Best comedy TV audio problems of all time

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Polar Special - S9-E8

Audio problem: When Jeremy and James are playing I spy, just as Jeremy says "If you say S, I'm going to kill you!" there is a shot from outside the car and you can see that his lips aren't moving.

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Audio problem: When John Smith is berating Weol-ju, there is a shot shown behind, where he says "You had to call me", but the side of his mouth cannot be seen moving with the line. (00:04:15)

Casual Person

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Tricky Dick - S3-E3

Audio problem: In the epilogue when Harry is singing for the garage band, before he takes the guitar and smashes it, you can see the guitar player is strumming, but only the bass guitar and drum parts are audible. (00:21:20)

Phaneron

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Beauty and the Obese: Part 1 - S1-E1

Audio problem: After the bartender himself offers a lap dance to the man who just talked to Persephone, the man walks off to the right of the screen. The bartender offers him a cheaper price when the camera cuts to a different angle after he walked away. At this point, the man would now be just off the left side of the screen, but when you hear him say "No" it comes from the right side when listening with headphones. (00:02:42)

Quantom X

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Mistaken Identity - S1-E6

Audio problem: When Jerry goes over to open the jail cell door, the sound effect of jingling keys can be heard, however the actor isn't holding any keys. The jail cell door doesn't even have a keyhole.

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Suggested correction: When the Sergeant tells Jerry to open the cell (00:18:20), Jerry reaches to his left side to retrieve keys from his duty belt (there is no "sound effect of jingling keys"). And keys were visible dangling from Jerry's duty belt when he told Philip to calm his wife (00:17:10). Secondly, the jail cell door does indeed have an old-style keyhole (00:18:30).

Super Grover

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Ebenezer Sanford - S5-E12

Audio problem: During the dream sequence, while the spirits of Christmas uses echoing sounds in their voices periodically, Fred's voice was not supposed to echo at all, but his voice can be heard echoing as well a few times.

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This is My Song - S1-E11

Audio problem: In the final song, "This is What It's Like to Be Lovers", the lead male studio singer starts the song, not David Cassidy, then they switch to David Cassidy's real voice halfway through for just two lines, then they switch back to the male voice of the studio singer.

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Eunjangdo - S6-E10

Audio problem: When Tori and Kwon are talking in the hotel lobby, Tori says, "Maybe you shouldn't have let him kick your ass," but as she turns her head, her lips aren't moving.

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The Barter - S1-E16

Audio problem: When Scott tells the Tokyo police that two kidnappers are locked in the van, we hear his voice, but his lips aren't moving. (00:42:00)

Jean G

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Boxing - S1-E5

Audio problem: The kids are sitting across from an older couple in a diner. The older woman is talking about her husband. The scene cuts to a shot behind the old woman. Her mouth isn't moving but she is talking.

manthabeat

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