The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for December 16, 2024
Feature: The Sky Dragon
Chat Number: 1,286
Extra:
What you Didn’t Know about the Amazing DC-3!
Participants:
Barbie Dahl
Godwinshelley
Lollipop (hounder)
Matt
Mercy
Nothere
Rich in Maine
Rush
tenman
Ziah
12-16 15:17
Rush:
TYSM, Matt!
12-16 18:30
Matt:
Hello Ziah!
Welcome back!
12-16 18:31
Ziah:
Hi Matt! Thanks. Things are tricky for me now with the time zone I’m in. But I’m making the effort tonight XD
How are you?
12-16 18:31
Matt:
Very good, thnx…..How is the trip going?
12-16 18:32
Matt:
Is it 1:30-2:30AM there?
12-16 18:32
Ziah:
I’ve moved back to the UK permanently now. I got here in August. All big changes for me, but I’m settling in.
It’s just gone 12.30am here
12-16 18:33
Matt:
Very good and all the best.
12-16 18:34
Ziah:
Thanks! Have you been on any more adventures and travels since the summer? You’d just got back from a long cruise last time we spoke.
12-16 18:34
Matt:
I leave in 20 days for our World Cruise….116 days/4 months!
12-16 18:35
Ziah:
Wow! That will really be something!
Any particular highlights in the places you’ll be stopping off?
12-16 18:35
Matt:
Our bucket list…..logistically tough wrapping our minds too
12-16 18:36
Matt:
We head west, so our big places of interest are NZ, Aust. Cape Town, etc
12-16 18:37
Ziah:
Yes, I imagine logistics for being away from home for that long would be quite complicated. What an incredible experience that will be though!
12-16 18:37
Matt:
And the Med, though we’ve been there before
12-16 18:37
Ziah:
Always worth seeing again!
12-16 18:37
Matt:
Yes
12-16 18:38
Matt:
We’re trying to figure out if we’ll need the new UK ETA for Gibraltar
12-16 18:39
Ziah:
Of course, that sort of thing is much more complicated since Brexit.
12-16 18:40
Matt:
Yes, we’re getting mixed answers, so we may just do it and play it safe
12-16 18:40
Ziah:
Probably for the best!
12-16 18:41
Matt:
Rush will be out tonight….will you be staying for the film?
12-16 18:41
Matt:
The extra tonight looks interesting, but it does run 22 min, so we’ll need to start that real soon
12-16 18:42
Ziah:
I’ll definitely stick around for the extra, but I may get too sleepy for the film itself! Have I missed anything in the world of Chan since I’ve been away? This is the first chat I’ve made the effort to stay awake for since August!
This is the last week of term at my school, so I don’t mind ruining my sleeping pattern too much!
12-16 18:42
Matt:
lol, I understand…..Not much excitement here though
12-16 18:43
Matt:
Here is the extra:
12-16 18:43
Ziah:
I check in on the message boards every so often, but they’ve been very quiet of late.
Looks interesting!
12-16 18:43
Matt:
Holidays do that, I think
12-16 18:43
Ziah:
Of course
12-16 18:44
Matt:
Shall we beging?
12-16 18:44
Ziah:
Yes, I’m ready when you are.
12-16 18:44
Matt:
15 seconds
10
5
GO!
12-16 18:48
Matt:
Hello Rush!
12-16 18:48
Rush:
Hi! TYSM Matt for taking over tonight!
12-16 18:49
Matt:
Of course…..Look who popped in!
12-16 18:49
Ziah:
Hi Rush! Long time no see!
12-16 18:50
Rush:
I am at my daughter’s choir performance which will start soon.
Hello, Ziah!!!!
12-16 18:50
Matt:
Should be a special night….Best of luck to her!
12-16 18:50
Rush:
How have you been?
12-16 18:50
Ziah:
How are you Rush? Hope you enjoy the concert!
Settling slowly into UK life again. It’s all been big changes.
12-16 18:50
Rush:
TYSM!
12-16 18:52
Rush:
Enjoy the last film in the Chan series tonight, as well as the extra about the plane type we see in the movie
12-16 18:52
Ziah:
Enjoying it right now. Really interesting so far, and nicely presented too.
12-16 18:52
Matt:
I’ll be traveling next week, so Merry Christmas
12-16 18:52
Rush:
I can imagine the changes in your life, Ziah!
12-16 18:53
Ziah:
Reverse culture shock is a real thing! Getting there slowly.
Lovely to be back near my parents.
12-16 18:53
Rush:
Take care, and have a great chat tonight! See you next week!
12-16 18:53
Matt:
I can imagine Ziah
12-16 18:54
Rush:
Good night…
12-16 18:54
Ziah:
Have a great week Rush!
12-16 18:54
Matt:
Take care Rush and ENJOY!
12-16 18:54
Rush:
You as well!
12-16 18:56
Matt:
Interesting sleeping berth with window
12-16 18:56
Ziah:
They look very comfortable too!
12-16 19:02
Nothere:
Look up in the sky. Its a bird. Itt’s a plane. IT’s a dragon! Run for your lives!
12-16 19:02
Matt:
Hello Nothere!
12-16 19:02
Ziah:
Hi NT
12-16 19:03
Matt:
We’re almost done with our extra for the evening
12-16 19:03
Nothere:
Hello all. Funny for some odd reason I;’m just starting:)
12-16 19:04
Matt:
Hello Lollipop!
12-16 19:04
Nothere:
Hey Lollipop
12-16 19:05
Nothere:
Fly one for the Gipper.
12-16 19:05
Lollipop:
Hi there. It’s hounder. Not sure how to change my login on the phone.
12-16 19:05
Ziah:
Hello hounder
12-16 19:06
Matt:
lol, Hello Hounder!
12-16 19:06
Nothere:
Hey hound.
12-16 19:06
Lollipop:
I’m just checking in tonight. I’m getting flooring starting tomorrow and the computer is put up.
12-16 19:06
Nothere:
A whole 12 passengers? We can all go.
Hey God.
12-16 19:06
Matt:
Hello GS!
12-16 19:06
Godwinshelley:
Evening all
12-16 19:06
Ziah:
Great extra. Thanks Matt. Fascinating how little some aspects of the aircraft have changed.
12-16 19:07
Nothere:
Good to see you for a mmoment anyway Loli.
12-16 19:07
Matt:
Informative extra tonight, thnx to Rush
12-16 19:07
Godwinshelley:
I need to cue up my dvd – brb
12-16 19:07
Ziah:
Yes, very interesting.
12-16 19:07
Matt:
Me too!
12-16 19:08
Lollipop:
I’m not loving chatting from my phone. The keyboard is small.
12-16 19:08
Matt:
lol
12-16 19:09
Nothere:
A plane with beds. Scandalous.
12-16 19:09
Lollipop:
Have a great week. See y’all next week.
12-16 19:09
Matt:
Please cue your film to the opening title
12-16 19:09
Ziah:
Ready over here!
12-16 19:09
Matt:
Here is the film, in case you need it:
12-16 19:10
Godwinshelley:
I’m cued
12-16 19:11
Nothere:
Hey Barbie
12-16 19:11
Matt:
Hello BD!
12-16 19:11
Nothere:
Hey Rich
12-16 19:11
Matt:
Hello Rich!
12-16 19:11
Rich in Maine:
Greetings all…I’m back !
hiya Barbie, GS, Matt, Ziah
12-16 19:12
Matt:
Heeeeeeee’s Baaaaack
12-16 19:12
Ziah:
Hi Rich! Hello everyone.
12-16 19:12
Rich in Maine:
always hate being away from my Chan fix
12-16 19:12
Matt:
THREE minutes to go
12-16 19:13
Nothere:
GETELMEN START YOUR PLANES!
So Rich you fly in?
12-16 19:13
Rich in Maine:
taxiing to runway now…..but of course NT
12-16 19:13
Matt:
TWO minutes to go.
On a DC-3?
12-16 19:14
Rich in Maine:
actually an Airbus 
12-16 19:14
Matt:
ONE minute to go.
12-16 19:14
Barbie Dahl:
Hello GS, Nothere, Ziah, Matt, Rich👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
12-16 19:14
Matt:
45 seconds……
12-16 19:15
Barbie Dahl:
I’m cued and ready!
12-16 19:15
Rich in Maine:
hello tenman
12-16 19:15
Nothere:
Hi Ten
12-16 19:15
Matt:
30 seconds…..
12-16 19:15
tenman:
Hola!
12-16 19:15
Matt:
15 seconds…..
12-16 19:15
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Tenman👋🏻
12-16 19:15
Matt:
10….
5….
GO!
12-16 19:15
Nothere:
Takeoff
12-16 19:16
Matt:
Hello Tenman!
12-16 19:16
Nothere:
So Matt as you have hosting duties does someone else need to take can duties?
12-16 19:16
Rich in Maine:
I see Superman in the clouds
12-16 19:16
Barbie Dahl:
I only have one can…
12-16 19:16
Matt:
I can manage, but always happy for some help!
12-16 19:16
Nothere:
Mustache? Arrest him.
12-16 19:16
tenman:
Trying this on my kindle for the 1st time. Putting up a Christmas tree. Can’t see the list Of the dramatis personaE In the chat tonight
12-16 19:17
Barbie Dahl:
12-16 19:17
Nothere:
Well I am Nothere Ten:)
12-16 19:17
Matt:
Rush is at a Christmas choir his daughter is performing in
12-16 19:17
tenman:
Lo!
12-16 19:18
Godwinshelley:
Nice to see Lee
12-16 19:18
Matt:
Our last Winters/Chan of the year
12-16 19:18
Rich in Maine:
Keep an eye out for drones!
12-16 19:18
Matt:
Hey, Lois!
12-16 19:18
Nothere:
AS for the rest of us welcome aboard Fly by Your Pants airlines. Please leave your trays up during barnstorming, and inform your stwardess if you want to wingwalk.
12-16 19:18
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Lois👋🏻
12-16 19:18
Nothere:
Lois is hot on the story.
12-16 19:19
Rich in Maine:
Are we in first class or economy tonite?
12-16 19:19
Nothere:
Its a plane lady it dose’t matter whos sight shes in.
With 12 seats economy is first class.
12-16 19:20
tenman:
I’m having coffee too stewardess to go with my Christmas cookies
12-16 19:21
Nothere:
Wanda Lafern? Sure it is.
12-16 19:21
Rich in Maine:
Wanda LaFern and her pigeons act
12-16 19:21
Matt:
No tea for the Chans
12-16 19:21
Godwinshelley:
On planes – maybe it wasn’t an option
12-16 19:22
Nothere:
This plane is a lot less roomy than most we see. The one in Treasure Island was practically its own airport.
12-16 19:23
Barbie Dahl:
Right? Huge!
Lee lost his landmarks
12-16 19:23
Nothere:
Thats more than 12 seats. No dc3 here. Must be a dc 5
12-16 19:23
Barbie Dahl:
Good thing Lee has been studying!
12-16 19:24
tenman:
Yes rather convenient isn’t it
12-16 19:24
Barbie Dahl:
I think Lee did it!😝
12-16 19:25
Nothere:
Drugged? Maybe should have figured that one out before drinking it.
12-16 19:26
Nothere:
And try not hitting flocks of birds or oddly shapped cluds.
12-16 19:27
Matt:
12-16 19:27
Ziah:
TYSM Matt
12-16 19:29
Mercy:
👋👽
12-16 19:29
Matt:
Hello Mercy!
12-16 19:29
Mercy:
Barbie! 👋❤️
Matt 👋❤️
12-16 19:30
Matt:
BB!
12-16 19:30
Nothere:
Hey Mercy however belated.
12-16 19:30
Rich in Maine:
Lt. Mike always ready
12-16 19:30
Nothere:
BB’s head in clouds without plane.
12-16 19:31
Barbie Dahl:
Hey hey Mercy👋🏻
Time check for Mercy
12-16 19:31
Mercy:
Nothere 👋❤️
❣️♥️
12-16 19:31
Nothere:
Best guess1615
12-16 19:32
Matt:
16:25
16:35
12-16 19:32
Barbie Dahl:
Glad you could make it, Mercy, the chan.org chat is fun!
12-16 19:32
Mercy:
👍
12-16 19:32
Nothere:
Someone call Perry White and have him hold the presses.
12-16 19:33
Matt:
Lt Mike!
12-16 19:33
Barbie Dahl:
This is the guy who sounds just like Milton Berle…
12-16 19:33
Mercy:
I’m tired today. Did more driving today than I have in awhile
12-16 19:33
Barbie Dahl:
Ooof!
12-16 19:33
Mercy:
How are u doing, Barbie?
12-16 19:33
Godwinshelley:
Holiday preparations, Mercy?
12-16 19:33
Barbie Dahl:
Hopefully you can stay up for this one. I’ve never seen The Sky Serpent before.
12-16 19:34
Mercy:
None here shelley
I haven’t seen it either
12-16 19:34
tenman:
Is that Lois lane?
12-16 19:35
Godwinshelley:
Noel Neill?
12-16 19:35
Ziah:
Only the second viewing for me.
12-16 19:35
Nothere:
Correct Ten and God.
12-16 19:35
Barbie Dahl:
I’m OK, was beat. Stayed up 39 hours straight between a toy drive/donner Frida and the toy give away Saturday morning and then volunteering at a big dinner Saturday afternoon and night.
12-16 19:35
Nothere:
And who says thief in right mind?
12-16 19:35
Barbie Dahl:
*Toy drive/DINNER
12-16 19:35
Nothere:
Had a busy weekend there Barbie.
12-16 19:36
Mercy:
Wow, Barbie! That’s great! 👏
12-16 19:36
Barbie Dahl:
Oh, yeah. Slept almost all day Sunday
12-16 19:36
Mercy:
Was wondering why i haven’t seen u around lately
12-16 19:37
Barbie Dahl:
My friend and I dressed up in costumes she had… I was Olaf the Snowman and she was Bumble, the Abominable Snowman from Rudolph
12-16 19:37
Mercy:
🤣👍
12-16 19:37
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, Mercy, I was busy during both of Billy’s Saturday shows, missed the matinee and the double feature
12-16 19:38
Mercy:
I wasn’t feeling well over the weekend so I only checked the discord
12-16 19:38
Barbie Dahl:
Mercy and I know each other from a YouTube channel we both frequent called Billy’s Joint and some Old Time Radio channels, too.👍🏻
12-16 19:39
Godwinshelley:
Noel is 4 years away from being picked up to be in Superman television program replacing Phyllis Coats
12-16 19:39
Mercy:
♥️❣️❤️❣️
12-16 19:39
Nothere:
Sorry to hear that Mercy. Hopefully you feel better.
12-16 19:39
Mercy:
💖
12-16 19:39
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, Mercy, hope you’re feeling better now?
12-16 19:39
Nothere:
At all times? That will make showering odd.
12-16 19:40
Barbie Dahl:
I Wanda LaFern, too. Where do you buy those?
12-16 19:40
Nothere:
At the Laplant store.
12-16 19:40
Barbie Dahl:
Nice maribou and silk robe.
Ha! Nothere
12-16 19:42
Barbie Dahl:
I’ve been telling Mercy about this fun chat group you guys have had going on and here he is! So glad you could make it. They’ve been doing this for TWENTY YEARS, Mercy.
12-16 19:43
Mercy:
Wow! That’s amazing!
12-16 19:43
Godwinshelley:
Welcome to our group – we usually view these in order of production
So this is the last of the Roland Winters Chan
12-16 19:44
Barbie Dahl:
After the movie you should check out the menu for TONS of Chan info.
12-16 19:44
Rich in Maine:
big chase music
12-16 19:44
Mercy:
12-16 19:44
Matt:
Rush has spent MANY years creating all this
12-16 19:44
Godwinshelley:
The next couple of films are not part of the usual sets and the first of the year is usually Behind That Curtain which is a special feature on one of the DVDs
12-16 19:44
Nothere:
And for those curious heres some now info. The quarter mill would be worth about 3 mill today.
12-16 19:45
Godwinshelley:
So after we get into January we start our usual rotation with Black Camel – with Bela Lugosi and Dwight Fry!
12-16 19:46
Nothere:
But at the moment we need the Phantom of the Opera.
12-16 19:46
Ziah:
Sorry to only make it to halfway – but it’s nearly 2am where I am and I’m dropping off! Goodnight all. Have a great week.
12-16 19:46
Godwinshelley:
Night Ziah – where are you?
12-16 19:46
Ziah:
In the UK
12-16 19:47
Matt:
Good night Ziah….It was wonderful to see you again!
12-16 19:47
Barbie Dahl:
Night Ziah👋🏻😴💤
12-16 19:47
Godwinshelley:
Ah – yes that would be about right – rest well
12-16 19:47
Ziah:
You too Matt! Hope to make it again next week.
12-16 19:47
Nothere:
Night Ziah
12-16 19:47
Ziah:
Thanks everyone
12-16 19:47
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, Mercy, Rush is our usual host but he is at a Choir presentation his daughter is in tonight.
12-16 19:48
Godwinshelley:
Rush is quite the expert – you learn alot when he is available
12-16 19:49
Nothere:
What about Mr. Jones?
12-16 19:49
Matt:
Rush rarely takes the night off
12-16 19:49
Godwinshelley:
Marie played the gypsy girl in House of Frankenstein I think
12-16 19:49
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, Mercy, and with all the additional information on this site, and Wikipedia, you, too, can become a Chan Maven! (Copyright symbol implied)
12-16 19:51
Nothere:
Not sure God. I’ll have to check later.
Lee as a gunsel. Dosen’t get to do that often.
12-16 19:53
Godwinshelley:
The back on the chair behind Chan is VERY tall
12-16 19:53
tenman:
Done with tree, back on the iMac
12-16 19:53
Matt:
wb Mercy
12-16 19:53
Godwinshelley:
Like Mackintosh chairs from Scotland
12-16 19:53
Nothere:
The gayiety theatre will have to be renamed in a few years.
12-16 19:53
Barbie Dahl:
It’s a convertible, Tenman!😝
12-16 19:54
Mercy:
👍
12-16 19:54
tenman:
I seldom use the Kindle Fire for anything other than reading, but it comes in handy as a portable backup!
12-16 19:55
Barbie Dahl:
Those windows in Chan movies are always dangerous!
12-16 19:55
Nothere:
Fianally a cop complaining about Charlie operating outside his jurisdiction.
12-16 19:55
Barbie Dahl:
12-16 19:55
Godwinshelley:
Never sit with your back to an open window in a Chan film
12-16 19:56
Matt:
12-16 19:56
Godwinshelley:
Almost as exciting as “the walking music”
12-16 19:57
Barbie Dahl:
There’s my can pic, I’m done
12-16 19:57
Nothere:
The document checking scene. Always a thrill.
12-16 19:57
Godwinshelley:
Ah more exciting music
12-16 19:57
Matt:
TYSM BD
12-16 19:57
Nothere:
And a fine one it is Barbie.
12-16 19:58
Barbie Dahl:
😝 gotta love the Smiler!
12-16 19:59
Nothere:
Just wait here. I’ll go get bashed over the head and robbed.
12-16 20:00
Nothere:
Oh I forgot to mention the arson./
12-16 20:00
Barbie Dahl:
Fire!
12-16 20:01
Barbie Dahl:
Those negatives burn nice and smelly
12-16 20:01
Barbie Dahl:
No can for that man 🤣😂
12-16 20:03
Matt:
Hello Paul!
12-16 20:04
Rich in Maine:
evening paul
12-16 20:04
Nothere:
Hey Paul
12-16 20:04
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Paul 👋🏻
12-16 20:05
Matt:
lol BB
12-16 20:05
Barbie Dahl:
Ouch!
12-16 20:05
Nothere:
I took some pictures of native girls. Were planning to go back to see what develops
12-16 20:05
Barbie Dahl:
🙄
12-16 20:06
Nothere:
Long Beach. It’s always Long Beach,
12-16 20:07
Barbie Dahl:
Lots of things happen there. After all, it’s a LONG neach…
*beach, duh
12-16 20:07
Rich in Maine:
“A nervous heart”
12-16 20:11
Matt:
12-16 20:12
Barbie Dahl:
Lee!
12-16 20:12
Matt:
Dropping like flies
12-16 20:13
Nothere:
Good Job Lt. Mike.
12-16 20:15
Rich in Maine:
Yay!
12-16 20:15
Nothere:
<Kids Yeah>
12-16 20:17
Nothere:
Thank you for flying Seat of your Pants airlines. We hope you fly with us again only with 30% fewer murders.
12-16 20:19
Nothere:
Not quite the meaning of bonds of matrimony.
12-16 20:19
Matt:
THE END
12-16 20:19
Barbie Dahl:
Bondage of Matrimony
12-16 20:19
Matt:
<yee-haw>
12-16 20:20
Godwinshelley:
Good bye Monogram series till next year
12-16 20:20
Barbie Dahl:
Yays!
12-16 20:20
Nothere:
<ARRROOOOO>
So ends flight next week we go by boat.
12-16 20:20
Barbie Dahl:
Good night all! Matt, thank you and good night.👋🏻
Good night GS
12-16 20:20
Matt:
Next Week: The Return of Charlie Chan
12-16 20:20
Nothere:
Night Barbie
12-16 20:20
Barbie Dahl:
Night Nothere👋🏻
Night Tenman👋🏻
12-16 20:21
Matt:
I’ll be traveling next week, so a VERY Merry Christmas to all
12-16 20:21
tenman:
Nytol!
12-16 20:21
Barbie Dahl:
Merry Xmas Matt!🎄
12-16 20:21
Matt:
Good night folks and have a wonderful week
12-16 20:21
Nothere:
Hopefully somewhere fun Matt. Bewarte drugged coffee.
12-16 20:21
Barbie Dahl:
Night Mercy, see you at MOR’s?👋🏻
Night Rich!👋🏻
12-16 20:22
Nothere:
Night all
12-16 20:22
Rich in Maine:
merry christmas everyone!
12-16 20:22
Godwinshelley:
Stay safe everyone – check back with you next week
12-16 20:23
Barbie Dahl:
A merry Christmas to all!🎄🎁🎊🎉
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