Continuity mistake: In the kitchen when Jan announces that she took up tap dancing, Mike's first button goes from buttoned to unbuttoned a few times during the scene. (00:06:00)
jairodrigue
15th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
15th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Plot hole: The Bradys and Alice run a relay through the amusement park to get the sketches to Mike at the manager's office. They locate another person to pass the cylinder off to when they get too tired to run. But they all arrive together seconds after Carol gives the sketches to Mike. (00:19:15)
15th Jul 2010
American Dad (2005)
Continuity mistake: Episode 1-10, "All About Steve": The boys are sitting at a table with a Star Trek poster on the wall. Stan walks in and the poster is gone. In a later shot it is back. (00:04:30)
12th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Continuity mistake: In episode 5-8 the girls have their walls wallpapered from pink to a yellow pattern with a white background. In the next episode it is back to the pink walls. The following episode it is back to the new wallpaper.
10th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Question: Two part question: Mike throughout the series is someone depicted as a person of intelligence. So when he puts both of his sketches into one cylinder and puts Jan's Yogi Bear poster in the now empty identical cylinder, why does he place them right next to each other under the table? More importantly why doesn't he check to see if he has the correct one when he leaves for the meeting? When he returns to the Manager's office to inform them he hasn't found the sketches, why does he carry the cylinder with the poster with him?
Answer: Robert Reed, the actor playing Mike Brady, frequently complained to the writer (Sherwood Schwartz) that the "slapstick comedy" in many episodes was ridiculous and he could NOT perform some of the behaviors in a scene because of its absurdity. Reed was under contract, so ended up reluctantly playing his role against his better judgment (until the last episode when he was written out of the scene at the last minute because of his complaints and requests to change the script to something reasonable). In the movie "Growing Up Brady", the ongoing disputes between Reed and Sherwood were portrayed, as well as six-year-old Susan's ("Cindy") meeting with Sherwood when she asked him why Cindy had to be so stupid and how Cindy could forget her favorite sandwich was peanut butter and jelly. Susan said the kids at school were teasing her over this and asked Sherwood why Cindy could not be smart and funny. The basic answer to your questions is because the writer, Sherwood, thought the slapstick comedy was very funny and believed it was one factor that made "The Brady Bunch" a popular TV show that ran for many seasons. Mike Brady (Robert Reed) was merely following the script that he had no control over. Also in "Growing Up Brady", when Barry ("Greg") went for his audition/interview with Sherwood, he told him he loved "Gilligan's Island." Guess who wrote "Gilligan's Island"?
4th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
The Winner - S2-E21
Continuity mistake: Bobby goes on a television show for an ice cream eating contest. The host of the show takes the spoons away from the contestants, then tells the kids to put their hands behind their backs. Before they do so a close-up shot of Bobby shows him holding the spoon. (00:19:45)
4th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Other mistake: When Mike calls home from the office on the rotary dial, his finger dials only two possible numbers 3,4 repeatedly. Not 762-0799 or 555-6161 the two numbers that the Bradys had during the run of the show. (00:17:15)
4th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Continuity mistake: In the photo of the football reception, the enlarged photo is not from the original. The receiver's legs are in a different position. (00:22:35 - 00:23:20)
4th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Lights Out - S2-E20
Plot hole: When Alice brings Cindy to the auditorium to help Peter in his magic act, her cape is already there backstage. She was not going to be the assistant until Jan got hurt. (00:22:10)
4th Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Continuity mistake: Through the course of the episode, Greg has a spot in his eyebrow over his right eye that switches from shaven to unshaven.
2nd Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
The Un-Underground Movie - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: During the filming of Greg's movie, Mike is in the stockade when Peter dumps the box of "snow". When the family sits to watch the film, Mike is released from the stockade by Carol before the snow is dumped. (00:17:45 - 00:20:10)
2nd Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Confessions, Confessions - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: When the boys are playing ball in the bedroom, Greg has on a pair of dark jeans. When they go downstairs to see the broken vase, he is wearing a normal pair of blue jeans. (00:01:30 - 00:02:30)
2nd Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Confessions, Confessions - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: The vase broken by the ball is obviously not the same one dropped by Carol at the end of the episode. The first one was thicker and darker. (00:02:15 - 00:24:05)
2nd Jul 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Audio problem: Before Mrs. Johnson leaves, she says something to Carol (looks like "I really am"). But there is no sound. (00:15:30)
1st Jul 2010
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Continuity mistake: When Frank's parents are meeting with the principal, you can see Frank through the open blinds. When they leave the office the blinds are closed. (00:21:30 - 00:22:25)
1st Jul 2010
The Champ (1979)
Continuity mistake: During the race the lead horse switches numbers from 2 and 6 between shots. The jockey switches uniforms from blue to red also. (00:30:00)
1st Jul 2010
The Chamber (1996)
Continuity mistake: In the prison when Chris hugs Gene before he enters the gas chamber, Chris's hair is to his collar. Minutes later after the execution when he hugs Faye you can see his hair has been cut. (01:42:30 - 01:47:50)
30th Jun 2010
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Continuity mistake: When Alice enters the kitchen you can see the ironing board from the doorway. When she is giving Tiger a bath the Ironing board has moved to the wall that can not be seen from the doorway. (00:01:30 - 00:04:05)
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