Continuity mistake: When Annette is talking to Will in the kitchen about him having to be one hell of a guy for Vince, there is a paper circle on the floor under the kitchen's centre table. When Jack enters the room, the paper has vanished and also a large glass bowl has appeared on the tabletop. (00:21:25)
Continuity mistake: When Grace and Karen are sitting around Sal at the dinner table, Grace pours out a glass of champagne for him. In the first shot the glass is 3/4 full, but in the next shot it's only about 1/4 full. (00:31:30)
Answer: Ronco is a company that makes infomercial products - the Fry Daddy is a deep-fat fryer. Claus von Bulow tried to kill his wife Sunny by giving her an insulin overdose. It was never proven and Sunny is still in a coma. Claus in particular is portrayed as cold and heartless (see the movie Reversal of Fortune) and not the sort you want babysitting. World-famous aviator Charles Lindbergh's infant son was kidnapped and murdered. In what was known then as "the trial of the century", Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty and later executed although many doubt his guilt.
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