Continuity mistake: Simon Pegg's character shouts at Manny as he is picking up a muffin, and he slams it onto the desk, smashing it and making a large messy pile of crumbs. The shot changes, then changes back so you can see the muffin (in the same scene) and it is a perfectly formed, whole muffin with no crumbs around. Then when Fran shows up and Pegg's character leaves, the muffin is back to being a messy mound.
Black Books (2000)
Episode list - season 3
Starring: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig
Genres: Comedy
| All season 3 mistakes | Mistakes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manny Come Home | 3 |
| 2 | Elephants and Hens | 0 |
| 3 | Moo-ma and Moo-pa | 0 |
| 4 | A Little Flutter | 0 |
| 5 | The Travel Writer | 0 |
| 6 | Party | 0 |
More mistakes in Black Books
Bernard: I can feel pieces of my brain falling away like a wet cake.
Trivia: Fran's last name is Katzenjammer, which is German for "A momentarily severe hangover". It translates literally as "cat misery".
Question: Is there an episode where Bernard can't think of the word for a scanner or card reader or something and refers to it as a "beepitibeep"? Might have the wrong show entirely.
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Chosen answer: You may be thinking of S3E1, "Manny Come Home", when Manny quits and gets a job at Goliath Books next door. The device they use to scan books, look up items, or even order muffins is referred to as the "Doo-Deedee-Doo," after the sound it makes when employees scan their cards in it.