The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for March 17, 2025
Feature: Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Chat Number: 1,299
Extra:
(none)
Participants:
Barbie Dahl
Burt
Godwinshelley
hounder
Len Freeman
Nothere
Paul Minturn
Phil
Rush
03-17 18:31
Rush:
03-17 18:54
Louise:
Greetings Rush
03-17 18:56
Rush:
Hi, Louise!
How are you tonight?
03-17 18:56
Louise:
Just fine. Finishing up dinner and ready for the races!
03-17 18:57
Rush:
Very good!
I suspect that some are celebrating the Green!
03-17 18:57
Louise:
I see that the other folks have followed the new tradition of coming in late!
03-17 18:57
Rush:
Yes!
Hence, I have stopped looking for thoise “extras” of late.
03-17 18:58
Louise:
I don’t drink so ST. Patrick’s day does not have that appeal for me.
03-17 18:58
Rush:
Me as well.
03-17 18:59
Rush:
Just about 8:00 ET…so some may start to arrive…
03-17 18:59
Louise:
I have taken to watching the movies online at the links you provide instead of loading up my DVDs. That is lazy.
03-17 19:00
Rush:
Not really. Why not see them online if they are there?
The only problem is when they stick commercials in.
03-17 19:00
Louise:
So that means I get the best winning horse this year, right!
03-17 19:01
Rush:
Well…this is our “warm-up” showing!
The race comes later this year!
NT!
WELCOME!!!
03-17 19:01
Louise:
Ah, forgot that
03-17 19:01
Rush:
Understandable!
03-17 19:01
Louise:
NOThere ois here
03-17 19:01
Nothere:
Curses and Kildarbies. An other year of failing to catch the leprecahn.
03-17 19:01
Louise:
is
03-17 19:02
Rush:
How are you this evening, NT?
Yes, NT!
03-17 19:02
Nothere:
Fine even though I won’t get a pot o gold laddie.
03-17 19:02
Rush:
One never knows what one may catch!
8 minutes…
03-17 19:03
Rush:
We shall see how many show this evening…
May be some partys going on…
Parties…
03-17 19:03
Louise:
Good technology in this movie
03-17 19:03
Rush:
YES!
03-17 19:04
Nothere:
A few people drunk on green beer may stumble onto the track.
03-17 19:04
Rush:
I was watching “A Day at the Races” recently on TCM and they had those electric eye devices.
03-17 19:04
hounder:
hi everyone happy st patty’s day
03-17 19:05
Louise:
Hi hounder
03-17 19:05
Rush:
Yes, NT…
Hello, Hounder!
WELCOME!!!
03-17 19:05
Nothere:
I shot an elephant in my pajyams how he got in my pajamas I’ll never know.
03-17 19:05
Rush:
10 minutes….
I was wrong earlier on the time…
03-17 19:06
Nothere:
Greenings Hounder. Have some green beer lafddie.
Had some green beer yourself eh Rush?
03-17 19:06
hounder:
thank you nt. this lassie accepts
03-17 19:06
Rush:
None for me, I admit, NT…
03-17 19:06
Nothere:
Suren lassie we have pplenty.
03-17 19:07
Rush:
Green sarsapirilla, please!
Greetings, Burt!
WELCOME!
03-17 19:07
Burt:
Hi!
03-17 19:07
Louise:
You’ve had enough, Nothere
03-17 19:07
Nothere:
Uhm hold on. I’ll have to trot out Virginias cart, but theres got to be some saparilla.
03-17 19:07
Louise:
Hi Burt
03-17 19:07
Burt:
Hello!
03-17 19:07
Nothere:
After a day oif that leprechan moicking mt I deserve it Louise.
03-17 19:08
hounder:
hi burt
03-17 19:08
Nothere:
Hey Burt
03-17 19:08
Rush:
6 minutes…
03-17 19:09
Nothere:
Okay. Sapsarilla. A touch oif the emerald isle. Here you go Rush on e green sasparilla for you. One green beer for Hounder.
03-17 19:09
Rush:
TYSM
03-17 19:10
Louise:
CUED here
03-17 19:10
Rush:
03-17 19:10
hounder:
ready here
03-17 19:10
Rush:
There it is, if needed.
03-17 19:10
Louise:
Is that the colorized version?
03-17 19:11
Rush:
4 1/2 minutes…
No.
4 minutes….
03-17 19:11
Rush:
Good old black and white!
BD!
WELCOME!!!!
03-17 19:11
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Rush!👋🏻🤗
03-17 19:12
Rush:
THREE MINUTES to go…
Good evening to you, BD!
03-17 19:12
Godwinshelley:
Howdy all – watching with some out of town guests tonight
03-17 19:12
Nothere:
GENTELMEN START YOUR HORSES!
03-17 19:12
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Louise, Hounder,Not here and Burt!👋🏻🤗
03-17 19:12
Rush:
Ready all?
03-17 19:12
Nothere:
Hey God Barbie. Green beer for anyone?
03-17 19:12
hounder:
hi barbie
hi god
03-17 19:12
Louise:
Hi GS and Barbie
03-17 19:12
Barbie Dahl:
Hello GS👋🏻🤗
03-17 19:13
Rush:
TWO MINUTES…
03-17 19:13
Louise:
and Phil
03-17 19:13
Phil:
Aloha yinz guys!
03-17 19:13
Rush:
Phil!
WELCOME!!!
03-17 19:13
Nothere:
Hey Phil green beer for you?
03-17 19:13
Rush:
90 seconds…
03-17 19:13
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Phil👋🏻🤗
03-17 19:13
Phil:
Ahh..no green beer thanks.
03-17 19:14
Rush:
75 seconds
60 seconds…
03-17 19:14
Barbie Dahl:
I’ll take a pint, Nothere 🍺
03-17 19:14
Rush:
50 seconds…
03-17 19:14
Phil:
Hi BD, NT and Glickster
03-17 19:14
Rush:
40 seconds…
30 seconds…
25…
03-17 19:15
Rush:
20…
15…
10…
5…
GO!!!
Title and music….
03-17 19:15
Louise:
Such cheery music.
03-17 19:15
Rush:
Credits….
Yes.
03-17 19:15
Rush:
Upbeat.
We hear the same with “Olympics”
HONOLIULU
03-17 19:16
Louise:
Amos and Andy: who remembers?
03-17 19:16
Rush:
Wewlcome to YOU, GS!
03-17 19:16
Barbie Dahl:
Everyone is happy in Honolulu!
03-17 19:16
Godwinshelley:
Hello – brought guests tonight
03-17 19:16
Rush:
I used to watch that show on TV!
03-17 19:16
Louise:
Me, too, Rush
03-17 19:17
Godwinshelley:
Is one of these guys Duke?
03-17 19:17
Rush:
Lee returns from the local bookie!
03-17 19:17
Phil:
Not a wise thing to do in a white suit
03-17 19:17
Barbie Dahl:
Watch this, class. The spatter test will come up later in our feature.
03-17 19:17
Burt:
But, gee pop!
03-17 19:17
Louise:
I knew more bookies when I was growing up than cops!
03-17 19:18
Rush:
Al Kikume: Detective
AH! WELCOME, Len!!!
03-17 19:18
Len Freeman:
Hi Rush
03-17 19:18
Louise:
Hi Len
03-17 19:18
Phil:
Hey Len
03-17 19:18
Barbie Dahl:
Where did you grow up, Louise, Brooklyn? 😝
03-17 19:18
Len Freeman:
Hi All
03-17 19:19
Rush:
Hello!
How are you doing this evening, len?
03-17 19:19
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Len 👋🏻
03-17 19:19
Louise:
Connecticut: everyone played the numbers
03-17 19:19
Nothere:
Hey Len. Green beer?
03-17 19:19
Barbie Dahl:
🤞🏻
03-17 19:20
Rush:
Avalanche!
03-17 19:21
Rush:
“When player cannot see man who deal cards, much wiser to stay out of game.”
03-17 19:22
Rush:
Yes, he will be taken care of…
03-17 19:22
Barbie Dahl:
Terminally…
03-17 19:22
Len Freeman:
I”ve always loved this race because the two jockeys are two of my favorites from the Movie Serials… Frankie Darro.. this jockey… and later we get Junior Coughlin who played Billy Watson in the first Captain Marvel.
03-17 19:23
Rush:
Yes!
Thank you, Len.
03-17 19:23
Godwinshelley:
I like Frankie Darro from his films with Mantan Moreland
03-17 19:23
Rush:
Again, yes!
03-17 19:23
Len Freeman:
Yes… those were fun.
03-17 19:23
Rush:
Tragedy aboard ship!
03-17 19:24
Rush:
“Suspicion often father of truth.”
03-17 19:24
Rush:
This actor is in another Cna movie..and, actually another.
(Chan)
03-17 19:24
Barbie Dahl:
Wasn’t Frankie Darro an original DEad End Kid?🤔
03-17 19:25
Rush:
(I had cha this morning!)
03-17 19:25
Godwinshelley:
Yes I think he might have been
03-17 19:25
Rush:
I think you are right, BD.
03-17 19:26
Louise:
Chan is a little more tubby this time
03-17 19:26
Rush:
“Easy to criticize, more difficult to be correct.”
Yes, Louise?
03-17 19:26
Louise:
Lollipop!
03-17 19:26
Godwinshelley:
Is this his last film as Chan
03-17 19:27
Rush:
I think I have seen “Lolloipo” in other films.
03-17 19:27
Burt:
No it was not, Monte Carlo was his last as Chan.
03-17 19:27
Godwinshelley:
Oh thats right
03-17 19:27
Rush:
Josephine the monkey: Lollipop
03-17 19:28
Rush:
(Lollipop)
Note Chan’s respect.
03-17 19:28
Len Freeman:
Aha… spatte!
03-17 19:28
Rush:
I doubt I would want to lie on the floor of a used horse stall!
03-17 19:30
Rush:
The blood spatter test we saw earlier comes in handy here!
Lollipop provides an accidental clue for later!
03-17 19:31
Rush:
Lollipop is a “companion animal” to Gallant Lad.
03-17 19:31
Barbie Dahl:
Len gets the gold 💫
03-17 19:32
Len Freeman:
Bought the horse… I had to take the money (lots of that in life…)
03-17 19:32
Rush:
“Horses are, by nature, not loners. It has long been a common practice for thoroughbred racehorses to be paired with a horse known as a companion pony which provides both a source of friendship and support. However, as we see in the case portrayed in Charlie Chan at the Race Track of Streamline’s pet monkey, Lollipop, these companion animals are not limited to horses. Other animals, such as dogs, goats, sheep, and, yes, monkeys, have been known to provide companionship to racehorses. In her article What is a Companion Pony? Jill Pellettieri notes that the famous horse Seabiscuit had a number of different companion animals and a horse named Pumpkin enjoyed the company of a dog named Pocatell and a spider monkey named Jo-Jo.”
03-17 19:32
Barbie Dahl:
Rush gets second 💫
03-17 19:32
Len Freeman:
monkey
Honored BD
03-17 19:32
Rush:
03-17 19:33
Rush:
212B
Let the notes of threat begin to fall!
03-17 19:33
hounder:
love charlie’s leis
03-17 19:33
Rush:
Yes!
03-17 19:34
Barbie Dahl:
A series of mysterious notes ensue…
03-17 19:34
Rush:
CC notes a future clue….
Yes, BD…
03-17 19:35
Rush:
03-17 19:35
Rush:
Aunt Ling…at the other end og the Island.
03-17 19:36
Rush:
of
Confucius say, “No man is poor who have worthy son.”
03-17 19:36
Barbie Dahl:
She’s up by Chinaman’s Hat!
03-17 19:36
Rush:
That would be, BD.
Possibly.
03-17 19:37
Burt:
Ok, pop.
03-17 19:37
Rush:
I will mention again about the proposed get-together this summer. Is the middle or early August pretty good for most?
Warren, OH.
03-17 19:38
Godwinshelley:
Mid-week or weekend?
03-17 19:38
Burt:
I wish I could come, but I can’t.
03-17 19:38
Rush:
I would suggest a Saturday/Sunday?
But I am open.
03-17 19:39
Godwinshelley:
Whatever is best for the most attendees
03-17 19:39
Rush:
Think fast, Lee!
We are, of course, still in the early stage!
03-17 19:39
Rush:
Oland’s double used there.
03-17 19:40
Godwinshelley:
Yes I didn’t think that looked like Warner
03-17 19:41
Rush:
We can always tell when we only see the back of the head!
Moonlit Pacific…
03-17 19:41
Rush:
“Long road sometime shortest way to end of journey.”
Cochina bark?
03-17 19:42
Rush:
Fish: (Cough!)
03-17 19:42
Louise:
The matchmaker at it again
03-17 19:42
Rush:
It’s fun to watch the background extras!
03-17 19:42
Len Freeman:
Was away for a second… earlyAugust would be good for me in Warren…. either weekday or weekend.
03-17 19:43
Rush:
TYSM, Len.
I will be getting back with Lou on this…
03-17 19:43
Nothere:
Timecheck please
03-17 19:43
Barbie Dahl:
It’s the only way to smoke, Rush. With scads of conquina bark.
03-17 19:43
Rush:
28:45
03-17 19:44
Rush:
29:10
29:20
20:30
29:40
03-17 19:44
Nothere:
Ah I was right. But only behind by a minute. Too much drinking. Wonder if Virginas cart has any sausages.
03-17 19:45
Rush:
It is fully stocked with all needs, NT!
Even baked potatoes….
03-17 19:45
Nothere:
Somebody arrest the postmaster.
03-17 19:45
hounder:
va’s cart has everything!
03-17 19:45
Rush:
03-17 19:46
Len Freeman:
great smiles greeting each other.
03-17 19:46
Burt:
Lee is my favorite son!
03-17 19:47
Rush:
Yes, Len.
And, yes, Burt!
03-17 19:47
Nothere:
Someone hold the hold.
03-17 19:48
Rush:
03-17 19:48
Len Freeman:
Father/Son relationship feels warmer in the Oland films
03-17 19:48
Rush:
I agree.
03-17 19:48
Barbie Dahl:
Lee is the ginchiest!
03-17 19:48
Rush:
03-17 19:48
Nothere:
Green gin
03-17 19:49
Rush:
I haven’t heard that since 1966, BD!
03-17 19:50
Rush:
Looks like a lot of damage cause by that fire.
CC is shot!
03-17 19:50
Nothere:
Perpaps Chan is warmest to son who shouts pop least?
03-17 19:50
Barbie Dahl:
I’m a girl for all tines, Rush.
03-17 19:50
Rush:
03-17 19:50
Barbie Dahl:
*all TIMES
03-17 19:50
Nothere:
Ah yes the magic self loading gun .
03-17 19:51
Rush:
Chan uses his word pause trick soon.
Listen…
“Maybe YOU….”
There it was.
03-17 19:51
Barbie Dahl:
Rush, you can perhaps edify me… was that phrase from Dobie Gillis?
03-17 19:51
Rush:
He uses that again in “Olympics”…next week.
Sorry…OPera is next week.
03-17 19:52
Nothere:
Dobie Gillis or perhaps oine of his many loves?
03-17 19:52
Rush:
Note: always close your window before conjecturing about a murder!
03-17 19:53
Rush:
Scotch Glue.
03-17 19:53
Nothere:
Or if you don’t sit away from it.
03-17 19:53
Rush:
Maybe a relative to Scotch Tape?
03-17 19:53
Nothere:
Now if we only had a clue what harbor their at. Just some kinda clue.
03-17 19:54
Barbie Dahl:
🤔
03-17 19:54
Len Freeman:
Junior Coughllin …
03-17 19:54
Rush:
San Pedro…Los Angeles Harbor
03-17 19:54
Paul Minturn:
hi gang. my timing is still off from the time change. most of AZ doesnt change the clocks
03-17 19:54
Rush:
CLUE!
03-17 19:54
Louise:
Noisy animals
03-17 19:54
hounder:
pauses like punctuation are important
03-17 19:54
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Paul👋🏻
03-17 19:54
Rush:
Another clue!
03-17 19:54
Nothere:
Hey Paul want some green beer?
03-17 19:55
Rush:
Paul!
Good evening to you!!
03-17 19:55
hounder:
hi paul
03-17 19:55
Len Freeman:
Ahah!!
03-17 19:55
Louise:
taking a nap is often my solution
03-17 19:55
Rush:
03-17 19:56
Nothere:
A nap is an unxpected manuver Louise.
03-17 19:57
Len Freeman:
Goodbye Collins
03-17 19:57
Rush:
Goodbye, Collins…
03-17 19:57
Nothere:
Maybe somewhere in the country with nice curtains. It’s a long ride.
03-17 19:58
Barbie Dahl:
Rush, what tv show does that phrase come from, the ginchiest?
03-17 19:59
Rush:
Well, perhaps a number of mid-’60s shows.
03-17 19:59
Len Freeman:
Dobie Gillis
03-17 19:59
Burt:
Time for science lesson.
03-17 19:59
Rush:
I would imagine we hear it in an episode of “Batman.”
03-17 19:59
Nothere:
You sure it was tv? Daddyo informs me it was oin a song.
03-17 20:00
Barbie Dahl:
That’s what I was thinking, Len.
03-17 20:00
Rush:
Probably when a student from Woodrow Rosevelt High sees the Caped Crusader!
03-17 20:00
Rush:
High tech devices shown…
03-17 20:01
Nothere:
That horse can beat feet.
03-17 20:01
Barbie Dahl:
What song, Nothere?
03-17 20:02
Barbie Dahl:
Just popped a French bread Supreme pizza into the toaster oven. 🍕
03-17 20:02
Nothere:
Kookie Kooike lend me your copmb by Ed Kookie Brynes 1959
03-17 20:02
Rush:
Nice.
03-17 20:02
Godwinshelley:
yum
03-17 20:02
Rush:
Yes, NT.
03-17 20:02
hounder:
yup tat’s the song nt
03-17 20:03
Nothere:
Well all this tech talk razzes my berries
03-17 20:03
Rush:
Another use of a silencer on a gun to get Chan!
03-17 20:03
Nothere:
Lee thats what you get for being a wet rag.
03-17 20:04
Barbie Dahl:
Thanks, Nothere!
03-17 20:04
Nothere:
Chan seems to talior his quips to the situation. In circus he said theyd have to recoooil after trying to kill him with snake.
03-17 20:05
Rush:
Elaborate set-up for this demo!
03-17 20:05
Nothere:
Joe is on the job? Now I’m worried Chan may lose.
03-17 20:06
Rush:
03-17 20:07
Rush:
03-17 20:07
hounder:
chan never loses a case
03-17 20:08
Nothere:
Correction please. We stopped moving. Thus impossible to continue moving.
Chan never had Joe watching him.
03-17 20:08
Rush:
03-17 20:09
Rush:
Eddie to the rescue!
03-17 20:10
Rush:
Lucky the guy didn’t yel out!
03-17 20:10
Len Freeman:
Billy Batson to the rescue!
03-17 20:10
Rush:
This was shot at Santa Anita Racacetrak in Arcadia…an L.A. suburb.
03-17 20:11
Nothere:
Money Maker objects to everyone ignoreing his chance to win the race.
03-17 20:11
Rush:
Early Independence Day fireworks coming!
03-17 20:12
Nothere:
What if I was first cousn to the favorites gardner?
03-17 20:12
Rush:
I would suspect that Lee would be arrested for this!
03-17 20:12
Nothere:
Remind me never to use that laundry servie.
03-17 20:13
Rush:
Phew!
03-17 20:13
Len Freeman:
wow..straight punch
03-17 20:13
Nothere:
Machine gun?
<BRATATATATAT>
03-17 20:13
Rush:
“Blackton” Guard.
(“Pinkerton”)
03-17 20:14
Nothere:
Our eye never sleeps.
03-17 20:15
Rush:
I guess the guy they knocked out was still out in the kitchen!
03-17 20:15
Nothere:
His souffe wqill never rise Rush.
03-17 20:15
Rush:
03-17 20:16
Rush:
I always look away at the finish of the race.
An obvious use of s trip line…sadly…
03-17 20:17
Louise:
ouch
03-17 20:17
Rush:
Eddie lost his hat.
03-17 20:17
hounder:
i close my eyes for that part rush
03-17 20:18
Rush:
Yes.
I never look at this finish.
03-17 20:18
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, it’s a brutal stunt.
03-17 20:18
Nothere:
This foilm proves why you shouldn’t give a monkey ice cream
03-17 20:18
Rush:
I think that that horse was hurt pretty badly.
Yes, NT.
03-17 20:19
Len Freeman:
wow,,, wha a fall..
03-17 20:19
Barbie Dahl:
I concur, Rush.
03-17 20:19
Rush:
“Hunky-dory”
Yes.
03-17 20:19
Len Freeman:
that couldn’t have done the stunt guy any good either
03-17 20:19
Nothere:
But not tutti fruttty
03-17 20:19
Rush:
Chan made that “hunky-dory” statement as the audience would feel similarly.
03-17 20:20
Nothere:
Hopefully he had the sense to insist on a crash pad.
03-17 20:20
Rush:
Yes, NT.
03-17 20:22
Rush:
“You taaaallllkkkk, taaallllkkk, talk too much…you talk too much….”
03-17 20:22
Nothere:
You shouldn’t a doner that.
03-17 20:22
Len Freeman:
ahhhh
windshoe
03-17 20:23
Rush:
Yep.
If he had not said that….
03-17 20:23
Rush:
However, we are hearing other incriminating clues.
And…the blood.
03-17 20:24
Nothere:
He had to wait to point out the blood?
03-17 20:24
Rush:
Banned for life.
“Save for next case….”
03-17 20:24
hounder:
hot clue.
03-17 20:25
Rush:
And…closing credits….
THE END
(Applause)
Well!
03-17 20:25
Nothere:
Mrs Chan not going to like being described as furniture.
03-17 20:25
hounder:
thanks for the fun everyone.
03-17 20:25
Rush:
Speaking of “next case”….
03-17 20:25
Nothere:
<KIDS YEAH>
03-17 20:25
Louise:
I never bet on horses: too corrupt
03-17 20:25
Rush:
Our next case takes us out to the OPERA!
And….yes….Boris Karloff….
03-17 20:25
Barbie Dahl:
Thank you Rush!💜🤗👋🏻
03-17 20:26
Rush:
Versus Warner Oland….
03-17 20:26
Louise:
OPERA is great
03-17 20:26
Len Freeman:
on to the Opera
03-17 20:26
Nothere:
Going to try and make us sing eh Rush
03-17 20:26
Rush:
And thank YOU, BD!
03-17 20:26
Barbie Dahl:
Nite hounder
03-17 20:26
Rush:
Yes!
03-17 20:26
Burt:
Thank you, so much!
03-17 20:26
Len Freeman:
Happy St Patty’s day to all.
03-17 20:26
hounder:
nite all
03-17 20:26
Len Freeman:
Goodnite
03-17 20:26
Rush:
A really good one next week!
03-17 20:26
Louise:
Nite all
03-17 20:26
Barbie Dahl:
Nite nothere
Nite len
03-17 20:26
Rush:
“Charlie Chan at the Opera”
03-17 20:26
Barbie Dahl:
Nite Louise
Nite Burt
03-17 20:26
Rush:
So….see you ALL here next week!
03-17 20:26
Nothere:
Nite all
03-17 20:27
Rush:
Guys, please bring “soup and fish”
03-17 20:27
Godwinshelley:
Yea!! Boris
03-17 20:27
Barbie Dahl:
Nite GS
03-17 20:27
Rush:
Yes!
03-17 20:27
Godwinshelley:
Stay safe everyone – night now – and my guests from Ohio say hello
03-17 20:27
Rush:
Thank you, EVERYONE!
03-17 20:27
Godwinshelley:
NOT Warren Ohio – Zanesville
03-17 20:27
Rush:
A wonderful evening, once again!
03-17 20:27
Godwinshelley:
Night
03-17 20:28
Barbie Dahl:
Nite Phil
03-17 20:28
Rush:
Good night….
Have a happy evening….
Have a happy and safe week.
Take care….
03-17 20:28
Rush:
See you next Monday….
Good night, GS, Phil and Hounder…
03-17 20:29
Rush:
Good night….
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