The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for March 23, 2020
Feature:
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Extra:
The Green Hornet (Chapter 12)
Participants:
Cdirus
danventure
Dona
Godwinshelley3
hounder
kyregent
Len Freeman
Library Jim
Louise
Matt1
Mike n Rachel in DC
Nothere
phil
Rush
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Rush: Good evening, Matt!
Matt1: Hello Rush!
Matt1: Hope you are well tonight
Rush: How are things going for you and yours during this unusual time?
Rush: Doing great, thank you!
Rush: Hope the same for you.
Matt1: Wife is working from home now with me for over a week….sooooooo
Rush: All of our family is working from home, too.
Matt1: House gets smaller each day, as you really can’t go out, if you know what I mean
Rush: The daughters are doing online school…marie and I are teaching from home via online means.
Matt1: Can’t get better home schooling than your place!
Rush: We hope so!
Rush: We DO sneak out when we can, though!
Rush: I still take my 3-mile walks weather permitting.
Rush: And we need to shop for groceries, etc.
Matt1: Good to do so….Still riding bikes, but just the two of us…..No more group rides for the next few months
Rush: Yes.
Rush: We will be cancelling our trip out to Iowa…waiting for summer.
Matt1: Wise move
Rush: No choice, really.
Matt1: It’s just an uncertain time
Rush: Nothing would be open!
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Rush: Yes. Interesting time!
danventure: Good evening!
Rush: DV!
Matt1: True….How is Iowa making out?
Rush: Good evening to you!
Matt1: Hello DV!
danventure: Ha! See, working from home now has a benefit.
Matt1: Commute isn’t too bad!
danventure: Matt, Rush, how are you coping?
Rush: Iowa is in much better shape than Californina…that I know.
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Rush: Hounder!
Matt1: Hello Hounder!
hounder: Hi rush matt and dan
Rush: Good evening to you!
Rush: How are things going for you, DV and Hounder?
Rush: Matt and I have been sharing about our present lifestyles!
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Matt1: Hello CD!
hounder: matt wasn’t kidding when he says the house gets smaller. and i think i have a sinus infection starting. uggh
Cdirus: Hi guys!
hounder: hi cd
Rush: WELCOME, CD!
Rush: Understood, hounder!
Cdirus: Hi Rush!
Matt1: Hope you feel better, Hounder
Rush: We are just trying not to get on each others’ nerves!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Well…thank goodness that our Chat Room is virus free!
hounder: thanks. no fever just ear ache and sore throat. makes my teeth hurt.
Rush: No “six foot rule” here!
Matt1: McAfee!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: yes!
Rush: Worthy of Angel!
hounder: saw a meme that said ” i sneezed on my computer and it startedrunning antivirus”
Rush: 🙂
Matt1: lol
Rush: See, we can find some room for humor in all this!
Rush: NEEDED!
hounder: humor is the only way to survive a struggle
Rush: Just as a trip to the opera with Charlie Chan will be a needed break!
Rush: yes, Hounder!
Matt1: Classic Chan
Rush: Indeed…and Boris Karloff, as well!
Rush: (Oland vs. Karloff”
hounder: always a good chan
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hounder: hi m n r
Matt1: Hello M & R!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good evening!
Rush: Mike and Rachel!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hope you don’t mind our masks.
Rush: Good evening to the both of you.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ah. Ninja!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hai!
Rush: Not at all, regarding the masks!
Mike n Rachel in DC: We hope everyone is staying well.
Mike n Rachel in DC: (and sane)
Rush: Shall we start our Hornet serial?
Rush: Please get set-up…
Matt1: Wasn’t sane before, soooo
Rush: Let’s say…
Matt1: Ready here
Rush: 60 seconds…
Mike n Rachel in DC: All set here
Rush: 50…
Cdirus: There’s a small park in town with a bronze stature of a girl in it. She’s been wearing a hat and scarf for the winter. Today I noticed she was wearing a mask!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Can’t lose what we never had, Matt.
Rush: 40 seconds…
Rush: 30 seconds…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Nice, CD. 🙂
Rush: FUNNY, CD!
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Rush: 20 seconds…
Rush: 15…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hey Len!
Cdirus: Hi Len!
Len Freeman: zOn time
Mike n Rachel in DC: Countdown to Hornet!
Rush: 10…
Rush: GO!!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Bzzzzz.
Matt1: <buzzzzzz, SLAP?
Rush: Buzzzz…indeed!
Len Freeman: Whew — right on the minute!
Mike n Rachel in DC: panic in the zoo?
Rush: AH!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Crazed anteater on the loose!
Rush: WELCOME, Len!
Rush: Just started the Hornet.
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Matt1: Hello Len!
Len Freeman: Nice to be here!
Matt1: Hello Kyre!
Cdirus: Hi kyre!
Mike n Rachel in DC: The orchestra makes the same mistakes every week. lol
Rush: recap…
kyregent: hello rush how are you
hounder: hi len and welcome back kr
Rush: Kyregent!!!!
Rush: WELCOME BACK!!!
Rush: It’s been too long!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello KY
Rush: We just started the Green Hornet…
kyregent: hello everyone it has been awhile since I been in your presence
Rush: Train wreck coming???
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hornet to the rescue
Matt1: Good to have you back Kyre!
Len Freeman: It was a dark and stormy night….
Rush: WOW!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Oh dear
Matt1: Sounds like self isolation now Len
Rush: Yes, Kyregent!
Rush: How have you been?
Len Freeman: Absolutely
Len Freeman: Pretty good…. pretty much sheltering in place for 3 weeks now
Rush: Yes.
Rush: No immediate end in sight…
danventure: Nothing conspicuous about a buzzing car. (Maybe an early model Tesla?)
Cdirus: Ever notice that in those days you got in on whichever side of the car and just slid over?
Rush: yes, DV!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Well the front seat was one long bench…no console…
Rush: Less traffic, CD!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Nowadays you’d wind up impaled on the shift lever
Cdirus: I prefer bench seats, hard to find now
Rush: KG…again, it is great to have you here again with us!
Len Freeman: Nt so bad staying in.. we go for a walk or two every day
Mike n Rachel in DC: We are pretty much holed up in DC…
Rush: I don’t know if you are watching the Hornet serial, but if you need our movie, the link to that is above, too!
Len Freeman: And doing some work via livestream or Zoom
Rush: My school is using Zoom, too, Len.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Grrrrrr tiger
Matt1: Yikes!
Cdirus: our governor just put us on a “stay at home” order starting tonight
Len Freeman: Lindsay and helped our church do a Zoom service this past Sunday
hounder: i’m staying in the house or yrd, but i think lowes is going to run out of paint. everyone seems to be using the time to paint
Rush: Hence the title of tonight’s episode…”Panic in the Zoo.”
Mike n Rachel in DC: A tiger? We were hoping for a rabid aardvark or something cool.
hounder: our county is upgraded to voluntary shelter at home.
Len Freeman: and we’ve started a weekly family Zoom — six households
Matt1: Missing our sound effects!
Rush: Maybe it should be “Panic in the CIRCUS”!
Rush: Yes, Matt.
kyregent: what r y’all watching right now
hounder: pretty tiger
Len Freeman: Good to have the Chan Family to connect with
Mike n Rachel in DC: Maryland just closed all businesses today. DC will probably follow suit tomorrow.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Agreed, Len.
Len Freeman: Yes Minnesota is pretty much there.
Rush: Len, tonight we get to accompany Charlie Chan to the opera!
Rush: nice break from our present “captivity”!
Cdirus: KG, we are watching the Green Hornet chapter 12. The link is above the chat window
Rush: Yes…sorry, KG…
Rush: We are just over 10 minutes in…
Len Freeman: I saw that… I have it, and will switch over to my laptop so that I can put the film on our bigger screen
Rush: Please jump in!
Rush: I do the same, Len.
Len Freeman: A fun film
Cdirus: That radio set looks like a robot head
Rush: yes.
Rush: I was thinking the same!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Wild carnival!
Cdirus: Wow!
Len Freeman: No social distancing there
Mike n Rachel in DC: 640 lbs!
Rush: Reminds me of “CC at the Circus!”
Mike n Rachel in DC: Need a lot of social distance…
Rush: I’ve never liked a crush of a crowd!
Rush: Disneyland can get bad at the wrong times.
Matt1: We did New Years Eve in NYC…..I can’t imagine what this year will look like
Len Freeman: This carnival snips look like outtakes from Wizard of Oz
Mike n Rachel in DC: Probably sparse, Matt
danventure: I am dying! A Green Hornet BADGE??
Rush: Well, by next New Year, things can be back pretty much the way they were before!
Mike n Rachel in DC: One can only hope, Rush!
Len Freeman: God willing and the creek don’t rise, as my mother used to say
Matt1: I think the 2nd wave is expected then
Rush: I want one, DV!
hounder: your lips to God’s ears rush
Rush: Yes, Mike.
Rush: Please give a wave to rachel!
Rush: YES to the above, Len!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hopefully we’ll figure out a treatment or vaccine. Then this will go away like it never happened. Until then, it’s going to be a lot of ups and downs…
Mike n Rachel in DC: *Rachel waves*
Rush: A rough ride for a while, indeed, mike.
Mike n Rachel in DC: This music seems awfully Spanish…
Rush: YES!
Rush: Maybe stock music!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Are we supposed to be in Mexico or something?
Rush: Something “festive.”
hounder: rough ride for sure. hopefully gen x will wise up ans start social distancing
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ole!
Rush: Yes, hounder.
Rush: FIRE!!!
Cdirus: Run!
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Matt1: Hello Louise!
Cdirus: Hi Louise!
Mike n Rachel in DC: When the deaths start piling up faster there won’t be any problem getting “social distancing” to happen. It’s just that it doesn’t seem too bad at the moment..
Louise: Greetings Chan Clan!
Rush: All this outside…and a fight, too!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Elephant! Fire! Stampede! Tigers!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Panic at the Zoo!
Rush: There we go!
Len Freeman: HI Louise
Mike n Rachel in DC: Something tells me it’s all happening at the zoo…
Rush: Good evening, Louise!
kyregent: hi louise
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hey Louise!
Rush: Cliffhaner approaching!
Matt1: A frenzy!
Len Freeman: I think this footage is from a Frank Buck Bring em back Alive Serial
Louise: Hi all. We are doimng our social distancing here in New Jersey. Gave up on being in New York a coiuple of weeks ago.
Len Freeman: Smart move
Louise: UGH. TYPOS!
Rush: yes, len?
Mike n Rachel in DC: Doom of the Underworld?
Rush: Next week…the conclusion!
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Rush: NT!
Matt1: <clap-clap>
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good evening, NT.
Matt1: Hello NT!
Len Freeman: Have you picked out a next Serial?
Cdirus: Hi NT!
kyregent: I did not know that lions and tigers did not like eachother
Rush: NT…Good evening to you!
Mike n Rachel in DC: <kids-yeah>. Nice bout between the lion and tiger
Len Freeman: Hi NT
hounder: hi nt
danventure: Considering where the Green Hornet is there, wouldn’t “Doom of the Under-DOOR” bee a better title?
Rush: KG…It seems that they don’t get along…different species.
Mike n Rachel in DC: You have a point, DV. 🙂
Nothere: Ladies and Gentlemen due to several murders and a madman roaming the theatre. Th management will sell a limite number of tickets and aks all patrones to keep 6 feet apart. Also is someone tries to kill you please report to the management.
Rush: Yes…
Rush: 🙂
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Thanks, NT. We feel much safer now.
Len Freeman: Hi Dona
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello Dona!
Matt1: Hello Dona!
Dona: Good evening everyone!
Nothere: Hi Dona
hounder: hi dona
Len Freeman: BRB .. moving over to my laptop
Louise: Hi dona
Rush: After this serial…we start “Lost City in the Jungle.”
Rush: In April.
Len Freeman: Good serial, with Rusell Hayden and Keye Luke
Rush: DONA!
Louise: April is coming soon!
Rush: WELCOME!
Nothere: Well that overstates things. How do lose the city when it’s not in the jungle?
Dona: So Glad to be here.
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Rush: Now that we pause between films…I want to take a second to welcome those who arrived during the onscreen mayhem!
Matt1: Cued!
Rush: Welcome Louise, Dona, NT….!
Mike n Rachel in DC: The last time I lost a city in the jungle I had a hell of a time finding it…
Rush: hope that you are ALL doing well during this weird time we find ourselves in!
Nothere: I have not been robbed.
Rush: I need to ready my DVD…
Louise: Weird times indeed. That is why I just had to be here tonight!
Rush: Mike/Rachel: 🙂
Louise: CUED
hounder: that’s a good start nt
Rush: 8 minutes till showtime…!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Desperate times call for desperate measures, Louise. 😉
Louise: I was desperate to be here!
Nothere: You came here to avoid weirdness and I’m here. Say hi to irony for me Louise.
Dona: Ready to go here.
Rush: We were doubly desperate to have you with us!
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Louise: Aww, Rush, that is sweet. Last week I was working on getting both my son and my husband home. Now we are all here.
Rush: Please pause your films at the OPENING TITLE…
Nothere: Welcome back Len
Rush: Good to hear, louise!
Nothere: Back from somewhere interesting?
Matt1: Oland vs Karloff
Len Freeman: 🙂
Rush: 6 minutes…
Louise: I love this movie. Just so you know ahead of time…
Rush: 🙂
Rush: As do I, Louise!
Cdirus: Me too!
Nothere: So noted.
Nothere: Well Oland beat Cheney to his signature role.
Rush: FIVE MINUTES to go…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Clash of the Titans…
Rush: Everyone please welcome Kyregent BACK!
Rush: KG has been away for quite a while!
Mike n Rachel in DC: We always giggle at the “opera” they composed for it. Adorable.
Dona: Welcome Kyregent
Rush: yes, mike/Rachel!
Nothere: GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINE!
Rush: 4 minutes…
Cdirus: I love the bits in the movie, and wish I could see the rest
Len Freeman: Welcome KG
Rush: Mine’s been idling for a while, NT!
Rush: CD…it’s the WHOLE THING tonight!
kyregent: it is good to be back. Here in KY we are in a state of staying home. I have looked forward to this tonight.
Rush: 3 minutes…
Rush: KG…we are all adrift in that same boat!
Nothere: MI…MI…. MI…. Figaro…Figaro….Figaro.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Well, CD, it’s sort of “Verdi meets Rodgers & Hammerstein”
Louise: You keep us safe in that boat, Rush
Rush: We shall try!
Rush: No rocking, please!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: TWO MINUTES….
Nothere: Rolling only in moderation.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ai! Mi coro de sospera! E un surrey con le fringe on top…
Cdirus: Only opera Ive seen is Mozarts Seraglio
Rush: 1:45…
Rush: 90 seconds…
Rush: 75 seconds…
kyregent: have y’all been having fun. I have enjoyed the extra sleep
Dona: Okalahoma? MnR
Rush: 60 seconds…
Nothere: <ZZZZZZZ>
Rush: Sleep…alien concept!
Rush: 45 seconds…
Rush: 40…
Mike n Rachel in DC: A little bit, Dona. 😉
Rush: 30 seconds…
Rush: 25…
Rush: 20…
Mike n Rachel in DC: *adjusts mask*
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
Mike n Rachel in DC: *wipes surfaces with bleach*
Rush: 5…
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Rush: GO111
hounder: hi lj
Cdirus: Hi Jim!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hey LJ!
Matt1: <GONG>
Dona: Hi LJ
Nothere: Hey Lj
Len Freeman: going
Rush: Title and opera score…
Matt1: Hello Jim!
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Rush: WELCOME….LJ and PHIL!
Matt1: Hello Phil!
phil: Aloha to all my Chan friends!
Rush: Credits…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Gravelle’s big aria!
Cdirus: Hi Phil!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Aloha Phil!
hounder: hi phil
Rush: Just started the film….
Dona: Hi Phil
Rush: 55 seconds in
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phil: Yes, I’m running a bit behind.
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Nothere: And so one of the few Chan;s with a rain storm. You’d think in 40 or so films there would be more than two that rain. Heck with the Monogram’s you get like six foggy nights.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Keep it clean in the sanitarium
Louise: Asylums are creepy
Nothere: Hi CD
Rush: WB…CD!
Rush: Yes, Louise.
Louise: There is another one with rain…
Cdirus: Switched to the big laptop. Easier to see with the TV
Rush: Especially during pouring rain and thunder!
Len Freeman: Same here
Library Jim.: Hi all going to be lagging on the film as my dad is watching with me tonight
Rush: Hello to Dad!
Mike n Rachel in DC: With a weird dude singing opera in the rec room…
Len Freeman: Hi Dad .. welcome
Library Jim.: And couldn’t start on time
Dona: Shanghai Cobra Louise
Matt1: Welcome Jim’s Dad!
Rush: Nice to have you back, LJ!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Greetings to Papa Jim!
Nothere: Every chair chaind to the wall. It’s like they don’t trust the crazy people.
Dona: I think
Cdirus: the Wax museum was storming
Rush: Yes.
Louise: LJ: Your dad is a lagger?
Rush: This orderly was also seen as a driver in “Charlie Chan in Monte Carlo.”
Nothere: Correct Cd. THis and Wax are as far as I recall the only two Chan’s with a dark and stormy night.
Library Jim.: Lol, no but he doesn’t understand video chatting
Rush: Note closely the headline with “seven” spelled out!
Len Freeman: Karloff did a similar duo film in 1947 — Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, with Ralph Byrd and Karloff facing off
Louise: It was raining in that one with the cafe where they had the video jukebox…
Rush: When we see it later at police headquarters, it becomes a “7.”
Nothere: Quick offer him some chocolate.
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Headlines…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hm. A- on the self-defense training for the guard.
Rush: Time progresses…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Walking music.
Rush: melted candle….showing time passing…
Library Jim.: Borisov have a Snickers bar….
Mike n Rachel in DC: “Madman in Los Angeles”. This is supposed to be news?
Louise: Just as background info that I discovered in my recent historic research…
Rush: 16th and Hill…actual L.A. location.
phil: Sgt Joe Friday says “We can’t find him!”
Mike n Rachel in DC: Caught the “7” Rush!
Nothere: Heres a question they never explain. He escapes dressed as a guard, but he has regular clothes in LA. Who did he steal them from?
Louise: News on “lunatics” escaping were very common in early 20th century newspapers. Fun to read.
Rush: NT…good question.
danventure: Indeed, Nothere. And always finding clothes that fit.
Mike n Rachel in DC: So this was a theme that viewers would recognize then…
Rush: And another good question!
Louise: Yes, M&R
Nothere: Lunatic too vauge. I’ll need to know what sort of lunatic paper.
danventure: Also, did the guard recover? Couldnt he explain the newspaper and “Lilly”?
Rush: Enter Chan!
Rush: DV…yes…
Rush: “The Race Track Case.”
Louise: The Racetrach Case
Rush: Yes.
Rush: A connection to the last case.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Charlie modest…but wise
Louise: At least Rush spelled it correctly!
Rush: THIS time, Louise….!
Nothere: Merely a typo. We don’t even notice those around here Louise.
Rush: Many a finger’s slip ahead in my case tonight!
Rush: Note the “7”?
Nothere: Oh you wanna compare typos Rush? I accept econd ace o nooone.
Rush: Enter Lilli Rochelle…
Rush: NT: 🙂
Nothere: But first her fur.
Rush: The obligatory fir….
Mike n Rachel in DC: Not, however, a white fox fur
Louise: “Say it with flowers!”
Rush: Grey, perhaps…?
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phil: Man that thing must weigh a ton
Rush: GS!
Nothere: Anyone care for brown?
Godwinshelley3: Evening all
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello GS!
Rush: Good evening to YOU!
Nothere: Hi God.
Louise: FURRY fur
Rush: WELCOME!
Rush: How are your parents tonight?
Library Jim.: I’m at lily’s entrance
Cdirus: Red fox maybe
Mike n Rachel in DC: Bracelet over glove?
Godwinshelley3: Missing Opera!
Cdirus: or Artic
Rush: And, Hounder, I neglected to ask about your Mom….sorry…
hounder: hi gs. hope all is going ok
Mike n Rachel in DC: only one Karloff sighting so far GS. 🙂
phil: You’re a few seconds behind Jim. 11:10
Louise: I always liked that bracelet over glove look. Never tried it.
Nothere: For the late commers. The opera due to several murders and a lunatic running around request the audience sit 6 feet from each other, and report any murder attempts to management.
Library Jim.: That’s how far I’ll be behind, but since I’ve seen it will enjoy the comments
hounder: Mom’s mom. today she asked who are you. and so it goes. up and down
phil: 1140
Rush: Seems Sgt. kelly likes NO ONE…
Louise: Nothere: my family has alienated me so no problem here
Mike n Rachel in DC: Nice flowers, big guy
Godwinshelley3: I’m getting WiFi while I wait for my Dad’s X-rays to be read in the emergency room – this visit has been filled with the fun
phil: Frank Conway
Mike n Rachel in DC: oof. Sorry, GS
Library Jim.: Baritone? Sounds like a tenor.
Rush: sorry to hear that, GS.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hope dad is ok
Rush: may all be well for him…
hounder: xrays? ER? that doesn’t sound good. are you ok?
Godwinshelley3: I’m in the car outside-Mom is in with Dad – I’m not allowed in right now
Nothere: Well I won’t go so far as to say good. But nice to hear you have some advantages God.
Matt1: Pop!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Lotus Wong Toy?
Rush: About 50 dollars today…
Rush: Yes, mike!
Nothere: Chan carries quite a wad when travling. Guss Travelers checks haven’t been invented.
Godwinshelley3: So I’m knitting and trying to stay warm
Rush: Another “Toy” of the many mentioned in the Chan series!
Library Jim.: GS know the feeling we just moved my dad into the house after a lengthy stay in hospital and nursing fac0
kyregent: Godwinshelley is your father in bad health I am sorry I will be praying
Rush: “No sale…”
Godwinshelley3: We’re doing ok except for this additional fun
Rush: Yes.
hounder: hugs gs
Mike n Rachel in DC: soup and fish?
Rush: “Soup and fish”
Godwinshelley3: Dad has mild dementia – today pains on his left side and no appetite – unusual
Rush: Period slang for “Suit and Tie.”
Rush: God bless him…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hope it’s nothing, GS
Louise: Battle of the furs
Rush: You are a GREAT daughter, GS.
Godwinshelley3: Anyways dropped in to say I’m still around – and hope to join you again some time this year
Dona: We miss you GS
Louise: Hi GS
Mike n Rachel in DC: Please take care and keep everyone healthy, GS!
Rush: (SCREAM!!!)
Godwinshelley3: Plus I’m missing Karloff!!
Dona: Prayers for you Dad and your family
hounder: hugs and prayers gs
Library Jim.: Dad asks what number son is this? #1. Yes?
Rush: take care, GS…
Godwinshelley3: Night all – enjoy Boris.
Len Freeman: Hugs GS
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ciao GS
Rush: Yes…our prayers to you and your parents….
phil: Take care GS
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kyregent: It is # 2 son isn’t
Matt1: Take care GS
Library Jim.: Night GS, blessings
Len Freeman: And for your family too Hounder
Mike n Rachel in DC: This is #1 son…
Rush: A recent record turnout here tonight…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Cute line
Len Freeman: Good line
Rush: “Frankenstein” mentioned.
Nothere: And there are 13. Fortunatly I’m Nothere so its only 12:)
Cdirus: He’s going to skewer someone with that pike
danventure: Wow! I am ROTF–Frankenstein!
Rush: Look for Tommy!
Rush: Third one…
Rush: There!
Louise: Funny scene
Mike n Rachel in DC: Well, we’re two, so it’s either 14 or 13, NT, depending on how not here you really are
Rush: True, Mike!
Rush: And, LJ’s dad is with him.
Mike n Rachel in DC: This is a very luxurious backstage area, btw
Library Jim.: Yep
hounder: hi lj’d dad
Nothere: These college guys sure did get organized in a hurry. Wonder if they were told a dangerous lunatic would be in the theather before they volunteered.
Nothere: Ah yes. Hello Racheal and or Mike.
Mike n Rachel in DC: I bet it was “costume night” at the frat house.
Library Jim.: So add one for the Dad of LJ!
Louise: We got lots tonight
Rush: NT..another thing for us to ponder!
Nothere: Hello LLJ
Nothere: sdad.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Lee cleverly chose the “medieval warrior” theme so they’d be ready
Rush: They HAD to have rehearsed…and there would have been others in those “extra” roles in the first place!
Rush: Gravelle!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Can you imagine casting the roles of “18 Chinese pikemen”?
Louise: I had a vanity table like that: kidney shaped
Nothere: Hey Gravelle good to see you. Been working out?
Library Jim.: They might have already been cast and Lee just asked to be added in
Rush: Maybe that’s why Chan and Lee originally wanted to attend the opera…to see Lee’s friends in the opera?
Nothere: Your so vain. You problably think this post is about you.
Mike n Rachel in DC: What a coincidence, Louise. I once had a kidney shaped like a vanity table. 🙂
Library Jim.: That’s my theory, Rush.
phil: I have a kidney shaped like a vanity table.
Mike n Rachel in DC: And these dressing rooms…there are apartments in LA smaller than this.
Rush: Yes.
Nothere: I have a table shaped like a table. Not interesting, but best I can do about the conversation.
Louise: Ain’t no coincidences if TWO of you have weird kidneys
Rush: 🙂
Louise: Make that 3 of you
Nothere: One is an anomaly, two a coincidence, three is a pattern.
Rush: True.
Library Jim.: Gravelle refers to himself in the third person.
Rush: Yes he does.
Mike n Rachel in DC: And four kidneys are…dinner!
Rush: I’ll pass…
Cdirus: Yuck
Mike n Rachel in DC: Quite good, Rush, but they have to be prepared properly
Cdirus: Chopping up and putting into the composter?
Rush: Yes, these “spear-carriers” HAD to have originally been a part of the opera casr.
Dona: Yes CD
Louise: Can’t compost raw meat
Nothere: And now Charlie will show why he’s Hawaii’s #1 homicide detective. Master of blood splatter, and chemical reactions on burnt things. If there is an advanced police procedure Chan knows it.
Mike n Rachel in DC: And he can read Chinese…multi talented!
Library Jim.: Cremated ghost of card. CC has a way with words
Rush: I HOPE he can!
Rush: Poetic.
Nothere: Well the local cop isn’t totally useless. He knows what chop suey is.
phil: There’s the answer, they’re all Lee’s frat brothers.
phil: But look, not one of them to be seen on the stage.
Mike n Rachel in DC: The famous Tavern Scene that leads directly into the sinister murder!
Rush: Yes, Phil.
Nothere: How’d you like to be the janitor who has to clean up after this dining scene?
Library Jim.: Nice set
Rush: So, again, Chan and Lee probably had planned to see this opera before the fact, to see Lee’s frat brothers.
Nothere: Cheap insinuations? Do you know how much I paid for those insinuations?
Rush: Also, Lee must have at some point attended a Los Angeles college.
Rush: USC, probably, as we later see Jimmy going there.
danventure: Excellent notion, Rush!
Nothere: This guy names three legends and ends with him. Ego much?
Mike n Rachel in DC: Karloff’s feather is much better
Rush: A bit of a guess…but POSSIBLE, DV!
phil: High drama at the opera
Mike n Rachel in DC: Action-packed first act
Rush: Everything about Karloff will prove to be better!
Mike n Rachel in DC: applause:
Library Jim.: Of course, HE’S KARLOFF
Mike n Rachel in DC: So if she gets killed in Act I, what happens in the next act or two?
phil: Didn’t spock wear visors like that on an episode of star trek?
Library Jim.: oops, caps lock!
Len Freeman: This is a greatscene
Mike n Rachel in DC: The reincarnaton?
Rush: Yes!
Rush: d she noted the difference in voices immediately!
Rush: (And)
danventure: I didn’t know Boris could sing so well. Wow.
Library Jim.: dubbed DV
Rush: She’s engaged in a good case of “method acting”!
phil: I think that type of collar might make a comeback
Library Jim.: Elizabethan neck brace
Louise: Being stabbed will do that to you
Nothere: And now to translate. Hey Baby I’m the devil. Thought I’d drop by and see about making a trade. Typical stuff. I’ll take your soul, but if you agree now. I’ll throw in a fre puppy. Wanna see me horns?
Rush: Tudor Williams provided Karloff’s singing voice.
Louise: Nothere: very quick translation
Louise: Happy National Puppy day!
Cdirus: I want to see the puppy!
Matt1: <tin can>
Rush: Is it?
Rush: TYSM…Matt…
Mike n Rachel in DC: TYSM, Matt
Louise: Yes Rush
Nothere: For Lilly yes.
Nothere: For Barelli…?
Rush: Very nice, Louise.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Why does the Devil need to use a dagger? Can’t he just steal her soul or something cool?
Nothere: So this is the dressing rooms where women will be changing. I see put a trap door in the roof.
Rush: Hm.
Nothere: Yes he can Micheal and or Rcheal, but he’s feeling lazy today.
Library Jim.: Yep!
phil: Sounds reasonable to me,
Rush: CRASH!!!
Nothere: BASH!!!
phil: cue the can
Rush: Number two…
Rush: Matt?
Matt1: <tin can>
Rush: TYSM..Matt..
Matt1: Delayed
Rush: “Humility only defense against rightful blame.”
Mike n Rachel in DC: Lili e morta
phil: Ah, that’s what I like, a growing body count,
Rush: This is the ULTIMATE in “The Show Must Go ON!”
Nothere: I have a question of can etiquette. If a person is declared dead, but not dead. And later dies. Do we can the declared death, actul death, or both?
Nothere: phil do you ever see a reviwer called Decker Shado?
hounder: brb dog walk
Mike n Rachel in DC: One of the finger points of Chan viewing, NT.
Nothere: Hounder walks the hund.
Rush: That would require a later “retraction,” NT!
Mike n Rachel in DC: *finer
Nothere: <ARRRROOOOO>
Mike n Rachel in DC: I would say that the actual death is the “can-able” one
phil: A “reviwer’? NT
Rush: We could term that a “Sleeping Beauty” error.
Nothere: movie revwier of horror films to be precise. He loves to go “And the body count rises.:”
Rush: Gravelle listens in…
Rush: Yes, NT.
phil: Oh..no. laughing.
Louise: Can etiquette!
Nothere: Anyway the fat woman hasn’t sung, but this is where I leave you. May the gentle strands of Lilly’s singing fill your thoughts until I am Not here agin.
Rush: An elopement is far better than murdering a parent unwilling to give consent!
Library Jim.: Night, Not.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good evening, NT. It’s always a fun when you’re not here. 🙂
Dona: Goodnight NT
Rush: But, i guess she’s under age…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Point taken Rush
Rush: TYSM, NT…and good night….
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Rush: Goose-stepping?
Mike n Rachel in DC: Do these guys do anything besides march onto the stage?
Rush: We never see them on stage.
Library Jim.: William Demarest always played a good role
Rush: Yes, LJ!
phil: They march on stage and promptly disappear.
Mike n Rachel in DC: And what is the plot that has a debauched party in a tavern, the murder of a young woman by the devil and an army of pikemen all in the same act?
Cdirus: That’s why I want to see the rest!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Clearly they left out the scene with the elephants for this film…
Dona: He was in a hurry
Rush: Gravell obeyed the sign on the door, at least.
Rush: A display of “new” technology….
Rush: Wire Photo.
Library Jim.→Rush: Are theater prop rooms always that jumbled?
Louise: Yes, theatre prop rooms are weird
danventure: Never knew they had “fax” machines then.
Rush: H. Bruce Humberstone’s trademark!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Always a highlight, Rush!
Rush: We saw some of this “explanation” of the technology in “Race Track,” too.
Rush: Mrs. Joe Rocke!
Library Jim.: Fax machines invented by Alexander Bain in 1843
Rush: Another “race against the clock”!
Rush: It’s amazing when we look at the roots of inventions, LJ!
danventure: Fax in 1843? How so, LJ?
Mike n Rachel in DC: “I’m not going to hurt you.” Always a winning opening line.
Rush: It would have been the concept was developed that eventually led to the Fax.
Rush: yes, Mike!
Rush: A touching scene, here.
Rush: Shows Karloff’s range of acting.
Mike n Rachel in DC: This is where they needed Karloff.
Library Jim.: He transmitted images by telegraph but it wasn’t until Xerox perfected the tech in 1964 and made it affordable that they became popular
Mike n Rachel in DC: This could have been just corny with an average actor
Rush: Tearing eyes show that she was starting to rmrmber…
Rush: So true, Mike.
Library Jim.: Right Rush (re concept of fax)
Rush: Yes.
Louise: Pull that phone box out.
Rush: Television has a similar developmental history, going back pretty far!
Rush: Very old Chinese wise man once say, “Madness twin brother of genius because each live in world created by own ego. One sometime mistaken for other.”
Louise: I live in the world of music…and an asylum
Rush: 🙂
Mike n Rachel in DC: Rachel sez world of music is better than the asylum
Rush: “Gravelle sings TONIGHT!”
Rush: Rachel…I agree with you!
Louise: Old Chinese proverb in Chinese
Rush: Old Chinese proverb say, “Hsing zhong kong zhu, yuan hsuan wu tu.”
Len Freeman: so you sat
danventure: Actually, a sad tragedy. Like Phantom of the Opera or Abomible Dr. Phibes.
Rush: Yes.
Library Jim.: Played on his vanity
Louise: That Chinese dick…
Rush: Unwise officer who eat apple not yet ripe get official tummy ache.
Louise: Is that the same voice as the woman who was killed?
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes.
Mike n Rachel in DC: And the orchestra is out of tune in the same places… 😉
Rush: Zari Elmassian: Madame Rochelle’s singing voice
hounder: I’m sorry, I can’t keep my eyes open. see you next week. be safe y’all
Rush: Okay, Hounder….
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good night hounder. Have a good week!
Dona: Have a good week Hounder
Mike n Rachel in DC: Sleep well!
Rush: See you next week.
Rush: Take care…
hounder: thank all.
Library Jim.: Night Hounder
Rush: TYSM.
Rush: Be safe.
Cdirus: Does anyone have a translation of the italian?
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Rush: No, but it would be very possible.
Mike n Rachel in DC: No…can just pick out a few words. Has anyone written it down?
Louise: triffer happy
Louise: trigger
Mike n Rachel in DC: Might be a fun “quarantine project” for the musicians. 😉
Library Jim.: It says {singing in Italian}
Rush: If one could get a copy of the opera made for this movie…that would be one way.
Mike n Rachel in DC: (cantando in italiano)
Louise: hittin’ the pipe again
Rush: If anyone knows anyone who speaks italian, that would be the easier way.
Mike n Rachel in DC: or just repeated listenings
Rush: Yes…that too!
Mike n Rachel in DC: The translation isn’t the problem…it’s distinguishing all of the little words
Mike n Rachel in DC: We’ll give it a shot…watch the message board.
Rush: Mike’s last suggestion in that case!
Rush: Sounds like a fun thing to anticipate, Mike!
Rush: Little by little…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Caught!
Rush: Just like the way Chan deduced the killer in this one.
Rush: YES!
Rush: “Chaise Longue”….”Long Chair.”
phil: the jig is up lady
Rush: Yep.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Happy ending, though…
Rush: “…and then he starts to meow…
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Mike n Rachel in DC: “impetuous marksman”. Can you imagine what that cop would be called today?
phil: just as long as he doesn’t start chasing little birds.
Rush: On the carpet.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Need the bodycam footage
Rush: Not developed yet!
Rush: Sgt. kelly comes around!
Rush: When fear attack brain, tongue wave distress signal.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Son comes through…a little too late as usual
Rush: Police escort to the docks!
Matt1: Now that’s an escort!
Rush: YES!
Rush: “Case now closed.”
Dona: Much catch the boat
Mike n Rachel in DC: <kids-yeah>
Matt1: <yee-haw>
Rush: Send their bags to Honolulu.
Louise: YAY!
Len Freeman: YAYYYY
Rush: Closing credits….
Mike n Rachel in DC: A top-10 for sure…one of the very best
Rush: THE END
Dona: YAY!!!!!
Rush: (Applause)
phil: APPLAUSE
Rush: Well…a GREAT one…yes?
Len Freeman: A TOP Chan
danventure: Amen, Len!
Cdirus: Yes Len!
Dona: another good one Rush.
Rush: Next week…we go to the Olympics!
Dona: Yes!
Matt1: Good night folks and have a good and healthy week
phil: Until next week Chan friends adieu!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hopefully they won’t be postponed, Rush!
Dona: Night Matt
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danventure: Stay safe and healthy all!
Cdirus: Stay safe everyone!
Rush: So, get your paddle ready, Mr. Chan!
Library Jim.: Good night all from my dad and myself.
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Rush: Lee’s on the swim team!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good night all, stay safe!
Dona: Goodnight Len and Dad
Len Freeman: Stay home, stay healthy, see you next week
Rush: Good night LJ…and Dad!
Louise: Nite all!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Nice to see everyone…goodnight LJ & Dad!
Rush: take care, everyone!
Len Freeman: Goodnight Dona
danventure: Thanks again, Rush! CU
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Rush: Be happy…safe…and stay healthy!
Len Freeman: Our best to your Dad LJ..
Dona: Thank you Rush! Great night. See everyone next week.
Rush: TYSM…EVERYONE!
Dona: Stay well everyone!
Rush: Welcome home, Kyregent!
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Rush: Good to see you again, too, LJ!
Rush: Have a GREAT week!
kyregent: thanks I will be back next week
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Rush: VERY GOOD!
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Rush: See you then, KG!
Rush: Len…take care.
Rush: Good night….
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Rush: Good night, Kyregent…!
kyregent: good night I have a few minutes left on film18:27
kyregent: that was good
kyregent: see you next week be safe
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