continuity errors

[LordHelmetJr]

In Something's Wrong with Me, Kate's sister is mentioned, yet earlier in Mother and Child Reunion, she says she was an only child. Which version do you suppose is the right one? And has anyone else noticed any other lapses in continuity?

[MR. Littwack]

I seem to remember a couple of references to Kate's sister. What exactly was said in "reunion" that said she was an only child? I don't remember that line.

[MR. Littwack]

Something else occured to me involving continuity. Two things actually. both involving the "Try to remember" Episode.

1: As I remember the original airing, and I will pull out my old original VHS copies to back this up, ALF lost his memory in the shower with an electric mixer giving him a shock as he tried to make a "whirling hot tub". I also remember lines like "water and electricity don't mix".

But upon viewing this episode on dvd, ALF is seen carrying a hand mixer in place of an electric one. He then falls and hits his head rather than getting a shock. My guess is two scenes were shot so that kids watching the Saturday morning re-runs would not take an appliance in the bath.

2: Same episode, the scenes shown from the pilot episode have ALF's lines re-dubbed. His voice was much deeper in the first few shows. The new dub of his voice is the more familiar one from the rest of the series. the funny thing is, and I may be wrong in this part, the original airing of this episode did not have the lines re-dubbed.

Anyone else notice this?

LOL I know, I have no life. For some reason I notice these things. Then I get all obsessive compulsive wanting to know why.

[jantje]

Yes, I noticed that re-dubbing stuff, too. In fact, if you watch the Try To Remember episode carefully, you will hear that not all the early scenes are re-dubbed. That's quite inconsequent.

Another thing: in the episode La Cuckaracha Brian calls the roach 'Rodney' and Willie says: "You named the roach after my brother?" Later we get to know that his brother's called Neil. Well, he might have more brothers.

[Gordo]

Willie does have two brothers! The hot tub episode, the network got funny about having alf electrocute himself incase people copied it, so it was re-shot.

[MR. Littwack]

Interesting. Where did you hear that? that the network had it reshot?

[Gordo]

Paul Fusco commentary on the ALF Files DVD i think

[MR. Littwack]

I will have to check that out. Thanks for the info Gordo!

[Calmly Taken Flame]

Noticed on the Halloween episode last night, where Kate answers the door to the 2 kids, and holds out a plate, with something
that look like what we`d call in the UK "toffee apples" They take one each, and one for the other Stooge, who`s on the toilet.

They take all 4/5 of them off the plate, but in the next shot, when the plate has been put down, there is still one left on there.

And the shot after that, the plate is empty. Probably the cast getting hungry between takes !

[AlfAlfa_26]

Reading through this old topic, something else comes to my mind: When I rewatched the show 10 years ago, I made myself explanations for the continuity errors. For example, I imagined Kate having a half sister. That way, she could be an only child for her mother(she mentions being an only child while she explains her mothers behaviour towards her) while Willie dated her halfsister, most certainly from a previous marriage of her father, because Dorothy became a widow after his death.

[Calmly Taken Flame]

I remember hearing that line about Kate being an only child recently, and then remembered her Sister appears in a later episode !

These kind of things drive me nuts when I spot them !

Something else I noticed in the early episodes, and when Trevor lets himself into the Tanner house, in his top right pocket, you
can see cigars poking out. Makes me think he always carried a few extra with him, as he knew it would be a long day of filming !