The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

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The Attack - S7-E18

Visible crew/equipment: Despite Elizabeth's objections Jim-Bob sells old Blue to Clarence, and in the next shot as Erin and Jason walk to the vehicle, the moving boom mic is reflected on the chrome surface. Then as Jason drives away, the reflection of location lighting is visible on the vehicle's rear window. (00:09:55)

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The Torch - S7-E21

Visible crew/equipment: After Callie throws the glass mug at John, when it cuts to John talking to Olivia on the telephone, a corner of the lighting equipment is visible at the top, right side of the screen. (00:16:40)

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The Torch - S7-E21

Visible crew/equipment: After Callie compliments Elizabeth and leaves the store, Corabeth asks, "Who is that female," and when Ike answers the question he walks around to the back of the counter, and the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the mail room wall, at the right side of the screen. (00:14:30)

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The Diploma - S8-E4

Visible crew/equipment: While Mary Ellen takes over Nora's job by visiting the people of Blue Ridge's backwoods hollows, when Mary Ellen mounts the horse we can see the bulging outline of the mic transmitter at her back, such as when she leaves Grandma Floyd after giving her the roses. (00:21:30)

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The Remembrance - S8-E18

Visible crew/equipment: In the day room, after Jason calls Toni out on her crabbiness, he tells her that he's crazy about her and walks out. Then when Toni sits down at the piano, the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the wall. (00:29:35)

Super Grover

The Thoroughbred - S3-E3

Visible crew/equipment: While John-Boy is on his way to the library he drops his books just as he sees Selina, then when he picks them up and heads inside, the reflections of the camera and a crew member are visible on the left door. (00:17:15)

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The Conflict - S3-E1

Other mistake: While Martha Corinne is standing in front of the bathroom sink in the new house, we see her height compared to the mirrored medicine cabinet above the sink, and Martha Corinne is quite a bit shorter than the mirror's knob, even with her bonnet. When she reaches up to open the cabinet door, in the next closeup from behind her she is now taller than that knob. For this specific closeup The Actress was presumably standing on a stool, in order to have the perfect shot of her turning her head, then being surprised by her own reflection in the mirror. (00:54:00)

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The Conflict - S3-E1

Visible crew/equipment: While Esther is pointing out of the features of the new house's bathroom to Martha Corinne, two tape marks are visible on the bathroom floor in front of John and Olivia's feet. Then after Martha Corinne turns the lights on and off a few times, as they all walk toward the kitchen there are white tape marks visible on the kitchen's linoleum floor. (00:53:50)

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The Conflict - S3-E1

Visible crew/equipment: Before Martha Corinne gets in the truck, when Mary Ellen tells Jim-Bob and Ben to quit eating all the berries she takes the bucket away, and as Jason turns around we can see the shadow of the moving boom mic on the seat at the back of the truck. The reflections of crew are visible on the cabin's window. (00:31:30)

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The Conflict - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: Boone Walton's truck license plate number is T98254. When Blake and the U.S. Marshals drive up for the final standoff, Blake's truck license plate number is also T98254. When John-Boy runs up to Blake's truck to confront him, his front license plate number has changed again to T79825 (same as earlier, when Blake unloaded explosives), which is also the same plate number that was on another man's truck near the start of the episode. Finally, when the shooting starts and Blake's truck swerves to a stop, the back plate number is T37982. (01:27:55)

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The Car - S2-E24

Continuity mistake: When John-Boy finishes the roof repair he carries the ladder and places it beside the tree, then he notices the unlocked padlock on the garage door. In the closeup, the open lock is inserted through the latch facing the right, but in the wideshot the lock is inserted through the latch the opposite way. (00:25:25)

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The Car - S2-E24

Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy tells Mr. Rudge that he'd like to know all about his deceased son, during this touching scene there are closeups as Mr. Rudge's hand strokes the vehicle that belonged to his son, and we can see the reflection of the boom pole and mic, at least two crew members, filming equipment, and another vehicle on the polished chrome surface. (00:43:20)

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The Fawn - S2-E9

Visible crew/equipment: While Erin is in the forest with Lancelot to set him free, once the doe runs off Erin gets up then bends over, and the bulging outline of the mic transmitter is visible at her back. (00:47:40)

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The Reunion - S1-E14

Ike: How's it feel to be a working man?
John-Boy: Ike, Mama would skin me alive! Everyone knows those two ladies make bootleg whiskey.
Ike: But they don't know what they're doing. They're just following their papa's Recipe.
John-Boy: But sometimes they sell it!
Ike: Yeah, but they're just like two little girls by a roadside selling lemonade.

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The Unthinkable - S8-E15

Trivia: While John is reading the newspaper funnies to John Curtis, we hear Erin and Mary Ellen come home, so John puts the folded newspaper down on the couch. And as the newspaper lies on the couch, we can see the large white adhesive label with typewritten sentences adhered to the center of the funnies page. Presumably, these are the actor's lines as he was reading quite animatedly to the toddler (sweet moment). (00:06:25)

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