The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for November 24, 2025
Feature: Mr. Wong, Detective
Chat Number: 1,336
Extra:
(none)
Note: Boris Karloff birthday celebration
Participants:
Angel & Foxx
Austinchanfan
Godwinshelley (Godwinshelley 2)
hounder
Mike n Rachel in DC
Paul Minturn
Rush
tenman
11-24 18:36
Rush:
11-24 18:51
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hello Rush!
11-24 18:53
Rush:
Mike and…RACHEL! Good evening!!!!
11-24 18:53
Mike n Rachel in DC:
She’s baaaaack!
11-24 18:54
Rush:
Great to have BOTH of you here tonight!
YES!!!
Are congratulations in order?
11-24 18:54
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Not Dr. Rachel quite yet, but things are coming along
11-24 18:55
Rush:
Very good!
11-24 18:55
Mike n Rachel in DC:
finishing up the 2nd part of the dissertation tomorrow! Then there’s only one section left to write.
11-24 18:55
Rush:
Are you doing anything special for Thanksgiving?
11-24 18:55
Mike n Rachel in DC:
The defense is set for mid-February. After that, if all goes well, it’s official!
11-24 18:55
Rush:
I am sure that one section will be great!
11-24 18:56
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Thanksgiving with Rachel’s family, then a few days off in the mountains to get away from it all. 
11-24 18:56
Rush:
And, the defense will go well, I am sure!
11-24 18:56
Mike n Rachel in DC:
There will be rejoicing when it’s done!
11-24 18:56
Rush:
Indeed!
11-24 18:56
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Defenses are usually the easy part.
11-24 18:56
Rush:
The finish of a long road!
11-24 18:57
Mike n Rachel in DC:
After all, the person who wrote the dissertation is the expert!
11-24 18:57
Rush:
YES!
11-24 18:58
Mike n Rachel in DC:
It’s been a dream for her for a long time. It will be wonderful when it’s done!
We might upgrade to Drs. Mike n Rachel in DC.
11-24 18:58
Rush:
MUCH celibrating will be called for!!!!
11-24 18:59
Rush:
Or…CELEBRATING
I have been out of school too long!
11-24 18:59
Mike n Rachel in DC:
LOL. That too. It looks like Rach will be working on the dissertation while I man the chat keyboard….
11-24 19:00
Mike n Rachel in DC:
I remember taking TYPING class in junior high school and using a real typewriter
11-24 19:00
Rush:
Maybe she can keep an eye on the movie from time to time tonight!
11-24 19:00
Mike n Rachel in DC:
She will. She’s a Karloff fan.
11-24 19:01
Rush:
I guess we all are, really.
11-24 19:01
Rush:
I have always thought he did a great job as James Lee Wong.
11-24 19:04
Rush:
Our daughter…Rachel…is home with us for Thanksgiving for a week.
Great to have her back home for a little while.
11-24 19:06
Mike n Rachel in DC:
That’s great. Is she in college now?
11-24 19:08
Rush:
Yes. First year at Iowa State.
7 minutes to go…
11-24 19:08
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Very good. Does she have a major yet?
11-24 19:08
Rush:
Just us few so far!
11-24 19:08
Mike n Rachel in DC:
A small, but enthusiastic, group!
11-24 19:08
Rush:
Very!
11-24 19:09
Rush:
I am set and ready.
FIVE minutes…
11-24 19:09
Godwinshelley-2:
Howdy all
11-24 19:10
Mike n Rachel in DC:
all set here too. are we starting at the Monogram gong?
11-24 19:10
Rush:
GS and Hounder!
WELCOME!!!!
11-24 19:10
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hey GS & hounder!
11-24 19:10
Godwinshelley-2:
My computer isn’t right – on my phone now
11-24 19:10
tenman:
Hola todos!
11-24 19:10
Rush:
TM!
C’mon in!
11-24 19:10
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hi 10man!
11-24 19:10
hounder:
hi everyone
11-24 19:10
Rush:
Greetings!
11-24 19:11
Godwinshelley-2:
I’m cued
11-24 19:11
Mike n Rachel in DC:
GS, just as long as your phone is Wong, your computer doesn’t have to be right.
11-24 19:11
Rush:
FOUR minutes….
11-24 19:12
Rush:
The link to the online copy…
THREE minutes….
11-24 19:12
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Ah yes. The glass-breaking collection of Chinese instruments
11-24 19:12
Rush:
yes!
11-24 19:12
Rush:
2 1/2 minutes…
TWO MINUTES…
11-24 19:13
Godwinshelley:
I;m in
11-24 19:13
Rush:
TWO GSs
11-24 19:13
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Double trouble?
11-24 19:13
Rush:
90 seconds…
11-24 19:13
Godwinshelley:
Just the one now – will have to wait for it to clear from the system
11-24 19:14
Rush:
75 seconds…
60 seconds…
50 seconds…
11-24 19:14
Angel & Foxx:
We are here AND cued AND on the right movie AND on DVD!! Helleaux!!
11-24 19:14
Rush:
40 seconds…
11-24 19:14
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hola A&F
11-24 19:14
Rush:
30 seconds…
11-24 19:14
Angel & Foxx:
OUR withers are wiggly!
11-24 19:14
hounder:
hi a n f
11-24 19:14
Rush:
25…
20…
11-24 19:15
Rush:
15…
10…
5…
GO!!!
(GONG!)
11-24 19:15
Angel & Foxx:
Imagine how long since MCMXXXVIII!
11-24 19:15
Rush:
Yes, Angel!
11-24 19:16
Rush:
And…welcome….
Paul….WELCOME!
11-24 19:16
Mike n Rachel in DC:
LXXXVI, Angel
11-24 19:16
Rush:
Golden Gate….
Docks of SF….
11-24 19:16
Mike n Rachel in DC:
the Monogram doc k
11-24 19:17
Rush:
Note the plot being the same, basically, as we saw in “New Orleans.”
11-24 19:18
Rush:
this one provided the basis for “Docks of New Orleans” nearly 10 years later.
11-24 19:18
Angel & Foxx:
:i knew YOUPLURAL would understand. 26 years ago when we were partying BECAUSE it was 1999, i put up banners at the A/F Ranch reading WELCOME MM !
Nobody there knew their Roman numerals; many thought Marilyn somebody was coming!
11-24 19:18
Rush:
Perry White!
11-24 19:18
Angel & Foxx:
She could clock a moose with that phone.
11-24 19:18
Paul Minturn:
i’m pretty sure i have all these Mr Wong movies in a collection. i just dont remember if they are HERE or back up in NY.
11-24 19:18
Angel & Foxx:
Why doesn’t she?
11-24 19:18
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Tecnical issues…could I get a time check please?
11-24 19:18
Rush:
Oh, yes! Substantial phone.
11-24 19:19
Paul Minturn:
EVENTUALLY i’ll have them all together and organized
11-24 19:19
Rush:
A “Chinese Parrot”?
11-24 19:19
Godwinshelley:
4:45
11-24 19:19
Angel & Foxx:
Paul, my Wongs are from Alpha Video.
11-24 19:19
Godwinshelley:
5:00
11-24 19:20
Rush:
Lee TunG Foo…an old friend of ours.
11-24 19:20
Mike n Rachel in DC:
TYSM, GS. All caught up.
11-24 19:20
Rush:
Very good!
11-24 19:20
Angel & Foxx:
Boris’s head looks shrunken. Did he use Lux Flakes?
11-24 19:20
Paul Minturn:
Imfamy! Imfamy! they all have it In For Me!
11-24 19:20
Godwinshelley:
this is 1938 – Perry looks the same here as in the 1957 television Superman
11-24 19:20
Rush:
Note how Wong holds his cigarette…European style.
11-24 19:21
Angel & Foxx:
He didn’t age a day from MCMXXXVIII till MCMLVII!
11-24 19:21
Mike n Rachel in DC:
“He sleeps well who dines well”
11-24 19:22
Rush:
Good aphorism.
11-24 19:22
Angel & Foxx:
Boris’s robe is a BIT TIGHT in the BACK!!!
—If we do sa
y so!
11-24 19:23
Rush:
That’s because he’s wearing the Wong one, Angel!
11-24 19:23
tenman:
Don’t sign it! I got a bad feeling bout this!
11-24 19:23
Angel & Foxx:
That Kent kid isn’t even gonna make Earth till MCMXL or MCMXLIII
11-24 19:23
Rush:
Here comes that bad clause…
11-24 19:24
Angel & Foxx:
Their aftershave? New Tetragene!
11-24 19:24
Rush:
11-24 19:25
Angel & Foxx:
Perry gets fitted for a slight paunch.
11-24 19:26
Rush:
“….And, don’t call me CHIEF!”
11-24 19:26
Angel & Foxx:
Formula Man needs to budget for a nose job.
11-24 19:26
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Right, chief
11-24 19:26
Angel & Foxx:
Around HERE we threaten people with PUNS.
11-24 19:26
Rush:
11-24 19:27
Rush:
In this version, he wasn’t paid for the formula.
11-24 19:27
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Perry was obviously a welcher
11-24 19:28
Rush:
Seems so.
11-24 19:28
Angel & Foxx:
When he stands up, there’ll be a Seinfeldian “Poppie” moment as it’s found, on the chair, he left KARL MARKS.
11-24 19:28
Mike n Rachel in DC:
<tin can>
11-24 19:28
Rush:
TYSM….Mike…
11-24 19:29
Angel & Foxx:
Mr.Dayton is REAL late.
11-24 19:30
Rush:
Yes, Angel….
11-24 19:30
Angel & Foxx:
So NO Karl marks?!!!!
A 5-shot!
11-24 19:30
Rush:
11-24 19:31
Rush:
“Siddown…”
11-24 19:31
Angel & Foxx:
DEAN OF PHYSICS
That’s like being DUKE OF EARL around here.
11-24 19:32
Rush:
Different here from the Chan version.
11-24 19:33
Rush:
The present lab work.
11-24 19:33
Godwinshelley:
I’d be pissed they asked me such stupid questions – why even answer
11-24 19:33
Angel & Foxx:
Where does everybody here tonight, get good potash? Asking for a criminal.
11-24 19:33
Rush:
Yes, GS.
11-24 19:33
Mike n Rachel in DC:
pot? several good dispenseries here in DC…
11-24 19:34
Angel & Foxx:
SPELL “hiccough.” SPELL “diaphragm.”
11-24 19:35
Angel & Foxx:
MnR 😆😆😆😆😆😆
He FLATTENS me.
11-24 19:35
Rush:
It is a way of monotonous questioning that sort of deadens the concentration and when an important question is asked, the questioned person is not aware and might spout a clue.
11-24 19:36
Angel & Foxx:
Her CHEMICAL ROMANCE
11-24 19:36
Rush:
“Siddown….please.”
11-24 19:36
Godwinshelley:
But why even answer – There is no benefit to the quy who is getting questioned I’d rather wait in a cell than do that stuipd stuff
11-24 19:37
Rush:
I guess the questions didn’t work.
11-24 19:37
Angel & Foxx:
Siddhartha could never siddown. Cuz he never stood up!
11-24 19:37
tenman:
O like her
*I
11-24 19:37
Rush:
Angel:
11-24 19:41
Austinchanfan:
good evening all sorry for my tardyness
11-24 19:41
Angel & Foxx:
ACF, welcome!
11-24 19:42
Austinchanfan:
ty
hi all’
11-24 19:42
Godwinshelley:
It’s Karloff celebration tonight
11-24 19:42
Rush:
Good evening, ACF!
11-24 19:42
Angel & Foxx:
TALLULAH-STYLE smoking!
11-24 19:43
Godwinshelley:
Did you know Boris shares the same birthday as his daughter?
11-24 19:43
Rush:
We have the link to the movie if you scroll up, ACF!
11-24 19:43
Austinchanfan:
is that Sarah?
11-24 19:43
Godwinshelley:
Yes, Sarah
11-24 19:43
Rush:
GS, I believe I heard that on the “This is Your Life” tribute to Karloff!
11-24 19:44
Angel & Foxx:
Is it bauxite? Nobody ever uses bauxite.
11-24 19:44
Godwinshelley:
Sarah goes to a few film shows – I’ve run into here at Monster Bash
11-24 19:44
Rush:
Parade here of vintage cars…
11-24 19:44
Angel & Foxx:
Car needs new shocks or springs.
11-24 19:45
Angel & Foxx:
You can’t wing Wong, lady.
11-24 19:45
Mike n Rachel in DC:
the suona
11-24 19:46
Mike n Rachel in DC:
the erhu
the parrot
11-24 19:46
Angel & Foxx:
There’s a SANDY KOUFAX up the street, or there will be by MCMLXI.
11-24 19:46
Rush:
The horn?
11-24 19:47
Mike n Rachel in DC:
the horn is a suona
the bowed string instrument is the erhu
11-24 19:47
Angel & Foxx:
The Toto Koto!
11-24 19:47
Rush:
My all-time favorite pitcher, Angel! I used to see him play at Dodger Stadium when I was a kid.
11-24 19:47
Angel & Foxx:
GIVE THAT BOID A SARDINE!
11-24 19:47
Rush:
Success!
11-24 19:48
Angel & Foxx:
Are YOU implying Wong wrong, DUUUUUDE?
11-24 19:49
Angel & Foxx:
Baron von Kronk?
11-24 19:49
Rush:
As I said earlier, I have always liked Karloff’s Wong!
11-24 19:49
Angel & Foxx:
How does a guy get to BE a dowager in this town?
11-24 19:50
Austinchanfan:
had no idea the man who was perry white from superman was in this film
11-24 19:50
Rush:
“Cochina.”
Yes!
11-24 19:50
Angel & Foxx:
Step up . . . Step up . . . to the smooth taste of KRONKS!
11-24 19:50
Rush:
He got killed off early.
11-24 19:51
hounder:
..
11-24 19:51
Angel & Foxx:
Yeah, ACF! He appears elsewhere in the Chan Canon too!
11-24 19:51
Rush:
Notice that the delivery person didn’t speak.
11-24 19:51
Angel & Foxx:
Yeah, R.I.P. Perry:; not 10 minutes in.
11-24 19:51
Rush:
He would have had to have been paid more if he had!
11-24 19:52
Angel & Foxx:
Carl has the same handwriting as my mom.
11-24 19:54
Rush:
HM!
Siren.
11-24 19:54
Angel & Foxx:
Sounds almost YUMAN!
11-24 19:54
Rush:
Ready the can….
11-24 19:55
Angel & Foxx:
Clearly the Men Without Hats were not in this adventure.
11-24 19:55
Mike n Rachel in DC:
<tin can>
11-24 19:56
Rush:
TYSM…Mike….
11-24 19:56
Angel & Foxx:
I LOVE when folks vouch.
MILKMAN?
11-24 19:57
Rush:
11-24 19:58
Angel & Foxx:
Guys wouldn’t be wearing earrings till MMXI
11-24 19:58
tenman:
Beg to differ. I had one in the 80s
11-24 19:59
Rush:
11-24 20:00
Angel & Foxx:
I figured, tenm, and i dabbled then. I used current era for a more exciting Roman numeral.
11-24 20:00
tenman:
lol
11-24 20:00
Angel & Foxx:
THEY’RE gonna party like it’s 1899.
11-24 20:01
Angel & Foxx:
I like E.G. Robinson for this phone call.
11-24 20:01
Austinchanfan:
lol Angel and foxx
11-24 20:01
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Mysterious Hands
11-24 20:01
hounder:
yes a n f
11-24 20:01
Angel & Foxx:
🥳🥳🥳
11-24 20:03
Austinchanfan:
I think in many ways Karloff was underated as a actor as he had alot of depth to his performances
11-24 20:03
hounder:
yes af
11-24 20:03
Austinchanfan:
late in his career one of his best performances was in targets directed by Peter bogdonovich
11-24 20:04
Godwinshelley:
Yes – I consider that his last film – even though he did those films in Mexico
11-24 20:05
Austinchanfan:
agreed shelley
11-24 20:05
Godwinshelley:
It must have been something to see him on stage –
11-24 20:07
Godwinshelley:
He played Captain Hook in the broadway “Peter Pan”
11-24 20:07
Rush:
yes?
11-24 20:08
Austinchanfan:
I would of loved to have seen him on broaway
broadway
11-24 20:08
Rush:
Yes. That would have been a real treat!
11-24 20:08
Godwinshelley:
11-24 20:09
Austinchanfan:
good makeup jpb
11-24 20:09
Angel & Foxx:
WOWZA!
11-24 20:10
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Karloff as a stage actor in a dramatic role would be wonderful. I bet he was a real presence.
11-24 20:10
Angel & Foxx:
Ready the TC!
11-24 20:10
Godwinshelley:
11-24 20:10
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Not so sold on Capt. Hook, but he looks cool in the makeup
11-24 20:11
Rush:
WOW!
11-24 20:11
Angel & Foxx:
He was working at his house one day
In the married married month of May
11-24 20:11
Rush:
Siren….Get the can ready….
11-24 20:11
Angel & Foxx:
DAMN, they need suspension work!
11-24 20:12
Mike n Rachel in DC:
<tin can>
forgot to can Mr. Meisl
11-24 20:13
Rush:
TYSM…Mike…
11-24 20:13
Angel & Foxx:
But it’s MOYDAH!
11-24 20:13
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Sadly, I don’t have Matt’s extensive can library…
11-24 20:14
Austinchanfan:
when I think of cans it reminds me of top cat
11-24 20:14
tenman:
11-24 20:14
Austinchanfan:
wait that was garbage cans
11-24 20:14
Godwinshelley:
The indisputable Leader of the Gang
11-24 20:15
Austinchanfan:
if I recall it was only on one season
phil silvers voiced top cat
11-24 20:15
Rush:
Ah!
11-24 20:16
Godwinshelley:
I thought Arnold Stang??
11-24 20:16
Austinchanfan:
oh wait your right is was Arnold stang
11-24 20:16
Rush:
Here is the Karloff version of the “abduction” scenes.
11-24 20:17
Godwinshelley:
Though the cartoon has a Sgt Bilko flavor
11-24 20:17
Mike n Rachel in DC:
cough cough
i….feel….
11-24 20:18
Austinchanfan:
yes Benny was Maurice gosfield who was in sgt bilko
11-24 20:19
Rush:
Here is the “power of suggestion” part.
11-24 20:19
Angel & Foxx:
It’s a gas gas gas!!
11-24 20:20
Rush:
In this version, it is Wong who captures the gang members.
11-24 20:22
Rush:
But, what if the police didn’t use their sirens?
11-24 20:23
Godwinshelley:
Yea!! Boris
11-24 20:23
Godwinshelley:
We get more of him at the beginning of the year
11-24 20:23
Angel & Foxx:
TAKE ‘EM, BOYS!!
11-24 20:24
hounder:
thanks for the fun. wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving.
11-24 20:24
Rush:
“Very clever…”
To you as well, Hounder!
11-24 20:24
Mike n Rachel in DC:
<kids-yeah>
11-24 20:24
Angel & Foxx:
All cops should call all frails “SISTER”!
11-24 20:24
Rush:
Mine is not over yet…
11-24 20:24
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Happy Birthday, Boris!
11-24 20:24
Rush:
YES!
11-24 20:24
Godwinshelley:
And Sarah too
11-24 20:24
Rush:
“Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff!”
11-24 20:25
Angel & Foxx:
Chairman Mao lost weight?
11-24 20:25
Godwinshelley:
And what’s up next week?
11-24 20:25
Rush:
“Just a cup of tea….”
11-24 20:25
Austinchanfan:
happy birthday Boris Karloff
11-24 20:25
Rush:
THE END
(Applause…)
11-24 20:25
Angel & Foxx:
And an IPECAC to YOU!!
11-24 20:25
tenman:
Loverly!
11-24 20:25
Mike n Rachel in DC:
It’s a wrap!
11-24 20:25
tenman:
Nytol!
11-24 20:25
Rush:
A very good Monogram movie, IMHO.
11-24 20:25
Austinchanfan:
agreed
11-24 20:25
Angel & Foxx:
YAY!!! Yes, splonDEED! Till next thyme!!
11-24 20:26
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, all
11-24 20:26
Rush:
Next week: “The Golden Eye”, as we enter the month of December!
11-24 20:26
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Time to go gold-digging
11-24 20:26
Rush:
Have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving, everyone!
11-24 20:26
Godwinshelley:
Stay safe – and have a great Thanksgiving
11-24 20:26
Austinchanfan:
happy Thanksgiving all
11-24 20:26
Godwinshelley:
Night all
11-24 20:26
Rush:
I am thankful for all of you being here so faithfully each week!
Thank you!
11-24 20:27
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Thanks for a great evening. We’ll see you post-turkey!
11-24 20:27
Austinchanfan:
we love being here
11-24 20:27
Rush:
Take care, everyone!
11-24 20:27
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Agreed, ACF!
11-24 20:27
Austinchanfan:
tc all and if you traveling be safe
11-24 20:27
Rush:
have a happy time with family and friends!
Be safe….see you next Monday!
11-24 20:27
Mike n Rachel in DC:
11-24 20:28
Rush:
Good night, everyone!
11-24 20:28
Austinchanfan:
see you next Monday
11-24 20:28
Rush:
My best to Rachel as she nears that doctoral finish line!
See you later, ACF!
11-24 20:28
Rush:
Have a good rest of your evening!
Good night…
11-24 20:29
Austinchanfan:
congrats rachael
bring it home
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