The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for December 29, 2025
Feature: The Return of Charlie Chan
Chat Number: 1,341
Extra:
(None)
Participants:
HonoluLou
hounder
Louise
Mike n Rachel over Iowa
Rush
Steve Custer
tenman
12-29 18:43
Rush:
12-29 18:48
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Hi Rush!
12-29 18:49
Rush:
Good evening, Mike and Rachel!
“Over Iowa”?
Are you flying above us?
12-29 18:49
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
We are flying to CA for a concert!
12-29 18:50
Rush:
And you are able to text as you fly?
12-29 18:50
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Airline WiFi seems to be cooperating
12-29 18:50
Rush:
Which flight are you on?
I can look it up on “Flight Radar”
12-29 18:51
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Marvel of modern technology.
12-29 18:52
Rush:
Yes! Once, Mrie and daughter, Rachel were flying from Chicago to San Diego, and their flight passed directly over our home!
12-29 18:52
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Southwest 2369
DCA to Las Vegas
12-29 18:53
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
We’re waving but it’s pretty dark lol
12-29 18:53
Rush:
You passed near Des Moines, and are nearing Nebraska.
12-29 18:54
Rush:
Where in California will you be?
12-29 18:54
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Ah. About halfway it seems.
12-29 18:54
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
San Jose mostly, with a trip to Sonoma
12-29 18:55
Rush:
I see your flight goes to Las Vegas.
12-29 18:55
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
(Obligatory stop in San Francisco too)
12-29 18:56
Rush:
Nice area.
12-29 18:56
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Yes. We catch a flight to San Jose there.
12-29 18:56
Rush:
I hope that you will have good weather.
12-29 18:56
Rush:
You will be passing near Omaha.
12-29 18:57
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
We love northern CA. Have never really seen SoCal, but would love to see LA and San Diego sometime.
12-29 18:57
Rush:
If you are on the left side of the plane you may see its lights in the distance soon.
12-29 18:58
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Nothing yet but we’ll look.
12-29 18:58
Rush:
SoCal is really BUSY and fast-paced!
12-29 18:58
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
So we’ve heard. And expensive!
12-29 18:59
Rush:
Oh, YES!
Quite!
12-29 18:59
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Of course SF isn’t exactly a bargain hunters paradise either…
12-29 19:00
Rush:
SF can be pricey, yes.
You are now leaving Iowa….
12-29 19:00
Rush:
Soon to fly over Fremont, Nebraska.
12-29 19:01
Rush:
You are at 34,000 feet, traveling at 507 mph.
12-29 19:01
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Hm. Might have to revise our name.
12-29 19:01
HonoluLou:
Greetings Folks!
12-29 19:01
Rush:
LOU!
Greetings!
12-29 19:02
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Hi Lou!
12-29 19:02
Rush:
Mike and Rachel are currently flying to Calif. as we “speak.”
12-29 19:02
HonoluLou:
Want to thank the both of you for all the work on the Newsletter. It’s gonna be a big one. M&R flying to CA, WoW for NYs?
12-29 19:02
Louise:
Hi Chan Clan
12-29 19:02
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Hi Louise
12-29 19:02
HonoluLou:
Hi Louise.
12-29 19:03
Rush:
Louise!
WELCOME!
12-29 19:03
Louise:
M&R: I am envious. I love California. lived there 13 years
12-29 19:03
Rush:
Where did you live there, Louise?
12-29 19:04
Louise:
Santa Monica
12-29 19:04
Rush:
I am sure you once told me….
12-29 19:04
hounder:
hi everyone.
12-29 19:04
Rush:
AH!
12-29 19:04
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
For a concert, Lou…but also to hang with a dear friend (and former student of mine).
12-29 19:04
Rush:
Hounder!
12-29 19:04
HonoluLou:
Hi Hounder.
12-29 19:04
Rush:
Welcome to the end of our year’s journey!
12-29 19:04
Louise:
That’s why. Rush, It was easy for me to get to San Diego to meet you!
12-29 19:04
HonoluLou:
Mike are you performing or attending your student/friends concert?
12-29 19:05
Rush:
And the Comicon!
12-29 19:05
hounder:
i hope everyone had a great Christmas
12-29 19:05
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
We’re headed north..,San Jose and then Sonoma.
12-29 19:05
Louise:
Hi hounder, hope your was fine
12-29 19:05
Rush:
We did! Thank you! I hope that yours was a good one as well!
And, I hope that for all of you!
12-29 19:05
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
We’re performing in his concert. Guest conductors!
12-29 19:06
Louise:
Quiet Christmas here: son is in Ireland for the year
12-29 19:06
hounder:
nice ! m n r
12-29 19:06
HonoluLou:
Same here. Except somehow I got stuck cooking the turkey and a ham.
12-29 19:06
Louise:
What kind of m music, Mike
12-29 19:06
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Very merry Christmas in DC
12-29 19:06
Rush:
Nice!
I hear that there is a LOT of snow on the East Coast!
12-29 19:07
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Some small ensembles, Mozart and Borodin
12-29 19:07
Rush:
8 minutes….
12-29 19:07
HonoluLou:
Guest Conductor, nice! Didn’t Jerry Lewis do that once?
12-29 19:08
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
I think we are fleeing just before the snow hits, Rush.
12-29 19:08
Rush:
6 1/2 minutes….
12-29 19:08
HonoluLou:
As a comedy skit of course.
12-29 19:08
Louise:
We had snow in Jersey, about 2 inches, upstate New York got lots more
12-29 19:09
Rush:
Good, Mike/Rachel!
6 minutes…
12-29 19:09
tenman:
Hola todos!
12-29 19:09
Rush:
TM! Good evening to you!
12-29 19:09
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
12-29 19:09
HonoluLou:
Greetings TM.
12-29 19:09
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Hey 10man
12-29 19:10
Rush:
There is the link to our movie online….
12-29 19:11
HonoluLou:
My daughter and I just finished The Wild, Wild West series tonight. So in honor or Ross Martin, thought I’d join in!
12-29 19:11
Rush:
Apologies for any…less than nice commercial…that may come up at first.
12-29 19:11
tenman:
One of my favorites back in the day!
12-29 19:11
Rush:
NICE, Lou!
12-29 19:11
Godwinshelley:
Greetings all
12-29 19:11
Rush:
GS!
WELCOME!
12-29 19:12
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
We will exit when the movie starts. Between slow WiFi and phone size screen it’s a challenge.
12-29 19:12
Rush:
3 minutes!
12-29 19:12
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Greetings GS.
12-29 19:12
HonoluLou:
GS, G’evening.
12-29 19:12
hounder:
hi gs
12-29 19:12
Rush:
GS, Hounder, and Louise…TYSM for taking over last week!!!
12-29 19:12
Godwinshelley:
IOWA – what are you doing there?
12-29 19:12
HonoluLou:
M&R have a wonderful concert and visit.
12-29 19:12
Rush:
Everyone ready?
We can start at th Universal Logo?
12-29 19:13
Louise:
Rush, I take no credit for last week. I just popped in to say Hi!
12-29 19:13
Rush:
TWO MINUTES
12-29 19:13
Godwinshelley:
I’m at the ship – past Universal –
12-29 19:13
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
According to Rush we’re actually over Nebraska now. Flying to CA for a concert.
12-29 19:13
Rush:
No prob1
12-29 19:13
Louise:
I am at ship, too
12-29 19:13
Rush:
I did the same, Louise.
12-29 19:13
Godwinshelley:
Oh – I see – good luck with the weather we are having right now
12-29 19:13
Rush:
At the boat.
60 seconds…
12-29 19:14
HonoluLou:
I’m there too. “The boat, The Boat”
12-29 19:14
tenman:
There si no universal logo, just boat
12-29 19:14
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Or the plane.
12-29 19:14
Rush:
50 seconds…
40 seconds…
30 seconds…
25…
12-29 19:14
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
Happy New Year to you all!
12-29 19:14
Rush:
20…
15…
12-29 19:14
HonoluLou:
You to M&R
12-29 19:15
Rush:
10…
5…
GO!!!
12-29 19:15
Louise:
TOOT!
12-29 19:15
Rush:
The Hidrachi yacht….
Yes, Louise!
12-29 19:15
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
We will see you in 2026 for another lap of the Chan canon.
12-29 19:15
Steve Custer:
Are we here yet?
12-29 19:15
Rush:
Yes, M/R!
Have a GREAT trip!
Be safe.
12-29 19:16
hounder:
hi steve
12-29 19:16
Godwinshelley:
OK – MandR – safe travels
12-29 19:16
Rush:
See you in ’26!
12-29 19:16
Mike n Rachel over Iowa:
12-29 19:16
Steve Custer:
Hey, y’all, this is ANGEL.
12-29 19:16
Rush:
Steve C!
12-29 19:16
HonoluLou:
Hi SC at 1:17
12-29 19:16
Godwinshelley:
Hello Steve/Angel
12-29 19:16
Rush:
AH!
12-29 19:16
Louise:
an ad!!
12-29 19:16
Rush:
A first, Angel!
Sorry, Louise.
12-29 19:17
Rush:
Grrr….on those commercials.
An attempt on Hidrachi’s life!
12-29 19:17
Steve Custer:
Been trying for 10 minutes to get in here, F****book having part to do with it. THEIR new system. And my PC won’t boot up.
12-29 19:18
Rush:
Sorry, Steve/Angel….
12-29 19:18
HonoluLou:
Enter Charlie Chan!
12-29 19:18
Rush:
“I buy only the best. Unretire him.”
12-29 19:18
Louise:
did he say “the spoor is hot”???
12-29 19:19
Rush:
???
12-29 19:19
Rush:
’70s TV movie music….
12-29 19:19
HonoluLou:
Wasn’t this suppose to launch an new series?
12-29 19:20
Rush:
Yes.
Too bad it never happened. i think it could have been pretty good.
12-29 19:20
Godwinshelley:
Producer Jack Laird – didn’t he do Night Gallery?
12-29 19:20
HonoluLou:
Yeah, Ross Martin’s not bad…no Oland or Toler, but…
12-29 19:20
Louise:
fancy car
12-29 19:21
Rush:
Ross Martin was a versatile actor, as we saw on “Wild, Wild West.”
Yes, Louise!
12-29 19:21
HonoluLou:
Wasn’t he also in “Experiment in Terror.”
12-29 19:21
Rush:
I would need to look it up, Lou.
12-29 19:22
Godwinshelley:
Would have been nice to have more scenes with the kids – Martin does such a good job with the kids in the car
HL – he was the bad guy in that
12-29 19:22
Rush:
Yes, Lou. Ross Martin as Garland Humphrey “Red” Lynch
12-29 19:23
Godwinshelley:
The Rock Group – is that the Amazing Chan Clan?
12-29 19:23
HonoluLou:
This part reminds me Of C.C. and the Chan Clan
12-29 19:23
Rush:
60…sigh…
12-29 19:23
Godwinshelley:
Now I feel really, really old
12-29 19:23
Louise:
He’s more than 60
12-29 19:23
Rush:
Yes, Lou! I was thinking the same!
12-29 19:24
Steve Custer:
AT LAST!! What’s our “time”?
12-29 19:24
hounder:
very 60s vibe to this film
12-29 19:24
HonoluLou:
His home here is very different from the description in the books.
12-29 19:24
Rush:
He would be, Louise, yes.
This CC would be something of a “reboot”!
12-29 19:25
Steve Custer:
“Time”?
12-29 19:25
HonoluLou:
10:10 SC
12-29 19:25
Rush:
By 1971, “our” Charlie Chan would be 96 years old.
12-29 19:25
tenman:
Spry for 96!
12-29 19:25
Steve Custer:
We in the Chan living room, right?
12-29 19:26
Rush:
Yes.
His grandaughter is with him
12-29 19:26
Steve Custer:
SHE (Tina) wonders where Ruth is!
HAT CITY!!
12-29 19:26
Rush:
The felt hat….
12-29 19:27
Godwinshelley:
The hawaii scenes are the best parts of this film for me
12-29 19:27
Rush:
Yes.
12-29 19:27
HonoluLou:
True GS
12-29 19:27
Godwinshelley:
Now it’s like Mission Impossible
12-29 19:27
Steve Custer:
Chan’s got the world by the brim
12-29 19:28
Rush:
12-29 19:28
Steve Custer:
Fake photo VERY BADLY inserted into fake newspaper page!!
12-29 19:28
hounder:
yes gs
12-29 19:28
Steve Custer:
Look at the engine smoke!
12-29 19:29
Rush:
Yes.
They needed f-310.
12-29 19:29
Steve Custer:
(14:30)
?
12-29 19:29
Rush:
“Peace” cuff links!
12-29 19:29
HonoluLou:
I’m 15:15
15:26
12-29 19:30
Rush:
An old gasoline additive that supposedly cut exhauts smoke fumes.
12-29 19:30
HonoluLou:
NO MORE “POP”
12-29 19:30
Louise:
Pop is for POP!
12-29 19:31
Steve Custer:
If this film wasn’t so preposterous and inept i might not love it so much.
12-29 19:31
HonoluLou:
HaHa, Louise
12-29 19:31
Louise:
He was a houseguest of the Borgias!
12-29 19:31
Rush:
F-310 is a gasoline additive introduced by Chevron in 1970, marketed as a cleaner fuel that could reduce emissions by up to 50% and increase fuel economy by up to 7.7%. It was promoted as helping to clean vehicle engines and improve air quality. However, the Federal Trade Commission investigated claims of deceptive advertising, leading Chevron to withdraw its campaign. Despite this, F-310 remains a historical reference in the context of fuel additives and their environmental impact.
Lee Chan did much better with disguises!
12-29 19:32
HonoluLou:
The things you know, Rush!
12-29 19:32
Steve Custer:
High anxiety!!
12-29 19:32
Rush:
Usless trivia, Lou…!
12-29 19:33
HonoluLou:
Number 8 son!
12-29 19:33
Rush:
12-29 19:33
Steve Custer:
We’re all Beefeaters tonight. Whaddaya mean, seafood?
12-29 19:33
Rush:
“Pop” comments!
12-29 19:33
HonoluLou:
SC, yuk, yuk
12-29 19:33
Louise:
Pop is for corn. I agree.
12-29 19:33
Rush:
Angel:
12-29 19:34
Steve Custer:
Pop is for weasels; coffee is for closers.
Every Swede is issued turtlenecks.
12-29 19:34
HonoluLou:
SC, I use to wear a dickie in the ’70s.
12-29 19:35
Rush:
Obnoxious.
12-29 19:35
hounder:
i still wear mine in cold weather hl
12-29 19:35
Rush:
CC has a lot of patience!
12-29 19:36
Steve Custer:
Hounder, ve shall zee you as a Svede.
12-29 19:36
HonoluLou:
HR, they were the height of fashion back in the day…and more affordable!
12-29 19:36
hounder:
lol
12-29 19:36
Rush:
Yes, Lou!
12-29 19:37
Steve Custer:
Chan didn’t come here to be made sport of!!!
12-29 19:37
HonoluLou:
That assailant didn’t look like he was from Hong Kong.
12-29 19:37
Rush:
True!
Or target practice.
12-29 19:38
hounder:
and they keep you neck warm in cold weather
12-29 19:38
HonoluLou:
Nowdays I’m a mock-turtleneck guy.
It’s half the length…more comfortable.
12-29 19:39
Rush:
Ah!
12-29 19:39
tenman:
i have a 54-year-old turtleneck I knitted for my mother, which actually fits me. I seldono wear it as turtlenecks irritate my neck
12-29 19:39
HonoluLou:
Teach me tonight, on the flute!
12-29 19:40
HonoluLou:
TN, very impressive (knitted for mom) try the mock turtlenecks
12-29 19:41
tenman:
It’s the beard. Though I do have one now, my neck is shaven, and turtlenecks or anything like them grab the hairs and icause irritation
12-29 19:42
Rush:
CC observes…
12-29 19:42
HonoluLou:
TN, that’s a bummer.
12-29 19:43
Rush:
two hours have passed since the first clock was shown…
12-29 19:43
HonoluLou:
Clock?
12-29 19:43
Rush:
The wall clock shown.
12-29 19:44
hounder:
brb dog walk
12-29 19:44
HonoluLou:
Ah sooo!
12-29 19:44
Louise:
Polish, of course
12-29 19:44
Rush:
To establich time in the scenes.
Okay, Hounder…
12-29 19:45
hounder:
back. he changed his mind
12-29 19:45
Rush:
Reminds me of my first date with my wife. We went to a Greek restaurant and there was dancing like this…and a fight!
12-29 19:45
hounder:
everyone’s in farmal attire except charlies son
12-29 19:46
Rush:
Chan continues to watch the proceedings….
True, Hounder.
12-29 19:46
HonoluLou:
I once went to a Turkish restaurant in Dallas, the belly dancer leaning over told me, “nice shirt.” My wife didn’t find the compliment a good one.,
12-29 19:47
tenman:
Rush, why was there a fight? Did you ever go back?
12-29 19:47
HonoluLou:
Is he using a manual typewriter?
12-29 19:47
Rush:
More intrigue in the Hidrachi family…
12-29 19:48
Rush:
Yes, Lou! A “romantic” sound of clattering keys…
12-29 19:48
HonoluLou:
I’m at 33:50?
12-29 19:48
Rush:
Doreen!
12-29 19:48
HonoluLou:
34:00
12-29 19:48
Rush:
A little ahead of me, Lou.
Maybe 30 seconds.
Yes!
12-29 19:48
HonoluLou:
I thought so. I’ll pause a second or so
12-29 19:49
Rush:
#4 now
34:10
34:20
24:30
12-29 19:49
HonoluLou:
OK, I’m on track! T.Y.S.M.
12-29 19:49
Rush:
12-29 19:51
Rush:
Shades of Lee Chan at the typewriter!
12-29 19:51
HonoluLou:
Oh, is he gonna find a note with the key that could only be typed on that typewriter!
12-29 19:51
Rush:
Yes.
12-29 19:52
Louise:
I don’t know, Lou, I don’t think we ever saw that typewriter thing before!!!
12-29 19:52
Steve Custer:
Anybody got carbon copies?
12-29 19:52
Rush:
Yes…about 50 years ago!
12-29 19:52
Steve Custer:
(38:00)??
12-29 19:53
Rush:
Yes!
12-29 19:53
HonoluLou:
Louise, you mean in a Chan film? I believe you are probably right!
12-29 19:53
Rush:
38:20
12-29 19:53
Steve Custer:
What a carbon crisis!!
12-29 19:53
Rush:
38:30
12-29 19:53
HonoluLou:
SC. lol!
12-29 19:54
Steve Custer:
THANKS, RUSH! We’re on EXACT! For once!
Kidder is always kidding.
12-29 19:54
Rush:
12-29 19:54
HonoluLou:
Charlie is wearing a Tony Bennet white scarf.
12-29 19:55
Rush:
Ah!
12-29 19:55
Steve Custer:
Level mountain skis? We steppin’ in a speedy cruise-a boat? Do you see?
12-29 19:56
Steve Custer:
“We don’t do dust.”
12-29 19:56
Rush:
Peter Chan
12-29 19:56
HonoluLou:
Notice the “t”s are exactly the same.
12-29 19:56
hounder:
trying for the red carpet look
12-29 19:57
Steve Custer:
That’s dead trees for ya, knock in da head.
12-29 19:58
hounder:
this chan is much more emotional than the other chans
12-29 19:58
Rush:
Good point.
12-29 19:59
Louise:
He’s so nasty
12-29 19:59
HonoluLou:
Happiness is a warm clue!
12-29 19:59
Rush:
YES!
12-29 19:59
HonoluLou:
Louise, Chan?
12-29 20:00
Louise:
Not Chan, that guy with the short hair
12-29 20:00
Rush:
12-29 20:00
HonoluLou:
Ah, so. Sorry, please excuse!
12-29 20:00
Rush:
12-29 20:00
HonoluLou:
Rush, HaHa.
12-29 20:01
Rush:
Etc….etc….etc….
12-29 20:01
HonoluLou:
I love the background music! Cordova I believe.
12-29 20:01
Rush:
It was something of a fad phrase in the late ’60s.
12-29 20:02
HonoluLou:
Or “Meditation.”
“Elementary!” wrong show dude!
12-29 20:03
hounder:
i got a pillow one year for Christmas that had the warm puppy saying on it
12-29 20:03
Rush:
AH!
12-29 20:03
Steve Custer:
Wish we could see one or any or all the Big Three as Chan here.
12-29 20:04
Rush:
The Beatles even used that phrase in a sone on the “White Album.”
That would have been nice, Angel!
12-29 20:04
HonoluLou:
SC, I’d chose Toler!
12-29 20:05
Louise:
Beatles: “Happiness is a warm gun”!!!
12-29 20:05
Rush:
Yes.
12-29 20:05
HonoluLou:
Where have you been for 10 years, “In a Buddhist retreat!”
12-29 20:05
Rush:
12-29 20:06
Steve Custer:
(IN a song? In the title!!
I actually used to play that song some, in my guitar days. Mostly the verse, never could make the chorus work.
SPEAKING OF BEATLES,
wish we could see RINGO STARR as Chan!!
12-29 20:06
Rush:
12-29 20:07
HonoluLou:
SC, Huh! Never thought of that.
12-29 20:07
Steve Custer:
THIS ONE HERE looks well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand on something redacted.
like a lizard
12-29 20:08
Rush:
How about if they had cast Keye Luke as Chan in this movie!
12-29 20:08
tenman:
That would have been awesome!
12-29 20:08
HonoluLou:
Hmm, that would’ve been a logical follow up!
12-29 20:08
Rush:
Yes.
12-29 20:09
HonoluLou:
Sen Yung?
12-29 20:09
Rush:
Was he still involved in “Bonanza” then?
12-29 20:09
HonoluLou:
No, he was with his ancestors by then, yes.
12-29 20:09
Rush:
I think so.
12-29 20:10
Rush:
“You have to reallt CARE…to kill…”
12-29 20:10
HonoluLou:
Cold heart.
12-29 20:10
Rush:
Yes.
Especially with a few drinks in the belly!
12-29 20:10
tenman:
Sen Yung died in 1980
12-29 20:11
Rush:
Yes.
12-29 20:11
HonoluLou:
Ah yes, The Tang dynasty. I remember it well. Oh, so Sen Young could have done it!
I wonder if he’s speaking real Chinese?
12-29 20:11
Rush:
Good use of Chinese.
I think he was.
12-29 20:12
Steve Custer:
Dodgy? Dodgy as i!!
12-29 20:12
Rush:
Now he can speak Swedish!
12-29 20:12
HonoluLou:
Rush, lol
12-29 20:12
Rush:
“Pop.”
12-29 20:12
Steve Custer:
AND he’s got 14 little pitchers with 28 ears!!
12-29 20:13
Rush:
12-29 20:13
Steve Custer:
If Camus had stayed in that room he wouldn’ta got pancaked by that speeding car.
12-29 20:14
Rush:
AH!
12-29 20:14
Steve Custer:
Gilt AND a free toupee and fake eyeglasses.
12-29 20:14
HonoluLou:
A sentimental moment.
12-29 20:14
Louise:
All tue SC
12-29 20:16
tenman:
Ross MArtin spoek 6 or 7 languages, thoguh I don’t remember which
12-29 20:16
HonoluLou:
TN, I’ve read that.
12-29 20:16
Steve Custer:
Thanks, Louise! ANGEL here, SC is Account Holder from whatever finally got me logged on here successfully.
12-29 20:17
hounder:
i didn’t know that about ross.
12-29 20:17
Rush:
Yes, TM.
I believe I heard something like that about Martin.
12-29 20:17
Steve Custer:
Ah, come ON. CC as Swedish fish—-NO!!
12-29 20:18
HonoluLou:
Ross Martins hold degrees in writing (MA, Creative Writing), music (BMus, Jazz Studies), law (JD), or dental medicine (DMD)
12-29 20:18
Rush:
From Wikipedia: “Martin spoke Polish, Yiddish, and some Russian before learning English and later added French, Spanish, and Italian.”
12-29 20:18
Steve Custer:
The Swedish Book of The Dead
12-29 20:19
Rush:
“Wisdom, like molasses, though sweet, is hard to pour.”
12-29 20:19
hounder:
wow. i knew realized he was such a learned man
12-29 20:19
HonoluLou:
YepQ!
12-29 20:19
Steve Custer:
Imagine having a PRIOR YACHT.
12-29 20:20
Rush:
“Martin attended City College of New York, where he graduated magna cum laude, then earned a law degree from the National University School of Law (later part of the George Washington University).”
12-29 20:20
Godwinshelley:
Where was he born?
12-29 20:20
HonoluLou:
Poland I believe, GS
12-29 20:21
tenman:
I think polyglots have an ‘ear’ fo language which would enable them to mimic languages they’ve heard more credibly, as in acting in a language they don’t actually speak but hear the lines in a time or two in prep for a role.
12-29 20:21
Steve Custer:
RM was deep.
12-29 20:21
HonoluLou:
Doctor Dead…not Good!
12-29 20:21
Rush:
Martin Rosenblatt
March 22, 1920
Gródek, Poland
12-29 20:21
HonoluLou:
TN, nice.
12-29 20:21
Rush:
Imagine: THE CAN
12-29 20:22
Godwinshelley:
Now that filing system would make it hard to locate patients by name
12-29 20:22
tenman:
Who here speaks more than one or two languages?
12-29 20:22
Louise:
His degrees are impressive but I would not want him as my dentist
12-29 20:22
tenman:
LOL
12-29 20:22
Louise:
tenman: barely one language
12-29 20:23
HonoluLou:
English, German, and a little Espaniol.
And I’m Italian… for shame!
12-29 20:23
Steve Custer:
Anybody here ever take Chloral Hydrate? It IS some heavy stuff.
12-29 20:23
Rush:
Never.
12-29 20:24
HonoluLou:
Sounds heavy.
12-29 20:24
Steve Custer:
That page there is enough to whack Avalanche.
12-29 20:24
Rush:
12-29 20:25
hounder:
not me ten. though i’m doing spanish on duolingo i will not say I speak it. i can read it a bit
12-29 20:25
Steve Custer:
CH is a wrecker-ball sedative. I was prescribed it in a dire situation, over a very few days. Never want it again.
12-29 20:25
Rush:
I can imagine!
12-29 20:27
Steve Custer:
The Duolingo Bird is up there with Baby Shark in cuteness surveys.
12-29 20:27
Rush:
12-29 20:27
HonoluLou:
HaHa, Rush
12-29 20:28
Rush:
Gathering of all suspects….
12-29 20:28
HonoluLou:
First, in 10 years!
12-29 20:28
Rush:
Yes!
12-29 20:28
Steve Custer:
Much as he’s unaccustomed to—-
12-29 20:29
Steve Custer:
$20,000 of toupees and a couple of Rat Hats here.
12-29 20:29
Rush:
12-29 20:30
Rush:
Nice work here by CC.
12-29 20:30
Louise:
all these guys are so…romantic???
12-29 20:31
HonoluLou:
Great hair, Louise.
Yes, Rush!
12-29 20:31
HonoluLou:
Ah, the old typewriter again.
12-29 20:32
Rush:
Yes…
And the gavel….
12-29 20:32
HonoluLou:
12-29 20:33
HonoluLou:
Stencil? Hmmm.
12-29 20:34
Rush:
Yes.
12-29 20:35
Steve Custer:
The Writing Spoonful!!
BORAT!?!!
12-29 20:35
Rush:
Typewriters still have certain advantages. One thing is they would still be best for filling out forms.
12-29 20:36
tenman:
Oh, but one mistake and you’d need whiteout!
Who invented Whiteout?
12-29 20:36
HonoluLou:
Yep, especially for a cop.
12-29 20:36
Steve Custer:
Or his next ALBUM!
12-29 20:36
Godwinshelley:
I
12-29 20:36
Rush:
12-29 20:36
Godwinshelley:
I’d hate to drop that stack of papers
12-29 20:36
Steve Custer:
😃😃
12-29 20:37
HonoluLou:
Ha!
12-29 20:37
Steve Custer:
I LIKE the guy’s FLOATING EYEBROWS!!
12-29 20:37
Louise:
bad eyebrows
12-29 20:37
Rush:
Yes.
Distracting.
12-29 20:38
Steve Custer:
Bad eyebrows are good, though!!
12-29 20:38
HonoluLou:
Louise, yes…REAL bad ones
12-29 20:38
Steve Custer:
UNWORTHY! UNWORTHY!!
12-29 20:38
Rush:
Perry Mason.
12-29 20:39
HonoluLou:
Is that hat made of…Fox Fur?
12-29 20:39
Rush:
Perhaps!
12-29 20:39
Rush:
She doesn’t feel like spouting wisecracks now….
12-29 20:40
HonoluLou:
Yeah, Charlie put the k-bash on her.
12-29 20:40
Rush:
Yep!
12-29 20:43
Steve Custer:
Book ’em, Danno.
12-29 20:43
Rush:
12-29 20:43
Steve Custer:
I want this kind of music when i’m toad away.
12-29 20:43
Rush:
12-29 20:44
HonoluLou:
SC, haha…me too!
Hey, it’s all Greek to meQ!
12-29 20:44
Steve Custer:
The schmaltz is knee deep now!
12-29 20:45
Rush:
Hard to believe he would later star in “Naked Gun”!
Like CC in “Black Magic” with the gifts.
12-29 20:45
Steve Custer:
Amazing. And what a wind-up Mountie he could have made!
12-29 20:45
Louise:
At least he lost the eyebrows for Naked Gun
12-29 20:45
HonoluLou:
The Cushman Diamond disappeared!
12-29 20:45
Rush:
Possible next case…
Too bad…
12-29 20:45
tenman:
Yes, though I think of him more fomr Th Oposite Sex, a remake of The Women
12-29 20:45
HonoluLou:
Nice, finish. Did he get a gift for Mrs. Chan?
12-29 20:46
Steve Custer:
IF ONLY!!
12-29 20:46
Rush:
Probably!
Yes, Angel!
Well….
12-29 20:46
Steve Custer:
wonderful way to end the year!
12-29 20:46
Rush:
Watch to the release of this year’s CCF Newsletter!
12-29 20:46
hounder:
thanks for the fun. and happy new year to all.
12-29 20:46
Rush:
TYSM to Lou for all his work on that!
12-29 20:46
tenman:
Very different from the older Chans.
12-29 20:46
Godwinshelley:
Stay Safe everyone – chat at you in 2026
12-29 20:47
Steve Custer:
YES, HAPPY TO ALL! NEXT YEAR AN EVEN MORE CHAN EXPERIENCE!!!
12-29 20:47
Rush:
Thank you ALL…SO MUCH…for a GREAT 2025!!!!
12-29 20:47
Louise:
Thanks for a great year everyone, especially Rush who kept us going
12-29 20:47
HonoluLou:
Rush, you are welcome and GS and M&L and Louise and all who participated. Comes out January 1st.
12-29 20:47
tenman:
Widhing one and all a Happy New Year and goodnight!
12-29 20:47
Rush:
See you here next week as we begin this wonderful journey again!
12-29 20:48
Godwinshelley:
Night all
12-29 20:48
Rush:
Het your “Punji…punji…ready!
“Behind That Curtain”
12-29 20:48
HonoluLou:
Yes, thank you so much Rush. Happy New Year to all. Hope its prosperous and healthy for all. Ciao, Lou
12-29 20:48
Louise:
Happy New Year all!!! 
12-29 20:48
Rush:
Have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Be safe, everyone!
12-29 20:49
Rush:
Thank you, again, Lou!
12-29 20:49
HonoluLou:
You too. I’ll wait for your final blessing. Ciao everyone.
12-29 20:50
Rush:
Good night, Louise, Lou, and Angel….
Will do, Lou!
Good night….
Take care….
01-05 17:47
Steve Custer:
Good EVENING!
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