Visible crew/equipment: During the in-law visit Mother starts weeping, prompting Captain Gregg to roar at Lucy, "Make her stop the eternal caterwauling," and when Lucy tells him to keep out of this, of course Mother thinks Lucy's comment was directed at her. In the next shot, when Lucy stands up the black tape mark is visible on the rug at Mother's feet. (00:38:55)
Super Grover
22nd Feb 2023
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
22nd Feb 2023
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Visible crew/equipment: After Lucy's in-laws inform her that she's lost her source of income, Lucy sits down beside the vocal Captain Gregg and responds to him aloud that she doesn't intend to make a scene. Then, when Mother takes a seat beside Lucy, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible above Mother at the top of the screen. (00:38:40)
22nd Feb 2023
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Continuity mistake: When Martha and Lucy put away Lucy's mourning clothes, at the start of this scene the wicker knitting basket is on the table beside the big leather chair; it's still visible there when Captain Gregg shouts his wish for Lucy's roses to die of blight. Later in this scene, Captain Gregg corrects Lucy's misuse of nautical terminology while romanticizing the seaman's life, and when Lucy sits on the bench she reaches right beside her for the wicker knitting basket, that moved itself onto the bench. (00:32:10 - 00:36:05)
21st Feb 2023
Good Times (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: After JJ gives Michael his little black book, Penny spots Boom-Boom's numbers. When Willona walks over and sits on the back of the couch, her mic transmitter wires are hanging out the bottom of her sweater behind her. Then, when JJ doubles over in pain, the bulge of Willona's mic transmitter is visible at her lower back. (00:04:15)
21st Feb 2023
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the pool party, Peter's "President" sash is draped from his left shoulder with the visible letters "n" and "t" in reversed positions. In the following shots the sash is draped correctly from Peter's right shoulder.
21st Feb 2023
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: At the IRS, when Peter walks into Stratford's office there is no light switch beside the doorway, but a 3-gang rocker light switch appears in following shots.
21st Feb 2023
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: While Peter is with Mayor West at Town Hall, when Peter winds up in the trap door, the doorknob on West's office door changes sides (so the door opens the opposite way) and the plant moves away from the corner.
21st Feb 2023
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Peter's great-great uncle, Ulysses S. Griffin, is with Robert E. Lee, all the Confederate soldiers have their straps over their left shoulders, but in the closeup two soldiers have their straps over their right shoulders.
17th Feb 2023
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: At the very start in the briefing room, the Trinium is being passed to Sam and Jack as the camera tracks left, and we can see the reflections of standing crew (Daniel, Sam, and Jack are seated) and the moving boom mic on the glass window, towards the left. (00:00:15)
17th Feb 2023
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar - S5-E14
Visible crew/equipment: When Agent Spelling has heard enough, he tells Agent Tallafero to have Musia get a Marshall to take Rockford and his "buddy" to County for the night. In the next shot facing Rockford and Tallafero, the actor's green tape mark is visible under the desk before Rockford stands up. (00:11:20)
17th Feb 2023
Friends (1994)
The One In Massapequa - S8-E18
Continuity mistake: When Monica shows Chandler the photo of Chi-Chi, as she says, "It's good stuff, huh," in the closeup Monica takes hold of the photo with her raised empty right hand, but in the next wide shot Monica is holding a Sharpie in her right hand and the photo is in her raised left hand. (00:02:25)
17th Feb 2023
Friends (1994)
The One With The Stain - S8-E7
Continuity mistake: After Gunther responds to Ross with the biting "ezels" retort, it cuts to Monica and Brenda in the living room, and when Monica falls off her chair, the rug and blue pad underneath are suddenly rolled up at the corner, then the rug is properly flat. (00:11:15)
17th Feb 2023
FBI (2018)
Visible crew/equipment: When the team of Special Agents are at the auto shop in Red Hook, just as Scola says, "Ethan Chen, you're under arrest," there's a visible pink nylon T-marker on the sidewalk. (00:20:15)
17th Feb 2023
FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Continuity mistake: While the Agents are reviewing the courthouse security footage, they zoom in on the unsub's license plate number "28K-XK8" on the video feed. Barnes states aloud that it's "28K-XQ8" and Remy asks which employee drives a vehicle with that plate number, then the Courthouse Vehicle Directory shows "28K-XQ8" as the unsub's license plate number. (00:21:25)
17th Feb 2023
FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Visible crew/equipment: At the courthouse, while the Agents are in the room with the corpse, Hurstview stands behind an overturned potted plant. After Hurstview opens Skip's safe, just as Barnes and Long exit the room Hurstview moves his foot, and the actor's green tape mark is visible on the carpet at his feet. (00:20:00)
17th Feb 2023
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Continuity mistake: Lund tells Gregorio that he got a text from a friend in DC, who ran the names of Yates and Blakely through a government database and found something. When it cuts to a young man walking, in the interior shot from inside the police cruiser the rearview mirror is missing from the windshield, but in the exterior shots the rearview mirror is properly attached. (00:26:10)
17th Feb 2023
Buccaneer Bunny (1948)
Continuity mistake: While Bugs is dressed as Captain Bligh his bicorn cockade vanishes. (00:02:40)
16th Feb 2023
Married... with Children (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When Marcy announces they only have time to grab their most precious personal possessions Kelly notes her own, and in the next shot the boom mic makes a happy appearance at the top of the screen. (00:07:45)
13th Feb 2023
Cheers (1982)
Continuity mistake: After dinner Sam pours Sheila a nightcap, and he opens a (seltzer?) bottle for himself. Sheila leaves, and both her semi-filled glass and Sam's bottle are on the counter. Just as Sam opens a second bottle for himself Rebecca enters, and Sam soon sets his second bottle down near his first. In following shots the amount of liquid in Sheila's glass increases, and Sam grabs his first bottle then walks away, but when Rebecca stands up, Sam's first bottle is back on the counter and it's his second bottle that's missing. (00:20:20)
13th Feb 2023
Cheers (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: After Sheila leaves the bar, when Sam hops up onto the counter Rebecca exits the office, and just as Sam says, "Hey, let me ask you something, do you think my life is empty and void of any meaning," the moving boom mic casts a shadow on the wall, over the office door. (00:20:35)
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