Visible crew/equipment: At the end, while the foursome sit around drinking pop, in the very last shot of Howard we can see the reflection of filming equipment in the window, before the shot fades. (00:24:30)
Visible crew/equipment: When Aunt Bee heads out for her first cooking show at the studio, Andy and Opie help load Bee's car, then just as Bee walks around the front of her car, we can see the reflection of various production equipment on the surface of the car. (00:08:00)
Visible crew/equipment: When Aunt Bee comes home enraged at the butcher, a white tape mark is visible on the floor near the kitchen door (it wasn't there in a previous shot).
Emmett's Brother-in-Law - S8-E18
Visible crew/equipment: When Ben accompanies Emmett on his first call to Andy, just as they both enter the courthouse, we can see a crew member's hand outside reach out to catch the door as it closes. (00:12:40)
Other mistake: Opie accidentally drops and breaks the bottle of perfume and doesn't realise it's colored water, a bottle of perfume would smell for days.
The Church Benefactors - S8-E20
Visible crew/equipment: At the start, Andy's trying to get Opie's hair to stay down, and when Aunt Bee appears on the stairs, the moving boom mic casts a shadow at the top left corner of the screen. (00:00:30)
The Church Benefactors - S8-E20
Visible crew/equipment: At the start of the finance committee meeting, when Clara walks into the office modelling the choir robe, the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the door, in the top right corner of the screen. White tape marks are also visible on the floor, as Clara twirls in the choir robe. (00:08:15)
The Church Benefactors - S8-E20
Visible crew/equipment: During the meeting with the finance committee, a chalk T-mark is visible near Howard's feet when he and Emmett demonstrate their building and safety committee proposal.
Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting - S8-E21
Visible crew/equipment: When Andy and Barney start to get into their car, the boom mic is reflected in the front window. (00:10:10)
Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting - S8-E21
Continuity mistake: In the scene where the meeting participants are in the kitchen, the Russian guy opens the icebox, does not close it, and sits at the table. When Aunt Bee comes in immediately thereafter, the door is closed. She opens it again and partially closes it; but in the next shot, it is fully open.
Suggested correction: The first part of the mistake is correct. However, after Aunt Bee partially closes it, if you keep your eyes on the left side of the screen where the ice box is and watch carefully, you can see the ice box actually bounces back open fully on its own.
Goober Goes to an Auto Show - S8-E22
Factual error: Goober and the Taylors stop and get gas in Raleigh before heading back to Mayberry. As they are waiting, a Coors Brewing Company truck is seen driving past the service station. Coors Beer was not sold east of the Mississippi River until the mid-1980s.
Aunt Bee's Big Moment - S8-E23
Visible crew/equipment: After Aunt Bee's solo flight, just as the flight instructor walks over and gives Bee the papers as proof that she soloed, the large T-mark (rubber/plastic) is visible on the ground between Bee and the instructor.
Aunt Bee's Big Moment - S8-E23
Visible crew/equipment: After Aunt Bee tells Opie that she will solo the next day, when she sits in the chair to practice her flight maneuvers, the actor's tape mark is visible on the floor beside her feet.
Aunt Bee's Big Moment - S8-E23
Continuity mistake: When Opie asks his father how to spell the word "Renaissance," Aunt Bee holds a plate of assorted cookies, but when she stands up and heads to the kitchen the type of cookies on her plate have changed.
Aunt Bee's Big Moment - S8-E23
Revealing mistake: In the close-up shot of Aunt Bee in the airplane as she starts the roll for her solo flight, as she passes out of frame you can see the inside door latch hardware, revealing that the door has been left open or removed for the shot.
Continuity mistake: When Andy finds the old newspaper clipping in Helen's box he tucks it into his pocket, but when he's looking at the clipping while he's at the office the newsprint on the back is entirely different. Then when Howard reads it the newsprint changes yet again.
The Wedding - S8-E26
Visible crew/equipment: The night of Howard's party, when the doorbell rings and Howard opens the door for Goober, we can see a crew member's head moving in and out of the shot at the right side of the screen.
Visible crew/equipment: After Andy gets the phone call about Sam's victory, when Sam is pushed to give a speech, a few white tape marks are visible on the floor near the fireplace.
Visible crew/equipment: After Emmett talks to to the diner owner about having the bus stop moved to double his diner business, when Emmett walks down the block, the reflection of the moving camera dolly is visible in the store window.
Visible crew/equipment: When Andy, Howard, and Goober walk into Emmett's shop to tell him that Sam's running for head of City Council, the shadow of the boom mic is moving on the wall behind them, at the top of the screen.
