The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for March 20, 2023
Feature:
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Extra:
Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott: Boris Karloff — The Man Behind the Monster
Participants:
Angel Santiago Saltamontes
Duane
Godwinshelley
hounder
Louise
Matt
mda19083
Mike n Rachel in DC
Nothere
PaulM
Phil
Rich Maine
Rush
03-20 18:27
Rush:
03-20 18:30
Matt:
Hello Rush!
03-20 18:30
Rush:
Hi, Matt!
03-20 18:30
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Good evening!
03-20 18:30
Rush:
How was the week?
03-20 18:30
Matt:
Hope you had a good week
Not too bad, thnx
03-20 18:31
Rush:
restful over all, thank you!
03-20 18:31
Matt:
Spring Break over?
03-20 18:31
Rush:
Yes. We were back today.
03-20 18:32
Matt:
I don’t remember getting a Spring Break until college…..with the exception of Easter break
03-20 18:32
Rush:
One thing we are learning is that people in our area travel on holidays!
Yes, same here.
It was always Easter Vacation.
03-20 18:33
Matt:
A LOT of people come to FL….it’s crazy here
03-20 18:33
Rush:
I think Jimmy Chan mentions he’s going on Spring Break in “Reno.”
03-20 18:33
Mike n Rachel in DC:
overrun by the spring break hordes, Matt?
03-20 18:33
Rush:
We know people who go to Florida.
03-20 18:34
Matt:
Hello M & ….welcome back R!
03-20 18:34
Rush:
The daughters of some friends went with their aunt to Londaon.
03-20 18:34
Matt:
TON of spring breakers and snow birds
03-20 18:34
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Good evening! It’s nice to have MnR back together. 
03-20 18:34
Rush:
The receptionist at our school went with her family to Jamaica.
03-20 18:35
Matt:
Boy, could we tell stories, Rachel!
03-20 18:35
Rush:
A girl in one of my classes went with her family to Hawaii.
hello, Mike and Rachel!
03-20 18:35
Matt:
Now that’s a trip, Rush!
03-20 18:35
Rush:
Warming greetings!
yes!
03-20 18:35
Matt:
Hello Duane!
03-20 18:35
Duane:
Hello Rush
03-20 18:36
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hi Duane!
03-20 18:36
Duane:
Hello Matt
03-20 18:36
Rush:
Duane! WELCOME!
03-20 18:36
Duane:
Hello Mike n Rachel
03-20 18:37
Rush:
I hope that everyone is doing well.
03-20 18:38
Duane:
I am doing good
03-20 18:38
Rush:
Cold but warming here where I am.
03-20 18:38
Matt:
Tonight’s extra looks really interesting
03-20 18:38
Rush:
I saw the neighbors out just now tossing a frisbee to their dogs.
03-20 18:38
Matt:
Spring has sprung!
03-20 18:39
Rush:
Yes, Matt.
It is trying!
03-20 18:39
Rush:
Pretty soon the tress will start showing leaves!
(trees)
03-20 18:40
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Cherry blossoms are out in DC!
03-20 18:40
Rush:
Yes?
03-20 18:40
Matt:
Already?
03-20 18:40
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Yes. This week is supposed to be prime cherry blossom week. Seems a little early this year, but that’s the scoop.
03-20 18:41
Rush:
My mom used to tell me about me about that.
MDA!
03-20 18:41
Matt:
They are magnificent
03-20 18:41
Rush:
Good evening!
03-20 18:41
Mike n Rachel in DC:
It’s definitely a DC “thing”
03-20 18:41
Matt:
Hello MDA!
03-20 18:41
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hey MDA
03-20 18:41
Duane:
Hello MDA
03-20 18:42
Rush:
If not for DC there would be no ME.
My mom and dad met there.
03-20 18:42
Matt:
Ah!
03-20 18:42
mda19083:
Greetings all – I am in need of my extended family this evening as my Mom passed on March 13th
03-20 18:43
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Awwww. Glad to hear that DC inspires romance, Rush. 
03-20 18:43
Matt:
So very sorry for your loss MDA
03-20 18:43
Rush:
Oh, MDA, I am so sorry.
Man.
03-20 18:43
Duane:
Sorry for your lost MDA
03-20 18:43
Mike n Rachel in DC:
So sorry to hear the news, MDA.
03-20 18:44
mda19083:
Man thanks all
03-20 18:44
Rush:
MDA, over the years, as you know, we have all shared our happiness as well as heartaches.
We are here for you.
03-20 18:44
Matt:
Yes
03-20 18:44
mda19083:
To pass at 93 among your family is a fitting tribute to a marvelous woman
03-20 18:45
Matt:
What a wonderful gift
03-20 18:45
Rush:
This place has been a comfort to me on a number of occasions.
03-20 18:45
Mike n Rachel in DC:
agreed, MDA. To have family near is a blessing.
03-20 18:45
mda19083:
tears of joy
03-20 18:45
Rush:
It sure is.
These are the times we really realize how important family and friends are.
03-20 18:48
Rush:
03-20 18:48
mda19083:
I enjoyed the extras from last week earlier today
03-20 18:48
Mike n Rachel in DC:
This group of people has been quite a bunch over the years. Quite a remarkable phenomenon, really.
Lovely flowers, Rush.
03-20 18:49
mda19083:
many thanks Rush and all
03-20 18:49
Rush:
That is the beauty of our new Chat Archive, MDA. We can go back and still watch the extras there as well as from saves emails, or even the Message Board.
03-20 18:50
Rush:
Tonight’s extra focuses on Boris Karloff.
03-20 18:51
mda19083:
this is perhaps my favorite Chan
03-20 18:51
Rush:
“The Man Behind the Monster”
Yes, MDA! Its a great one!
03-20 18:51
Mike n Rachel in DC:
It’s a high-water mark of the earlier films, I think.
03-20 18:51
Rush:
Great sets, costumes, and…music.
03-20 18:51
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Oscar Levant!
03-20 18:51
Matt:
And, a future Chan son!
03-20 18:52
Rush:
Yes, Mike!
(“Hello” to Rachel, by the way!)
03-20 18:52
Matt:
Hello Louise!
03-20 18:52
Louise:
Hello all! I hope everyone is in good singing voice tonight.
03-20 18:52
Rush:
YES! And Tommy, too!
03-20 18:52
mda19083:
even William Demarest is good!
03-20 18:52
Duane:
Hello Louise
03-20 18:52
Rush:
His first BRIEF appearance!
Louise!
Greetings!
03-20 18:53
Mike n Rachel in DC:
sol do re mi mi; mi re mi do do…
Hi Louise!
03-20 18:53
mda19083:
encore
03-20 18:53
Matt:
03-20 18:53
Louise:
Hello all, and sorry to hear your news, mda
03-20 18:53
Rush:
Yes, MDA! Demarest plays the hard boiled cop who is jealous and skeptical of Chan…but he comes around in the end!
03-20 18:53
mda19083:
many thanks
03-20 18:54
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Multi-purpose costume, Matt
03-20 18:54
Rush:
Shall we watch the extra?
03-20 18:54
Matt:
Shhhhh, I’m Batman too
03-20 18:54
Mike n Rachel in DC:
(don’t forget your plume when you go onstage, though)
03-20 18:54
mda19083:
absolutely
03-20 18:54
Louise:
We are actually thinking of going to the MET opera in New York next month but I hope it isn’t haunted!
03-20 18:54
Rush:
Mike:
I hope it isn’t as well. Louise!
03-20 18:55
Matt:
Ready here!
03-20 18:55
Mike n Rachel in DC:
It’s great, Louise…very worthwhile!
03-20 18:55
Rush:
30 seconds…
20…
15…
10…
03-20 18:55
Louise:
Off to make popcorn…back for the feature
03-20 18:55
Rush:
5…
GO!!!
Nice intro!
03-20 18:56
Matt:
Awesome
03-20 18:57
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Definitely needs some Noxzema there
03-20 18:57
Rush:
That mummy “look” there got me as a kid!
03-20 18:59
Rush:
Karloff really “paid his dues.”
03-20 18:59
Matt:
Hello NT!
03-20 19:00
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hey NT!
03-20 19:00
Nothere:
Hello Matt. Excuse me while I warm up. MeME ME ME.
There ready for the Opera.
03-20 19:00
Duane:
Hello NT
03-20 19:00
Rush:
Hello, NT!
03-20 19:00
Nothere:
Hello Mike and or Racheal.
03-20 19:00
mda19083:
amazing makeup
03-20 19:00
Nothere:
Hello Duane Rush and all the rest of my backup singers.
Makeup?
03-20 19:01
mda19083:
Karloff in Frankenstein
03-20 19:01
Nothere:
Only set the standard for a hundred years. No biggie:)(
03-20 19:02
Rush:
This is tough, even by today’s standard.
03-20 19:02
Matt:
Grinch!
03-20 19:03
Rush:
I used to watch “Thriller” as a kid. Really scared me!
03-20 19:03
mda19083:
even Cindy Lou Who
03-20 19:04
Matt:
Great extra Rush, thnx!
03-20 19:04
Rush:
And there we have it! Not a bad summary of a great career!
03-20 19:04
Mike n Rachel in DC:
<applause> very cool, Rush!
03-20 19:05
Rush:
11 minutes to go….
03-20 19:05
Nothere:
O.k. I missed something. What extra did you watch?>
03-20 19:05
mda19083:
good stuff Rush
03-20 19:05
Duane:
Good one
03-20 19:05
Rush:
“Charlie Chan at the Opera.”
03-20 19:06
Duane:
Boris Karloff Man behind the Monster
03-20 19:06
Rush:
Yes.
03-20 19:06
Rich Maine:
hello all !
03-20 19:06
Rush:
hello, RICH!
03-20 19:06
Matt:
Hello Rich!
03-20 19:06
Rush:
Welcome!
03-20 19:07
Nothere:
HEy Rich
03-20 19:07
Duane:
Hello Rich
03-20 19:07
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hey Rich!
03-20 19:07
Nothere:
Ready to be my backup singer?
03-20 19:07
Rush:
03-20 19:07
Rich Maine:
Hey Rush, Matt, NT, Duane, MnR…… I am warming up my rigoletto
03-20 19:08
Mike n Rachel in DC:
We can do backup vocals, NT. 
03-20 19:08
Matt:
Cued!
Oland vs Karloff!
03-20 19:08
Mike n Rachel in DC:
No clowning around, Rich.
03-20 19:09
Rush:
03-20 19:09
Louise:
CUED here
03-20 19:09
Rush:
Me as well…
6 minutes…
03-20 19:09
Rich Maine:
ok Mike, serious face….clowns were last week
03-20 19:10
Rush:
03-20 19:10
Rich Maine:
anyone for chop suey ?
03-20 19:10
Nothere:
Let theere be necking in the parlor, dancing in the streets, and no Marx Brother in the audience. I’m about toi have an opera.
03-20 19:10
Godwinshelley:
Hello all
03-20 19:10
Rush:
“Warner Oland vs. Boris Karloff”
03-20 19:10
Mike n Rachel in DC:
clowns in operas usually find disasterous endings
03-20 19:10
Nothere:
Hey Gods
03-20 19:10
Rush:
Hello, GS!
Welcome!!!
03-20 19:10
Matt:
Hello GS!
03-20 19:10
Duane:
Hello GS
03-20 19:10
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Hello GS!
03-20 19:11
Godwinshelley:
Had to dig out the DVD – having the house painted inside and all the furniture is covered and in the center of the room
03-20 19:11
Rich Maine:
nice NT
03-20 19:11
Rush:
4 minutes…
03-20 19:11
Louise:
Hello again to all I missed while popping my popcorn
03-20 19:11
Rush:
Happy you found the DVD, GS!
03-20 19:11
Nothere:
GENTELMEN START YOUR FALSETTO
03-20 19:12
Rush:
Popcorn….perfect!
3 minutes to go…
03-20 19:12
Mike n Rachel in DC:
should have a little champagne and brie for the opera
03-20 19:12
Rush:
03-20 19:13
Mike n Rachel in DC:
oh dear
03-20 19:13
Louise:
That’s a bit much, Rush
03-20 19:13
Rush:
Klaus Nomi….
Falsetto.
90 seconds…
03-20 19:13
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Looks like a refugee from the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
03-20 19:13
mda19083:
just wondering – do we ever find out if Barelli “uses perfume”?
03-20 19:13
Louise:
true, M&R
03-20 19:14
Rush:
75…
Yes, Mike…those were the ’80s!
60 seconds…
50 seconds…
03-20 19:14
Nothere:
No Mda but we are operating under that assumption.
03-20 19:14
Rush:
40 seconds…
30….
25…
03-20 19:14
hounder:
hi everyone.
03-20 19:14
Rush:
20…
03-20 19:14
Nothere:
Hey Hound
03-20 19:15
Rush:
15…
03-20 19:15
Mike n Rachel in DC:
orchestra tunes
03-20 19:15
Rush:
10…
03-20 19:15
Duane:
Hello hounder
03-20 19:15
Godwinshelley:
Hi Hounder
03-20 19:15
Rush:
5…
03-20 19:15
Mike n Rachel in DC:
hey hounder!
03-20 19:15
mda19083:
hounder!
03-20 19:15
Rush:
GO!!!
03-20 19:15
Matt:
03-20 19:15
Rush:
Title….
Music….
03-20 19:15
Louise:
and hounder enters the opera house!
03-20 19:15
Rush:
Credits….
03-20 19:15
Matt:
Hello Hounder!
03-20 19:15
Rush:
And..helllooooo, Hounder!
03-20 19:15
Nothere:
O.k. Matt just won the gong contest.
03-20 19:16
Rush:
Perfect entrance, Hounder!
03-20 19:16
mda19083:
thanks for the gong Matt!
03-20 19:16
Matt:
I like that one
03-20 19:16
Rich Maine:
rain, no fog
03-20 19:16
Rush:
At least the inmates have the sense to be inside when it’s pouring rain!
03-20 19:17
Nothere:
Oh come on I’m already off. Time check please
03-20 19:17
Rich Maine:
true rush
03-20 19:17
Mike n Rachel in DC:
2:25
03-20 19:17
Rush:
2:25
03-20 19:17
Rich Maine:
paper boy
03-20 19:17
Phil:
Aloha to all my Chan friends1
03-20 19:17
Rush:
2:35
03-20 19:17
Nothere:
tysm
03-20 19:17
Rush:
2:40…
:0
03-20 19:17
Rich Maine:
hi phil
03-20 19:17
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Aloha Phil!
03-20 19:17
Duane:
Hello Phil
03-20 19:18
Rush:
Phil!
WELCOME!
03-20 19:18
Matt:
Actually, Karloff couldn’t sing a note, lol
03-20 19:18
Louise:
So if I heard this guy singing, I think I would guess he were a lost opera singer…
03-20 19:18
Matt:
Hello Phil!
03-20 19:18
Phil:
Howdy Howdy
03-20 19:18
Rush:
And to YOU, as well!
03-20 19:18
Mike n Rachel in DC:
How many of those can there be at one time, Louise? Should be pretty easy to track down…
03-20 19:18
Rush:
Do you need a time check, Phil?
03-20 19:18
Phil:
Is Boris still singing or am I that far behind?
03-20 19:18
Louise:
Seriously, M&R
03-20 19:18
Nothere:
Karloff says he can. You want to argue with him good luck and goodbye Matt. 
03-20 19:19
Matt:
About to deck the gaurd
03-20 19:19
Rush:
This gentleman will appear in another Chan movie…
03-20 19:19
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Just finished…about to escape
03-20 19:19
Rush:
4:30…
03-20 19:19
Rich Maine:
as if the clothes would fit him
03-20 19:19
Rush:
4:40…
03-20 19:19
Mike n Rachel in DC:
“walking music” with a limp
03-20 19:19
Rush:
Newspaper headlines…
Gravelle walking…
The billboard…
03-20 19:20
Nothere:
Next time play the radio?
03-20 19:20
Rush:
yes.
police radio now.
03-20 19:20
Rich Maine:
car 54 where are u
03-20 19:20
Rush:
police headquarters.
03-20 19:20
Mike n Rachel in DC:
adam-12
03-20 19:20
Rush:
Rich:
03-20 19:21
Louise:
How about the big picture on the front page of, I don’t know, AN OPERA SINGER!!!
03-20 19:21
Rush:
03-20 19:21
Matt:
This case needs Charlie Chan
03-20 19:21
Rich Maine:
he rode on an airplane????
03-20 19:21
Rush:
Kelly is put on the defensine before CC arrives.
(defensive)
03-20 19:21
Nothere:
Straight from the movie important gazette a report thats important to the movie.
03-20 19:22
Louise:
great entrance by CC
03-20 19:22
Rush:
CC arrives with an aphorism.
03-20 19:22
mda19083:
not adam 12 – joe friday – they said the madman eluded “dragnet”
03-20 19:22
Rush:
“Salutations.”
03-20 19:22
Rich Maine:
jiust the fact ma’am….
03-20 19:22
Rush:
“The Race Track Case.”
03-20 19:22
Matt:
Race Track case
03-20 19:22
Rush:
Yes.
I love it when these films are connected in some way.
03-20 19:23
Matt:
Yes
03-20 19:23
Rush:
A469W
03-20 19:24
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Charlie immediately finds things the cops missed
03-20 19:24
Rush:
Enter Lilli Rochelle.
03-20 19:24
mda19083:
Chrlie is the master
03-20 19:24
Rush:
Yes, Mike.
03-20 19:24
mda19083:
Charlie
03-20 19:24
Rich Maine:
furs!!
03-20 19:24
mda19083:
WFF!
03-20 19:25
Matt:
WFF?
03-20 19:25
Rush:
Yes.
Maybe grea?
03-20 19:25
mda19083:
or WTF
03-20 19:25
Rush:
Grey.
03-20 19:25
Mike n Rachel in DC:
How does one say “You will die tonight” with flowers?
03-20 19:25
Nothere:
Black roses
03-20 19:25
Rush:
“White-trimmed Fur?”
03-20 19:25
Rich Maine:
with Lillies Mike
03-20 19:25
Matt:
Not your typical FTD
03-20 19:25
PaulM:
Lilies
03-20 19:25
mda19083:
Lillies for Lilli
03-20 19:26
Rush:
03-20 19:26
Rush:
We see here how Kelly spare no one his barbs!
03-20 19:27
Rich Maine:
he uses perfume! NO way
03-20 19:27
Mike n Rachel in DC:
poi-fume
03-20 19:27
mda19083:
WAY!
03-20 19:27
Louise:
perfume to hide the reek of culture
03-20 19:27
PaulM:
isnt Barelli the character name that Chico used in one of the Marx Brothers movies?
03-20 19:27
Rich Maine:
yes Paul
03-20 19:27
Matt:
Hello Paul!
03-20 19:27
Nothere:
How dare you impun the honor of Baratones. Such as it is.
03-20 19:27
Rush:
03-20 19:28
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Lotus Wong Toy
03-20 19:28
Rush:
yes! Another “Toy”!
Ming Toy….Su Toy….
03-20 19:29
Mike n Rachel in DC:
No relation to Ming, of course
03-20 19:29
Nothere:
And he will too.
03-20 19:29
Matt:
Lee likes playing with Toys
03-20 19:29
Rush:
“No sale.”
03-20 19:29
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Just has to be careful he doesn’t play with the “Wong” Toy, Matt.
03-20 19:29
Rush:
Lee has taken care of everything!
$3 then…about $60 today.
03-20 19:30
mda19083:
does Charlie ever get his $3.00 back?
03-20 19:30
Matt:
Well played Mike, lol
03-20 19:30
Nothere:
I still say something is screwy with Lee getting everybody hired for the opera in 24 hours.
03-20 19:30
Rich Maine:
yes NT….guess they had nothing better to do
03-20 19:30
Rush:
NT, his Pop has “pull”!
03-20 19:31
Mike n Rachel in DC:
The entire opera house seems somewhat…disheveled.
03-20 19:32
Rush:
BUT, the fraternity brothers! How were they used with NO training! And, what about the ones who played the soldiers throughout the rehearsals??
The union will hear of this!
03-20 19:32
Rich Maine:
yes rush, the actors lost their jobs
03-20 19:32
Mike n Rachel in DC:
and the cast…running on stage at the last second to sing major arias
03-20 19:32
Rush:
“Frankenstein” mentioned.
03-20 19:33
Louise:
Hah! I just got the Frankenstein joke
03-20 19:33
Rush:
demarest did his own fall there.
03-20 19:33
mda19083:
love it!
03-20 19:33
Rush:
Tommy!
03-20 19:33
Rich Maine:
Demarest on my 3 sons was perfect
03-20 19:33
Rush:
Tommy!
Agreed, Rich!
03-20 19:33
Louise:
My Three Sons was fun
03-20 19:33
Rush:
It was.
03-20 19:34
Nothere:
Fall? I humbly beg forgivess fo stupidity but I’m off again. Time check please.
03-20 19:34
Rush:
19:20
03-20 19:34
Godwinshelley:
I met the Chip and Ernie actors at Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia
03-20 19:34
Rush:
19:30
03-20 19:34
PaulM:
cant mistake Demarest’s voice
03-20 19:34
Matt:
How cool GS
03-20 19:34
Rush:
19:40
03-20 19:34
Nothere:
Tysm.
03-20 19:34
Rush:
19:50
03-20 19:34
Nothere:
How were they God
03-20 19:35
Rush:
20:00
03-20 19:35
Godwinshelley:
Met Wally and the Bev recently there too. – just before Wally passed
03-20 19:35
Rich Maine:
first chop suey, now egg foo young….
03-20 19:35
PaulM:
i’d like to get down to Mid-Atlantic this year. Barney Miller and Wojo will be there, i think
03-20 19:35
Rush:
Paul! I missed your arrival! WELCOME!
03-20 19:35
Rich Maine:
so sad about wally
03-20 19:35
Matt:
Yes
03-20 19:35
PaulM:
i came in about 11 minutes ago
03-20 19:35
Duane:
Hello Paul
03-20 19:35
PaulM:
hi gang
03-20 19:36
Godwinshelley:
Why would she call him by his last name – shouldn’t be “tony” or “fred”
03-20 19:36
hounder:
…
03-20 19:36
Louise:
GH: HAH!
GS, that is
03-20 19:37
Rush:
GS, yes I met all of the main “Leave it to Beaver” guys at one time, and they were ALL wonderful. Tony Dow was especially nice.
03-20 19:37
Rich Maine:
Flames, evrywhere……Mrs. White in Clue
03-20 19:37
Godwinshelley:
Yes they did seem especially nice
03-20 19:37
mda19083:
Mrs Rock
03-20 19:37
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Who? All the Whos down in Whoville
03-20 19:37
Nothere:
Flames Gravelle flames.
03-20 19:38
Matt:
I wouldn’t light a match around Gravel
03-20 19:38
Rush:
NO!
03-20 19:38
Louise:
She’s snide
03-20 19:38
Rush:
She is!
03-20 19:38
Mike n Rachel in DC:
“Friend: good. Fire: no good”
03-20 19:38
mda19083:
sorry – the wardrobe woman was Mrs Rock from Wax Museum
03-20 19:38
Rich Maine:
a very diffiult make-up~
03-20 19:38
Rush:
Mike, yes!
03-20 19:38
Nothere:
You must have felt guilty. Our wedding anniversery. Badly timed mentioning there hubby.
03-20 19:40
Rush:
Stage manager needs rolaids…
The opera scene…
03-20 19:41
Rich Maine:
the merry villagers
03-20 19:41
Nothere:
I’l cog your neato.
03-20 19:41
Godwinshelley:
Makes me wish this was done in color
03-20 19:42
Rush:
Watch the fruit bowl!
03-20 19:42
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Nice tavern scene…must be Act II
03-20 19:42
Rush:
Yes, GS!
03-20 19:42
mda19083:
looks like Oktoberfest
03-20 19:42
Rush:
Like Lee and the stolen hotel towels!
03-20 19:43
Matt:
Lite-fingers most alarming
03-20 19:43
Rush:
yes!
But….very helpful!
03-20 19:43
Nothere:
Breaking and entering. Theft. Lee is lucky Pop is out of his juristiction.
03-20 19:44
Rush:
YES!
03-20 19:44
Godwinshelley:
Wpm
03-20 19:44
Rush:
GRAVELLE!
03-20 19:44
hounder:
..
03-20 19:44
Louise:
they look alike
03-20 19:44
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Dueling demons
03-20 19:45
Rush:
They DO, Louise!
03-20 19:45
Rich Maine:
2 of same outfit just lying around
03-20 19:45
Nothere:
No one out Karloffs Karloff. Just ask Lugosi.
03-20 19:45
Phil:
Tom Conway standing there waiting.
03-20 19:45
Rush:
03-20 19:45
Phil:
Last seen in Egypt
03-20 19:46
mda19083:
with a lancet in his hand
03-20 19:46
Rush:
Gravelle sings tonight!
She knows….
03-20 19:46
Nothere:
Gravelle lip sinks tonight.
03-20 19:46
mda19083:
Mephisto!
03-20 19:46
Mike n Rachel in DC:
“hmmm…this dude can sing”
03-20 19:46
Rush:
They think she’s acting….but….
03-20 19:47
mda19083:
she is ascared
03-20 19:47
Rush:
Very!
03-20 19:47
Phil:
Wow, talk about the show must go on.
03-20 19:47
Nothere:
So anyone ever get a clue what their singing?
03-20 19:47
mda19083:
opera
03-20 19:48
Godwinshelley:
Is it in Italian?
03-20 19:48
Rush:
Just think what Gravelle’s costume would look like in color!
03-20 19:48
Mike n Rachel in DC:
the music for this is in the Yale Library…we’re going to go look it up sometime…
03-20 19:48
Rush:
Probably different shades of red.
03-20 19:48
mda19083:
ah – a little scholarly research
03-20 19:48
Godwinshelley:
That would be great Mike!!
03-20 19:49
Mike n Rachel in DC:
gong!
03-20 19:49
Godwinshelley:
Those curled shoes make me smile
03-20 19:49
Phil:
Cue the can
03-20 19:49
Mike n Rachel in DC:
he’s slowed by the cape
03-20 19:49
Rush:
Then..again…
03-20 19:49
Matt:
03-20 19:50
Rush:
TYSM….Matt….
03-20 19:50
Nothere:
I bet the only guy on stage with her at the time had something to do with this. I’m a detective.
03-20 19:50
Louise:
Nothere: so clever
03-20 19:50
Rush:
Took nearly 35 minutes for the first murder, tonight.
03-20 19:50
mda19083:
no sxxx Sherlock
03-20 19:51
Phil:
He WAS your husband
03-20 19:51
Godwinshelley:
That’s what happens when you have star power to show off before the murder – yea Karloff
03-20 19:51
Rush:
03-20 19:51
hounder:
nite all.
03-20 19:51
Nothere:
Give Gravelle a minute. He only escape the looney bin a few days ago. He needed 35 minutes.
Night Hound
03-20 19:52
mda19083:
good night Hounder
03-20 19:52
Mike n Rachel in DC:
bye hounder!
03-20 19:52
Rush:
Hounder, how has your mother been?
03-20 19:52
Duane:
Good night hounder
03-20 19:52
Matt:
Take care hounder
03-20 19:52
Phil:
Cue the can
03-20 19:52
Godwinshelley:
Night Hounder
03-20 19:52
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Making up for lost time with the corpses now
03-20 19:53
Matt:
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03-20 19:53
Nothere:
The can or the can-can?
03-20 19:53
Louise:
Them cans are littering the stage
03-20 19:53
Rush:
TY, again….Matt….
03-20 19:53
Rich Maine:
double murder in a few minutes…..thats unique !
03-20 19:53
Rush:
No time wasted for the second one!
03-20 19:53
Phil:
That guy’s always putting the blame on Charlie
03-20 19:53
Rush:
yes.
“Humility only defense against rightful blame.”
03-20 19:54
Matt:
The show MUST go on!
03-20 19:54
Rush:
One of my favorite aphorisms.
03-20 19:54
Rich Maine:
touch nothing!
03-20 19:54
Phil:
See all the mummys in the background
03-20 19:54
Rush:
Nice collection of props!
03-20 19:54
Nothere:
The show will go on no matter how many college chinesse we need to draft.
03-20 19:55
Rush:
YES!
03-20 19:56
Godwinshelley:
Is this where you see photos of John Carradine?
03-20 19:56
Phil:
In fact, her boyfriend was in Egypt too.
03-20 19:56
Rush:
Those are in the office in “Treasure Island”
03-20 19:56
Godwinshelley:
Ah, thanks
03-20 19:57
Rush:
However…if we look very closely…who knows?
03-20 19:57
Nothere:
See I went into the dressing room to get perfume
03-20 19:57
Louise:
gee, that is interesting…two singers died in opera fires???
03-20 19:58
Rush:
He DID find Chan, though!
03-20 19:59
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Yes, but it’s so hard to know WHICH opera house fires they could have been. There are so many of them…
03-20 19:59
Rush:
Clippings!
03-20 19:59
Nothere:
And one in Phantom. Next time you go to an opera bring a fire extinguisher.
03-20 19:59
Rush:
03-20 19:59
PaulM:
with all these deaths you’d think they were doing Macbeth
03-20 19:59
Rush:
True!
03-20 19:59
Godwinshelley:
And don’t sit under the hugh chandelier
03-20 20:00
Phil:
Man do all opera houses have so many secret passages?
03-20 20:00
Rush:
BUT…”The show MUST go on…”
03-20 20:00
Phil:
There’s the mummys again.
03-20 20:00
Mike n Rachel in DC:
No Phil…this is quite the labyrnth back stage
03-20 20:00
mda19083:
greasepaint is very flamable
03-20 20:00
Rush:
Phil, probably the old opera houses do!
03-20 20:00
Louise:
Phil: when you are trying to find the ladies room during intermission, it seems that way!
03-20 20:01
Phil:
Hmmm
03-20 20:01
Mike n Rachel in DC:
It’s actually pretty crowded backstage
this is some of the best “opera” music
03-20 20:01
Nothere:
According to a certain Phantom yes Phil.
03-20 20:01
Godwinshelley:
So racetrack clue was stain in pocket – tonight is stain in knife holder
03-20 20:02
mda19083:
the second stain!
03-20 20:02
Godwinshelley:
Does Gravelle have any first name at all?
03-20 20:02
Rush:
demonstration of wire photo technology here!
03-20 20:02
Nothere:
So Chan’s kids dress in armor twice in the 1930’s. You’d think only once was odd.
03-20 20:02
Phil:
The miracles of modern technology
03-20 20:02
Rush:
yes, GS…Irving.
03-20 20:02
Godwinshelley:
really?
03-20 20:02
Rich Maine:
must have taken forever to send that image
03-20 20:02
Rush:
03-20 20:03
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Couldn’t you just text it?
03-20 20:03
Rush:
Just kidding…thankfully!
03-20 20:03
mda19083:
wire photo
03-20 20:03
Rush:
Mrs. Joe Rocke.
03-20 20:03
Nothere:
Gravelle’s first name? Mr.
03-20 20:03
Mike n Rachel in DC:
I’d go for a German name.
03-20 20:03
mda19083:
Mrs Rock!
03-20 20:03
Rush:
Yes!
03-20 20:04
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Johannes Gravelle?
03-20 20:05
Mike n Rachel in DC:
How about Anton Gravelle?
03-20 20:05
Godwinshelley:
Mike if you look up the music at Yale, see if they list any kind of first name for the Gravelle character
03-20 20:05
Rush:
Touching scene coming…
03-20 20:06
Mike n Rachel in DC:
I’m on it, GS.
03-20 20:06
Godwinshelley:
I think “Anton” would be a good first name to go with Gravelle
03-20 20:06
Rush:
I agree.
03-20 20:06
Phil:
Why doesn’t he just tell her he’s her dad?
03-20 20:07
Rush:
Surely she would at least have SOME recollection!
03-20 20:07
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Amnesia must run in that family?
03-20 20:07
Rush:
Unless she blotted it all out because of the tragic nature of his “death.”
03-20 20:07
Matt:
Karloff vs Oland
03-20 20:07
Phil:
He’s going to answer to the phone company for that.
03-20 20:08
Mike n Rachel in DC:
First, HE can’t remember anything. Now, he’s an encyclopedia and she’s clueless
03-20 20:08
Rush:
Yes.
03-20 20:08
Godwinshelley:
They shouldnt have Karloff carrying her. He hurt his back quite badly while making Frankenstein
03-20 20:08
Rush:
“Now why would she think that…?”
03-20 20:09
Rush:
He bought it.
03-20 20:09
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Oscar Levant said, “there is a thin line between genius and madness. I have erased that line.”
03-20 20:09
Nothere:
You didn’t get Lugosi or Cheny Chan. And you won’t get me.
03-20 20:10
mda19083:
nice quote Mike
03-20 20:10
Nothere:
Gravelle never even noticed the line.
03-20 20:10
Rush:
The first time CC state an aphorism in Chinese.
03-20 20:11
Rich Maine:
and no trnaslation rush
03-20 20:11
Rush:
Again…what will the union say about this???
03-20 20:11
Godwinshelley:
Who is paying for this preformance
03-20 20:11
Mike n Rachel in DC:
“I won’t be able to wear Lili’s costume. That cow was two sizes bigger than me.”
03-20 20:11
Rush:
Translation comes later, Rich!
03-20 20:12
Godwinshelley:
Man that feather in the hat
03-20 20:12
Mike n Rachel in DC:
This overtime would cost $200 per player in the orchestra…
(in today’s dollars)
03-20 20:12
mda19083:
shadows!
03-20 20:12
Rush:
At least!
03-20 20:13
Matt:
I missed my calling Mike!
03-20 20:13
Mike n Rachel in DC:
I want to be the triangle player. Three notes or something and $200 per service
03-20 20:14
Godwinshelley:
That cop just walks out onto the stage
03-20 20:15
mda19083:
ready
03-20 20:15
Mike n Rachel in DC:
He’s not in the opera?
03-20 20:15
mda19083:
aim
fire!
03-20 20:15
Mike n Rachel in DC:
man down
sorry. demon down.
03-20 20:15
Rush:
That’s one way to conclude an opera!
03-20 20:15
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Most operas end with people dying…
03-20 20:16
Rush:
Reference to an opium pipe.
03-20 20:16
Rush:
Note the difference between the knives.
One “guard” points up, and the other points downward.
03-20 20:17
Matt:
Hello A & F!
03-20 20:17
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
WE WERE AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY!!
03-20 20:17
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Happy Birthday!
03-20 20:17
Matt:
How was the cake?
03-20 20:17
Godwinshelley:
Was it yours, Angel
03-20 20:18
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
We thought PARTLY of YOUPLURAL!
03-20 20:18
Rush:
Happy to have you for the wrap-up!
03-20 20:18
Matt:
Confess already
03-20 20:19
Louise:
confessions take so long
03-20 20:19
Mike n Rachel in DC:
YOU are murderess…and you have a weird hat
03-20 20:19
Rush:
“Chaise longue.”
03-20 20:19
Phil:
It’s about time for the lights to go out.
03-20 20:20
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Thanks! Wasn’t our birthday, but WAS a double!! Two dear friends (no antlers), 39 again-ers!
03-20 20:20
Rush:
She blames him for her killing them.
03-20 20:20
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Excellent, Angel
03-20 20:20
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Circuit-breakers could speed justice here.
03-20 20:20
Rush:
Ah!
03-20 20:21
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Amnesia? He hasn’t had that in two reels
03-20 20:21
Nothere:
You may be able to get off on murder, but nothing will save you from the odd hat charge. Take her away.
03-20 20:21
Rich Maine:
magic bullet fixes his brain
03-20 20:21
Rush:
Could happen!
03-20 20:21
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Shooting therapy was a brief fad in the mid-30s
03-20 20:21
Nothere:
Should have gone with the bump on the head cure.
03-20 20:21
Rush:
03-20 20:21
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
WHOMP
03-20 20:21
Rush:
The translation….
03-20 20:22
mda19083:
a swell dish!
03-20 20:22
Rush:
CC tosses in a little “dig” in the end!
Escort to the ship!
03-20 20:22
Matt:
Now that’s an escort
03-20 20:22
Nothere:
Charlie? Digging? Please.
03-20 20:22
Rush:
Will they let Lee board, though dressed like that?
03-20 20:22
Rich Maine:
Hold That Boat !
03-20 20:23
Louise:
applause!!!
03-20 20:23
Matt:
<yee-haw>
03-20 20:23
Rush:
Closing scredits…
03-20 20:23
Mike n Rachel in DC:
<kids-yeah>
03-20 20:23
Godwinshelley:
Yea Boris!!
03-20 20:23
Rush:
(Applause….)
Agreed, GS!
Next week….
03-20 20:23
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
BORIS! BORIS! BORIS!!
03-20 20:23
Louise:
I know we say this often, but that is one of the best Chan movies
03-20 20:23
Rush:
“Charlie Chan at the Olympics”
03-20 20:23
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Applesauce, Boris!
Gnite!!
03-20 20:23
Nothere:
And next week you thought horses were fast,. Try the Olympics!
03-20 20:23
Rush:
Yes, Louise!
03-20 20:23
Matt:
Lee goes for the GOLD!
03-20 20:24
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Cast, sets, acting…A+
03-20 20:24
Rush:
And it’s always true!
03-20 20:24
Rich Maine:
thanks! great week all !
03-20 20:24
Rush:
And it’s always true!
You as well, Rich!
03-20 20:24
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Olympics is one of the most suspenseful
03-20 20:24
Duane:
Good night everyone
03-20 20:24
Matt:
Good night everyone and have a great week ahead
03-20 20:24
Duane:
Thank you Rush
03-20 20:24
Rush:
Thank you, everyone!
03-20 20:24
mda19083:
be well all – thanks for the fun outing
03-20 20:24
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Have a great week all! See y’all in Ber-lin
03-20 20:24
Rush:
A great night at the opera!
03-20 20:24
Nothere:
Night all. Rest up . We’re going for the gold.
03-20 20:24
Louise:
nite all…
03-20 20:24
Rush:
I need to put my tuxedo back into storage.
take care, everyone!
03-20 20:25
Godwinshelley:
Night all
03-20 20:25
Rush:
hane a great week…
03-20 20:25
Godwinshelley:
Stay safe
03-20 20:25
Rush:
MDA…our sympathies to you and your family…
Get ready for the olympics.
03-20 20:26
Rush:
we will all meet in Berlin!
Take care, everyone…
have a safe and happy week!
03-20 20:26
Rush:
Good night, Duane and Angel!
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