Chat Archive 3/11/2019

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

Rush has joined this room16:28

Rush: TEST.16:28

Mike in DC has joined this room16:30

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

Matt1 has joined this room16:31

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

Len Freeman has joined this room16:39

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

Nothere has joined this room16:56

PaulM has joined this room16:56

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

Louise has joined this room17:02

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

Len Freeman has left this room17:09

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

Godwinshelley1 has joined this room17:10

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

Dona has joined this room17:12

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

Phil has joined this room17:16

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

LibraryJim has joined this room17:20

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

Dona has left this room17:23

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

Len Freeman has joined this room17:37

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

Dona has left this room17:44

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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