Our Charlie Chan Family Chat for March 18, 2019
Feature:
Charlie Chan‘s Secret
Extra:
The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack (Chapter 11)
Participants:
angel & fox
Cdirus
danventure
Dona
Godwinshelley2
hounder
Len Freeman
Library Jim
Matt1
Mike n Rachel in DC
PaulM
Rush
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Rush: TEST.16:26
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Rush: Good evening, Hounder!16:26
Rush: How are you doing tonight?16:27
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Good evening all!16:29
Rush: Good evening, M/R!16:29
Cdirus: Hi Rush, Hi Mike and Rachel16:29
Rush: see Rachel is with you tonight?16:29
Rush: Welcome, CD!16:29
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yep. We’re both here!16:29
Mike n Rachel in DC: *Rachel waves*16:29
Rush: (Bowing…)16:30
Rush: WELCOME!16:30
Mike n Rachel in DC: She has a mouthful of pizza…16:30
Rush: Pizza is always a good thing to have a mouthful of!16:30
Cdirus: I had that for breakfast this morning 16:30
Mike n Rachel in DC: True dat.16:30
Rush: :)16:30
Rush: Pizza has been a breakfast food for me many times, too!16:31
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Universal food item.16:31
Rush: Nothing like a cold slice of last night’s pizza to start off the day!16:31
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello Matt…116:31
Rush: Hello, Matt!16:31
Matt1: Hello Rush, M&R and CD!16:31
Rush: Good evening to you!16:31
Cdirus: Oh no Rush, I have to have mine heated up!16:31
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Rush: :)16:31
Cdirus: Hi Matt!16:32
Matt1: Hello Hounder!16:32
Cdirus: Hi Hounder!16:32
Rush: I am not very particular, I guess!16:32
Rush: Welcome back, Hounder!16:32
hounder: i hate windiws 10, it’s so unstable16:32
Rush: I understand, Hounder!16:32
Rush: I always hold my breath following any “Windows Updates,” too!16:33
Cdirus: Do what I do hounder, I’m running Windows XP on a netbook. 16:33
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ha. Have always been a Mac person (Mike speaking)16:33
Rush: Many are, Mike.16:33
Mike n Rachel in DC: My first computer was one of the original Apples. :)16:34
hounder: not an apply fan, but may have to consider it next time.16:34
Rush: Yes?16:34
Rush: I am just happy to have something that does what I want it to do.16:34
hounder: my first computer did dos. lol16:34
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes. Had to plug the chips into the motherboard to assemble it.16:34
Rush: WOW!16:34
Rush: That goes back a bit!16:35
hounder: think it was a gateway.16:35
Mike n Rachel in DC: Then I got an Apple II…nursed it along almost 10 years. Decided I needed a new computer when I went the the ‘history of the computer’ exhibit at the Smithsonian…and my computer was in it.16:35
Rush: I didn’t start really using a computer until about 1997 at work.16:35
Cdirus: 16:36
hounder: lol@mike16:36
Rush: I remember, though in the mid-1980s at a museum I worked at then, that the people “upstairs” got computers with the claim they would save a lot of labor.16:37
Rush: What I noticed soon was that most of those people started working later!16:37
hounder: i think i just got rid of our ti computer we had a game cartridge that played chess.16:38
Rush: AH!16:38
Mike n Rachel in DC: hehe…my mom had one of those. Got it at Radio Shack on clearance.16:38
Rush: My daughter, Rachel, is using a TI-108 “pocket calculator.”16:39
Rush: Still works GREAT, and it is simple and straightforward.16:39
Mike n Rachel in DC: It probably has 10000x the computing power of those old computers.16:40
Rush: And, it’s solar powered!16:40
hounder: rotfl. my first calculator was shaped like a ruler, it added subtracted muliplied and divided. that’s it. lol16:40
Matt1: I have one of those Hounder, lol16:40
Rush: That was enough, right, Hounder?16:40
Mike n Rachel in DC: Mine too…it was called a “slide rule.” 16:40
Rush: I actually remember when some students used actual slide rules.16:41
Rush: I had friends that did, and I could not figure those out.16:41
Rush: Are we ready to run the serial epidode?16:41
hounder: i’ve gott a slide rule and a book for it. oneday in my spare time i want to learn to use it again16:41
Mike n Rachel in DC: My uncle was a math teacher, and taught me to use one when I was very young16:41
Mike n Rachel in DC: Then he gave me his slide rule…treasured heirloom!16:42
Rush: Ready for the serial?16:42
Matt1: Ready16:42
Rush: “Smilin’ Jack”?16:42
hounder: slide rules were all i could use until my jr year in college16:42
Mike n Rachel in DC: Let me triangulate here…cosine…hypotenuse…16:42
Rush: Yes?16:42
Mike n Rachel in DC: OK. Ready, chief!16:42
hounder: ready if my computer doesn’t crash.16:42
Cdirus: Yes16:42
Rush: Okay….16:43
Rush: Chapter 11….16:43
Rush: 30 seconds…16:43
Mike n Rachel in DC: Clear!16:43
Rush: 15 seconds…16:43
Mike n Rachel in DC: Contact!16:43
Rush: 10…16:43
Matt1: My slide rule crash a couple times……against the wall or desk in frustration16:43
Rush: 5…16:43
Rush: GO!!!16:43
Mike n Rachel in DC: lol16:43
Mike n Rachel in DC: Credits & graduation music16:44
Rush: Bombs!16:44
Rush: Credits!16:44
Rush: “Official” music!16:44
Rush: Planes!16:44
Rush: What more could we want?16:44
Mike n Rachel in DC: Honolulu16:44
Cdirus: Love the sound of those old warbirds16:45
Rush: B-17s seen at the end of the opening.16:45
Rush: Yes, CD.16:45
Rush: Phillip Ahn.16:45
Mike n Rachel in DC: Smilin Jack was in a real fix at the end of last week’s episode…framed by FvT16:46
Rush: The Chans’ Son-in-Law.16:46
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes, Rush. he was very excitable16:46
Rush: Yes. We will see how he gets out of that frame.16:46
Rush: This was the faked voice technology from last week.16:48
Mike n Rachel in DC: Foiled again.16:48
hounder: the infamous lights out.16:48
Rush: Yes!16:48
Mike n Rachel in DC: If at first you don’t succeed…16:49
Rush: Interesting with the muzzle flashes bringing moments of light in that blackout scene!16:49
hounder: is anyone else getting an overdub?16:49
Mike n Rachel in DC: Economy of sets so far…16:49
Rush: I am getting subtitles.16:50
Rush: I must have clicked on that feature.16:50
Rush: “Ah, so…”16:51
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Ma Ling. R.I.P.16:53
Matt1: Hello A & F16:53
angel & fox: What TIME???
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Cdirus: Hi Angel!16:54
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hi Angel…et Fox16:54
Rush: Hello, Angel (& fox)!16:54
Rush: WELCOME!16:54
Rush: We are watching “Smilin’ Jack.”16:54
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Cdirus: about 11 minutes in16:54
Rush: 11:00.16:54
Rush: 11:2016:55
Rush: 11;4016:55
Rush: You there, Yet, Angel?16:55
Matt1: She left16:55
Rush: Looked like a gavel to open the meetin gs of the spy network!16:56
Mike n Rachel in DC: FvT = pissed16:56
Rush: (meetings)16:56
Rush: Still here, Angel?16:57
Rush: All is not perfect in the spy gang!16:57
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Matt1: Hello Len!16:57
Len Freeman: Hello friends16:58
Rush: Good evening, Len!16:58
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good evening, Len16:58
Rush: WELCOME!16:58
hounder: hi len16:58
Cdirus: Hi Len!16:58
Rush: Nearing THE END OF THIS WEEK’S EPISODE.16:58
Len Freeman: Is Jack still Smilin?16:58
Rush: (Sorry for the caps lock!)16:58
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Mike n Rachel in DC: He’s hot on the trail of the bad guys16:58
hounder: hi dan16:58
Cdirus: Hi Dan@16:58
Rush: Jack is very DETERMINED!16:58
Mike n Rachel in DC: Man on a mission16:59
Rush: Not much smilin’ presently!16:59
Mike n Rachel in DC: Missed him!16:59
Rush: A chase!16:59
Mike n Rachel in DC: That was a slick move17:00
Rush: Short cut!17:00
Rush: The police join in!17:01
Rush: They, however, are after Jack!17:01
Rush: You mean the Benny Goodman records, Fraulein?”17:02
Mike n Rachel in DC: Damn.17:02
hounder: all the aces but not all the cards17:02
Rush: Matt?17:02
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Rush: WB, Angel!17:02
angel & fox: Been TRYING to get in here 15-20 mins. Can you “hear” me?
17:03
Mike n Rachel in DC: I think FvT has just shown her hand…by shooting Jack!17:03
Rush: “The Torture Fire Test!” next week!17:03
Mike n Rachel in DC: WB Angel!17:03
Rush: Sounds like a good one!17:03
Matt1: No, but I can see your words Angel17:03
hounder: hi angel. trudy is not what jack believes her to be17:04
angel & fox: My internet has been crashing SEVERAL TIMES A DAY of late. I’d accessed the Room, had been typing, but nothing would Send. I missed the whole SJ?17:04
Rush: I see your posts, Angel.17:04
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Rush: “Loud and clear!”17:04
Rush: Dona!17:04
Rush: WELCOME!17:04
angel & fox: Or is the Smilin Jack still running?17:04
Matt1: Hello Dona!17:04
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello Dona!17:04
Cdirus: Hi Dona17:04
Matt1: SJ is over17:04
Dona: Hello Everyone!17:04
Mike n Rachel in DC: Smilin Jack just got shot…we find out if he survives next week.17:04
Rush: “Smilin’ Jack” just ended, Angel.17:05
hounder: hi donaa17:05
Mike n Rachel in DC: Donaa? Sounds Finnish…17:05
Rush: However, we DO have our feature coming up!17:05
Rush: “Charlie Chan at the Race Track.”17:05
Rush: 13 1/2 minutes to go…17:05
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Rush: A good one that takes us from Melbourne to Honolulu, and then to Los Angeles.17:06
Rush: LJ!17:06
LibraryJim: hi all. 17:06
Rush: Good evening to you!17:06
Cdirus: Hi Jim!17:07
Matt1: Hello Jim!17:07
Rush: WELCOME!17:07
Mike n Rachel in DC: And we get a detective lesson from Charlie himself.17:07
angel & fox: BELATED hello to ALL! Soon as i got ON here, the SOUND went out on my Device. Jeez. Programs, can i buy a program? I got half a buck here…17:07
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hi Jim!17:07
LibraryJim: hi17:07
Rush: Danventure…Missed your arrival…sorry!17:08
Mike n Rachel in DC: Lee has a “sure thing” bet for your $0.50, Angel!17:08
Rush: WELCOME to YOU!17:08
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danventure: No problem!17:08
Rush: :)17:08
Rush: I was in error earlier…we have now 5 minutes to go!17:09
LibraryJim: can’t wait for post time! Gentlemen, start your horses!17:09
Mike n Rachel in DC: *neigh*17:09
Rush: YES!17:09
danventure: Glad to be on time.17:09
Rush: Please ready your films…17:09
Rush: 4 1/2 minutes….17:10
Mike n Rachel in DC: Virtual-gong ready in DC!17:10
Rush: Very good!17:10
Rush: 3 1/2 minutes to go…17:10
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Dona: I didn’t realize I wasn’t here17:11
Len Freeman: Rush… looking ahead at Keye Luke serials…17:11
LibraryJim: I’m placing my bet on Charlie Chan — he’s a sure winner.17:11
Mike n Rachel in DC: You’re sounding more like Nothere every week, Dona! Welcome back. :)17:11
hounder: ready here17:11
angel & fox: LJ, you right about THAT!17:11
Dona: Ready here Rush17:11
Rush: 2 1/2 minutes…17:12
Mike n Rachel in DC: LJ: Smart money always goes with Chan!17:12
Rush: ease pause at the opening title…17:12
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes, Len…17:12
Rush: yes, M/R!17:12
LibraryJim: The YouTube selection had a LONG preview for Inn of the sixth Happiness. three minutes!17:12
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Rush: 2 minutes to go…17:12
Rush: GS!17:12
Godwinshelley2: I’m cued here17:12
Rush: WELCOME!!!!17:12
angel & fox: He’s got MY half, gonna play it FOR an avalanche if not ON one.17:12
Matt1: Cued17:12
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello GS(2)!17:12
Dona: Hi GS17:12
danventure: Warner Oland is my favorite actor as Chan. Scripts were great as well.17:12
LibraryJim: q’d17:12
danventure: Too bad Oland died so young.17:12
hounder: hi gs17:12
Cdirus: Hi GS!17:12
Godwinshelley2: Yes I’m here 17:12
angel & fox: gs!!!17:13
Rush: 90 seconds…17:13
LibraryJim: Hi GS17:13
Rush: YAY!17:13
Mike n Rachel in DC: *dons racing silks*17:13
Matt1: Hello GS!17:13
Rush: Welcome back!17:13
Rush: 60 seconds…17:13
Godwinshelley2: My husband wanted to know if I was going to win another coin this evening17:13
Rush: 50 seconds…17:13
Godwinshelley2: I said not this week17:13
angel & fox: *adjusting monocle, also Fox’s monocle*17:13
Rush: 40 seconds…17:13
Rush: Not tonight, GS…17:13
Rush: 30 seconds…17:13
Rush: Sorry!17:14
Rush: 25…17:14
Rush: 20…17:14
Mike n Rachel in DC: *lights fuse*17:14
LibraryJim: Got my top hat and ascot17:14
Rush: 15…17:14
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hm…where is the fuse on this horse?17:14
Rush: 10…17:14
Rush: 5…17:14
angel & fox: Does you mascot have an ascot?17:14
Matt1: <GONG>17:14
Rush: GO!!!17:14
Rush: Music….17:14
Rush: Title….17:14
Rush: Credits…17:14
Mike n Rachel in DC: Very Circus-like music…17:14
LibraryJim: circus music17:14
Rush: Yes, M/R….17:14
angel & fox: LOVE this typography!17:14
Dona: That was last week17:14
LibraryJim: Caliope style17:14
Rush: We will hear this with “Olympics,” too.17:15
Rush: “Honolulu”17:15
angel & fox: Nick DiMaggio—any relation?17:15
Godwinshelley2: Ah yes – just like outside my hotel window17:15
Mike n Rachel in DC: Department of Criminal Investigation?17:15
Rush: Where you just returned from, GS!17:15
angel & fox: Nice to say “please”.17:15
Mike n Rachel in DC: Charlie is looking very dapper here.17:15
Godwinshelley2: Hard to come back to witer17:15
Rush: “Murder without bloodstains like Amos without Andy – most unusual.”17:16
angel & fox: Let’17:16
Rush: Tes, GS!17:16
angel & fox: Let’s not precipitate a precipitate.17:16
angel & fox: Enter a dragon.17:16
Rush: “This is more important than murder!”17:16
Len Freeman: Quote Amos N Andy nowadays and … ouch17:16
angel & fox: More important than murder!17:16
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hot tip!17:16
LibraryJim: train of thought now need wrecking crew.17:16
Rush: Yes, Len.17:16
angel & fox: LF—i’ve TRIED to get Amos&Andy across to folks—ALL POISONED.17:17
Rush: Of course, we are “enlightened” today.17:17
Mike n Rachel in DC: Smart fly keep out of gravy?17:17
Rush: Yes, M/R.17:17
angel & fox: The CLOROX people musta CLEANED UP back then!17:17
Len Freeman: Questionable…17:17
Rush: Yes, Angel.17:17
Rush: :)17:17
LibraryJim: he’d better hurry up, betting is going to be closed17:17
angel & fox: “The aristocracy of turfdom”!!17:17
Mike n Rachel in DC: With “Tip” Collins riding17:18
Rush: “The sport of kings.”17:18
Mike n Rachel in DC: (and the Mafia)17:18
Len Freeman: I have an early Amos n Andy film where Freeman Gosden and Charles Correl do the parts in Blackface… I show it rarely…17:18
hounder: time check please. i lost my sound and had to restart17:18
Rush: Yes, Len.17:18
Len Freeman: you do have to wince…17:18
angel & fox: A horse is a horse of course of course UNLESS he’s—John’s Other Horse?17:18
Godwinshelley2: 4:4517:18
Godwinshelley2: 5:0017:19
hounder: thanks17:19
angel & fox: LF, you’ve NOTHING to apologize for.17:19
Godwinshelley2: 5:1517:19
Mike n Rachel in DC: They are still documentaries of the country’s attitudes toward race, etc. Fascinating…if painful.17:19
Rush: GS, we award the silver coin when we have Melbourne Cup Nithe in the Fall.17:19
Godwinshelley2: 5:3017:19
Dona: That is a lot of horses.17:19
Rush: Ambulance was at the ready.17:20
Mike n Rachel in DC: Rush: AH. I thought that was a fall thing…November-ish17:20
Godwinshelley2: I know – but my husband associates the Racetrack film with the coin – I had to tell him17:20
Rush: There are 24 horses in the race.17:20
angel & fox: TWENTY-FOUR!17:20
LibraryJim: did they use actual footage of the Melbourne Cup like they did with the Olympics?17:20
Dona: I’ve never been to the races is that how many their normally is?17:20
Rush: “When player cannot see man who deal cards, much wiser to stay out of game.”17:20
Mike n Rachel in DC: I think it’s more common to have 8 or 10, Dona17:20
Dona: Ah17:20
angel & fox: i LIKE the “wipe” cuts!17:20
Rush: Understood, GS! He’s not wrong, really!17:21
Rush: Yes, Angel.17:21
angel & fox: NOTICE they whack the (literally) Little Guy right off. Aristocracy ALWAYS walk.17:21
Mike n Rachel in DC: “You’ll be taken care of…” Ominous.17:21
LibraryJim: “you’ll be taken care of” is usually meant in a fatal way17:21
Rush: True, M/R.17:22
Rush: And, YES, LJ!17:22
angel & fox: “Open your mouth & say “ominous”.”17:22
Matt1: Sorry folks…..something has come up and I need to run….Enjoy and I’ll see you next week17:22
angel & fox: CABLE CHARLIE CHAN!17:22
Dona: Goodnight Matt17:22
Mike n Rachel in DC: take care, Matt!17:22
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hope all is well17:22
Rush: take care, Matt!17:22
LibraryJim: night Matt17:22
Rush: See you next week!17:22
angel & fox: Dynamite…monlkeying…avalanche…SOUNDS ominous.17:23
Rush: I hope it is not serious.17:23
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angel & fox: “Prominent”. That’s an ODD name to give a baby, Mrs.Turfman!17:23
hounder: nite matt17:23
Rush: “Suspicion often father of truth.”17:23
Rush: The “Oceanic.”17:23
Rush: Enter an “old friend” of ours.17:24
angel & fox: They coulda made SUITS for ALL the aborigines out of the CLOTH those double-breasted coats wasted!17:24
Godwinshelley2: London17:24
Godwinshelley2: & Behind Curtain17:24
Mike n Rachel in DC: ‘E was in ‘is loose-box, ‘e was…17:24
Rush: Steward: David Thursby17:25
angel & fox: What’re THEY cryin’ about? THEY’RE not dead!17:25
Rush: Yes, M/R!17:25
angel & fox: They can get a new one at any Stables.17:25
Mike n Rachel in DC: Chan now on case.17:25
angel & fox: This idiotic question is unnecessary, too!17:25
Rush: “Easy to criticize, more difficult yo be correct.”17:25
Rush: (to)17:26
Rush: Streamline with Lollipop.17:26
Rush: Josephine the monkey: Lollipop 17:26
Mike n Rachel in DC: Pay Check is in the next stall. :)17:26
angel & fox: Streamline DEFINITELY not doing speed.17:26
Rush: Yes..hence the nickname!17:27
Rush: The blood spatters!17:27
LibraryJim: here’s where the lesson of the blood drops comes in handy17:27
angel & fox: When the CALL is ROLLED UP yonder, he’ll be there—dead, with (fake) shoe-prints.17:27
Rush: And we, the audience took Mr. Chan’s class earlier!17:27
Mike n Rachel in DC: I’m not sure I’d want to lay on that floor either…17:28
Rush: Agreed!17:28
Dona: I’m with you M&R17:28
Rush: Lollipop is about to cause some trouble…17:29
Mike n Rachel in DC: Bloodstains made…with fountain pen!17:29
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Rush: Lost Len…17:29
Rush: Here we go!17:29
Mike n Rachel in DC: <need sound effects here>17:30
angel & fox: Probably the Virtual Hole in Virtual Floor.17:30
Rush: Yes!17:30
angel & fox: *CRASH!*17:30
angel & fox: Hey hey it’s the MONKEY!17:30
Rush: :)17:31
hounder: …17:31
angel & fox: Poor marsupial gets the SLAMMER while Mr. Moneybags plots his PERFIDY.17:31
angel & fox: How much is that in POUNDS?17:31
danventure: Charlie cushioned that blow…17:31
Rush: Ooooh…GOOD one, Angel!17:31
Cdirus: Or ounces 17:31
Rush: DV: :)17:32
angel & fox: *sound of HUGE piece of cargo SMASHING on deck just offstage*17:32
Rush: Matson Line.17:32
Rush: They are the ship line that owned the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.17:32
angel & fox: Rush, i try to provide the…stuff…ordinary Americans can’t be bothered providing.17:32
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Rush: YES!17:32
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hounder: ship must still be at dock. there’s no motion17:33
Rush: WB, LJ…17:33
angel & fox: Welcome BACK, LJ!17:33
angel & fox: B deck. With ACTUAL HIVES!17:33
Mike n Rachel in DC: Dead horse cannot win race17:33
LibraryJim: I must have hit a wrong key combination, my screen went all wonky (technical term) and logged me out!17:33
angel & fox: LJ, it might not all be you.17:34
LibraryJim: good to know17:34
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PaulM: hi gang17:34
Dona: Hi Paul17:34
hounder: hi paul17:34
Rush: WELCOME, Paul!17:34
angel & fox: Hiya Paul!!!17:35
hounder: you stay home with jack robinson17:35
angel & fox: SO nice to see CC’s Summer Hat!17:35
PaulM: been here since the start of the movie. just relaxing after a tough day at work17:35
Rush: Sounds good, Paul….17:35
Rush: Not about the tough day.17:35
angel & fox: He needs one of Jerry Seinfeld’s Puffy Shirts.17:35
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello Paul17:35
Rush: About relaxing.17:35
angel & fox: CHARLIE GOT LEI’D!17:35
Rush: Angel: :)17:36
PaulM: the day after vacation is always a bit rough17:36
angel & fox: …or WITHOUT scissors.17:36
Rush: Yes.17:36
Mike n Rachel in DC: Took the words right out of my mouth, Angel ;)17:36
Rush: Agreed, paul.17:36
angel & fox: If i EVER get another typewriter…17:36
Mike n Rachel in DC: …I’ll make sure the e’s are clean17:37
angel & fox: Keep ’em SHIPSHAPE.17:37
Rush: Yes, M/R!17:37
PaulM: next vacation in 3 months for monsterbash17:37
Mike n Rachel in DC: New now. Velly soon old.17:37
Rush: That will be nice, Paul.17:37
angel & fox: YES, MnR: those CLOTTED e’s! They’ve snared I DUNNO HOW MANY stenographically dilatory perpetrators!17:37
Rush: You will see GS there?17:38
Rush: Lee at work…17:38
PaulM: if she’s there, i’ll probably see her17:38
angel & fox: So solly!17:38
angel & fox: roses red new york times see you switch horses17:38
Rush: Good work by Lee.17:38
Rush: Uh-oh!17:39
Rush: Stunt double there for Oland!17:39
Godwinshelley2: yes the Bash17:39
Rush: :)17:39
angel & fox: “Very suspicious character, sir!”—CC knows HOW suspicious.17:39
hounder: nice moonlight on the water17:39
angel & fox: Surprised Lee didn’t CLEAN TYPEWRITER KEYS!17:40
Rush: I like that too, Hounder…17:40
Rush: “Easy blow-up, easy pop.”17:40
Mike n Rachel in DC: Lee: Still apprentice detective17:40
Rush: Yes!17:40
angel & fox: Long walk off short pier, you mean.’17:40
Rush: “Long road sometime shortest way to end of journey.” 17:40
Mike n Rachel in DC: <cough>17:41
angel & fox: If they ever make the movie of my life (in which me buying a typewriter will be a Big Scene) i hope for THIS music.17:41
Rush: Yes, M/R…virtual sound effect!17:41
Mike n Rachel in DC: Was this guy in “London” too?17:41
angel & fox: US. Shoulda said “us”: me & Fox. Buying typewriter. For two.17:41
Rush: “Foolish to seek fortune when real treasure hiding under nose.”17:42
angel & fox: SPELL that.17:42
Rush: “Sarsapirilla.”17:42
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Daisy…daisy…you’ll look sweet on a typewriter built for two…17:42
danventure: I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a place offer sarsapirilla…17:42
angel & fox: Rush: 17:42
Mike n Rachel in DC: Great old song17:42
Rush: M/R: :)17:42
Dona: Charlie likes Sarsaparilla 17:43
LibraryJim: t-h-a-t. That. not hrd to spell17:43
angel & fox: MnR: Hoo-koo-ka-choo! All REET!17:43
Rush: Yes!17:43
angel & fox: LJ: 17:43
Rush: It’s raining notes….17:43
angel & fox: SPEAKING of great songs…and GRATE songs…17:43
Mike n Rachel in DC: Clue!17:44
angel & fox: Just change the NAME: to Horse Handicap.17:44
Rush: There was a clue just now.17:44
angel & fox: Pith helmets would be in order,17:44
Rush: A visual one.17:44
Rush: A chase…17:45
Cdirus: When did Lee have time to write that note with the steward chasing him?17:45
angel & fox: What’s our TIME?17:45
LibraryJim: Lee gets a workout in this one17:45
Cdirus: 31:4017:45
Rush: CD…very QUICKLY!17:45
Mike n Rachel in DC: And with such beautiful calligraphy, CD17:45
Cdirus: 17:45
Rush: FIRE!!!17:46
Cdirus: If I wrote it while running no one would be able to read it.17:46
angel & fox: You can’t beat a dead horse—or can you?17:46
Rush: In a RACE, yes.17:46
Mike n Rachel in DC: Pro tip: When at the race track, bet only on living horses. Avoid the dead ones.17:47
Rush: Captain Burns.17:47
LibraryJim: Oh, so that’s what I’ve been doing wrong!17:47
Mike n Rachel in DC: :)17:48
Mike n Rachel in DC: Captain Burns? Aptly named…17:48
LibraryJim: The father of Major Frank Burns, maybe?17:48
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angel & fox: I hope Streamline has his resume up on LinkedIn.17:49
Rush: BANG!17:49
hounder: nasty way to scare horses with fire17:49
Mike n Rachel in DC: Fortunately no can needed for Charlie!17:49
Rush: Time fuse…17:49
angel & fox: Say THAT again!17:49
Rush: We will hear Chan use a verbal trick that he will also use in “Olympics.”17:50
Rush: Listen…17:50
Mike n Rachel in DC: Maybe you…17:50
angel & fox: Like we couldn’t hear THAT coming.17:50
Rush: “Maybe YOU…have answer?”17:50
Mike n Rachel in DC: Didn’t he also do that in “Reno?”17:51
Rush: “Ocean have many fish.”17:51
Mike n Rachel in DC: (bar scene)17:51
angel & fox: “Clever deduction”—H or R Block, can’t remember which.17:51
LibraryJim: I mentioned to my dad when watching “in Paris” how CC is able to carry a gun into foreign countries without a second glance or even having to declare it at customs (2, into Paris)!17:51
Mike n Rachel in DC: I need a few more of those this year, Angel17:51
LibraryJim: dad just said “different times”17:51
Rush: I don’t recall him doing that in “Reno,” but I could easily be wrong!17:51
Rush: We will listen for that when we watch it!17:52
angel & fox: Lee sounds like Walter Winchell, coming thru the porthole blinds that way.17:52
Rush: Uh-oh!17:52
Mike n Rachel in DC: Lee = coq au vin17:52
Rush: Pop isn’t protecting Lee this time!17:52
angel & fox: OOOOH. Head in lawnmower. UNH.17:52
LibraryJim: Pop needs a good night’s sleep17:52
Mike n Rachel in DC: Pop want peace & quite–and son in safe place17:52
Rush: “Los Angeles Harbor.”17:52
Mike n Rachel in DC: *quiet17:52
danventure: I wonder if that was real Chinese or just something that sounds like it.17:52
Rush: That would be San Pedro.17:52
LibraryJim: quiet? Were we being loud? 17:53
angel & fox: Like Scotch GLUE? Or Scotch TAPE?17:53
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hounder: not so sure i agree gun is excellant bed fellow17:53
LibraryJim: 17:53
Len Freeman: AH,,,, bacj17:53
Len Freeman: back17:53
Rush: I have pondered that one, Angel!17:53
Mike n Rachel in DC: Mucilage17:53
Mike n Rachel in DC: WB Len!17:53
Rush: Yes, M/R./17:53
Rush: Lollipop, again!17:53
angel & fox: Whaddaya think of American girls?17:53
Mike n Rachel in DC: agreed, hounder17:53
LibraryJim: a clue17:54
Rush: CLUE this time.17:54
Rush: Actually, a clue the first time, too!17:54
LibraryJim: hoofs clobbered stable hand17:54
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ouch17:54
LibraryJim: I hope he wasn’t really hurt17:54
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes Rush…dog in the nightime17:54
angel & fox: Monkey knows the horses.17:54
Rush: Did you see Lollipop flinch when Snowshoes pocked his finger at his face?17:55
LibraryJim: monkey knows there was monkey business afoot17:55
Rush: Yes, LJ.17:55
angel & fox: There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear; there’s a man with a horse over there…17:55
Rush: He talks too much for his own good…17:55
hounder: lol@angel17:55
angel & fox: Nobody like Frankie D.17:55
LibraryJim: oh stewball was a race horse, and a good friend of mine….17:55
Rush: Angel: :)17:55
Mike n Rachel in DC: These guys read some Sherlock Holmes they did.17:55
angel & fox: OH, Stewball!17:56
Rush: “I know just the spot!”17:56
LibraryJim: He never drank water, he only drank wine17:56
Rush: “Goodbye, Collins…”17:56
Mike n Rachel in DC: “You’ll be taken care of…”17:56
angel & fox: I ALWAYS like how the Criminals recite The Plan within earshot.17:56
LibraryJim: unlike Charlie chan who doesn’t drink wine, just sarsaparilla17:56
Rush: Yes.17:56
angel & fox: Maybe CC can’t spell wine.17:56
Mike n Rachel in DC: Blackton17:57
Rush: “Innocent grass may conceal snake.”17:57
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angel & fox: “Santa Juanita”—a little twist, yes Rush?17:57
Rush: Yes, Mike/Rachel!17:57
Rush: yes, Angel!17:57
Rush: Filmed at Santa ANITA.17:57
Mike n Rachel in DC: Whoa!17:57
Mike n Rachel in DC: <neigh>17:58
angel & fox: What a magnificent animal. The horse is nice too.17:58
LibraryJim: yeah, I think you’d better17:58
Mike n Rachel in DC: Sure, Charlie…it’s a dart gun. :)17:58
Rush: Angel…you are ON tonight!17:58
Rush: We get a demonstration of the electric eye system!17:59
Len Freeman: Now for the scientific exhibition17:59
angel & fox: “Couldn’t you just have a guy click his Brownie?”17:59
Rush: These explanations of new science were a hallmark of director Humberstone!17:59
Mike n Rachel in DC: But it wouldn’t be nearly half this cool, Angel17:59
Mike n Rachel in DC: Always fun, Rush18:00
Rush: Late on the stopwatch!18:00
Rush: Yes, M/R.18:00
angel & fox: MnR, you (collectively) are always right. I stand, & sit, corrected.18:00
angel & fox: Mr. & Mrs. America & all the ships at sea—FLASH!18:01
Mike n Rachel in DC: Avalanche is a little twitterpated18:01
Rush: They know CC is on to something.18:01
Rush: “Man who flirt with dynamite sometime fly with angels.”18:01
angel & fox: YOU supposed to be in Brig!18:01
Rush: Released upon arrival!18:02
Mike n Rachel in DC: Shadow…18:02
LibraryJim: CC is always one (or two or three) steps ahead of Lee18:02
Rush: (bubbles…)18:02
Rush: yes, LJ!18:02
Mike n Rachel in DC: “cahooting”18:02
LibraryJim: cahooting?18:02
angel & fox: They need to get TOGETHER & put white dye on face of white horse, etc.18:02
Mike n Rachel in DC: fail18:03
Rush: “Roots of tree lead in many directions.”18:03
angel & fox: “Cahooting”.18:03
Rush: “Man with gun like lightning – never strike twice in same place. “18:03
angel & fox: Police have charged the Santa Juanita gunman with shooting a vase.18:03
Mike n Rachel in DC: I don’t know if that is really true, Charlie18:03
LibraryJim: It’s an open and shut vase.18:04
angel & fox: LJ: 18:04
Rush: I would still be wary of sleeping there.18:04
angel & fox: What WON’T those Venetians think of next?18:04
Rush: Lee surprised by the shade release…18:04
hounder: ouch lj18:04
Rush: Nice model used to show how the dart will be shot!18:05
angel & fox: How does a charm work, anyway?18:05
Rush: “Handicap day!”18:05
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danventure: Santa Anita/Juanita could use Charlie Chan today with those mysterious horse deaths…18:05
Rush: Lost Dona…18:05
LibraryJim: Handicap day … people in …. never mind.18:05
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Dona: i’m back18:05
Rush: Yes, DV.18:06
angel & fox: They just HAPPEN to have a Little Toy Horsie on a 14-inch long track, in front of a replica of The Gun…18:06
Rush: WB, Dona!18:06
angel & fox: 79,997.18:06
Rush: Love those scene shifts.18:06
Rush: “Useless talk like boat without oar – get no place.”18:06
Rush: Kidnapped!18:06
Dona: firecrackers 18:06
LibraryJim: Bookie room, like in “The Sting”18:07
angel & fox: They SHOULDA kept walking.18:07
Rush: Got to escape the gang, first, dona!18:07
Rush: “He say, ‘You’re right.'”18:07
angel & fox: Nice kitchen.18:07
Dona: True Rush18:07
Rush: TYSM…. :)18:08
LibraryJim: Gosh, now I can get that operation for Tiny Tim…18:09
Mike n Rachel in DC: Charlie doesn’t smoke in many films…18:09
Rush: “AGGGH!”18:09
Len Freeman: GEE18:09
Mike n Rachel in DC: The old “tobacco in the eye” trick18:09
LibraryJim: OUCH18:09
Rush: Crowned him!18:09
Rush: Yes, M/R!18:09
Dona: Yat they are out!18:09
Rush: Second time in this one that CC used a cigarette!18:10
LibraryJim: If CC smokes, you know something is up18:10
Len Freeman: BOP18:10
Mike n Rachel in DC: I’ll take Pico for $118:10
danventure: Yes, lots of smoking in old movies and hitting the bottle…18:10
Rush: The Marxian ride to the track!18:10
LibraryJim: In that case the bottle hit HIM18:10
Len Freeman: Keystone Kops!18:10
Rush: Note CC’s crunched hat!18:10
Rush: Lee’s driving must have tossed him around back there!18:10
Mike n Rachel in DC: *lights fuse*18:11
Cdirus: With all the fireworks18:11
Rush: Set ’em off!18:11
LibraryJim: that would put the fourth of July to shame!18:11
PaulM: CC recovered pretty well from bullet in the leg. hopping out of the van18:11
Cdirus: And no one in the stands runs 18:11
Rush: THAT would wreak HAVOC with the race horses!18:11
Mike n Rachel in DC: Charlie. Assaulting and officer.18:11
Rush: It might even result in a postponement!18:11
Mike n Rachel in DC: *an18:12
Dona: Is this the only movie Charlie punches someone?18:12
Rush: Thinking….18:12
Dona: He did a good job18:12
Mike n Rachel in DC: <machine gun>18:12
LibraryJim: Lee goes back to the brig18:12
Rush: I believe so, Dona!18:12
Len Freeman: This would be pretty hard to pull off in real life…18:13
Dona: I can’t remember him ever hitting anyone18:13
angel & fox: MAN, Dona, YOU ask apt kweschuns—RUSH has ANSWERS!18:13
angel & fox: We are SO covered!18:13
Dona: Rush always has the answers angel :0)18:13
angel & fox: !!!18:13
Rush: Me neither. He has used “moves” to subdue opponents, but not punches to my memory feeble as it can be!18:13
hounder: sneaky charlie18:14
LibraryJim: and it was a sucker punch at that18:14
angel & fox: Wouldn’t a bee in pants be a BUMBEE?
18:14
Rush: Yes, LJ!18:14
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Godwinshelley2: Sorry – phone call18:14
Dona: Hi GS18:14
Mike n Rachel in DC: WB18:14
Rush: Long sideburns on the bugler…rare for the time.18:14
Godwinshelley2: Just in time for the race18:14
Mike n Rachel in DC: Where is Pay Check?18:14
Rush: Yes.18:14
angel & fox: Louis Headstrong, Trumpet.18:15
Rush: M/R: :)18:15
Mike n Rachel in DC: That is one serious dart.18:15
Rush: Yes, Angel!18:15
hounder: you lose before race start18:15
Rush: They’re OFF!18:15
angel & fox: A DART one couldn’t DODGE, i’m afraid.18:15
Dona: scary looking MnR18:15
Rush: We approach the scene that I turn away from.18:15
Dona: LOL18:15
Dona: good one angel18:16
Rush: That finish I cannot watch.18:16
angel & fox: Ah, the HUMANITY!18:16
Mike n Rachel in DC: Just in case they have to fix a rhinoceros race, I guess18:16
Dona: yes Rush18:16
angel & fox: Ohhhhh, the HORSEMANITY.18:16
Rush: trip line used…sadly.18:16
Mike n Rachel in DC: Dart!18:16
Rush: The dart!18:16
Mike n Rachel in DC: Some nice shots of running horses18:16
danventure: Nothing obvious about that trap.18:17
LibraryJim: I forgot about that, Rush. 18:17
Rush: The wonder horse of the age!18:17
angel & fox: Those doity RATS.18:17
Rush: Yes, LJ…18:17
Mike n Rachel in DC: Damn.18:17
Rush: Yeah.18:17
Cdirus: The mystery horse – like the Black stallion movie18:17
Mike n Rachel in DC: I sure hope both horse and rider were ok.18:17
Cdirus: One can hope MR18:18
Rush: Give him a new identity.18:18
angel & fox: AMAZINGLY seamless intercut of real & staged stuff.18:18
Len Freeman: Junior Coughlin was really a good rider18:18
Rush: Yes.18:18
Mike n Rachel in DC: Was he the stuntman for that, Len?18:18
Rush: CC makes an announcement her for the benefit of the concerned audience.18:18
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Rush: Sorry…Dona…18:19
Len Freeman: Np Junior was the actor.18:19
hounder: bye dona18:19
angel & fox: Monkey dory.18:19
Rush: Might return…18:19
Len Freeman: He and Frankie Darro (who played Tip Collins) were both very decent athletes18:19
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Rush: WB, again, Dona…18:19
Dona: i was watching the movie then i find i’m gone18:19
Dona: lol18:19
Rush: Sorry about the technology issues, Dona!18:20
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ah. Thanks, Len.18:20
angel & fox: “Now in custody”18:20
Rush: The dart!18:20
LibraryJim: mystery worthy of Charlie Chan, Dona18:20
Rush: Yes.18:20
Mike n Rachel in DC: I can see clearly now…18:20
Rush: He doth accuse to much!18:20
Dona: LOL LJ18:20
Rush: (too)18:20
angel & fox: If i’m ever around after a Bad Thing, i’m gonna avoid being in any rooms with a lotta others.18:21
Mike n Rachel in DC: Oops.18:21
angel & fox: Father of the Year.18:21
Rush: That winch shoe did him in.18:21
Mike n Rachel in DC: “You convict self.”18:21
angel & fox: NOBODY knew that.18:21
Rush: “Cold-blooded murder no joke.”18:21
angel & fox: “TYSM”!18:22
Rush: “Truth sometimes like stab of cruel knife.”18:22
Mike n Rachel in DC: Charlie reveals early clue.18:22
angel & fox: My GRANDMOTHER had a Crewel Knife.18:22
Mike n Rachel in DC: “Is that a dart in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?”18:23
Rush: Now, my dear ladies, with apologies, Mr. Chan’s final aphorism, though now politically incorrect, was meant as a compliment in 1936!18:23
angel & fox: MnR 18:23
Rush: “Save for next case, please…”18:24
Mike n Rachel in DC: Last line…a little reminiscent of “Camel”18:24
Dona: I love that line18:24
Rush: Closing credits…18:24
Rush: THE END18:24
angel & fox: Save for NEXT CASE, please!!!18:24
Mike n Rachel in DC: High-energy usic18:24
LibraryJim: and I guess we’ll save further comments until next movie.18:24
Mike n Rachel in DC: <kids-yeah>18:24
Rush: (applause….)18:24
Godwinshelley2: Nice movie – hope to catch it more completely in the Fall – when I am a winner18:24
Rush: Well!18:24
angel & fox: What a No-Star Cast!18:25
danventure: I’ll save my comments till the next case, next week.18:25
Godwinshelley2: Or so I hope18:25
Dona: CLAP CLAP CLAP18:25
Mike n Rachel in DC: :)18:25
LibraryJim: hah, I’m going to get the half dollare this time gs18:25
Rush: Another good one “back into the can” till later this year.18:25
angel & fox: Looking forward to next week till looking back at it!18:25
Len Freeman: Rush, I’l miss the next 2 weeks… out of town18:25
Rush: Next week!18:25
Mike n Rachel in DC: What’s up next week, Rush?18:25
hounder: not politically correct but very true.18:25
Rush: “Warner Oland vs. Boris Karloff”18:25
angel & fox: Len, we’ll keep your Stall warm for you.18:25
Rush: “Charlie Chan at the Opera”18:25
LibraryJim: At the Opera118:25
Cdirus: ohh, my favorite!18:25
Len Freeman: Thanks A&F18:25
Mike n Rachel in DC: Another classic.18:25
angel & fox: I bid you all good, knights!!!18:26
hounder: thanks aqll. see you next week.18:26
Rush: Have a SAFE trip, Len!18:26
Godwinshelley2: Yea! Opera!!!!18:26
Mike n Rachel in DC: We’ll miss you Len…safe travels!18:26
LibraryJim: One of the best. “The show will go on even if Frankenstein himself walks through here!”18:26
Godwinshelley2: A Karloff alert18:26
Rush: If you can, please drop in next week from afar!18:26
Dona: Yes, safe travels Len18:26
Godwinshelley2: Happy traveling to everyone!!18:26
Rush: Thank you ALL for a FUN evening!18:26
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Thanks everyone for another enjoyable evening!18:26
hounder has left this room18:26
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Godwinshelley2: Night all18:26
LibraryJim: thanks all for a great night!18:26
danventure: Indeed! Have a great week, all!18:26
Dona: Thank you Rush! Great fun as always!18:27
Mike n Rachel in DC: Thank you, Rush…see you next week!18:27
Rush: See you next week!18:27
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Cdirus: Have a good evening all! See you next week18:27
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Rush: Thank you all again!18:27
Dona: Seen you all next week. Have a great week!18:27
Rush: Have a great week!18:27
Rush: Be happy and safe!18:27
Len Freeman: Rush… Looking ahead to Keye Luke serials… after Green Hornet, you might consider Lost City of the Jungle… 18:27
Rush: We can do that one at some point, Len!18:27
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Len Freeman: Key and Russel Hayden share billing… and pretty good all around18:28
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Rush: IF it is on Youtube, etc…18:28
Len Freeman: Goodnight… catch you later….TYSM18:28
Rush: It is GREAT to have those available to us!18:28
Rush: Good night, sir!18:28
Rush: take care…18:28
Rush: Have a happy and safe trip.18:28
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Rush: Good night!18:29
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