Post by tenpoundhammer on Feb 1, 2022 19:39:23 GMT -5
For trisspinner and Guint , the latter of whom requested this, here are all the errata I've found so far. What I'm looking for: misspellings, grammar errors (including punctuation), and factual inaccuracies. Please feel free to add any if needed.
DAYTIME
sometime in January 1976: BLUE BIRD OF HAPPINESS (should be "bluebird")
2/1/85: WINDOW-SHOPPING (should not be hyphenated)
5/6/88: PLACE MATS (should be one word)
SEASON 1
ca. January 1984 (Thelma/Sam/Lisa): BACHELOR'S-BUTTON (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 2
ca. September 1984 (Lynn/John/Pat): SLEDGE HAMMER (should be one word)
ca. February 1985 (Kathy/Marty/Molly): SWEAT SHIRT (should be one word)
ca. April 1985 (Kathy/Richard/Dawn): FORTUNETELLER (should be two words)
4/11/85 (Karen/Curt/Sally): CARMEL CALIFORNIA (should be "Carmel-by-the-Sea")
SEASON 5
November 13, 1987: FRONT PAGE NEWS (should be "front-page")
SEASON 6
ca. March 1989 (Jeff/Leslie/Karen): YABBA-DABBA-DOO (should not be hyphenated)
3/16/89: WILLIAM TELL-OVERTURE (should not be hyphenated)
4/7/89: CHARLIE AND AMERICAN PRIDE (should be "Charley")
SEASON 7
10/20/89: DOG HOUSE (should be one word)
1/10/90: PAUL AND LINDA MC CARTNEY (should be "McCartney")
3/23/90: DOCTOR FEELGOOD (should be "Dr. Feelgood" and Title instead of Fictional Character)
6/5/90: FLULIKE SYMPTOMS (should be "flu-like")
SEASON 10:
10/27/92: PIE IN THE SKY DIVER (should be "skydiver")
11/11/92: FOG HORN (should be one word)
11/30/92: SKY DIVER (should be "skydiver"... again)
SEASON 12:
9/6/94: YABBA-DABBA-DOO FAMILY (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 13:
9/15/95: HOUSTON ROCKETS N.B.A. CHAMPS AGAIN (should not have periods)
10/3/95: VOICE MAIL (should be one word)
10/6/95: MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCOMOTIVE (Next Line Please with "able to leap tall buildings at a single bound"; should have been "in a single bound")
11/21/95: CHILLED EGG NOG SPRINKLED WITH NUTMEG (should be "eggnog")
12/12/95: TIFFANY STAINED-GLASS WINDOW (should not be hyphenated)
1/3/96: ME TARZAN YOU JANE FONDA ("Me Tarzan, you Jane" is a misquote)
1/11/96: BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR ALBUM (should be "Beatles'" or "The Beatles'")
1/12/96: HOME-MADE VEGETABLE SOUP (should be "homemade")
1/17/96: A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER (should be "for ever")
2/23/96: PICTURE POST CARD (should be "postcard")
3/13/96: HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM (should be "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here")
SEASON 14:
10/1/96: SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX OF DIAPERS (should not be hyphenated)
11/26/96: WATCHBAND (should be two words)
12/4/96: POLAR KOALA & CHICAGO BEARS (koalas are not bears)
12/18/96: JINGLE-BELL ROCK (should not be hyphenated)
3/14/97: DIET-AND-EXERCISE GURU RICHARD SIMMONS (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 15:
9/9/97: AMUSEMENT-PARK FUN HOUSE (should not be hyphenated)
9/15/97: HANK AARON BREAKS BABE RUTH'S HOME-RUN RECORD (should not be hyphenated)
9/26/97: THE NEAT NEW SPAGHETTI YOU CAN EAT WITH A SPOON (should be "the neat round")
10/14/97: YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TARZAN (same "me Tarzan" problem as before)
11/18/97: VOICE MAIL (should be one word)
11/23/97: TICKETHOLDER (should be two words)
2/4/97: THE SPICE GIRLS (should not have "the")
3/5/98: RICH MILK CHOCOLATE & VELVETY NOUGAT (trivia question: "what candy bar is described this way?" answer given was 3 Musketeers; however, no one can find any proof that 3 Musketeers ever used this in advertising)
3/6/98: HOSTESS CUP CAKES (should be "cupcakes")
SEASON 16:
10/2/98: COCOON (puzzler after A CATERPILLAR BECOMES A BUTTERFLY; butterflies emerge from a chrysalis, not a cocoon)
1/8/99: JUMP-START (should not be hyphenated)
2/1/99: BLUE ELVES (puzzler after THE SMURFS; the Smurfs are not elves)
4/8/99: BELLYBUTTON (should be two words)
4/14/99: DRY ROASTED (should be hyphenated)
4/19/99: BIG WIGS (should be one word)
4/21/99: VISIT OUR WEB SITE (should be "website")
5/31/99: THREE LITTLE KITTENS LOST THEIR MITTENS (should be "they lost their mittens")
SEASON 17:
10/6/99: MOUSE PAD (should be one word)
3/6/00: THRILL-SEEKER (should not be hyphenated)
4/13/00: ME TARZAN YOU JANE PAULEY (same "me Tarzan" misquote as before)
4/14/00: JACK RABBIT (should be one word)
4/20/00: WORKWEEK (should be two words)
4/24/00: CANDLEWICK (should be two words)
5/5/00: FAVORITE WEB SITES (should be "websites")
SEASON 18:
9/13/00: I COULD'VE BEEN A CONTENDER (should be "coulda")
10/6/00: EIGHTIES SONNY CROCKETT & NINETIES NASH BRIDGES (should be "eighties'" and "nineties'")
10/9/00: HEART-WARMING STORY (should be "heartwarming")
11/21/00: WEB PAGE (should be one word)
12/7/00: MEL GIBSON AS THE PATRIOT (Mel Gibson's character is Benjamin Martin)
12/22/00: KEY WORD (should be one word)
2/14/01: ELVIS ALOHA FROM HAWAII (should be "Elvis'" or "Elvis's")
3/1/01: QUIET AS A MOUSE PAD ("mousepad" is one word)
4/3/01: PLAYING TICK-TACK-TOE (should be "tic-tac-toe")
4/11/01: THE RUGRATS (the characters are not collectively called "The Rugrats")
4/17/01: TOSS UP PUZZLE (should be "toss-up")
4/19/01: FIREPLACE LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE (should be "website")
5/9/01: NONSTICK FRYING PAN (should be "non-stick")
SEASON 19:
9/18/01: CREATING A WEB SITE (should be "website")
12/26/01: A PAIR OF SHOETREES (should be "shoe trees")
1/14/02: ON-LINE SHOPPING (should be "online")
SEASON 20:
9/5/02: A JOY RIDE (should be "joyride")
SEASON 21:
11/14/03: PIECE OF MIND (should be "peace of mind" or "a piece of your mind")
2/5/04: BABY'S HIGHCHAIR (should be "high chair")
4/27/04: SOAP-ON-A-ROPE (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 22:
12/20/04: JINGLE-BELL ROCK (should not be hyphenated)
3/1/05: I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 26:
4/7/09: CAESAR'S PALACE (should not have an apostrophe)
SEASON 27:
4/26/10: WAIT A WHILE (should be "awhile")
SEASON 28:
3/24/11: SIMPLY THE BEST (was categorized as Song Title; the Tina Turner song is just called "The Best")
SEASON 29:
1/24/12: COFFEE-TABLE BOOK (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 31:
11/28/13: BABYPROOFING (should be hyphenated)
1/27/14: WIND-CHILL FACTOR (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 32:
10/31/14: SALTED PUMPKINSEEDS (should be "pumpkin seeds")
SEASON 33:
10/19/15: COLLECTING PINECONES (should be "pine cones")
SEASON 34:
2/10/17: WINDOW-SHOPPING (should not be hyphenated)
3/7/17: HAWAII'S GARDEN ISLAND (should be "Garden Isle")
SEASON 35:
12/4/17: GIZMO THE GREMLIN (Gizmo is a Mogwai, not a Gremlin)
2/27/18: EXPLORING THE GARDEN ISLAND (should be "Garden Isle"... again)
SEASON 36:
3/11/19: BED-AND-BREAKFAST (should not be hyphenated)
4/2/19: WORLD FAMOUS CHEF (should be hyphenated)
4/3/19: SALAD FORKS AND SOUPSPOONS (should be "soup spoons")
4/15/19: BED-AND-BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (once more, should not be hyphenated)
4/18/19: RARE-COIN COLLECTOR (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 37:
11/28/19: NATURAL RESERVOIR (a reservoir is man-made by definition and cannot be "natural"; the only uses I've found of "natural reservoir" are in disease studies)
8/31/20: ZIPPING DOWN A WATERSLIDE (should be "water slide")
SEASON 38:
10/21/20: BALLOON-ANIMAL ARTIST (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 39:
(none found yet)
CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE:
1/21/21: DYING MY HAIR (should be "dyeing")
DAYTIME
sometime in January 1976: BLUE BIRD OF HAPPINESS (should be "bluebird")
2/1/85: WINDOW-SHOPPING (should not be hyphenated)
5/6/88: PLACE MATS (should be one word)
SEASON 1
ca. January 1984 (Thelma/Sam/Lisa): BACHELOR'S-BUTTON (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 2
ca. September 1984 (Lynn/John/Pat): SLEDGE HAMMER (should be one word)
ca. February 1985 (Kathy/Marty/Molly): SWEAT SHIRT (should be one word)
ca. April 1985 (Kathy/Richard/Dawn): FORTUNETELLER (should be two words)
4/11/85 (Karen/Curt/Sally): CARMEL CALIFORNIA (should be "Carmel-by-the-Sea")
SEASON 5
November 13, 1987: FRONT PAGE NEWS (should be "front-page")
SEASON 6
ca. March 1989 (Jeff/Leslie/Karen): YABBA-DABBA-DOO (should not be hyphenated)
3/16/89: WILLIAM TELL-OVERTURE (should not be hyphenated)
4/7/89: CHARLIE AND AMERICAN PRIDE (should be "Charley")
SEASON 7
10/20/89: DOG HOUSE (should be one word)
1/10/90: PAUL AND LINDA MC CARTNEY (should be "McCartney")
3/23/90: DOCTOR FEELGOOD (should be "Dr. Feelgood" and Title instead of Fictional Character)
6/5/90: FLULIKE SYMPTOMS (should be "flu-like")
SEASON 10:
10/27/92: PIE IN THE SKY DIVER (should be "skydiver")
11/11/92: FOG HORN (should be one word)
11/30/92: SKY DIVER (should be "skydiver"... again)
SEASON 12:
9/6/94: YABBA-DABBA-DOO FAMILY (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 13:
9/15/95: HOUSTON ROCKETS N.B.A. CHAMPS AGAIN (should not have periods)
10/3/95: VOICE MAIL (should be one word)
10/6/95: MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCOMOTIVE (Next Line Please with "able to leap tall buildings at a single bound"; should have been "in a single bound")
11/21/95: CHILLED EGG NOG SPRINKLED WITH NUTMEG (should be "eggnog")
12/12/95: TIFFANY STAINED-GLASS WINDOW (should not be hyphenated)
1/3/96: ME TARZAN YOU JANE FONDA ("Me Tarzan, you Jane" is a misquote)
1/11/96: BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR ALBUM (should be "Beatles'" or "The Beatles'")
1/12/96: HOME-MADE VEGETABLE SOUP (should be "homemade")
1/17/96: A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER (should be "for ever")
2/23/96: PICTURE POST CARD (should be "postcard")
3/13/96: HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM (should be "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here")
SEASON 14:
10/1/96: SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX OF DIAPERS (should not be hyphenated)
11/26/96: WATCHBAND (should be two words)
12/4/96: POLAR KOALA & CHICAGO BEARS (koalas are not bears)
12/18/96: JINGLE-BELL ROCK (should not be hyphenated)
3/14/97: DIET-AND-EXERCISE GURU RICHARD SIMMONS (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 15:
9/9/97: AMUSEMENT-PARK FUN HOUSE (should not be hyphenated)
9/15/97: HANK AARON BREAKS BABE RUTH'S HOME-RUN RECORD (should not be hyphenated)
9/26/97: THE NEAT NEW SPAGHETTI YOU CAN EAT WITH A SPOON (should be "the neat round")
10/14/97: YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TARZAN (same "me Tarzan" problem as before)
11/18/97: VOICE MAIL (should be one word)
11/23/97: TICKETHOLDER (should be two words)
2/4/97: THE SPICE GIRLS (should not have "the")
3/5/98: RICH MILK CHOCOLATE & VELVETY NOUGAT (trivia question: "what candy bar is described this way?" answer given was 3 Musketeers; however, no one can find any proof that 3 Musketeers ever used this in advertising)
3/6/98: HOSTESS CUP CAKES (should be "cupcakes")
SEASON 16:
10/2/98: COCOON (puzzler after A CATERPILLAR BECOMES A BUTTERFLY; butterflies emerge from a chrysalis, not a cocoon)
1/8/99: JUMP-START (should not be hyphenated)
2/1/99: BLUE ELVES (puzzler after THE SMURFS; the Smurfs are not elves)
4/8/99: BELLYBUTTON (should be two words)
4/14/99: DRY ROASTED (should be hyphenated)
4/19/99: BIG WIGS (should be one word)
4/21/99: VISIT OUR WEB SITE (should be "website")
5/31/99: THREE LITTLE KITTENS LOST THEIR MITTENS (should be "they lost their mittens")
SEASON 17:
10/6/99: MOUSE PAD (should be one word)
3/6/00: THRILL-SEEKER (should not be hyphenated)
4/13/00: ME TARZAN YOU JANE PAULEY (same "me Tarzan" misquote as before)
4/14/00: JACK RABBIT (should be one word)
4/20/00: WORKWEEK (should be two words)
4/24/00: CANDLEWICK (should be two words)
5/5/00: FAVORITE WEB SITES (should be "websites")
SEASON 18:
9/13/00: I COULD'VE BEEN A CONTENDER (should be "coulda")
10/6/00: EIGHTIES SONNY CROCKETT & NINETIES NASH BRIDGES (should be "eighties'" and "nineties'")
10/9/00: HEART-WARMING STORY (should be "heartwarming")
11/21/00: WEB PAGE (should be one word)
12/7/00: MEL GIBSON AS THE PATRIOT (Mel Gibson's character is Benjamin Martin)
12/22/00: KEY WORD (should be one word)
2/14/01: ELVIS ALOHA FROM HAWAII (should be "Elvis'" or "Elvis's")
3/1/01: QUIET AS A MOUSE PAD ("mousepad" is one word)
4/3/01: PLAYING TICK-TACK-TOE (should be "tic-tac-toe")
4/11/01: THE RUGRATS (the characters are not collectively called "The Rugrats")
4/17/01: TOSS UP PUZZLE (should be "toss-up")
4/19/01: FIREPLACE LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE (should be "website")
5/9/01: NONSTICK FRYING PAN (should be "non-stick")
SEASON 19:
9/18/01: CREATING A WEB SITE (should be "website")
12/26/01: A PAIR OF SHOETREES (should be "shoe trees")
1/14/02: ON-LINE SHOPPING (should be "online")
SEASON 20:
9/5/02: A JOY RIDE (should be "joyride")
SEASON 21:
11/14/03: PIECE OF MIND (should be "peace of mind" or "a piece of your mind")
2/5/04: BABY'S HIGHCHAIR (should be "high chair")
4/27/04: SOAP-ON-A-ROPE (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 22:
12/20/04: JINGLE-BELL ROCK (should not be hyphenated)
3/1/05: I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 26:
4/7/09: CAESAR'S PALACE (should not have an apostrophe)
SEASON 27:
4/26/10: WAIT A WHILE (should be "awhile")
SEASON 28:
3/24/11: SIMPLY THE BEST (was categorized as Song Title; the Tina Turner song is just called "The Best")
SEASON 29:
1/24/12: COFFEE-TABLE BOOK (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 31:
11/28/13: BABYPROOFING (should be hyphenated)
1/27/14: WIND-CHILL FACTOR (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 32:
10/31/14: SALTED PUMPKINSEEDS (should be "pumpkin seeds")
SEASON 33:
10/19/15: COLLECTING PINECONES (should be "pine cones")
SEASON 34:
2/10/17: WINDOW-SHOPPING (should not be hyphenated)
3/7/17: HAWAII'S GARDEN ISLAND (should be "Garden Isle")
SEASON 35:
12/4/17: GIZMO THE GREMLIN (Gizmo is a Mogwai, not a Gremlin)
2/27/18: EXPLORING THE GARDEN ISLAND (should be "Garden Isle"... again)
SEASON 36:
3/11/19: BED-AND-BREAKFAST (should not be hyphenated)
4/2/19: WORLD FAMOUS CHEF (should be hyphenated)
4/3/19: SALAD FORKS AND SOUPSPOONS (should be "soup spoons")
4/15/19: BED-AND-BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (once more, should not be hyphenated)
4/18/19: RARE-COIN COLLECTOR (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 37:
11/28/19: NATURAL RESERVOIR (a reservoir is man-made by definition and cannot be "natural"; the only uses I've found of "natural reservoir" are in disease studies)
8/31/20: ZIPPING DOWN A WATERSLIDE (should be "water slide")
SEASON 38:
10/21/20: BALLOON-ANIMAL ARTIST (should not be hyphenated)
SEASON 39:
(none found yet)
CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE:
1/21/21: DYING MY HAIR (should be "dyeing")