Visible crew/equipment: While Rockford is with Theda in Joe's room, when Theda tells Rockford about her life with Joe and their Vegas lounge act, the white tape mark becomes visible on the floor where Theda had been standing. (00:27:25)
Super Grover
6th Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
6th Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Battle of Canoga Park - S4-E3
Visible crew/equipment: At the start, when "created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell" appear onscreen, in the next shot the reflections of the camera operator and camera are visible on the glass door of Reidy's office. Then again in the following shot, just before that door is opened. (00:02:20)
6th Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Battle of Canoga Park - S4-E3
Visible crew/equipment: After Becker and Rockford rush past the sprinkler on Lee's front lawn Becker knocks on the door, and in the next shot we can see the boom mic hovering at the bottom of the screen, in front of Lee's screen door. (00:26:15)
6th Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Battle of Canoga Park - S4-E3
Visible crew/equipment: All during the final scene in Rockford's trailer, there are a few shadows of a boom pole/mic, as well as a boom mic delightfully bouncing into view in front of Rocky's legs, at the bottom of the screen. (00:47:10)
6th Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Crack Back - S3-E21
Continuity mistake: When Doreen is gunned down beside Rockford's car, in the first shot the passenger door lock button is up in the unlocked position, but next shot it's down in the locked position. (00:36:35)
6th Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Crack Back - S3-E21
Visible crew/equipment: When the large gift package is delivered to Beth she gets the sender's supposed address from the driver, then as Beth moves the package from the stairs, the reflection of the moving boom mic is visible on the window, in the top right corner of the screen. It's visible again in a following shot from the same angle. (00:23:25)
6th Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Dirty Money, Black Light - S3-E22
Continuity mistake: When Rockford finds the money in Rocky's mail, Angel pulls a requisite Angel move and swipes some of the bills. Angel's lowest two polo shirt buttons are open, but in the next closeup as he shoves a bill into his shirt pocket those buttons are closed, then open again. (00:06:10)
1st Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
A Bad Deal in the Valley - S2-E22
Continuity mistake: When Rockford goes to see his friend the preacher to ask about a new fence in town, the wood box that the preacher opens has the word "donation" on it, with the bottom of the letters facing the hinged side of the box. In the box's closeup some changes include: the wood top is now different and the word "donation" faces the opposite way, with the top of the letters facing the hinged side. (00:38:40)
1st Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
A Bad Deal in the Valley - S2-E22
Visible crew/equipment: When Rockford and Karen drive up to the house where Lederer has been hiding, Rockford stops the car and explains that he doesn't want to spook him. During this brief stop, note there is something at the roof of Rockford's car along with the reflection of equipment, and in the two shots of Frick and Frack's car a crew member's reflection (looks like their hand) is visible on the window's chrome trim, on the right side of the screen. (00:43:05)
1st Jun 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Trouble with Warren - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: At the motel, when Rockford and Hudson are walking down the stairs during the citizen's arrest, in the closeup of the scuffle Rockford is wearing a dark belt with a large rectangular gold buckle, but in the following shots he's wearing a tan colored belt with a simple single prong buckle. (00:45:40)
31st May 2022
One Night with the King (2006)
Revealing mistake: After the scene with the apothecary where the two eunuchs purchased the belladonna it then cuts to Esther, and in her closeup as she lifts the silver cup to drink, there's a small white modern sticker on the underside of the cup. (01:02:00)
31st May 2022
One Night with the King (2006)
Continuity mistake: During Esther's banquet when she is pleading her petition, Xerxes has a dagger tucked into the front of his golden belt, but while Esther is holding the necklace in her hand, in two shots facing Xerxes the dagger is gone, and then it returns. (01:49:50)
29th May 2022
ER (1994)
Visible crew/equipment: When Carol and Luka follow Robbie to the trauma room with his mother's body they both stop at the doorway to watch Robbie, then just as the camera moves from behind Carol and Luka to in-between them zooming in on Robbie, the reflection of the moving boom pole and mic is visible on the glass behind Robbie. (00:32:30)
29th May 2022
ER (1994)
Continuity mistake: When young Robbie stands at the doorway of the trauma room with his father's body, the green door to the back supply cabinet is wide open and the floor is relatively clean, but when Robbie stands beside his father there are changes such as that cabinet door is closed, and the floor is littered with used latex gloves, etc. Then the cabinet door is wide open again when Carol and Luka walk in. (00:31:45)
29th May 2022
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: After the caretakers have gone before midnight, Annabelle tells Frederick that he should get some cars for the guests, and just as she says, "Let them go home, but pay them first," the shadow of the boom mic can be seen moving above the doorway, at the top of the screen. This is more noticeable in the colorized version of the film. (00:37:05)
28th May 2022
Gilmore Girls (2000)
The Road Trip to Harvard - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lorelai returns to Stars Hollow she goes to Luke's, and as she takes a seat at the counter there's a glass domed cake platter (with what looks like pie) at the end of the counter, which promptly vanishes in the following shots. Also, the blue box of wax paper sheets moves to the opposite side of the hot cups on the counter, between shots. (00:37:55)
24th May 2022
Stranger Things (2016)
Chapter Five: The Flayed - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: While Hopper lies his way into stealing the car from Todd and claims that Alexei has murdered many children, Hopper pushes the driver seat back into its proper upright position. Then as Hopper introduces Detective Byers to Todd, the driver seat is once again leaning toward the steering wheel before being upright in the next shot. (00:24:30)
24th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Return to the 38th Parallel - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: While Rockford is staking out Stabila's house, in a closeup he jots down Nejman's license plate number, then Rockford places his notebook aside. In this closeup note the Chevrolet Impala emblem at the steering wheel center (looks like the 1968 Impala version), though Rockford drives a 1976 Pontiac Firebird Esprit with a different steering wheel. (00:24:40)
24th May 2022
The Brady Bunch (1969)
To Move or Not to Move - S1-E23
Visible crew/equipment: When Alice and some of the kids are in the den Bobby gets up to turn off the TV, and the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible on the wall behind Peter. (00:14:05)
24th May 2022
Stranger Things (2016)
Chapter Five: The Flayed - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: In the woods, when Alexei is running with Hopper chasing after him, the individual shots of each of them running are flipped. Note Alexei's shirt pocket and Hopper's bloody head wound. (00:22:30)
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