The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for March 6, 2023
Feature:
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Extra:
“THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN” 1937 COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS W/ CLYDE BEATTY BIG TOP
Participants:
Angel Santiago Saltamontes
Dona
Duane
Godwinshelley
hounder
Louise
Matt
mda19083
Mike n Rachel in DC
Nothere
Phil
Rich Maine
Rush
Rush:


03-06 18:30
Rush:
Hello, Matt!

03-06 18:30
Matt:
Hello Rush!

03-06 18:30
Rush:
Good evening to you!

03-06 18:31
Matt:
And to you. Hope you had a good week?

03-06 18:31
Rush:
How are you doing tonight?
We did, thank you. I hope that yours was a good one, too!

03-06 18:31
Matt:
Pretty good, thnx….Did any of the storms hit you ?

03-06 18:32
Rush:
Some rain, but not terrible.

03-06 18:32
Matt:
That’s good
Pretty mild winter?

03-06 18:32
Rush:
I guess we were far enough south.
Pretty mild, yes.

03-06 18:33
Matt:
Rule of thumb, buy a snow blower and rarley use it, lol. Happened to us before

03-06 18:33
Rush:
True.
I used ours about four times, I think this winter.

03-06 18:34
Matt:
Not too bad

03-06 18:34
Rush:
Actually, our neuighbor helped out twise.

03-06 18:34
Matt:
I loved using it…..beats shoveling

03-06 18:35
Rush:
He has a scoop on his John Deere.
Yes!

03-06 18:35
Matt:
Oh, wow. Serious!

03-06 18:35
Rush:
I shoveled two years ago when i came out here with my yoyunger daughter during Christmas break!

03-06 18:36
Matt:
Wet snow is rough on the back

03-06 18:36
Rush:
Yes.

03-06 18:37
mda19083:
hello folks

03-06 18:37
Rush:
And we had to break up ice then, too!

03-06 18:37
Matt:
Hello MDA, M & R and Hounder!

03-06 18:37
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Good evening all!

03-06 18:37
Rush:
Hounder, MDA, and Mike/Rachel!

03-06 18:37
hounder:
hi everyone. hope you had a great week.

03-06 18:37
Rush:
WELCOME!!!
Yes, Hounder, thank you!
I hope the same was true for you!

03-06 18:37
Matt:
Hello Duane!

03-06 18:38
Rush:
And, Duane!

03-06 18:38
hounder:
it was ok.

03-06 18:38
Rush:
Good evening to you!
A mass arrival!

03-06 18:38
hounder:
hi duane

03-06 18:38
Duane:
Hello Matt and Rush

03-06 18:38
mda19083:
I will be watching via DVD tonight – I now have a complete set of volumes 1-5

03-06 18:39
Duane:
Hello hounder and Mike n Rachel

03-06 18:39
Matt:
That’s great MDA…..Quality is MUCH better!

03-06 18:39
Rush:
Excellent. MDA!

03-06 18:39
mda19083:
I have enjoyed the featurettes – they are quite good

03-06 18:39
Duane:
Hello MDA

03-06 18:39
Matt:
IAre they the ones with Rush?

03-06 18:39
mda19083:
greetings Duane and the rest of the gang

03-06 18:40
Rush:
And to you!

03-06 18:40
mda19083:
our “Rush” has appeared in 2 of the 3 I have watched so far

03-06 18:40
Rush:
Ah!
I hope you weren’t too disappointed~!

03-06 18:41
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Yes MDA. We hang with a movie star every Monday.

03-06 18:41
mda19083:
Rush – you have quite a presence on the screen

03-06 18:41
Rush:
Well, not sure on that…

03-06 18:42
mda19083:
Mike – yes!

03-06 18:42
Rush:
They did their best to make me look good.

03-06 18:42
Matt:
I enjoyed them

03-06 18:42
mda19083:
they contain a wealth of info

03-06 18:42
MIke n Rachel in DC:
They’re very good Rush. Congrats!

03-06 18:42
Rush:
I was supposed to be on one more, but we had bigger plans in Russia with an adoption!

03-06 18:43
Matt:
Yes!

03-06 18:43
Rush:


03-06 18:43
mda19083:
I think Rush is blushing

03-06 18:44
MIke n Rachel in DC:
<– Rush

03-06 18:44
hounder:
russian plans were more important.

03-06 18:44
mda19083:
indeed!

03-06 18:44
Rush:
It is a good thing that 20th-Fox came out with these DVDs when they did, before they were taken over by Disney.

03-06 18:44
Matt:
Proud “Pop”

03-06 18:44
Rush:
It would probably never have happened today.
true, Matt.

03-06 18:45
mda19083:
Matt –

03-06 18:45
Matt:
Agreed!

03-06 18:45
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Sadly, no, Rush. But all things happen as they should…Pop!

03-06 18:45
Rush:
Agreed.

03-06 18:46
Rush:
Actually, I think that all of the negative hoopla against Charlie Chan at that time caused the interest to be worth the release of the videos!

03-06 18:47
MIke n Rachel in DC:
I remember scooping them up as fast as I could (Mike), not knowing if they’d be available very long

03-06 18:47
Rush:
We have an interesting extra tonight.

03-06 18:47
hounder:
be back in a bit. mom’s ready to go to bed.

03-06 18:47
Rush:
Okay.
“THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN” 1937 COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS W/ CLYDE BEATTY BIG TOP

03-06 18:48
Matt:
Looks interesting

03-06 18:48
Rush:
This shows a smaller scale circus from just around the time of the circus we see in tonight’s movie.

03-06 18:49
Matt:
Cued here

03-06 18:49
Rush:
So, here is the video…
ready?
30 seconds….

03-06 18:49
Matt:
Yep

03-06 18:50
Rush:
20 seconds…

03-06 18:50
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Ready in DC

03-06 18:50
Rush:
15…

03-06 18:50
Duane:
Yes

03-06 18:50
Rush:
10…
5…
GO!

03-06 18:50
Rush:
Adolph Zukor

03-06 18:53
mda19083:
small circus – but still under the BIG top

03-06 18:53
Louise:
Hello circus freaks!

03-06 18:53
Matt:
Hello Louise!

03-06 18:54
mda19083:
freaks is right!

03-06 18:54
Duane:
Hello Louise

03-06 18:54
Rush:
Good evening, Louise!

03-06 18:54
Louise:
Sorry I missed last week but I was helping a friend with her Flower Show exhibit and she won 1st place!

03-06 18:54
Rush:
WELCOME!
We are watching the extra!
It is posted above.

03-06 18:54
Louise:
Circus extra: looks interesting

03-06 18:54
Duane:
Good for her

03-06 18:55
Rush:
Great job, louise!
Congratulations on the successful assist!

03-06 18:55
Matt:
Congrats, Louise

03-06 18:55
Duane:
Congratulations Louise

03-06 18:55
Rush:
We are 5 minutes in, if you would like yo join in!

03-06 18:55
mda19083:
I love a parade …
the MGM mascot

03-06 18:56
Louise:
Thanks, all. Brings back memories of the Chan miniature museum murder scene I did a few years ago

03-06 18:56
Matt:
I remember that
brb

03-06 18:57
Rush:
Yes, Louise!

03-06 18:58
mda19083:
cotton candy!

03-06 18:58
mda19083:
the elephants – they work for peanuts

03-06 18:59
Rush:
I would assume that the lion was well-fed before that act!

03-06 19:00
Rush:
And…there we have it!
A vintage document of a circus during the Chan era!

03-06 19:00
MIke n Rachel in DC:
If not, Rush, they may have been well-fed afterward…

03-06 19:01
Rush:
YES!


03-06 19:01
MIke n Rachel in DC:
That was quite a rough life!

03-06 19:01
Rush:
It was for sure!

03-06 19:01
mda19083:
I saw this very circus (Clyde Beatty – Cole Brothers) when I was a lad

03-06 19:01
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Louise…belated congratulations. Just getting caught up on the chat

03-06 19:01
Rush:
No wonder Su toy had little patience for Lee at first!

03-06 19:01
mda19083:
thanks Rush for the extra

03-06 19:02
Nothere:
Hey all

03-06 19:02
Rush:
Really, MDA!
WOW!

03-06 19:02
MIke n Rachel in DC:
HI NT

03-06 19:02
Louise:
thanks M&R

03-06 19:02
Duane:
Hello Nothere

03-06 19:02
Rush:
NT! WELCOME!

03-06 19:02
mda19083:
sometime in the 70’s
NT!!!

03-06 19:02
Louise:
movie cued and ready to rot my teeth out on cotton candy

03-06 19:03
Matt:
Hello NT!

03-06 19:03
Rush:
Perfect, louise!

03-06 19:03
Louise:
nowhere is here…not

03-06 19:03
mda19083:
remember to brush tonight – Louise

03-06 19:03
Louise:
mda: righto!

03-06 19:04
Rush:
I heard from Tribefan, and he will return to the “fold” after he recovers from surgery.

03-06 19:04
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Brush & floss…no cotton candy problems

03-06 19:04
Rush:
True, Mike!
11 minutes…

03-06 19:04
Matt:
That’s great Rush….I see him on Facebook on occasion

03-06 19:04
Rush:
AH!

03-06 19:05
Duane:
Good news Rush

03-06 19:05
Rush:
Honestly, this is really the only “social media” I really participate in.
Yes, Duane.
10 minutes…

03-06 19:06
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Rach loves Facebook. Mike visits once every 6 months or so.

03-06 19:06
Matt:
Cued here!

03-06 19:06
Rush:
Very good..

03-06 19:06
Matt:
I’m on it to keep in touch

03-06 19:07
Louise:
Same with me on Facebook: I only go on it to say Happy Birthday to people.

03-06 19:07
Nothere:
Peanuts Popcorn

03-06 19:07
Rush:
yes, Louise.

03-06 19:07
mda19083:
I forgot this was “social media”

03-06 19:07
Duane:
Has anyone seen the Bukes Law that had J Carroll Naish in it?

03-06 19:07
Rush:
It qualifies, i suppose!

03-06 19:07
mda19083:
I am also on MySpace

03-06 19:07
Louise:
This is more like asocial media…I’ll let myself out…

03-06 19:07
Rush:

Yes!

03-06 19:07
Matt:
lol, MDA

03-06 19:07
MIke n Rachel in DC:
lol

03-06 19:08
hounder:
i go on fb daily as that’s how I keep up with some of my old work friends.

03-06 19:08
MIke n Rachel in DC:
I’d be on Tik-tok but I suck at dancing

03-06 19:08
Rush:
I could not handle the sudden explosion of “friends”!

03-06 19:08
hounder:
back. and good news that tf will ba back with us.

03-06 19:08
Rush:
M/R:

03-06 19:08
Louise:
I don’t have any more friends so I don’t have that problem!

03-06 19:08
Rush:
Yes, Hounder!

03-06 19:09
hounder:
I’m very selective of friend requests.

03-06 19:09
Rush:
Louise:

03-06 19:09
mda19083:
you guys and gals are the best – and the funniest

03-06 19:09
Rush:
Good strategy, Hounder!

03-06 19:09
Matt:
Hello Rich!

03-06 19:09
Rush:
RICH!

03-06 19:09
Rich Maine:
Good evening everyone

03-06 19:09
Rush:
WELCOME!!!

03-06 19:09
mda19083:
hello rich

03-06 19:10
hounder:
hi rich

03-06 19:10
Duane:
Hello Rich

03-06 19:10
Rush:
5 minutes…

03-06 19:10
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Hey Rich

03-06 19:10
Rush:
Cued here…
ready for the circus…

03-06 19:10
Rich Maine:
everyone have their popcorn and cotton candy ready ?

03-06 19:10
Matt:
Did you mention to TF about Virginia, Rush?

03-06 19:10
hounder:
ready here

03-06 19:11
mda19083:
the Chan chat room is always a circus

03-06 19:11
Duane:
Ready here

03-06 19:11
Rush:
“Virtual” popcorn and hot dogs for me…

03-06 19:11
Matt:
Hello GS!

03-06 19:11
Rush:
4 minutes…

03-06 19:11
Godwinshelley:
Hello all

03-06 19:11
hounder:
lol@mda

03-06 19:11
Rich Maine:
Is this the only J Caroll Nash / Warner Oland combo?

03-06 19:11
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Circus band cued and ready

03-06 19:11
Rush:
GS!

03-06 19:11
hounder:
hi gs

03-06 19:11
mda19083:
full house tonight

03-06 19:11
Rush:
WELCOME to you!

03-06 19:11
Duane:
Hello GS

03-06 19:11
Rush:
Getting there for sure, GS!

03-06 19:11
MIke n Rachel in DC:
This is one of Mrs. Chan’s big roles!

03-06 19:12
Louise:
We are as full as the Cahn family tonight

03-06 19:12
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Hi GS!

03-06 19:12
Rush:
true, Mike!

03-06 19:12
Louise:
Chan

03-06 19:12
Rush:
3 minutes…

03-06 19:12
mda19083:
Mrs Chan rocks!

03-06 19:12
Rush:
Ready everyone?

03-06 19:12
MIke n Rachel in DC:
She actually speaks in this one!

03-06 19:12
mda19083:
cued here

03-06 19:12
Rich Maine:
Mrs C is like Mrs. Columbo…..

03-06 19:12
Rush:
2 1/2 minutes…

03-06 19:12
hounder:
circus usually brings everyone out.

03-06 19:12
Duane:
Yes

03-06 19:12
Matt:
Mamma Chan runs the roost

03-06 19:12
Rush:
This is one of my favorites…

03-06 19:12
Godwinshelley:
I’m cued

03-06 19:13
Rush:
Yes, Matt!

03-06 19:13
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Never liked circuses as a kid

03-06 19:13
Rich Maine:
yes, love the LP

03-06 19:13
Rush:
The “Judge.”

03-06 19:13
mda19083:
true Rich – but we actually see Mrs Chan

03-06 19:13
Rush:
2 minutes…
90 seconds…

03-06 19:13
Rush:
75 seconds…
60 seconds…
50 seconds…

03-06 19:14
Rush:
40 seconds…
30 seconds…

03-06 19:14
Nothere:
GENTELMEN START YOUR ELEPHANTS!

03-06 19:14
Rush:
25…


03-06 19:14
MIke n Rachel in DC:
moo

03-06 19:14
Rush:
20…
15…

03-06 19:14
MIke n Rachel in DC:
wrong species

03-06 19:14
Rush:
10…
5…
GO!!

03-06 19:15
Matt:
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03-06 19:15
Rush:
Title…
Music…

03-06 19:15
MIke n Rachel in DC:
George and Olive Brasno

03-06 19:15
Rush:
Credits…

03-06 19:15
hounder:
you guys never fail to make me smile. thank you.

03-06 19:15
Rush:
(Nice gong!)
Cute little “gongster”!

03-06 19:16
Rush:
And here we are at the circus with the Chan family…!
Hello, PHIL!
WELCOME!!!

03-06 19:16
Matt:
Hello Phil!

03-06 19:16
Duane:
Hello Phil

03-06 19:17
Rush:
The baby should be free!

03-06 19:17
Godwinshelley:
They charged for the baby

03-06 19:17
hounder:
hi phil.

03-06 19:17
Rush:
Just starting off, Phil!

03-06 19:17
MIke n Rachel in DC:
things are rough

03-06 19:17
Louise:
The tiny people were from New Jersey

03-06 19:17
Rush:
Yes.
Brother and sister.

03-06 19:18
MIke n Rachel in DC:
mini-Rhumba

03-06 19:18
Rush:
Yes!

03-06 19:18
Matt:
How old were they here?

03-06 19:18
Nothere:
Phooey I’m offf just at the staart. Time check

03-06 19:18
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Charlie has a lolipop?

03-06 19:18
Rush:
4:00

03-06 19:18
Godwinshelley:
Nice tie on Charlie

03-06 19:19
Rush:
4:10
4;20

03-06 19:19
Nothere:
O.k. I’m watching the tinys dance. I’m there?

03-06 19:19
Rush:
4:30
Just finished the dance.

03-06 19:19
Godwinshelley:
Just finished their dance

03-06 19:19
Rush:

“The guy with his own sideshow.”

03-06 19:20
Nothere:
TYSM Usually It takes me a few minutes to totally lose the plot:)

03-06 19:20
hounder:
hi nt

03-06 19:20
MIke n Rachel in DC:
cheers for Mrs. Chan

03-06 19:20
Nothere:
Hry Hounder. I hope I find you well.

03-06 19:20
Louise:
They had another brother who was also a little person

03-06 19:21
Nothere:
The biggest little famaily in show biz.

03-06 19:21
Rush:
George Brasno was 25, and his sister Olive was 19.

03-06 19:21
Matt:
Su Toy!

03-06 19:21
Rush:
Yes!

03-06 19:21
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Another romance for Lee

03-06 19:21
Rush:
“The Human Knot”

03-06 19:21
Matt:
There goes Lee

03-06 19:22
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Love at first contortion

03-06 19:22
Rush:
The future Charlie Chan there…
Yes, Mike!

03-06 19:22
mda19083:
almost forgot that JCN was in this

03-06 19:23
Rush:
Note the horseshoe tie pin on Kinny.

03-06 19:23
Rich Maine:
is this the only jcn and cc film?

03-06 19:23
Rush:
And it was upside-down….bad luck!
Jcn?

03-06 19:24
Matt:
The signal

03-06 19:24
Nothere:
THe Von chan family?

03-06 19:24
Rush:


03-06 19:24
Godwinshelley:
Wait for Dad to sit before they do

03-06 19:24
Rush:
Yes.
$2,680.

03-06 19:25
Rush:
If so, a lot at that time.
Surely not $26.80?

03-06 19:25
MIke n Rachel in DC:
The ape is going ape

03-06 19:25
Matt:
and don’t call me Shirley

03-06 19:25
Rush:


03-06 19:25
Godwinshelley:
Maybe give him some prozak

03-06 19:26
Nothere:
Well that will put a dent in the old world travel budget, but they do fee 13 kids.

03-06 19:26
Rush:
Yes.

03-06 19:26
mda19083:
he works for bananas

03-06 19:26
Rich Maine:
Mighty Cesar….aka might joe young

03-06 19:26
Nothere:
Stop monkeying around ceaser

03-06 19:26
Rush:


03-06 19:28
Rush:


03-06 19:28
Nothere:
Be very careful next time she pins your outfit lady.

03-06 19:28
Rush:
Marie Norman!

03-06 19:28
Matt:
Love the family pic

03-06 19:28
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Yikes

03-06 19:28
Rush:
Including the little one at the end!

03-06 19:29
Rich Maine:
arteeste

03-06 19:29
Matt:
Yes!

03-06 19:29
Rush:
That is some move!

03-06 19:29
Rich Maine:
real performers or stunt men ?

03-06 19:29
Nothere:
Gives new meaning to just hanging out.

03-06 19:30
MIke n Rachel in DC:
She’s a real swinger

03-06 19:30
Rush:
Must be some sort of “hook” at the back of the shoes to catch the trapeze!

03-06 19:30
mda19083:
I am working without a net tonight

03-06 19:30
Rush:
yes.

03-06 19:30
mda19083:
road map?

03-06 19:30
Nothere:
Clear the way MDA goes to the center ring.

03-06 19:31
Rush:

MDA: “Road map.”

03-06 19:31
mda19083:
I will dive from the top of the big top into a damp sponge

03-06 19:32
Louise:
great photo

03-06 19:32
Rush:
AASEN, John (March 5, 1890; Minneapolis, Minnesota – August 1, 1938; Mendocino, California)
Charlie Chan at the Circus: Tower the Circus Giant

03-06 19:32
Nothere:
And that is the long and the short of it. Stop throwing rotten fruit.

03-06 19:32
Matt:
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03-06 19:32
Rush:
TYSM…Matt…

03-06 19:33
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Cue the ape

03-06 19:33
Rush:
Caesar runs amok!

03-06 19:33
mda19083:
Matt – the master of cans

03-06 19:33
Rush:
Indeed!

03-06 19:33
Rich Maine:
ceasar on the loose !

03-06 19:33
mda19083:
Great Cesar’s Ghost!

03-06 19:33
Nothere:
WEll Ceaser is more strolling amok!

03-06 19:34
Rush:
True!

03-06 19:34
Godwinshelley:
It
It’s almost the Ides of March – we

03-06 19:34
Rich Maine:
no excitement while show is on?

03-06 19:34
Rush:
Beware…

03-06 19:34
mda19083:
beware
Chan and son

03-06 19:35
Nothere:
No excitement while the show is on. Remind me notr to pay for the show.

03-06 19:35
Rush:
Lee is surprised by Caesar!
Su is surprised by LEE!

03-06 19:35
Louise:
My big top tent for a sound effect

03-06 19:35
Nothere:
Quick Lee don’t just point your finger. Shout BANG!

03-06 19:36
Rush:


03-06 19:36
Matt:
That looked like it hurt

03-06 19:36
mda19083:
roll out the barrel

03-06 19:36
Rush:
He could BITE!

03-06 19:37
Rush:
Chan met Chan there…20 years removed.

03-06 19:37
Nothere:
Who does this guy think he is Tarzaan?

03-06 19:38
Rich Maine:
he knows ape hairs?

03-06 19:38
Matt:
Love this scene

03-06 19:38
Rush:
Lee turns it around, to Pop’s enjoyment!

03-06 19:39
hounder:
love the reenactments

03-06 19:39
Matt:
lol

03-06 19:39
Rush:

YAY for Lee!

03-06 19:40
mda19083:
he used a key

03-06 19:40
Rush:
Someone did.

03-06 19:40
mda19083:
the cage without a key?

03-06 19:40
Rush:


03-06 19:41
mda19083:
he was an SOB!

03-06 19:41
MIke n Rachel in DC:
He even hated himself

03-06 19:41
mda19083:


03-06 19:41
Rush:
And, she’s sobbing for him…
SU is not pleased!

03-06 19:41
Matt:
Yikes, Lee

03-06 19:42
Rush:
Sweet revenge!

03-06 19:42
Louise:
sooooooooo

03-06 19:42
mda19083:
contortion lady

03-06 19:42
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Big moment for Mrs. C

03-06 19:42
Rush:
The family preparing to leave on their tour…
Yes, Mike.

03-06 19:43
Rich Maine:
how did she reach the doorbell?

03-06 19:43
Rush:
I think this is the robe we saw in “London” and “Shanghai.”

03-06 19:43
MIke n Rachel in DC:
She has a great vertical leap, Rich

03-06 19:43
mda19083:
selfie stick

03-06 19:43
Rush:
It has traveled the world with Chan!

03-06 19:43
Rich Maine:
must be mike or a long cane

03-06 19:44
Matt:
C’mon Pop!

03-06 19:44
Rich Maine:
aw pop

03-06 19:44
Rush:
“Judge say ‘yes,’ too.”

03-06 19:45
Matt:
Judge has ruled

03-06 19:45
mda19083:
case closed

03-06 19:45
Rush:


03-06 19:45
Nothere:
Well shes used to him being off on a case. It rtakes him two weeks just to get to London.

03-06 19:45
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Time for Charlie to save the day

03-06 19:46
Rush:
Good tactic coming here from CC.

03-06 19:47
mda19083:
the show must go on

03-06 19:47
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Charlie = brilliant

03-06 19:47
Louise:
he’s got his record player!!!

03-06 19:47
Rush:
Lt. Macy came up with the plan “all by himself”!

03-06 19:47
Rich Maine:
theres no business like show business……

03-06 19:47
Nothere:
Someone call Eve Cario

03-06 19:47
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Su Toy playing hard to get

03-06 19:48
Rich Maine:
Shanghai Su

03-06 19:48
Rush:
Lee can see Su again when the circus comes to Honolulu…\

03-06 19:48
Nothere:
If Su dosen’t sue

03-06 19:49
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Lee, see Su, but Su shoo Lee

03-06 19:50
Louise:
Female geometry!

03-06 19:50
Matt:
Did Pop say that? lol

03-06 19:51
Rush:
He may have…!

03-06 19:51
Nothere:
All these people on the flat car. I hope it dosen’t get a flat.

03-06 19:51
Rush:
(“Or, something like that…”)

03-06 19:51
Rich Maine:
smoking will stunt your growth

03-06 19:51
hounder:
i’m in and out. Mom’s restless. but I’m with you guys.

03-06 19:51
Rush:
Or RAIN, NT…!
Snake!!!

03-06 19:52
Matt:
Snake…..yuck

03-06 19:52
Rush:
Fortunately yhe right type of music was in that record!

03-06 19:52
Nothere:
Don’t call Infdiana Jones

03-06 19:52
Rush:
True!
I can safely say, I don’t like cobras!

03-06 19:53
Matt:
ditto!

03-06 19:53
mda19083:
i hate snakes!

03-06 19:53
Rush:
A natural response!

03-06 19:54
Rush:
Lee is hung up…
daily dozen – (Idiom) Originally a reference to a daily regimen of twelve specific callisthenic exercises that were devised by famous Yale football coach, Walter Camp (1859-1925). The term later came to refer to any exercise regimen.
Lee Chan: “I was just doing my daily dozen.”

03-06 19:55
Rush:
Breakfast with Tim and Tiny…

03-06 19:55
Nothere:
Alright I demand an immediate check if any of those camel;s are black.

03-06 19:56
Rush:
YES!

03-06 19:57
Louise:
I eat bananas in the morning too!!!

03-06 19:58
hounder:
lol@nt

03-06 19:59
Rush:
Yes, Louise.
Sometimes I do the same.

03-06 19:59
Louise:
We be apes!

03-06 20:00
Rush:
$50,000 then would be about a million today.

03-06 20:00
Rich Maine:
big bucks

03-06 20:00
Rush:
Yes.
Nellie would be rich.

03-06 20:01
Rush:
Lee sees a clue…CC sees Lee see the clue!

03-06 20:02
Rush:


03-06 20:02
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Clue!

03-06 20:02
mda19083:
lee in drag

03-06 20:02
Matt:
Kashimo?

03-06 20:04
Rush:
Sheesh!
Crime lab!

03-06 20:04
Rush:
Probably picked up from Macy’s office?

03-06 20:05
Rush:
Bronze filings.

03-06 20:06
Rush:
Not too suspicious!

03-06 20:07
Dona:
Hello Everyone!
Just got home.

03-06 20:07
Matt:
Hello Dona!

03-06 20:07
Rich Maine:
hi Dona

03-06 20:07
Rush:
Hello, DONA!

03-06 20:07
Nothere:
Charlie Chan 1930s forensics expert.

03-06 20:07
Rush:
Welcome!

03-06 20:07
Duane:
Hello Dona

03-06 20:07
Nothere:
Hey Donna

03-06 20:07
Rush:
Traffic this evening?

03-06 20:07
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Hey Dona!

03-06 20:08
Dona:
Not traffic I had to pick up my granddaughter from school and take her home.

03-06 20:08
hounder:
hi dona

03-06 20:08
Rush:
Very good.

03-06 20:08
Dona:
I just dropped by to say hello
03-06 20:08
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
I THINK WE’RE ALL BOZOS IN THIS CHAT!

03-06 20:08
Duane:
Hello Angel

03-06 20:08
Rush:
If you want to jump in, we are at 54:00.
03-06 20:08
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Hey Dona, oh Dona!!

03-06 20:09
Dona:
Hi Angel

03-06 20:09
Rush:
And, WELCOME< Angel!!!
03-06 20:09
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Hi all!

03-06 20:09
Matt:
Hello A & F!

03-06 20:09
Rush:
Hello!

03-06 20:09
Nothere:
Hey Angel and or Fox

03-06 20:09
mda19083:
Angel!

03-06 20:09
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Hello Angel!

03-06 20:09
Nothere:
Wait no Fox>?
03-06 20:09
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Hi all! Yes, jumping in to Ring 3!

03-06 20:09
Dona:
Next Monday I’ll be driving home from Vegas. I hope to be home in time for our movie.
Volleyball tournament for my grandda

03-06 20:09
Rush:
Long drive.

03-06 20:09
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Another woman lets the bad guys know she has incriminating evidence…

03-06 20:09
Dona:
granddaughter

03-06 20:10
Rush:
Just drive carefully, please!
55:20

03-06 20:10
Dona:
I will. Thank you .

03-06 20:10
Nothere:
stay away sfrom the slots Donna. Worst odds in the casino.

03-06 20:10
Louise:
yikes

03-06 20:10
Dona:
I’m not much of a gambler, too cheap

03-06 20:10
MIke n Rachel in DC:
splat

03-06 20:11
Rush:
The way she was falling, she would have landed on her back!

03-06 20:11
Matt:
Bring on the clowns

03-06 20:11
Rush:
Yes!
03-06 20:11
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
56:30?

03-06 20:11
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Send in the Clowns

03-06 20:11
Rush:
yes.
That’s close. Angel!

03-06 20:11
Nothere:
You could make like Charlie at a racetrack. Bet a crazy 50 cents

03-06 20:11
Rich Maine:
must have been a lot of sawdust
03-06 20:11
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
MnR

03-06 20:11
hounder:
good luck at the volleyball game
03-06 20:11
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
You can’t make a conspiracy without making some sawdust

03-06 20:11
Dona:
Thank you Hounder
03-06 20:12
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Spelt backwards is wasdust

03-06 20:12
Rich Maine:
send in the clowns……isnt it rich?

03-06 20:12
MIke n Rachel in DC:
tsudwas

03-06 20:12
Matt:
Lee
03-06 20:12
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Coulda used the unknown marksman on a, uh, balloon!

03-06 20:12
Nothere:
Sure you can make a conspiracy without sawdust. SAying you can’t is a conspirancy theory

03-06 20:12
MIke n Rachel in DC:
And Lee spelled backwards is eel

03-06 20:13
Rush:
Yes, Dona, good luck to your granddaughter at the volleyball game…or tournament?
03-06 20:13
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Notty you right about that. Let’s conspire as we sit by the fire!

03-06 20:13
Rush:
Yes, Angel!

03-06 20:13
Dona:
tournament
it will be fun.

03-06 20:13
Rush:
Yes!

03-06 20:13
Nothere:
And Dona spelled backwards is Anod
03-06 20:14
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Setting up a bank account in Kinney’s name as we speak, online.

03-06 20:14
Rush:
Ah!
03-06 20:14
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
So sorry

03-06 20:14
Rush:
Then deposit the $50,000 from the policy!

03-06 20:14
Nothere:
So for no particular reason Angel whats that account number and password?
03-06 20:14
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Funny how? Do i amuuuuuse you?

03-06 20:15
Rush:
A muse…

03-06 20:15
Rich Maine:
amuse buche

03-06 20:15
Rush:
I think her days on the trapeze are over.

03-06 20:15
MIke n Rachel in DC:
If something doesn’t break? She’s already got a couple of broken ribs
03-06 20:15
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Notty, they can’t tell us. Those are secrets!

03-06 20:16
Nothere:
AS for volleyball Donna’s team won. unless they lose then the other team cheated.

03-06 20:16
Rush:
Yes.

03-06 20:16
Dona:
That is correct nt
03-06 20:16
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Ah, the ol’ Book of Newspaper Clippings gambit. I Hearst about that.

03-06 20:16
MIke n Rachel in DC:
AHA

03-06 20:16
Dona:
lol

03-06 20:17
Rush:
There is a scrapbook in another Chan movie.
Any takers?

03-06 20:17
MIke n Rachel in DC:
The biggest little city in the world, Rush

03-06 20:17
Godwinshelley:
The beach one?

03-06 20:17
Rush:
Yes!

03-06 20:17
Rich Maine:
Malibu film ?

03-06 20:17
Matt:
Camel?

03-06 20:17
Rush:
“Reno”

03-06 20:17
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Reno

03-06 20:17
Dona:
i can hear the jeopardy music

03-06 20:17
Duane:
Charlie Chan in Reno
03-06 20:17
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
ACE CASINO? Didn’t he have a hit with the Potsylvania Polka in 1948? Margaret Truman did the vocal as Ginny Durante?

03-06 20:18
Rush:
And, I think you are correct, about “The beach one.”
“The Trap.”
03-06 20:18
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Ah. The ol’ Necessary Arrangements gambit!

03-06 20:18
Rush:
Angel:
DON’T SOUND THE TRUMPET!!!

03-06 20:19
MIke n Rachel in DC:
His description? Well, he looked like an ape…

03-06 20:19
Rush:

03-06 20:19
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Rush, leaving my jokes to you. See my Executor at the, uh, proper time!

03-06 20:19
Godwinshelley:
He was only 42 inches tall?

03-06 20:19
Dona:
I’m going to sign off for tonight. I hope to see you all next week. Enjoy the rest of the movie. Night all!

03-06 20:19
Godwinshelley:
Nnight Dona

03-06 20:20
Rush:
You are definitely the man, Angel!

03-06 20:20
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Have a great week, Dona

03-06 20:20
Rich Maine:
bye dona

03-06 20:20
Matt:
Take care Dona

03-06 20:20
hounder:
nite dona

03-06 20:20
Rush:
CLUNK!

03-06 20:20
Duane:
Goodnight Dona

03-06 20:20
Rush:
Xavier!
03-06 20:20
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Panda-monium!

03-06 20:20
Rich Maine:
ACTION!

03-06 20:20
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Latouche!

03-06 20:20
Rush:
Look threatening, Caesar…

03-06 20:21
MIke n Rachel in DC:
snort

03-06 20:21
mda19083:
Dr Kildare

03-06 20:21
Rush:
Signal a touchdown.

03-06 20:21
MIke n Rachel in DC:
We need Dr. Zorba to save Kildare

03-06 20:21
mda19083:
don’t shoot the ape

03-06 20:21
Rush:
Get ready….
03-06 20:22
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:


03-06 20:22
Rush:
AH!

03-06 20:22
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Sounds like Dr. Zodiac music
03-06 20:22
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:


03-06 20:22
Rush:
Always have a gun ready during an operation!

03-06 20:22
mda19083:
Mr Stubb – the top maul

03-06 20:22
Rich Maine:
doc with gats

03-06 20:22
Rush:
She turned into a PILLOW!!!

03-06 20:22
MIke n Rachel in DC:
No wonder she didn’t bleed
03-06 20:23
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Ah! The ol’ Patient Not On OpTable gambit!!

03-06 20:23
Matt:
For my next trick…

03-06 20:23
Rush:

Holt!
Chan is way ahead of them…
HOLT!
Matt…?

03-06 20:23
Matt:
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03-06 20:23
Godwinshelley:
Caesar is happy with bananas

03-06 20:23
Rush:
There it is!
TYSM…Matt…
03-06 20:24
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
“Letting the ape out”: THAT has GOT to be euphemism for something very, uh, enervating!

03-06 20:24
mda19083:
my neighbor is a magician – yesterday he turned into his driveway

03-06 20:24
Godwinshelley:
Just like in the Karloff film “The Ape”

03-06 20:24
Rush:
Let’s leave that one IN the can, Angel..!

03-06 20:24
Godwinshelley:
Dressing as Ape while an Ape is loose

03-06 20:24
MIke n Rachel in DC:
MDA:
03-06 20:24
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
mda, you will receive a citation and fine by mail for that.

03-06 20:25
MIke n Rachel in DC:
And Angel:

03-06 20:25
mda19083:
TYSM Angel

03-06 20:25
Rush:
Note Lee in the background with Su Toy…
03-06 20:25
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
Nice photography here. Soft background.

03-06 20:25
Rush:
Yes.

03-06 20:25
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Su Toy enthralled by Chan family brilliance

03-06 20:25
Rush:
Book ’em!

03-06 20:25
Godwinshelley:
So now Holt will be reincarnated as Charlie Chan

03-06 20:26
mda19083:
Dano

03-06 20:26
Matt:
btw, March is a VERY good month for Chan films. All are outstanding

03-06 20:26
Rush:
“Maybe more…later…”

03-06 20:26
mda19083:
maybe more later!

03-06 20:26
Rush:
THE END

03-06 20:26
Matt:
<yee-haw>

03-06 20:26
Rush:
(Applause…)

03-06 20:26
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Get busy, Lee!
<kids-yeah>

03-06 20:26
Rush:
Closing credits…

03-06 20:26
mda19083:
what fun folks!

03-06 20:26
hounder:
yay!

03-06 20:26
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Another fun one

03-06 20:27
Rush:
Next week…
03-06 20:27
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
We (Fox is on hiatus) will savor the coming films.

03-06 20:27
Rich Maine:
great fun!

03-06 20:27
Duane:
Goodnight all

03-06 20:27
Rush:
“Charlie Chan at the Race Track”
03-06 20:27
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
In the can! Gnite!!!!!!

03-06 20:27
Duane:
Thank you Rush

03-06 20:27
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Goodnight Duane, have a great week

03-06 20:27
Rich Maine:
have a good week all

03-06 20:27
Rush:
Thank you ALL…so much!

03-06 20:27
mda19083:
off to the races!

03-06 20:27
Rush:
You are, as always…great!

03-06 20:27
mda19083:
Thanks gang – be well

03-06 20:27
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Always a pleasure folks. Have a great week and see you all…where? At the race track?

03-06 20:27
Godwinshelley:
night all

03-06 20:28
Rush:
Yes…off to the races with Chan and Lee!
Take care, everyone!

03-06 20:28
Matt:
Good night everyone and have a great week ahead!

03-06 20:28
MIke n Rachel in DC:
Ciao!

03-06 20:28
Rush:
Have a wonderful week!
03-06 20:28
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:


03-06 20:28
hounder:
nite all

03-06 20:28
Rush:
Spring nears….warmer weather on the horizon…
03-06 20:28
Angel Santiago Saltamontes:
BEE WELL!!

03-06 20:28
Rush:
Interesting, Angel…!

03-06 20:28
Louise:
Sorry, got a phone call (of course) from hubby who for the 500th time forgot this was Chan night (SIGH!!!)

03-06 20:28
Rush:
VERY interesting…!
What is it???

03-06 20:28
Nothere:
Night all. Be sure to pick up some stale popcorn on your way out.

03-06 20:29
Rush:
Hornet?

03-06 20:29
Louise:
Nite all…

03-06 20:29
Rush:
yes, NT.
TYSM…everyone.

03-06 20:29
Nothere:
Green Hornet Rush.

03-06 20:29
Rush:
Good night.
Have a happy and safe week!
Yes!

03-06 20:30
Rush:
Maybe we can start doing those serials again.

03-06 20:30
Rush:
This next movie is one that we see TWICE each year.
Good night, Duane!
see you next week!
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