Revealing mistake: The fight scene with Magnum and TC has several shots with the real Tom Selleck and Roger E. Mosley, but the wide angles have been shot with the usual leaner stunt doubles. Magnum's double's face can be seen distinctly as he swings for the first punch, and he will appear later in the episode, uncredited. (00:12:25)
Sammo
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Character mistake: As he takes the elevator for the garage, Magnum's hat gets caught in the elevator doors before the camera cuts away. It's all fine on his head when he gets out. (00:42:15)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Factual error: It is stated in the episode twice that Rod 'did time' in Camarillo, but Camarillo does not have a penitentiary, just a jail and (had at the time) a State mental hospital, neither compatible with his 18 months sentence for growing weed. (00:25:00)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Trivia: The man that Ms. Gordon, Parole Officer mistakes for Magnum, and that later he admits "sort of look alike" is Tom Lupo, a stunt coordinator and most importantly Tom Selleck's stunt double for this very series. (00:22:35)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Stuart Margolin shows Magnum a photo of his kid, the photo in close-up is entirely different from the one that Magnum was supposedly looking at. (00:06:35)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: During the chaotic fight at the end of the episode, the guns are all very close together in a close-up view used a few times, but in wider angles they are spread around much more, from the beginning. (00:45:05)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Rod's tackle on the baddie happens twice in two separate shots, and his left hand clings to different spots - the arm in the first, the torso in the next. (00:45:00)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: On the roof of the building, Magnum shuts the door of TC's chopper saying "What are you gonna do? Land on him with your helicopter?" Inside the door's reflection, there's the filming crew. (00:40:50)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After Magnum's adventure with the change at the coffee pot, he comes back to Rod and the parole officer. When Rod puts his hand on the phone to prevent her from calling the narcs, Ms. Gordon has the receiver in her lap. New shot and it's up and she lowers it only then. (00:29:50)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum and Rod are talking about what happened; Rod is having a smoke and denies growing pot again. In close-ups, Tom Selleck's head casts a shadow to his right, but in the wide angles the shadow is on the opposite shoulder. (00:25:40)
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Rod tells Magnum the story of how he went into jail and his wife divorced him. He says that "it happens" and massages his temples. In the next shot the pose is similar but he is leaning with his forehead against the back of the hand. (00:25:30)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After the run-in with Dolphie Crenshaw's men, Magnum and TC are talking with Rick. When he says "Don't worry 'bout it" his arms are crossed the opposite way than in the previous shot. Mistakes of the same nature happens later, such as when Magnum explains why he owes Rod and Rick's hands go from opposite upper arms to joined together. (00:14:35)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum tries to have TC accept the cheque, but he is adamant about 'cash and carry'. During this scene, Magnum is holding the box with his hand positioned at a level that switches between two heights as the angle changes. (00:08:40)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: After the credits, Magnum's friend is checking out of the Honolulu Herald, which is running an article with Magnum's photo but the usual gibberish filler text contained in other similar props. (00:03:00)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Revealing mistake: When Higgins' wheelchair starts taking off and he cries "I say, MAGNUM!" you can see rise from the grass a thin line used to safely halt the chair when off camera. (00:28:05)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Revealing mistake: In the shot when the plane tips over the tidal pool rocks, look at the tail of the plane to see the cables used to send the model plane crashing. (00:09:20)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: For the greater part of the air duel, the jet of the bad guys has one window, but in the landing and in other shots it has two windows. (00:45:40)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Revealing mistake: When the airplane is shown from the front in flight (control tower saying "Squawk 0223 and ident"), the person standing in for Sato is wearing sunglasses, while Soon-Tek Oh is not. (00:42:50)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Revealing mistake: The first shot of the bad guys asking to reroute from NY to Hawaii shows the plane with its license number mirrored. (00:42:15)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Factual error: When Sam climbs on the plane to give chase to the baddies, the tail number is N64CE. When he takes off though, the control tower announces the clearance for "Sixty-four Charlie Lima." Should have been Charlie Echo. (00:41:35 - 00:42:30)
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