Goofs

In the booth, the censor removes a sprig of mistletoe from the bulletin board next to Brice Cummings' head. The mistletoe was not there in an earlier shot.

When Claire hits Frank with the door, she has a roll of wrapping paper in her shopping bag. When she drops her bag to see if he's all right, the paper's gone. When he picks her bag up, the roll is back in the bag.

At the end, on set there are scenes with snow on people. During cut scenes, the snow comes and goes.

After Frank Cross stumbles onto the stage after breaking out of the sewer, he wrestles with an actor from the fake movie set. He grabs the actor's walking stick, and in between shots the stick moves from his right hand to his left.

When Cross gets locked in the back of the cab, he tries to open each door, but the handles come off in his hands. Between taking them off and holding them up by his face, the heavy end of each handle switches to the opposite end.

John Houseman is credited as Sir John Houseman in the Scrooged promo. In fact, Houseman never received a knighthood.

The front of the 9th Street Shelter is at an angle. The brickwork at the angles is not dressed - with the angles cut into the ends of the bricks - but shows huge cracks. Ice could get into these cracks, freeze, and crack. With the winters in New York, the brickwork would not be done in this way.

After Frank Cross wakes up in his office after Lew visits him, he drinks some vodka that has a golf ball in it. When he drops the golf ball on his desk, it bounces three times in front of Frank's face. On the second and third bounces, the ball actually goes higher than on its first bounce. Although this is "impossible," it is meant to emphasize the supernatural origins of the ball. Also note that the sound effects correspond with this "supernatural" activity.

During the broadcast of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge tosses a coin to a boy so he can buy a Christmas goose. The shot seen in the control room monitor shows the coin falling in slow motion. This was more than likely a pre-recorded shot used for dramatic emphasis within the broadcast, which is common practice during live telecasts.

When the phone auto-dials (right after the appearance of Lew Hayward), Claire's full name can be seen on the phone display. Caller ID wasn't available until 1988 - the year the movie was released. It seems a bit strange that Frank has saved the name and number of a woman he hasn't talked to in 15 years on his telephone.

When the phone was installed, Frank may have had his secretary or the IT department put everyone in his address book into the phone, and Claire's name probably would have been in there.

During the "Father Loves Beaver" promo, the cookies that are taken out of the oven are already made and upside down. They can be seen to rock from side to side. This is probably a gag about a low budget show's production values.

At lunch, just as Noon strikes, Frank's watch indicates it is Sunday November 23rd, when, in fact, the movie is supposedly taking place in late December (approaching Christmas Eve), and Frank most likely would not be having a work lunch meeting on a Sunday.

Frank is a driven individual with a Type A personality. It is entirely believable that he would have meetings on the weekends.

When Eliot Loudermilk confronts Frank, he fires three shots from the double-barreled shotgun before reloading.

The promo for the Christmas Special shown at the beginning of the film contains events that haven't happened yet (e.g., sets shown that aren't built yet). For example, the shot of Mary Lou Retton rehearsing her tumbling routine and saying "God bless us, every one" is repeated later in the film.

When Frank Cross' office door is being beaten down by Lew Hayward, it is obviously made of metal, as it retains the dents from the impacts on the outside. However, when the door finally shatters, it is clearly made of wood.

When Frank falls down the stairs at his brother's house and the Ghost of Christmas Present floats down after him, her levitation wires can be seen briefly before being hidden behind her wings.

When Claire turns in the bathtub in 1969, it can be seen that she is wearing a body stocking.

In the ending sequence when the Censor Lady is kissing Bryce, the audio has him laughing. Bryce is very much not laughing, but this could have been a voiceover from Frank.

In 1969, Frank gives Claire a set of Ginsu knives as a gift. Ginsu knives were first sold in 1978 under a different name, and the "Ginsu" name was coined in 1983.

When Frank Cross is facing the dog at his brother's apartment in the hallway, the dog handler's shadow can be seen waving the dog off.

The telephone which auto-dials moves around a bit, so it can be seen that someone pulls strings from under the telephone.

When Grace is taking Calvin home, she exits the 45th Rd-Courthouse Sq station in Queens. But when the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Frank to see Grace and her family, she says she's taking him to Harlem, which is in Manhattan.

The address on Claire's business card reads 514 West 43rd St., but when Frank gets there, he passes a street sign that says 3rd St./900 East. Even if 3rd St. was meant to be the cross street, West 43rd St. would not cross East 3rd St., nor would it be on the 900 East block.

Frank's second visit with the Ghost of Christmas Past is in 1968, and he is working for IBC. He meets Claire at this time as well. He was four years old in 1955 which makes him only 17, way too young for such a job.

Grace, Frank's personal assistant, is portrayed as being poor, but being the PA to the President of the network, Grace should be earning a good salary. Even if Frank is not paying her well, she could have gotten another, better paying job, given the seniority of her current role.

After the encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Past, Frank decides to visit Claire at work. The business card she had given him says "Operation Reach Out," but the doors Frank walks into say "Operation Outreach."

When announcing the beginning of the live broadcast, the announcer says it will be a live presentation of "the Charles Dickens classic, 'Scrooge.'" The title of the Dickens classic is "A Christmas Carol."