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I Love Lucy was the first TV show to use the three-camera filming technique. It was developed by cameraman Karl Freund and Desi Arnaz, who was the show's producer as well as its co-star. Cameras were placed center stage, stage right, and stage left. The film footage was later edited together to show the action from different angles. This method is considered standard and is still in use today. See more...

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I Love Lucy (1951) - 13 mistakes in entire show

starring Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, William Frawley (add more)

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Mistake Plot hole: In some episodes Lucy can not sing at all. In other episodes she can sing.

Mistake Audio problem: In the "audience" in many different episodes over multiple seasons, you can hear a woman say "Uh oh," followed by short little laugh. It sounds exactly the same every time - obviously a sound effect.

Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her (season 1, episode 1)

Mistake Revealing: When Ricky and Lucy are dancing in the living room, the camera swings too far to the left, and the edge of the set wall and the adjoining bedroom set can be seen briefly.

The Kleptomaniac (season 1, episode 27)

Mistake Revealing: In the last scene of the episode, just after Lucy pulls a gun out of the guitar case, you can see the living room table has been propped up on 4 blocks to make it taller.

Lucy Does a TV Commercial (season 1, episode 30)

Mistake Other: In the scene where Lucy supposedly stumbles on a few minutes before hand because she is drunk from the Vitameatavegamin, you can see a sliver from her living room in the backstage area.

The Anniversary Present (season 2, episode 1)

Mistake Other: In this episode Lucy is trying to get Ricky to notice that their anniversary is on Monday the 19th by showing him a large calendar with the 19th circled. However, when they are in California and they celebrate their anniversary and Ricky asks for information to be wired to him, the telegram tells him that their anniversary is on the seventh.

The Indian Show (season 2, episode 24)

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: While Fred, Ethel and Ricky are doing their number the shadow of the boom mike can be seen on the wall with the curtains leading to the backstage area.

Never Do Business With Friends (season 2, episode 32)

Mistake Continuity: In this episode, the Mertzes buy the Ricardo's old washing machine and say that their's is old enough to be in the Smithsonian, yet just a few episodes earlier (Sales Resistance) Fred tells Ethel to come and see her new Handy Dandy washing machine.

First Stop (season 4, episode 14)

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: After driving all day, the Ricardos and Mertzes stop by a run-down diner that serves only stale cheese sandwiches, then end up there again only to spend the night in their one motel room. While they're all in their beds, the vibration of the nearby train causes the Ricardo's bed to shakily slide towards the Mertzes and then back again. The wire attached to the Ricardo's bed is visible.

Mistake Other: In this episode, Fred and Ethel claim that the bed they are sleeping in is just like the one they have been sleeping on for years. It is double bed with a big sag in the middle. However in an earlier episode "Vacation from Marriage" they show Lucy and Ethel in the the Mertz's bedroom and they have twin beds.

Ethel's Home Town (season 4, episode 16)

Mistake Continuity: Ethel's full name in this episode is Ethel Mae Potter; however in a earlier episode, Fred calls her Ethel Louise, and in another episode she is called Ethel Roberta.

Lucy and Superman (season 6, episode 13)

Mistake Continuity: In this episode, Lucy goes out on the window ledge. In "Lucy Cries Wolf", the window ledge was very different: the walls were made of dark brick instead of concrete blocks, there was no downspout, and the ledge went into the corner and stopped, no continuation on the other wall.

Mistake Continuity: In the scene where Superman comes to Little Ricky's party Little Ricky has on a birthday hat. When Superman picks him up the hat is gone; it reappears when Superman gets ready to leave.

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