The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for January 26, 2026
Feature: Charlie Chan’s Chance (recreation)
Chat Number: 1,345
Extra:
Introduction commentary by Twentieth Century-Fox Charlie Chan DVD box sets extras producer John Cork
Note:
“TYSM” count: 7
Participants:
Austinchanfan
Charlie’s ANGEL
Godwinshelley
hounder
Paul Minturn
Rush
tarneverro
tennan (tenman)
01-26 18:43
Rush:
01-26 19:00
Godwinshelley:
It’s a bit of work to get my tv to find this on youtube
01-26 19:00
Louise:
Hi all
01-26 19:00
Godwinshelley:
Hi Louise
01-26 19:00
Rush:
Good evening, GS and Louise!
01-26 19:01
Louise:
Just popping in to say Hi.
01-26 19:01
Rush:
I hope that you are weathering the cold temperatures.
How are you doing, Louise?
01-26 19:01
Louise:
Spent the day trying to chop through layers of ice to get out of the back door!
01-26 19:01
Rush:
WOW!
01-26 19:01
Louise:
Crazy weather.
01-26 19:01
Godwinshelley:
Cold here – had maybe 5 inches of snow
01-26 19:02
Rush:
Indeed!
01-26 19:02
Louise:
I’m getting too old for this!
01-26 19:02
Godwinshelley:
Rush – how is winter treating you
01-26 19:02
Rush:
At least no snow where I am…at this time.
I was more worried about possible ice.
01-26 19:02
Godwinshelley:
We don’t usually have snow for long here on the coast
01-26 19:02
Louise:
We had about 5 inches of snow and 3-5 inches of ice.
01-26 19:03
Rush:
Well, hopefully this will help us keep young!
Ice is a pain for sure!
01-26 19:03
Godwinshelley:
We are perfecting our puttering skills – haven’t left the house for a couple of days
01-26 19:04
Rush:
We were like that this past weekend, GS!
Hounder!
WELCOME!
I hope that the weather is not too bad in your area.
01-26 19:04
hounder:
hi everyone.
01-26 19:04
Louise:
Same here GS. Got back from Massachusetts after visiting my son who had a photography show in a museum. Just beat the storm getting here.
01-26 19:04
Rush:
Hi!
01-26 19:04
Godwinshelley:
Hi Hounder
01-26 19:04
Louise:
Hi hounder
01-26 19:04
hounder:
the weather is confusing. 80 yesterday 38 tonight
01-26 19:04
Rush:
That was well-timed, Louise!
PHEW!
01-26 19:05
Louise:
Where are you hounder that it was 80?
01-26 19:05
Rush:
38 would feel GREAT in my area, Hounder!
01-26 19:05
Godwinshelley:
Yeah – it will be below freezing for about a week here
01-26 19:05
Louise:
Single digits and getting colder here in New Jersey
01-26 19:05
hounder:
i know i shouldn’t whine. it isn’t so much the temp as the wild swing.
01-26 19:06
Rush:
9 minutes to go.
01-26 19:06
Godwinshelley:
It’s everyone else on the road – I worry about traffic as this is where northern drivers meet southern drivers
01-26 19:06
Rush:
I am guessing that the weather is holding down our number tonight.
Yes, GS!
01-26 19:06
Louise:
Everyone is frozen
01-26 19:07
hounder:
power may be an issue in some areas
01-26 19:07
Rush:
Probably!
There may also be power issues in areas.
Yes, Hounder.
01-26 19:07
Louise:
True about power. We never lost power.
01-26 19:07
Godwinshelley:
On facebook – there are a couple guys from England who are visiting the US – and they are spending time in Michigan!! The snow is freaking them out
01-26 19:08
Rush:
I am sure it IS!!!
Paul! Welcome!
Come in from the cold, sir!
01-26 19:08
Godwinshelley:
Hi Arizona Paul!!
01-26 19:08
Louise:
Hi Paul
01-26 19:08
Rush:
AH! No cold in AZ!
01-26 19:08
hounder:
hi paul
01-26 19:08
Godwinshelley:
My sister in AZ wanted photos of our snow so she could gloat
01-26 19:09
Rush:
6 minutes…
01-26 19:09
Paul Minturn:
what cold? it’s 62 degrees here in Mesa AZ
01-26 19:09
Rush:
Lucky guy!
01-26 19:09
Paul Minturn:
hi GS
01-26 19:09
Rush:
01-26 19:09
Godwinshelley:
I’m going to get my ice cream – it’s my last solid food before my colonoscopy on Wednesday
01-26 19:09
Rush:
Oh.
01-26 19:10
Paul Minturn:
do we FF past the explanitory intro?
01-26 19:10
hounder:
good luck wed gs
01-26 19:10
Rush:
That is an adventure that I am just about due for myself, GS!
01-26 19:11
Louise:
01-26 19:11
Rush:
YOW!!!
01-26 19:11
Louise:
two hours to chop through the ice to make this path
01-26 19:12
Rush:
Sheesh!!!
Be careful!
01-26 19:12
Godwinshelley:
that’s impressive
01-26 19:12
Louise:
Have guys coming tomorrow to clear the rest of the driveway
01-26 19:12
Rush:
We will start our “movie” with the John Cork commentary….
01-26 19:12
Godwinshelley:
there are ads
01-26 19:12
Rush:
2 1/2 minutes…
Skip the first ad.
01-26 19:13
Rush:
then the commentary begins…
90 seconds
01-26 19:13
Godwinshelley:
I’m at the commentary
01-26 19:13
Rush:
Everyone ready?
01-26 19:13
Godwinshelley:
ready here
01-26 19:13
hounder:
ready
01-26 19:13
Louise:
ready
01-26 19:14
Rush:
ONE MINUTE…
50 seconds…
40 seconds…
30 seconds…
01-26 19:15
Rush:
25…
20…
15…
10…
5…
GO!!!
01-26 19:15
Rush:
John Cork was the one who interviewed me for the extras I was on.
VERY nice person.
01-26 19:15
Godwinshelley:
Was he local to you?
01-26 19:16
Rush:
From LA…about 120 north of where I was then.
(miles)
01-26 19:16
Godwinshelley:
interesting that NJ was where they stored the negatives
01-26 19:16
Louise:
How come the Library of Congress does not have a copy?
01-26 19:17
Rush:
Remember to count the TYSMs tonight!
01-26 19:18
Rush:
I think this is a well0done reconstruction.
01-26 19:18
Louise:
Good stills
01-26 19:18
Rush:
Yes.
01-26 19:19
Louise:
More a Boston accent than a New York one!
01-26 19:19
Rush:
AH!
01-26 19:20
Rush:
Tarneverro…WELCOME!
We are at the lineup scene.
01-26 19:21
Rush:
This would be the Shemp Howard part in “Murder Over NY”
(Double post!)
01-26 19:21
Godwinshelley:
one
01-26 19:21
Rush:
01-26 19:22
tennan:
Tenman here.phone won’t let me change typo. Internet out in OH, so just dropping on to say hey.
01-26 19:22
Rush:
TM!
Good evening!
01-26 19:23
Rush:
Happy you could stop in tonight, TM!
01-26 19:23
tennan:
Cant stay on phone indefinitely; only have so many minutes. Hope everyone’s staying safe and warm. We got 15″snow on Sat and will be below zero all week
01-26 19:23
Louise:
Wow, tenman, power out too?
01-26 19:24
Rush:
Yes, TM! The cold snap has been amazingly bad!
01-26 19:24
Godwinshelley:
Sorry to hear that 10man
01-26 19:24
tennan:
No just Internet for now. Some outages emysewhere
01-26 19:25
tennan:
Y’all have a great evening! Nytol!
01-26 19:25
Rush:
Yes?
01-26 19:25
Louise:
Crazy weather all over the country. Did everyone hear another storm may be coming next weekend?
01-26 19:25
Rush:
You as well, TM!
01-26 19:25
Rush:
Next week…”London”
Take care…
01-26 19:26
hounder:
nite matt
01-26 19:26
Godwinshelley:
night
01-26 19:26
Rush:
The lost pearl figures in the 1940 version: “Murder Over NY”
01-26 19:27
Louise:
Love these pompous British accents
01-26 19:27
Rush:
Yes!
01-26 19:27
Rush:
I like how they show the script at times.
01-26 19:28
Louise:
I like that too, Rush
01-26 19:30
Godwinshelley:
commercial
01-26 19:30
Rush:
Sorry!
01-26 19:30
Louise:
The previous ad was about hating N ew Jersey!!!
01-26 19:31
Rush:
Huh?
We can catch you up, Louise.
01-26 19:32
Rush:
Flannery calls Scotland Yard.
01-26 19:32
Louise:
No, the ads go fast
01-26 19:32
Rush:
Good on that, Louise.
01-26 19:33
Rush:
New baby in Honolulu.
Chan stays on the case.
01-26 19:34
Rush:
CC finds the pearl.
Shirley Marloe…
(Marlowe)
01-26 19:38
Rush:
The Wall Street Moider.
01-26 19:39
Rush:
Lots of aphorisms tonight!
01-26 19:39
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Oh no! Oh yes! What am i to DO?
01-26 19:39
Rush:
Angel!
Good evening!
01-26 19:40
Rush:
Are you watching the “movie”, Angel?
01-26 19:40
hounder:
hi angel
01-26 19:41
Godwinshelley:
commercial
01-26 19:42
Rush:
Drat!
01-26 19:42
Godwinshelley:
envelope steamed and resealed
01-26 19:42
Rush:
01-26 19:42
Rush:
That’s two by my count.
01-26 19:43
Louise:
Not much of a mask to hide her identity
01-26 19:43
Rush:
She wears a second on as well.
There’s the better mask.
01-26 19:45
Rush:
Note the storyline similarity to “Behind That Curtain.”
01-26 19:45
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Is this the Fuchs version? Or Kamstein?
01-26 19:45
Godwinshelley:
Misses Chan might not like the company Charlie keeps
01-26 19:46
Rush:
Angel…this is the Twenty-FIRST Century-Fox version!
01-26 19:47
Rush:
Spats on CC.
01-26 19:47
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Every one i see on YT is Unavailable. What’s a source?
01-26 19:48
Godwinshelley:
search Charlie Chan’s Chance
01-26 19:48
Rush:
There it is, Angel.
01-26 19:49
Rush:
About $100 today.
01-26 19:50
Rush:
See the wall behind them?
Brick with painter trees.
01-26 19:50
Rush:
Painted.
I think it on the inside of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
01-26 19:51
Godwinshelley:
Was it the Egyptian in 1930-1931
01-26 19:51
Rush:
Li Gung.
No.
That one still exists today as well.
01-26 19:52
Godwinshelley:
I’ve never had the chance to visit LA
01-26 19:52
Rush:
In the ’20s, Oland lived not far from the Chinese Theater.
01-26 19:52
Godwinshelley:
Are any of these young people still around?
01-26 19:52
Rush:
I count 5 thus far.
01-26 19:52
Austinchanfan:
good evening evening all chan fans’
01-26 19:52
Rush:
ACF!
01-26 19:52
Austinchanfan:
the weather made me tardy
01-26 19:52
Rush:
WELCOME!!!
01-26 19:52
Godwinshelley:
Hello Austin
01-26 19:52
Austinchanfan:
ty all
01-26 19:53
Charlie’s ANGEL:
7 or 8 versions on YT, but ALL say Unavailable. How do i access it?
01-26 19:53
Austinchanfan:
hope everyone is safe’
01-26 19:53
Rush:
Angel, I posted the link just above…
scroll up a little.
01-26 19:54
Austinchanfan:
hope Iowa and the east coast survived the weather
01-26 19:54
Rush:
So far so good here, ACF!
I hope that you weren’t hit too hard.
01-26 19:54
Austinchanfan:
we had sleet and main St were clear but side streets I have to drive slowly
01-26 19:55
Louise:
Hey Austin, we are stilll suffering the consequences of the storm
01-26 19:55
Rush:
We are at the part where the driver was killed in a car crash.
01-26 19:55
Austinchanfan:
go in to work tomorrow at 10′
01-26 19:55
Rush:
Showing the script…
01-26 19:55
Austinchanfan:
I’m sorry louise’
01-26 19:55
Louise:
Just cold and ice now
01-26 19:55
Rush:
Poison gas.
01-26 19:57
Godwinshelley:
commercial
01-26 19:57
Rush:
Yow!
01-26 19:59
Rush:
The “O. Kay.”
01-26 19:59
Louise:
Can I have a time check?
01-26 20:00
Rush:
I have 45:10
Showing the script.
01-26 20:00
Charlie’s ANGEL:
The title card you showed comes up as Unavailable. They all do.
01-26 20:00
Louise:
thanks. The ads put me behind
01-26 20:00
Rush:
Yes.
01-26 20:01
Louise:
the kid was “homemade” !!!
01-26 20:01
Rush:
They are at the tugboat.
01-26 20:02
Rush:
The cat we will see is “Puzzums” who appeared in a number of Hollywood movies.
01-26 20:02
Rush:
Li Gung sets a trap for Chan.
01-26 20:03
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Nothing works.
01-26 20:04
Rush:
No luck with the link I posted?
01-26 20:05
Rush:
The cat saves Chan!
01-26 20:05
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Can you post it again?
01-26 20:05
Rush:
01-26 20:06
Charlie’s ANGEL:
VOILÁ!
01-26 20:06
Rush:
Yay!
We should be at 51:50
01-26 20:07
Rush:
52:00
52:20
01-26 20:07
Godwinshelley:
commercial
01-26 20:07
Louise:
Dead as sardine!
01-26 20:08
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Back!
(53:30)?
01-26 20:08
Rush:
Are you caught up, Angel?
01-26 20:09
Charlie’s ANGEL:
What “time”?
01-26 20:09
Rush:
54:10
01-26 20:09
Rush:
54:20
54:30
54:40
01-26 20:10
Charlie’s ANGEL:
ON IT! “Paging . . . “
01-26 20:10
Rush:
Shot of the script…
01-26 20:11
Rush:
Picking up the briefcase.
01-26 20:11
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Lost the vid, but have audio (“1313”)
01-26 20:11
Rush:
Okay.
01-26 20:11
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Confusion say Happy is the man or other who is happy with his lot of websites,
01-26 20:11
Rush:
Paradise.
Angel:
01-26 20:12
Charlie’s ANGEL:
We can wait here in the sitting room . . .
01-26 20:12
Rush:
The butler…
01-26 20:12
Charlie’s ANGEL:
TY
01-26 20:12
Rush:
Doorbell.
01-26 20:12
Charlie’s ANGEL:
You DIDN’T FIND MY THUMB!
01-26 20:13
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Let us take our hat and goat.
01-26 20:13
Rush:
01-26 20:14
Charlie’s ANGEL:
NEAU.
yOU have INCONVENIENCED me, pARADISE!!
I want a British home secretary.
01-26 20:14
Rush:
And…he plays a part in next week’s movie…”CC in London.”
01-26 20:14
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Who EVER can predict what a home secretary will do? I just turn them loose with the vacuums: they totally suck.
BOORDELL.
01-26 20:15
Louise:
UGH porno ad!
01-26 20:15
Rush:
NO!!!
Wow!
01-26 20:15
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Oh NO, Louise!
Can you send particulars?!!!
01-26 20:15
Rush:
Sorry, Louise!
01-26 20:16
Louise:
gross but only 10 seconds
01-26 20:16
Charlie’s ANGEL:
THE MASE OF THE CASKED DANCER
01-26 20:16
Rush:
Thankfully, Louise.
01-26 20:16
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Thank goodness. Those must have been 10 awfuls.
I DON’T WANT it!
01-26 20:16
Rush:
Empty gun!
01-26 20:17
Charlie’s ANGEL:
No BULLETS!!!
01-26 20:17
Rush:
1313…Doubly bad luck….
01-26 20:17
Charlie’s ANGEL:
OOOOOF!
Kenneth CATHERWOOD, you mean.
My name’s not Surely.
01-26 20:18
Rush:
01-26 20:18
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Walking with my baby (and dog) back home.
C L E A U S E D !!!!!!
01-26 20:18
Rush:
THE END
(Applause…)
Well!
There we have it!
01-26 20:18
Louise:
Charlie always getting lovebirds back together
01-26 20:18
Charlie’s ANGEL:
THE GOOSE!
01-26 20:18
hounder:
that was neat.
01-26 20:19
Rush:
A pretty nice reconstruction, yes?
Next week…”Charlie Chan in London”
01-26 20:19
Godwinshelley:
I’m a little behind
01-26 20:19
Louise:
Very interesting way to watch the script
01-26 20:19
Rush:
That’s okay, Louise…
We can wait…
01-26 20:19
Godwinshelley:
Is this avaible on any DVD set?
01-26 20:19
Charlie’s ANGEL:
That was FABULOUS! Will clamp headphones on and listen as i take my evening unconstitutional!
01-26 20:20
Paul Minturn:
an interesting diversion from the usual Chan movies.
01-26 20:20
Rush:
If by next year you can ge a copy of the Fox DVDs, that can be a help in not needing the YouTube version!
01-26 20:20
Louise:
Thanks all, see you next week in London
01-26 20:20
Godwinshelley:
good I have those
01-26 20:21
Rush:
Thank you ALL for braving the elements to be here tonight!
01-26 20:21
hounder:
nite all. stay warm and safe
01-26 20:21
Rush:
Have a GREAT week!
take care….
Be safe….
and hopefully happy as well!
01-26 20:21
Godwinshelley:
Stay safe everyone
01-26 20:21
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Good night!!!!
01-26 20:21
Paul Minturn:
byes
01-26 20:21
Rush:
01-26 20:21
Godwinshelley:
Night
01-26 20:21
Rush:
Again…
01-26 20:21
Austinchanfan:
good night stay safe
01-26 20:21
Rush:
Yes…
01-26 20:21
Charlie’s ANGEL:
You are all the best! Thank you for your GLAMOROUS PRESENCE!!
01-26 20:22
Rush:
Be safe, everyone!
01-26 20:22
Austinchanfan:
next week is ground hog day
01-26 20:22
Rush:
Be super careful in this cold weather….
Yes, ACF!
01-26 20:22
Austinchanfan:
I 2nd that
01-26 20:22
Rush:
“The shadow knows…”
01-26 20:22
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Stupid GROUND HOG!
01-26 20:22
Rush:
01-26 20:22
Austinchanfan:
Lamont cranston
hope he see spring early
01-26 20:23
Rush:
Yes…and the groundhog, too!
Good night, gentlemen!
See you next week!
01-26 20:23
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Remember to tighten up and swill LOOSENER’S CASTOR OIL FAKES. The SMALL WEATHER BREAKFAST!
01-26 20:23
Rush:
YES!
Good night….
01-26 20:24
Charlie’s ANGEL:
B U Y W A R T B O N D S . . . . . . . . . They SATISFY!
01-26 20:24
Austinchanfan:
lol
01-26 20:24
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Austin f, you are da best. I’m calling the authorities now!!
GNITE!
01-26 20:25
Austinchanfan:
lol’
nite charlie
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