Sammo

26th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17

Revealing mistake: After the savage beating, the two other prisoners go check out what happened inside the restroom. The take of Kirin Nakamura lying face down begins with the actor stretching his finger before he has to play corpse for a while not moving a muscle. (00:04:25)

Sammo

26th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17

Revealing mistake: Magnum usurped Higgins' desk while he's at the hospital. He is checking out of the article about Enoka running for Senate. If you look at the first article on the left, it begins with "The facts regarding the situation remain the same, state the authorities", the famous filler text that appears in dozens of props made by Earl Hayes Press. (00:16:35)

Sammo

26th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

I Do? - S3-E16

Revealing mistake: Rick at the "flawlessly vulgar" banquet drinks cheap champagne from a cup that falls on the floor revealing to be plastic. The floor is all wet already before the glass falls. (00:04:40)

Sammo

26th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

26th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

26th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Birdman of Budapest - S3-E15

Revealing mistake: In the Birdemic-like scene when Magnum barely escapes with his life from a deadly parrot before Higgins squeals it into suicide, our hero has multiple bleeding from lacerations on his arms that disappear one shot later, leaving room to face laceration who disappear in the following scene. (00:45:15)

Sammo

26th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Basket Case - S3-E14

Revealing mistake: Magnum's team loses by some extraordinarily bad luck, since the whole laws of physics conspire against him; the ball hits the hoop following a counterclockwise motion without going in, but in the last shot, when it flies away, it is spinning clockwise. (00:45:10)

Sammo

25th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

The Arrow That Is Not Aimed - S3-E13

Revealing mistake: Gallagher, the Tourist Shop Owner has been fished by Magnum but, as one of the doc workers says, he's been "Down there long time, bro, pretty bad shape" and he is "in intensive care, unconscious" later in the episode. However, just before the camera cuts away he opens his eyes. (00:35:10)

Sammo

25th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

25th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

25th Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Revealing mistake: When the plane is blowing dust all over the lawyer and the money-conscious nephew, you can see the face of the extra piloting the plane instead of Donnelly Rhodes. (00:03:50)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Revealing mistake: Magnum takes an ancient gun from the cabinet and stumbles upon one of the eccentric millionaire's practical jokes. The joke though is an impossible one; the string that supposedly triggers it is not there, and when the gun goes off, Magnum is not holding the gun in a way that would pull it. (00:16:25)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Heal Thyself - S3-E11

Revealing mistake: During the flight towards Karen's location at the end of the episode, TC's chopper suddenly has emergency floats equipped on the skids in the shots when it flies over the coast. (00:43:00)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Heal Thyself - S3-E11

Revealing mistake: Magnum confronts on the beach the slimy journalist and he 'threatens' him. He then turns around to leave. Close-up on Reporter Eric Daniels and after a second you can see in the left corner of the screen a tiny bit of Magnum's maroon hawaiian shirt pop in view. He never left. (00:18:50)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Heal Thyself - S3-E11

Revealing mistake: When Higgins shows Magnum the article that (allegedly) manipulates his words to support the thesis that Karen was driven mad by 'Nam, the paper uses the famed recurring filler text that many Earl Hays Press papers use ("An immediate investigation is assured") that appears in dozens of movies. (00:15:50)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Heal Thyself - S3-E11

Revealing mistake: In the close-up of the newspaper with the headline about Karen being the suspect in the serial killings, the same 3 paragraphs are plastered randomly all over the page. (00:06:50)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Magnum, P.I. mistake picture

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Revealing mistake: In one of the many cartoonish scenes involving Rick, he gets utterly stunned by the weak silly airplane-spin like movie Borgnine performs on him and after a chirping birds sound effect is played, he - or rather, his stuntman - does a Ric Flair faceflop. The stuntman is wearing tennis shoes with clean rubber soles. After his scene with Higgins, Magnum arrives with TC and Rick in a headlock - Rick falls in that shot, and he is wearing patent dress shoes with black soles. (00:27:20 - 00:29:40)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Revealing mistake: When Magnum stops the car right by Higgins who is tending to the plants, there's a close-up of the car tyres raising a lot of dust - or not, actually; it's as if the tyres were vacuuming the dust in! The footage is played backwards. (00:28:05)

Sammo

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