Continuity mistake: After Brian finds the note Alf left, we see William put the note under the microscope to inspect the tear drops. When William says "I'm going to go find him," he stands up and we see him leave the note on the microscope. When the camera cuts to William walking through the door, he all of a sudden has the note in his hand that was left on the microscope. (00:12:55 - 00:13:35)
Continuity mistake: The plane that Willie jumps out of changes from the first shot to the shot when Willie jumps out of it.
Continuity mistake: After Raquel leaves the Tanners' house after she asks the Tanners about Elvis being next door, Willie walks into the dining room and Alf is sitting at the table with the Elvis sightings book next to him. Throughout the whole "Kings comparison" between Willie and Alf, the book on the table changes positions after every few cuts from Alf to Willie. (00:03:30 - 00:05:00)
Character mistake: During the radio show, the radio host gives the radio station's phone number as 555-4455, Alf then softly repeats the number back before he gets to the phone. He then picks up the headset and dials a number, but the numbers he presses on the phone don't match up to the number given by the radio station. (00:04:10)
Working My Way Back to You - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, Mrs. Tanner scolds her son Brian for dumping all of the clothes from the clothes basket. When she first scolds him the basket is white; it cuts again to her, and now the basket is brown and a different shape, too.
Continuity mistake: When Lynn and Willie put ALF on the coffee table, his head is on the side of the kitchen. When ALF wakes up, his head is now on the other side.
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue? - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: Kate puts a towel on top of the dryer - it is partly hanging off the edge. The shot changes and it is no longer hanging off the edge.
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue? - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: At the end of the opening scene Willie moves one of the cups in front of him to the middle of the table. The shot changes and they are now both in front of him.
Visible crew/equipment: When the family walks into the kitchen after ALF was talking to Jody, you can see the set lights.
Continuity mistake: When ALF writes the letter he uses a pencil, but when the camera shows the letter it is written in red ink.
Strangers in the Night - S1-E2
Visible crew/equipment: After Mrs. Ochmonek closes the door after the pizza is delivered, a shadow of the boom mic can be seen on the door.
Visible crew/equipment: Right after Kate tells ALF he is not to drink beer a boom mic is visible.
Continuity mistake: After Trevor shows Kate and Willie the house for sale sign, Alf is in the kitchen talking into a tape recorder about being blackmailed. There are soda cans to Alf's right next to the recorder and one can of root beer on its side just above the recorder. When it cuts to Kate and Willie walking into the kitchen, the downed can has been moved, and the red can of cola is gone. After Kate says "And it wasn't my mother, either", there's a close up of Alf and the cans are back. (00:04:25 - 00:07:05)
Continuity mistake: When Alf calls Air Force One the second time (after Willie has been arrested) we can see that Mr. De Foe is playing solitaire. After the guy who answers Alf's call says "You might want to try that 4 of Spades on that 5 of Diamonds", Mr De Foe drops a small stack of cards on some of his already played cards and says "Just place the call and trace this one." The camera then cuts to the guy who answered Alf's call but when it cuts back to De Foe, the cards he dropped are now neatly stacked in front of him with out anytime to have replaced them. After the cuts of De Foe talking to Alf, De Foe eventually saying "I'll see what I can do" and the cards are back lying on his other cards like they were when he first dropped them. (00:13:55 - 00:14:30)
Audio problem: After Alf calls the radio station and tells the station to give Jody his phone number, Alf walks to the towards the table saying "Friend...wish I had one" with the phone in his hand. Right after Alf says "Friend..." listen closely in the background and you can hear a far off phone ringing about 2 seconds before the one Alf is using starts. (00:04:55)
Audio problem: When ALF is starting to put the clothes pin under his mouth, you can hear a far off yelling in the background about a second before ALF actually starts to yell. (00:12:25)
Mother and Child Reunion - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: After Dorothy tells Alf that her 'mop from the moon" comment was an insult, Alf says "If I had a straw and a napkin, I would fill you so full of spit balls." while Dorothy is looking right at Alf but when the camera cuts to just Dorothy, she is all of a sudden looking upwards as she says "Do you hear how he's talking to me?" (00:16:55)
Visible crew/equipment: After Neal answers the door, Mrs. Watson asks 'May I come in?' When the camera cuts back to Neal saying 'Oh gee do you have to?', look in the background to see a shadow of a person move across the cabinet. (00:12:00)
Continuity mistake: When Willie is trying to tell ALF what labor is, the phone on the table keeps going from being on an angle to straight.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - S2-E21
Continuity mistake: Lynn pours milk on her cereal and she starts to put it down. The shot changes and she starts to pour the milk again.
Answer: Regarding the "how", zucchini is an easy-to-grow vegetable that proliferates quickly, almost like a weed. My mother and our neighbours used to grow it, resulting in an over-abundance that was sometimes difficult to give away.
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