Continuity mistake: There are two sets of the 4077 compound - the outside Fox Ranch set located at Malibu Creek State Park, and the second set inside the studio's Stage 9. The layout of both sets are quite different - Studio 9's set was vastly smaller than the Ranch set, so things such as the proximity of the Swamp to the mess tent are different between the shots filmed at the Ranch and shots filmed at Studio 9, when seen within the very same episodes.
Super Grover
21st Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
20th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Colonel Potter, BJ, Hawkeye, and Charles are in the changing room, Charles wants to be alone so he takes his tan jacket off the first nail on the right and leaves, but in BJ and Hawkeye's closeups the tan jacket is still hanging on that first nail, then it vanishes again.
20th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead - S10-E10
Continuity mistake: When BJ, Charles, and Hawkeye are in the Swamp getting drunk they toast to "war, the fountain of loveliness," and Charles attaches the surgical clamp to BJ's hand and it dangles with the end facing out in the closeup, but the clamp faces the opposite way in the wideshot, then it's changed again.
20th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Communication Breakdown - S10-E6
Continuity mistake: When Charles leaves the shower with newspaper covering his privates, the newspaper at his backside is wrinkled and messed up when he enters the Swamp in the exterior shot, but next shot the papers are different and arranged neatly.
20th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: When BJ and Hawkeye are peeking into Radar's box of bees, in the wideshot there's tape on the box, but in the closeup the tape has vanished.
18th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Peace on Us - S7-E2
Continuity mistake: When Hawkeye, Charles, and BJ are in the Swamp, Hawkeye starts his roll about being sick of green, and by the time he heads outside and talks to Margaret the blood splatter on his surgical gown changes.
18th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: After Radar leaves the message with Stevens for Hawkeye's friend on the Essex, it cuts to Klinger removing a nut from the jeep and he's holding the wrench with his thumb at the top, but next shot he's holding the wrench the opposite way.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Dear Mildred - S4-E7
Continuity mistake: When Colonel Potter's in his office finishing up his letter to Mildred, right before Margaret, Frank, and the others walk in, the things on his desk change their positions between shots - such as the paper tray moving from Potter's left to the right side of his desk.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Dear Mildred - S4-E7
Continuity mistake: The injured horse that Radar, BJ, and Hawkeye go after, and who's later gifted to Colonel Potter, is played by different horses.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Hawkeye and Radar leave the 4077 in the jeep, the last three numbers on the hood are "717" but when they get to Kimpo it's a different serial number ending in "388."
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Radar and Hawkeye leave the 4077, the jeep they're in has its windshield in the fold-down position over the hood, but in the two shots from behind Hawkeye and Radar when they see the checkpoint up ahead and Hawkeye speeds up, the windshield has vanished and there's a star on the hood.
15th Nov 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
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.
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
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)
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."
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