The 6 Most Obvious Mistakes of Classic TV Shows

Huge mistakes have been baked into these beloved series and will be preserved forever.


Game Of Thrones is one of the most expensive and richly produced TV shows ever, with a budget per episode of tens of millions. What if a high-profile show producing only six to ten episodes per season can make such a stupid mistake as the famous Starbucks Winterfell Mug , it's no wonder that older shows that aired 22 or more episodes per season ended up airing equally egregious errors. Read on to discover six classic TV errors that no one noticed, from continuity errors to visual glitches.

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1
THE Brady Group the house defies reality.

Barry Williams and Robert Reed in The Brady Bunch
CBS

The House of The Brady Gang is one of the most iconic homes in television history, so much so that the Studio City home is currently under contract with a Asking price of $5.5 million , with the interior redone to match its appearance in the series - or as close as physically possible, anyway.

The interior of the house as shown in the 70s series does not match the exterior in any way. (Although patriarch Mike Brady is an architect and is said to have designed the family home, the series does not suggest he possesses any magical powers.) Obviously, the exterior is "raised ranch" style, while the interior includes a full second floor. with multiple bedrooms, and even an attic, which older siblings Greg and Marcia memorably fought for in the Season 4 episode" A room at the top ".

Why are the exterior and interior of the Brady property so drastically different? The simple answer is that the series was actually shot on a Primal Soundstage , and no one bothered to adapt the sets to the structure of the house. For a tour of the many architectural paradoxes of the house, check out this detailed virtual model built by a fan.

2
Who was Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake married to on MASH POTATOES ?

Gary Burghoff and McLean Stevenson on M*A*S*H
20th century Fox television

Being in a combat situation is a huge pressure. Yet, you would think that a man can remember the name of the woman he is married to. And yet, at different points in the Korean War comedy-drama MASH POTATOES , Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Blake ( McLean Stevenson ) refers to his wife in the United States like "Mildred" and "Lorraine". Based on an interview with the series creator Larry Gelbart in the M*A*S*H to TV: The Ultimate Guide , there is no plot, the writers simply we didn't pay much attention . Far from thinking he would ever answer those kinds of questions from devoted fans, Gelbart joked, "I thought I would be dead 30 years later."

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3
The golden girls I don't remember how many children Blanche has.

Rue McClanahan and Debra Engle in The Golden Girls
BNC

The iconic sitcom of the 80s The golden girls showed us that there was life after (gasp!) 50 years for a quartet of widows (and one divorcee) who decided to reclaim their youth and sexual independence by living together in Florida. But even though the characters have moved on to an exciting new chapter in their lives, you'd think they'd be able to remember important parts of their past. For example, how many children they had given birth to.

And yet, this seems to be a problem for Blanche ( McClanahan Street ), who at various points in the series claims to have had four sons but also two daughters . It's so confusing that fans aren't sure if she did. six children, or only five . (Four boys are named, but one of the nicknames shown onscreen — “Skippy” — might just be a nickname.)

4
The simpsons includes time-traveling family portraits.

Marge and Homer in the living room on The Simpsons
20th Television Animation

Through more than 30 seasons, The simpsons has developed a kind of elastic relationship with reality - a must, given that the decades have continued to pass even though the characters are all the same age. But even in the town of Springfield, it would be weird to exist before he was born. And yet, that's exactly what seems to have happened to little Maggie Simpson, at least according to the Season 6 episode "And Maggie Makes Three," which originally aired in 1995. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb

The episode claims to tell the story of the birth of the youngest of the Simpsons, but in the scene in which Marge tells Homer that she is about to give birth to their third child, a photo of Maggie is clearly visible on the wall behind her. Seems like an obvious mistake, but apparently the the writers didn't notice it for years . (The same episode includes a similar continuity error, with a picture of Lisa visible on the wall shortly after Homer learns that Marge is pregnant by Bart, Lisa's older brother.)

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5
How twin peaks found his killer by mistake.

Frank Silva on Twin Peaks
ABC

In this case, a small mistake on set deeply influenced the series. During filming of the pilot episode of David Lynch And Mark Frost bizarre horror saga twin peaks , put the chest of drawers Frank Silva's the reflection was captured in a mirror while filming a key sequence. This mistake was included in the final version of the episode and ultimately provided the origin story of the mysterious BOB, the human form of the malevolent supernatural force that infested the town of Twin Peaks and killed Laura Palmer. According to DigitalSpy, Lynch had previously been taken with Silva's gaze and filmed disposable footage of him hiding in Laura's bedroom. After noticing the erroneous reflection later, he couldn't get the two images out of his head and the idea for BOB was born.

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6
How old are all the friends?

Joey's 30th birthday party on Friends
Warner Bros Television.

Like any long-running series, the beloved 90s sitcom Friends suffered its own series of minor continuity errors over its 10 seasons, but you'd think they would at least be able to get the characters the right ages. Not really. According to a thorough account of the chronological missteps of the series In Cosmopolitan , the writers couldn't decide which friend was younger, Rachel or Joey (and Rachel doesn't even remember the month she was born, unless an Aquarius could be born in May in the Friends universe), and kept Ross stuck at 29 for three straight seasons. I could figure out how old the characters actually are be even more confusing?


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