Other mistake: In a newspaper article about an overnight break-in and robbery at a bank, three paragraphs in the first column are repeated in the second column.
Steven Lee
26th Aug 2024
Matlock (1986)
28th Jul 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Other mistake: Harriet phones a plasterer to repair a wall in the boys' bedroom. He says he will be there the next day. Ozzie phones Mr. Baxter and asks him to replace a broken rain gutter. Baxter comes to the house and tells Ozzie he has two big jobs to finish and "it will be about a week" - but he shows up the next day, same as the plasterer.
4th Jul 2024
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Other mistake: Cocoanut Hotel manager Mr. Hammer (Groucho Marx) reads aloud a telegram stating that guests will arrive on the 4:30 train. He then says, "The 4:15, eh?" and tells Jamison (Zeppo Marx) that he's going to "meet the 4:15."
28th Jun 2024
Long-Haired Hare (1949)
Other mistake: Just one second after Bugs puts a letter (presumably an order for a pair of earmuffs) into a mailbox, a courier arrives with a package containing the earmuffs.
23rd Jun 2024
Draftee Daffy (1945)
Other mistake: Daffy walks past the same table and couch four times. When he runs the other direction, he passes the same staircase five times.
15th Jun 2024
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963)
Other mistake: A handwritten entry in Phileas Fogg III's diary says he and his servants (The Three Stooges) were interrogated by Chinese intelligence. The word is misspelled "inlellegence." (00:55:15)
14th Jun 2024
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963)
Other mistake: Phileas Fogg III and a confidence man are at the Regent Street Bank to sign an agreement regarding Fogg's bet that he can travel around the world in 80 days without spending any money. A Security Bonded Transfer Company courier arrives at 10:37 with a valise filled with cash. As the two men leave the bank two minutes later, Big Ben is chiming 11:00.
11th Jun 2024
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
Other mistake: What appears to be a long hallway in the palace is actually a painted backdrop. When two guards lock Ulysses in the dungeon, they cast a shadow on the backdrop.
31st May 2024
Safety Last! (1923)
Other mistake: As Harold begins to scale the DeVore Department Store building in Los Angeles, the intersection shown in the background is 10th Street and Broadway. In later scenes, it is 9th Street and Broadway. In the final scenes, it is 6th Street and Spring Street.
28th May 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Other mistake: The clock shows the time as 2:20. Ozzie goes outside and spends five minutes talking with Mr. Thornberry. When Ozzie comes back inside, the time on the clock is still 2:20.
13th Apr 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Other mistake: Cathy Calhoun is knitting a pair of socks for her brother, and offers to make a pair for Ozzie. She tells him, "If you really like them, I could get some more of the material." Knitting is done with yarn, not material. (00:06:50)
10th Apr 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Rover Boys - S1-E18
Other mistake: David's teacher is called Mrs. Fraser in some scenes and Miss Fraser in other scenes.
30th Mar 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Other mistake: Ozzie has just brought the mail in. He says, "Here's a bill. Here's another bill." Instead of looking at the rest of the mail, he hands it to Harriet, telling her, "I've had enough bills for one morning." The time on the clock is 4:15.
22nd Mar 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Other mistake: When David takes a book from the bookshelf and opens it, a small piece of paper falls to the floor. Neither he, Ozzie nor Harriet notices it.
8th Mar 2024
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
Other mistake: Bobby, Clovis and Celia Bradley find a large gold nugget in a mine. An assayer says gold is worth $15 an ounce and values the nugget at $87,425. That would mean it weighs 364 pounds, more than double the weight of the record-setting 173-pound gold nugget found in 1869 in Moliagul, Australia.
3rd Mar 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Other mistake: Five young boys in Ozzie's backyard are pretending to shoot each other with toy guns. Ozzie pretends he's been shot and falls to the ground. When he sits up, the boys compliment him on the way he "died great." Ozzie then tells them about his great-grandfather, a gunfighter known as Six-Gun Nelson. Following a fantasy sequence with Ozzie portraying Six-Gun Nelson, Ozzie is now magically wearing a gun belt with two holsters and two guns.
27th Feb 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Other mistake: While Rick plays guitar and sings at a dance, the drummer behind him appears to be playing but never touches the drums or the cymbal with his drumsticks.
11th Feb 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
David and the Stewardess - S6-E15
Other mistake: Rick is playing an acoustic guitar in his bedroom, but the sound we hear is that of an electric guitar.
21st Jan 2024
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)
Other mistake: Ozzie says the fiscal year of the Men's Club runs from September 15th to September 15th. A fiscal year beginning September 15th would run through September 14th.
8th Dec 2023
South Park (1997)
The Tooth Fairy's TATS 2000 - S4-E1
Other mistake: Cartman is excited because the "tooth fairy" left him two dollars in exchange for a tooth. When he holds up the two bills, they are identical. Both have the same serial number.
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