The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for January 5, 2026
Feature: Behind That Curtain
Chat Number: 1,342
Extra:
(None)
Participants:
Austinchanfan
Charlie Angel
Godwinshelley
Hawaii_Steve
hounder
Louise
Matt
Mike n Rachel in San Jose
Paul Minturn
Rich in Maine
Rush
01-05 18:35
Rush:
01-05 18:44
Hawaii_Steve:
Aloha from a wet and windy Oahu. How are you?
01-05 18:45
Rush:
Good evening, Steve!
Aloha to you!
You have gotten a LOT of rain lately!
01-05 18:45
Hawaii_Steve:
Yes, it’s winter in Hawaii.
01-05 18:45
Matt:
Hello Rush and Aloha, Steve!
01-05 18:45
Rush:
Indeed!
Hello, Matt!
Good evening!
01-05 18:46
Matt:
Happy New Year!
01-05 18:46
Rush:
I hope that you and Steve have had a great New Year so far.
01-05 18:46
Hawaii_Steve:
Aloha Matt. Good afternoon. It’s 2:46 p.m.
01-05 18:46
Rush:
6:46 here in Iowa….
01-05 18:47
Matt:
7:47 here in Florida
01-05 18:47
Hawaii_Steve:
This New Year Eve, there was one firework explosion. Only one person was killed compared to six in 2025.
01-05 18:47
Matt:
I was in bed by 10:30PM
01-05 18:48
Rush:
I had forgotten which Fox disc contains our movie…it is on the “Monte Carlo” disc.
01-05 18:48
Rush:
Wow, Steve!
I actually didn’t hear any fireworks go off in my area this year.
01-05 18:49
Hawaii_Steve:
Most of my Chan DVDs are in storage. I don’t know which disc tonight’s film is on.
01-05 18:50
Rush:
Do you have the Fox DVDs handy still?
01-05 18:50
Hawaii_Steve:
Because the day is open for business, I will be checking out soon.
01-05 18:50
Rush:
Okay.
01-05 18:51
Rush:
Again, it’s side two of the “Monte Carlo” disc, just in case.
01-05 18:52
Hawaii_Steve:
You are correct. I just found the DVD Monte Carlo.
01-05 18:52
Rush:
01-05 18:53
Rush:
Loading mine into the player now…
01-05 18:54
Hawaii_Steve:
For me, I find it difficult to sit through Behind Curtain. I have errands to run.
I will be leaving shortly. So sorry.
01-05 18:55
Rush:
And, thank you, again, Steve for the DVD you sent to me! I received it in today’s mail.
Understood, Steve.
01-05 18:55
Hawaii_Steve:
It a disc of the original VHS recording from 1989. I hope that you enjoy it.
01-05 18:55
Rush:
And, you will be spared the “Punji, Punji…” !
I know I will, Steve!
TYSM, again!
01-05 18:56
Louise:
Good Evening my friends
01-05 18:56
Matt:
Hello Louise!
01-05 18:56
Rush:
Louise!
Good evening to you!
WELCOME!
Happy New Year to you!
01-05 18:56
Louise:
We are all staring of the New Year right with the first Chan
01-05 18:57
Louise:
*starting
Hi GS
01-05 18:57
Matt:
Hello GS!
01-05 18:57
Rush:
Yes…and a look at Boris Karloff in this early talkie!
GS!
WELCOME!
01-05 18:57
Godwinshelley:
Hello all
01-05 18:58
Rush:
Happy New Year to YOU!
01-05 18:58
Godwinshelley:
It’s a Boris evening
01-05 18:58
Rush:
Indeed.
01-05 18:58
Louise:
Hey GS, I was looking yesterday at the photos we took at the Maryland coroner’s office. Fun times!
01-05 18:58
Rush:
01-05 18:58
Hawaii_Steve:
01-05 18:58
Godwinshelley:
Yes Louise – and I still have the coroners office phone number in my contacts – just for fun
01-05 18:59
Matt:
Hello Paul!
01-05 18:59
Hawaii_Steve:
Besides being the first SOUND Chan film, it’s KARLOFF’S first talkie too.
01-05 18:59
Louise:
Hi Paul
01-05 18:59
Rush:
AH! TYSM for verifying that for me, Steve.
I wasn’t sure.
01-05 18:59
Paul Minturn:
hi gang. power went off here about an hour ago. power company predicted 2 hours, but they got it done in about 50 minutes
01-05 18:59
Rush:
Paul! Good evening and a Happy New Year to you!
01-05 18:59
Hawaii_Steve:
Aloha to all recent arrivals.
01-05 19:00
Godwinshelley:
Saw Karloff in “I Like Your Nerve” – another early pre-Frankenstein Karloff – it was on TCM
01-05 19:00
Rush:
That’s good news, Paul!
01-05 19:01
Rush:
So, GS and Louise…I am curious about the visit to the coroner’s office!
01-05 19:01
Matt:
Hello M & R!
01-05 19:01
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Good evening all! Hi Matt!
01-05 19:01
Rush:
M and R in ….San Jose!
01-05 19:01
Paul Minturn:
i recorded a bunch of THIN MAN movies over the weekend.
01-05 19:01
Rush:
WELCOME!
01-05 19:01
Godwinshelley:
It was a Nutshell Murder visit – those shoebox size crime scenes used for teaching detectives from the 20s/30s
01-05 19:02
Rush:
Happy New Year, and how is the trip going?
01-05 19:02
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Very well…all play and no work so far.
01-05 19:02
Rush:
AH! TYSM, GS!
01-05 19:02
Godwinshelley:
01-05 19:02
Matt:
Sounds like a GREAT start to the new year M & R…..Enjoy
01-05 19:02
Rush:
A great way to begin the year, Mike/Rachel!
01-05 19:03
Louise:
Thanks GS. I was going to look that up. I did not get to see it when it was in DC
01-05 19:03
Rush:
“All play” sounds very good!
01-05 19:03
Godwinshelley:
01-05 19:03
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Good food, good wine…and lots of rain. two out of three ain’t bad
01-05 19:03
Rush:
11 minutes to go…
01-05 19:05
Rush:
TYSM for the link, GS!
01-05 19:05
Hawaii_Steve:
The Thin Man series is wonderful. Probably the best detective series produced during the golden age of Hollywood.
01-05 19:05
Rush:
I agree, Steve!
01-05 19:05
Matt:
Cued here!
01-05 19:05
Rush:
I DVRd the showings on TCM.
01-05 19:06
Louise:
And for those who are new here, I made a miniature diorama of Charlie solving a murder in a Hawaiian museum https://flowershowminis.com/2012/03/07/results/
01-05 19:06
Matt:
Hello Rich!
01-05 19:06
Rich in Maine:
evening from the frigid north
01-05 19:06
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Hey Rich!
01-05 19:07
Rich in Maine:
good location Mike!
01-05 19:07
Rush:
NICE, Louise! I remember you talking about this!
01-05 19:07
Rich in Maine:
Hello to GS, Steve, Louise, Matt, & Rush
01-05 19:07
Matt:
Wonderful job Louise!
01-05 19:07
Louise:
It was in 2012, Rush. Time flies!
01-05 19:08
Rush:
WELCOME, Rich!
Happy New Year to you!
01-05 19:08
Hawaii_Steve:
While living in the L.A. area, during the 1980s, I go to meet Myrna Loy. When I asked her for her autograph, she responded with “not that again.” She was sweet.
… got to meet
01-05 19:09
Rush:
How WONDERFUL, Steve!
Did she give you the autograph?
01-05 19:09
Rich in Maine:
Happy New Year, so bummed I missed the Murder by Death
01-05 19:09
Rush:
6 minutes….
Understood, Rich! I was literally on the road that evening.
01-05 19:09
Hawaii_Steve:
Yes, she did. We were attending the Karloff centennial party at the Academy in Beverly Hills.
01-05 19:10
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Cow on wall provide most amusing evening, Rich.
01-05 19:10
Rush:
FIVE MINUTES….
01-05 19:10
Hawaii_Steve:
Mike, not cow, moose.
01-05 19:10
Rush:
In case anyone needs to know, “Behind That Curtain” is on Side Two of the “Monte Carlo” Fox disc.
01-05 19:11
Hawaii_Steve:
Rich, Murder By Death is available on YouTube. Great fun to watch.
01-05 19:11
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
01-05 19:11
Rush:
And, here is the link to an online copy:
01-05 19:11
Rich in Maine:
Yup, I have the video, and the sequel !
01-05 19:11
Rush:
Very good!
01-05 19:12
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Sequel?
01-05 19:12
Rush:
THREE MINUTES….
01-05 19:12
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
There’s a sequel to Murder by Deathj?
01-05 19:12
Hawaii_Steve:
Well… the moose on the wall is telling me that I need to go shopping. Have a great evening everybody. Aloha.
01-05 19:12
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Aloha, Steve. Happy New Year!
01-05 19:12
Matt:
Take care Steve
01-05 19:12
Rush:
Take care, Steve! Aloha!
01-05 19:12
Godwinshelley:
Night Steve
01-05 19:12
Rush:
Ready everyone?
01-05 19:12
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Roughing it with YouTube this evening…
01-05 19:13
Rush:
TWO MINUTES…
Yes, that will work!
01-05 19:13
tenman:
HNY, everyone!
01-05 19:13
Rush:
TM!
WELCOME!
01-05 19:13
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
HNY 10man!
01-05 19:13
Rush:
90 seconds…
01-05 19:13
Matt:
Hello Tenman!
01-05 19:13
Louise:
Ready with YouTube. Too lazy to get my DVD
01-05 19:13
Rush:
75 seconds…
01-05 19:14
Rush:
60 seconds…
50 seconds…
40 seconds…
01-05 19:15
Rush:
30 seconds…
25…
20…
15…
10…
5…
GO!!!
01-05 19:15
Matt:
01-05 19:15
Rush:
Organ music….
Title….
01-05 19:15
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Silent movie relic
01-05 19:15
Rush:
Credits…
01-05 19:15
Rich in Maine:
great music score
01-05 19:15
Rush:
MCMXXIX
“London”
01-05 19:15
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
X:XXX
01-05 19:16
Rush:
Not his acting here.
Note
01-05 19:17
Rush:
“Colonel Beetham…”
01-05 19:19
Rush:
01-05 19:19
Matt:
Yum
01-05 19:19
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
IX:XXX
01-05 19:19
Godwinshelley:
So – for our cookbook – should we divide the recipes by country – or by appetizers, entrees, etc?
01-05 19:20
Louise:
GS: how about the manner of death???
01-05 19:20
Rush:
Country based on the movie?
01-05 19:20
Louise:
*just kidding
01-05 19:20
tenman:
Was out for a min, explaining to my snap buds about silent/sound films.
01-05 19:20
Rush:
AH!
01-05 19:21
Rush:
Start with the concept of “black and white,” TM!
01-05 19:21
Godwinshelley:
There seemed to be some consensus that each film would have a description – with maybe a suggested list of recipes (found later in the book) to use while watching that film
01-05 19:21
Rich in Maine:
by course GS, so apps, entrees, desserts
01-05 19:21
Louise:
and drinks
01-05 19:21
tenman:
God, I would think by course, as I’ll look for desserts lol. Of course the text should contain the relevant movie info
01-05 19:22
Godwinshelley:
Tenman – there is a great documentary on Hitchcock and his TWO versions of “Blackmail” – one silent and one sound – both coming out around the same year
01-05 19:23
tenman:
Yes, I like the idea of the film descriptions/food connections for people to prepare ahead of a viewing!
Interesting, GS. I’ll have to check it out!
01-05 19:23
Rush:
Eve…DON’T MARRY HIM!!!”
01-05 19:24
Godwinshelley:
So this films could have food from London, India, Persia, San Francisco?
01-05 19:24
Rush:
India?
01-05 19:25
Godwinshelley:
Where does she live before she leaves for the desert?
Egypt?
01-05 19:25
Rush:
Good question.
01-05 19:25
Louise:
So many meals from England and their bad food!
01-05 19:26
Rush:
01-05 19:26
Godwinshelley:
Rush – are the descriptions you provide on your webpage written by you or copied from another place – could I use them in the cookbook?
01-05 19:27
Rush:
Of course!
India was just mentioned.
01-05 19:28
Rush:
A BOUNDER!
01-05 19:30
Rush:
Our old friend who appears as “Lake” in “Charlie Chan in London”…
…and as a ship’s steward in “Charlie Chan at the Race Track.”
01-05 19:31
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
‘e was in ‘is loose box, ‘e was
01-05 19:31
Rush:
01-05 19:31
Matt:
01-05 19:31
Rush:
TYSM….Matt…
01-05 19:32
Godwinshelley:
Does it seem slow because there is no background music – or is it just really slow?
01-05 19:32
Rush:
A bit of both, GS.
01-05 19:33
tenman:
I think a large part of it was that sound was so novel they felt voices filled it up
01-05 19:33
Rush:
There we go…they are sailing to India.
You were correct.
01-05 19:34
Rush:
So…India is IN!
Some of my favorite food!
01-05 19:34
Louise:
Not sure they eat in India
01-05 19:34
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night
01-05 19:34
Godwinshelley:
So Chicken Tikka -is one of our recipes – it’s both “Indian” AND British
01-05 19:34
tenman:
lol Louise
01-05 19:34
Godwinshelley:
Night M&R
01-05 19:34
Rush:
“Aviator” styled hat on Eve.
01-05 19:34
Rich in Maine:
each chapter in the book should also suggest proper music
01-05 19:35
Rush:
Hounder!
Good evening! I missed your arrival!
01-05 19:35
tenman:
Looks like a bicycle helmet!
01-05 19:35
Matt:
Hello Hounder!
01-05 19:35
Rush:
Happy New Year to you!
01-05 19:35
Rich in Maine:
sure does Matt
01-05 19:35
Rush:
And…Charlie Angel!
01-05 19:35
Godwinshelley:
Mike – have you done research on operas that were written for other films – like Phantom of the Opera, etc?
01-05 19:35
hounder:
hi everyone. time check please
01-05 19:36
Godwinshelley:
21:00
01-05 19:36
Rush:
21:10
01-05 19:36
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
No, GS. Film music isn’t really in my line of work so Chan/Opera was more a labor of love
01-05 19:36
Godwinshelley:
21:15
01-05 19:36
Rush:
21:20
01-05 19:36
hounder:
sorry to be late. thanks for the time check
01-05 19:36
Rush:
21:30
You are welcome!
No problem about being late!
01-05 19:36
Godwinshelley:
OK – just wondered – I could pull up a list of films with some possible operas if you decide to check it out
01-05 19:37
hounder:
got invited to a party.
01-05 19:37
Rush:
“No one ever knows what lies behind the curtain…”
Very good, Hounder!
01-05 19:38
Godwinshelley:
This occured to me as I watched “Night at the Opera” with the Marx brothers
01-05 19:38
Rush:
Nice scene shift with the globe.
01-05 19:39
Rush:
Nearly “Punji, Punji” time….
01-05 19:39
Matt:
Yikes
01-05 19:39
Rush:
01-05 19:39
Matt:
lol
01-05 19:39
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
( locates cotton for ears )
01-05 19:39
Rush:
01-05 19:40
Louise:
Ear plugs work!
01-05 19:40
Rich in Maine:
India at last
please don’t sign!
sing
01-05 19:41
Rush:
Definitely…a bounder!
01-05 19:41
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
cad
01-05 19:41
Rich in Maine:
time to fast forward
01-05 19:41
Godwinshelley:
Karlaoff
01-05 19:41
Matt:
BK!
01-05 19:41
Rush:
We just heard the first utterance of “Thank you so much” in a Chan movie!
01-05 19:42
Godwinshelley:
But not by a Chan
01-05 19:42
Rush:
One of the two men talking in the earlier scene.
01-05 19:42
Godwinshelley:
Guess we will need a chapter on the different teas – british, indian, chinese, etc.
01-05 19:43
Rush:
The beverages.
01-05 19:43
Godwinshelley:
The cocktail section will be quite extensive
01-05 19:43
Rush:
There are some exact mixtures mentioned.
01-05 19:44
Godwinshelley:
I have a copy of Victor Sen Yung’s cookbook
01-05 19:44
Louise:
He’s a bit of a poet
01-05 19:44
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Yes Rush, and some will have to be extrapolated
01-05 19:44
Rush:
Yes.
01-05 19:44
Louise:
ans sarsaparilla tea
01-05 19:44
Godwinshelley:
Was that in Reno?
01-05 19:44
Louise:
Not sure where Charlie ordered it
01-05 19:45
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
eeeee
01-05 19:45
Rush:
Yow! Here we go….
01-05 19:45
Louise:
LALALALALALALALALALALALALALLA
01-05 19:45
Godwinshelley:
So is this the music recommended with the menu offered for “Behind That Curtain”?
01-05 19:45
Rush:
Can you imagine how this song would haunt Eve for the rest of her life???
01-05 19:45
Matt:
muted
01-05 19:45
Rich in Maine:
NOOOOOOOOOO
01-05 19:45
Louise:
Don’t you dare use this song
01-05 19:45
Charlie Angel:
called away, finally slipping back into seat trying to be inconspicuous, stumbling over a miniature pylon, pitching forward with popcorn flying and MOXIE, The Horrible Beverage, skittering in foamy trail toward lower loge
Are we at (30:30)?
01-05 19:46
Godwinshelley:
Rush it certainly haunts me
31:15
01-05 19:46
Rush:
I am with Eve on the covering of the ears!
Yes, GS!
Shock number two for Eve!
01-05 19:47
Charlie Angel:
MADE IT FOR PUNJI PUNJI PUNJI!!
Milady’s face tells all.
01-05 19:47
Rush:
“Perfect” timing, Angel!
01-05 19:47
Matt:
Make it stop
01-05 19:47
hounder:
yes matt
01-05 19:47
Rush:
She did.
01-05 19:48
Godwinshelley:
How can she walk around barefoot in a country with cobras?
01-05 19:48
Louise:
and scorpions
01-05 19:48
Charlie Angel:
Rush, i couldn’t have missed it! I offered my caller $20 to stay on another 15 minutes, but they knew what film was on.
They’d dialed 555-FILK
01-05 19:48
Matt:
Hello Austin
01-05 19:48
Austinchanfan:
hi fellow chan fans’ and happy belated new years to all’
01-05 19:49
Rush:
ACF!
01-05 19:49
Godwinshelley:
Hello Austin
01-05 19:49
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Hey ACF
01-05 19:49
Rush:
WELCOME and a Happy New Year to you….Angel as well….
01-05 19:49
Charlie Angel:
GS, why would someone leave a cobra country to—-well, you know—-?
01-05 19:49
tenman:
HNY, ACF!
01-05 19:50
Austinchanfan:
hi guys sorry I missed last week but my spouse was in the hospital but all is good now’
01-05 19:50
Godwinshelley:
Oh NO, Austin!
01-05 19:50
Rush:
Sorry to hear that, ACF! Good to know she is doing well!
01-05 19:50
Godwinshelley:
That is not how you start a new year
01-05 19:50
Charlie Angel:
AUSTIN! GREETINGS AND SALADATIONS! PUNJI PUNJI PUNJI !!!
01-05 19:50
Rush:
Please extend our best wishes to her, ACF.
01-05 19:50
Austinchanfan:
yes I’m so glad
01-05 19:50
Charlie Angel:
Blackmailed?
01-05 19:50
Rush:
Yes.
01-05 19:51
Austinchanfan:
they took good care of her’
01-05 19:51
Charlie Angel:
Rush, do we have a Wish Extension tool?
01-05 19:51
Austinchanfan:
I will Rush’
01-05 19:51
Rush:
Wish extension tool?
01-05 19:51
Charlie Angel:
GIVE ME THE NEGATIVE!!
01-05 19:51
Rush:
Very good, ACF.
01-05 19:52
Charlie Angel:
I have to try this guy’s accent.
OHHHHH, now “THE DOCUMENT”!!
01-05 19:52
Rush:
She could divorce due to “Irreconcilable Differences”…to the max!!!
01-05 19:53
Charlie Angel:
Max doesn’t want her either.
01-05 19:53
Rush:
This must be the part of India that later became Pakistan.
01-05 19:53
Matt:
Looks like a Space Balls helmet
01-05 19:54
Charlie Angel:
I LOVE those beaded curtains! Got just one set now, get lots of compliments on them but some strands have worn out & fallen. Gotta order 2 or 3!!
01-05 19:55
Rush:
01-05 19:55
Charlie Angel:
You’d think it’s all about Eve.
01-05 19:55
Rush:
01-05 19:55
Charlie Angel:
WE’RE mad, dude!
01-05 19:55
Austinchanfan:
this film is 97 yrs old
01-05 19:56
Godwinshelley-mobile:
Our first recipe
01-05 19:56
Charlie Angel:
Tikka Tikka? Then we must FLEA!
01-05 19:56
Austinchanfan:
ooh love tandoori chicken
01-05 19:56
Rush:
For all its faults, I have to say the locations and the quality of the scene shots are very nice!
01-05 19:57
Godwinshelley:
And the location shooting in San Francisco is nice too
01-05 19:57
Rush:
And the outdoor locations made with sound equipment back in 1929 is actually pretty amazing.
01-05 19:57
Rich in Maine:
back, laptop did update!
01-05 19:58
Louise:
Ugh, these people are awful
01-05 19:58
Charlie Angel:
Whilst wasting time luxuriously Searching old-movie stuff, i learned that the Sarah Siddon referenced in “All About [REDACTED]” was a real thespian!
01-05 19:58
Austinchanfan:
better quality than the coconuts film I watched on you tube’
01-05 19:58
Charlie Angel:
Why don’t they all just cut left sooner?
01-05 19:58
Rush:
Rich, those updates can come up at the worst times!
01-05 19:58
Louise:
How about tandoori vegetables for the vegans?
01-05 19:59
Rich in Maine:
of course Rush, but internet was wacky until I did it.
01-05 19:59
Charlie Angel:
I feel it there too. But she has such prominent, ah, punjis.
01-05 19:59
Godwinshelley:
I’ll make a note – and anyone want to try out this recipe and report back?
01-05 19:59
Rush:
I see, Rich.
01-05 20:00
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
liar liar pants on fire
01-05 20:00
Rush:
By the way, the recipes above look pretty good.
01-05 20:00
tenman:
I just take any recipe ansd sub out seitan or some other meat sub for the meat in it. It’s pretty simple,. and by addiing a touch more garlic, soy sauce, and a spash of liquid smoke, no one would ever know the diff!
01-05 20:00
Austinchanfan:
yep and I enjoy Indian cusine’
01-05 20:00
Charlie Angel:
Dueling juleps.
01-05 20:00
Godwinshelley:
I’d try the recipe with cauliflower
01-05 20:01
tenman:
I make a great palak paneer
01-05 20:01
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
how about matar paneer?
ah. or palak paneer, 10man
01-05 20:01
Charlie Angel:
Tenman, you have the secret somewhere in there. Watch for aircraft and get a lead box. Then put the secret in the bread box.
01-05 20:02
Rush:
The shaky hand.
01-05 20:02
Austinchanfan:
I like palak paneer
01-05 20:02
Rush:
Right on cue…
01-05 20:02
Godwinshelley:
Anyone who wants to submit a possible recipe, send it to me at mcnealb@hotmail.com
01-05 20:02
tenman:
Do we know what punji means?
01-05 20:02
Rich in Maine:
I confess! I did it! just stop singing
01-05 20:02
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
I think it’s sanskrit for “out of tune” tenman
01-05 20:03
Charlie Angel:
An aeroplane at his disposal.
Just call it a dumpster, your Lardship; we’re all co-conspirators here.
01-05 20:03
Louise:
love her hair
01-05 20:03
Rush:
Mike/Rachel:
01-05 20:03
Charlie Angel:
ENCORE!!
CALL AN AMBULANCE !!
01-05 20:04
Louise:
The “IT Girl” bob
01-05 20:04
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
from such modest beginnings, Rush, came Charlie Chan at the Opera
01-05 20:04
Louise:
kiss her you fool
01-05 20:04
Charlie Angel:
The Reign of Sheets was only rarely interrupted by sheets of rain.
01-05 20:04
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
very cute haircut
01-05 20:05
Rush:
Yes.
Bobbed hair.
01-05 20:06
Charlie Angel:
Bob’s looking for it.
01-05 20:06
Rush:
01-05 20:06
Rich in Maine:
The bell tolls for thee
01-05 20:06
Charlie Angel:
25¢/axle, Axel.
01-05 20:07
Charlie Angel:
The same BORRRRRING moon.
01-05 20:07
Charlie Angel:
He wants a shoulder blade stake.
01-05 20:08
Rush:
01-05 20:08
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
ok. this is lame dialog, but the acting doesn’t help it at all
01-05 20:08
Charlie Angel:
He’ll be wife-rife for life.
01-05 20:08
Rush:
Odd shot there.
Their heads barely above the bottom of the image!
01-05 20:08
Charlie Angel:
CAN’T THEY GET SOME MEXICAN RADIO?
01-05 20:09
Louise:
she’s a tease
01-05 20:09
Rush:
01-05 20:10
Charlie Angel:
A real poonj, Louise.
01-05 20:10
Rush:
This is one of the longest love scenes on record!
01-05 20:10
tenman:
MEXICAN RADIO! LOL
01-05 20:10
Rush:
Camel says it all!
01-05 20:10
Charlie Angel:
EXACTLY, RUSH! I was playing that video just a couple weeks ago!
01-05 20:10
Godwinshelley:
Those are some teeth on that camel
01-05 20:11
Rush:
Horses get spooked!
Eve knows…
01-05 20:11
Charlie Angel:
Watch out for your T-Zones, y’all!
01-05 20:11
Rush:
01-05 20:11
Charlie Angel:
They’re coming to take her away, we hope!
01-05 20:12
Rush:
01-05 20:12
tenman:
My mom smoked camel nonfilters most of her adult life
01-05 20:12
Rush:
Yes, TM?
01-05 20:12
Godwinshelley:
Yea – Boris
01-05 20:12
Charlie Angel:
😆😆😆😆😆
01-05 20:12
Rush:
Karloff.
01-05 20:13
tenman:
I spy with my little eye something taht starts with a B
01-05 20:13
Rush:
His first onscreen words.
01-05 20:13
Godwinshelley:
So what drink was Karloff making?
01-05 20:13
Charlie Angel:
NOTICE the “V” in “XIV” is FLOPPED (heavy stroke should be at left, not right).
01-05 20:14
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
let’s have a drink and sing a few choruses of “pungi pungi”
01-05 20:14
Charlie Angel:
Tell us, GS!
01-05 20:14
Rush:
M/R….:)
01-05 20:15
Charlie Angel:
They’re BOTH PITH’D.
01-05 20:15
Charlie Angel:
That’s SHERLOCK HOLMES’ SLIPPER, minus the GOOD STUFF!
01-05 20:15
Rush:
The long reach of Scotland Yard…
01-05 20:16
tenman:
Yes, punji punji does seem to eb a drinking song!
01-05 20:16
Charlie Angel:
They’re gonna grab him by his very attractive KNEES.
01-05 20:17
Rush:
“I order obeyment!”
01-05 20:17
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
I am obeymenting, sahib
01-05 20:17
Charlie Angel:
Just order more SAND, Mustafa.
01-05 20:18
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
perhaps the learned gentlemen will go pound sand
01-05 20:18
Charlie Angel:
I wouldn’t wanna be in HIS dress.
01-05 20:18
Rush:
Why would he need sign language? He heard Col. Beetham’s clap.
01-05 20:18
Charlie Angel:
MnR: It IS to be DEVOUTLY HOPED.
01-05 20:19
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
de plane, boss. de plane
01-05 20:19
Charlie Angel:
🤣
01-05 20:19
Rush:
M/R:
01-05 20:21
Godwinshelley:
Because usually when you say … “Can I explain – the killer is – …..” it doesn’t go well for you in Chan films
01-05 20:21
Rush:
Yes, GS!
01-05 20:21
Charlie Angel:
How many hounds had to dye for that SUIT?
01-05 20:21
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
she’s been eves dropping?
01-05 20:21
Godwinshelley:
So good thing he said not right now
01-05 20:21
Charlie Angel:
AVALANCHE!!
01-05 20:21
Rush:
M/R:
01-05 20:22
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
get lolipop, he’ll find the horse
01-05 20:23
Rush:
01-05 20:24
Louise:
aww, love
01-05 20:25
Rush:
San Francisco
01-05 20:25
Charlie Angel:
She rented a tent, she rented a tent, she rented she rented she rented a tent. Get over it!
01-05 20:25
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
we are closer to Charlie’s big scene
01-05 20:25
Rush:
That little kid would be at least 96 years old today!
01-05 20:26
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
She was so upset she rent her tent in pieces
01-05 20:26
Charlie Angel:
😆😆😆😆😆😆
They can’t even spell CLAUS.
01-05 20:27
Rush:
01-05 20:27
Charlie Angel:
Clock running backwards!
01-05 20:27
Rush:
The ferry “Santa Clara” seen in the arrival scene.
01-05 20:27
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
outed at his lecture! egad!
01-05 20:27
Rush:
Unhappy elevator customers!
01-05 20:28
Godwinshelley:
If she would just give the letter to the police, she wouldn’t have to worry about him following her
01-05 20:28
Charlie Angel:
OH! I didn’t THINK Santa CLAUS was a ferry!
01-05 20:28
Rush:
She would have some nice things to tell about HIM as well!
01-05 20:28
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
dude, your acting is getting on Rachel’s nerves. we’re even.
01-05 20:28
Matt:
That job must have it’s ups & downs
01-05 20:28
Rush:
01-05 20:28
Godwinshelley:
You can’t fool me – there ain’t no “Sanity Clause”
01-05 20:28
Rush:
01-05 20:28
Charlie Angel:
You’ve made your Marx here, GS!
01-05 20:29
Godwinshelley:
Ha
01-05 20:29
Rush:
I have to say, this film definitely spawns many choice jokes!
01-05 20:29
Charlie Angel:
“Eve” looks (here anyway) a little like Peggy Olson from Mad Men.
01-05 20:29
Rush:
“Can anyone work this elevator?”
01-05 20:29
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
we could use the Monogram “walking music” for this scene!
01-05 20:30
Rush:
Charlie Chan….finally!!!
E.L. Park.
01-05 20:30
Matt:
Pop!
01-05 20:30
Rich in Maine:
does the maid speak Chinese?
01-05 20:30
Godwinshelley:
Mike we MUST get that as a ring tone for when Rush calls us
01-05 20:30
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Chinese cops! Charile!
01-05 20:30
Charlie Angel:
LIVIA? Livia SOPRANO?!!
01-05 20:31
Godwinshelley:
So Charlie is breaking and entering along with theft
01-05 20:31
Rich in Maine:
CC but no sons
01-05 20:31
Rush:
Not yet.
01-05 20:31
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
…yet, Rich. No kids yet.
01-05 20:32
Charlie Angel:
Where, where?
01-05 20:32
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Siri, call the Cosmopolitan Club
01-05 20:32
tenman:
I do thnk Charlie got far more screen time in Murder By Death than he does in this film!
01-05 20:33
Charlie Angel:
SHE’S gonna bring a COSMOPOLITAN CLUB of her own. With a lead slug in it.
01-05 20:33
Godwinshelley:
Bee n tbere
been there
01-05 20:33
Rush:
A familiar Chinatown corner?
01-05 20:33
Godwinshelley:
Very
01-05 20:33
Rush:
YES!
01-05 20:34
Louise:
always the matchmaker
01-05 20:34
Godwinshelley:
That “Walking Music” was used in Monogram films – so it’s probably public domain –
01-05 20:34
Rush:
Possible son?
No.
01-05 20:34
Charlie Angel:
You’d think “PUNJI PUNJI PUNJI” would have had time to get on every Victrola store’s outside speaker by now.
01-05 20:34
Rush:
He called him “Mr. Chan.”
01-05 20:34
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Chop Suey Boogie
01-05 20:35
Charlie Angel:
Hotsy totsy INDEED!
01-05 20:35
Rush:
We see why E.L. Park was not signed to play Chan in any future films.
01-05 20:35
Godwinshelley:
Much like “Perry Mason” – so many murder mysteries are all about REPUTATION
01-05 20:35
Rush:
True, GS.
01-05 20:36
Charlie Angel:
INSPECTOR is presaging Mr.Chameleon, who had a similar and at least equally pedantic slogan.
Saints preserve us!!
01-05 20:36
Godwinshelley:
Not sure what streeet that was
01-05 20:36
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
First source music in a Chan film.
…well, except for Pungi Pungi
01-05 20:36
Godwinshelley:
What about the Punji Punji song?
01-05 20:37
tenman:
Ther Mummu in an earlier adventure
01-05 20:37
Godwinshelley:
though not orchestral
01-05 20:37
Charlie Angel:
PPP will always be 1st 1st 1st in our Hartz.
01-05 20:37
tenman:
*mummy
01-05 20:37
Rush:
Look closely at the audience and you will see “Dr. Cream.”
01-05 20:37
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Karloff rockin’ the turban
01-05 20:37
Rush:
“The desert gives, and the desert takes…away…”
01-05 20:38
Godwinshelley:
Rumor is that Karloff’s father may have been a Egyptian Diplomat
01-05 20:38
Charlie Angel:
Anything you can’t—UNWRAP—in here?
01-05 20:38
Louise:
applause
01-05 20:38
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
It’s never good when your father is “rumored” to be…anyone…
01-05 20:38
Charlie Angel:
PAID AUDIENCE
01-05 20:38
Austinchanfan:
good film
01-05 20:38
Godwinshelley:
Did he rent that tux for this event – can’t imagine packing that in his camel luggage
01-05 20:39
Charlie Angel:
GS, you’ve got the thread of something there.
01-05 20:39
Rush:
There he is!
01-05 20:39
Godwinshelley:
back to bad hats again
01-05 20:39
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Dr. Cream…right behind Eve
01-05 20:39
Rush:
Dr. Cream in the house….
01-05 20:39
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Eve..Cairo?
01-05 20:39
Charlie Angel:
She’s a swell flapper. What’s under the flaps?
01-05 20:40
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
She doesn’t flip her flaps, Charlie
01-05 20:40
Rush:
M/R…she’s the first of the two “Eves” in Chan films!
01-05 20:40
Charlie Angel:
NICE editing & insertions here!
01-05 20:41
Charlie Angel:
Like little tears, my terrific feeling. Oh Mikimoto baby, where are you now?
01-05 20:41
Austinchanfan:
this was longer than other chan films
01-05 20:41
Charlie Angel:
PLOP!
01-05 20:41
Rush:
Chan took care of business.
01-05 20:42
Godwinshelley:
So Eric is just crazy at this point? It’s not like shooting the Col. will stop him from being arrested
01-05 20:42
Austinchanfan:
yep
01-05 20:42
Charlie Angel:
Lee Egypt Oswald!!
01-05 20:42
Rush:
Yes, GS! He was definitely crazy…complete with a twitch!
Angel:
01-05 20:43
Charlie Angel:
He dyes happy.
01-05 20:43
Matt:
01-05 20:44
tenman:
ACF, yes, it is longer, and if it had been made later – even with the same script – it would have been much shorter. Lots of pauses and drawn out speeches. Their timing is still that of a silent film
01-05 20:44
Austinchanfan:
back when this was made india was under British rule
01-05 20:44
Rush:
TYSM…Matt….
01-05 20:44
Charlie Angel:
No.
01-05 20:44
Rush:
They can now marry!
01-05 20:44
Louise:
How careless of Chan!!!
01-05 20:44
Charlie Angel:
We mean Yes.
01-05 20:44
Rush:
This is the oddest way that Chan plays cupid! Killing the former husband!
01-05 20:45
Austinchanfan:
love silent films
01-05 20:45
Charlie Angel:
Walk softly, catcher crazy monkey.
01-05 20:45
Godwinshelley:
Even the ending is unbearably slow
01-05 20:45
Rush:
Yes, ACF!
THE END….
(Applause…)
01-05 20:45
Matt:
<yee-haw>
01-05 20:45
Rush:
As the organ plays the exit music….
01-05 20:45
tenman:
Silents were a world of their own. Different pacing as well as different acting.
01-05 20:45
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Did he ever get a band-aid?
01-05 20:45
Charlie Angel:
PHAR LAPS to PHINISH!
01-05 20:45
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
<kids-yeah>
01-05 20:45
Rush:
Next week…”Eran Trece.”
01-05 20:45
Louise:
the end, coming not too soon
01-05 20:45
Charlie Angel:
A P P L E S A U C E
01-05 20:45
Rush:
(“There Were Thirteen”)
01-05 20:45
Godwinshelley:
Has anyone seen the silent version of this film?
01-05 20:45
Austinchanfan:
I watch silent Sunday on tcm
01-05 20:46
tenman:
Nytol!
01-05 20:46
Rush:
Yes, ACF?
01-05 20:46
Louise:
Nice to see you all at the start of a new Chan year
01-05 20:46
Rush:
I sometimes do as well.
01-05 20:46
Austinchanfan:
not me
01-05 20:46
Charlie Angel:
“13” on the 12th!!!!
01-05 20:46
Matt:
Good night everyone and have a great week
01-05 20:46
Charlie Angel:
See ya real soon!
01-05 20:46
Austinchanfan:
gnite matt
01-05 20:46
Rush:
Thank you ALL so much!
01-05 20:46
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Good evening all. See you next week!
01-05 20:46
hounder:
good night and happy week to all
01-05 20:46
Rush:
A GREAT beginning of the year!
SO MUCH lies ahead on our yearlong journey together!
01-05 20:47
Austinchanfan:
yes good start to 26
01-05 20:47
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Once more, how about a nice rousing “Pungi Pungi” to ring in the New Chan Year
01-05 20:47
Godwinshelley:
So Chicken/Veggie Tikka is our first recipe – with notes about tea
01-05 20:47
Rush:
I think we will have a very fun trip through 2026 together!
01-05 20:47
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy New Year!
01-05 20:47
Rush:
I wish all of you and yours the best of years.
01-05 20:47
Austinchanfan:
you too Mike n rachel
01-05 20:47
Rush:
Have a great week….
01-05 20:48
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
One more lap around the sun for the Chan Clan!
01-05 20:48
Rush:
Be happy…
01-05 20:48
Godwinshelley:
And you are OK with me using your film descriptions in our cookbook
01-05 20:48
Rush:
Have some FUN….
01-05 20:48
Mike n Rachel in San Jose:
01-05 20:48
Austinchanfan:
till next monday
01-05 20:48
Rush:
And…be safe….
01-05 20:48
Godwinshelley:
Stay Safe everyone
01-05 20:48
Rush:
Take care, all….
See you next week!
01-05 20:48
Austinchanfan:
have a safe week’
01-05 20:48
Rush:
The Spanish language version of “Charlie Chan Carries On.”
“Rean Trece”
01-05 20:49
Austinchanfan:
nice
01-05 20:49
Rush:
(ERAN)
01-05 20:49
Austinchanfan:
muy bueno
01-05 20:49
Rush:
Yes.
Complete with subtitles if you have yet to see it.
01-05 20:49
Rush:
Thank you again!
01-05 20:49
Austinchanfan:
yep
01-05 20:49
Rush:
My best to your wife, ACF!
01-05 20:49
Austinchanfan:
nite rush
ty rush’
01-05 20:50
Rush:
Good night….
01-05 20:50
Austinchanfan:
say hi to marie
01-05 20:50
Austinchanfan:
exit stage left”
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