Visible crew/equipment: When Uncle Joe shows up at the delivery entrance to the Pixley Hotel, the shadow of the boom mic swings into view at the left side of the screen.
Super Grover
17th May 2024
Petticoat Junction (1963)
17th May 2024
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: After McGee tells Gibbs that he overheard the mention of "Paraguay" during the private conversation between Ziva and Gibbs, when it cuts to the next shot just as Ducky joins Kasie in the lab, the orange tape mark and yellow T-mark are visible on the floor. (00:29:20)
17th May 2024
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Visible crew/equipment: After Matthew and Elizabeth take the pills to stay awake, when they are found Matthew shouts, "David, don't let them touch her," and there's a visible T-mark taped to the floor in the overhead shot. (01:31:30)
3rd May 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Captain Jack - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Wally and Beaver are caring for the baby alligator in the bathroom, Beaver holds out his left index finger and it gets nipped by Captain Jack, but next shot Beaver's holding his injured right index finger. (00:11:30)
15th May 2024
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Trouble with Templeton - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: At Freddie's speakeasy, when Laura lifts Barney's script from the table, she begins to fan herself. In the wide shot, the script's titled top page with corner diagonal stripes is gripped under Laura's four fingers, with the blank back page at her thumb. It cuts to a close-up, and now the script is gripped in Laura's hand the opposite way, with the top page at her thumb (the back page is blank).
16th Oct 2023
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Continuity mistake: When waitress Genevieve (Eleen Brennan) is coming out of the kitchen, two plates on one arm, they are nearly empty. The door hits her from behind, and the plates are now filled with cheeseburgers and fries. (00:06:20)
13th May 2024
We're No Angels (1955)
Visible crew/equipment: When Joseph, Albert, and Jules trip over the sewing mannequin, Felix mistakes it for his wife. Then, Joseph walks back over to the desk, and the actor's tape mark is visible on the rug near Felix's feet.
3rd Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
Continuity mistake: When Flipper guides Rick to Bud's location, Rick carries Bud to the launch and hands him to Mr. Enfield, with Bud's head at Enfield's left arm. It cuts to the next shot, and now Bud is lying in Enfield's arms the opposite way, with his head at Enfield's right arm.
6th Sep 2016
See Spot Run (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Gordon tastes the bran cereal with soy milk and prunes, the cereal box is on the table beside the soy and regular milk containers, but when he's gagging by the sink the cereal box has vanished in the shot facing James, and then it reappears. Things on the table change position as well.
12th May 2024
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Visible crew/equipment: With fifteen minutes left before the bomb goes off, it then cuts to the Shady Rest. When Kate says, "It's as clean as I've ever seen it," the actor's white tape mark is visible on the carpet, as Uncle Joe heads to the couch to take a nap.
12th May 2024
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Spur Line to Shady Rest - S1-E1
Visible crew/equipment: After Bedloe thinks he's fired Sam, he exclaims, "Well, if this isn't the nuttiest," and when it cuts to Charley and Floyd helping the Bradleys, there are three chalk T-marks visible on the ground.
12th May 2024
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Trouble with Templeton - S2-E9
Visible crew/equipment: When Booth walks over to Laura and Barney at the speakeasy, the moving boom mic casts a shadow on the wood pillar behind Laura, at the top left side of the screen.
11th May 2024
Hey Arnold! (1996)
Helga's Masquerade / Mr. Green Runs - S5-E2
Other mistake: Mr. Green Runs: When Green tells Arnold he can't be himself and needs to come up with some fancy words, Arnold is wearing a "Vote Green" button. Then, just as Green says, "I gotta get outta here," Arnold's button now reads "Voet Green" with Vote misspelled.
6th May 2024
Route 66 (1960)
Same Picture, Different Frame - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: While Morgan is driving she gets a flat tire, and in the close-up the Cadillac's license plate number is 84-I33, but in the wide shot it's 5G6-420. (00:09:20)
2nd May 2024
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: After Barney tells Andy he overheard Dr. Benson and Ellie "talking marriage" while spying on them, Andy heads over to the drugstore. Then, when Barney enters the jail cell, we can see a crew member's fingers (at the lower right edge of the bars, behind the wall) push the cell door closed. (00:19:45)
30th Apr 2024
Hey Arnold! (1996)
Part-Time Friends / Bio Square - S2-E19
Continuity mistake: Part-Time Friends: When Arnold and Gerald get part-time jobs at the flower shop, while Mrs. Vitello explains things to them, she asks if she's going too fast, and in the next close-up, Arnold's apron vanishes, then it reappears.
30th Apr 2024
I Love Lucy (1951)
Visible crew/equipment: At the very start of the opening shot, when Lucy is at the stove, there's a visible crew member at the right side of the screen.
30th Apr 2024
Hey Arnold! (1996)
Part-Time Friends / Bio Square - S2-E19
Other mistake: Bio Square: While Phoebe and Stinky are telling the class about their science fair experiment, just as Phoebe shares that it was in honor of her hero, "I.P. Pavlov," watch as Stinky's eyes move off to the side of his head, then return to normal.
30th Apr 2024
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Continuity mistake: When Mrs. Hallet goes to retrieve the rubber seals from the cellar, she opens the trap door and the diagonal wood creates "Z" bracing; but in the next shot, as Hallet heads down the stairs, the diagonal wood cross brace is now attached to the door in the opposite direction, making a backwards "Z" bracing. None are flipped shots. (00:27:30)
30th Apr 2024
Friends (1994)
The One Where Rachel Tells... - S8-E3
Continuity mistake: At the start, before Monica and Chandler leave for their honeymoon, note the chairs around the kitchen table. When Rachel walks in to tell the couple to have a good honeymoon, the chair in front of the fridge and the chair in front of the stove have switched places.
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