Deliberate mistake: At the end, when the applause sign falls on Rocco's mom, it should stop working. (01:10:35)

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
1 deliberate mistake
Directed by: Peter Segal
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Fred Ward, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Priscilla Presley
Continuity mistake: When Frank is going to look for a disguise he drives into a parking meter. The way the parking meter lies on the hood of the car changes between shots. (00:18:20)
Frank Drebin: Hey, Rocco. Who's the old bag? She take one in the face?
Rocco: She's my mother.
Frank Drebin: Oh. Mrs. Dillon, your son is a ruthless, sadistic, cold-blooded animal. You must be very proud of him.
Mrs. Dillon: I am.
Trivia: The wedding flashback was originally filmed a few years earlier as the ending of the second NAKED GUN but cut from the film.
Question: Even despite the extreme circumstances as presented in this movie, does any producer or director of any live show have any real control over whether a network goes to commercial or not?
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Chosen answer: Yes. Any live show can go to commercial at any time. It's a way to have a check against things going wrong.
Greg Dwyer