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Old TV and Movie Cliches

Here's your place to reminisce about classic radio and television. Want to share memories of The Big 8? How about J.P. McCarthy? Do it here!
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A character rushes off to vomit and then you find out she is pregnant.
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Someone looking through binoculars, the view is always shown in two side by side circles.
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Whenever there is a flashback the filmstock and photography are different. (Then again that might be just competent filmmaking to let the audience know what's going on.)
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In the horror films, when dead people walk, they walk with an unsteady gait and hold their arms straight out in front of them at shoulder height.
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When the cops are interrogating a suspect, it's always in a darkened room with a bright light shining right in the suspect's face.
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