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Death Hits the Jackpot - S11-E1

Trivia: The car Freddy is looking at is a Dino 308 GTS (made by Ferrari, but not officially a Ferrari), which was manufactured from 1977 to 1980. (The photo and the car in the dealership has the rear side window slats from the later 308GTSi.) Freddy is going to pay $175,000 for the car. That car, when new, cost slightly more than $30,000, and the most expensive 308 Dino ever sold went for $159,500. (The Magnum P.I. Dino was at auction, expecting to fetch $150,000 to $250,000).

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Death Hits the Jackpot - S11-E1

Continuity mistake: After Lamarr takes off Freddy's undershirt we see the level of the water in the bathtub. Then he drags Freddy over to the tub and breaks his watch. At that time the water level is lower than it was before, even though the water was still running.

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Season 10 generally

Trivia: In episode 10-3 the murderer smokes "Victory" brand cigarettes. In episode 10-2 the victim smokes "Victory." I have a suspicion that "Victory" cigarettes would be the only brand seen in any episode.

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Death Hits the Jackpot - S11-E1

Trivia: Freddy's fake watch is a "Le Sur 2600." It has a day window across the 12 position (like a Rolex Day-Date), but it does not display a day.

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Factual error: Hunt gets out of a limo to visit Lauda at an airport. It takes place in 1977, but the limo is a Lincoln that was not produced until 1980. (01:47:30)

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Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star - S10-E3

Factual error: Champagne corks have a metal cap between the cork and the wire cage. (They can be seen when both Creighton and Columbo open bottles.) When Creighton injects the chloral hydrate into the champagne, he does not have the difficulty he should have getting through the metal. The needle does not come out damaged as it should, and it did not go far enough into the cork to put the liquid into the champagne-it would get lost in the cork itself.

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Other mistake: After Herod shoots Ellen Doc Wallace examines her and says she is dead. Obviously he is in league with Ellen and Cort, using the red ink to make her look dead. But earlier he says that Spotted Horse is dead, having "examined" him from several feet away. He is wrong, because Spotted Horse gets up and fires several shots at Cort. He would have no reason to fake that death, and is apparently a qualified doctor.

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Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health - S10-E2

Continuity mistake: When Sheba the dog scratches Anders' car her claws are on the glass and the top of the metal part of the door, above the character line. In the photo that Columbo shows, the scratches go much further down the door.

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Episode #6.4 - S6-E4

Character mistake: The character pretending to be Lt. Ellis refers to himself as First Lieutenant. That rank is referred to orally as "Lieutenant", not "First Lieutenant."

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Last Laugh - S6-E3

Character mistake: BJ refers to his friend Leo as colonel. He's wearing two silver bars, insignia of a captain.

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Butterfly in Shades of Grey - S12-E2

Plot hole: Columbo says that all the doors and windows at the murder scene were found to be locked. But Fielding Chase left the house through a door with a dead-bolt lock, wiping the doorknob and not locking the door.

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Freshman Orientation and the Inventor of the Zipper - S4-E6

Plot hole: Memaw gets a call from Dr. Sturgis saying that he has moved to Waxahatchie and would she please call him back. He does not say the new phone number, and this was well before cell phones were in widespread use by the general public, so it could only be a land line. Memaw calls him back, although she could not know the number.

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First Trap - S7-E11

Other mistake: Jack is taking photographs with a film camera that does not have an autowinder. He continues to take photos, but never winds the film.

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Audio problem: When the Monster is tap-dancing to "Puttin' on the Ritz", the motion of his legs and feet do not correspond to the sound of the tap-dancing.

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Continuity mistake: Brophy and Dr. Thorndyke are in the bathroom. The lid of the toilet is ajar, then is suddenly closed properly.

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Factual error: When Mollie is scaring Ken in the station wagon, they pass a red Chrysler 300 twice (tip of the hat to the chase scene in Bullitt). The Chrysler is a 1965 model, and the scene takes place in 1964.

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Factual error: Several of the "spies" use revolvers with silencers. You can't use a silencer with a revolver.

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Things Were Different Then - S4-E16

Factual error: The car is referred to as a '73 Cadillac Eldorado. It has square headlights, and therefore is a '75 or '76.

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Show generally

Continuity mistake: Outside Rusty's bar Lucy says she's staying in room 114 of the Marlowe Inn. When Brockmire goes to see her, she's in room 411.

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Show generally

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Debbie clears everything off the mantle, she leaves the bronze baby shoes and turns to talk to Marty. Then we see over her shoulder that the shoes are gone. (00:04:30)

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