Revealing mistake: As the first chopper lands on the pad, you can see that the pilot is Cowboy, a clear reuse of the shot from the episode "Cowboy"
Movie Nut
22nd Mar 2022
M*A*S*H (1972)
27th Sep 2021
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: When Sherwood has died on the gurney, with Roberts holding his hand, after breathing stops, you can see the bandage on his neck still jumping in time with his pulse.
12th Sep 2021
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: In Margaret's tent, while she is getting ready, if you look at the central pole you can see the cut where it is supposed to break when Frank hits it.
29th Dec 2020
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: Potter is taking the driving part of the test, with Rizzo riding along. In the long shot, as well as looking at Klinger stumbling along, you can see the Jeep occupants are stunt doubles.
4th Jul 2020
M*A*S*H (1972)
15th Jan 2019
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: In the supply room, as Hawkeye lights two candles, the room gets noticeably brighter. However, there's too much light for two candles, and his shadow comes from above.
6th Jan 2019
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: While painting Winchester's portrait, the camera looks across Potter's position. As it does, the picture is totally finished, though Potter acts like he's working on it.
15th Oct 2018
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: There is a lag between the interior lights going out and the exterior stage lights going on.
15th Apr 2018
M*A*S*H (1972)
Dear Mildred - S4-E7
Revealing mistake: When the camera is in a close up on Dan the pilot, the sound is a chopper that is running full power, but you can tell that the main rotors are turning slowly to simulate flight.
7th Apr 2018
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Trial of Henry Blake - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: As Klinger flies on his home made glider it's easy to tell that it's a bad composition shot. Also, nobody moving in the shot of him taking off stopped to notice him.
13th Jul 2017
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: In the closing scene, as the camera looks at the collected crowd, the camo net over the building poorly hides the edge of the "sky" background and the sound stage walls.
23rd Mar 2017
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: As Buzz is stopped at the tent door by Hawkeye and Trapper, the vertical edge of the "sky" is seen over the top of the hospital building, behind the camo net.
30th Nov 2016
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: In Margaret's tent, as the candle alternates between lit and extinguished, the light lags a second or two between on and off.
13th Aug 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Adam's Ribs - S3-E11
Revealing mistake: As Radar, Henry, Klinger and Trapper get up to answer the emergency call, the outside background can be seen in the upper right corner of the shot, showing it was done on a sound stage.
13th Aug 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: During the conversation between Potter and Klinger in the Mess tent, if you look past them you can see Margaret loitering, waiting for her cue to enter.
21st Apr 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Rally 'Round the Flagg, Boys - S7-E21
Revealing mistake: As Charles leaves the Mess Tent, you can see the camo net where there normally is none, and the background abruptly ends about 20 feet from the end of the building.
11th Mar 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Sniper - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: When the bottle of liquor is shot, there's no bullet hole in the basket that's right behind it, nor does the basket move from the impact.
8th Oct 2014
M*A*S*H (1972)
As You Were - S2-E20
Revealing mistake: As Henry goes over to the expectant mother, a round takes out the generator. After the lights go out, there is a blue light outside the window, and also blue lights over the action. They can be seen in the reflections on the light sets over the tables.
9th Nov 2013
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: When Hawkeye and Margaret turn toward the stove, and he says "Are you hungry?", watch the can. Though it is meant to look like it blew the top off, it is plain that the top was just set into the top, and a blast of air was used to blow it open. This is because of the sound, and a stream of vapor that often accompanies a blast from an air gun. A sealed can set on a heat source would have burst not only from the top, but also from the side at a seam, or the bottom. Also, they were about five feet away from the can, and the beans went up, not out at a ninety degree angle. So they wouldn't get beaned. Beans on the face were for comic effect.
9th Nov 2013
M*A*S*H (1972)
Revealing mistake: A number of times, during the night periods (for instance, during an OR scene) the windows are dark when the lights are on in the room. Then when the lights go out, the windows brighten up. They, and the interior lights seem to alternate lightening and darkening.
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