Trivia: Although everybody knows all of the Addams Family members' names, none of them had their now-familiar names when Charles Addams created them for the New Yorker magazine. It was when the idea was pitched to the television executives that the names were created. Coincidentally, the Addams Family and The Munsters debuted the same week, and were cancelled the same week two years later.
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26th Apr 2016
The Addams Family (1964)
26th Apr 2016
The Addams Family (1964)
18th Apr 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Question: If the lightsaber that Rey touches was Luke's and his father's before him, how did it get there? Luke's saber, given to him by Obi Wan, was lost in the fight between Luke and Vader on Cloud City when Vader cut Luke's sword hand off. It fell down with Luke's hand into the disposal tube, then out and down to Bespin's swampy surface.
8th Apr 2016
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
6th Apr 2016
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
German Bridge Is Falling Down - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: As Klink is talking to the sentry post, his hand goes from around the microphone part to along the length of the receiver between angles.
5th Apr 2016
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Janeway and Neelix chase after the mysterious figure moving away from the down the dead end corridor, the wall is lit up, and the shadow moves across it showing direction of travel. After a quick cut, the wall they approach, and the corridor is noticeably darkened.
5th Apr 2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)
Revealing mistake: As Pee Wee rides in his little red car he stands up in it going by the breakfast bar in the house. As he sits after filling the plate, the camera shakes along with the car, showing the car and camera are mounted on the same rig.
5th Apr 2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)
Continuity mistake: While travelling with the novelties salesman, a passing car's occupants yell about the bag of groceries on top of the car. As the camera faces the salesman's car, he puts up the window advertising the fake bag gag. As the camera faces out towards the passing car, the window goes up again. Later, a truck passes by, and the salesman does the same thing, but the message is now in Spanish, without the man stopping to change it. A moment later, the window advertisement (seen from inside) appears to be in English during the same scene.
30th Mar 2016
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Question: When Commander Morrow responds to Kirk's protests he says "Jim, the Enterprise is twenty years old. We feel her day's over." In ST: TMP, Decker said "This is an almost totally new Enterprise." If the Enterprise was, for all intents and purposes, totally rebuilt from the original, with more space, better engines, etc., how could it be twenty years old?
Chosen answer: The Enterprise may have been extensively refurbished, but that does not mean it is entirely new. The ship is still 20 years old. Also, that was Decker's comment, and it may have been an over-exaggeration. Newer ships were being designed and built in the meantime, so even if the Enterprise was still mechanically sound, the technology may have advanced so much that it was not possible or it wasn't economically feasible to continually retrofit older vessels.
30th Mar 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Other mistake: When Crater is hit by the phaser, his collapse is sped up. (00:36:50)
30th Mar 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Audio problem: As Kirk low crawls behind some boulder and grass, his communicator flips open and closed. If it was opened, the sound of the channel opening should have been heard, but wasn't. (00:36:35)
30th Mar 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Trivia: The phaser pistol Crater has is from the pilot episode with Captain Pike.
30th Mar 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: On the planet, as Kirk and Spock try to get to Professor Crater, Crater fires at and destroys the center support of the arch. As it settles, the parts are clearly hollow. (00:34:21)
30th Mar 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Man Trap - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: In the corridor, as Sulu touches the face of the dead crewman, the man's eyelids flutter. (00:30:15)
28th Mar 2016
Family Guy (1999)
Brian's Got a Brand New Bag - S8-E4
Continuity mistake: When Brian and Rita go into the house, the front door opens inward, as usual. A couple minutes later, the door opens outward when Stewie's crib hits it.
22nd Mar 2016
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: As Marion initiates the drinking challenge with Belloq, from the front she quickly tosses the drink back, tipping her head back then forward. From behind she repeats the motion.
22nd Mar 2016
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Factual error: The truck that turns over and blows up after Indy shoots the driver is a Mercedes Benz L701. It began production in 1944, and this movie is set in 1936, so the truck is not period correct. Also, the alleys are too narrow to allow this truck to turn a corner.
22nd Mar 2016
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Revealing mistake: When the thug with the blade sticking out his back is standing still, there is some kind of squared device on his back under his clothes, presumably to retract the fake blade to end the sequence.
22nd Mar 2016
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: After hitting one thug, Indy jumps out of the way of one trying to spear him, leading to the one behind Indy getting run through. As the guy gets run through, he is in front of a hanging string of fruit, with the stacked fruit to his right. After a cut scene to Indy and Marion running away, the run through thug is now facing the fruit stand, setting up the sight gag of the blade sticking out with two fruits stuck on it.
22nd Mar 2016
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Audio problem: In Marion's bar, she uses a burning log to knock one of the goons out. As his face changes, you hear "ow!" then he moans as he falls over. However, his mouth doesn't match any of the sounds.
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Chosen answer: When she is asked about the light saber being in her possession, Maz Kanata explains that it is a question to be answered at another time. Presumably this will be explained in a future episode.
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