.
2nd Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Andy and Opie - Bachelors - S3-E4
Revealing mistake: After Andy and Opie choose between chicken and pot roast using a nickle, when Opie gives the nickle back to Andy the window over the sink is missing - the fake window wasn't put up on the set wall for this shot, but when the food burns the window and curtains are up there as usual.
2nd Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: During The Manhunt in the woods, Andy, Barney, the trees, etc., cast long shadows due to the overhead sun, but the problem is that we also see Andy's and Barney's shadows being cast in another direction as well, due to the set lighting on location.
29th Oct 2015
McLintock! (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Kate's up on the ladder and falls backwards into the water trough, we can see that it's actually a stuntman who's wearing flats instead of the heels Kate's wearing.
29th Oct 2015
McLintock! (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Agard is lifted and dumped into the oil mining cart during the brawl at the clay mud pit the cart is pushed towards the pit, and in the wide shot as the cart rolls toward the camera we can see the rope attached to the bottom of the cart pulling it, just before Agard falls out.
15th Oct 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: When Andy tells Opie not to drop by the courthouse anymore after school, in Andy's closeups the shots are flipped - note the part in Andy's hair, the top of his badge, and his backwards buttoned shirt.
30th Sep 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: While Goober is up in the tree with the fake owl, when Andy and the Darlings leave the house they are standing on the porch, and after seeing the 'second omen' the Darlings leave the porch and head to their pickup truck, but what's funny is that we can see their reflections in the window behind Andy as they all walk off camera, turn around and just stand there, and we can still see those actors' reflections in the shots facing Andy and Aunt Bee even as the Darlings supposedly drive off.
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Revealing mistake: After Fin, Martin, and the rest get what they need in the Times Square area, they get in the cab and drive off, and just as we hear on the news "Moments ago the water spout came ashore and devastated the UN," in this exterior shot we can see the taxi's back tire as it's driving down the street, but the tire's not actually moving. Presumably the taxi is on a flatbed being driven by crew while filming from this angle, hence the tire being stationary.
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Revealing mistake: When the stewardess asks April to sign her copy of the book entitled "How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters..." it's a thin book, and in the closeup as April autographs the page we can read the text and it's actually one of the versions of the "Samsung Galaxy Tab...For Dummies" book, not April's book. Also notice when Kelly Ripa shows April's book to the audience, it's now at least 4x as thick.
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
Revealing mistake: During the "fognado," when Fin is lifted off the ground, his shirt is pulled up due to the harness and its cables.
31st Jul 2015
Sharknado (2013)
Revealing mistake: When Fin decides to help the kids on the bus and says, "Water's rising, I'm gonna go up to the bridge and rappel down," two shots later the camera zooms in on Fin's car up on the bridge, but the problem is that this shot is shown in reverse - all the vehicles in both lanes are going backwards.
31st Jul 2015
Sharknado (2013)
Revealing mistake: While Matt and Nova are up in the chopper, Baz loads the vehicle then asks Bobby how the front end is looking, and in the next overhead shot we can see that one of the center spokes has been removed from the front of the vehicle, but when Luellyn pushes Bobby out of the way Luellyn is skewered by that non-existent spoke - which was digitally added. The real spoke is back on in later shots.
6th Jul 2015
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
Revealing mistake: While Contini's train speeds along the railroad tracks, in the train's cab when Contini opens the floor's trap door before Freya walks in and later when Matt pushes Contini through the open trap door, there are closeups of the ground below and there are no railroad tracks whatsoever.
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