Continuity mistake: After speeding past the checkpoint Hawkeye's stopped by the MPs, and when the lieutenant takes hold of one of Hawkeye's dog tags he's holding the one on the extender chain, but next shot he's holding the other dog tag, with the extender chain and second dog tag hanging down.
Super Grover
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Hawkeye and Radar are in the jeep heading to Kimpo Air Base they drive past the checkpoint, and in their closeups the camera casts a shadow on the hood of the jeep.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
As You Were - S2-E20
Revealing mistake: At the end, in the shot of Klinger singing while he's sewing a dress on his White Rotary sewing machine, as he's guiding the fabric forward it isn't actually under the machine's presser foot, which it needs to be in order to be stitched by the needle.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
As You Were - S2-E20
Continuity mistake: When Klinger's in Father Mulcahy's tent he pulls up a chair and when he sits down he places his purse on his lap, but in the closeup the purse strap is now around his left arm.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Adam's Ribs - S3-E11
Revealing mistake: While Hawkeye's in the mess tent leading the protest shouting "we want something else" he climbs the tent pole, and in two of the wideshots the camera has panned a bit too far to the right, and we can see the edge of the tent facade set at the top right corner of the screen.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Adam's Ribs - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: While Hawkeye leads the protest in the mess tent shouting "we want something else," there are two closeup shots of the table where Klinger and Radar are seated, and Klinger's white evening purse is missing, but in the previous and following wideshots the purse is hanging on his arm.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Adam's Ribs - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: When Hawkeye's in the mess tent holding the food tray the succotash is on the left and potatoes on the right with a space in the middle, so when Igor serves him creamed corn offscreen the corn should be between the potatoes and succotash, but when Hawkeye's having the fit and walks away from Igor, the potatoes (a higher mound) are now in the center space between corn and succotash.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: During Henry's home movies of Molly's birthday party, Lorraine brings out the cake with candles and sets it on the table, but the cake differs between the shots - note the writing.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Trial of Henry Blake - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Radar walks into the Swamp to sell wingtip shoes to Hawkeye, the dartboard isn't hanging on the door, but in two of Radar's closeups we can see part of the door with the dartboard on it.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Trial of Henry Blake - S2-E8
Visible crew/equipment: After Henry's cleared of all charges, when Margaret drops the crumpled paper and storms out of the room with Frank, we can see chalk marks and a T-mark on the floor where Frank was standing.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel) - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: After Lieutenant Willis wakes up in the Swamp he gets dressed and puts his tie around his neck with its tail end on his right, but when it cuts to his closeup the tie's wide end is at his right side, then it switches again.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel) - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: When Lieutenant Willis wakes up in the Swamp and puts his shirt on he's wearing his dog tags, but when he tosses the papers and puts on the rest of his clothes the dog tags have suddenly vanished, then they reappear, vanish, and reappear again.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Hawkeye's saying goodbye to the nurse in the morning, he reads "35591715" from her dog tag and says, "Even your number is pretty," and then he makes another date with her and again reads her dog tag, but now the number's "39591715."
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While Margaret's reading the story of 'The Three Bears' to Kim, just as Frank walks into the tent the curved chalk foot mark can be seen on the floor.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Other mistake: When Hawkeye and Trapper are arguing with Henry about not sending the little boy to the orphanage, Henry says, "Look, you think I wanna send this little fella away? I got two kids of my own. I'm a former child myself," but at the end of season 1 Henry's wife delivered a boy, whom Henry was aching to be with, so Henry really has three kids.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: After Hawkeye and Trapper leave the OR, when they open the door to the Swamp the dartboard is not hanging on the door, but in the interior shot the dartboard's there.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
For the Good of the Outfit - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: Hawkeye mails a letter to his father which is delayed in its delivery, and when Hawkeye finally receives a reply from his father it's dated May 24, 1951, but in the previous episode "Radar's Report" the weekly report that Radar typed up was dated October 17 through October 22, 1951.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Trivia: After Erika tells Hawkeye that the ring is her grandmother's and she's not married, when Hawkeye joins Erika on her cot the lights flicker on and off a few times. This flickering was real and totally unscripted, and was due to a power failure on the set, but because Alan Alda and Joan Van Ark didn't miss a beat and continued with their lines the scene wasn't reshot, and they just added the PA voiceover announcing that it's the generator again.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Klinger walks into Henry's office while Margaret and Frank are there, we can see the chalk T-mark on the floor behind Margaret where Radar was standing moments ago.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Other mistake: During this episode, Trapper and Hawkeye keep switching Frank's pistol with other things. When Frank's training his South Korean platoon, Trapper, Hawkeye, and Radar show up all decked out, and while Hawkeye's telling Frank that using the anti-aircraft gun on the compound will draw enemy planes, etc., there's a pistol in Frank's holster. When Frank turns around, we see that Trapper's right arm is bent over his fly swatter the entire time until he steps away from Frank, and when Frank draws from the holster what he believes is the pistol, he pulls out a plunger, and although it's funny, Trapper never actually had the opportunity to switch the pistol with the plunger, nor did Hawkeye or Radar.
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