Continuity mistake: During his scuffle with TC, Magnum is wearing the same white tennis shoes he was wearing in the ship scene in some shots (closer angles generally), and dirty, chunkier sneakers in others. (00:36:40)
Sammo
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Character mistake: Twirling their moustache at the success of their operation, the villains say that the heroin is worth 10 million dollars. When Rick looks at all the drugs, he says it must be worth "a couple millions."
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When the bad guys try to escape from the warehouse, multiple tiremarks of their highly unusual maneuver (a sharp turn that leads away from the door, in that precise spot) are already visible on the ground, no doubt from previous takes. (00:44:45)
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Frustrated by Joey's deception, TC tosses the bag of heroin on the dresser, and it ends up on top of a box. In the next shot, it changes position, being off the box. (00:40:25)
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Audio problem: When Magnum is pushed against the metal shelves by TC, a big clunking sound is dubbed in, but you can see that the shelves and their content are not wobbled in the slightest and Tom Selleck jumped himself against them using his hands to impact in perfect safety. (00:36:40)
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: In the longshot of the fight when the phone begins to ring, the stuntman replacing Roger E. Mosley is quite visible. (00:37:05)
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: During their fight, Magnum in a close-up slams TC on a table. A chair is lying on the floor by the table; that chair will be toppled over only in the following shot. (00:37:00)
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The foul concoction Magnum prepares based on his girlfriend's recipe fills the glass at a different level depending on the angle before Rick's arrival. (00:15:00)
8th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Approaching the ship at the beginning of the episode, TC's chopper is the N58243 model, with the flotation skids. When he actually lands on the bridge though, it's N1095A. (00:02:05 - 00:03:00)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: When Magnum pushes the journalist's foot off the accelerator and steps on the brake, he's wearing white worn-out Converse sneakers with light purple socks and she's wearing tan stockings and pumps. Wen they walked up to the car, though, she was wearing open toed shoes with no stockings, and Magnum was wearing brown boat shoes earlier when he arrived at Mr. Dollinger's home. (00:39:00 - 00:46:10)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Audio problem: In the last part of the final conversation between Magnum and Charlie, background noise comes and goes away depending on the camera angle. (00:48:20)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Revealing mistake: En route to the hut of the kahuna, TC is reading from a book. He reads "That is why curses or warning of death prayer" making exaggerated motions that undoubtedly establish that sentence being at the bottom of the page. Magnum then urges him to go on "That is why what?", and he resumes reading, but he's reading now (and again, makes very obvious he's reading and not just repeating from memory) from the opposite page. (00:17:35)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: After the sugarcane fire fiasco, everyone is nervous. Magnum yells "Stop it!" to Higgins when he makes a bitter comeback to Rick. Kinda hilariously, Magnum yells that at a Higgins wearing a yellow-and-blue tie, but the Higgins that glances at him all sly is a red-and-blue-tied Higgins. (00:26:30)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: After the unexpected death of the champion racer, the protagonists discuss in Rick's office. Higgins is wearing a blue blazer with the navy and beige tie he wore during the announcement and curse. The fire alarm rings, and for the kitchen scene Higgins somehow had time to change his tie to a regimental one with thin red stripes. (00:12:00 - 00:14:20)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Character mistake: Poolside before his mysterious illness, Rick tells Magnum that the board wants to cancel the "ski surf" race. That'd be the "surf ski" race. He should know, he organizes it. (00:33:15)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Other mistake: The cheesy red eye 'glow' effect at the end of the episode is in just one eye, unlike what it's said in the book TC read.
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Audio problem: Norman approaches Magnum after the race; his voice is dubbed in, not matching the mouth - and a girl in the background in the first shot takes ages to appear in the second one. (00:47:25)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, Magnum exclaims "But...I didn't win." Before and after that shot, the light on the beach is completely different. (00:47:00)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: At the hospital, the interviewer points her microphone with the gap up when she asks "How is he?" It is turned the opposite way in the reverse shot. (00:36:30)
7th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: When Sidney Dollinger spaces out, the glasses move from his lap to his hand, and the Coops beer from his lap to his side. (00:31:40)
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