Visible crew/equipment: At the start, while Doug and Carrie are in the jewelry store, in the shot of Doug swinging the shopping bags at the overhead surveillance camera, we can see a production camera at the left side of the screen. Then in the next shot, from the POV of the surveillance camera, the edge of the store's set is visible at the right side of the screen. (00:02:05)
Super Grover
3rd Apr 2023
The King of Queens (1998)
1st Apr 2023
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: Near the start, when John walks out of the barn he decides to check on John-Boy's car so he sets the bucket down. Just as John walks beside his son's car, the reflection of the camera and camera operator wearing a baseball cap is visible on the windshield, as the dolly tracks backward. Even while John checks it, we can see the camera operator's baseball cap turning a few times in the reflection. (00:03:50)
1st Apr 2023
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy is on his way to Boatwright and Polly flags him down, just as John-Boy pulls over and then backs up, the reflection of the location's 9-light par bank lighting is visible on his car's windshield. (00:10:55)
1st Apr 2023
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After John finishes checking on John-Boy's car, when it cuts to the kids in the bathroom, note the vanity mirror's reflection. In between Mary Ellen's and Jason's reflections, we can see an older man wearing black glasses, yellow shirt, and blazer, who is standing outside the bathroom's doorway. We continue to see the reflection of this crew member in the mirror when Jim-Bob and Ben go at each other. (00:04:25)
1st Apr 2023
Friends (1994)
The One Where No One's Ready - S3-E2
Visible crew/equipment: When Ross tells Chandler and Joey, "I'd feel a whole lot better if you got dressed now," the reflections on the TV screen show there's a crew member at the side of the sofa wearing a white T-shirt, as well as the camera and camera operator behind the sofa. (00:00:30)
1st Apr 2023
Friends (1994)
The One Where No One's Ready - S3-E2
Visible crew/equipment: After Rachel agrees that it will indeed take her 6 or 7 minutes to get dressed, with the caveat, "Once I figure out what I'm wearing," it cuts to Joey offering Ross the "glass of fat" as he stands behind the couch. In the next shot of Ross, the reflections on the TV screen show Joey is still sitting on the couch, and the camera and camera operator (wearing a dark shirt and raises an arm) behind the sofa. (00:01:15)
31st Mar 2023
Adam-12 (1968)
Log 54: Impersonation - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Reed and Malloy go to the boxing gym's office the first time, the name on the door's glass window is spelled as "Fredie" and he's the owner and manager, but in the end credits James McEachin's first name is listed as "Freddy." (00:03:15 - 00:24:15)
31st Mar 2023
Adam-12 (1968)
Log 54: Impersonation - S2-E16
Visible crew/equipment: When Pete and Jim bring Freddy to the jail cell to identify the criminal, there's a T-mark taped to the floor near Jim's feet. (00:23:50)
31st Mar 2023
Adam-12 (1968)
Log 54: Impersonation - S2-E16
Visible crew/equipment: After Pete and Jim arrest the "second story men" for burglary, when Forest stops and asks, "What's the scoop?" the actor's T-mark is visible on the floor. (00:14:50)
31st Mar 2023
Adam-12 (1968)
Log 54: Impersonation - S2-E16
Visible crew/equipment: While Malloy and Reed are outside the Commander's office Malloy asks Forest about his son, and as Forest walks away we can see the actor's L-marker taped to the floor. (00:06:40)
30th Mar 2023
Family Affair (1966)
Continuity mistake: After Cissy and Danny leave for the concert, when Sharon follows the twins into the kitchen she's wearing tan pointed toe pumps, but in the next shot Sharon places her purse on the kitchen counter then heads toward the table, and now she's wearing very different shoes (the actress is wearing some type of fringe moccasins). (00:09:15)
26th Mar 2023
Batman (1966)
Batman Makes the Scenes (2) - S1-E34
Revealing mistake: While Batman and Robin are being held in Penguin's vacuum room, some of the stunt's dark squibs attached to the balloons become visible during this scene. We can even see a squib spark on the last pink balloon. (00:02:15)
25th Mar 2023
Beetlejuice (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: Barbara shows Adam their lack of reflections, then points out the book entitled "Handbook for the Recently Deceased" and its publisher. At the very start of the next shot in their bedroom, we can see the reflection of the moving boom pole/mic on the window above the bed. (00:10:10)
21st Mar 2023
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: At the end, while the Bassetts and Karen Hathaway are at Rockford's trailer, there's still damage to the door's wood trim from the earlier shooting, but when the couple exit the trailer all of that damage disappears, between shots. (00:44:10 - 00:44:55)
21st Mar 2023
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: While Rocky and Jim are at the trailer discussing jury duty, when George and Fran Bassett arrive Jim tells them to come in. In the shot facing them, as they climb up the exterior steps and walk through the doorway, changes occur; there are four holes in the door trim, there's only about three inches space between the shutters and doorway, the toggle switch is down. Next shot, the four holes are gone, space between the shutters and doorway significantly increased, and the toggle switch is now up. (00:12:40)
21st Mar 2023
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: After Rockford causes the car to crash, and he escapes from his abductors, the reflection of lighting and filming equipment is visible across the side of the car. (00:28:15)
21st Mar 2023
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: While Rockford is in the parking garage he's abducted then placed in another car, and when the front passenger door is closed, we can see the reflection of the camera operator and camera on the door's surface. (00:26:50)
21st Mar 2023
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rockford is riding in the car with his abductors, in the exterior shots facing all three men in the car, the shadow of the camera is visible on the car's hood. The car's rearview mirror also vanishes and reappears on the windshield between shots. (00:27:30)
21st Mar 2023
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Man Who Saw the Alligators - S5-E17
Visible crew/equipment: At Adrianna's cabin Tony Boy confronts Rockford directly, and just as Rockford says, "Why don't you and I just talk," the tip of the moving microphone pokes up at the bottom of the screen. Then, when Tony Boy says, "Maybe take a look into the future, everybody grab a seat, let's go," the microphone moves around quite a bit more at the bottom of the screen. (00:37:10)
21st Mar 2023
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Man Who Saw the Alligators - S5-E17
Visible crew/equipment: When Richie brings Tony Boy to the car to see their mother, during this scene there are multiple reflections of the crew's lighting including 9-light par banks, and when Tony shuts the car door the reflection of the camera operator is visible as well. (00:09:15 - 00:11:40)
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