The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for March 31, 2025
Feature: Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Chat Number: 1,301
Extra:
(none)
Participants:
Godwinshelley
Len Freeman
hounder
Louise
Mike in DC
Phil
Rich in Maine
Rush
tenman
03-31 18:27
Rush:
03-31 18:52
Louise:
Hi Rush! We are the early birds again.
03-31 18:53
Rush:
Louise!
Good evening to you!
How are you tonight?
03-31 18:53
Louise:
I am just finishing dinner: polenta and zucchini. Yummy.
03-31 18:53
Rush:
Ahhhh…sounds wonderful!
03-31 18:54
Louise:
My vegan son has taught me a lot about doing mostly veggie dishes.
03-31 18:54
Rush:
We had potatoes and lentil soup…
Very good!
03-31 18:55
Louise:
I am so proud that I have a son who can cook. His new wife is very lucky I trained him well!
03-31 18:55
Rush:
I mean you son, not our dinner!
INDEED!
03-31 18:57
Rush:
Did you see my email about the possible weekend in Warren, OH?
03-31 18:57
Louise:
I was trying to make a Charlie Chan coloring book with the new AI program (they have a coloring book generator) but they wouldn’t let me use the name or images of CC.
03-31 18:57
Rush:
I have been communicating with Lou on the whole thing.
Really, Louise? Copyright issues?
03-31 18:58
Louise:
I am not likely to attend the Ohio event but you never know…things may change.
03-31 18:58
Rush:
Okay.
03-31 18:58
Louise:
For the comic book it appears I can’t use a famous person
03-31 18:58
Rush:
I will try to get some more information from everyone tonight.
Len!
WELCOME!
03-31 18:58
Louise:
Hi Len
03-31 18:59
Len Freeman:
His both…. that’s the topic I wanted to check on…
03-31 18:59
Rush:
How are you tonight?
Okay.
03-31 18:59
Len Freeman:
Pretty good really….
03-31 18:59
Rush:
Very good.
03-31 19:00
Len Freeman:
What kind of info do you need about Ohio?
03-31 19:00
Rush:
Could you make it to Warren for August 14-16?
03-31 19:01
Rush:
Thursday to Saturday.
03-31 19:01
Len Freeman:
I’m pretty sure that early August or late July dates will work for me
03-31 19:01
Rush:
Okay.
03-31 19:01
Len Freeman:
earlier in August would be better
03-31 19:01
Rush:
Could you please email me at: charliechanfamily@yahoo.com?
03-31 19:02
MIke in DC:
Good evening all!
03-31 19:02
Louise:
Hi Mike
03-31 19:02
Rush:
Lou was wondering if tou would be able to share about your Charlie Chan courses there.
03-31 19:03
Rush:
We would try to set up a public gathering at the main library there.
It seems that will work out.
Mike!
03-31 19:03
Len Freeman:
I have family coming in to town on the 16th, so 14-16 would cut too close.
03-31 19:03
Rush:
Good evening!
Okay…sorry…
03-31 19:03
MIke in DC:
Looks like I made it in time for the movie.
03-31 19:03
Rush:
YES!
03-31 19:03
MIke in DC:
Just got out of a meeting…
03-31 19:04
Rush:
I hope it was a good meeeting, and one of choice!
03-31 19:04
Len Freeman:
I’ll get to you offline… happy to use some of my course material
03-31 19:04
Rush:
okay…
TYSM!
11 minutes….
03-31 19:05
Rush:
10 minutes…
Hounder!
Good evening!
03-31 19:05
Louise:
Hi hounder
Cued here
03-31 19:05
Rush:
Mike, Hounder, any thoughts on being able to make the get together in Warren, OH?
03-31 19:06
hounder:
hi everyone
03-31 19:06
Rush:
Looks like the dates would be August 14-16.
03-31 19:06
hounder:
i don’t thinki’ll be able to rush. but i hope you all have a wonderful time.
03-31 19:06
MIke in DC:
MnR are on board….thought I replied to the email….
03-31 19:06
Rush:
Will those dates work?
03-31 19:07
MIke in DC:
They work for us
03-31 19:07
Rush:
I will double check the email. charliechanfamily@yahoo.com.
That’s the one I DON’T use for the weekly email!
03-31 19:07
MIke in DC:
Arrive on the 14th, depart on 16th?
03-31 19:08
Rush:
Check out on the morning of the 17th.
03-31 19:08
Rush:
Lou found a good, not expensive hotel in the center of town.
03-31 19:08
MIke in DC:
OK. It’s in my calendar!
03-31 19:09
Rush:
6 minutes….
03-31 19:09
Rush:
TYSM!
Noted officially!
Even if it’s a small gathering, we can go ahead with it!
03-31 19:09
MIke in DC:
Small but enthusiastic 
03-31 19:10
Rush:
Yes!
5 minutes…
03-31 19:10
MIke in DC:
Gong-ready in DC
03-31 19:10
Rich in Maine:
greetings all
03-31 19:11
Rush:
Looks like any crowd tonight will arrive at the last moment!
Rich!
03-31 19:11
Rich in Maine:
getting my track suit ready
03-31 19:11
Rush:
WELCOME!!!
03-31 19:11
Rich in Maine:
hey Rush!
03-31 19:11
Rush:
4 minutes….
Ready?
03-31 19:11
Louise:
Hi Burt and Rich
03-31 19:11
MIke in DC:
Hi Rich and Burt
03-31 19:11
Rush:
Burt!
03-31 19:11
Rich in Maine:
hello Louise, mike
03-31 19:11
Rush:
Good evening!
03-31 19:11
hounder:
hi burt
03-31 19:11
Burt:
Hello!
03-31 19:11
MIke in DC:
Step right up folks! Plenty of good seats remaining!
03-31 19:11
Rush:
THREE MINUTES!!!
03-31 19:12
hounder:
hi rich
03-31 19:12
Rich in Maine:
hey hounder
03-31 19:12
Rush:
2 1/2 minutes…
WB, Len!
03-31 19:12
Rich in Maine:
roll up roll up roll up……get ur tickets here
03-31 19:13
Rush:
TWO MINUTES….
03-31 19:13
Len Freeman:
Unfortunately August 14-16 won’t work for me
03-31 19:13
MIke in DC:
See Lee Chan dogpaddle his way to gold!
03-31 19:13
hounder:
ready here
03-31 19:13
Rush:
We will hear familiar theme music at the start of this one…
90 seconds…
03-31 19:13
MIke in DC:
excitement builds
03-31 19:13
Louise:
Circus music
03-31 19:14
Rush:
75 seconds…
Race Track music….
60 seconds…
03-31 19:14
Louise:
Ah, my mistake
03-31 19:14
Rush:
50 seconds….
40 seconds…
30 seconds…
03-31 19:14
MIke in DC:
Just texting with Rachel…she says hello from Michigan!
03-31 19:15
Rush:
25…
20…
15…
10…
5…
GO!!!
03-31 19:15
hounder:
hi tenman
03-31 19:15
Rush:
Title….
03-31 19:15
MIke in DC:
cheezy march
03-31 19:15
Rush:
music….
Credits….
Mike:
03-31 19:15
tenman:
Hola todos! Almost didn’t make it, thanks to Amazon!
03-31 19:15
Rush:
Phil….welcome…!!!
03-31 19:15
MIke in DC:
makes me want a hot dog
03-31 19:16
Rush:
Chan’s annual physical…
03-31 19:16
tenman:
WHo knew Charlie was so fit?
03-31 19:16
MIke in DC:
He’s ripped
lol
03-31 19:16
Rush:
I have read that Oland was into playing tennis.
03-31 19:16
Phil:
Gee, I didnt even sign and here I am – ALOHA!
03-31 19:16
Rush:
Aloha!
03-31 19:16
MIke in DC:
Aloha, Phil!
03-31 19:16
Phil:
Hey Mike
03-31 19:17
Rush:
03-31 19:17
hounder:
hi phil
03-31 19:17
Rich in Maine:
CC getting a sushi dinner
03-31 19:17
Rush:
03-31 19:18
Rush:
GS!
03-31 19:18
MIke in DC:
drone
03-31 19:19
Rush:
WELCOME!
Mike:
03-31 19:19
Rush:
Today, it WOULD probably be a drone!
Tenman!
Welcome to YOU as well!!!
03-31 19:19
MIke in DC:
Only took about another 100 years
03-31 19:20
Phil:
Actually drones were first developed and used experimentally in WW!!
03-31 19:20
Godwinshelley:
Hello all – my computer insisted on updating – so I am tardy
03-31 19:20
Rich in Maine:
hello GS
03-31 19:20
Phil:
Dr Kream again
03-31 19:21
Rush:
YES!
Uh-oh!
S deadly stowaway!
03-31 19:21
tenman:
Interesting, Phil!
03-31 19:21
MIke in DC:
adios
03-31 19:21
Louise:
Why do they call planes “she”???
03-31 19:21
Rush:
Off into the sunset….
03-31 19:22
MIke in DC:
do we have a remote control tin can?
03-31 19:22
Rush:
Goes back to the same with seagong vessels, Louise.
03-31 19:23
Rush:
I like that last saying by CC.
03-31 19:23
Phil:
Howard HUGHES and Juan Tripp were “partners” in airplane development during those years.
03-31 19:23
Rush:
“Fish in sea like flea on dog – always present, but difficult to catch.”
03-31 19:23
tenman:
I don;t know, Louise. I’ve always been puzzled by ascribing gender to inanimate objects. Ev en as a child it seemed ridiculous to me
03-31 19:23
MIke in DC:
how far is “nearest telephone”? It looks pretty deserted around there
03-31 19:24
Louise:
Agreed, tenman
03-31 19:25
Rush:
Ships are often referred to as ‘she’ or ‘her’ due to the following reasons:
Language evolution: The Latin word for ship, “Navis,” is feminine.
Personification: Referring to ships as ‘she’ makes them more relatable and emphasizes the close relationship between vessel and crew.
Naming tradition: Many ships are named after women, such as wives, sweethearts, or mothers.
Religious symbolism: Some cultures associate water with female deities, connecting ships to protective goddesses.
03-31 19:25
Rush:
Goes back to ancient times.
03-31 19:25
Louise:
Thanks, Rush, Very thorough explanation
03-31 19:25
Phil:
You’re a veritable fount of trivia Rush
03-31 19:26
MIke in DC:
Hm. Prof. Rush at work.
03-31 19:26
Rush:
And, planes, being a type of “ship”, carried on that tradition.
Not me…Wikipedia!
03-31 19:27
Rush:
03-31 19:27
Louise:
On the other hand, from a female point of view, calling a ship “she” was men trying to control the “female” machine!
Charlie has weird eyebrows today
03-31 19:28
Rich in Maine:
olive oil
white fox fur!
03-31 19:28
Rush:
I already asked the earlier arrivers, but, how many of us could or would want to attend a gathering in Warren, OH August 14-16?
03-31 19:28
MIke in DC:
retired to run a boarding house, Rich lol
03-31 19:28
Louise:
Another one of my females out of time: the Victorian lady protecting morals
03-31 19:28
tenman:
ME!
03-31 19:28
Rush:
Yes, Louise.
03-31 19:28
Rich in Maine:
yes she did mike
03-31 19:29
Rush:
GASP!!!
03-31 19:29
Phil:
WFF baby!
03-31 19:29
MIke in DC:
It’s Miller time!
03-31 19:29
Phil:
Cue the can
03-31 19:29
Rush:
He’s been dead for some time….
03-31 19:30
Rush:
Note the Clipper pulling in…
03-31 19:30
Rush:
The White Fox Fur….
The ORIGINAL!
03-31 19:31
Phil:
Juan Tripp headed up Pan Am airlines
WFF
03-31 19:31
Rush:
Tapa cloth behind the Chief.
03-31 19:31
Louise:
Yikes, that fur is going to trip her up
03-31 19:31
Rush:
TYSM, Phil…
03-31 19:32
Phil:
Pan Am flew a lot of clippers
03-31 19:32
Rich in Maine:
a filibuster! oh dear
03-31 19:32
Rush:
Hughes….did someone mention HOWARD Hughes?
03-31 19:32
Phil:
Yeah Rush. I already did
03-31 19:33
Rush:
filibuster – An adventurer who engages in a private military action in a foreign country.
Hopkins: “He’s a notorious filibuster…”
KGPD – The broadcasting station of the San Francisco Police. This station began broadcasting on May 5, 1932.
Honolulu Police Radio Operator: “KGPD coming in.”
03-31 19:33
Rich in Maine:
isn’t that a mercenary ?
03-31 19:34
MIke in DC:
03-31 19:34
hounder:
..
03-31 19:34
Rush:
Again…is anyone seriously interested in attending a get together August 14-16 in Warren?
03-31 19:34
Godwinshelley:
I could go
03-31 19:35
Rich in Maine:
sorry, cant make it Rush 
03-31 19:35
Rush:
I am trying to gather information for Lou so we can proceed.
Okay…TYSM.
03-31 19:35
MIke in DC:
shortwave can be so…seductive
03-31 19:35
Rush:
I know that you and Rachl are in, Mike….
(Rachel)
03-31 19:35
Rich in Maine:
Heddy Lamarr….inventor of wifi
03-31 19:35
MIke in DC:
03-31 19:36
tenman:
COunt em in!
*me
03-31 19:36
Rush:
Katherine De Mille: Yvonne Roland
03-31 19:36
MIke in DC:
Was it Heddy Lamarr who had something to do with the homing torpedo?
A relation to Cecil B., Rush?
03-31 19:37
Rush:
Katherine De Mille had a great tragedy in her life as her infant child drowned at WC Fields’ home.
03-31 19:37
Godwinshelley:
Yes – Hedy worked with an engineer who used the concept of the player Piano role to jump frequencies
03-31 19:37
Rush:
Chan’s trip….
03-31 19:37
Godwinshelley:
roll
03-31 19:38
MIke in DC:
Thanks, GS. She was quite inquisitive and creative
03-31 19:38
Rich in Maine:
the Hindenburg….oh no!
03-31 19:38
MIke in DC:
Oh the humanity!
03-31 19:38
Rush:
The first of Lee’s “Pop-isms”!
03-31 19:39
Rich in Maine:
an “adventuress”
03-31 19:39
Louise:
Is adventuress a slur?
03-31 19:39
Rush:
That wrecks his chance for a gold medal!
03-31 19:40
Rich in Maine:
u mean slut Louise
03-31 19:40
Burt:
Is that Eve Cairo?
03-31 19:41
Rush:
Louise, female form of “adventurer.”
03-31 19:41
Rush:
Pauline Moore: Betty Adams
03-31 19:43
Rush:
MOORE, Pauline (June 14, 1914; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – December 7, 2001; Sequim, Washington)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics: Betty Adams
Charlie Chan in Reno: Mary Whitman
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island: Eve Cairo
03-31 19:44
Rush:
A blow to the body or even the head would not leave such a dent!
Therefore….
Chan looks deeper into it.
03-31 19:46
Rush:
Also, if that object was used on someone’s head, there would probably be some blood left behind.
03-31 19:47
Rush:
Ahhh….
03-31 19:47
Rush:
Number One Son arrives!
HOW did he know which porthole to slither down to?
03-31 19:47
tenman:
I do love Keye Luke!
03-31 19:48
Rush:
LEE: “You can help me.”
SPANK!
03-31 19:48
Rich in Maine:
never enough WFF
03-31 19:49
Rush:
Backdrop looks authentically like German or European countryside.
Yes, Rich!
03-31 19:50
Rush:
Our community in-joke going on for at least 20 years now!
Chan uses that work pause trick he used in “Race Track.”
03-31 19:50
Phil:
You may remember the inspector fro CC in Shanghai
03-31 19:51
Rush:
“Perhaps YOU….have answer…”
Yes, Phil?
03-31 19:52
MIke in DC:
y’all might want to step away from the window…
03-31 19:52
Phil:
He was the guy who interrogated Charlie fro behind the bright light
03-31 19:53
Rush:
LEE: “We sure make a swell team, don’t we”
POP nods in agreement
03-31 19:53
MIke in DC:
Hm, Phil. Same Elmer Fudd “German” accent
03-31 19:53
Rush:
AH!
03-31 19:54
Rush:
Fredrik Vogeding: Captain Strasser
03-31 19:54
Phil:
Take off that helmet and he looks just like him
03-31 19:55
Louise:
Hah! caught her
03-31 19:55
Rush:
VOGEDING, Frederick (May 28, 1887; Nijmegen, Netherlands – April 18, 1942; Los Angeles, California)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai: Ivan Marloff
Charlie Chan at the Olympics: Captain Strasser
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness: Captain Holtz
03-31 19:55
Rush:
Yep!
03-31 19:56
Rush:
Chan makes a horse race analogy.
Relating to his recent case?
03-31 19:57
Rush:
CLICK!
03-31 19:57
MIke in DC:
banjo-eyed brunette
03-31 19:57
Rush:
Note the visible breath.
Shot on a cold day.
03-31 19:58
Rush:
Produced: Late January to mid-February 1937
03-31 19:58
Rush:
There can be crisp mornings in L.A. in January, February.
03-31 19:59
Louise:
What was Betty’s Olympic event?
03-31 19:59
MIke in DC:
brown fox fur?
03-31 19:59
Rush:
Not white fox this time…
03-31 19:59
MIke in DC:
or maybe it’s dirty Rush
03-31 20:00
Rush:
03-31 20:02
Rush:
SMACK!!!
CLICK!!!!
03-31 20:04
Phil:
Man that fur can only be matched by the one in CC in London
03-31 20:04
Rush:
03-31 20:05
Rush:
Nice prop ticket!
Even has an image of the stadium on the back.
03-31 20:05
Rich in Maine:
Excellency from where?
03-31 20:06
Rush:
Fritz Schilgen: Himself (Olympic Torch Runner) (archive footage)
03-31 20:07
hounder:
..
03-31 20:07
Rush:
200-inch telescope – At the time of Charlie Chan at the Olympics, the proposed 200-inch telescope that was to sit atop Mount Palomar in San Diego County in California was still in the early preparatory stages. Daunting work to precisely grind the 200-inch mirror for the telescope began in the mid-1930s, and the working telescope itself was not completed until 1949. Evidently, the prospect of peering deeply into the universe by means of this telescope was, for those alive during Charlie Chan’s time, something much akin to how we, today, consider the orbiting Hubble telescope.
Charlie Chan: “Could not be more clear if seen through 200-inch telescope.”
03-31 20:08
hounder:
great info rush
03-31 20:09
Rush:
Scenes shot at the L.A. memorial Colosseum
03-31 20:09
Louise:
As I have said in previous viewings, I ran into that Colosseum in a race in LA. Impressive.
03-31 20:10
Rush:
Yes, Louise?
03-31 20:10
Louise:
It was cool.
03-31 20:10
Rush:
I went to a few football games there as a kid, including the first Super Bowl.
Historic structure!
03-31 20:10
Rich in Maine:
FedEx delivery
03-31 20:11
Rush:
Used in the 1932 and 1984 Olympics.
03-31 20:11
Phil:
Room damage fee
03-31 20:11
Rush:
Yes, Phil!
03-31 20:11
Rush:
Jesse Owens!
03-31 20:13
Rush:
THE RESULT OF THE 4 X 100 RELAY WATCHED BY CHARLIE CHAN: Winner: USA, 39.8 seconds (with Jesse Owens as one of the runners)
03-31 20:14
MIke in DC:
Picked up by a “motor”
zeez kwiminals
03-31 20:14
Rush:
Yes!
03-31 20:14
Phil:
That chick is very violent. Stomping on Dick’s foot. threatening to break his neck.
03-31 20:14
Rush:
03-31 20:14
MIke in DC:
I think she’s on the US Judo team, Phil
03-31 20:15
Rush:
AH!
03-31 20:15
Phil:
She needs counseling
03-31 20:15
MIke in DC:
just a little valium
03-31 20:15
Rush:
I guess we can call it “spunk”!
“Checkmate.”
03-31 20:16
Rush:
An eligant, well-mannered criminal…
03-31 20:17
Rush:
To me, what they are doing is not triangulation!
03-31 20:17
MIke in DC:
It is not
03-31 20:17
Phil:
Why?
03-31 20:17
Rush:
It SHOULF result in the INTERSECTION of three lines.
(Should)
03-31 20:18
MIke in DC:
Perhaps Inspector Strasser is helping his son with geometry homework while waiting
03-31 20:18
Rush:
Perhaps!
Maybe it is a form of German triangulation!
Ominous….
03-31 20:19
Rush:
On ther Ponderosa.
03-31 20:20
MIke in DC:
Charlie playing for time
03-31 20:20
Rush:
The cops arrive!!!
03-31 20:20
MIke in DC:
Like rats fleeing a sinking ship
03-31 20:20
Rush:
Yes, Mike.
CLICK!
03-31 20:21
Rush:
Parafin test!!!
03-31 20:22
Phil:
Isn’t it time for the lights to go out?
03-31 20:23
Rush:
Yes, Phil!
“Guard all light switches!”
03-31 20:24
Rush:
The swimming race!
03-31 20:25
MIke in DC:
Lee wins!
03-31 20:25
Rush:
Lee wins!
Must have been a qualifying race, as the record shows, he didn’t get the gold!
03-31 20:25
tenman:
LOL
03-31 20:26
Rush:
Closing credits…
THE END
03-31 20:26
Rich in Maine:
Yay!
03-31 20:26
MIke in DC:
<kids-yeah>
03-31 20:26
tenman:
Nytol!
03-31 20:26
Rush:
Next week: “Charlie Chan on Broadway”
03-31 20:26
Godwinshelley:
Very nice
03-31 20:26
Rush:
Well…
03-31 20:26
Phil:
Next week Rush?
03-31 20:26
Rush:
Thank you ALL!
03-31 20:26
MIke in DC:
Good night everyone. Have a wonderful week!
03-31 20:26
Rich in Maine:
Night all !
03-31 20:26
Louise:
Nite all.
03-31 20:26
Burt:
Good night!
03-31 20:26
Godwinshelley:
Everyone have a safe week
03-31 20:26
Rush:
GS, if you can make the Warren event, please email me.
03-31 20:26
hounder:
nite all.
03-31 20:27
Rush:
i need to get some numbers to Lou…no matter how meager!
03-31 20:27
Phil:
Aloha all.
03-31 20:27
MIke in DC:
See y’all on Broadway in a week and in Ohio in…a while
03-31 20:27
Godwinshelley:
OK will do – I do think I will go – not sure if Husband will attend
03-31 20:27
Rush:
Enjoy the evening, everyone!
03-31 20:27
Godwinshelley:
Night
03-31 20:27
Rush:
have a GREAT week!
Thank you ALL, again!
03-31 20:27
MIke in DC:
Thanks, Rush. you too!
03-31 20:28
Rush:
be happy and safe.
TYSM….
Take care…..
Good night….!
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