Factual error: The episode takes place in 1985. The cockpit of the 747 shows virtual instruments. In that period, the 747s had physical instruments.
Leicaman
17th Dec 2023
Mayday (2003)
7th Dec 2023
Airport (1970)
Other mistake: When the plane is cleared to descend from 6000 feet to 2000 feet at pilot's discretion, we see the plane going down into cloud. The nose wheel is already extended.
3rd Dec 2023
Columbo (1971)
Character mistake: After Columbo disturbs Dr. Kepple and his ball goes in the rough, Kepple says they are playing for rather high stakes. He picks up his ball, looks at it, and places it back on the ground. In a high stakes game, that would be cheating, and the other players would not have tolerated it.
27th Nov 2023
Columbo (1971)
Other mistake: Several of the English characters change back and forth between calling Columbo "leftenant" and "lootenant."
27th Nov 2023
Magnum Force (1973)
Other mistake: Before the shooting, we saw a reflection of the officer in the outside mirror of the limo. The glass is rectangular. The actual mirror of the '73 Cadillac Model 75 had rounded corners.
5th Nov 2023
Columbo (1971)
Continuity mistake: Dr. Murcheson is not wearing gloves when he scrapes the women's faces. Then he goes into another room and removes a gray glove from his left hand.
26th Oct 2023
Columbo (1971)
Trivia: In "Etude in Black," season 2, episode 1, Columbo uses the fact that the mileage on the car in the repair shop changes to help solve the crime. In "Mind Over Mayhem," season 3, episode 6, he again uses the mileage change to help solve the crime.
24th Oct 2023
Columbo (1971)
24th Oct 2023
Columbo (1971)
Trivia: When Benedict conducts Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, the recording was actually the NBC Symphony, conducted by Toscanini.
24th Oct 2023
Columbo (1971)
Character mistake: In the performances, Benedict is not conducting; he is waving his arms around.
24th Oct 2023
Columbo (1971)
Other mistake: When Benedict puts his briefcase in the back of the Jaguar, the hatch does not close properly. It is still not closed properly when he picks up the car from the repair shop.
24th Oct 2023
Columbo (1971)
The Most Dangerous Match - S2-E7
Other mistake: The police photographer takes a picture of the garbage grinder. His camera has a flash, and the photo is indoors, but the flash does not fire.
2nd Sep 2023
Mayday (2003)
Factual error: The crash took place in 1987. When we hear about the American salvage company that was hired to find the wreckage, we see a scene of traffic in Washington, DC that has a model of Lincoln Town Car that was not produced until 1998.
29th Aug 2023
Mayday (2003)
Continuity mistake: Several times we see the Legacy jet from the outside. The windows are square. When we see them from the inside, they are oval. As a matter of fact, no jet has square windows. That mistake was learned with the crash of a de Havilland Comet in 1954. It had square windows which concentrated the strain on the skin of the plane, causing it to fail and crash.
26th Aug 2023
Grantchester (2014)
Episode #8.5 - S8-E5
Other mistake: We are told several times that the "Special Reserve" is kept locked in Mr. Palmer's office. When Anna comes to the bar to "see" it (and put the poison in it), it is in plain sight on the shelf behind the bar, and her husband hands it to her.
18th Aug 2023
Young Sheldon (2017)
Little Green Men and a Fella's Marriage Proposal - S6-E18
Character mistake: When Dr. Bell examines baby Constance, she has the stethoscope in her ears facing backwards. Also, when Sheldon and the professors are looking at the data from the telescope, Dr. Linkletter says "what about that" and Dr. Prakash says "no, that's within the standard deviation." That doesn't make sense.
Suggested correction: Not taking anything away from the other correction, but these are two separate mistakes put into one entry.
12th Aug 2023
Grantchester (2014)
Episode #8.2 - S8-E2
Other mistake: Paulie takes off his blood-soaked shirt at the laundry. His undershirt is clean. It should also be covered in blood.
20th Jul 2023
Columbo (1971)
Factual error: When Mrs. Williams takes Columbo flying, she does some aerobatics. Neither of them is wearing a seatbelt. No pilot would do that.
3rd Jul 2023
Columbo (1971)
Undercover - S12-E3
Continuity mistake: When Krutch speaks to Columbo on the phone about 40 minutes into the show, his voice sounds like he has a cold. Earlier and later in the show, his voice doesn't sound like that.
12th Jun 2023
Columbo (1971)
Trivia: When Columbo is leaving Kinsley's office, he says, "I set that up for tomorrow. That'll be good. You and me together, Pat. Three eyes are better than one." This is a nod to Peter Falk (Columbo) having only one eye, having lost one to retinoblastoma when he was three years old.
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