Steven Lee

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.

Steven Lee

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.

Steven Lee

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.

Steven Lee

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.

Steven Lee

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.

Steven Lee

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.

Steven Lee

Show generally

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.

Steven Lee

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.

Steven Lee

10th Oct 2019

The Goldbergs (2013)

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.

Steven Lee

9th Oct 2019

Columbo (1971)

Show generally

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?

Steven Lee

Show generally

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.

Steven Lee

12th Sep 2019

Matlock (1986)

The Abduction - S6-E15

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.

Steven Lee

19th Aug 2019

Gunsmoke (1955)

Taps for Old Jeb - S11-E5

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. "

Steven Lee

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.

Steven Lee

16th Aug 2019

The Rifleman (1958)

27th Jul 2019

The Monkees (1966)

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.

Steven Lee

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