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Post by sostie on Apr 25, 2017 13:08:30 GMT
Biggest goof....Dick Van Dyke's Cockney accent..and...
During "A Spoonful Of Sugar" a robin lands on Mary's finger and sings for a while. The goof? The bird is an American robin. Being a London based film , it should have been a European robin, a completely different shape and species
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 26, 2017 1:57:06 GMT
Biggest goof....Dick Van Dyke's Cockney accent..and... My 6yr old self was fooled well enough. I wonder if they had anyone British in mind otherwise.
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Post by sostie on Apr 26, 2017 11:13:27 GMT
Biggest goof....Dick Van Dyke's Cockney accent..and... My 6yr old self was fooled well enough. I wonder if they had anyone British in mind otherwise. I think they wanted DVD in it from the off...he was probably the most famous person in the film - hence why I don't think anyone told him how bad a job he was doing with the accent. Lessons seemed to be learnt years later on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang..English character, no accent, and no one cared.
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Post by DanaShelbyChancey on May 16, 2017 22:26:56 GMT
My 6yr old self was fooled well enough. I wonder if they had anyone British in mind otherwise. I think they wanted DVD in it from the off...he was probably the most famous person in the film - hence why I don't think anyone told him how bad a job he was doing with the accent. Lessons seemed to be learnt years later on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang..English character, no accent, and no one cared. DVD was a famous American in the movie, but was far from the most famous, or prolific actor in the film. Just to name 2 others, Jane Darwell as the Bird Woman, and Ed Wynn as the I love to laugh Uncle. They and many others had long careers in England. I was so obsessed with Mary Poppins as a kid. Back then there was no home video, the closest I could get was the soundtrack album. I sang and danced to those songs so much, it is no wonder my mother was always in a bad mood.
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Post by deembastille on Jul 10, 2017 2:25:08 GMT
I'll admit I have not read all the responses but did anyone point out the wig malfunction?
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Post by alfromni on Apr 3, 2018 4:48:53 GMT
Interesting goof sostie enhanced by the the fact that the European robin belongs to the thrush family, whereas the European robin hails from the ancient flycatcher family. The two robins are not even related.
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