The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for April 14, 2025
Feature: Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Chat Number: 1,303
Extra:
(none)
Participants:
Burt
Godwinshelley
hounder
Mike in DC
Nothere
Phil
Rich in Maine
Rush
tenman
04-13 18:13
Rush:
04-13 18:14
Rush:
04-14 18:47
Rush:
yahooyahooyahoo
04-14 18:47
Mike in DC:
Hello Rush!
04-14 18:47
Rush:
Good evening, Mike!
04-14 18:48
Mike in DC:
I hope all is well with you
04-14 18:48
Rush:
Doing well, thank you! And you and Rachel?
04-14 18:50
Mike in DC:
We’re well, but busy of course at this time of year.
I’m going to be in and out this evening. Rachel has a concert and I’m trying to multitask with the live stream. 
04-14 18:50
Rush:
Nearing the “home stretch”!
04-14 18:50
Mike in DC:
Yes!
It’s her last week of classes…I’ve got three more weeks. 
04-14 18:51
Rush:
It will feel great when the finish line is crossed.
04-14 18:51
Mike in DC:
04-14 18:51
Rush:
04-14 18:52
Mike in DC:
We’re going to enjoy this summer as much as we can!
04-14 18:52
Rush:
well, I hope that tonight will offer a bit of a respite for you!
04-14 18:52
Rush:
Yes.
I will be getting back to Lou about the possibility of the August gathering.
04-14 18:52
Mike in DC:
Charlie is always a welcome diversion from daily life…hasn’t changed in nearly 100 years
04-14 18:53
Rush:
Not many of us, perhaps.
04-14 18:53
Mike in DC:
A small but dedicated bunch.
04-14 18:53
Rush:
And the accommodations might be outside of Warren, if that is okay.
04-14 18:53
Mike in DC:
Sure. Wherever there’s a clean bed. 
04-14 18:54
Rush:
We have all been really busy of late and it is hard to focus on an August event right now!
Agreed! Even a Motel 6 works for me!
04-14 18:55
Rush:
yahoo
OPOPS!
04-14 18:55
Mike in DC:
Hopefully it will have a room where we can watch a Chan film or two….
04-14 18:55
Rush:
I am using two computers at the same time, trying to reach my email!
04-14 18:56
Mike in DC:
lol
be sure you don’t send any emails to a parent about Charlie Chan…
04-14 18:56
Rush:
Yes…It is interesting what using the wrong mouse can do!
Right!
04-14 18:57
Rush:
Hello, BURT!
04-14 18:57
Mike in DC:
Hello Burt!
04-14 18:57
Rush:
WELCOME!!!
04-14 18:57
Burt:
Hi!
04-14 18:57
Rush:
How are you doing this evening?
04-14 18:58
Burt:
Doing well.
04-14 18:58
Nothere:
Place your bets places your 50 cent bets
04-14 18:59
Rush:
NT! Good evening!
04-14 18:59
Mike in DC:
Hey NT!
22 red for me
04-14 18:59
Rush:
Just don’t use Lee’s formula!
04-14 18:59
Mike in DC:
Lee just wasn’t good with money
04-14 19:00
Rush:
04-14 19:00
Rush:
14 minutes till showtime…
04-14 19:01
Mike in DC:
Cued and ready for Monte Carlo
04-14 19:02
Nothere:
But could he order a waffle?
04-14 19:02
Rush:
Sadly, “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo” was Warner Oland’s final screen appearance.
“Waff-EL”
04-14 19:02
Mike in DC:
Always a little bittersweet when he says goodbye at the end…
04-14 19:03
Burt:
And last of number one son for awhile.
04-14 19:03
tenman:
Hola todos!
04-14 19:03
Rush:
04-14 19:03
Nothere:
Hey Ten
04-14 19:04
Rush:
Well…not really, Burt, as we will see Lee next week in “Mr. Moto’s Gamble”!
04-14 19:04
Nothere:
Sadly must make room for Sydney and number two son.
04-14 19:04
Rush:
WELCOME TM!
04-14 19:04
Burt:
That’s right, I forgot about Mr. Moto’s Gamble.
04-14 19:05
Rush:
Yes, NT.
Yes, TM!
And…yes, BURT!
04-14 19:05
Mike in DC:
Hola Tenman
04-14 19:05
Rush:
9 1/2 minutes….
04-14 19:06
Rush:
The image posting is working again this week!
04-14 19:06
Nothere:
Monte Carlo, Gamble uhm Rush do we need to talk?
04-14 19:06
Rush:
AH!
I didn’t catch that connection!
04-14 19:07
Rush:
Hounder!
Good Evening!
04-14 19:08
Nothere:
Hey Hound.
<ARRROOOOO>
04-14 19:08
Rush:
7 minutes to go….
04-14 19:08
Mike in DC:
Hey hounder!
04-14 19:09
Godwinshelley:
Howdy all
04-14 19:09
Nothere:
Hey God
04-14 19:09
Rush:
GS!
Good evening to you!
04-14 19:09
Mike in DC:
Hey GS!
04-14 19:10
Rush:
FIVE minutes….
04-14 19:11
Rush:
Chat Number 1,303…
04-14 19:11
Godwinshelley:
Tonight we have WAFFLES
04-14 19:11
Rush:
Welcome…PHIL!!!
04-14 19:11
Rich in Maine:
Bonjour…place your bets!
04-14 19:11
Nothere:
Hey Phil
04-14 19:11
Mike in DC:
1303…a prime number!
04-14 19:11
Phil:
Aloha to all my Chan friends!
04-14 19:11
Mike in DC:
Hey Rich. $0.25 on 22 red
04-14 19:12
Rush:
THREE MINUTES….
04-14 19:12
Godwinshelley:
Are you a prime number fan, Mike?
04-14 19:12
Nothere:
Mike took red 22
04-14 19:12
Rich in Maine:
covered Mike!
04-14 19:12
Nothere:
<GENTLEMEN START YOUR SNGINES>
04-14 19:12
Mike in DC:
A friend told me that wins often around here
04-14 19:12
Rush:
04-14 19:12
Nothere:
Do they have Baccarat at this casino Mr, Bond?
04-14 19:13
Rush:
TWO MINUTES….
04-14 19:13
Phil:
Titled up.
04-14 19:13
Rush:
Rich! Welcome!
04-14 19:13
Mike in DC:
Hm…I thought he wanted me to hand him my shoe
04-14 19:13
Rush:
90 seconds…
04-14 19:13
Rich in Maine:
good evening Rush!
04-14 19:13
Rush:
75 seconds…
04-14 19:13
Phil:
Hi NT
04-14 19:13
Nothere:
If it starts ringing Mike I’d get smart.
04-14 19:13
Phil:
Howdy Rush
04-14 19:14
Rush:
60 seconds…
50 seconds…
04-14 19:14
Mike in DC:
Have to remember not to pass that shoe, NT
04-14 19:14
Rush:
40 seconds…
30 seconds…
25…
20…
15…
04-14 19:14
Phil:
Another Harold Huber extravaganza
04-14 19:15
Rush:
10…
5…
GO!!!
Title….
Music….
04-14 19:15
Phil:
Gone BABY!
04-14 19:15
Rush:
Credits….
04-14 19:15
Rich in Maine:
An HH producttion
04-14 19:15
Mike in DC:
Several Chan regulars in this one
04-14 19:15
Rush:
Yes!
04-14 19:15
Godwinshelley:
Kay is in this one
04-14 19:16
Mike in DC:
Huber as well
04-14 19:16
Phil:
Speaking of…
04-14 19:16
Rush:
Yes.
04-14 19:16
Mike in DC:
Right on cue
04-14 19:16
Godwinshelley:
They trust Huber with a SWORD in this one
04-14 19:17
Rush:
What I really like about this one is that we hear LOTS of French in a French-speaking locale!
04-14 19:17
Mike in DC:
All decked out for sure
04-14 19:17
Nothere:
Oh yeah where is his cumberbund>
04-14 19:17
Mike in DC:
True, Rush. And they do it so that non-French speakers can follow what’s going on.
04-14 19:18
Rush:
“All the world knows of Charlie Chan…”
Yes, Mike.
04-14 19:18
Burt:
Huber does a good French accent. He played Hercule Poirot on the radio.
04-14 19:18
Rush:
THE ACTUAL CHINESE YEAR IN 1937: 4635
04-14 19:19
Godwinshelley:
Assume Huber’s father was a sailor who visited many different sites (and women) in his travels
04-14 19:19
Nothere:
Consodering everyone who knows his name in previous \films I don’t disagree.
04-14 19:20
Rush:
Perhaps so, GS!
TYSM, Burt.
04-14 19:20
Godwinshelley:
If we ever do a Chan-map, we should also show Huber’s father’s possible stop-overs
04-14 19:20
Phil:
Huber could speak several languages.
04-14 19:20
Rush:
Didn’t know that about the Hercule Poirot portrayal!
04-14 19:20
Nothere:
Wilds? What about wiley? There is bacarrat. I bet on whatever hand Mr. Bond has.
04-14 19:22
Rich in Maine:
Metalergic bonds to finance the Tetragene
04-14 19:22
Rush:
04-14 19:22
Nothere:
What about the Monocane?
04-14 19:22
Rich in Maine:
All the gowns but no WFF?
04-14 19:23
Rush:
Maybe it’s summer?
04-14 19:23
Nothere:
Can I have the money and the girl? The furs are with the hat check girl.
04-14 19:23
Nothere:
How do your pants become honorable?
04-14 19:24
Rush:
When still held up by honorable belt.
04-14 19:25
Rush:
Famous last words…in French.
Time to get another cab!
04-14 19:25
Rich in Maine:
yup, just get out now
04-14 19:25
Nothere:
Short trip
04-14 19:26
Rush:
Voila!
04-14 19:26
Burt:
Huber starred as Hercule Poirot in The Adventures of M. Hercule Poirot in a weekly half-hour program from February to October, 1945 (the program is also cited as being titled simply Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie’s Poirot).[7] Agatha Christie introduced the initial broadcast of the series via shortwave radio.[8] In October 1946, Huber began a year-long run on radio as Poirot in a daily fifteen-minute program on CBS, called Mystery of the Week, with scripts by Alfred Bester.[9]
04-14 19:26
Phil:
WFF
04-14 19:26
Rich in Maine:
wow Burt! didn’t know that at all
04-14 19:26
Rush:
TYSM, Burt.
Interesting!
04-14 19:26
Godwinshelley:
Was Bester the famous sci-fi writer?
04-14 19:27
Rush:
And…the fur as requested!
04-14 19:28
Rush:
$25,000 then..$500, 000 today.
04-14 19:29
Mike in DC:
!
04-14 19:29
Nothere:
The bonds broke? Pass the glue.
04-14 19:30
Rush:
The asylum guard in “Opera”
04-14 19:31
Nothere:
turning into what?
04-14 19:31
Rush:
Is it a full moon?
04-14 19:31
Nothere:
Such laungae? In a 30s film?
04-14 19:32
Rich in Maine:
Lou Monte? the singer
04-14 19:33
Mike in DC:
He was also a blackjack dealer. They called him “three card monte”
04-14 19:33
Rush:
Ouch!
04-14 19:34
Rich in Maine:
poor messenger
04-14 19:34
Rush:
04-14 19:34
Nothere:
Chauffer? Ridiculous. Arrest the butler.
04-14 19:35
Rich in Maine:
creme passional……famous dessert
04-14 19:35
Nothere:
I had two last week
04-14 19:35
Rich in Maine:
what flavor NT?
04-14 19:35
Rush:
Why would they flag down the police if they killed the man?
04-14 19:36
Nothere:
Choclate.
04-14 19:37
Rush:
“Tongue often hang man quicker than rope.”
04-14 19:37
Nothere:
It was all a cunning plan Rush.
04-14 19:37
Rush:
Very!
04-14 19:37
Nothere:
The water runs? Shouldn’t someone catch it?
04-14 19:39
Nothere:
The puppy is missing the same night as the murder? Arrest the catburglar.
04-14 19:39
Rush:
Mademoiselle Fi Fi Za Za…
04-14 19:40
Rich in Maine:
A million in bonds! In that year!
04-14 19:40
Rush:
$20 million today.
04-14 19:41
Nothere:
Hey if your gonna go go big.
04-14 19:41
Rich in Maine:
Should have used Bitcoin to be safe
04-14 19:42
Rush:
04-14 19:43
Nothere:
Charmed I’m sure.
04-14 19:44
hounder:
hi all. sorry to be late. had a phone call
04-14 19:44
Rush:
Not a problem, Hounder!
04-14 19:44
Nothere:
No problem Hound
2940
04-14 19:44
Rush:
Are you sync’d with us?
04-14 19:44
Nothere:
Miss Grey was just discussing her own phone call.
04-14 19:45
Rush:
Looking at the tip of the walking stick.
04-14 19:45
Nothere:
Oh sure attacking hedges top pastime of the idely wealthy. PPLLLB BBTYTTT!
04-14 19:46
Phil:
Not a WFF
04-14 19:46
Rush:
04-14 19:46
hounder:
time check please?
04-14 19:46
Rush:
That appeared earlier!
04-14 19:46
Nothere:
3140
04-14 19:46
Rush:
31:40
04-14 19:46
Phil:
3145
04-14 19:46
Mike in DC:
31:50
04-14 19:46
Rush:
31:50
04-14 19:46
hounder:
thanks
04-14 19:47
Rush:
32:00
04-14 19:47
hounder:
got it. synched now
04-14 19:47
Rush:
Very good!
04-14 19:48
Rush:
“The vicinity of somewhere.”
04-14 19:49
Nothere:
Not here in this vicitnity Rush
04-14 19:50
Mike in DC:
“stolen by theft”
04-14 19:50
Rush:
Sequel to “Murder By Death”
04-14 19:50
Phil:
I think that bartender had a bit part as a bus driver in “The Giant Mantis”.
04-14 19:51
Rush:
AH!
04-14 19:51
Rich in Maine:
fire is like the lights out trick
04-14 19:51
Phil:
yup
04-14 19:51
tenman:
I consider Murder By Death a Chan film. A favorite of mine!
04-14 19:52
Nothere:
Searxxh everybody? Who do you think you are Tarvenno?
Dog stick tounge out of picture. No doubt the missing puppy/.
04-14 19:52
Phil:
Tin can?
04-14 19:52
Mike in DC:
Murder by Death is one of the best ever
04-14 19:52
Rush:
04-14 19:52
Rich in Maine:
Yes Tenman ! its truly a classic
04-14 19:52
Phil:
TYSM Rush
04-14 19:53
Rush:
George Lynn: Bus Driver
04-14 19:54
Nothere:
Bus driver bartender. He can’t get out of the service industry.
04-14 19:54
Phil:
Was I correct?
04-14 19:55
Rush:
George Lynn: Al Rogers
Yes…correct!
04-14 19:55
Mike in DC:
Good eye, Phil!
04-14 19:55
Nothere:
You were correct Phil, but didn’t place bet unfortunatly.
04-14 19:55
tenman:
Yes, once you get sucked into the service industry, you never escape. I’ts like a black hole.
04-14 19:56
Rush:
04-14 19:56
Phil:
In Mantis he was on screen for like 3 seconds. Had 2 lines
04-14 19:56
Rush:
Ah…the breakfast.
04-14 19:56
Burt:
I should have made me waffles tonight.
04-14 19:57
Rush:
04-14 19:57
Nothere:
Chan won’t waffle on waffles
04-14 19:57
tenman:
I haven’t had waffles in decades. Pancakes occasionally, but not waffles. No waffle iron
04-14 19:58
Rich in Maine:
Belgium waffles please
04-14 19:58
Mike in DC:
used to be a childhood favorite
04-14 19:58
Rush:
Next time when out for a breakfast, order a stack!
Use the CC method!
04-14 19:59
Rush:
04-14 19:59
Nothere:
I sadly will have to settle for pancakes.
04-14 19:59
Rush:
Then, again….
04-14 19:59
Mike in DC:
Crossword Puzzles $2.00 today!
04-14 19:59
Rush:
The little squares on waffles are great for retaining syrup!
04-14 20:00
Phil:
I had waffles on Sunday but I think I prefer pancakes
04-14 20:00
Mike in DC:
and butter Rush. Yum.
04-14 20:00
Rush:
YES!
04-14 20:00
Nothere:
As for him only having 2 lines in Mantis. Lets see you be loquacious when a building sized bug is crushing your car.
04-14 20:01
Phil:
Actually, it crushed a bus.
It was just on Svengoolie Saturday night.
04-14 20:01
Mike in DC:
Gonna have to check out the mantis flick. Sounds like a winner
04-14 20:01
Nothere:
True but I doubt anyone here has their own bus. Well maybe Rush. He is a film star,
04-14 20:01
Rush:
Lee goes to work here…
04-14 20:01
Nothere:
You have your choice Mike regular and Mst3k version.
04-14 20:02
Mike in DC:
MST3K for sure, NT
04-14 20:03
Mike in DC:
femme fatale
04-14 20:04
Rush:
Quick thinking by Lee!
04-14 20:04
Nothere:
Are you suggesting Miss Grey has grey morals?
04-14 20:04
Godwinshelley:
is she a super hero with that cape?
04-14 20:05
Nothere:
Or a supervillain.
04-14 20:05
Rush:
NT:
GS: A super villain, maybe….
04-14 20:05
Phil:
Occupation what?
04-14 20:06
Rich in Maine:
An advenuress!
04-14 20:06
Phil:
thanks
04-14 20:08
Nothere:
Hey you. Extra oin the couch. Your hat is too big.
04-14 20:08
Rush:
04-14 20:10
Rush:
04-14 20:10
Nothere:
Number one son criminal activity lead to number two arrest.
04-14 20:10
Rush:
YES!
04-14 20:11
Phil:
cue the can
04-14 20:11
Rush:
Done!
04-14 20:11
Burt:
Pardon my ignorance, but what does the can mean?
04-14 20:11
Rush:
AH!
A bit of a story about that…!
04-14 20:11
Godwinshelley:
kicked the can/died
04-14 20:11
Phil:
EVERYBODY knows what the can means
04-14 20:11
Burt:
Ahh, I get it.
04-14 20:11
Rush:
Long ago, we had a Chat Room with a catalogue of sounds we could use.
04-14 20:12
Mike in DC:
but there was no sound for kicked the bucket
04-14 20:12
Rush:
As there was no “bucket” sound, we used the sound of a kicked can when someone was killed.
04-14 20:12
hounder:
i miss those days
04-14 20:13
Nothere:
In our old room we had sound effect. Whenever someone died we would use the tincan csound effect, Sadly most of them have fallen by the wayside, but we kept that oone.
<ACK ACk ACK>
04-14 20:13
Rush:
Later, we needed to use a different Chat Room…sadly with no sounds available, so we went to visuals!’
04-14 20:13
Nothere:
<BREATATATAT>
<Kathoom>
04-14 20:13
Rush:
Hence, the tin cans!
04-14 20:13
Rush:
I guess we could switch to buckets….!
04-14 20:14
Nothere:
And yes my <GENTELMEN START YOUR ENGINES> is also a throwback.
04-14 20:14
Rush:
Yes it is.
04-14 20:14
Mike in DC:
but the can initiates such great conversations, Rush….
04-14 20:14
Rush:
Goes way back!
True, Mike…and there is tradition, too!
04-14 20:14
Mike in DC:
I always liked the <kids-yeah> sound
04-14 20:15
Nothere:
<APPLAUSE>
04-14 20:15
Rush:
Yes.
04-14 20:16
Rush:
And the cuckoo sound for craziness!
“Collapsed with death.”
04-14 20:16
Nothere:
<COOKOO COOKOO>
04-14 20:16
hounder:
yes rush.
i didn’t kill him. i didn’t kill him
04-14 20:16
Rush:
04-14 20:17
Nothere:
Sure you didn’t Hounder. You have no alibi.
04-14 20:17
Mike in DC:
I only left the house for the monthly Monte Carlo Traffic Safety meeting
04-14 20:17
Rush:
04-14 20:18
Nothere:
I couldn’t have done it. I’m not here.
04-14 20:18
Rush:
AH!
04-14 20:19
Nothere:
Are there reindeer?
04-14 20:19
Rush:
In the casino garden.
04-14 20:19
Nothere:
Paris? The man who looks like you Huber.
04-14 20:22
Nothere:
He had purse?
04-14 20:22
Rush:
“Then, YOU are murderer.”
04-14 20:24
Nothere:
Gordon you just confessed.
04-14 20:24
Rush:
Yep.
04-14 20:24
Phil:
Oooops!
04-14 20:24
Rush:
Watch this closely
04-14 20:24
Nothere:
<HAHAHA>
04-14 20:24
Rush:
The disappearing body trick!
04-14 20:24
Mike in DC:
always look BOTH ways when crossing the street
04-14 20:24
Phil:
It’s ok it was a stuntman
04-14 20:25
Nothere:
Get outta town by sunddown ya yellow bellyied snake.
04-14 20:25
Rush:
And, sadly, the final scenes with warner Oland….
04-14 20:25
Mike in DC:
not bad stunts for a 30s movie
04-14 20:25
Rush:
His last aphorism.
04-14 20:26
Rush:
“Merci so much…au revoir.”
His final words.
THE END
(Applause)
04-14 20:26
Nothere:
<KIDS YEAH>
04-14 20:26
Mike in DC:
Bye Charlie!
04-14 20:26
tenman:
Yes, the end of Warner Oland. A sad story. But from it we got Sidney Toler, my favorite Chan
04-14 20:26
Mike in DC:
<kids-yeah>
04-14 20:26
Rush:
Yes….
04-14 20:26
tenman:
Nytol!
04-14 20:26
Rush:
Next week: “Mr. Moto’s Gamble”
04-14 20:27
hounder:
nite everyone. have a safe week
04-14 20:27
Rush:
That was the movie that began production as “Charlie Chan at the ringside”
04-14 20:27
Mike in DC:
an almost-chan
04-14 20:27
Nothere:
Au revior Olan. Or in the name of Hawaii Steve ALoha.
04-14 20:27
Rich in Maine:
nite all !
04-14 20:27
Nothere:
Night
04-14 20:27
Phil:
Don’t have that one so i’ll be Notthere
04-14 20:27
Rush:
It was to have starred Warner Oland…
04-14 20:27
Burt:
Night!
04-14 20:27
Mike in DC:
Have a great week, everyone!
04-14 20:27
Rush:
Well!
04-14 20:27
Phil:
aloha!
04-14 20:27
Mike in DC:
It was good to see you Burt
04-14 20:27
Rush:
Thank you ALL….so much!
Another good one shared!
04-14 20:27
Mike in DC:
Always a pleasure, Rush. Many thanks.
04-14 20:28
Rush:
have a GREAT week!
take care….
Again, thank you ALL!
04-14 20:28
Godwinshelley:
Everyone stay safe
04-14 20:28
Rush:
YOU make our evenings what they have been for 25 years!
04-14 20:29
Godwinshelley:
And you are the guiding light
04-14 20:29
Rush:
May your dreams be peaceful and Chan-filled!
Goos night!
04-14 20:29
Godwinshelley:
Night everyone
04-14 20:29
Rush:
TYSM….Good night….
Good night, Hounder….
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