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Back with a Bang - S6-E1

Revealing mistake: In the parking lot shot, one patron of the Leisure Center warns an arriving patron that Brittas is back, prompting the arriving person to reverse their car out of the parking space. However, note the arriving patron's hands - his car was already in reverse before he was spoken to. (00:12:15)

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Sing a Song of Murder - S2-E5

Revealing mistake: When the first scene at Emma's hideaway was shown, obviously the two characters Emma and Jessica were filmed seperately on the couch and then the film was put together (as both are played by Angela Lansbury). However Jessica did a lot of moving while she was talking, so Emma was looking straight across at where she had been, despite her bending down while she talked.

Dan Moat

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Sex and the city - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: When Carrie bumps into Mr. Big and her purse falls, watch the people in the background carefully. Many of them are watching the couple talk and interact with each other. On a busy New York street nobody is going to pay attention to two people having a conversation. Apparently all these people were watching the shooting of the scene.

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Mindy Loves Josh - S4-E4

Revealing mistake: When Josh is telling Drake that Mindy told him she loves him and when Josh slaps Drake near the end of the scene, it is really obvious that Josh is slapping air. His hand is at least 6 inches away from Drake's head and yet they play the sound effect for a slap.

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Revealing mistake: Season 2, episode 2 "Virtu-Date": When Pim is jumping rope with the girl, she is building a card house. When she jumps you can see the tape holding it together.

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Episode 70 - S4-E1

Revealing mistake: Toward the end of the episode, Bert receives an envelope with pictures of him and Danny at a motel with some women. As they look at photos, Bert hands Danny some photos. Danny crosses left. Bert turns stack of photos over and says there is a note. He reads note and turns photos back over afterwards. The backs of the photos are blank. Danny crosses right to Bert holding photos. You can see on the back of Danny's photos the note Bert just read from the other side of the room.

Randy DeShong

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Revealing mistake: Anytime the kids are shown running through the backyard, it sounds very obvious they are running on a wooden set floor instead of real grass-covered ground.

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Valerie Hangs With the Cool Kids - S1-E9

Revealing mistake: In episode number 9 of the first season, "Valerie Hangs With the Cool Kids", Valerie receives a call from Juna saying that she is required at the studio for filming. She rushes there, and when she opens the white door to enter the studio, there is a plastic sign on the door saying, "The Comeback". Seeing as Valerie's Comeback show is not solely filmed in the same studio as "Room & Bored", it has to be advertising the real show with Lisa Kudrow, and therefore shouldn't be in shot. (00:22:05)

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The Party - S7-E8

Revealing mistake: When Albert and Harold are fighting over the cracker Albert's face goes into the trifle, and if you look carefully we can see that he just lets go of the cracker and puts his head in the trifle deliberately.

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My Mother The Car - S1-E8

Revealing mistake: In the scene in the kitchen, Lucille Bluth takes a bottle of "Bushmills" (a brand or Irish whiskey) out of a grocery bag during a scene in the episode; however the liquid inside is clear/transparent and obviously not whiskey.

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Ice Pick - S2-E4

Revealing mistake: When Derek is training Isaac how to fight, Isaac is forced to repeat his approach many times, which results in him being smacked down by Derek. During certain shots, as Isaac is about to plummet to the ground, his hoisting wire can be seen. (00:12:35)

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The Nanny - S3-E4

Revealing mistake: In the shot where Suzie lands on the sponge cakes, the safety mattress under the cakes briefly jumps into the frame.

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