Continuity mistake: When Rockford finds the rock band clipping amongst Aura Lee's collection of matchbooks, it's been cut directly above the heading "Underground Railroad" when we see it in closeup twice. First time at the beach, then later when Rockford and Sara start back at square one. but while they're still back at square one Rockford phones Becker, and now the words "Coming Soon!" precede the "Underground Railroad" heading. (00:25:55)
Super Grover
12th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
12th May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: While Homer and Barney are smoking in the boys bathroom, when Principal Dondelinger walks in on them the "boys" sign on the exterior side of the door disappears in the closeup, but the sign reappears as Dondelinger exits. The door push plates on both sides of the swing door also vanish/reappear during the scene. (00:04:35)
12th May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Brother From the Same Planet - S4-E14
Continuity mistake: After Pepi and Tom walk off into the sunset together it cuts to Bart handing Homer another beer, and the picture behind the couch has brown sails over the boat, but next shot it's colored properly with white sails. (00:21:30)
12th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Backlash of the Hunter - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: While Rockford is in the Mayfair bathroom he deliberately spills soap on the floor, and when he places his hand in his pocket to remove the roll of coins the closeup is a flipped shot. Note the direction of the buttons. (00:46:55)
12th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Rockford and Tawnia are at the drive-in restaurant having burgers, the window tray clips are either yellow or red depending on the angle of the shot. (00:34:40)
12th May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Lisa paces around the school hallway practising how to ask Mr. Bergstrom over for dinner, when she opens the classroom door there's a backplate behind the doorknob and a lower panel under the window, but when she sees Miss Hoover and gasps, the backplate and lower panel have both disappeared. (00:13:35)
12th May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Miss Hoover returns to class she writes "psychosomatic" on the blackboard, but when Lisa runs out of class the word has vanished from the board. (00:13:55)
12th May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer shows up to the Bouvier home the night of the prom, Selma and Patty open the door and it opens outward, but in the following shots the door has been opened inward. (00:16:10)
12th May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: While Homer is in Lisa's bedroom trying to make things right with her, there are three pictures taped to Lisa's mirror. After Homer tells her the music may help, in the next shot Homer walks over to stand behind Lisa. Those pictures taped to Lisa's mirror are weirdly behind Homer's reflection, as if the pictures are taped to the wall behind Homer. Three shots later, when Homer tells Lisa he can fix the dollhouse, his reflection is accurate in relation to those three pictures taped to the mirror. (00:19:20)
12th May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Homer's emotional outburst about the lack of bananas, when it cuts to the exterior shot of the Lovejoy house the doorknob is on the right side of The Front door, but when Reverend Lovejoy kicks Bart out of his house, the doorknob is on the opposite side. Later, when Jessica twirls the baton, the doorknob is on the right side again. (00:08:00)
12th May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Marge runs after Bart because he's hiding something under his jacket, Homer pulls out a gate to block Bart's entrance to the TV room. Three different gate styles are shown. (00:20:35)
11th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: While Rockford is driving to meet with Claire at the zoo, the license plate number is "835-OKG" at the front of his car, then later when Rockford eludes Becker's tail it's "853-OKG" on his front license plate. (00:07:05 - 00:26:40)
11th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune! - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When Rockford and Len dig up the box in the chicken shed Jolene is the one who retrieves it. In the two closeups, as Jolene lifts the box and then as she removes the contents her nail polish changes and her ring/bracelet vanish. (00:46:20)
11th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: After Rockford gives Dexter's secretary, Miss Adams, his last lit cigarette for her collection, when it cuts to Rockford driving up to the apartments, his front license plate number is "835-OKG" but it's "853-OKG" on the back license plate. (00:06:00)
11th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: While Rockford is kept waiting at Tallman's office he expresses his frustration to the secretary, Betty, and when she puts her eyeglasses back on in the closeup her left hand is empty, but in the next shot a pencil has suddenly appeared in her raised hand. (00:35:00)
11th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: The front and back license plate numbers on Rockford's car are different. The front plate number is "835-OKG" but the rear plate number is "853-OKG" and it's particularly noticeable when Rockford eludes his tail at the tunnel. (00:29:30)
9th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the police inform Rockford that Prentiss Carr's cause of death was suicide, when it cuts to the closeup of Carr's widow pouring the drink, the woman in the closeup has long nails and is not wearing a belt. In the following shots Janet Carr is wearing a long red belt and her nails are shorter. (00:08:50)
6th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Backlash of the Hunter - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Sara uses Rockford's knockout drops in Jerry's drink, Sara's manicured fingernails are quite long in the closeup yet considerably shorter otherwise. The ring on Sara's ring finger also changes to a very large turquoise ring in the closeup.
6th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Backlash of the Hunter - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Rockford's car has license plate number "835-OKG" at the front of his car, but license plate number "853-OKG" at the back of his car, a few times during the episode. (00:35:40 - 00:37:50)
6th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Backlash of the Hunter - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Sara opens the yellow pages phone directory, in the wide shots she's looking at Rockford's information on the left page of the open book, but in the closeup Rockford's ad appears on the right page of the open book. (00:10:15)
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