The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for March 30, 2026
Feature: Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Chat Number: 1,354
Extra:
The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936
Note:
“TYSM” count: 6 (Total from all films thus far: 119)
Participants:
Austinchanfan
Charlie’s ANGEL
Godwinshelley
hounder
Nothere
Paul Minturn
Rich in Maine
Rush
tenman
03-30 18:38
Rush:
03-30 19:01
Rush:
Hello, Hounder!
Good evening!
How was your week?
03-30 19:01
hounder:
hi everyone
03-30 19:01
Rush:
Just us at the moment!
03-30 19:02
Rush:
This is often the very slow time.
Most arrive at the last minute!
03-30 19:02
hounder:
oh my. didnt notice that.
fl is preparing for the artemis launch Wed.
03-30 19:02
Rush:
Oh, well! We have been doing very well attendance-wise, really!
03-30 19:03
hounder:
and it isn’t loke it hasn’t been just us before. lol.
03-30 19:03
Rush:
AH! Are you going to be near enough to see it launched?
03-30 19:04
Rush:
We…you probably recall the “good old days” when we had just a few sometimes!
03-30 19:04
hounder:
I can see it from my front porch but will probablt walk down to the beach. that way there’s no trees in the way
03-30 19:04
Rush:
NICE!
03-30 19:04
hounder:
you me and va.
03-30 19:04
Rush:
Yes!
03-30 19:05
Rush:
And perhaps Virginia’s mom, too!
10 minutes..
03-30 19:05
hounder:
long time ago and lots of water under the bridges
03-30 19:05
Rush:
Oh, yes!
03-30 19:06
hounder:
hope all is well at your house
03-30 19:07
Rush:
Things are going well, thank you. Both daughters are now pretty much out of the house, and that’s a little sad, but, of course, to be expected!
03-30 19:08
Rush:
The younger one is in college and comes home often.
She’s about three hours away.
03-30 19:08
hounder:
wow. time has sure flown. and i’m sure the emptty nest feels strange
03-30 19:09
Rush:
Yes!
GS!
Good evening!
WELCOME!
How are you tonight?
03-30 19:09
Godwinshelley:
Greetings all
Starting to gear up for our May trip to Scotland
03-30 19:09
hounder:
hi gs
03-30 19:09
Rush:
And to you!
03-30 19:09
tenman:
Hola todos!
03-30 19:09
Rush:
TM!
WELCOME!
03-30 19:09
hounder:
hi tm
03-30 19:10
Rush:
Would you all like to see a five-minute extra on the 1936 Olympics?
03-30 19:10
hounder:
sure
03-30 19:10
Rush:
Angel!
03-30 19:11
Rush:
It will cause us to start our movie a couple minutes late…
is that okay?
03-30 19:11
Godwinshelley:
That would be okay with me
03-30 19:11
Rush:
03-30 19:11
Rich in Maine:
evening all!
warm day at last here
03-30 19:11
Rush:
It’s about the “Nazi Olympics.”
Rich!
WELCOME!
We can start with an extra?
03-30 19:11
Rich in Maine:
hello Rush, yes start the extra
03-30 19:11
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Hello ALL!
03-30 19:12
Rush:
There is the link.
20 seconds…
15…
10….
5….
GO!!!
03-30 19:12
Rush:
Gives us sort of a background to those Olympics…
03-30 19:13
Charlie’s ANGEL:
My cellphone battery is at 4% so I HOPE to be uninterrupted—-
03-30 19:13
Charlie’s ANGEL:
H B H !!!
I will name a future pet HUMHERSTONE
03-30 19:13
Rush:
03-30 19:14
Charlie’s ANGEL:
PRINCE OF WHALES!
03-30 19:15
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Pardon H U M B E R S T O N E
Stupid fish!!
03-30 19:16
Rush:
Interesting that some of the things originating at this Olympics still are seen today, such at the torch relay.
03-30 19:17
Rush:
Okay! Thare we have it.
Ready for our movie?
03-30 19:17
Godwinshelley:
Yes
03-30 19:17
Rich in Maine:
yes all set here
03-30 19:17
tenman:
check!
03-30 19:17
Rush:
Everyone cued and ready at the opening title?
Welcome…Paul!
03-30 19:17
Godwinshelley:
cued here
03-30 19:18
Rush:
60 seconds…
03-30 19:18
Rush:
50…
40….
30…
25…
20…
03-30 19:19
Rush:
15…
10…
5…
GO!!!
Title and music…
03-30 19:19
Rich in Maine:
circus music like last week
03-30 19:19
Rush:
Credits…
“Race Track” music!
03-30 19:20
Rich in Maine:
yes Rush
03-30 19:20
Rush:
Charlie Chan at the yearly physical!
03-30 19:20
Rich in Maine:
CC pumping up
03-30 19:21
Rush:
Waikiki Spinner
03-30 19:21
Rush:
FIRST TYSM….
03-30 19:23
Rush:
Last weel we only had seven “TYSMs”
03-30 19:23
Rich in Maine:
he is #2 son ??
03-30 19:23
Rush:
(week)
03-30 19:23
Rush:
So he said!
Now…we need to theorize that Chan spoke in error!
03-30 19:24
Rich in Maine:
think that orders changes at will
03-30 19:24
Rush:
Yes…there are “lapses in contiuity”
03-30 19:25
Charlie’s ANGEL:
IRONIC “Mr.Hughes” calls PAN AM: beginning in the mid-Thirties, HOWARD Hughes waged lifelong battles vs. Pan Am but/and also ITS chief, Juan Triple. I wonder if the name “Hughes” here is some kind of (then-) current celebrity dig.
03-30 19:25
hounder:
time check please?
03-30 19:25
Charlie’s ANGEL:
(12:55)
03-30 19:25
Rush:
One proof that Charlie, Jr. cannot be Number Two would be that by this time there are 12 children! Little Charlie would be too young for that to ne true!
03-30 19:26
Charlie’s ANGEL:
“Sharp eye of evil”
03-30 19:26
Rush:
7:05
03-30 19:26
hounder:
tysm
03-30 19:26
Rich in Maine:
a plane jacking !
03-30 19:26
Charlie’s ANGEL:
CORRECTION: “Sharp eye of EAGLE”
03-30 19:26
Rush:
We started the movie late due to the extra!
03-30 19:26
Austinchanfan:
good evening all and happy chan monday
03-30 19:26
Rush:
Last-minute extra!
03-30 19:27
Rich in Maine:
hello ACF
03-30 19:27
Austinchanfan:
oh ok
03-30 19:27
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Rush: Am I AHEAD? At 14:30 now
03-30 19:27
Austinchanfan:
hi Rich hi all
03-30 19:27
Rush:
ACF!
03-30 19:27
hounder:
hi everyone whose entrance i missed
03-30 19:27
Rush:
WELCOME!!!
We are at 8:50
03-30 19:28
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Ah so. Let me back up. Time NOW?
03-30 19:28
Rush:
9:10
9:20
9:30
03-30 19:28
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Thanks! Timecard stuff now, right?
03-30 19:29
hounder:
brb dopg walk
03-30 19:29
Rush:
They are abourd the stranded plane.
On the beach
03-30 19:30
Rush:
10:45
NOW we are in the aircraft office.
03-30 19:30
Austinchanfan:
wasn’t Mr hopkins one of horse owner in CC at the racetrack’
owners
03-30 19:31
Rush:
A late TINCAN…
Yes he was!
Timecard.
Timecard scene.
03-30 19:31
hounder:
back
03-30 19:31
Rush:
At the Tropic Hotel
03-30 19:32
Rich in Maine:
Olive Oyl
03-30 19:32
Rush:
The landlady…
Yes!
03-30 19:32
Rich in Maine:
a WFF clue
03-30 19:32
tenman:
The famous white fox!
03-30 19:32
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Fox fur!!!!!
03-30 19:33
Rush:
YES!
TINCAN!
03-30 19:33
Charlie’s ANGEL:
This landlady has got to be THE HOTTEST so far!
03-30 19:33
Rush:
That’s two…
03-30 19:33
Rich in Maine:
tin can
03-30 19:33
tenman:
WHo knew Miller was a closet case?
03-30 19:34
Rich in Maine:
but did Miller also wear the WFF?
03-30 19:34
Charlie’s ANGEL:
😆😆😆
03-30 19:34
Rush:
Pop is not happy with Charlie, Jr.!
03-30 19:35
Rush:
“Hey, Pop! White fox fur!”
03-30 19:36
Charlie’s ANGEL:
CC Jr. could still be with us—-HISTORIANS, what’s the word? “Kid”:would be in his 90s, eh?
03-30 19:36
Rich in Maine:
Filibuster!
true CA!
03-30 19:36
Nothere:
You say what?
03-30 19:36
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Filibuster would be a great name for a horse.
03-30 19:36
Rush:
Hello, NT!
Sorry I missed your arrival!
03-30 19:37
Nothere:
I say Hello too
03-30 19:37
Charlie’s ANGEL:
.
What did he say? Did you take notes?
03-30 19:37
Nothere:
No you didn’t. I’m being fashonably late.
03-30 19:37
Charlie’s ANGEL:
.
Notty, you are fashionable always.
03-30 19:38
Rush:
KGPD – The broadcasting station of the San Francisco Police. This station began broadcasting on May 5, 1932.
03-30 19:38
Charlie’s ANGEL:
We counting mentions of WFF?
03-30 19:38
Charlie’s ANGEL:
WFF! WFF!
03-30 19:38
Rush:
Yes!
03-30 19:39
Charlie’s ANGEL:
One doesn’t have to be in tents to be intense.
03-30 19:39
Rush:
He’s falling for it…
03-30 19:40
Nothere:
Well Angel as this is the Olympics I left my top hat and cape in the other room, but I did use them for opera. WE men about town know to dress for the occasion.
03-30 19:40
Rush:
We see this gentleman again in “Castle in the Desert.” Then again in “The Shanghai Cobra.”
03-30 19:41
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Notty, WE are the bulwark.
03-30 19:41
Nothere:
Well he better have reservations if he wishes to be allowedd in. We don’t allow just any rift raft in here. Thats how I got in.
03-30 19:41
Rush:
Chan’s itinerary…
03-30 19:41
Rich in Maine:
CC travel agency
03-30 19:42
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Notty, we gotta rush if we wanna catch the Hindenburg!!
03-30 19:42
Rush:
Painted out swastikas on the tail of the airship.
03-30 19:42
Rich in Maine:
61 hours in the air on the blimp!
03-30 19:42
Charlie’s ANGEL:
There are no foxfurs in foxholes.
An ADVENTURESS!!!
03-30 19:42
Nothere:
Please. A man about towen never rushes. They walk very fast.
03-30 19:43
Rush:
03-30 19:43
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Especially when she’s with Dick.
03-30 19:43
tenman:
Oh, no! an….ADVENTURESS!
03-30 19:43
Rush:
03-30 19:43
Rich in Maine:
Adventuress is an official job someplace
03-30 19:45
tenman:
Probably
03-30 19:45
Rush:
Lee goes into his act there!
03-30 19:45
Rich in Maine:
same routine as the laundry man in racetrack
03-30 19:45
Rush:
So far, only ONE TYSM!
03-30 19:46
Nothere:
Like man about town you don’t find much call for an adventuress these days. But we can bring it back.
03-30 19:46
Rich in Maine:
yes a slow week Rush
03-30 19:46
Rush:
Inspector Strasser…
03-30 19:47
Rich in Maine:
Strasser is just like the Colonel from the Frankenstein movies with the fake arm
03-30 19:47
Rush:
YES!
03-30 19:48
Nothere:
A riot is an ugly thing.
03-30 19:48
Rush:
Yes.
03-30 19:49
Rush:
Dr. Cream.
03-30 19:50
Charlie’s ANGEL:
I was earnestly considering that “FOOLS” stance, yes.
03-30 19:50
Rush:
AH!
03-30 19:50
tenman:
oooh! Burn! I’m not acquainted with the OTHER gentlemen!
03-30 19:50
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Ah SO!!
03-30 19:50
Rush:
Yes, TM!
A pretty good “zinger.”
03-30 19:50
Charlie’s ANGEL:
They got PLENTY OF BAGGAGE.
03-30 19:51
tenman:
He’s a “hair inspector”??
03-30 19:51
Rush:
True, Angel.
03-30 19:51
Rich in Maine:
Congratulations Herr Inspector! u see the light
03-30 19:51
Rush:
TM:
Lee arrives….
03-30 19:52
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Lee is such an attempting-con, Pop totally wise thereto.
HAVE HEARD ENOUGH
OF WHITE FOX FUR!!
03-30 19:52
Rush:
Jimmy gets a similar swat in “Panama”!
03-30 19:53
Rich in Maine:
no more WFF!
03-30 19:53
Rush:
03-30 19:54
Rush:
The device could have left the ship just as Lee entered it!
03-30 19:55
Rush:
Someone could have sent a line down to the porthole for her to tie the device to.
“Paerhaps…YOU…have answer?”
03-30 19:55
Rich in Maine:
the old “Perhaps You” pause
03-30 19:56
Rush:
Number TWO….
Yes, Rich!
03-30 19:57
Rush:
We saw that used in “Race Track” as well!
Good tactic!
You simply say, “HALT!”
03-30 19:57
Rich in Maine:
same way phones are snatched today in Italy
03-30 19:57
Rush:
AH!
The matron does her “job.”
03-30 19:59
Rush:
They would have saved a LOT of grief had they taken it to the proper authorities!
03-30 20:00
Rich in Maine:
the matron will tell ME!
03-30 20:01
Rush:
THREE
03-30 20:02
Rush:
You can see her breath.
This scene was shot in the chill of the morning.
03-30 20:02
Rush:
Another “Frankenstein” reference!
03-30 20:03
Rush:
Different fur this time….
03-30 20:03
Rich in Maine:
yes no WFF
03-30 20:04
Rush:
BANG!
03-30 20:05
Nothere:
<RATATATATAT>
03-30 20:06
Rush:
SMACK!!!
03-30 20:07
Rush:
Not a good idea for an athlete to get into a fight!
Even a small injury could hurt his chance to win a medal!
03-30 20:08
Rush:
Catherine Demille had tragedy in her life.
03-30 20:09
Rush:
She was visiting WC Fields’ home and her child drown in a pool.
FOUR
03-30 20:09
Nothere:
Oh bad time for a TYsm report Ruish
03-30 20:10
Rush:
Yes.
Sorry.
Opening ceremony…
03-30 20:10
Nothere:
Not your fault. Just bad timing old boy.
03-30 20:10
Rush:
Yes….
03-30 20:10
Rich in Maine:
and yet another fur
03-30 20:10
Rush:
Lip reader.
03-30 20:10
Nothere:
THe fur is flying, but can it pole vault?
03-30 20:12
Rush:
FIVE
The east entrance to the L.A. Colosseum
03-30 20:13
Rush:
SIX
03-30 20:13
Nothere:
The prefered entrance for the asian athlestes.
03-30 20:14
Rush:
Or those arriving from the Atlantic states!
03-30 20:15
Rush:
And another…”When glass shatters, note cannot be far from grasp.”
03-30 20:15
Nothere:
And if the Atlanstis athletes show up things will get very weirid.
03-30 20:16
Nothere:
Oh I’m having typo fun tonight. I am not drunk!
03-30 20:16
Rush:
This is the relay where Jesse Owens won one of his medals!
03-30 20:17
Rush:
Bamboo poles used in those days!
03-30 20:17
Rich in Maine:
Dick and his giant pole
03-30 20:17
Rush:
14′-2″
03-30 20:18
Nothere:
Too bad its not Dick Greyson. We’d be garunteed the gold.
03-30 20:19
Rush:
The winning pole vaulter in that Olympics cleared 14′-3 1/4″
“Checkmate.”
03-30 20:20
Nothere:
Is that all Rush? I would not make that.
03-30 20:20
Rush:
Me as well!
03-30 20:20
Rich in Maine:
TYSM !
03-30 20:21
Rush:
With today’s poles, they have reached far greater!
03-30 20:22
Nothere:
Cheaters
03-30 20:22
Rush:
In the last Olympics, the winner reached 20′-6″
03-30 20:22
Rich in Maine:
wouldn’t strasser know where this guy lives?
03-30 20:22
Rush:
Ominous….
03-30 20:23
Nothere:
THers knowing and theres having 9it memorized.
03-30 20:23
Rush:
Saved by another baddy!
03-30 20:23
Rush:
“Calling all cars…”
03-30 20:24
Rush:
Surrounded!
Every rat for his or herself!
03-30 20:26
Nothere:
Quick deny knowing these guys.
03-30 20:26
Rush:
Time for a parafin test!
“You are murderer..”
03-30 20:26
Rich in Maine:
You are murderer!
03-30 20:26
Rush:
YES!
03-30 20:26
Nothere:
WEll only the once.
03-30 20:27
hounder:
that was fun. thanks
03-30 20:27
Rush:
Not ended yet….
We need the swim race….
03-30 20:28
Rush:
Next week…”Charlie Chan on Broadway”
03-30 20:28
Godwinshelley:
Do you think Carradine was supposed to be a swimmer in this?
03-30 20:28
hounder:
ah i must have been ahead of you
03-30 20:28
Nothere:
A detective whos caught people all over the world, olympian, in stay in college he’d be vvery impressive.
03-30 20:28
Rush:
I doubt it.
03-30 20:28
Godwinshelley:
Yea – next week – Lon Chaney JR
03-30 20:28
Nothere:
If hed stay even
03-30 20:28
Rush:
YES!
03-30 20:29
Rush:
Carradine would have probably been a gang member?
Nice LONG hair on Lee!
03-30 20:29
Rush:
The paddle!
THE END
03-30 20:30
Rich in Maine:
yay!
03-30 20:30
Charlie’s ANGEL:
MAHY YAYs!!
Great exit music. Swim ya later!!!
03-30 20:30
Nothere:
<Kids yewah?
03-30 20:30
Rush:
(Applause…as the audience heads to the lobby….)
03-30 20:30
tenman:
Nytol!
03-30 20:30
Nothere:
So last in first out. Night all
03-30 20:30
Rush:
Well!
Thank you EVERYONE!
Take care and have a GREAT week…and Easter!
03-30 20:31
Rich in Maine:
u too Rush
03-30 20:31
Rush:
Think of Charlie Chan making the egg dye in “Reno”!
03-30 20:31
Austinchanfan:
have a safe easter and safe night
03-30 20:32
Rush:
Next week, Chan and Lee return from Europe and pass through NYC on the way home.
03-30 20:32
hounder:
safe week all
03-30 20:32
Rush:
LOTS happens while in The Big Apple!
03-30 20:32
Godwinshelley:
Stay safe everyone – and avoid the POLLEN
03-30 20:32
Paul Minturn:
bye
03-30 20:32
Rush:
Take care, all…
Have a happy and safe week!
Enjoy the warming temperatures!
03-30 20:33
Rush:
Spring has arrived…and summer is not far behind!
03-30 20:33
Austinchanfan:
exactly
03-30 20:33
Rush:
TYSM count this week: 6.
I think the grand total is now 120…
Good night, ACF!
03-30 20:34
Rush:
Have a good week!
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