Visible crew/equipment: At the courthouse, while Barney and Thelma Lou are trying to stall for time, in the shots facing Andy and Helen when Andy says, "Steaks, chops, macaroni surprise," we can see the shadow of the boom mic moving around at the top, left side of the screen.
Super Grover
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: Just as the first shot opens of Andy walking down the block we can see the moving reflection of a crew member wearing a short sleeve, button down shirt, who's presumably sitting on the camera dolly as it rolls along keeping pace with Andy.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: When Opie's up on the ladder feeding the birds, in the overhead shot of Andy and Barney the mic's cable running up under Barney's pant leg is visible.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Darlings Are Coming - S3-E25
Visible crew/equipment: After Charlene tells her father that she just wants to look at the pretty man (Andy), when she gets back in the pickup truck we can see the reflection of the moving boom on the windshield.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Great Filling Station Robbery - S3-E22
Visible crew/equipment: When Gomer walks into the courthouse with the envelope and Barney takes the photo out, the shadow of the boom pole is moving around on the door and wall to the right.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: After Andy and Barney have asked Otis if he's seen the billy goat, when it cuts to Opie on his bike we can see the two white tape marks on the ground where Andy and Barney stand.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: While Andy's sitting on his desk going through the mail and Barney's sitting on the side desk, the actors' chalk marks are visible on the floor behind them, in the shots facing both of them.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: When Gloria and Frank drive off at the end, just as the camera zooms in on Andy and Helen, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible at the top, left side of the screen.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Opie's Job - S6-E1
Visible crew/equipment: When Goober walks up to Andy outside the grocery/meat store, before Goober picks up the apples we can see a chalk mark on the ground between his feet.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: When Floyd and the other men are with John Canfield joking about Floyd's barber skills, a chalk T-mark is visible on the ground by the man with his foot on the bench. Then when Canfield walks away we can see more chalk marks on the ground.
18th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Bazaar - S6-E5
Visible crew/equipment: After Andy shouts at Goober to get his pickup truck away from the courthouse, it cuts to Andy, Warren, and all the women in the courthouse, and we can see the chalk T-mark on the floor at Warren's feet.
16th Nov 2015
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Is There a Doctor in the House? - S4-E18
Visible crew/equipment: After Tony and Roger help General Peterson to the couch to lie down, when they leave the office we can see the actors' tape marks on the floor beside the couch.
16th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: While Ollie's making up excuses to rush home, he and Nora are saying goodbye to Aunt Bee, and the reflection of the moving boom pole and mic are visible on the car's windshield.
16th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Education of Ernest T. Bass - S5-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When Ernest T. runs across the street to help Helen with her groceries she rushes away from him and heads up the block to Andy, and as Andy and Helen walk toward the courthouse the shadow of the boom mic passes across the white pillar in front of the door.
16th Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Andy's Rich Girlfriend - S3-E2
Visible crew/equipment: After Andy explains to Barney why he's taking Peggy to a nice restaurant 55 miles away, when Barney walks away from the cell we can see the leg and shadow of the tall wood ladder (presumably the crew's) at the right side of the screen, but when Barney and Andy are by the front door there's no such ladder behind Barney in his closeups.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Margaret listens in on Frank's phone conversation with his wife, Margaret throws a chair at him and storms out of the office, and after she calls Frank a chinless chipmunk a boom mic dips into view at the top, left corner of the screen.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Frank climbs into the jeep belonging to Major General Cornell Dickering, the MPs show up at the same time that BJ and Hawkeye walk up to join the fun, and during this scene there's a T-mark (albeit a dusty one) on the ground at the driver's side of the jeep.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Hawkeye removes BJ's Captain rank bars from his uniform and then pins it on Radar's knit cap, in the shot facing Hawkeye and BJ the shadow of the boom mic moves across Radar's back.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Hawkeye and Radar are in the jeep heading to Kimpo Air Base they drive past the checkpoint, and in their closeups the camera casts a shadow on the hood of the jeep.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Trial of Henry Blake - S2-E8
Visible crew/equipment: After Henry's cleared of all charges, when Margaret drops the crumpled paper and storms out of the room with Frank, we can see chalk marks and a T-mark on the floor where Frank was standing.
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