Visible crew/equipment: After Zeb tells the girls that the old dog, Sam, just wants to find a place to die in peace and dignity, when it cuts to John and Willie working inside the mill a crew member (wearing a red, short sleeve shirt) is hiding, toward the right side of the screen. Then after the shot of the girls on the hill, at the start of the next shot as the truck drives up, a bit of camera equipment is visible at the top, right side of the screen. (00:43:00)
Super Grover
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: At the mill, when John tells Buck that Willie Brimmer might be at the Montgomery cabin with Jim-Bob, in the next closeup of John we see a billowy trail of cigarette smoke at the bottom right corner of the screen, but the only people standing there are Elizabeth, John, and Buck, and none are smoking. Presumably, it was someone offscreen smoking too close to the camera (similar to a mistake in 1978's "Halloween"). (00:26:05)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Jason and Verdie go back to the Unwin estate and this time are accompanied by Zeb, they are told that Miss Unwin is at the greenhouse, then just as Jason drives on ahead a few of the crew's modern-day trailers are visible at both the left side and the right side of the screen. (00:39:15)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Zeb pulls Esther into the living room with everyone else, Zeb walks over to the small black tape mark on the rug and stands on his mark. Then, as Zeb begins to talk about Erin's entry into the contest, in this wide shot lighting equipment is visible at the right side of the screen. It's visible again when John hugs Erin in the last shot of the scene. (00:25:00)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Factual error: While Jason is practicing piano at the Dew Drop he hears the horn playing outside, then when he walks out of the back door he sees Josh on the trumpet, and in the first shot of Josh we see a blue modern vehicle moving behind the bush, at the top left corner of the screen. (00:05:00)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After Miss Mamie tells Miss Emily her idea about changing the order for turning out of the lights, when Miss Mamie turns off the second lamp, as she walks back to the third lamp the two white T-marks are visible on the floor, at the bottom left side of the screen. (00:17:50)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While John-Boy is in The Chronicle office writing about Oldfield in his journal Glen walks in, and just as Glen tells John-Boy that he had nothing to do with the cancellation of the mill contract, the white chalk T-mark is visible on the floor near the door. (00:42:40)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While Mary Ellen is sitting on the couch reading Gone with the Wind during her break, when David walks in and sits down beside her, the shadow of the boom mic is moving around on the wall, at the right side of the screen. (00:16:05)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Continuity mistake: When the telephone rings Olivia walks over to answer it and the front door is open (we see the screen door), but when everyone rushes from the table and gathers around Olivia, the front door is now shut. (00:28:50)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy and Jason drive away from Ike's it cuts to Jim-Bob searching for parts at the junkyard, and as Erin walks up behind him the plastic T-mark is visible on the ground where she stops. (00:07:55)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While Esther is on the porch pouring the lemonade for Ep, when John-Boy asks Ep for the interview we see a crew member, who's wearing shorts, at the right side of the screen. (00:03:55)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Jim-Bob drives Ruby home, after she kisses him we see the bulging outline of the mic transmitter and its wire on Ruby's back, as she walks toward the door. (00:23:25)
16th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While talking about the tree and where to put it, when Olivia admits that half the fun is in the planning, the T-mark is visible on the floor near the stove. (00:08:05)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Zeb asks Olivia about dinner he takes a whole carrot, snaps it in half, and begins chomping as he walks toward the meeting in the living room, but when Esther takes the carrot away from Zeb it's quite a whole carrot, with only the tip gone. (00:05:00)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Continuity mistake: After the rock is thrown, when John-Boy is looking through the broken window while holding the rock he's wearing grey pleated trousers, but it cuts to a closeup of the rock in John-Boy's hands and now he's wearing what looks like blue jeans, plus the hands holding the rock look nothing like John-Boy's hands. (00:32:30)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Erin balances a book on her head as she walks around the table, the title on The Book's spine is at Erin's right side, but it cuts to her closeup and between shots the spine is flipped over with the title at Erin's left side. (00:09:15)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John stops on the road to pick up Corabeth while she's crying, the reflection of the boom pole/mic is visible on the truck's surface. (00:30:20)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Judge Thornbury visits the "home of the Blue Ridge Chronicle" he walks to the middle of the room, then as Thornbury turns to face John-Boy the T-mark on the floor is visible near Thornbury's feet. (00:14:45)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After John-Boy tells Olivia that he's going to print the story John comforts Liv as they go for a walk, and when it cuts to Ben using the press the white T-mark on the floor is visible at his feet. (00:45:20)
15th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After Chad proposes to Erin, when it cuts to them walking inside, the T-mark is visible on the rug beside the chair. (00:20:45)
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