Continuity mistake: When Erin balances a book on her head as she walks around the table, the title on The Book's spine is at Erin's right side, but it cuts to her closeup and between shots the spine is flipped over with the title at Erin's left side. (00:09:15)
Super Grover
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John stops on the road to pick up Corabeth while she's crying, the reflection of the boom pole/mic is visible on the truck's surface. (00:30:20)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Judge Thornbury visits the "home of the Blue Ridge Chronicle" he walks to the middle of the room, then as Thornbury turns to face John-Boy the T-mark on the floor is visible near Thornbury's feet. (00:14:45)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After John-Boy tells Olivia that he's going to print the story John comforts Liv as they go for a walk, and when it cuts to Ben using the press the white T-mark on the floor is visible at his feet. (00:45:20)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After Chad proposes to Erin, when it cuts to them walking inside, the T-mark is visible on the rug beside the chair. (00:20:45)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mel knocks the folders from his desk onto the floor John helps pick them up, and just as Mel tells him that he's fallen behind a little, the shadow of the boom mic is moving across the picture hanging on the wall. (00:26:45)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John is at the office he introduces himself to Mel Parsons, and we can see the T-mark on the floor near the window. (00:14:15)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While Ike explains to Jim-Bob about "traffic" in the grocery business he walks over to the register, and in the background a T-mark is visible on the floor in front of the counter where Ike placed the grocery order, then soon Ike will walk back over to that spot to place a box on the counter. (00:15:45)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy is parked in front of Godsey's, with Erin in the vehicle and Jim-Bob at the pump, the reflections of location set equipment and what looks like the leg of a crew member are in the rear window, behind the driver seat. (00:14:35)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Jim-Bob rides up on Blue while Sarah is under her car, the reflections of the location bank lighting and the moving boom pole are visible on her car's surface, particularly when Jim-Bob is underneath in the closeup. (00:20:40)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Deliberate mistake: On Honor Day, while Jason is singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," when Ep and Sarah walk off together a few shots of them are flipped shots. (00:41:45)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Trivia: On Honor Day, some of the names seen on the WW1 crosses are: Earl Hamner, executive producer/series creator; Ed Graves, art director; Ralph Ferrin, second unit assistant director/unit production manager; Harry Harris and Lawrence Dobkin, frequent episode directors.
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Factual error: When Elizabeth asks Zeb how Vanessa can be happy, Zeb has his old catalog with a bunch of flower seed packets on his lap, and as they both hold up the packets, particularly Elizabeth, the modern Universal Product Codes are at the back of the packets. The UPC did not exist until many years later. (00:10:05)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Curt, Mary Ellen, and her siblings meet Vanessa at the bus station, in the following shots the amount of ice cream on the sticks goes from less to more, particularly Mary Ellen's. (00:02:10)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Jason shows up to see Vanessa while Curt is loading the back of his van, as Curt closes the rear doors the reflection of crew, equipment, etc., is on the door window. (00:30:50)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy visits the Baldwin sisters for an interview with Hilary, just as he and Miss Mamie sit down the T-mark is visible on the floor, in front of the fireplace. (00:16:25)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Sara picks up Olivia she gets into the vehicle and they compliment each other, then as they drive away the reflection of location set lighting is visible on the small window of Olivia's door. (00:04:40)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John and Hank stop off at Yancy's shack because he knows where the fish are biting, just as John and Hank approach the front door, a crew member is visible at the left side of the screen. (00:19:00)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Other mistake: When the wild hawk flies over and soon lands on the green painted chicken box, not only are different birds of prey shown in these shots, their flight feathers are also intact. When Zeb and Jim-Bob walk over to the bird, it's apparent that this hawk standing atop the box has the primary feathers clipped on its left wing. (00:31:00)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After Jim-Bob gets home he and John talk for a bit, then just as Jim-Bob walks behind his father and says, "I hope you find your fishing pole," the arm of a crew member is visible at the right side of the screen. (00:08:10)
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