The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for January 27, 2020
Feature:
The Black Camel
Extra:
The Green Hornet (Chapter 4)
Participants:
angel & fox
Cdirus
Dona
Godwinshelley2
hounder
Len Freeman
Matt1
Mike n Rachel in DC
Nothere
PaulM
Rush
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MIke n Rachel in DC: Hi Rush!
Rush: Hello, Mike…and Rachel!
Matt1 has joined this room
Rush: How are you doing tonight?
Matt1: Hello Rush and M & R!
Rush: Hello, Matt!
Rush: WELCOME!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hey Matt
MIke n Rachel in DC: We’re doing well. First day of school for Mike…so far so good. 🙂
Rush: Good, Mike!
Cdirus has joined this room
Matt1: Hello CD!
Rush: Matt, will you be away next Monday night?
Rush: Good evening, CD!
Rush: WELCOME!
Matt1: Yes, sorry….I will be at a dinner
Cdirus: Hi Matt, Rush and M&R!
Rush: Dinners are good! Enjoy!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hi CD. Good to see you.
Rush: How are you tonight, CD?
Matt1: Mondays are my escape, but I do what I need to do
Rush: Me too, Matt…me too… 🙂
Cdirus: Doing OK, hoping I don’t get the flu
Rush: I hope you don’t get that, either!
Matt1: I will stop in later or Tuesday morning and copy the Chat for you
Rush: Okay…
hounder has joined this room
Cdirus: Hi Hounder!
Matt1: Hello Hounder!
hounder: hi rush mnr rush and cd
Rush: I will try to get it copied LATE on Monday night when we get home, too.
Rush: Hello, and WELCOME, Hounder!
Matt1: Good luck, Rush!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hello Hounder! Hope y’all are well.
Rush: TYSM, Matt!
Rush: How’s your mother doing, Hounder?
hounder: as well as i can expect. good days and not so good days. she was weak today.
Rush: She and you will be in our thoughts, as well as prayers, Hounder…
Matt1: Yes
hounder: thanks. She could be around a long time or….
Rush: Love is the important thing…
hounder: i agree rush
Rush: Do you get help at times that you need a break, Hounder?
hounder: i have neighbors that are giving me a couple hours away a week.
Rush: That’s good…and important.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Bless them.
Rush: As a caregiver, you need that occasional break.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Caregivers need care too!
Rush: That is SO true.
hounder: very much so m n r. they won’t let me pay them though i’ve offered. and seem happy to do it.
Rush: Yes.
Matt1: Good neighbors are a blessing
Rush: Indeed!
MIke n Rachel in DC: You chose your neighbors well, Hounder. 🙂
Rush: Yes, again!
Rush: Well…
Rush: How about some “Green Hornet”?
Matt1: Ready here!
Rush: I am ready, too…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hornet. On it.
Rush: Everyone ready?
MIke n Rachel in DC: Check.
Rush: okay..
Cdirus: Ready
Rush: Very good…
hounder: hey chose me. they moved in the neighborhood last year. if i were a milionaire, i still couldn’t afford to buy this group. they offer to pick up groceries if they’re going out.
Rush: Let’s say….30 seconds…
Rush: 20 seconds…
Rush: 15…
MIke n Rachel in DC: *adjusts mask*
Rush: 10…
Rush: 5…
hounder: ready
Rush: GO!!!
Matt1: <buzzzzzzz….SPLAT>
Rush: Get out the Raid…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Operated by “The Green Hornet, Inc.”
MIke n Rachel in DC: He’s a corporation!
Rush: Hm!
Rush: Looks like a drone shot here…
MIke n Rachel in DC: I thought only bees had drones Rush
MIke n Rachel in DC: Parachute!
Rush: Yes!
hounder: was that a nash car?
Rush: nd the Hornet held onto him while using the parachute!
Rush: That would be TOUGH!
MIke n Rachel in DC: (and he retained his parking ticket)
Rush: Yes!
Rush: “Peek-a-boo…”
MIke n Rachel in DC: Oooh. I need a suit like that for our movie launches.
Rush: The coveralls?
MIke n Rachel in DC: Yes…and the goggles…and…the SCARF.
Rush: AH!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Too cool.
angel & fox has joined this room
Rush: “The right time” may never come…
Matt1: Hello A & F!
angel & fox: ’tis the HAHRNET????
Rush: Angel…and fox!
hounder: hi angel and fox
Rush: WELCOME!
Rush: We are watching “The Green Hornet.”
Cdirus: Hi Angel and Fox!
angel & fox: Hello to ALL! What’s the “TIME”?
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hiya Angel & Fox
angel & fox: cd!! hiya!!
MIke n Rachel in DC: 9:00
angel & fox: MnR, hiya hiya!!
Rush: 9:00
angel & fox: HOUNDAH! Hiya!@!
Rush: Well…he didn’t get the chance to spill the beans…
angel & fox: Send you up for life…?!!
Rush: No..he suffered from terminal lead poisoning…
angel & fox: See the Police? They’re my FAVORITE group!!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Cy Kendall…
angel & fox: I wanna be a caretaker, head a caretaker government.
MIke n Rachel in DC: $5K if ya swats the Hornet.
Rush: “Five grand.”
angel & fox: TRAFFIC held me up. They were ANOTHER great group.
angel & fox: Tell it to the Murines. They’ll open your eyes.
Rush: About $75 grand today…
Rush: Angel: 🙂
angel & fox: I’m at 12:00—yes?
MIke n Rachel in DC: I’d do an entire hive for $75K
Rush: He has a fishing luer on his hat.
angel & fox: $75 would be the bees’ knees. The Hornet travels in higher circles, don’t he?
angel & fox: (13:00)??
Rush: Fisticuffs!
MIke n Rachel in DC: This hornet don’t kneel for anyone
angel & fox: Frenchycuffs!
Rush: 13:40
Rush: Some fancy driving!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Auto Paint Shop and Hide-out
angel & fox: BURGLES. The famous corn-horn snack?
Rush: “Crabby” and “Gabby”
hounder: lol@angel
Rush: “Bigorra!”
hounder: i hadn’t thought of those in years
angel & fox: Dear Crabby, My estranged Hornet has been going out of late with a small foreign gentleman. We live near Pearl Harbor. Should i think of this mysterious stranger as a Filipino?–Concerned
Rush: 🙂
angel & fox: Hepplewhite & Chippendale were both great chair men.
angel & fox: DYNOmite!!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Dear Fil, Your Hornet will return to the hive soon. But watch out for Japanese beetles. -Crabby
Rush: Nearing the cliffhanger…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Car chase…
angel & fox: CLIFF, Richard!!
hounder: you guys re too funny!
Rush: I notice that the Hornet’s car has liscense plates…
Cdirus: Don’t mess with the driver!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Oh dear.
Rush: How do they register that car secretly?
Rush: NEXT WEEK: “The Time Bomb”
Matt1: <clap-clap>
Rush: (Applause…)
Rush: 🙂
MIke n Rachel in DC: <kids-yeah>
Rush: That’s a fun serial!
angel & fox: I like to think today’s rigorous registry system has protected society from the likes of the Hahrnet & The Bat Man—AND provided employment to the likes of Patty & Selma Bouvier, Marge Simpson’s sisters.
Rush: And, of course, having our Number One Son in it doubles the fun!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Patty and Selma? Are they related to Jackie?
MIke n Rachel in DC: #1 Son is the highlight, Rush. 🙂
angel & fox: WE’RE still train-ing!!
Rush: Angel…true words…
Rush: Next…
Rush: “The Black Camel”…
Rush: My FAVORITE Chan film.
Matt1: Mine too!
Rush: 13 minutes away…
angel & fox: MnR—THAT is the ENDURING ENIGMA! I believe Matt (no relation!) Groening is SAVING the TRUE STORY of Marge, Jackie, Patty & Selma’s privileged upbringing–& Jackie’s marriage to a doubtful pol while Marge wed the distinguished Homer Simpson–for a CLIMACTIC sweeps episode!!
Rush: On the Fox DVD set, there is the Fox fanfare at the start (which was added).
Rush: Please cue to the OPENING TITLE…
angel & fox: It’s never too late to add Fox, says i.
Rush: 🙂
MIke n Rachel in DC: But Fox is NEVER an afterthought…
Rush: True!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hamilton MacFadden Production!
Matt1: Cued to Opening title!
angel & fox: Cued here, no bitter afterthought!
Rush: 9 minutes…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Just noticed the “Wm. Fox presents” at the top of the screen…something new every viewing!
Rush: Yes!
Rush: This was when it was still “Fox Film”
Nothere has joined this room
Nothere: Good ening.
Matt1: Hello NT!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hi NT!
Nothere: Anyone else feeling a bit batty about tonights film?
Rush: Now, when we see the opening beach scenes in this film, know that this is very close to where Hawaii Steve now lives!
Matt1: Very cool!
PaulM has joined this room
Rush: Yes!
Matt1: Hello Paul!
MIke n Rachel in DC: I will take note (and be envious…)
Rush: (I am as well!)
MIke n Rachel in DC: Rach wants to know when we’re going to Hawaii. How about a Chan reunion?
PaulM: good evening
Matt1: We talked about that before, Mike!
Rush: AH!
Nothere: Hi Paul
MIke n Rachel in DC: Good evening Paul!
Len Freeman has joined this room
Nothere: Hi Len
Matt1: Hello Len!
Rush: That is NOT out of the question, Rachel…
MIke n Rachel in DC: A “Black Camel” evening at the Royal Hawaiian. 🙂
Rush: WELCOME, Len and NT!
Rush: AND…PAUL!
Len Freeman: Hello all
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hi Len!
Rush: Good evening ALL!
Len Freeman: Nice to be here for the original….
Len Freeman: All cued up..
Rush: Very good!
Rush: This one’s a TREAT tonight!
Rush: The only Hawaii LOCATION Chan film.
Matt1: What about the “lpst” Chans?
Matt1: lost
Rush: And we get to see a lot of the Honolulu and environs of many decades ago.
Len Freeman: One of my trivia notes….
Rush: None of those were shot on location either.
Nothere: So what serials did we do between Green Hornet return and Green Hornet. It was just one right?
Len Freeman: doing my cowboys class, and Sally Eilers was cowboy star Hoot Gibson’s first wife…
Rush: Although two of the “lost” films were set in Honolulu.
Nothere: Cowboys class?
Rush: THREE minutes to go…
Rush: Are we ready?
Matt1: Yep!
Len Freeman: I’m teaching a class on the Story of The Silver Screen Cowboys
Len Freeman: Ready
Nothere: Ah Prof. Freeman
Nothere: Ready
Len Freeman: well fanboy anyways
Rush: Len, we have one of our players who was married to “Hoot” Gibson in our movie tonight.
MIke n Rachel in DC: As in Westerns? Or is that a movie?
Godwinshelley2 has joined this room
Rush: GS!
Rush: WELCOME!
Godwinshelley2: Hello
Nothere: HI god.
Matt1: Hello GS!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hellooo GS!
angel & fox: GS!! Len!! The heavy hitters are all here now!
Rush: 90 seconds to go…
Len Freeman: Yes. Westerns
Nothere: GENTLEMEN START YOUR RNGINES!
Rush: Yes.
Godwinshelley2: I’m cued
Cdirus: Hi GS
Rush: Okay…
Rush: 75 seconds…
Godwinshelley2: Do you start with “The Great Train Robbery” or is that pre-Silver Screen
PaulM: hey GS….will you be going to BOTH MonsterBash cons this year?
Rush: 60 seconds…
Godwinshelley2: of course
Rush: 50 seconds…
Len Freeman: I start with the Sound westerns… 1929 thru 54
PaulM: excellent. me too
Rush: 40 seconds…
Godwinshelley2: Maybe not October but definitely June
Nothere: I can’t go Paul I’ll be working in the lab late into the night.
Rush: 30 seconds…
Rush: 25…
Rush: 20…
MIke n Rachel in DC: *adjusts turban*
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
Rush: 5…
Nothere: Places Fwz
Rush: GO!!!
Matt1: <GONG!>
Nothere: Fez
Rush: Title….
Rush: Music…
Len Freeman: going
Rush: Good GONG, Matt!
Rush: Credits…
Nothere: So what was the last serial we did?
Godwinshelley2: Mary Gordon
Rush: Surfers…
Rush: Diamond Head…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Playing the gong is difficult…
Rush: Waikiki….
Godwinshelley2: The head standing on the board is amazing
Rush: Shelah Fane…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Just noticed that, GS
Rush: That photo was taken aboard the “City of Los Angeles.”
angel & fox: (2:50)?
Nothere: 1920ish Hollywood
MIke n Rachel in DC: Is this HS’s neighborhood Rush?
Rush: The boat that cast and crew came over to Honolulu aboard.
Godwinshelley2: You get quite the tour with HS when you are out there
angel & fox: “TIME”?
Nothere: 210
Godwinshelley2: 2:10
Godwinshelley2: 2:15
Godwinshelley2: 2:20
Rush: Hamilton MacFadden the actual director of “The Black camel.”
Dona has joined this room
Godwinshelley2: 2:30
angel & fox: THANKS all! Howdy, Notty!
hounder: thanks for the time check.
Cdirus: Hi Dona!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hello Dona!
Rush: 2:45
Godwinshelley2: 2:45
Nothere: A woman undressing in a 1930’s film? Burn down the theather
Len Freeman: Dona
angel & fox: DONA! My Dona! Take a load off!
Nothere: Hi Donna
Godwinshelley2: Pre-Code – no problem
hounder: hi everyone i missed earlier.
Rush: WELCOME….DONA!
Godwinshelley2: Hi Hounder
Matt1: Hello Dona!
angel & fox: Everyone was talking about The Unmentionables.
hounder: hi dona.
Len Freeman: Robert Young…. Father Knows Best…
Dona: Hello Everyone
Dona: i was trying to catch up
Godwinshelley2: A very YOUNG Robert Young
Godwinshelley2: Hi Dona
Rush: Julie…standing….
Dona: Where are we
Nothere: A mystic. Well obviously Bel won’t be playing that part.
Dona: i think i went to far
Nothere: Bela even
angel & fox: (3:50)
Godwinshelley2: 3:45
Rush: Was the wife of “Hoot’ Gibson
Rush: He came over with cast and crew.
angel & fox: The Hooter?!
Godwinshelley2: Was she his wife at this time?
Rush: Yes.
MIke n Rachel in DC: I think his friends call him “Bel,” NT
Godwinshelley2: Wow wide open beach
Dona: I’m cought up
Rush: 4:25…
Dona: thank you!
Rush: very good!
angel & fox: If his friends could see him now.
Nothere: Just don’t get coughed up Donna.
Godwinshelley2: That monument is still there?
Godwinshelley2: They drove past it.
Rush: The “Lani Kai” monument was that pillar they drove past…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Shelah looks distressed. Poor thing.
Rush: Still there today.
angel & fox: NICE fake background!
Nothere: Hey Angel he may be working for skid row pictures, but he’s still getting top billing.
Rush: Shelah will be even MORE distressed soon!
angel & fox: Is that an Off-The-Face hat? Or an Off-The-Hat face?
Godwinshelley2: HOTEL
Rush: Royal Hawaiian…
Rush: GS, I believe you have been there?
Godwinshelley2: We have an old photo of the hotel on our wall
MIke n Rachel in DC: Paging Mr. Taneverro
Nothere: So where is the Pesant Hawaiian Hotel?
angel & fox: Pronounced “HaVAYan”, yes, Rush?
Godwinshelley2: And we were in that room
Godwinshelley2: Even that seating area
MIke n Rachel in DC: How cool GS!
Rush: No…not exactly, NT!
Rush: Kashimo.
Nothere: Orders.
Rush: In two of the Biggers tales.
Godwinshelley2: The Hale Koa (army hotel) just around the corner for the pesants
MIke n Rachel in DC: Chan sidekick is still a work in progress in this film
angel & fox: CC, Personnel Manager
Rush: Tarneverro the Greatr.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hey. Who ya callin’ an elephant?
angel & fox: MnR: Salient point!! CC was INDEED an Evolving Paradigm.
Nothere: Not to be confused with Tarneverro the Mediocre.
Rush: Tarneverro has great observational skills…
Godwinshelley2: Mail box still there
Rush: YES, NT!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: yes it is, GS!
Rush: I stood in this spot.
Godwinshelley2: I guess I was there almost exactly a year ago
angel & fox: Is the Psychic Friends Network still at it?
Rush: Opposite the mailbox, there is a wall mural map of the Hawaiian Islands…
Rush: There also for this film.
Nothere: Nope. They didn’t predict their own demise.
Rush: This entrance is still there.
angel & fox: When they de-ranked Pluto, did we have to give up a Hawaiian Island for parity?
Rush: We can note the shor palm trees.
Rush: They are HUGE today.
Godwinshelley2: Yes
Godwinshelley2: The fountain?
MIke n Rachel in DC: Pluto is still a planet in our hearts…
Dona: I agree MnR
angel & fox: As in OURS, MnR!
Rush: If you look VERY closely, you can see little…yes, Angel…TINY…bubbles inside the “crystal ball.
MIke n Rachel in DC: How spooky!
MIke n Rachel in DC: I see…I see…
Godwinshelley2: Maybe they needed those bubbles to not reflect the camera and crew
Rush: When Shelah grabs hold of it in a little while, if you look EXTRA closely…you can see one of the bubbles rising.
angel & fox: Don Ho’s Tiny Bubbles are but pale reflections of Tarnevarro’s lingering brilliance, & Super Windex.
Dona: They have a crystal ball like that at Disneyland in the Haunted Mansion
hounder: good thought gs
angel & fox: Do they have Coronavirus? Do they have Corona on tap?
MIke n Rachel in DC: Waterford crystal is notorious for bubbles…perhaps he got his ball in Ireland?
Rush: Tarneverro catches on…
Godwinshelley2: Not Coronavirus – it’s now called the Kung Flu
Rush: See it?
angel & fox: MnR, the PRODUCTION CODE people are on their way NOW to CENSOR YOU!! I’m SHOCKED, shocked i say!!
angel & fox: Can i get a copy?
Godwinshelley2: Weird purse – with the handle in the middle
MIke n Rachel in DC: Angel: no no no
Rush: yes to the purse.
angel & fox: *takes bows*
Phil has joined this room
Rush: maybe it was a forearm strap.
Godwinshelley2: Not staging
Rush: PHIL!
Godwinshelley2: nice staging
Phil: Aloohhhaaa
Rush: Greetings!
Godwinshelley2: Hello Phil
hounder: hi phil
angel & fox: GS—Everybody SHOULD be Kung Flu fighting, then, right?
MIke n Rachel in DC: Aloha, Phil!
Cdirus: Hi Phil!
Dona: Hi Phil
Phil: hahah Thought I was dead didn’t ya?
Nothere: Hi Phil
Rush: happy you could make it, Phil!
Rush: WELCOME!
angel & fox: Phil, we had called the Corona-ers!
Nothere: No but we were going to sick the FBI CIA and KGB on you.
Phil: Good to see everyone. I’ve missed you guys.
Rush: Only if you were Phil LYDIG!
Rush: How have you been?
Phil: What’s our time gang?
hounder: we’ve missed you
Godwinshelley2: Nice swim jacket – very deco
Godwinshelley2: 14:30
Godwinshelley2: 14:35
angel & fox: Notty: the ULTIMATE 3=ring circus!
Rush: 14:40
Godwinshelley2: 14:45
Rush: 14:50
Rush: 15:00
Godwinshelley2: 15:00
Rush: Tears picture…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Dead men tell…
angel & fox: Gonna rock it up! Gonna rip it up!
Godwinshelley2: 15:15
Rush: Angel: 🙂
Phil: 12..
Godwinshelley2: 15:30
Rush: Some Stray Cats…
angel & fox: Impudent wench.
Rush: 15:45
Godwinshelley2: 15:45
Rush: Unlucky phone number…
Godwinshelley2: 16:00
Nothere: Never give an impudent wench a wrench.
MIke n Rachel in DC: 1313 Lucky phone number?
Phil: I’m good. Thank you so much.
angel & fox: Rush—“Bob” had to pay EXTRA to get those digits!!
MIke n Rachel in DC: 711 was taken I guess
angel & fox: I love her DRESS. Maybe could make a tablecloth out of it for my ’74 Hornet.
Nothere: Bela Dwight named after a death metaphor. Are we sure this isn’t a horro?
Cdirus: Nice move by Chan
Rush: Yes.
Nothere: Is your Hornet green Angel?
Rush: The fountain in the background…not there anymore.
Phil: Famous Hungarian Bela Lugosi
Rush: Kashimo.
Nothere: Clue
MIke n Rachel in DC: Famous japanese?
Rush: Yes, Phil.
Phil: No..crue
PaulM: spend more time hunting for nothing to do. LOL
angel & fox: Notty, my Hornet awaits in my dreams! But oh, yes, it’ll mock turtles & do 0-60 in 45…minutes.
hounder: spend more time hunting for nothing to do.
Rush: There’s the gong, Matt…
hounder: i think they were wise to replace kashimo
Phil: Indeed
Rush: Otto Yamaoka: Kashimo
angel & fox: I still miss the two tiny girls from “Mothra”.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Otto didn’t have a lot to work with in this script
MIke n Rachel in DC: Agreed, AF
Nothere: I don’t know why Charlie is so mean to the guy. Kashimo whatever faults he may have follows Chan’s orders with great energy and enthusiasm.
Phil: The word NT is “alacrity.” I never get to use that word.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Definite Eager Beaver, NT
angel & fox: “Willkie will start throwing things”—and this was when he was still an Indiana lawyer in New York!
Rush: Note the break here.
Rush: In the film.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Dr.Cream?
angel & fox: I’m voting for Kashimo in the primaries.
Rush: I think that was cut from the movie.
Phil: That’s his name, I couldn’t remember it for the life of him.
Nothere: Oh look at Phil showing off his lexicon. His nice big lexicon.
Rush: I have a feeling Julie may have said something like: “Oh, my God!” and they saw the need to cut that.
Phil: Cue the can.
Matt1: <tin can>
angel & fox: This “lexicon”. Can you describe it?
MIke n Rachel in DC: NT, it’s not how big one’s lexicon is, it’s how you use it…er…
Rush: Chan has a grave expression.
Matt1: Don’t let Charlie drive!
Rush: Angel…that’s a convention of Lex Luthor fans.
Rush: Great scene here.
Len Freeman: Like CC’s driving skill
Rush: Yes!
angel & fox: How many minutes do the various CC’s drive in the series?
Rush: Total?
Phil: Hold the mayo
Rush: Not much!
Matt1: lol
MIke n Rachel in DC: Now me and road turn corner same time
angel & fox: Rush: I’m gonna use THAT (Lexicon) on my gamer friends!!
Rush: “At first, I’m pretty bad driver; but now, me and road turn corner same time.”
Rush: Angel…:)
angel & fox: Crushed, possibly, with alacrity!
Rush: Or…panache…
angel & fox: Rush, i’m gonna use THAT one (me & road turn corner same time) on my PASSENGERS!!
Rush: This is the second appearance of Oland as Chan.
Rush: We can see how he still develops the character.
angel & fox: Searching for coconut droppings.
Rush: We can hear the distinctive sounsd of the doves that live in Honolulu area.
Phil: Wow, you can see the texture in the sole of that shoe.
angel & fox: Arthur Murray was here.
angel & fox: Yes can!!
Nothere: Yes Angel I can dictionary.
Rush: GREAT shot here.
Nothere: So what was the serial we saw before Green Hornet?
hounder: one of my favorite lines. death is a black camel that kneels at every gate
Phil: The old lights out trick.
Rush: The “lights out” moment.
angel & fox: Notty, i stand on the dictionary. I can reach the preserves that way. Even the Federal preserves.
Rush: YES!
Nothere: Ah yes the old light switch maneuver.
Phil: Not so old since this is what…one of the newer CC films?
Rush: Scratched cheek.
Phil: Charlie ain’t in the mood.
angel & fox: I’m going to try that hand-patting thing with EVERYBODY!
hounder: return assaullt with compound battery
Rush: The actress playing Miss Dixon in the background is presently a mystery.
Rush: unknown.
Nothere: Returning to the subject of refining the formula. Charlie is grouchy in this one.
angel & fox: In his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
Rush: At this moment, he is.
Rush: No remaining patience!
Godwinshelley2→Godwinshelley2: Jewelry “and nothing else”
angel & fox: THIS is IMPEACHABLE impudence!!
MIke n Rachel in DC: It seems in this one he’s supposed to be a detective focused on the job–not as much “personality”
Rush: Noticed Julie’s quick move with her hand then?
Rush: When the ring was mentioned.
angel & fox: Slight of brain AND hand.
Nothere: Ah now Kash is really showing Alacrity.
Rush: Dr. Cream…
angel & fox: Notty,
Phil: No, he’s showing that they had METH back then.
Godwinshelley2→Godwinshelley2: Weird – I seem to have been chatting in private with myself – don’t know how I managed that
Rush: a decade later…
Godwinshelley2 has left this room
MIke n Rachel in DC: Phil: LOL
angel & fox: Phil: they WERE using CRYSTAL at the beginning.
Godwinshelley2 has joined this room
Rush: MYSTERY, GS!
Matt1: How was the conversation GS?
Godwinshelley2: There – I was set to private conversation
Rush: Marjorie White: Rita Ballou
Nothere: Welcome back God. I hope you found yourself as charming a conversationalit as we do.
Len Freeman: Time of job replacement for Kashimo…
Rush: She was in “Charlie Chan carries On” as the gangster’s wife.
Rush: Yes, Len!
Matt1: A Wife!
MIke n Rachel in DC: I used to chat with myself too. My therapist has helped a lot with that.
Nothere: Ms. Chan’s superpower revealed.
angel & fox: Len, i do fear you’re correct. To which lower-level series might we devolve him?
Rush: YES!
Rush: “Sport model jackass!”
angel & fox: U.R.Zebra, the famous rapper?
Rush: 🙂
Nothere: Well Mike God. As the wise man say. Fear not man arguing with statue. Fear man losing argument with statue.
Phil: Gee, how did we know that was going to happen.
angel & fox: He drove a sport model Jackass, i believe, at the 2018 Grammys.
Rush: Julie and Tarneverro both hide evidence!
hounder: zebra sport model jackass….. i used this line several timesat work
Len Freeman: CSI Oahu?
Rush: James Wang: Wong the Cook
Nothere: My soufflé has been attacked by the chocolate mouse.
MIke n Rachel in DC: NT, always a silver lining
MIke n Rachel in DC: Wait! Wang is Wong?
angel & fox: Hounder, i’ll bet it’s versatile AND indestructible, weatherproof too. Yes? Yes, and yes?
angel & fox: Wang Wong, right; right, Wong.
Rush: ‘Even bagpipe will not speak when stomach is empty.”
Godwinshelley2: Overcoat in Hawaii??
Nothere: Wang or Wong you;ll never go wrong following him.
Phil: Yeah…an overcoat in Hawaii.
angel & fox: Isn’t that Winston Churchill’
Godwinshelley2: Not a raincoat
angel & fox: s ash?
Rush: Well…when you are in a stage production…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Shoo everyone
angel & fox: *murmur murmur murmur*
Nothere: Yes. She’s drunk. It was my evil twin brother the house is haunted any other explanations you want? I got plenty.
Rush: I will not be here next Monday evening….Is there anyone, or one’s, who can fill-in next Monday night?
angel & fox: That’s when they started Kung Flu fighting.
Nothere: So sorry, can not gaurente my own presence.
Rush: As the Chat happens, my wife and I will be en route back home on a plane.
Phil: I think I’m going to start wearing a sash. Red on Tuesdays. Maybe blue on Fridays.
Nothere: Hopwfully from somewhere fun Rush.
hounder: i can try, but can’t guarntee rush
MIke n Rachel in DC: The DC Duo can fill in, Rush
Rush: Very good!
MIke n Rachel in DC: We’ll likely both be here, but at least one could be
Rush: It can be a “team effort.”
Rush: TYSM!
Rush: (Bowing…)
angel & fox: Phil, Churchill’s sash was blue. I’ll bet you could borrow his from the Churchill Society (of which i AM a member, no joke!); that’d half-cover you, heh heh heh?
Nothere: So what is film?
Phil: CC in London next week.
Rush: And, by the way…a belated Happy Chinese New Year to ALL…!
hounder: thanksm n r. with my luck somethong would come up to prevent me
angel & fox: MnR, thank goodness for youse!!
Rush: Yes…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Especially to any Rats who are present!
Rush: “London” next week.
Nothere: Never mind the sash. Where do you get the ridiculously large medal?
Rush: Things are often a bit exaggerated visually on stage.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Rush, will you post the link for the Hornet episode?
Rush: Yes…
angel & fox: Medal by Ridiculous Lee of Hong Kong.
Rush: it will be located above our Chat Room, as it is now.
Nothere: Chapter 4
angel & fox: A bit histrionic, eh?
Rush: Also, I will send it out via our weekly email…
Phil: Liar Liar pants on fire.
Rush: Then…they are free to leave.
angel & fox: Damn. I’m innocent.
angel & fox: She’s a potted plant, eh?
MIke n Rachel in DC: Mr. Smith is in another Chan film… *scratches head*
angel & fox: Nothing gets past our Charlie.
Len Freeman: The poor artist is one of my favorite characters in this film
Rush: That’s a pretty big address!
angel & fox: Turn rabbit loose.
Rush: “Sandy spot, any beach, Honolulu.”
angel & fox: Rush, he’s got his own zip code.
Phil: Equivalent to let caged bird sing
angel & fox: Future generations will be unable to read that note: cursive.
Rush: “Always happens – when conscience tries to speak, telephone out of order.”
angel & fox: How DARE you!!
Rush: For continuity, this scene has to be happening at night.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Full moon…
Rush: Their first spat.
hounder: sandy spot any beach honolulu
Rush: Yes, M/R.
Rush: Luanna.
Rush: Rita Rozelle: Luana
Phil: Tomorrow never comes
MIke n Rachel in DC: Any relation to Pete, Rush?
Rush: No.
Rush: MAYBE!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Who knows?
Phil: If his clothes are that dirty I wonder what the rest of him smells like.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Super Bowl Sunday approaches…could be great Chan timing!
Rush: Stranger things have happened!
Rush: phil: :0
Rush: This is a Hollywood set.
Rush: (Where the shot was fired.
Nothere: Well folks this is where I leave you. May a camel never pee in your oasis, or at least until I am Nothere again.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Would it have been possible that a hut like that would be on a Hawaiian beach?
Phil: Shot in back…holds stomach. Odd.
Len Freeman: unite NH
Rush: The Chan family at breakfast.
Godwinshelley2: Who was the report card boy?
Rush: Number One Daughter is played by Bo Ling.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Bo Ling?
Rush: Bo Ling’s father was none other than E.L. Park….
Rush: Chan in “Behind That Curtain.”
Godwinshelley2: Ah – the previous Chan
Godwinshelley2: Punchbowl hill?
Rush: Shot on Prospect St. on Punchbowl Hill.
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Rush: The exact spot can be found today.
Rush: Changed considerably, but there.
angel & fox: Mistake Hornet for Bat Man!
Rush: 🙂
Godwinshelley2: Had some roads rained out and covered with mudslides when I visited – didn’t get the big island tour
Godwinshelley2: Did get to see the Royal Hawaiian
Rush: The Honolulu Public Library.
angel & fox: We’ll mmiss Kash when he’s gone.
angel & fox: Very prettay.
hounder: ni i won’t angel
Len Freeman: GS, Did you get to the Chinese Cemetery?
Rush: Louise Mackintosh: Librarian
Len Freeman: Chang Apana’s grave?
angel & fox: Hounder, that’s because YOU have FRIENDS.
Godwinshelley2: hankerchief dress
MIke n Rachel in DC: Is that the pattern, GS?
Godwinshelley2: Len – no we didn
Godwinshelley2: didn’t
angel & fox: “Los Angeles” with HARD “G” yet!!
Godwinshelley2: Looks like it has the hankerchief hem on the to[p
Rush: Yes!
Len Freeman: It’s a bit up the hill from Hale Koa etc territory
Godwinshelley2: top
Rush: “Loss Ang-less”
angel & fox: Lemme guess: now we search for typewriter.
Godwinshelley2: Well I guess I’ll have to go back again
Len Freeman: Someone had done a shaky iPhone walk up to the grave and put it on Youtube… which we were able to follow to it.
Godwinshelley2: ok
angel & fox: I’m gonna start telling the people i’ve told to pound sand, to bite pie now.
Dona: lol
Rush: “Learn from hen – never boast about egg until after egg’s birthday.’
hounder: good line rush
angel & fox: Len, was the shaky iPhoner still there, passed out?
Rush: CC types like I do.
angel & fox: Didn’t anybody clean their o”s back then?
Rush: Not on THAT typewriter.
angel & fox: CC was an early anti-smoker.
Len Freeman: Not that we could see… but never know…
MIke n Rachel in DC: Ironic for Werner Oland
Phil: I was wrong, he’s not on meth. He’s obviously demon possessed.
Rush: They probably used actual hotel guests as these “extras.”
MIke n Rachel in DC: PCP Phil…
angel & fox: They should have used Lava (L-A-V-A, L-A-V-A) on the typewriter.
angel & fox: “Do you think there’s room enough for us both in the cup?”
Rush: This lady, mary Gordon, is also in “Dark Alibi.”
Godwinshelley2: Mrs Hudson in Sherlock Holmes movies
MIke n Rachel in DC: Ah…thought she looked familiar, GS
Godwinshelley2: She is in a ton of movies
Rush: Actually: “Shadows Over Chinatown”
Rush: She also appears briefly as a Prison Matron in “London.”
angel & fox: He’s his own brother?
Rush: Watch the crowd reaction soon!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Poor security at the Royal Hawaiian
MIke n Rachel in DC: Influx from beach
Rush: Looked like they were told when to run into the scebne!
Rush: The boy in front sort of hammed it up.
MIke n Rachel in DC: The kid on the right always cracks me up
Rush: YES!
Rush: Locals uesed as extras.
angel & fox: He’d better be—SHOVELING off!
MIke n Rachel in DC: He might possibly still be alive…
Godwinshelley2: Rush – have you ever done “Murder by Death” – as a fun sideline? – maybe Halloween?
Rush: maybe.
Rush: I saw that one LONG ago.
angel & fox: DIE, already, whydoncha??!
Godwinshelley2: Peter Sellers is fun
Rush: he needs to point the accusing finger first.
Rush: “Mr. Smith”…Murray Kinnel…appears in several CC films.
Rush: He’s in “London” next week.
Phil: Cue the can.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Murder by Death was one of our first dates. 🙂
Matt1: <tin can>
angel & fox: “Penetrating criticism”!
Rush: TYSM, Matt…
Rush: second one…
hounder: you re under arrest
Rush: This is the same office we saw on “Eran Trece”
MIke n Rachel in DC: Charlie is exasperated with dumb superior
Rush: recall the grillwork in the window?
Rush: Yes, Mike.
angel & fox: Chan on a “heeling” mission.
Rush: AH! Telltale scratches.
MIke n Rachel in DC: In “Rio” this is a slapstick scene. Here it’s serious.
Phil: Now THAT was a tricky knife throw
Rush: Not too unlike his “Dracula” role!
MIke n Rachel in DC: So he WAS Renfield?
Rush: Similar “personality.”
Phil: yup
Rush: Yes, Mike!
MIke n Rachel in DC: heh heh yes master heh heh
Rush: TWO “Dracula” actors in this one.
Rush: 🙂
Phil: Master and slave
Rush: Proposal.
MIke n Rachel in DC: lovebirds
Phil: Yeah, like I said, master and slave.
angel & fox: Master is the short one with the bobbsy haircut.
Len Freeman: They had played wonderfully off of one another in Dracula… wonder if that had an impact in their both being in this one…
Rush: Possibly, Angel!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Hm…but they didn’t get much scope for that in this one Len
Phil: This chief of police really needs to calm down.
MIke n Rachel in DC: He has this thing for shoes
Phil: Oh so you’re one of those types huh?
Dona: lol
Rush: There are now scratches all over the house, now!
Rush: Mrs. Denny Mayo.
Rush: Arthur Mayo.
Len Freeman: Big reveal scene
angel & fox: Cat-scratch fever!!
Rush: Yes…The Chief will say…”Hold the Mayo…”
MIke n Rachel in DC: ouch
Rush: Could not resist.
angel & fox: Rush,
Godwinshelley2: Hold the Mayo sounds like a Jeopardy question for the Chan film clue
Rush: He is nuts. How would he have gotten away?
angel & fox: MAYO IN PICKLE—CHAN RELISHES SUCCESS—World Is His Oyster!
Rush: CLUE!
Rush: “Save for next case…”
Dona: save for next case
Godwinshelley2: Nice ukulele music
Phil: Are all these people idiots? One guy confesses to a crime he didn’t commit. Another guy wants to share in the punishment.
Rush: Yes,,,\
Len Freeman: Save for next case⁄!!
Rush: Exit music.
MIke n Rachel in DC: <kids-yeah>
Rush: Sadly cut short.
Matt1: <yeeeeee-haw>
angel & fox: My estimate of Sheila Fayne has tumbled precipitously.
hounder: lots of fun. thanks.
Rush: it actually goes on for theentire “Aloha ‘Oe.”
Len Freeman: Nite all… CU next week
MIke n Rachel in DC: Good night Len
Rush: Okay, everyone!
angel & fox: CU, Len!!
Rush: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
Matt1: Good night folks and have a great week…..Safe travels, Rush!
MIke n Rachel in DC: Thanks for another great evening.
Rush: Have a great time next week, please!
Dona: Than you Rush!
Godwinshelley2: so Rush – what’s the plan for next week
hounder: best of luck with closing rush
angel & fox: They can hold hands in the Chair.
Rush: Sorry i cannot be here.
angel & fox: Fare the wells!! till next time!!
Rush: i have only missed a handfull over thwenty years.
Godwinshelley2: Who is running the show then
Phil: Good seeing you all. See you next week in London. Safe travels rush.
MIke n Rachel in DC: So Rush, we just greet and start movies? That’s the gig?
Rush: (20)
Dona: We will miss you rush
Cdirus: See you all next week. Have a safe trip Rush!
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Rush: Thank you…
hounder: nite ll.
Rush: have a happy…SAFE week, everyone…
MIke n Rachel in DC: G’night Hounder
Rush: i thank you ALL again.
Rush: GREAT night.
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Godwinshelley2: OK so I guess you are covered next week then
Rush: I guess so!
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Rush: Just be ready gor the unexpected…
Rush: But mainly… HAVE FUN!
Godwinshelley2: Well I might drop in early to check and then circle back before the film starts
Rush: Okay.
MIke n Rachel in DC: haha…ok. That would be great, GS. Some experience. 🙂
Godwinshelley2: Travel safe
Rush: remember the serial starts at 7:40-ish.
Godwinshelley2: OK – will keep that in mind – I should be back from yoga by then
Rush: TY, GS1
MIke n Rachel in DC: Safe travels, Rush! Right…serial around 7:40 feature at 8:15, right?
Rush: Yes, Mike.
Godwinshelley2: And will you send out the mail
Rush: Perfecto.
Godwinshelley2: email
Rush: Yes.
Rush: i will.
Godwinshelley2: good
MIke n Rachel in DC: OK. We got this. *high fives Rachel*
Godwinshelley2: have a great week all
Rush: Please check your mail.
Godwinshelley2: night
MIke n Rachel in DC: Cheers!
Rush: Mike, do you get our emaol?
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Rush: (email)
MIke n Rachel in DC: Yes…you mean the weekly announcements?
Rush: Yes.
Rush: Good.
MIke n Rachel in DC: Yep.
Rush: I appreciate the assist!
Rush: GREATLY!
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MIke n Rachel in DC: It will be fun. “King (and Queen) for a day.”
Rush: Nice!
Rush: Yes, have Rachel type a few lines!
MIke n Rachel in DC: OK. we’ll keep the ship sailing until you return, Rush!
Rush: Thank you….
Rush: SO MUCH!
MIke n Rachel in DC: No problem.
Rush: Till then…
Rush: Take care…
Rush: have a great rest of the evening…
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Rush: I have to go and see how the family’s day went…
Rush: Good night, Paul and Angel…
angel & fox: gnite!!18:32
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