The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for June 13, 2022
Feature:
Phantom of Chinatown
Extras:
Bette Rogge interviews Keye Luke who played Kralahome in the TV series “Anna and the King”; KEYE LUKE
Participants:
Angel LoMein = Phantom Phox
DanVenture
Dona
Geno Cuddy
Godwinshelley2
Hawaii_Steve
hounder
Matt1
mda19083
Mike n Rachel in DC
PaulM
Rich Maine
Rush
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Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: PLEASE STAND BY. IF THIS WAS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY
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Matt1: Hello A & F!
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Matt1: Hello Rush!
Rush: Good evening Angel and Matt!
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Rush: Hello, GS!
Matt1: Hello GS!
Godwinshelley2: Hello
Rush: WELCOME!
Godwinshelley2: Rush – check your email
Rush: How is everyone tonight?
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Rush: AH! DV!
Matt1: Hello Dan!
Rush: Welcome!
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Rush: MDA!
Matt1: Hello MDA!
mda19083: hello folks
Rush: WELCOME!
DanVenture: Good evening, everyone!
Rush: Good evening to you!
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Rush: How have you been, DV?
Matt1: Alohaaaaaaaaaaa, Steve!
DanVenture: My apologies for the vanishing act. Work had me do swing shift for a few months. Now, we are back in the saddle.
Rush: And, Steve!
Rush: Aloha, sir!
Hawaii_Steve: Greetings from the Land of Chan.
DanVenture: I am doing well. Missed everyone and esp. Chan!
mda19083: Dan – we missed you
Rush: Good AFTERNOON to you, our Keeper of Paradise!
Godwinshelley2: I’ll be back in a little bit
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Hawaii_Steve: It’s an overcast day***ilua.
Hawaii_Steve: Kailua, that is.
Rush: A temporary condition, Steve!
Rush: Merely nature’s umbrella!
Hawaii_Steve: Rush, did you find my email?
Rush: Actually, I didn’t find it! BUT I did locate the extras.
Rush: We are good to go!
Hawaii_Steve: Strange. I sent it four times.
Rush: Maybe at 15 till the hour we can roll extra number one?
Rush: What was the title of the email?
Hawaii_Steve: Sounds good. Which one is first?
Hawaii_Steve: If needed, I have the web addresses.
Rush: AH! I know what happened! it went to spam! Last week I accidentally clicked something because my cursor is set on auto click, which i cant fix!
Hawaii_Steve: The interview or the play?
Rush: As you mentioned sending it FOUR times, that rang the bell!
Rush: Interview.
Hawaii_Steve: Very good. The interview is wonderful.
Rush: I have to find out how to un-spam you!!!
Hawaii_Steve: If nothing else, call the cops.
Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lC7yQ3qWyw
Rush: There it is.
Rush: So, I will post it again.
Rush: Do you want to begin with that one or the other?
Hawaii_Steve: Hey Matt, congratulations on the wonderful job you did, leading the chat last week.
Rush: YES! Thank you SO much, Matt!
Rush: WOW!
Matt1: TYSM, Steve…..You are now in MY will!
Hawaii_Steve: Let’s start with the INTERVIEW WITH KEYE LUKE.
Matt1: This is a good one
Hawaii_Steve: I am cued to the leader of the Bette Rogge interview.
Rush: And, Matt will be leading again in my absence next Monday…and, just in case, please consider the following Monday too, but I should be back.
Matt1: Ready here
Rush: Okay, Steve…
Matt1: No problem, Rush
Rush: This will be the link to our first of two extras tonight…
Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lC7yQ3qWyw
Rush: 2 minutes to go…
Rush: Please ready that one…
Rush: Ready at my end…
Hawaii_Steve: The Interview is from 1972, at the time “Anna and the King” premiered on TV.
Rush: 60 seconds…
Rush: 50…
mda19083: cued here
Rush: 40…
Hawaii_Steve: 3 mins interview.
Rush: Very good….
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Rush: 30…
Rush: 25….
Matt1: Hello M & R!
Rush: 20…
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
Matt1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lC7yQ3qWyw
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Hawaii_Steve: Referring to Nixon.
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Rush: Paul!
Rush: Welcome!
PaulM: hi gang
Matt1: Hello Paul!
Rush: We are watching this extra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lC7yQ3qWyw
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hi everyone…got it!
Rush: It is a short one.
Hawaii_Steve: Listen to how well Mr. Luke speaks.
Rush: Mike!…Rachel!
Rush: Welcome!
Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lC7yQ3qWyw
Hawaii_Steve: LOL with Chan story.
DanVenture: Wow! What a find!
Rush: Yes it is!
PaulM: oooh interesting
Hawaii_Steve: From the University of Dayton.
Mike n Rachel in DC: He doesn’t seem to have a lot of nostalgia about his “Chan years”
Hawaii_Steve: M&R, its a short interview, promo for the TV series.
Hawaii_Steve: Now, wasn’t that cool?
Matt1: Always enjoy that one, thnx Steve
Mike n Rachel in DC: Very enjoyable. Especially because the subtitles kept calling him “Keye Lube”
Rush: GREAT little interview!
Rush: Yes, Mike?
Rush: Didn’t get subtitles!
Matt1: Nor did I
Mike n Rachel in DC: I think our closed captions were on 🙂
Rush: Steve, could you please set the stage for the next one?
mda19083: nice – thanks for sharing
Hawaii_Steve: Played it again. “CC” turns on closed caption. Name spelled correctly here.
Rush: I will post the link…
Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqUH0-CcvOI
Hawaii_Steve: Our next EXTRA is from a short film, entitled: KEYE LUKE. Produced in 2012.
Hawaii_Steve: One could call it a theater piece, because it involves actors playing ALL the Chan actors.
Rush: Yes!
Matt1: Ready here!
Rush: Okay…
Mike n Rachel in DC: all set
Rush: 30 seconds…
Rush: 25….
Rush: 20…
Rush: 15…
Hawaii_Steve: Ready here.
Rush: 10…
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Hawaii_Steve: title with sound of projector.
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Rush: Hello, Geno!
Rush: WELCOME!
Matt1: Hello Geno!
Geno Cuddy: Hey Rush! Hey Matt!
Rush: We are watching the second extra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqUH0-CcvOI
Rush: Just began!
Rush: Edwin Luke there!
Matt1: Eddie!
Rush: he was Eddie Chan in “The Jade Mask”
Rush: Yes!
Rush: Eddie again!
Rush: Nice grouping here!
Matt1: BB!
Rush: Florence Ung was also Number One Daughter in “Circus.”
Geno Cuddy: How is the site migration going Rush?
Rush: Tonight’s movie!
Rush: Geno, slo and go…
Hawaii_Steve: Yes, Rush.
Geno Cuddy: I’ll be watching tonights film off the VCI DVD, I hope it syncs up to the one the rest of you are watching
Hawaii_Steve: Very nice, indeed.
Matt1: Thnx again, Steve!
Mike n Rachel in DC: a very sweet film
Rush: Great little acted documentary!
mda19083: enjoyed this one also
Rush: It gets out a lot of information!
Rush: Keye Luke was INDEED an ARTIST in every way!
Hawaii_Steve: Thank you Matt. I bring these EXTRAS in order for us to have a better understanding of the players and the production. A true reflection of the times.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Well, from the interview with the real Keye Luke, it also seems to have captured the gentleness and elegance that he had too.
Rush: YES!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Spot on, Steve. Many thanks!
Geno Cuddy: I will watch later
Rush: THANK YOU, STEVE!!!
Hawaii_Steve: M&R, you are correct.
Rush: Well worth the viewing, Geno!
Mike n Rachel in DC: The Chan films are nice, but for us now they’re an invaluable window into an earlier world.
Rush: And, as the short noted that our film for tonight was Keye Luke’s ONLY instance of top billing as the star, that is our next item tonight!
Rush: But first, may we all with our Number One Son a VERY….
Geno Cuddy: Spot on Mike (or Rachel) I am a historian at heart and my vessel for that is films
Rush: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Geno Cuddy: HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEYE LUKE a true talent!!!!
Rush: He was in, as the extra noted, in over 200 movies and TV productions.
Matt1: Amazing
Rush: I have seen his star on Hollywood Blvd. a few times.
Mike n Rachel in DC: *chorus of Happy Birthday from MnR*
Rush: It’s close to the famous Hollywoof-Roosevelt Hotel, as well as to the Chinese Theatre!
Matt1: Cued to Opening Title here
Rush: 7 minutes…
Hawaii_Steve: Also cued to opening titles.
Mike n Rachel in DC: would it be fair to say he was the leading Chinese-American actor of his time? was he a “first?”
Geno Cuddy: I think so
Hawaii_Steve: I believe that this link has ad breaks throughout the video.
Geno Cuddy: Im watching off the VCI DVD
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Rush: If you are watching it online.
Matt1: DVD here too
Rush: Rich!
Rush: WELCOME!
Hawaii_Steve: M&R, for Chinese-American actors yes. But …
Rich Maine: Hello all!
Matt1: Hello Rich!
Hawaii_Steve: Anna May Wong was before Keye Luke.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Gotcha, Steve.
Rich Maine: I downloaded from you tube to my server so no ads
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hi Rich!
Rush: Cue to the opening title, please!
Rush: 4 1/2 minutes…
Geno Cuddy: my copy runs 1:01:22
Rich Maine: Hey rush, M/R, Steve
Rush: tht is correct, Geno.
Hawaii_Steve: Is it true that if you download a link to your computer, you are granting access of your personal information?
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Hawaii_Steve: Aloha Rich.
Geno Cuddy: non
Rush: Not that I know of, Steve?
Dona: Hello Everyone!
Hawaii_Steve: Aloha Dona.
Matt1: Hello Dona!
Rush: hello…DONA!
Geno Cuddy: hey dona
Dona: Good to see everyone.
Hawaii_Steve: You guys missed a couple of great extras.
mda19083: hello dona
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello Dona
Rush: THREE MINUTES…
Rich Maine: Hi Dona
Rich Maine: Is there a comic part in this film?
Matt1: Foo?
Rush: Matt, in looking at the dates, I will definitely need you for both the 20th and 27th!
Dona: I will have to go back and watch them after our movie.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Steve, you’re granting access to your ip address. If you use a VPN, not even that.
Matt1: No problem, Rush
Hawaii_Steve: Rush, Timeless Movie Classics is the provider of tonight film. Correct?
Rush: TWO MINUTES…
Rush: I will be away till the 29th.
Rich Maine: Hey Steve, I use internet download manager all the time and am on a vpn, so very private
Rush: 90 seconds…
Hawaii_Steve: VPN meaning please?
Rush: 75 seconds…
Rush: Phantom of Chinatown”
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Godwinshelley2: hello
Rush: 60 seconds…
Dona: Hello GS
Rush: WB, GS!
Hawaii_Steve: Aloha GS.
Rush: 50 seconds…
Rich Maine: Hiya GS, virtual private network software
Mike n Rachel in DC: Virtual Private Network, Steve…masks your real ip address
Rush: 40…
Rush: 30…
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Hawaii_Steve: Thank you.
Mike n Rachel in DC: they are HIGHLY recommended nowadays
Rush: 25…
Rush: 20…
Rich Maine: Anf you can be anywhere…I watch bbc iplayer
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Matt1: <GONG>
Rush: Title…
hounder: hi everyone
Rush: Music…
Mike n Rachel in DC: good evening hounder!
Dona: Hi Hounder
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hi GS!
Rush: Hello, HOUNDER!
Rush: Just began the movie.
Matt1: Hello Hounder!
hounder: just got mom to bed
Godwinshelley2: Hi Everyone
Rush: WELCOME!!!
Rush: Credits…
Geno Cuddy: What are everyones thoughts on the Wongs in general?
mda19083: greetings hounder
Godwinshelley2: The novels are available public domain
Rush: I think this title art was reused in a Chan movie!
Rush: scientific magazine..
Mike n Rachel in DC: We enjoy them, Rich. The earlier ones in particular. Hate to say it, but Karloff is a superior Wong, though.
Rush: Southern U.
Hawaii_Steve: I think the music was reused in the later Chan film too.
Rush: Camels…
Geno Cuddy: this is my first time watching this film
Mike n Rachel in DC: moo
Rich Maine: Small crowd watching
Rush: Well, Karloff had a few more films to show us his “stuff”!
mda19083: one hump or two
Godwinshelley2: Southern Univ – South CA? or Truly in “the south”?
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Rush: We can think of this as a “prequil” with Luke as the young Wong!
Rich Maine: Travelogs film
Rush: The one dancer fell during the performance…
Rush: Yes, Rich.
Geno Cuddy: karloff did not look asian at all but he seemed to understand the character very well and he is magnetizing even in the dullest of entries
Hawaii_Steve: As a former film projectionist, the lamp does not flicker.
hounder: long camel string
Rush: This is similar to the Honolulu travelog that Steve shared.
Rush: Silent, with the host filling in the dialog.
Hawaii_Steve: Yes, Rush. Silent travelogue.
Rush: Nice hat.
Rush: Yes, Steve.
Rich Maine: But no fur!
Godwinshelley2: There is a Karloff “Mr Wong” blooper where he goes to open a safe – but it had been locked before he opened it. He had a good laugh about it in the blooper
Hawaii_Steve: Watch the travelogue carefully. You may see a cameo by the Black Camel.
Rush: Yes, GS?
Godwinshelley2: Warner Brothers blooper reel I believe
Geno Cuddy: Heres a question, is the MR. WONG series the only film series whose entire filmography is public domain?
Rush: I find it nice that Karloff would have memories to share of the Wong series!
Hawaii_Steve: tonight’s film is 82 years old.
Rush: Indeed!
Rush: (“Time marches on…)
Rush: Cleaning the place up!
Matt1: Doesn’t look a day over 81
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Note the “care” taken with the artifacts!
Geno Cuddy→Geno Cuddy: I guess it is
Rich Maine: Dem bones….
Hawaii_Steve: In the WB bloop reel, referred by GS, Karloff blows a line and swears.
Rush: 🙂
Dona: that would be fun to watch Steve
Matt1: I’d love to see that blooper, lol
Rush: There is a “Bloopermania” cut of Oland doing the same!
mda19083: x marks the spot
Matt1: Awesome, lol
Hawaii_Steve: Rush, nice.
Rush: Interestingly, that one is of lost film cuts from “Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case.”
Matt1: DON’T drink that water!
Rush: NO!
Rush: That dust storm scene makes him thursty!
Hawaii_Steve: Ad just jumped into the video from YouTube.
Rush: UH-OH!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: tIME (5:45)?
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: WE hate those YouTube ads.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Helleau?
Rush: Yes, Angel!
Hawaii_Steve: Time: 10:00 now.
Godwinshelley2: 10:15
Mike n Rachel in DC: Very dramatic lecture
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Time (6:45)?
Rush: VERY dramatic!
Rich Maine: Love the stache
Godwinshelley2: 10:30
Hawaii_Steve: Yes, the stache.
Godwinshelley2: 10:45
Godwinshelley2: 11:00
Rush: 11:00
Mike n Rachel in DC: Movember?
Geno Cuddy: Gotta note the irony of Keye Luke, number ONE son being called “Jimmy”
Rush: YES!
Rush: Siren.
Matt1: <tin can>
Rush: Doesn’t release poison gas in this one!
Rush:
Rush: Homicide.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: No, it’s humorous.
Rush: Or a femur.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: You can keep news outta the newspapers, though. Yessiree!
Rush: The fuzzy hat.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Rush:
Rush: “My name is Wong…James Lee WONG.”
Rich Maine: The butler did it
Matt1: Bond
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Detective’s hat looks like he grfabbed it from one of those reporterettes.
Rush: “What’s YOUR racket?”
Hawaii_Steve: Even the extras eat better than I do.
Rush: YES!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Uhp-oh. The eternal fire.
Rush: Yes, Angel!
hounder: the candles look painted on the wall behind them
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: They’re always ANCIENT scrolls. Ain’t anybody making new scrolls? My nephew always says he’s “scrolling”.
Rush: They do seem that way!
Rich Maine: I have combination to every safe!
Hawaii_Steve: Dr. Benton’s last words were, “Whoever leave the room last, please turn off the lights.”
Rush: Yes, Hounder!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: hounder, it’s a fake wall.
Dona: Dela Street
Dona: ?
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Prince?
Rush: Street and Smith.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Oh BOYH! The Chinese Exchange!!
Rush: Chinatown exchange.
Rich Maine: Chinese exchange?
Matt1: Foo!
Mike n Rachel in DC: A Perry Mason fan!
mda19083: the artist formerly known as prints
Rush: Yes, Rich.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: He’s using the Criminals’ Code!
Rush: We see it mentioned in one of Biggers’ books!
Dona: My mom loved Perry Mason. I’m sure I saw them all growing up.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: The Wong end of the stick.
Rush: I used to watch Perry mason with my dad.
Rush: he LOVED it.
Mike n Rachel in DC: LTF!
Rush: Lee Tung Foo.
Rush: As…Foo.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Dona—i have a running Perry Mason thing going with a friend of MINE!
Rich Maine: Same cook!
Geno Cuddy: Perry Mason was okay, but Matlock had spice!
Hawaii_Steve: yes, rush.
Rush: So does Svengoolie.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: “Noted Savant” couldn’ta been too savanty.
Dona: Sounds interesting Angel
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Rush: WB, Paul!
Rich Maine: Yes rush….everyone worked on perry Mason
PaulM: sorry, my computer bogged down
Rush: “FOO…not PHOOEY!”
PaulM: hey GS….are you going to Monsterbash?
Rush: Foo mentions Wong’s father.
Matt1: Ouch!
Rush: Open window…
Rush: The glass!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: I wonder if CC had to pay a Foo fee or if he came fee-free.
Rush: Tossed out of the window!
Godwinshelley2: Paul – yes I am
PaulM: ;D
Godwinshelley2: In fact I’m helping Mary at the BMovieCast table
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Shutuppa you face, Detective.
PaulM: i’ll be there too. it’ll be nice to see you again
Rush: I can’t say, Angel…but Foo was a fighter!
Godwinshelley2: AND bringing 4-5 boxes of “Rarities from my Curated Collection” (junk from the basement)
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Thanks for snagging the fly, Rush!!
Rush: Analyze it!
Godwinshelley2: Yes, it will be nice to go. Not sure Mary will make it. she has a new car on order and I think they just told her it would get here later than expected
Rush: I guess they did, and found traces of poison.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: We should all hope to be curated. If not collected.
Rush: 🙂
PaulM: i’m really looking forward to seeing as many of the old gang as possible
mda19083: not a shrubbery
Geno Cuddy: is this thing on, lol
Rush: The gruff detective.
Godwinshelley2: Nic and Juan will be there too
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: No, that’s the Mysterious Traveler. He takes the same train every week at this time. Look in the bar car.
hounder: ..
Rush: NOW the poison test.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Just beat it.
Rush: Nice hat on HER too.
Rush: Eartly ’40s hats.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Mr. Wong is pretty smooth with the damsels.
Rich Maine: But no furs yet rush….low budgets
Rush: The ones we see in later films get bigger and more flamboyant!
Godwinshelley2: Wouldn’t Oland just “taste” for poison
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes. And so far this is a fog-less Monogram film.
Godwinshelley2: Paul – are you at the event hotel?
Rush: So far…yes!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Just a measly sandstorm
Rush: YES!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: MnR: Quite rightly! He’s Mellow Yellow!
Rush: 🙂
Rich Maine: Yup no fog here
Hawaii_Steve: For a Monogram pix, there are some nice set pieces.
Rush: Nice getaway!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: This IS sumptuous!
Rush: Yes, Steve!
Rich Maine: The old cab swap
Rush: This one seems higher budgeted to me.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Rich, we’ll send you some steamed fog from Nawth ca’lina.
Rush: Yes, Rich!
Rush: “Marfax Lubrication.”
Hawaii_Steve: When I lived in L.A., one could still find those vintage street ligts.
Rich Maine: Up here plenty of ocean fog all the time
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Rush, i almost remarked Marfak myself!
Rush:
Mike n Rachel in DC: Great, Rush. My Marfax has been squeaking lately.
Dona: they still have them in several places Steve
Rush: Sorry…MARFAK
Rush: It was seen HERE, TOO!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: MnR, that was why i didn’t stop there. I drive a Studebaker, not a Marfak.
Rich Maine: An oriental vegetable poison….Tetradyne
Dona: 2.00 to fill his tank
Rush: 🙂
Dona: UGH!
Rush: yES, dONA!
Dona: It’s almost 7:00 out here
Mike n Rachel in DC: 12 gallons for a dollar, Dona. 🙂
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Rich, it’s the perfect appetizer for every Periodic table!
Dona: a gallon ‘
Rush: Caps lock…sorry!
Hawaii_Steve: Today, I spoke with Honolul-Lou. It cost him $70 to fill his car.
Rich Maine: Good one angel
Rush: Gas was probably less than 20 cents per gallon in 1940.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Thanks, Rich!
Rush: I just saw it, Angel…good one indeed!
Mike n Rachel in DC: I was reading a Brit newspaper today…its not over 100 pounds to fill a car over there!
Mike n Rachel in DC: *now
Rush: I believe that, Mike.
Rush: A bargain at a fraction of the price!
Mike n Rachel in DC: I remember “gas wars” in Detroit when it was in the $0.20 range at times when I was a kid.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Speaking of poisoned water, any fans here of the A&E (not A&F) “Nero Wolfe” series? They had an episode with p.w.
mda19083: how many gallons/liters to the pound
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: 14lbs is the weightg of 1 gal H2O, i believe.
Mike n Rachel in DC: I believe it was approaching 5 pounds per liter, MDA.
mda19083: thanks mike – i believe petrol is heavier than water
hounder: i thought water was 8.35 lbs to the gallon
Dona: Yes, Angel I have read most of the Nero Wolfe books and have the dvd’s
Godwinshelley2: I remember 8 pounds too
hounder: i like the otr nero wolfe series
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: MnR, i also recall such things. I still have a set of “fancy” beverage glasses my grandpa got with fillups of his Oldsmobiles.
Rush: Lotus Long was in movies from 1929 to 1949.
Dona: I remember the glasses at the gas station too Angel
Godwinshelley2: There was a Nero Wolf pilot that wasn’t picked up that had William Shatner as the assistant (was his name, Archie?)
Rush: She was in another Wong film with karloff, and a couple of Mr. Moto movies.
Dona: Yes Archie
Rich Maine: A movieola
Rush: We need piano accompanyment here.
Godwinshelley2: Kurt Kasner played Nero in that one
Mike n Rachel in DC: I still have a spiffy set of B.C. glasses plus the anteater pitcher from Sinclair gas in the 70s. 🙂
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: hounder, oh YES! The “New Adventures of Nero olfe” with Sidney Greenstreet & Elliot Lewis was tremendous, top-shelf to me.
PaulM: hey GS….to answer your question…YES, i’m at the new hotel. i also booked a room for the October bash
Rush: She must have just come to in that closet.
Godwinshelley2: Nice I’m there too.
Rush: Knocked out by Ali.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: SINCLAIR!! Do they still exist? In Iowa i saw (& took pics of) a “Sinclair” station WITH DINO, wondered if it was un homage. It WAS a gas station, thatmuch i knew.
Rush: Actually decisioned.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: We told you, the Mysterious One is in the bar car.
mda19083: follow that car
Rich Maine: High speed chase scene
Rush: Next week: “Murder Over New York” followed on the 27th with “Dead Men Tell”
Rush: Matt, you will be able to fill in right?
Matt1: Yes!
Rush: Steve, please bring your extras with you!
Rush: If you want, you can get them to me as soon as you can, and I will reteieve them from the spam and forward to matt!
Rich Maine: The cop is so nice to Jimmy
Rush: “Big man, big feet!”
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Whassamatta Foo? Why you looka so sad? It’s a nice-a place, ah, shadduppa you Fooface.
Rush: Muttonhead.
mda19083: tea foo two
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Sheepish.
Rush: Sadly, many kids perished inside of those old, outside locking refrigerators in the old days.
Rich Maine: Revered elder….Yoda.
Rush: Was this gentleman in “The Chinese Cat”?
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Is true, and truly sad.
Rush: The curio shop owner?
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: I’m getting a comedian for my grave.
Rush: Coffin delivery.
Rush: Nice line by Wong there!
Rush: “Street of San francisco”
Rush: (quack)
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: I just learned TODAY the Tang Dynasty SOLD the astronauts their orange space drink.
Hawaii_Steve: Did you see the cue dots in the upper right of the screen? Reel change for projectionist.
Rush: YES!
Godwinshelley2: Angel – will you have Pop Goes the Weasel played
Rush: Also, I think that those were used in the day of early TV showings to mark commercial breaks.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: GS, you ARE a rake! I shall have the executor of my estate place sheet music for PGTW on the stands.
Rich Maine: Oil! Let’s find that flame today!
Rush: 🙂
Mike n Rachel in DC: Oil for the Lamps of China!
Rush: Mrs Chan!
Hawaii_Steve: The cue dots for TV stations were white circles, like a donut. Black dots for theaters.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Those DOTS are actually EXPLAINED in a Dragnet episode where the perp turns out to be a projectionist!!
Mike n Rachel in DC: (and the SUVs of America)
Matt1: Momma Chan!
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Rush: Mrs. Chan in “Honolulu”
Dona: yes mike
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: If Captain Street marries Perry Mason’s secretary, she’ll be Della Street Street.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Maybe this was her job before she married Charlie?
Rich Maine: Angel ur on fire tonight
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: So much for the More Chins Than A Chinese Phonebook canard.
hounder: gorgeous full moon tonight.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Would it was Eternal Fire!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Sorry, No Number
Rush: Yes, Hounder?
mda19083: angel – never heard that one before
Rush: The rats flee!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: It’s a panel show.
Rush: Charlie nearly got it!
Mike n Rachel in DC: getaway boat!
Rush: Like “CC in Shanghai”
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: The Ty-D-Bowl guy had a similar boat. He was flushed with pride.
Rush: He nearly said “Pop”!
mda19083: sorry charlie
Rich Maine: Angel!
Rush:
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Rich, i expect to be grabbed after this meeting.
Rich Maine: No way angel
Matt1: <tin can>
Rush: Interesting piece of furniture by the stairs.
Rush:
Rich Maine: My mummy
Rush: TYSM…Matt…
hounder: pencil thin moustache. popular back hen
Rush: Yes.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Those p.t.m.’s are SO difficult to do well, impossible to maintain.
Rush: A bigger hat.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Guy’s kinda narcissist, sez us.
Rush: Headline music!
hounder: probably as hard as a handlebar moustache
Rush: THAT would look odd on Mr. Wong!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: I LOVE Headline Music! And of COURSE, the Typewriter Song!!
Rush: Budding romance?
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Uh-oh.
Rush: Street utters some of those “famous last words.”
Rush: WONG (1150 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Canton, Mississippi.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: WONG! Your doo-wong headquarters on the PM dial!!]
Rush: Nice shadows.
Rush: The men in the white suits have arrived…
Rich Maine: Yes rush
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Men in Black would complete things for A Show!
mda19083: they’re coming to take me away
mda19083: ha ha
Rush: 🙂
Mike n Rachel in DC: sinister little guy
Rush: Again…shadows.
Rush: Noirish here.
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: GREAT interplay of shadows—can’t even sense forground / background for surfe!
mda19083: they need to start locking the windows
Rush: YES!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: I LOVE “speeches”!!
Rush: YES
Rush: Technology fails again…
Rush: FIGHT!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Every time!
Rush: Referees arrive!
Rush: “Phraser”
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: THIS is why Kaiser & Frazer broke up.
Rush: 🙂
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Keye FINALLY gets the dame!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rush: We end with a saying…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Street plays cupid!
Rush: THE END
Matt1: <yee-haw>
Rich Maine: Sure let’s give China the oil
Mike n Rachel in DC: <applause>
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: YAY!
Rush: (Applause..)
Dona: <WAHOO>
Rush: YAY!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Happy Birthday Keye!
Rush: I like this film!
Rich Maine: Great film rush….enjoy vacation
Dona: I do too Rush
Dona: it’s another good one.
Rich Maine: Night all!
Rush: And…again….HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEYE LUKE!!!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Monogram, my Monogram! This is one of my favorites. See ALL next week, all but Rush, yes??
DanVenture: great show!
Rush: Thank you ALL!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: KEYE KEYE KEYE!
hounder: have fun on vcation. nite everyone.
mda19083: that was fun – let’s do it again next week
Rush: I will see you in a few weeks!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Rush…have a great vacation!
Angel LoMein+Phantom Phox: Gnite!
Matt1: Good night all and have a great week….Have a wonderful trip, Rush
Rush: I will be out of the country.
DanVenture: Hope to see everyone next week!
Godwinshelley2: Everyone have a safe week
Mike n Rachel in DC: See y’all next week. Except for our World Traveler. 🙂
Matt1: Safe travels!
Rush: So, Matt…plaese carry on …Steve….thank you in advance!
mda19083: rush – enjoy your time away
Godwinshelley2: See you soon, Paul
Dona: Have a wonderful vacation Rush!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ciao, all.
Rush: THSM, Dona!
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Godwinshelley2: Where are you going Rush?
Hawaii_Steve: Take care of your self Rush.
mda19083: be well until next time folks
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Rush: It is actually a pilgrimage.
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Rush: To Medjugorje.
Hawaii_Steve: Thank you for support in playing the EXTRAS.
Dona: Where is that Rush
Rush: it should be good.
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Rush: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dona: Oh
PaulM: looking forward to seeing hyou GS
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Godwinshelley2: Wow – so do travel safely
Hawaii_Steve: Good night everybody. Gotta go. Aloha.
Rush: The former Yugoslavia.
Dona: Sounds very interesting
Rush: Take care, steve!
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Godwinshelley2: You will have photos to share!!!
Rush: i will “talk” before I leave!
Godwinshelley2: OK
Godwinshelley2: Night everyone
Rush: TY ALL SO MUCH!
Godwinshelley2: stay safe
Dona: Be safe and we will see you soon Rush
Rush: HUGELY appreciated!
Godwinshelley2: night
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Rush: TYSM. I will try.
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Rush: Dona…Phil…Take care.
Rush: I thank you both!
Rush: Take care, Dona!
Rush: Good night!
Rush: See you soon…
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