Corrected entry: While Rob is by himself at the WOFF radio station the "On the Air" sign is above the door behind him and there is a giant window there beside the door. When Rob is doing the 100 hours of being on the radio the door, the window and room are completely different. No door, record disc holder, other equipment, or window behind him.
The Ballad of the Betty Lou - S3-E9
Corrected entry: Laura tells coast guard that their number is 636-9970. Which also happens to be their zip code - the "69970" in case anyone was wondering.
Correction: There is no 69970 zip code in the U.S. If there was, it would probably be in or near Nebraska not New York. New York zip codes range from 00501 to 14925.
Not real-life zip code. In the show, it was stated that their zip code was the same as their phone number.
A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own - S2-E13
Corrected entry: Rob is in the middle of eating a sandwich. You can't break a tooth on a sandwich unless it's frozen, cement, glass or made of ice.
Correction: Rob specifically said he broke the tooth on a chicken bone that was in the sandwich.
Now, how did the bone get in the sandwich in the first place? Also, there was no blood either.
The bone got in there because someone was sloppy preparing the chicken. Why would there be blood? The tooth only has blood vessels in the innermost part (the pulp). You would only bleed if the tooth was completely knocked out. I know this from personal experience. I happened to have a broken tooth just this week (weakened from an old filling). This is at least the third time this has happened to me. Never had any bleeding.
A Day in the Life of Alan Brady - S5-E25
Corrected entry: Rob, Sally and Buddy are surprised that Alan has a yacht, however in the episode "The Ballad of Betty Lou" Rob and Jerry spent all day on it.
Correction: Rob and Jerry bought a boat together. However there is an earlier episode that refers to Alan's yacht.
Suggest slightly different wording as it was only one episode, and the fact that it was an earlier episode is important: Rob and Jerry bought a boat together. However there is an earlier episode that refers to Alan's yacht.
Correction: Rob didn't say anything when finding Buddy and Sally found out about the yacht.
The Great Petrie Fortune - S5-E6
Corrected entry: If Rob was just 12 or 13 when he last saw his grandfather (that's what they said in this episode, also he never called his grandfather ever from what it looks like) then his grandfather wouldn't know that he has been working on a TV program. (He started working on the Alan Brady show when he was 20, not before).
Correction: First of all, it is Rob's great-uncle, not his grandfather. And what makes you think he wouldn't know? Off the top of my head, I can think of a dozen ways he could have known. He was watching the show and saw Rob's name in the credits. His brother called him to brag about his grandson. He read a magazine article about television comedy writers. Etc. Etc.
The Blonde-Haired Brunette - S1-E2
Corrected entry: In the 1st episode there are about 20 pictures behind the writers desk. Next episode... Gone, replaced with a giant bookshelf and a bunch of scripts. The bookshelf was behind the couch in the 1st episode.
Correction: So they got a new bookshelf between episodes. Or they moved it from another, unseen part of the room.
I fixed it.
The Life and Love of Joe Coogan - S3-E17
Corrected entry: The clerical garb that Father Joe wears to his dinner date at the Petries' is more typical of Protestant clergymen than Catholic priests. A Catholic priest's shirt would not have a white circular collar. Rather it would have a black stand-up collar with a small strip of white cloth inserted in the front.
Correction: Actually, while it is more common for Catholic priests to wear a collar like that, it is not unknown for them to wear a full white collar around the neck.
Corrected entry: Here's a theory as to the "mistake" of Rob and Laura bringing Ritchie home to their new house instead of the house in the flashback episode about Ritchie's birth: They contracted for the purchase of the new home before the birth (this was covered in another episode), but the closing and moving were taken over by Rob and his friends while Laura was in the hospital. Bear in mind that in the 1950's a mother and baby would often spend a week or more in the hospital which would have afforded Rob plenty of time to get things arranged in her absence.
Correction: Trivia is for genuine, certified information, not pet theories.
Don't Trip Over That Mountain - S2-E22
Corrected entry: Laura and Millie leave the house. The phone rings. They dash back, but still miss the call. Laura says that after nine o'clock Rob never lets the phone ring more than four times, and that this one rang six times. The phone actually rang seven times.
Corrected entry: When Rob is at the Darwells' the outside wall is ivy covered, but when Laura is there the wall is brick.
Correction: When Laura first comes in, you can see the ivy. When she leaves, the camera is at a different angle, and you see a part of the wall not covered with ivy.
Correction: The studio looks different because when Rob does the 100 hours, he's doing it in a storefront window. People are standing outside and passing by to watch him. He's not in the studio.