The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for December 4, 2023
Feature: The Golden Eye
Chat Number: 1,232
Extra:
The Green Hornet (Chapter 6 – Highways of Peril)
Participants:
Friend and Foxx
Godwinshelley
Hounder
Matt
Mike in DC
Nothere
Rich in Maine
Rush (Rush2)
tenman
12-04 18:22
Rush:
12-04 18:30
Matt:
Hello Rush!
12-04 18:36
Rush2:
Hi Matt!
Had to go to my phone.
12-04 18:36
Matt:
Connection issues?
12-04 18:36
Rush2:
My system went into update mode!
12-04 18:36
Matt:
Never fails, lol
Hello Mike!
12-04 18:37
Rush2:
I think it is done
12-04 18:37
Mike in DC:
Hi everyone!
12-04 18:37
Rush2:
Hi, Mike!
12-04 18:37
Matt:
Hope you both are well
12-04 18:38
Mike in DC:
Can’t complain…
12-04 18:38
Matt:
wb Rush!
12-04 18:38
Rush:
Yes, thank you!
And I hope the same for you and Rachel!
12-04 18:38
Mike in DC:
He’s baaaaack!
12-04 18:38
Rush:
I am back on my computer now!
12-04 18:39
Matt:
New and improved too!
12-04 18:39
Mike in DC:
I’M doing fine. Rachel is running around like the proverbial decapitated chicken these days.
Updated!
12-04 18:39
Rush:
Busy!
12-04 18:40
Mike in DC:
Yes. The Michigan band went to the B1G championship game this past weekend.
12-04 18:40
Matt:
Go Blue?
12-04 18:41
Mike in DC:
The head director got COVID, so Rachel had to step in to one of the director slots on very short notice
12-04 18:41
Matt:
Very nice…..not for the Director
12-04 18:41
Rush:
AH! I am sure she did wonderfully!
12-04 18:41
Mike in DC:
Had a busy weekend, long trip back and she’s back in classes today. She’s back in DC on Saturday though, so things will return to normal soon!
12-04 18:42
Rush:
12-04 18:42
Mike in DC:
Bzzzz time?
12-04 18:42
Rush:
Our extra!
If you guys are ready!
12-04 18:42
Matt:
Ready here!
12-04 18:42
Mike in DC:
I was born ready. 
12-04 18:42
Rush:
15 seconds…
10….
5….
GO!!!
12-04 18:43
Matt:
12-04 18:43
Rush:
Yes…Buzzzzz time!
NICE, Matt!
12-04 18:43
Mike in DC:
need a nice thwack sound for the chopsticks
12-04 18:44
Rush:
Yes!
12-04 18:44
Matt:
Yes, lol
Love the eyes though
12-04 18:45
Rush:
I guess the tires saved them!
12-04 18:46
Mike in DC:
Butterfingered cops
12-04 18:46
Rush:
The Hornetmobile into action!
12-04 18:47
Matt:
Serious $$
12-04 18:48
Rush:
Yes, Mike!
And Matt!
12-04 18:48
Rush:
$100,000!
12-04 18:48
Mike in DC:
ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
12-04 18:48
Rush:
$2 million today.
12-04 18:49
Mike in DC:
Need my Dr, Evil voice
12-04 18:49
Matt:
Use your pinky too
12-04 18:50
Rush:
12-04 18:50
Matt:
Bingo!
12-04 18:51
Mike in DC:
I just want some sharks…sharks with lasers…
12-04 18:51
Mike in DC:
Say are the “Whippet” bus lines a take off on Greyhound?
12-04 18:52
Rush:
AH! Yes!
12-04 18:52
Matt:
Ask and you shall receive, Mike
12-04 18:52
Rush:
12-04 18:53
Rush:
The question is: Where is THERE???
12-04 18:54
Rush:
Shift to a lower gear!
12-04 18:54
Matt:
I’m switching to Greyhound!
12-04 18:54
Rush:
WOW!
12-04 18:55
Mike in DC:
From now on, I’m riding Hornet Bus Lines
12-04 18:56
Rush:
Blue Streak Bus Lines….
Yes, Mike!
12-04 18:57
Rush:
He talks too much!
12-04 18:58
Mike in DC:
Tie him up WELL…your grammar!
12-04 18:59
Matt:
Like a circus performance
12-04 19:00
Rush:
Mike:
12-04 19:00
Rush:
The Hornet should take that guy easily!
12-04 19:01
Rush:
He got his stupid back in time for the Hornet to escape!
12-04 19:03
Rush:
A written CRIME agreement!!!
12-04 19:04
Matt:
brb
12-04 19:04
Mike in DC:
Can the hornet fly?
12-04 19:04
Rush:
The Hornet will be okay! he fell into those bushes!
Next chapter next week!
12-04 19:04
Mike in DC:
The good old days…when criminals made contracts
12-04 19:05
Rush:
yes!
10 minutes….
“The Golden Eye”
12-04 19:05
Mike in DC:
Perfect. Even got the right movie ready.
12-04 19:06
Rush:
And I stated the correct movie this time!
12-04 19:07
Mike in DC:
:). I was sorry to miss Wong last week…on a plane during our meeting time
12-04 19:07
Rush:
8 minutes….
Nothing to be sorry about, mike!
12-04 19:08
Rush:
You had to be on Plane Mode!
7 minutes…
12-04 19:08
Matt:
Cued
12-04 19:08
Rush:
Me too!
12-04 19:08
Mike in DC:
Gong-ready here
12-04 19:08
Rush:
Hopefully a few more will drop in!
AH!
12-04 19:08
Matt:
Hello Rich!
12-04 19:09
Rush:
Rich!
WELCOME!
12-04 19:09
Matt:
Hello Nothere!
12-04 19:09
Mike in DC:
Hello Rich!
12-04 19:09
Rush:
NT!
12-04 19:09
Mike in DC:
…and NT
12-04 19:09
Rush:
Good evening!!!!
12-04 19:09
Nothere:
Greetings all
12-04 19:09
Rich in Maine:
Evening all ! Have my miners hat on!
12-04 19:09
Rush:
And to you!
12-04 19:09
Nothere:
Thats Miner not Minor
12-04 19:09
Rich in Maine:
small crowd tonite, too much holiday rushing
12-04 19:09
Matt:
Gonna be a root’in toot’n film
12-04 19:09
Rush:
FIVE minutes….
Yes.
12-04 19:10
Rich in Maine:
hey NT
12-04 19:10
Rush:
“The Golden Eye”
12-04 19:10
Matt:
Hello Hounder!
12-04 19:10
Rush:
Hounder!
YAY!
12-04 19:10
Rich in Maine:
of course NT
12-04 19:10
Rush:
WELCOME!
12-04 19:10
Nothere:
Small crowd of suspects easy to find murderer. Hard to avoid being victim.
12-04 19:10
Mike in DC:
Hi hounder
12-04 19:10
Nothere:
Hey Hound
12-04 19:10
Matt:
Hello GS!
12-04 19:10
Godwinshelley:
What are we watching
12-04 19:10
Rich in Maine:
eveing houder
12-04 19:11
Rush:
FOUR minutes….
GS!
Good evening….
12-04 19:11
Nothere:
Hey Gs. Watching golden eye not the James Bond version.
12-04 19:11
Matt:
Golden Eye
12-04 19:11
Mike in DC:
Good evening GS
12-04 19:11
Rush:
“The Golden Eye”
12-04 19:11
Rich in Maine:
oops hounder
12-04 19:11
Nothere:
But feel free to play Tina Turner if you wish.
12-04 19:11
Rush:
12-04 19:11
Nothere:
GENTELMEN START YOUR ENGINES!
12-04 19:11
Hounder:
Just dropping in to say hi. I caught the crud that’s going around some ansmybarking cough are going bto bed. bed. Have a great week.
12-04 19:11
Rush:
And ladies…
12-04 19:12
Nothere:
Niht Hounf. Get well soon
12-04 19:12
Godwinshelley:
OK I have successfully switched the discs
12-04 19:12
Matt:
Hope you feel better soon, Hounder
12-04 19:12
Rush:
Get well soon, Hounder!
12-04 19:12
Mike in DC:
ditto…hope you feel better soon!
12-04 19:12
Hounder:
Thanks everyone.
12-04 19:12
Rush:
2 1/2 minutes…
12-04 19:12
Godwinshelley:
I’m cued
12-04 19:12
Rush:
As am I.
12-04 19:12
Rich in Maine:
feel better
12-04 19:12
Rush:
TWO MINUTES…
12-04 19:13
tenman:
Hola todos!
12-04 19:13
Matt:
Hello Tenman!
12-04 19:13
Rush:
90 seconds…
12-04 19:13
Nothere:
Hey TYen
12-04 19:13
Rush:
WELCOME…TM!
75 seconds…
12-04 19:14
Rush:
“The Golden Eye”
60 seconds…
50…
40….
12-04 19:14
Rush:
30 seconds…
25…
20…
15…
10…
5…
12-04 19:14
Nothere:
seven and three quarters
12-04 19:15
Rush:
GO!!!
12-04 19:15
Matt:
12-04 19:15
Rush:
Title….
Music….
Credits….
12-04 19:15
Mike in DC:
nice gong, Matt
12-04 19:15
Rush:
Matt:
12-04 19:15
Mike in DC:
Standard-issue Chan music ensues
12-04 19:15
Godwinshelley:
Why is Wanda McKay so special in the credits
12-04 19:15
Rush:
Ah…Jaye P. Morgan…
12-04 19:15
Nothere:
Because its the 40s. Or close enough
12-04 19:16
Rich in Maine:
chinatown backdrop
12-04 19:16
Rush:
Yes!
12-04 19:16
Nothere:
Hey Monogram you forgot the fog
12-04 19:16
Rush:
Chinatown…
12-04 19:16
Mike in DC:
footsteps in the fog…without the fog
12-04 19:16
Rush:
Nice intro with footsteps.
12-04 19:16
Nothere:
I’m curious about Wongs curios
12-04 19:16
Matt:
Foo!
12-04 19:17
Mike in DC:
LTF!
12-04 19:17
Rush:
Lee Tung Foo.
Yes!
12-04 19:17
Rich in Maine:
very odd no fog…machine must be broken
12-04 19:17
Matt:
Budget cuts
12-04 19:17
Rush:
Interesting…Wong last week…and “Wong” tonight!
12-04 19:17
Rich in Maine:
yes LTF as usual
12-04 19:18
Nothere:
Theres trouble in Arizona? Could it be at the ocean front property?
12-04 19:18
Matt:
Yes, Rush!
12-04 19:18
Rush:
Also, Lee Tung Foo was in that movie as well!
12-04 19:18
Rich in Maine:
trouble everywhere!
12-04 19:18
Rush:
“The Chan family Society”
12-04 19:19
Nothere:
I klnow he has 13 kids but thats silly
12-04 19:19
Mike in DC:
Stay away from the window…
12-04 19:19
Rush:
WOW!
That actually looked like a REAL shot!
I wonder….
12-04 19:20
Rich in Maine:
maybe with lots of cousins its a society
12-04 19:20
Rush:
The bullet wasn’t deflected, it was poor aim!
12-04 19:20
Nothere:
window glass that blocks bullets? Where can I get this 1940s technology?
12-04 19:20
Rush:
Budding cowboys!
12-04 19:20
Matt:
BB….lol
12-04 19:21
Nothere:
2 gun but only 2 gallon hat.
12-04 19:21
Rich in Maine:
BB wears carpet rements
12-04 19:21
Rush:
Tommy is into the cowboy thing, too.
12-04 19:22
Nothere:
Head em off at the pass. WE cant let these tenderfeet on the range.
12-04 19:22
Matt:
Short sleeve shirts now
12-04 19:22
Mike in DC:
Three Stooges routine
12-04 19:23
Rush:
Scissors instead of a Gideon Bible!
Yes!
Lazy Y Ranch….
12-04 19:23
Nothere:
He’d be a two fisted drinker but he lost the other glass.
12-04 19:23
Rush:
Note the “extras” watching the filming!
12-04 19:24
Rich in Maine:
good one NT
12-04 19:24
Rush:
YES, NT!
12-04 19:25
Nothere:
Mine your own buisness.
12-04 19:26
Rush:
12-04 19:27
Rush:
CC smokes…
12-04 19:27
Rich in Maine:
So 2 Asians and a black man arent too obvious at a dude ranch
12-04 19:27
Rush:
12-04 19:27
Nothere:
1948 film. Now a decade earlier.
12-04 19:27
Godwinshelley:
Back then – probably assumed they worked there
12-04 19:27
Mike in DC:
Blend right in, Rich
12-04 19:28
Rush:
12-04 19:28
Rich in Maine:
people gave BB drink orders
12-04 19:29
tenman:
There was a very strong anti-asian sentiment out west for along long time
12-04 19:29
Rush:
Sadly.
By 1948 things were getting better.
12-04 19:29
Nothere:
Wtith BBs outfit they probably thought he was part of the entertainment
12-04 19:29
Rich in Maine:
yes tenman
12-04 19:30
tenman:
prejudice take a long time to evolve, and there are always caches of resistance and backwaters where it pools….
12-04 19:30
Rush:
12-04 19:31
Mike in DC:
oh god…what an outfit
12-04 19:31
Nothere:
El dorado? I’ll be back with gold.
12-04 19:31
Rush:
Tommy will be performing tonight at the Lazy Y Lounge!
12-04 19:32
Rush:
Nice car.
12-04 19:33
Nothere:
Don’t be jaded. Buy Chan jade.
12-04 19:33
Rush:
12-04 19:35
Rush:
Was it a good idea to use the name “Chan” to go under cover?
12-04 19:35
Rush:
Even though it is not an uncommon name.
12-04 19:36
Rush:
That 1,001st was the doozy!
12-04 19:36
Mike in DC:
Can we get a nurse? Sorry, there are nun.
12-04 19:36
Rush:
Yes, Mike!
12-04 19:37
Matt:
lol
12-04 19:37
Rush:
Mr. Bartlett.
12-04 19:37
Nothere:
Given Chans work with the secret service I guess he knows how to spy.
12-04 19:38
Rush:
Bartlett was on Lee’s high school baseball team.
Now we know who was on first.
12-04 19:40
Rush:
Canton Cafe
12-04 19:40
Nothere:
Talbot? Anyone know when the full moon is?
12-04 19:40
Rush:
12-04 19:41
Rush:
Looks like her horse took off!
12-04 19:44
Rush:
Again…nice car!
12-04 19:45
Mike in DC:
Charlie is having flashbacks to the Paris sewers
12-04 19:47
Rush:
Great line!
Yes, mike!
12-04 19:48
Nothere:
That Echo always interuupting conversation
12-04 19:49
Rush:
PETE!
12-04 19:49
Matt:
12-04 19:49
Rich in Maine:
evo echo echo echo
12-04 19:49
Rush:
TYSM, Matt…
12-04 19:50
Mike in DC:
the can…the can…the can…the can…the can…the can…the can…the can…
12-04 19:51
Rich in Maine:
the best role in this film is the smoking nun
12-04 19:51
Nothere:
Wealthy playboy? Bruce Lamaont?
12-04 19:51
Rush:
12-04 19:52
Nothere:
Get to moseying number two son
12-04 19:52
Rush:
Yep!
12-04 19:54
Rush:
Sister Teresa.
12-04 19:56
Nothere:
Events occur? Has it gone from nurse to worse?
12-04 19:57
Rush:
Chan’s car: 1948 Chrysler Imperial convertible, I believe.
NT:
12-04 19:57
Matt:
Sister needs a ruler in hand
12-04 19:57
Rush:
12-04 19:57
Rich in Maine:
Sister Theresa of the Smoking Gun monastery
12-04 19:57
Rush:
Great zingers tonight!
12-04 19:58
Rich in Maine:
Is she reading the bible?
12-04 19:58
Rush:
I doubt it!
12-04 19:58
Mike in DC:
Sister does not know much about medicine unfortunately.
12-04 19:59
Rich in Maine:
Tetanus? Tetanayou!
12-04 19:59
Rush:
Tetaname!
12-04 20:00
Rich in Maine:
U tetana me ??????
12-04 20:00
Rush:
Pretty goos mine shafy sets in this one.
Mine SHAFT
12-04 20:01
Nothere:
Where are the cattle? What sort of self respecting western type bad guy dosen’t rustle cattle?
12-04 20:01
Rush:
Not as profitable as gold!
12-04 20:01
Mike in DC:
12-04 20:01
Rush:
Ah, HA!
12-04 20:02
Matt:
Hello F & F!
12-04 20:02
Rush:
Friend and Foxx!
WELCOME!
12-04 20:02
Mike in DC:
Hello Friend & Foxx
12-04 20:02
Rich in Maine:
12-04 20:02
Friend and Foxx:
Hi all!
12-04 20:02
Rush:
Please stay!
12-04 20:02
Friend and Foxx:
(48:00)?
12-04 20:02
Rush:
WELCOME!
12-04 20:02
Rich in Maine:
hey FF
12-04 20:03
Rush:
yes!
12-04 20:03
Rush:
48:10
You were right on the mark, sir!
48:35
12-04 20:03
Nothere:
I was looking for the way to China
12-04 20:03
Friend and Foxx:
Thanks, Rush!
We have MISSED so much, are glad to be here!
12-04 20:04
Nothere:
Hey FF
12-04 20:04
Friend and Foxx:
There’s more than one kind of COPPER.
12-04 20:04
Rush:
Happy you were able to make it tonight!
12-04 20:04
Nothere:
Copper I thought this was a gold mione
12-04 20:04
Rush:
12-04 20:04
Friend and Foxx:
Yeah, Mugsy.
You tell ’em, Lefty!
12-04 20:05
Rush:
He took a SLOW shot!
12-04 20:05
Nothere:
Butch has this ff
12-04 20:06
Rush:
I think we will see some of this same terrain in next Monday’s movie, “The Feathered Serpent”
12-04 20:07
Rich in Maine:
CC has an arsenal
12-04 20:07
Friend and Foxx:
Nun better!
12-04 20:07
Rush:
“OUCH!”
12-04 20:08
Matt:
One tough Nun
12-04 20:08
Rush:
12-04 20:08
Rich in Maine:
Nun of that talk here boys
12-04 20:08
Friend and Foxx:
Perhaos some $7 gold will mitigate suffering.
Rich: 😁😁😁
12-04 20:08
Rush:
Good investment!
12-04 20:09
Nothere:
Driscoll Driscoll Driscoll. You can’t date him.
12-04 20:09
Friend and Foxx:
They’ll call him Flipper.
12-04 20:10
Rush:
12-04 20:10
Rush:
12-04 20:10
Friend and Foxx:
Lying there under,
under the dock,
in cement overshoes.
12-04 20:10
Mike in DC:
Lots of action in this one.
12-04 20:10
Rush:
That’s true!
12-04 20:11
Friend and Foxx:
THERE’S the BOTTLENECK!
12-04 20:11
Rush:
Yes.
Or…nose….
12-04 20:11
Nothere:
For a cop Charlie dosen’t use his gun often
12-04 20:12
Rush:
Chan rarely fires a gun in the ehtire series!
(entire)
12-04 20:12
Matt:
Poor BB
12-04 20:13
Rush:
The “BB Theme”
12-04 20:14
Nothere:
Cover my retreat Echo
12-04 20:15
Rush:
Retreat…retreat…..retreat…
12-04 20:15
Mike in DC:
zoom!
12-04 20:15
Rush:
Tommy JUST got out of the way!
12-04 20:15
Friend and Foxx:
BURMA SHAVE
Breakfast of Champions
12-04 20:16
Rush:
12-04 20:17
Nothere:
Adam hats
12-04 20:17
Rich in Maine:
this film was done completely at night, even the pool scenes were dark
12-04 20:17
Nothere:
Fatima Cigarettes
Blue coal
12-04 20:18
Nothere:
Phone wants you but no one else
12-04 20:18
Rich in Maine:
call for sr theresa……
12-04 20:18
Rush:
Yes…in a crabby mood!
12-04 20:19
Friend and Foxx:
A NUN GUN!
12-04 20:19
Rush:
Mr. Manning!
12-04 20:19
Rich in Maine:
bless you my son
12-04 20:19
Matt:
He’s a she?
12-04 20:19
Nothere:
Long hair and high pitched voice
12-04 20:19
Mike in DC:
Charlie. You could help…
12-04 20:19
Friend and Foxx:
Matt, they were ahead of the times!
12-04 20:20
Rush:
He could have…
12-04 20:20
Matt:
12-04 20:20
Mike in DC:
Well, when they changed their pronouns it should have been a clue
12-04 20:20
Nothere:
Driscol Dricsol Driscol. Your obsessed dude.\
12-04 20:20
Rush:
TYSM…Matt…
12-04 20:21
Rich in Maine:
how did his foot twitch ?
12-04 20:21
Friend and Foxx:
Masquerade party over 5 weeks ago.
12-04 20:21
Rush:
Yes!
12-04 20:21
Friend and Foxx:
I’ll offer $9/ounce right now.
12-04 20:22
Rush:
12-04 20:22
Matt:
The old finger to the back trick
12-04 20:22
Friend and Foxx:
Works every time, don’t it?
12-04 20:22
Nothere:
Hey that finger is loaded
12-04 20:22
Mike in DC:
Do you know where that finger has been?
12-04 20:22
Friend and Foxx:
Bradshaw, vest families with fiefs.
12-04 20:23
Matt:
12-04 20:23
Friend and Foxx:
Mike: 😆😆😆
12-04 20:23
Rush:
TYSM…Matt…
Close to a record number of demises tonight!
12-04 20:23
Friend and Foxx:
When we think it is . . .
YAY!!!!!
12-04 20:23
Mike in DC:
Lots of action, high body count
12-04 20:23
Rush:
Yes!
BB talks to US!
12-04 20:24
Godwinshelley:
Quite an ending
12-04 20:24
Nothere:
So her fathers dead and her lover is the killer. Sure BB just stand there and laugh in front of her.
12-04 20:24
Rush:
NICE ending!!!
(Applause..)
12-04 20:24
Matt:
<yee-haw>
12-04 20:24
Rich in Maine:
and lots of sets as well
12-04 20:24
Mike in DC:
A little spoof of the Chan surprise endings
12-04 20:24
Rush:
Unique ending!
12-04 20:24
Nothere:
<Yeah>
12-04 20:24
Mike in DC:
<kids-yeah>
12-04 20:24
Rush:
“The Feathered Serpent” next week!
12-04 20:24
Mike in DC:
A high-budget Monogram
12-04 20:24
Rich in Maine:
BB speaks to us!
12-04 20:25
Rush:
Loved that!
12-04 20:25
Rich in Maine:
yes NT
12-04 20:25
Rush:
Well….
12-04 20:25
tenman:
‘nite all!
12-04 20:25
Mike in DC:
Feathered Serpent…getting into the obscure Chan era
12-04 20:25
Nothere:
And so ends another case. Please to bring anti vemon as snakes fly killers strike and Chan stays cool net week.
12-04 20:25
Matt:
Good night everyone and have a great week
12-04 20:25
Rich in Maine:
great film
12-04 20:25
Rush:
Thank you….ALL….so much!
Agreed, Rich!
12-04 20:25
Godwinshelley:
Everyone stay safe this week
12-04 20:25
Friend and Foxx:
Gnite!!!
12-04 20:25
Godwinshelley:
night
12-04 20:25
Rush:
Take care…have a great week, everyone!!!
12-04 20:25
Mike in DC:
Have a wonderful week everyone!
12-04 20:26
Rush:
Happy you could stay on tonight, FF!
I hope that everyone will have a happy and safe week!
12-04 20:26
Rush:
Those in snow regions…stay warm!
Good night, FF, NT, and Rich@!
12-04 20:27
Rush:
TYSM!
Good night!
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