Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

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Operation: Silent Night - S4-E10

Visible crew/equipment: When TC first starts singing "Under the Boardwalk" while he's fixing the chopper, just as he leans over the toolbox, the legs of a crew member wearing jeans are visible under the chopper, at the left side of the screen. It cannot be Rick, who's wearing white slacks, or Higgins, who's wearing his typical trousers, or Magnum, who's in shorts since he removed the Santa suit. (00:15:55)

Super Grover

A Sense of Debt - S4-E8

Visible crew/equipment: After TC crashes into the pigpen fence he offers to take Leon to the hospital, and just as TC lifts Ima and places her inside the Ferrari, the tip of the low boom microphone is visible as it moves, at the left side of the screen. (00:05:10)

Super Grover

Squeeze Play - S4-E7

Visible crew/equipment: During softball practice and the practice with Killer, there are moments where there are visible rectangular outlines of the hidden mic transmitter on a player's back. Two examples are, when Magnum is up at bat Rick bends over to pick up a ball and the bulge is on Rick's back, and when Lola slams her bag of tip money into Killer and she bends over him the bulge is on Lola's back. (00:10:05)

Super Grover

Distant Relative - S4-E4

Visible crew/equipment: After Rick slugs Magnum at the beach, it cuts to Higgins fixing his broken miniature airplane at his desk, then just as the mini airplane collapses onto the desk, a crew member's right hand (presumably he was holding up the airplane's tail) with a ring on the index finger, is visible at the right side of the screen. (00:28:15)

Super Grover

Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Other mistake: Lee has an Atari 830 Acoustic Modem, which has on its front panel an instructional "cord side" illustration, showing the proper direction for the phone cord when the phone handset is secured in the top two cups. The telephone's cord must be placed at the right side in order for the acoustic coupler to work, but in both Lee's and Magnum's closeups, the phone cord is on the left side, but the acoustic coupler works properly. This is impossible. Also noticeable in closeups is the covered brand name of Atari on Lee's devices. (00:24:20 - 00:27:20)

Super Grover

Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: At the hospital, there's a push button desk phone on the table between Lee's and Magnum's beds. There are two closeups of this telephone when both Lee and Magnum lift the handset, and the entire telephone changes to a multi-line desk phone. Plus, in Lee's handset closeup, his hospital ID bracelet changes from narrow to twice the width, and in Magnum's handset closeup, the large floral box of tissues change to a short box of tissues. (00:24:10 - 00:27:10)

Super Grover

Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Visible crew/equipment: After Tanaka gives Magnum one day to come up with answers, it cuts to Magnum and Luther in the Ferrari. In the shots facing Magnum, visible on his sunglasses are the reflections of filming equipment equipment directly in front of the windshield, as well as attached to the driver's side door. The device on the door is a bit visible again twice, after they're released from jail the second time, and after Luther's visit to the ER. (00:28:55)

Super Grover

Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: When Luther and Magnum are arrested at Keanu's cockfight location, Luther is wearing the red Aloha shirt with the palm trees design, then when Tanaka calls them both "walking menaces," the design on Luther's shirt is different now, though it's still the same style. (00:25:50)

Super Grover

Home from the Sea - S4-E1

Visible crew/equipment: During the flashback, while Magnum is on the longboard paddling five miles to the island, the chopper is flying over the open ocean when TC starts talking to himself about Magnum bucking for a section-8, and as the chopper's nose moves upward the reflection of set lighting, etc, can be seen on the windshield. (00:17:05)

Super Grover

Faith and Begorrah - S3-E22

Visible crew/equipment: Magnum urges Father Paddy and Faulkes to figure out who could have benefited by stealing the relic. In the following shot of the tour guide talking to the tourists, as she says, "as the ashes are no longer there, the church was a little out if our way," her chalk T-mark is visible on the ground, at her feet. (00:41:00)

Super Grover

Faith and Begorrah - S3-E22

Visible crew/equipment: When Higgins places Anne Boleyn's crown in the box, just as he walks over to the hidden wallsafe, not only is a black T-mark is visible on the floor, the elegant bar table is raised on two small tacky wooden crates, in order to be taller in the following shot while Higgins pours drinks. (00:30:15)

Super Grover

Mac: Time has little to do with infinity and jelly donuts.

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A.A.P.I. - S7-E5

Trivia: At the awards ceremony, three men seated at a table together resemble three detectives from 1970s TV shows. Detective Mike Stone (played by Karl Malden) from ABC's Streets of San Francisco; Detective Frank Columbo (played by Peter Falk) from NBC's Columbo; and Detective Theo Kojak (played by Telly Savalas) from CBS's Kojak. (00:07:20)

Super Grover

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