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UFO (1970)

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Survival - S1-E13

Corrected entry: When Alec and Foster drive away from the girlfriend's apartment building at the end, they drive down the 2-way English road on the wrong side. (00:44:50)

Jean G

Correction: All car driving in UFO is on the right side. The back story from Gerry Anderson was it is set in the future and Britain now drives on the right.

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His Two Right Arms - S2-E24

Corrected entry: Bill Daily plays a bumbling politician in this episode, where he comes over to Mary's apartment on a Sunday evening. It has been definitely established that this is Sunday. When he shows up, he is wearing a kippah (yarmulke), and Rhoda (who is Jewish) comments, "I knew there was something I liked about you," meaning she is assuming he is Jewish. Then he takes the kippah off, and calls it a "beanie." He isn't Jewish. He says he has just been to a Bar Mitzvah. The problem is that Bar Mitzvah services don't take place on Sundays; Bar Mitzvah services are nearly always on Saturday. To be on a Sunday, the Sunday would have to be a High Holy Day (three days out of the year). Even then it's not usually done, and would be in the morning anyway. This episode aired at the end of the season, not the beginning, when the High Holy Days take place. To a gentile, this probably seems pretty obscure, but it bugs me every time I see this episode.

Correction: The scene that you're referring to actually takes place on Saturday evening. The meeting in Mary's apartment was to prepare for a show that was filming on Sunday. On Friday, Mary was reprimanded for taking a 55 minute lunch without having a guest for Sunday's show. Mary met the politician and his staff members on a Friday. And on that Friday, one of the staff members invited the other staff member over for dinner that night. At Mary's apartment on Saturday, she thanked her for dinner "last night. " The next scene shows the politician filming the show with Ted Baxter on Sunday as scheduled.

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Kitten Kong - S2-E7

Corrected entry: When Bill is feeding Twinkle his dessert, he says it's 'lemon meringue pie with a cherry on top', but when he gives it to him, there's no cherry.

Correction: It may have got squshed into the lemon meringue pie. I think I saw a tiny glimpse of it. It's very hard to spot though.

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Deliveries in the Rear - S2-E53

Corrected entry: Dr. Fletcher's "suppliers" are robbing graves to provide him with cadavers. Yet the corpse he uncovers for his class of surgeons is supple enough for him to easily lift its right arm. Rigor mortis starts setting in within 10 minutes of death. The arm should have been difficult - if not impossible - for him to lift. (00:05:25)

Jean G

Correction: Several reasons this statement is wrong. Mainly, rigor mortis dissipates from the human body after 24-hours, depending on temperature. Therefore, the body can be moved, especial the raising of a limb (which is why morticians can do their job) Also, rigor mortis takes about 4-6 hours to set in and about 12-hours to be fully set.

Bishop73

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