Continuity mistake: When Darrin steps outside for the morning paper, neighbor Dora O' Riley is working on the lettering of her mailbox. Darrin gets locked out of his house. He goes to a window, turns back to Dora and says "I got locked out". The lettering on the mailbox is completely different. (00:00:48 - 00:01:27)
Jai Rodrigue
20th May 2021
Bewitched (1964)
30th Apr 2021
Flipper (1964)
Flipper and the Elephant: Part 1 - S1-E24
Continuity mistake: Simpson is trying to pull a baby elephant onto his boat when the rope snaps, causing him to fall into the water port side. You can see the end of the broken rope going with him. Next camera angle, the rope is wrapped around the cleat and Simpson is being towed behind the stern. (00:18:55)
30th Apr 2021
The Flintstones (1960)
Continuity mistake: Fred is on a ladder lighting a candle - the top legs of the ladder are rounded. He falls from the ladder. The top legs are now square. (00:07:15)
30th Apr 2021
Flipper (1964)
Not Necessarily Gospel - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Hap puts his hand around Bud's side. Camera angle switches, his arm is on Bud's shoulder. Another switch his hand is no longer on Bud. Camera angle switches once again and Hap's hand is being removed from Bud's shoulder. (00:16:39 - 00:17:00)
30th Apr 2021
From Russia With Love (1963)
Continuity mistake: During the scene the handkerchief in Sean Connery's pocket alternates from being roughly folded with the higher side on his left side to being folded neatly with a straight edge. (01:32:00 - 01:34:00)
5th Apr 2021
Route 66 (1960)
Where Is Chick Lorimer, Where Has She Gone? - S3-E13
Revealing mistake: Tod parks his car across the street, facing left. While standing in front of the house Ellen and Peter run to Peter's vehicle and drive off to the right. Tod goes back across the street and gets back in the Corvette. The image is then flipped to give the illusion that he is driving in the direction Ellen and Peter went. (00:21:00)
16th Mar 2021
The Lucy Show (1962)
Revealing mistake: Lucy and Vivian are trying to retrieve a $500 bill an elephant is standing on. They need to get the elephant to lift its leg. "Vivian says that won't work, that won't work." You can see the elephant has lifted its leg and the $500 bill has stuck to its foot.
21st Jan 2021
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Audio problem: During the opening credits, the sound effect of the ringing telephone continues to play after Donna Reed has picked up the receiver and is talking on the phone. (00:00:03 - 00:00:30)
29th Sep 2018
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Continuity mistake: As 5 women are walking through the park several extras can be seen in the background. Camera angle switches to aerial view, and the 5 women are the only ones in the park. (00:27:05)
8th Apr 2018
Mama's Family (1983)
Plot hole: Vinton demonstrates the intercom with the instruction to push a button to talk but throughout the episode, they listen in on each other. This would not be possible if the person (s) being listening on is not holding the button to activate the mike.
28th Mar 2016
The Stepfather (2009)
Continuity mistake: At the start of the movie Dylan Walsh cuts himself shaving and patches it with a piece of tissue, on the side of his jaw. Moments later as he's walking through the house the cut has moved to the corner of his mouth. (00:01:40 - 00:03:35)
1st Sep 2015
All in the Family (1971)
Edith's Final Respects - S9-E5
Continuity mistake: In this episode Jean Stapleton plays two characters. As Edith Bunker her earrings change from gold that curve below her lobes to white round ones later in the show.
1st Sep 2015
Flipper (1964)
Continuity mistake: Bud is lying on a surf board, talking to Flipper. During different camera angles, his position on the board changes. He goes from the middle to almost the top. At the end of the scene, in the wide-shot, he's always to the end of the board. He also goes from being centered with a foot on each side of the board to being on the left-side with just that foot in the water. (00:13:20 - 00:14:20)
29th Dec 2013
At Close Range (1986)
Continuity mistake: In the hotel Christopher Walken attaches the chain lock on the door. Camera angle changes and it is not locked, then locked again when the shot changes back.
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