The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for March 11, 2019
Feature:
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Extra:
The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack (Chapter 10)
Participants:
Dona
Godwinshelley1
Len Freeman
Library Jim
Louise
Matt1
Mike in DC
Nothere
PaulM
Phil
Rush
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Rush: TEST.16:28
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Mike in DC: Hello Rush!16:30
Rush: Hello, M/R!16:31
Rush: Good evening!16:31
Mike in DC: Rachel is at a concert this evening…I’m stag. :(16:31
Rush: Be right back…16:31
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Mike in DC: Hello Matt!16:31
Matt1: Hello Rush & Mike16:31
Mike in DC: I see you’re in #1 form tonight.16:32
Matt1: Wouldn’t let me log in with Matt tonight16:32
Mike in DC: The mysteries of the internet…16:32
Matt1: Case for Charlie16:32
Rush: I am on the phone with my bank…can you guys carry on for a little while, please?16:32
Mike in DC: …”Matt” is probably registered to a Russian troll.16:32
Mike in DC: Sure thing, Rush. Tell them to send us LOTS of money!16:33
Matt1: I’ll give you my transfer info16:33
Mike in DC: Small bills, please. :)16:33
Matt1: We’ll see tonight if an imposter appears16:33
Mike in DC: Charlie would say, “Rose by any other name…”16:34
Matt1: Or, am I the imposter? Hmmmm16:34
Mike in DC: Oh dear. And I thought that “Nothere” was confusing enough.16:34
Matt1: Can’t figure out how to log in16:36
Mike in DC: You mean as “plan ‘ol Matt?”16:37
Matt1: A couple weeks ago I got booted from room and was told I needed to register, which I did….Now this16:37
Matt1: Yes!16:37
Rush: Still on the phone. If you want to start the serial at 20 till the hour?16:37
Matt1: 3 Minutes to go16:38
Rush: Or thereabouts.16:38
Mike in DC: OK. Matt is on it.16:38
Matt1: I’m ready to roll….Cue up!16:38
Rush: I am on hold…. :(16:38
Mike in DC: I’ve never registered, but don’t anticipate any competition for this nick.16:38
Mike in DC: *pleasant music*16:38
Matt1: Can you start film while on phone Rush?16:38
Matt1: One minute!16:39
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Mike in DC: All set in DC.16:39
Len Freeman: Set here16:39
Mike in DC: Hello Len…we’re in the countdown for Smilin’ Jack16:39
Matt1: 30 seconds16:39
Matt1: Hello Len!16:40
Mike in DC: Ready for take-off!16:40
Len Freeman: Hi all16:40
Matt1: 15 seconds16:40
Matt1: 10 seconds16:40
Matt1: 5 seconds16:40
Matt1: GO!16:40
Mike in DC: <gong>16:40
Len Freeman: going here16:40
Matt1: btw, I was guessing the countdown 16:40
Mike in DC: *usual nice music*16:41
Mike in DC: <boom>16:41
Mike in DC: Talent is where you find it. 16:41
Mike in DC: I wonder if we’ll ever see a large formation of allied planes…16:41
Mike in DC: Let’s see how they escaped the car crash16:43
Matt1: Ah, right!16:43
Len Freeman: Strikes me that Philip Ahn and Keye Luke captured 80% of the speaking roles for Chinese in the movies16:44
Matt1: Did you see the body jump from car at curve?16:44
Mike in DC: They also snagged a fair number of “Japanese” roles during the war, Len.16:44
Mike in DC: Yes, Matt. The cat-like reflexes of Smilin’ Jack!16:45
Len Freeman: “Well you know they all look alike….”16:45
Matt1: Or the stuntman?16:45
Mike in DC: Ha.16:45
Len Freeman: The guy in the hat reminds me of Bernie Sanders…16:47
Len Freeman: Maybe his earlier career?16:47
Mike in DC: I was going for Abraham Lincoln, but same idea. :)16:47
Rush: I am back.16:48
Mike in DC: yay!16:48
Rush: Sorry.16:48
Matt1: wb Rush!16:48
Mike in DC: Hope you have lots more money now!16:48
Rush: Well…it was a fraud issue.16:49
Mike in DC: Jack has been doing some sleuthing.16:49
Rush: On my debit card.16:49
Matt1: Ugh, sorry16:49
Mike in DC: Ugh.16:49
Rush: Yes.16:49
Rush: Anyway…happy Monday yo you all!16:50
Len Freeman: Glad they caught it16:50
Rush: (to)16:50
Rush: I caught it, actually.16:50
Matt1: To you as well16:50
Len Freeman: Good16:50
Rush: I was going over my transactions record and saw something odd.16:50
Mike in DC: Wow…good catch!16:51
Rush: I was fortunate.16:51
Mike in DC: Yes!16:51
Rush: Where are we with Smilin’ Jack?16:51
Len Freeman: I checked my email one morning and discovered that all our bank accounts addresses had been changed to someone in Arizona!16:51
Rush: WOW!16:51
Mike in DC: 11:1516:51
Mike in DC: Yikes, Len!16:51
Len Freeman: Same thing though.. I noticed it, called the bank and stopped it all.16:51
Rush: THAT would be scary. 16:51
Mike in DC: Nefarious plot here–can make “fake news” in 1941!16:52
Len Freeman: The hard part was that we had to close each account, then go back and open entire new ones…. with our sons etc. there were like 7 accounts16:52
Rush: It can happen that those gas station pump debit payment devices can be hacked.16:52
Rush: I now try to pay inside all the time.16:52
Mike in DC: Ooooh. Need to re-think my gas purchasing!16:53
Rush: Yes.16:53
Len Freeman: Bad news is this stuff happening… the good news… if you pay attention you can catch and stop it.16:53
Rush: I have also heard some things abour PayPal that make me think….16:53
Rush: Yes, that’s true, len.16:53
Rush: The main thing I need to fix tonight after our chat session is to change the info with Lycos who supports this site!16:54
Rush: VERY important!16:54
Len Freeman: Ah… the important stuff!16:55
Rush: They are payed automatically through my card.16:55
Rush: Paid.16:55
Rush: Yes.16:55
Mike in DC: Yes, Rush. Don’t want the “Family” to become homeless!16:55
Rush: Jack must be nearing the cliffhanger!16:55
Matt1: Stay tuned to see next week!16:55
Len Freeman: Gives new meaning that “we’re all in your debt”16:55
Rush: Mike…that would be a disaster!16:56
Rush: Len: :)16:56
Rush: Not too many of us for the serial.16:56
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Rush: The time change, perhaps!16:57
Matt1: Hello NT!16:57
Nothere: So anyone got cotton candy?16:57
Rush: hello, NT and Paul!16:57
Mike in DC: Popcorn here, NT16:57
Rush: WELCOME!16:57
Rush: Sounds good, Mike!16:57
Mike in DC: Hello Paul & NT!16:57
Len Freeman: Almost to the big ending16:57
Rush: You can tell me about it tonight!16:57
PaulM: goofing off today…on vacation16:57
Matt1: Hello Paul!16:57
Rush: I didn’t get it playing tonight.16:58
PaulM: hello hello16:58
Rush: Other pressing matters.16:58
Mike in DC: It’s looking like Jack is going to get framed.16:58
Nothere: Somewhere fun I hope Paul16:58
Rush: He can get a good attorney, maybe!17:00
Nothere: Perry Mason is available.17:00
Rush: AH! Good choice!17:00
Mike in DC: Fake record…dubbed Jack’s voice in for Fraulein von Teufel17:01
Len Freeman: Jack’s in big trouble17:01
Rush: 13 minutes to go until “Charlie Chan at the Circus.”17:01
Nothere: Then we can stop monkeying aaround.17:01
Mike in DC: Different kind of cliffhanger this week–legal predicament!17:01
Matt1: Say it aint so Jack!17:02
Rush: I will watch the serial later so I will be current!17:02
Rush: Did the Fraulein frame him?17:02
Mike in DC: Yes. They have a gadget that can imitate voices.17:02
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Rush: Interesting!17:03
Matt1: Hello Louise!17:03
Louise: Hi all. Ready for the Circus!!!17:03
Rush: Hello, Louise!17:03
Mike in DC: Very current, given Russian trolls, etc…17:03
Rush: WELCOME!17:03
Mike in DC: Got my popcorn all ready!17:03
Louise: I reserve the right to have a lot of typos tonight since I cut my typing finger!17:03
Matt1: First Circus in our new room, with no sound effects 17:03
Rush: Do I smell cotton candy?17:03
Matt1: This one will hurt17:03
Louise: I’ll make monkey sounds!17:03
Rush: Sadly, Matt….yes….17:04
Mike in DC: <boo>17:04
Nothere: arf arf. Howlll. Meow. And other such animal sounds.17:04
Rush: :)17:04
Matt1: How do you make elephant sound? hmmmm17:04
Louise: Eeee Eeee Eeee17:05
Louise: That was the mnkey17:05
Mike in DC: “Absence of funny sounds no impediment to enjoying pleasant evening with friends…”17:05
Rush: (Elephant trumpeting…)17:05
Louise: Amen Mike17:05
Matt1: Well played!17:05
Mike in DC: Trying to channel my inner Chan17:05
Rush: Exactly, Mike!17:06
Rush: 8 minutes to go…17:06
Matt1: Cued!17:07
Mike in DC: No. 1 son is back in this one…17:07
Mike in DC: …so is #2, #3, #4…#n17:07
Matt1: and so on!17:07
Rush: The WHOLE Chan family!17:08
Mike in DC: Are we up to 13 kids in this one?17:08
Nothere: Wait till they bring in grandkid #117:08
Louise: Cued and ready but running upstairs for popcorn17:08
Len Freeman: BRB17:08
Mike in DC: My mom was from a family with 14 kids.17:08
Mike in DC: (not the Chan family either…)17:08
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Rush: 5 minutes to go…17:09
Rush: Please ready your films!17:09
Rush: Pause at the OPENING TITLE….17:09
Nothere: GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES!17:10
Rush: “Vroooommmm….”17:10
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Godwinshelley1: I’m cued17:10
Rush: hello, GS!17:10
Louise: Hi GS17:10
Matt1: Hello GS!17:10
Rush: WELCOME HOME!17:10
Nothere: HI Gs17:10
Mike in DC: Hi GS…Welcome back!17:10
Godwinshelley1: Hello all – someone on my last flight home “shared” their cold and I was sick last Monday17:11
Godwinshelley1: So I didn’t drop in17:11
Mike in DC: sharing is caring?17:11
Rush: THREE minutes to go…17:11
Mike in DC: Hope you’re feeling better now17:11
Godwinshelley1: I had the grand Royal Hawaiian – Black Camel tour in Honolulu17:11
Godwinshelley1: yes I’m much improved17:12
Rush: I hope you are feeling a LOT beeter, GS….17:12
Mike in DC: That must have been very fun, GS!17:12
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Rush: Dona!17:12
Mike in DC: Hi Dona!17:12
Dona: Hello everyonw!17:12
Godwinshelley1: Last week I cancelled my dental appt too 17:12
Rush: Good evening to YOU!17:12
Dona: Everyone!17:12
Nothere: Hi Donna.17:12
Matt1: Hello Dona!17:12
Rush: 2 minutes….17:12
Rush: Everyone ready?17:12
Godwinshelley1: yes17:12
Dona: Ready to go here Rush!17:13
Mike in DC: Whip, chair, gorilla suit…yep.17:13
Rush: Very good…!17:13
Rush: Mike: :)17:13
Rush: 75 seconds…17:13
Mike in DC: Bullet-proof gorilla suit…17:13
Rush: 60 seconds…17:13
Rush: 50 seconds…17:13
Godwinshelley1: Stay away from the black jaguar when taking selfies17:13
Dona: You are always prepared Mike17:13
Nothere: Suit? After they went to all the trouble of hiring the best trained Gorilla in show biz? For shame Mike.17:13
Mike in DC: :)17:13
Rush: 40 seconds…17:13
Mike in DC: Tough to get fur to stick to the Kevlar…17:13
Rush: 30 seconds…17:14
Rush: 25…17:14
Rush: 20…17:14
Rush: 1517:14
Rush: 10…17:14
Mike in DC: Now in the center ring…17:14
Rush: 5…17:14
Rush: GO!!!17:14
Matt1: <GONG!>17:14
Rush: Title….17:14
Rush: Music….17:14
Louise: Eeee Eeee Eeee17:14
Rush: Credits….17:14
Mike in DC: George and Olive Brasno are the midgets?17:14
Nothere: Somebody call the clowns. Their on in five.17:14
Rush: Good GONG, Matt!17:15
Mike in DC: Three Stooges moment17:15
Louise: Gather up the kids!17:15
Godwinshelley1: So Mike what is that musical “slide” sound they use at the beginning of the music17:15
Matt1: Working with what I got17:15
Godwinshelley1: here on this song17:15
Rush: Circus themed medley….17:15
Rush: You could see the shadow of a man walking backwards trailing that group of balloons!17:15
Rush: Just saw that for the first time!17:16
Rush: Family arrives…17:16
Matt1: 14 in total17:16
Louise: Humble self17:16
Rush: Yes.17:16
Godwinshelley1: Passes – the perk of being a policeman17:16
Rush: :)17:16
Mike in DC: Not sure, GS…will keep an ear out for it next time17:16
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Godwinshelley1: Look at that tie with the plaid shirt17:16
Louise: You think he got the tickets free?17:16
Matt1: Hello Phil!17:16
Rush: Lady Tiny and Colonel Tim…17:17
Dona: Hi Phil17:17
Godwinshelley1: Maybe a trombone slide?17:17
Rush: Good evening, phil!17:17
Rush: Just starting!17:17
Louise: Let’s dance17:17
Mike in DC: Could be trombone gliss(ando)…17:17
Rush: Of course, Louise!17:17
Phil: Hellooooo to all my Chan friends. Good to see you all. 17:17
Mike in DC: Cute cha-cha17:17
Rush: The rhumba….17:17
Mike in DC: Hi Phil!17:17
Godwinshelley1: Ah – that might be it17:17
Nothere: Anyone for the Charleston? I;m ready to Tango.17:17
Mike in DC: (or Rhumba)17:17
Rush: The Brasnos were brother and sister.17:18
Phil: I’m breathlessly catching up…17:18
Mike in DC: AH. That makes sense, Rush.17:18
Godwinshelley1: Why bite their fingers?17:18
Phil: Time please?17:18
Godwinshelley1: 4:1517:18
Rush: Good question, GS.17:18
Mike in DC: Good dancers!17:18
Rush: Just noticed that, too.17:18
Rush: BRAVO!17:18
Phil: Once more?17:19
Godwinshelley1: 4:5017:19
Godwinshelley1: 5:0017:19
Godwinshelley1: Wow – Charlie and family made the papers17:19
Nothere: Cigar lolypops 50 cents each.17:19
Rush: Chan’s arrival was in the morning paper.17:19
Matt1: Momma!17:19
Rush: “Latest blessed event…”17:19
Phil: On time, on target.17:20
Godwinshelley1: Yea17:20
Phil: Thanks GS17:20
Rush: They are fans of Charlie Chan…17:20
Mike in DC: Su Toy!17:20
Godwinshelley1: Just watched Warner Oland in a Barrymore silent movie yesterday17:20
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Godwinshelley1: Hello LJ17:20
Matt1: Hello Jim!17:20
Nothere: On target? Is there a knfe throwing act?:)17:21
Nothere: Hi Jim17:21
Phil: Not to be confused with Ming Toy – the pigeon17:21
LibraryJim: Hi, all, was watching a western and lost track of time!17:21
Mike in DC: Lee = crazy for human pretzel17:21
Dona: Hi LJ17:21
Rush: Chan wrote: “Wishing prosperity and long life.” 17:21
Mike in DC: Hi LJ, welcome!17:21
Louise: Lee is in love17:21
LibraryJim: where are we time-stamp wise?17:21
Godwinshelley1: 7:1517:21
Mike in DC: (Good calligraphy for a Swede, Rush)17:21
Godwinshelley1: 7:3017:21
LibraryJim: Got it, thanks!17:21
Mike in DC: Checks, stripes…yikes17:22
Godwinshelley1: houndstooth17:22
Rush: I suspect that Keye Luke actually was whose hand we saw write the note!17:22
Nothere: I think she’s trying toy with his heart:)17:22
Rush: Lee meets his newest love interest…17:22
Mike in DC: “romantic offspring”17:22
LibraryJim: Lee gets the brush off….17:22
Mike in DC: Charlie is not helping his cause…17:22
Mike in DC: That sound GS?17:23
Mike in DC: That’s a trombone17:23
Godwinshelley1: Yes that first note17:23
Rush: “Wise precaution to accept “applesauce” with large pinch of salt.”17:23
Mike in DC: (actually two trombones)17:23
Rush: Handing the baby down the line…17:23
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Rush: Lost Dona…:(17:24
Phil: Another appearance by Francis Ford?17:24
Godwinshelley1: If Charlie had paid his tickets instead of passes, the circus might have been solvent17:24
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LibraryJim: Well, I taped several movies onto a DVD-R for my dad. Took them down, and his great-grand kids (my grand nephews) have hidden the remote for the DVD player! So we only got to watch the first one I taped “In Paris”. 17:24
Rush: WB, Dona!17:24
LibraryJim: No way to choose the next movie on the Disk!!!17:24
Mike in DC: Mysterious hand…17:25
Rush: Great idea, LJ!17:25
Louise: Roar!17:26
Nothere: Hey Donna. Jim time to go gorillia on the kids.17:26
Rush: A belated WELCOME to you, by the way…17:26
LibraryJim: I asked him, “Well, dad, was it as good as you remembered?” He said “Oh, yeah! Thanks for bringing it down!”17:26
Dona: That is the fist time I saw the key drop and someone pick it up17:26
Louise: Cool, LJ17:26
Godwinshelley1: Get a DVD that the kids want to watch and say “if ONLY we had the remote, we could watch this”17:26
LibraryJim: Next time I go down — I’m bringing a universal remote!17:26
Mike in DC: Now we have to guess who opens the gorilla cage, Dona17:26
Rush: Yes, GS!17:26
Nothere: So is it okto enter a ladies boudouir if it’s a tent?17:26
Mike in DC: GS: I like the way you think. :)17:27
LibraryJim: Nothere, I wondered that first time I saw it.17:27
Rush: The costume tent.17:27
Godwinshelley1: It works when they hide your car keys “IF I ONLY had my keys, we could go to McDonalds?17:27
LibraryJim: If so, I might run away to join the circus.17:27
Mike in DC: That woman looks familiar17:27
Phil: Paul Gray’s sister.17:27
Godwinshelley1: Was she in Devil Doll with Barrymore?17:28
Mike in DC: Right. Thanks, Phil117:28
Mike in DC: !17:28
Rush: Shirley Deane: Louise Norman17:28
Phil: Apparently, the thing with that barrister really didn’t work out. She decided to join the cirus to forget him.17:28
LibraryJim: In Florida, it’s mandated by law that all high circus acts MUST use a net.17:28
Rush: Nice crowd of extras!17:28
Nothere: Just some folks hanging around.17:28
Mike in DC: I hear that they worked for peanuts17:29
Phil: Somebody said there’s a circus in town..17:29
LibraryJim: GS, going back to the car keys vs remote, unfortunately, a remote doesn’t get them anything. 17:29
Rush: Yes, Phil!17:29
Godwinshelley1: It does if they want to watch THEIR movie17:29
LibraryJim: Oh, their shows are on cable. the cable remote is NEVER touched. 17:30
Godwinshelley1: The blonde was in CC in London17:30
Godwinshelley1: And the lost CC Courage17:30
Rush: Yes.17:30
Phil: If those two are adults, why is he holding their hands like they’re children?17:31
Rush: John Aasen…actual circus giant.17:31
Nothere: So he doesn’t fall down in a high wind?17:31
LibraryJim: Phil, I question how these grown up tiny people are treated like kids all through this. “Lift me up, I can’t see”17:31
Phil: CUE THE CAN!17:32
Louise: I love the turn and the reaction to the body17:32
Matt1: <tin can>17:32
Rush: Yes..17:32
Mike in DC: And CUE THE GORILLA!17:32
Rush: TYSM, Matt…17:32
Phil: Nice Matt.17:32
LibraryJim: The gorilla has gone ape!~17:32
Nothere: AAHHH Sudden face close ups.17:32
Rush: Caesar!17:32
Louise: Beware the Ides of march, Caesar17:32
Phil: GOrilla of my dreams.17:32
Rush: “Much evil can enter through very small space.”17:33
Rush: Phil: :)17:33
Mike in DC: Think of the Adventure of the Speckled Band, for example17:33
Rush: “I don’t want any excitement while the show is on.”17:33
Dona: Agreed Mike17:33
Rush: Doesn’t want his show to be exciting!17:33
LibraryJim: Lee practicing his ‘quick draw’17:34
Mike in DC: Music is close to “opera”17:34
Nothere: Ceasar objects to a boring circus.17:34
Rush: yes, NT.17:34
Mike in DC: Murders in the Rue Morgue!17:35
Rush: Poor Su Toy!17:35
LibraryJim: While all others are losing their head, Charlie Chan remains cool.17:35
Mike in DC: Very rotund ape17:35
Phil: I was just about tosay.17:35
LibraryJim: Not acting very ape-like17:35
Rush: Watch out!!!17:35
Mike in DC: Just wanted a banana…jeez17:36
Louise: Is that the real Caesar?17:36
Phil: I know I always do well when somebody’d screaming my nme.17:36
Mike in DC: You mean the Roman guy?17:36
Phil: name17:36
Louise: No, I mean someone in the suit?17:36
Rush: Well, att he end of the movie, we can get the answer to that question!17:36
Mike in DC: I think Brutus got him a while before this17:36
Rush: :)17:37
Nothere: Ceaser is sick of being bottom bannanna.17:37
Rush: Yes, NT!17:37
LibraryJim: Yeah, not very a-peal-ing being bottom banana17:37
Rush: Chan observes with mild amusement.17:37
Louise: Here is my question: what happens to the ape Caesar when the person in the suit caesar is around?17:37
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Rush: WB, Len!17:38
Nothere: Hi Len.17:38
Len Freeman: Ta Ta17:38
Mike in DC: WB Len17:38
Mike in DC: That is a good question, Louise17:38
LibraryJim: Love the cop and “Chan, Jr”. 17:38
Len Freeman: So Caesar is doing his thing17:38
Mike in DC: Same gag as in “Paris” and “Murder Cruise”17:38
Rush: Now…it’s LEE’S turn!17:38
Louise: Thank you Mike, I thought I was misremembering this story.17:38
Matt1: I like CC watching in amusement17:38
Mike in DC: But this time with an ape17:38
Nothere: Feels sorry. Buys flower. Writes a confession. Sends it to the post office. The Ape? Ah new theory.17:38
Rush: TOUCHE!17:38
Mike in DC: Aha. TWO keys. So now we have even more suspects!17:39
Rush: Lt. Macy seems to be the only person who does not know who Charlie Chan is!17:39
Nothere: Careful to check wich end of steer Lee has.17:39
Mike in DC: Lt. Gimballs is much better. :)17:40
LibraryJim: either end full of bull, NT17:40
Louise: Show must go on, honey17:40
Rush: Yes.17:40
LibraryJim: ooops17:41
Rush: Lee remembers Su!17:41
Mike in DC: Dragon robe17:41
LibraryJim: Su toy has HER revenge17:41
Rush: I would LOVE to hve Su Toy’s dialogue translated!17:41
LibraryJim: Rush, ditto!17:41
Rush: The Chans preparing to leave.17:41
Rush: Lady Tiny.17:42
Rush: There is a train from Flagstaff, AZ to the Grand Canyon.17:42
LibraryJim: Oh, you can’t go to the Grand Canyon, Mr. Chan. um, they filled it in. Yeah, that’s it. 17:42
Rush: That would probably be what the Chans were going to take.17:43
Louise: She has beautiful lips17:43
Rush: LJ: :)17:43
Phil: We went on that train.17:43
Mike in DC: Man who seek trouble never find it far off17:43
Rush: Yes, Louise…petite.17:43
Rush: Good one, Mike.17:43
Mike in DC: Charlie is drafted by family17:43
Rush: And so true.17:43
Rush: “Judge say yes, too.”17:44
Nothere: Trail concluded. Sentence death by hoarde of kids whining.17:44
Mike in DC: That is a popular saying with referees :)17:44
Mike in DC: One of Mrs. Chan’s finest moments, Rush!17:44
Rush: True, Mike!17:44
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Rush: Watch how Chan makes Lt. Macy think HE comes up with this idea…17:45
Dona has joined this room17:45
Mike in DC: Who is that picture on the wall?17:45
Rush: WB, again, Dona!17:45
Dona: Maybe I need to be more chatty17:45
Mike in DC: Random policemen?17:45
Dona: not sure why i keep leaving17:45
Mike in DC: WB Dona17:45
Phil: An extra.17:45
Rush: Perhaps, Dona.17:45
LibraryJim: Chief of police? Lt. Macy when he was on the force?17:45
Nothere: I’ll guess Warren Hardin, and if I’mright I’m going to Vegas baby.17:46
Len Freeman: Harding17:46
Rush: Not sure yet what the “time limit” is, Dona.17:46
Mike in DC: The face looks familiar17:46
LibraryJim: I mean, when he was a uniform cop on the beat17:46
Nothere: That’s the one LEn17:46
Louise: Work like lightning17:46
LibraryJim: Arizona — maybe Wyatt Earp?17:46
Dona: As long as I can get right back in it’s no big deal17:46
Mike in DC: And yes, Rush. Charlie “worked” the Lt. like a pro!17:46
Mike in DC: OH. LJ…maybe that’s it.17:46
Phil: Chilly evening at the railyard.17:47
Rush: Lt. Macy: Wade Boteler. he was in three Chan pictires:17:47
Nothere: Pardon me is this the Chattanooga choo choo?17:48
Rush: Charlie Chan’s Courage: Bliss
Charlie Chan at the Circus: Lieutenant Macy
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise: Honolulu Police Chief Inspector17:48
LibraryJim: blocking it as spam17:48
Rush: I will have to check that last Boteler credit.17:49
Rush: Seems to be a possible error.17:49
Mike in DC: Major oboe solo17:49
Louise: the snake17:49
Rush: yes….17:49
Rush: Very cheerful music….17:49
Nothere: You all know you want to blow the train whistle. Just admit it.17:50
Rush: So true, NT!17:50
Mike in DC: woo-woo17:50
Rush: Wasted a good 5-cent see-gar.17:51
Mike in DC: OK. Speckled Band ripoff17:51
LibraryJim: Charlie Chan and SpecKled Band17:51
Rush: Enter…the snake!17:51
Louise: ewwww17:51
Dona: Yes Mike17:51
Rush: Yes, LJ!17:51
Mike in DC: Saved by the oboist!17:51
LibraryJim: scene used in Murder by Death.17:51
Matt1: Snakes…..I hate snakes17:51
Rush: Snake likes the music.17:51
LibraryJim: with Sydney Wang and number one Japanese son.17:51
Mike in DC: AT THE SNAKE17:51
Louise: gun in coat pocket17:52
Rush: Will this one rate a tincan, Matt?17:52
Louise: Wouldn’t that also hit Charlie’s leg?17:52
Nothere: Now that was something that snake didn’t find charming.17:52
Dona: Perfect Bullseye17:52
Matt1: Hmmmm17:52
Phil: CAN?17:52
Mike in DC: Canned snake17:52
Mike in DC: Sort of like tuna?17:52
Matt1: <tin can>17:52
Rush: :)17:52
Matt1: Smaller 17:52
LibraryJim: I heard it tastes like chicken, not tuna17:52
Louise: Who’s on first?17:52
Rush: Like chicken, perhaps…17:53
Rush: Yes, LJ!17:53
Mike in DC: Ah. Chicken of the Sea.17:53
Mike in DC: …or desert17:53
Phil: I don’t know. The death toll is too great tonight. We’re going to have to use the can liberally.17:53
Nothere: No no. Snake in a basket.17:53
Phil: is NOT too great17:53
LibraryJim: Maybe have to buy our cans from Sam’s in bulk for this movie.17:53
Rush: Note the sledge hammer coordination there!17:53
Nothere: Not to be confused with scotrpion in a basket.17:53
LibraryJim: Real circus work, Rush17:53
Rush: A true art form!17:53
Louise: Nice PJs17:54
Mike in DC: Yoga17:54
Rush: Lee is “stuck.”17:54
Rush: “Get me out this!”17:54
Rush: (outta)17:54
LibraryJim: a demitasse cup.17:54
Rush: Tiny tea party!17:54
Mike in DC: small donuts?17:54
Len Freeman: tiny couple17:55
Rush: The TALL players can.17:55
Nothere: This had better be four o clock you uncouth Americans.17:55
Phil: This guy’s a smoking idiot.17:55
PaulM: he aught to lay off those cigars…they’ll stunt his growth17:55
Rush: I suspect this is breakfast time.17:55
Nothere: And why is no ones pinky extended?17:55
Mike in DC: <cough>17:55
Rush: Paul: :)17:56
LibraryJim: Paul 17:56
Rush: yes…the cough…17:56
PaulM: 17:56
Rush: A possible clue then.17:56
Mike in DC: Feeding time.17:56
Rush: Raw meat for the lions.17:57
Mike in DC: Just one banana for the gorilla? No wonder he’s in a bad mood.17:57
Rush: yes! he would easily down a bunch!17:57
Nothere: Gorillia on a diet?17:58
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LibraryJim: One thing I like about Warner Oland was the way his CC treated his “assistant son”, some put downs, but overall respect and obvious love for offspring.17:59
Rush: Agreed, LJ.17:59
Phil: That’s what you get for messing with a swinger.18:00
Matt1: Yes Jim18:00
Rush: It would be interesting to imagine how Oland’s Chan would have reacted to Number Two Son, Jimmy!18:00
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Dona: sounded like popcorn18:01
LibraryJim: Lee “Klinger” Chan18:01
Louise: nice disguise18:01
Dona: this is so funny18:01
Mike in DC: haha18:02
Mike in DC: Lee in drag18:02
Louise: very Klinger LJ18:02
Rush: :)18:02
LibraryJim: :-)\18:02
Nothere: Well now we know where Mr. Balls got Clouseau’s disguises from.18:02
Rush: Lee DOES get some good information here, though!18:02
Rush: Until now, that is!18:02
Mike in DC: Hiya Su!18:02
Phil: Su Toy now suspects Jimmy likes to dress in women’s clothes.18:03
LibraryJim: but not very well. 18:03
Rush: Magnification projector.18:03
Mike in DC: Like nose on anteater :)18:04
Rush: What can be used for clues, can also be used for other images later…18:04
LibraryJim: Yes, Rush18:04
Mike in DC: (Naughty Lee)18:04
Louise: science18:04
LibraryJim: Not much different from other boys his age.18:04
Rush: Bronze filings.18:04
Rush: Love makes one do odd things…18:05
Rush: “Oh…I was just listening at the keyhole…”18:05
Mike in DC: Trombone again…18:06
Rush: Familiar music…18:06
Nothere: Well folks this is where I leave you. Pleasant dreams of gorillias peeking in your window all.18:07
Mike in DC: Good night NT!18:07
Godwinshelley1: Night NT18:07
LibraryJim: Nite NT18:07
Rush: Take care, NT.18:07
Dona: Night NT18:07
Rush: See you next week!18:07
Rush: “Better to slip with foot than with tongue.”18:08
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LibraryJim: Charlie plays this guy like a cheap violin.18:09
Rush: Decoration Day – Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day to remember those who have died in our nation’s service. After the Civil war many people in the North and South decorated graves of fallen soldiers with flowers.18:09
Mike in DC: drum roll18:09
Mike in DC: oops18:09
Rush: Note ALL the holes in the tent already.18:09
Rush: (Scream!!!)18:10
Matt1: <splat>18:10
LibraryJim: Practice shots?18:10
Rush: LJ: :)18:10
Mike in DC: moths?18:10
Dona: lol18:10
Rush: Mike: 🙂 :)18:10
LibraryJim: Mythbusters did this one on their show, it takes at least three shots to sever a rope that thick.18:10
Dona: that is interesting LJ18:11
Rush: Bring on the clowns!18:11
LibraryJim: Charlie Chan’s TARDIS pockets18:11
Rush: Yes, LJ?18:11
Rush: What prompted their investigation?18:11
Mike in DC: Hm.18:11
Rush: LEE!18:11
LibraryJim: a Western movie, where the hero is saved by someone shooting the rope he was going to be hanged with.18:11
Rush: AH!18:12
Mike in DC: Any bronze filings on Su Toy?18:12
Dona: testing18:12
LibraryJim: “That doesn’t make sense…” 18:12
Rush: You passes, dona!18:12
Mike in DC: Traced!18:12
Rush: EXACT copy.18:12
LibraryJim: When I was in High School, I took a handwriting analysis course (one night program). That’s what they said, too.18:13
Rush: “Even if name signed one million times, no two signatures ever exactly alike.”18:13
Rush: Great aphorism just then.18:13
Louise: Was that an accident, Charlie?18:14
Rush: “Mind, like parachute only function when open.”18:14
LibraryJim: “Mind, like parachute, only functions when open”18:14
Rush: Yes.18:14
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Rush: One of Chan’s most memorable IMHO.18:14
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Rush: I think Dona has had another unplanned departure…18:15
LibraryJim: For Dona, the room has a revolving door. 18:15
Rush: May 31, 1935.18:16
Dona: At least it lets me back in18:16
Mike in DC: El Paso police18:16
LibraryJim:
Down in the west Texas town of El Paso…..18:16
Rush: Long distance call.18:16
Rush: “Clear all wires…”18:17
LibraryJim: “Clear the air-lanes….” oh, wait, that’s Svengoolie.18:17
Rush: YES!!!18:17
Rush: Chan knows what he is doing…18:18
Mike in DC: Lee is on the case!18:18
Rush: And, YES!18:18
Rush: (Bubbles..)18:18
Mike in DC: Gowned and gloved18:18
Rush: Some “Egypt” rifs…18:19
LibraryJim: Not usual to see someone being STOPPED from smoking in these early movies.18:19
Rush: True, LJ.18:19
Mike in DC: It’s only momentary, LJ :)18:19
Rush: Speaking of Svengoolie…18:19
Mike in DC: Gorilla music…18:20
Dona: Not a great fighter 18:20
Rush: wasn’t that the guy who plays the keyboard, just then???18:20
Mike in DC: True, Dona.18:20
LibraryJim: hmmmm18:20
Rush: Caesar…18:20
Mike in DC: Sort of Frankenstein-esque images18:20
Rush: Yes.18:21
Rush: Get ready….18:21
Mike in DC: Dr. Zodiac!18:21
Louise: EEEKKK!18:21
Rush: Lee comes to….18:21
Mike in DC: Scratch one gorilla.18:21
Rush: (Scream!)18:21
LibraryJim: et tu, Chan?18:21
Dona: extra shots just to be sure18:21
Mike in DC: Great line, LJ. 18:21
Louise: Ah, the pillow again18:22
Rush: CC used a similar trick in “CC’s Secret.”18:22
LibraryJim: Pillows are in danger around Charlie Chan.18:22
Rush: AND, yes, the pillow trick!18:22
Rush: (GASP!)18:22
Matt1: <tin can>18:22
Mike in DC: Caesar FINALLY gets some bananas!18:22
Louise: must have been hot in there18:22
LibraryJim: murmer murmmer18:23
Rush: TYSM, Matt…18:23
Phil: CUE THE CAN18:23
Phil: Ooops, sorry Matt18:23
Rush: And, this ape-switch is similar to both “Paris” and “CC’s Murder Cruise.”18:23
LibraryJim: Yes, the beggar ruse18:23
Mike in DC: Yes, Rush. But it has to be much easier to do with other humans…18:24
Rush: Note Lee with Su Toy in the background.18:24
Rush: True, Mike!18:24
Dona: Yes Rush!18:24
Mike in DC: Never one to miss a trick, that Lee.18:24
LibraryJim: don’t blame him, she’s cute.18:24
Rush: Caesar would be a tougher accomplice!18:24
LibraryJim: Chan gives Macy all the credit.18:25
Rush: Yes.18:25
Rush: Chan doesn’t mind.18:25
Rush: Everyone knows…18:25
Mike in DC: Hm. 15 on the way?18:25
Rush: Possibly!18:25
Mike in DC: <kids-yeah>18:25
LibraryJim: great last line.18:25
Mike in DC: Maybe later ;)18:26
Rush: “Think 14 quite sufficient…maybe more, later..”18:26
Dona: Wahoooo!!!!18:26
Dona: Another good one!18:26
Godwinshelley1: Fine Chan film18:26
Rush: THE END18:26
Phil: That’s ALL Folks!18:26
Matt1: <Yee Haw!>18:26
LibraryJim: And Holt recovers and goes on to play Charlie Chan later on.18:26
Rush: (Applause)18:26
Rush: One of my faves.18:26
Mike in DC: Yes…and another fun evening. Rach just got in and sez hello to everyone!18:26
Rush: Well!18:26
LibraryJim: Hi, Rach!18:26
Rush: Thank you ALL…so much!18:26
Mike in DC: LJ: Was that J Carroll?18:26
Rush: Another GREAT evening!18:26
Phil: See you guys next week.18:26
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Dona: Thank you Rush. Great evening as always.18:27
Rush: Next week…18:27
LibraryJim: Isn’t that what the credit said?18:27
Dona: what is next week?18:27
Matt1: Good night folks and have a great week18:27
Godwinshelley1: And next week?18:27
Rush: “CC aththe Race Track”18:27
Godwinshelley1: Ah – another great one18:27
Rush: Yes!18:27
LibraryJim: Yes, J Carroll.18:27
Rush: We begin in Melbourne….18:27
Mike in DC: Thanks, everyone! See y’all next week…and will have to check credits! 🙂 Time for the Melbourne Cup!18:27
Rush: Pass through Honolulu….18:27
Rush: Catch the boat…18:27
Godwinshelley1: Ok folks – have a good week everyone18:27
Dona: that is is a fun one. See you next week. night all!18:27
Rush: And end up in Los Angeles.18:27
LibraryJim: Night all. Is it time for the ‘cup again already??18:27
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Rush: No cup till the Fall.18:28
LibraryJim: That’s what I thought. Silly me.18:28
Rush: THAT’s when the big race happens.18:28
Rush: :)18:28
LibraryJim: Oh,. well night all. 18:28
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Rush: have a GREAT week, everyone!18:28
Louise: bye for now18:28
Rush: Stay warm…18:28
Rush: Stay happy…18:28
Rush: Stay SAFE..18:29
Rush: Good night, Louise!18:29
Rush: Good night, Mike!18:29
Rush: say hello, to Rachel, please!18:29
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