The French Mistake Pop Up trivia
The Season 6 Blu-Ray had a special feature - pop-up boxes on the 6.15 The French Mistake containing trivia relating to the episode - particularly to point out what was real and what was fiction in the episode.
For much more trivia see the episode entry for 6.15 The French Mistake
All the pop-up trivia notes are transcribed under the cut.
Call me shallow but my favourite one is probably the statement that Jared and Jensen are actually referred to as "the boys" by the crew.
Scene: In Bobby's house
The alcohol they drink on set is tea.
Bobby's house is the only consistent set since season 1.
Sigil blood is made from a corn syrup.
Scene: on the set
Serge Ladouceur is the show's Director of Photography; he's worked on every episode of Supernatural except the pilot
Robert Singer has directed 19 episodes of Supernatural and executive produced 125
Kevin Parks is the assistant direction on the "odd"-numbered episodes of Supernatural
John MacCarthy is the assistant direction on on the "even"-numbered episodes of Supernatural
The shattered pieces of glass are made from rubber so they're soft to land on
Robert Singer loves Diet Coke
2 bells are used for "cut"; 1 bell for "action"
The pictures on top of the mirror are from the make-up trailer. You can see the busted-up face of Jensen from Season 5, Ep. 22
Jared is sitting in front of the panic room set from Bobby's house. That's Jared's real set chair.
2.17 million viewers watched the original airing of "The French Mistake"
Padalecki is a Polish name
Scene: Outside on the backlot
The green trucks in the back are the real catering trucks
Supernatural has 8 Impalas; 2 main hero cars, 4 other drivable vehicles, and 2 partials including the crashed one from Season 1
This is shot on the backlot, which was originally built for the movie "Watchmen"
This is not Misha's real voice
Sides are small versions of the script, with only the pages specifically fopr that day of shooting
Misha often tweets and has dubbed his followers "minions". He currently has 150,000 followers and won the Best of Twitter 2009 award.
J-squared refers to Jensen and Jared's name both starting with the letter J
This is the real exterior of Jensen's trailer
Scene: Inside the trailer
Jensen does not have an aquarium or a helicopter in his trailer
Dailies in the back ground are from Ep 12, Like A Virgin
At the end of Season 6 there were 24 issues of Supernatural magazine
Both Jared and Jensen are really from Texas
This is real footage of Jensen playing Eric Brady on "Day Of Our Life" episode 8849 in the year 2000
Scene: Inside the car
The name K M Motion Picture Studios was in honor of Kim Manners, the executive producer who passed away in 2009. Kim directed 16 episodes of Supernatural
Jared and Jensen both have drivers and get picked up in SUVs for work. Their drivers are usually Cliff and John. (Note Clif Kosterman's name is mispelt in the pop-up
Supernatural is filmed in Burnaby, BC. The pilot was shot in Los Angeles; the show then moved to Canada
Producers Todd Aronauer and Kristin Cronin are the only remaining crew from the beginning of the pilot, with exception of Jared, Jensen, and Eric.
Scene: Inside the Jared's mansion
This is not Jared's house
The boys do not use tanning beds. They use the safer route of spay tans when necessary
Jared and Genevieve do not own an Alpca - we don't think
Jared and Genevieve met on the set of SPN Season 4.
Gen and Genevieve got married in February 2010 in Idaho. That is their real wedding picture
Jared did not know that the wedding pictures of Genevieve and himself were going to be used until the day of filming
Jensen was married in 2010 to Daneel Harris, previously of "One Tree Hill"(Note: Danneel's name is mispelt in the pop-up)
The art department composited Jared's face onto this photo (Referring to the photo of Jared in cowboy gear on a horse)
The beer bottle labels are individually made by the Art department and then attached by the Props Department
That is Genevieve's real wedding ring
Scene: In the car at the airport
Jensen and Jared follow proper custom policies, and all regulations and international laws ... as far as we know.
Scene: Filming on set - Sam and dean have to do some acting
Robert Singer, Phil Sgriccia and Jim Michaels all worked on the TV series "Lois and Clark"
Scripts for Supernatural are usually around 48 pages. A shooting schedule is usually 8 days per episode which is an average of 6 pages per shooting day
That is Jensen's real set chair
The 'smart slate' helps make sure the audio and video are in sync
The areas where the director sits is called the video village
A 'mark is a piece of tape in the floor telling the actor where to stand. Jensen and Jared always hit their marks without looking
The assistant director is always with the camera not by video village as he is here
Misha is actually nice - he doesn't push crew members
Looking at the camera is called "breaking the fourth wall". Actors shouldn’t do it unless directed to
Serge always has has handy dandy laser pointer to show the crew which lights to move (Note: there is a typo in the pop-up 'has' rather than 'his')
The director of the episode Charles Beeson, is British and often says penultimate. Charles has directed 12 episodes of Supernatural
Translation of IMHO: Im My Honest Opinion
Translation of ROTFLM: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
Sera Gamble is the show's executive producer. This is not her real voice
Scene: Sam and Dean leap through the window
That was not Jared and Jensen - it was Todd and Mike their stunt doubles
Scene: on the set
This is the real green screen area, where a lot of driving scenes are shot
Hockey is the main topic of conversation among the crew all season long
The set is the dragon's lair from Like A Virgin
This is Lou Bollo. He really is the stunt coordinator, and has patterned shorts like this custom made
Fighting on set is not permitted. Bare feet are also not permitted
Jensen's real stunt double Todd is holding him back Jared. Jared's real stunt double Mike is holding him back
Scene: In the production office
The fez behind Bob was a gift to Jim Michaels. The clown is from Ep 2, Season 2, "Everybody Loves a Clown"
"Supernatural's Fan Favorite TV Guide cover is in the background.
Jim Michaels is co-executive producer, and is the only producer who lives in Canada during the season.
Sera and the other producers reside in Los Angeles.
Jared and Jensen are called "the boys" by the crew.
Eric did not sell "Octocobra"
Scene: On the set
This is the spider's lair set from Ep. 13, "Unforgiven.
Robert Singer did not name the character of Bobby Singer after himself - Eric did it while Bob was out of town. (Note: Bob Singer talk about how it happened)
The actor who plays Robert Singer is Brian Doyle-Murray. Eric Kripke is a huge fan and was happy to get him to play the part.
Scene: Alleyway
On average Los Angeles gets 14.9 inches of rainfall a year. Vancover gets 43.6
Misha Collins is alive and well
Canadian money can be blue, purple, brown, red or green
Scene: Virgil's killing spree
Eric Kripke is the creator, writer and executive producer of Supernatural
Eric was pleased with his death scene . He is also alive and well.
Serge is always calm and collected
Scene: Castiel confronts Raphael
This wing VFX was used for introducing Castiel in Ep 1 Season 4 Lazarus Rising
Scene: Sam and Dean back in Bobby's place
Set walls are called flats
Over the end credits
Jared and Jensen are still talking