Continuity mistake: After Santa marries Carol and kisses her, he puts his right hand on Charlie's arm. In the next shot, Santa's arm is down.
Steven Lee
18th Dec 2019
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
11th Dec 2019
The Santa Clause (1994)
Other mistake: A Federal Express driver delivers hundreds of boxes to Scott Calvin. They contain the names of all the children in the world. Scott opens a box and picks up the top page and begins reading the names. The second page in the box is identical.
30th Nov 2019
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Rat and Mole enter Scrooge's office to ask for alms for the poor, the wall clock shows the time as 9.00. After Scrooge sends them away with no money, the clock shows the time as 6:57.
20th Nov 2019
Trailer Horn (1950)
Other mistake: When Donald crashes his car, a tire comes loose and rolls toward Chip and Dale. As the tire falls over them, Dale disappears for a fraction of a second.
20th Nov 2019
Trailer Horn (1950)
Continuity mistake: When Donald Duck crashes through the roof of his trailer, the door flies open and pots, pans, dishes and other items fly out and land on the ground. In the following scenes showing the trailer, those objects have vanished.
20th Nov 2019
Trailer Horn (1950)
Continuity mistake: Upon seeing Donald Duck's footprints in the sand, Chip walks the length of one footprint, leaving eight of his own footprints as he goes. He fetches Dale to show him Donald's footprints but when Chip reaches the footprint he walked across, his own footprints have vanished.
4th Nov 2019
Helpmates (1932)
Continuity mistake: Oliver returns home to find Stan holding a hose and putting out of the smoldering remains of a fire that destroyed much of the house. In the medium-range shot that follows, Stan's right arm is at his side and the hose is on the floor.
22nd Oct 2019
The Three Stooges Show (1960)
Continuity mistake: In "Self-Made Maids," Moe, Larry and Shemp play dual roles, appearing as artists and as three models, Moella, Larryella and Shempella. In one scene, Larryella squeezes Shemp's hand while he's holding a tube of black paint. The paint squirts only on his face but in the next shot there are also paint spatters on his smock. When he returns to his easel, the paint on his face and smock has disappeared.
14th Oct 2019
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Revealing mistake: As Ricky Bobby drives a test lap, one crew member tells another that Ricky Bobby is going only 26 miles an hour. In three close-ups of the vehicle, the reflection of the bleachers can be seen on the windshield. The reflection does not change. The vehicle is not moving.
10th Oct 2019
The Goldbergs (2013)
Character mistake: Beverly waves a university brochure in Adam's face and tells him he's going to go "to UCLA. That's in Hollywood." UCLA is in Westwood.
9th Oct 2019
Side Streets (1934)
Continuity mistake: Bertha Krasnoff, a furrier known to her customers as Madame Valerie, has a purse hanging from her left arm as she says goodbye to a customer exiting the shop. When she greets another woman entering the shop, the purse is now on her right arm.
9th Oct 2019
Columbo (1971)
Last Salute to the Commodore - S5-E6
Character mistake: After Commodore Otis Swanson is murdered, Columbo goes to the Swanson Shipyard to speak with the Commodore's nephew, Swanny Swanson. Columbo calls him "Mr. Swenson."
1st Oct 2019
The Three Stooges Show (1960)
Stupidity: In "Studio Stoops," one mobster ties Larry to a bed and another mobster ties Moe to a chair. The second mobster says, "Boss, why don't you let me plug 'em?" The other replies, "It would make too much noise. Wait till we get 'em outside." If that is the plan, then why tie up Moe and Larry indoors?
1st Oct 2019
The Three Stooges Show (1960)
Character mistake: In "Movie Maniacs," the Three Stooges arrive in Hollywood via train, sneak into a movie studio and walk onto the set of a movie being filmed. A starlet looks at Curly and says, "Oh, Mr. Howard." There is no way she could have known his name.
12th Sep 2019
Matlock (1986)
Continuity mistake: Michelle Thomas, Ben Matlock's assistant, has been abducted and is being kept in the home of mobster Jay Cutler. Ben attempts to scale the wall surrounding the property. A close-up shows him with both arms resting atop the wall. In the very next shot, his arms are extended, his right leg is over the wall and he is raising his left leg.
19th Aug 2019
Gunsmoke (1955)
Other mistake: Jeb throws a big party at Miss Kitty's saloon and pays for it with a poke full of gold. Sam the bartender weighs the gold and says it is worth $420. Kitty later gives the poke of gold back to Jeb and tells him, "The party is on me." Sholo, Jeb's mining partner, says, "There's $700 worth of gold there. "
19th Aug 2019
Green Acres (1965)
The Vulgar Ring Story - S2-E28
Other mistake: Lisa thinks her ring went down the drain while she was washing dishes in the kitchen sink. Oliver disconnects the pipes under the sink and does not find the ring, but he removes a long blue scarf from the trap. It is completely dry.
16th Aug 2019
The Rifleman (1958)
Character mistake: Micah is clean-shaven but he enters the barber shop and asks for a shave.
27th Jul 2019
The Monkees (1966)
Continuity mistake: As Davy talks with Paw and Ella Mae, two dirt smudges on his right cheek keep disappearing and reappearing.
8th Jul 2019
I Do (1921)
Revealing mistake: Harold Lloyd is trying to cross a busy intersection. Apparently the scene was double-exposed. As one car passes by, it appears translucent and the streetcar tracks can be seen through it.
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