Other mistake: The article on the right-hand side of "The Olympian" seen at the end of the film is the same one seen on the right hand side of the "Daily Journal of Commerce" that Tracy looks at after chopping down the tree. Although the 2nd column of print in the "Daily Journal of Commerce" is now the 1st column of print in "The Olympian."
Bishop73
26th Apr 2023
Black Sheep (1996)
26th Apr 2023
Black Sheep (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Mike and Al are on the football field talking, after the truck incident, they're a couple feet away from the "50" and start walking back to the cars, away from the "50" and get to about the 44-yd line. After Roger honks the horn, Mike and Al are now back to around the 50-yd line and next to the "50." And they're closer to the "50" then the first shot.
25th Apr 2023
Seinfeld (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Jerry opens the magazine to the article about him before handing it to George, the left side is mostly black with a picture and the right side is half black with "now" in big yellow letters. In the next shot of him handing the magazine to George, the page seen is mostly white with fine print and a small picture. In the next shots of George reading it, the magazine is back to where Jerry had opened it up to the first time.
25th Apr 2023
Seinfeld (1990)
Trivia: The grandson, Bobby, that ends up calling Elaine is voiced by Thomas Dekker in an uncredited role. Dekker played Bobby in s07e04, "The Wink", the sick boy in the hospital that had the Yankees signed birthday card. Dekker also appeared in s05e16, "The Stand-In", as "Son" that Mickey stands in for.
24th Apr 2023
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Trivia: When DA Burr is killed, the newspaper says he died in a commercial. The previous scene is a parody of Schlitz malt liquor commercials where a bull crashes through and the camera shakes. The clip of the bull used is from the commercial where they're dressed as Robin Hood characters.
24th Apr 2023
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Johnny comes into the theater and sees the gun, the screen has a horizontal tear in it. But shots from behind the screen just have a vertical cut. And it's not like the gun was blocking the view since Danny pulled the gun out of the slit and there's no horizontal tear.
24th Apr 2023
Seinfeld (1990)
The Glasses - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: When George bites into the onion, you can see the top of the onion is facing up or towards the camera, next to his finger. In the next shot, you can tell the onion has rotated position. You can see the root is to the side, so the top would be on the side instead of up.
21st Apr 2023
Seinfeld (1990)
Trivia: When Jerry is talking about going on a date with Miss Rhode Island, Kramer says "they're never in contention." He really wasn't exaggerating. At the time of the episode, the highest a Miss Rhode Island contestant placed was 3rd runner-up (1968) and other than that, they never were even in the top 15.
21st Apr 2023
Seinfeld (1990)
Question: At the end, when Susan comes back and says she's been thinking about the wedding, and George has his hand on her shoulder, there's a framed picture (or painting) on the wall. What is it a picture of or suppose to be? (I'm sure the picture is in other episodes, this is just where I noticed it and it's fully in the shot.
14th Apr 2023
Seinfeld (1990)
Continuity mistake: After crazed Jerry and Elaine leave to get a hat, Kramer picks up the tub of ice cream Jerry had set down and starts to put the lid on. In the next shot, he's not holding the ice cream.
13th Apr 2023
Seinfeld (1990)
11th Apr 2023
Jury Duty (1995)
Continuity mistake: At the end when Tommy hits Frank with the book, Frank lands on the broken railing so that most of his body is on the railing, including his stomach and one of his legs. You also see the knife fly away from Frank's hand and past the top wooden part of the railing. In the next shot, only a little bit of his body is on the railing and the knife is on it as well.
11th Apr 2023
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Other mistake: In the film, each of the cop cars have a unique number associated with their plate number. Dave and Wally steal car "2286." Braddock and the other officer get into car "5210." After everyone was shooting at Dave and Wally, they're seen driving off while Braddock, Eve, and Kirgo are all bunched up together at the intersection. You can see Braddock's car number is now "2286."
11th Apr 2023
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Trivia: All the songs about Bandit heard in the movie were sung by Jerry Reed. Reed played "Snowman" Snow in the film.
10th Apr 2023
General questions
Are "TPS" reports a thing in the real world? It seems that ever since "Office Space", a variety of shows have employees or bosses mentioning "TPS" reports, the latest being "Titans" and "The Mandalorian." Or did Mike Judge make it up and everyone else throws it in as a joke?
1st Apr 2023
Total Recall (1990)
Question: In the opening scene in the bedroom, after Doug wakes up, there's a poster over the bed. Where is it from? Or what does it mean? It looks like 160+ eggs with small markings on them, and some with no markings.
Answer: It's not a poster. It looks to be an original abstract piece of sculptural art. I tried to find out who the artist was, but couldn't find any online information. The piece may have been created for the movie. Artists usually convey some theme or concept in their work, but whatever it is in this piece is unknown. Of course, non-objective abstract art is also subjective to the viewer's own interpretation. I'm going to keep looking for more info, as I'm curious.
21st Mar 2023
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
Trivia: Brian Dennehy played the father of Chris Farley in "Tommy Boy", which starred Chris Farley and David Spade. In this show, Dennehy plays the father of David Spade.
21st Mar 2023
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
Maya's and Tigers and Deans, Oh My - S5-E15
Trivia: In this episode, Zigmund, who is dating Nina Van Horn, is a flamboyant magician who works with tigers in his magic act. This is a spoof of the magicians Siegfried and Roy who worked with white tigers in their act. At the end of the episode, which aired in 2001, it's suggested Zigmund lost focus and his tiger attacked him. 2 years later, in 2003, Roy Horn would be attacked by one of his tigers.
21st Mar 2023
Agents of SHIELD (2013)
Continuity mistake: When the Chairperson calls the meeting to order and wants to swear in Daisy, you see Senator Nadeer is already sitting next to him. In the next shot, as Daisy is standing up, Nadeer is taking her seat.
21st Mar 2023
Perry Mason (2020)
Chapter Two - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Perry is trying to get Pete to help and offers him $23, he holds the money between his fingers facing up. But in shots from behind Perry, the money is upside down.
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Answer: They're real. TPS stands for test procedure specification. However, I suspect their use in other shows was inspired by "Office Space."
Ray