Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

6 revealing mistakes in Mr. White Death - chronological order

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Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Revealing mistake: Mr. White Death intervenes to even the odds as Magnum and TC are getting beaten up. He grabs one guy right away and sends him flying against a wall - but the extra does not fancy headbutting a wall, and even if his character goes KO for the rest of the fight, it's obvious that he connects with the wall with both palms and the head stays inches away from it. (00:06:45)

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Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Revealing mistake: In one of the many cartoonish scenes involving Rick, he gets utterly stunned by the weak silly airplane-spin like movie Borgnine performs on him and after a chirping birds sound effect is played, he - or rather, his stuntman - does a Ric Flair faceflop. The stuntman is wearing tennis shoes with clean rubber soles. After his scene with Higgins, Magnum arrives with TC and Rick in a headlock - Rick falls in that shot, and he is wearing patent dress shoes with black soles. (00:27:20 - 00:29:40)

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Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Revealing mistake: When Magnum stops the car right by Higgins who is tending to the plants, there's a close-up of the car tyres raising a lot of dust - or not, actually; it's as if the tyres were vacuuming the dust in! The footage is played backwards. (00:28:05)

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Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Revealing mistake: When Earl punches Rick in the jaw, he's wearing his beanie hat. He (or rather, Mr. Borgnine's stunt double) uses his foot to flip him over, and he is not wearing a hat. When he releases Magnum from the 'Detroit death grip', we're back to a beanie-wearing Ernst Borgnine. (00:32:00)

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Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Higgins: How fiendishly deceptive of you, Magnum. I could have sworn I was hearing the emasculation of a large rodent. To my great surprise, I see the sounds are emanating from what I thought was a harmless musical instrument.
Magnum: Cute Higgins, real cute.
Higgins: Why Magnum? Why do this terrible thing?
Magnum: Higgins, I'll have you know I used to be very good. I was the second best sax player in my High School band!
Higgins: Well, how many sax players were there?!
Magnum: ...Anyway. I just saw this in a pawn shop window and thought I'd like to try and get my chops back.
Higgins: May I suggest that your "chops" are irretrievable.
Magnum: Higgins, did you come here just to abuse me!?
(00:05:25)

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A.A.P.I. - S7-E5

Trivia: At the awards ceremony, three men seated at a table together resemble three detectives from 1970s TV shows. Detective Mike Stone (played by Karl Malden) from ABC's Streets of San Francisco; Detective Frank Columbo (played by Peter Falk) from NBC's Columbo; and Detective Theo Kojak (played by Telly Savalas) from CBS's Kojak. (00:07:20)

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