The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for July 5, 2022
Feature:
Charlie Chan in Rio
Extras:
That Night In Rio (1941) – “They Met in Rio (A Midnight Serenade)”; That Night In Rio (1941) – “Chica Chica Boom Chic”; That Night In Rio (1941) – Carmen Miranda – “I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)”
Participants:
Godwinshelley2
Hawaii_Steve
hounder
Len Freeman
marcycloud
Matt1
mda19083
Mike in DC
Nothere
PaulM
Phil & Mrs. Phil
Rich Maine
RickET
Rush
Tucson
Rush has joined this room18:29
Rush:
Matt1 has joined this room
Rush: Hello, Matt!
Mike in DC has joined this room
Rush: Greatr to see you again!
Matt1: Hello Tush and welcome home!
Mike in DC: Good evening gentlemen!
Rush: Mike! Good evening to YOU!
Matt1: Hello M & (no) R!
Rush: 🙂
Mike in DC: Rach is a little worn out from some exercising…may join later. 😉
Rush: I spoke with steve last night, and he’s at work right now.
Matt1: Ah, Ok
Mike in DC: The “extras” look interesting
Rush: I should be doing some of that exercizing as well!
Matt1: They do!
Rush: YES! Steve chose some really good ones for tonight!
Mike in DC: We did a little workout then ran 4 miles…and it’s very humid today…
Rush: WOW!
Rush: In the heat and humidity!
Rush: It has been close to 100 here with about 80% humidity.
Mike in DC: We’re trying to get/stay in shape
Mike in DC: Yikes, Rush!
Rush: I should do more to follow your example!
Matt1: Tough battle, Mike
Mike in DC: DC has had a pretty mild summer so far…mostly high 80s
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Rush: Tucson! WELCOME!
Mike in DC: Hello Tucson
Matt1: Hello Tucson!
Rush: I don’t believe we have met, Tucson!
Rush: Does your name refer to your location, possibly?
Tucson: Hello folks! I’m a newbie but have looked at this site for a few years. I used to watch Charlie Chan flicks with ,
Matt1: Welcome to the Cgat then!
Rush: AH! Wwell, it’s a great honor to have you join with us this evening, Tucson!
Mike in DC: Glad to see that you’ve taken the plunge!
Rush: YES!
Matt1: My fingers are ALL over the keys tonight
Tucson: My dad on WGN, Chicago
Rush: As is our custom, yours will be the Seat of Honor tonight!
Tucson: Oh my
Rush: 🙂
Mike in DC: That’s cool. I’m from Detroit, but used to watch them with my dad as well.
Rush: So, you used to watch Chan on TV with your dad in Chicago?
Tucson: Started calling my dad Pop in the 1960’s
Rush: NICE!
Rush: I love that!
Matt1: lol, I did as well when I was a kid after Chan
Rush: 🙂
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Matt1: Hello MDA!
mda19083: hello all!
Tucson: My Dad really got a kick out of me watching them with him. I used to ask him, which one did it, and he would laugh and say we’ll see
mda19083: hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday weekend
RickET has joined this room
Matt1: Those are fond memories
mda19083: welcome home Rush
RickET: Hello all
Matt1: Hello Rick!
Rush: RickET!
Rush: WELCOME!
Rush: Please excuse me if I am wrong, but I think this is the first time I have met you?
mda19083: RickET – Phone home!
Rush: TYSM, MDA!
Rush: Nice to be back!
Rush: I am sorry I could not join in from afar.
RickET: Perhaps, last wk was first.
Rush: It woyuld have meant staying up until 1:30 am to do so, and I was pretty tired brom pong days!
mda19083: Rush – we like you wherever you are
Rush: (from)
Rush: TY… 🙂
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Matt1: Hello Hounder!
Rush: Hounder! Goode vening!
mda19083: good evening hounder!
hounder: hi everyone. please to meet you RickET
Rush: AH! I was away last week, Rick! So…WELCOME BACK!
Mike in DC: Hello MDA, hounder, Rick!
RickET: Good 2b here
hounder: hi tuscon
mda19083: hello mike
hounder: please forgive any typos tonight. i can barely keep my eyes open.
Rush: Hawaii Steve cannot be with us tonight due to his job, but he left us with his greeting as well as threee nice extras!
Tucson: Hiya Hounder
mda19083: Rush – I brought my leftover fireworks from the 4th of July
Rush: ITucson, what we have been doing lately is offering an “extra” or two…or three, as something of a warm-up for our weekly feature!
Tucson: Cool
Matt1: Should be a FUN start to the evening!
Rush: Tonight we have, courtesy of Steve, are THREE short pieces from another 20th Century-Fox “Rio” production…”That Night in Rio.”
mda19083: FUN is our middle name here in the chat room
Rush: These songs will be heard also in “Charlie Chan in Rio,” from the same year…1941!
Rush: So…
Rush: If we are ready, I will give the link for the first one…
Mike in DC: I was born ready. 🙂
Matt1: Dooooooo it!
Rush: Tucson, I will give a countdown when we are all ready, so we can see it at the same time…
Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHK4iyc31ac
mda19083: I am on the edge of my seat as usual
Tucson: Good deal
Rush: “They Met in Rio (A Midnight Serenade)”
Rush: Everyone ready?
Mike in DC: I am too, MDA…but that’s to reach the computer.
Mike in DC: Check
Matt1: Ready!
Rush: Say….60 secondds…?
Rush: 50…
Mike in DC: *checks watch*
Rush: 40 seconds…
hounder: ready
Rush: 30 seconds…
Rush: 20…
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
Mike in DC: lots of guitars in this one…
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Rush: Another bonus…TECHNICOLOR!
Mike in DC: and en Espagnol
Matt1: Si
Rush: YES!
RickET: Don Amache and Carmen Miranda
Rush: En Espaniol…NOT Portuguese…
Hawaii_Steve has joined this room
Rush: Yes, Rick!
Mike in DC: I just realized that, Rush.
Mike in DC: Steve! Muchas gracias!
Rush: Steve!
Rush: You made it!!!
Rush: On your lunch break?
Matt1: Alohaaaaaaaaaaaa, Steve!
Rush: We are watching the first of the three.
Rush: “They Met in Rio (A Midnight Serenade)”
Hawaii_Steve: Hola Agmigos from the Spanish Land of Chan.
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Aloha, sir!
Hawaii_Steve: Amigos.
Rush: And, TYSM…again…for these extras!
Hawaii_Steve: On a quick lunch break, then back to work.
Rush: Honored, sir!
Mike in DC: We’re getting the English version of the Spanish words, now
Mike in DC: Glad you found this clip, Stegve
Mike in DC: *Steve
hounder: aloha hs
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Hawaii_Steve: Pass the enchiladas please.
Matt1: <clap-clap>
Rush: So, there we have the first one.
Rush: We will hear this near the beginning of the movie tonight.
Rush: yes!
Hawaii_Steve: Glad that you are enjoying the extras.
hounder: did we say something tuscon didn’t like?
Mike in DC: Not quite as elaborate a setting, though.
Rush: The next one we will hear at the START of our movie tonight!
Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vt5k7qxyv8
Rush: “Chica Chica Boom Chic”
Matt1: Ready!
Mike in DC: Got it.
Rush: This one’s a treat!
Rush: Everyone ready?
Mike in DC: Looks like they went all out for this film
Rush: 60 seconds…
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Rush: 50…
hounder: ready
Rush: 40 seconds…
Rush: 30 seconds…
Hawaii_Steve: ready,
Rush: 20 seconds…
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
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Hawaii_Steve: This is a fun one.
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
hounder: wb tuscon
Mike in DC: 4th of July!
mda19083: fireworks included
Rush: CLASSIC Carmen Miranda!
Matt1: Not quite the same without Jimmy playing along, lol
mda19083: I am suddenly hungry for fruit salad
Rush: 🙂
Mike in DC: Very nutritious hat.
Rush: Technicolor was MADE for Carmen Miranda!
hounder: quite a feat to balance that hat
Rush: 200 million less than today…
mda19083: did anyone read Carmen her Miranda rights?
Mike in DC: Don’s voice isn’t quite with his singing
Rush: MDA…I thought you were Angel on that one!!!
Rush: 🙂
Tucson: Hungry for fruit cup
Rush: Yes, Tucson!
mda19083: no one does it like Angel
Rush: Indeed!
Rush: Look at that deel color!!!
Rush: DEEP
Hawaii_Steve: Wonderful rich color for 20th Century Fox.
Mike in DC: This is the arrangement used in the Chan
Mike in DC: Just played slower for Charlie
hounder: the skirts look like parrots with all the colors
Rush: Add a bit of SWING..
Hawaii_Steve: This number is re-created in tonight’s Chan film, sort of. On a less budget.
Rush: Yes, Steve!
Rush: (Applause…)
Matt1: <clap-clap>
Hawaii_Steve: Just wonderful !!!
Mike in DC: <kids-yeah>
Hawaii_Steve: Eat your heart out MGM.
Rush: Great production there!
mda19083: I am almost in my Rio mode
Rich Maine has joined this room
Matt1: Hello Rich!
Rich Maine: Evening all!
hounder: hi rich
Mike in DC: Hey Rich
Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBsf8DdRwpI
Hawaii_Steve: MDA, Stand by. There’s more.
Rush: And…for our last of the three….
Rush: “I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)”
Mike in DC: We’ll see how Carmen compares to the great Lola Dean’s recording of this number.
Rich Maine: I was so excited I showed up last night…Matt kindly reminded me it was tonight!
mda19083: this one will surely put me over the top
Rush: We hear this one playing sort of in the background in one of the scenes from tonight’s movie…
Rush: Hello, Rich!
Rush: Good evening to you!
Matt1: Ready!
Mike in DC: all set here
Rush: The final of our three extras of the evening…
Rush: Everyone ready?
Rich Maine: Hey rush, Matt, mda
Tucson: You bet
Hawaii_Steve: All cued.
Rush: Very good….
Rush: 45 seconds…
Rush: 30 seconds…
Rush: 25…
Rush: 20…
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Rush: Anyone recall this one from the final episode of “The Prisoner” TV series from 1967?
Rush: Very trivial bit of trivia!
Matt1: I I I I like yjis!
Matt1: this
Rush: 🙂
Mike in DC: Sort of a Latin Trapp Family Singers tune…channeling Sound of Music a bit
Nothere has joined this room
Matt1: Hello NT!
Mike in DC: very cute
Rush: (applause…)
Mike in DC: Hey NT!
Rush: WOW!
Rush: TYSM, STEVE!
Matt1: <clap-clap>
Nothere: Hey folks. n relax. I did nthing strange here alone yesterday. No need to check under your chairs:)
Rush: GREAT extras tonight!!!!
Tucson: I yi yi yi liked it very much
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Rush: NOW!
Matt1: Thnx again Steve!
Mike in DC: There were very enjoyable!
Godwinshelley2: Did you start alreADY?
Rich Maine: Hi gs
Matt1: Hello GS!
Rush: 5 minutes till our feature!
Nothere: Hey God
Godwinshelley2: Ah good – I was just cuing up
Mike in DC: Hey GS!
Rush: Please ready your personal copies to the OPENING TITLE.
Hawaii_Steve: Matt, Rush, and the family, you are most welcome.
mda19083: thanks Steve for the extras – what a treat
Rush: Use the link above if needed!
Rush: “”Charlie Chan in Rio”
Nothere: Rush is back, but he didn’t Rush back.
Hawaii_Steve: For the Chan film, listen carefully to the opening theme. It’s the same arrangement as the earlier video.
Mike in DC: It is, Steve…just slower
Hawaii_Steve: Aloha GS.
Rush: THREE minutes to go…
Godwinshelley2: Hello everyone
Matt1: Cued to Opening Title here!
Nothere: GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES!
Godwinshelley2: and welcome to TUESDAY
Nothere: Timevarp.
Rush: Again…please pause at the OPENING TITLE.
Mike in DC: I’ve been thinking that today is Monday all day, because…Chan
Rush: Right after the Fox fanfare and logo.
Rush: 2 minutes…
Hawaii_Steve: Cued to after Fox logo.
Rush: 90 seconds…
Rush: 75 seconds…
Mike in DC: Gong-ready in DC
Rush: 60 seconds…
Rush: Nice “:live” title card shot…
hounder: hi gs and nt
Rush: 45 seconds…
Rich Maine: Harold Huber goes from Paris to Rio!
Rush: 40…
Rush: 30 seconds…
Hawaii_Steve: Si.
Rush: 25…
Mike in DC: …very adaptable guy
Rush: 20…
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Matt1: <GONG>
Rush: Title…
Rush: Music…
Nothere: I don’t trust Huber. He keeps folloving Chan and pretending to be different people. H should be brought in for questioning.
Godwinshelley2: classy upbeat music
Rush: Credits…
Rush: Yes, GS!
Rush: And…WELCOME to you, GS!
Hawaii_Steve: GS, we just heard another of theme song.
Rush: And to YOU as well, NT!!!
mda19083: oh Kay!
Hawaii_Steve: Love the big band sound with a Latin beat.
Rush: Carioca casino
Phil & Mrs. Phil has joined this room
hounder: not just different people. different cop type people
Nothere: Did you see my Rush comment Rush?
Mike in DC: They added a couple of tag phrases, but it’s the same…
Rush: Phil and Mrs Phil!
Nothere: Hey {Phils,
Matt1: Hello m/m Phil!
Rush: WELCOME to you both!!!!
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Dagnabit! Late again!
Rush: Just started the film!
hounder: hi phil and mrs
Mike in DC: Hey Phil & Mrs. Phil
Rich Maine: Jimmy rockint
Rush: Not the Mirandaesque head decor?
Hawaii_Steve: Just compare the different between an A production and a B production at Fox.
mda19083: hell Phils
Rush: yes, steve!
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Well AAAALLLOOOOHAAA to all our Chan friends. Looks like some new faces tonight!
mda19083: o hell – hello Phils
Rush: 🙂
Tucson: Howdy folks
Godwinshelley2: Hello to you
Hawaii_Steve: Something about this joint we like.
Nothere: No one gonna make the fur comment?
Tucson: Bring on the grape juice
hounder: stark contrast between the black stripes and that white dress
Rich Maine: Lo#a dean, Jimmy’s sister
Rush: Yes, Hounder!
Tucson: Great clothes
Rush: Mrs. reynolds.
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Richard Derr there.
Rush: Carmen Miranda tribute here!
Rush: Jimmy loved it!
Tucson: Chemisty problem
Rush: Yes, Tucson.
mda19083: what Lola wants …
Mike in DC: Not sure if Jimmy like the music or the dancer…
Rush: Harold Huber, shows his versatility again.
Rush: Another police inspector.
Nothere: Your under arrest for fruit smuggling.
Rush: “Cap.”
Rush: Yes, NT!
Mike in DC: He obviously couldn’t hold a job, Rush. 🙂
Rush: “No peeking…”
Rush: Mike: 🙂
Nothere: Someone keeps hiring him Mike.
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Jimmy sticks foot in mouth again.
Rush: Lola seeming gets what Lola wants…
Rush: Yes, Phil!
Rush: Kay Linaker.
Mike in DC: Lots of white dresses
Rush: Yes!
Rush: Tropical.
Rich Maine: Same maid!
hounder: or at least dresses that appear white
Nothere: Nov do all the men here have flovers in their button hole?
Mike in DC: I’ve had houses smaller than that dressing room
Rush: Iris Wong…as Lili….Wong…
Hawaii_Steve: “Helen, my jewels.”
Rush: Yes, Mike! Star treatment.
Hawaii_Steve: Lots of ’40s lingo in this film.
Rush: Hamilton MacFadden: Bill Kellogg
Mike in DC: Isn’t Bill Kellogg the actor who used to be a director?
Rush: Yes, Steve!
Rush: YES!
mda19083: swinging a tomahawk – does that make her a battleaxe
Hawaii_Steve: Yes Rush. I recognized MacFadden when he first walked in.
Rich Maine: Song available on iTunes
Rush: Hamiltom MacFadden. He was also in…and directed….”The Black camel,” the film that “inspired” this one!
Nothere: It vas vritten by a bunch of hep cats.
Tucson: Very cool info Rush
Rush: He directed and was in for a few seconds, the “original” version of this film…”The Black Camel.”
Hawaii_Steve: Watch for the “Black Camel” reference between Macfadden and Toler. When they meet.
Rush: I think my posts are slowing…
Rush: Arturo….
Nothere: But their still as pithy a ever Rush.
Phil & Mrs. Phil: “Pretty girl like lapdog..sometimes go mad.” Hahha
hounder: bedtime. be back
Rush: Nice shadow of flowers on the wall.
Rush: Imagine the scene without the shadow.
Rush: Bland.
Hawaii_Steve: Well, I had to leave this wonderful party. Somebody has to pay the bills.
Nothere: Flover shadovs? I must be off again. Time?
Rush: Will do, Steve!
Rich Maine: Yup, big magnify
Mike in DC: That unfortunate connection between work and money Steve…aloha!
Hawaii_Steve: See you folks next week. Aloha.
Rush: Have a GREAT rest of your day!
Nothere: Night Steve
Rush: TYSM…again…Steve!
Hawaii_Steve has left this room
Rush: GREAT extras tonight!!!
Matt1: Take care, Steve!
Phil & Mrs. Phil: 10:50
Tucson: Have a Good one
Nothere: Off by 1 minute. Thanks Phils.
Rush: Tucson, Steve comes to us from Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii.
Nothere: I’d say get a room,but they have one.
Rush: The area where beach scenes from “The Black Camel” were shot!
Mike in DC: I like Lola’s recording much better than Carmen
mda19083: Miranha – aka Tarnavero
Tucson: Nice in Oahu!
Rush: Yes, Mike?
Rush: Agreed, Tucson!
Nothere: Nice robe, but it’s no Charlie Chan robe.
Rush: Some “psychognosis….”
Rich Maine: Yes tarnerva lives
Mike in DC: True, NT. No dragon.
Nothere: Or is this a smoking jacket?
Rush: Yes, Rich!
mda19083: Victory Jory – Jonas Wilkerson in GWTW
Rush: Yes, MDA!
Rich Maine: No cassette tape…..
Mike in DC: Lola already seems to have a wedding ring on…
Rush: Bombshell admission!
Nothere: But she dosen’t extend her pinkie.
RickET: Engagement
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Must be extra-decaf
Rush: And Rick.
Rich Maine: My name Manuel!
Nothere: 1930’s mind control technology far outstrips modern tech.
Rush: “Speial” cigarette.
Mike in DC: Mapuchari?
Tucson: Mapa Charlie!
Tucson: Egypt
Nothere: You can mx mapuchari and tanna leaves, but no tetragine.
mda19083: smokin’ dpe
mda19083: dope
Rush: Yes, Tucson.
mda19083: did someone say tetragene?
Phil & Mrs. Phil: How about creeped out
Mike in DC: We never find out what the magic drug in these cigarettes is, though.
Nothere: Mike. Mike said it.
Rush: It is interesting how smoking certain cigarettes comes into play in several Chan movies!
Rush: Poor Clark…
Nothere: Cigarette smoking? All these films are herby banned.
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Not a very devoted butler…
Tucson: Clark makes out, he gets envied to Maine later
Rush: 🙂
hounder: back
Mike in DC: wb hounder
Mike in DC: “my little lotus blossom?”
Nothere: Their at it again. Vonder vhat 1930’s version of an x rating is. PG?
Rush: Hamiltom MacFadden appears in three Chan films: “The Black Camel,” “Charlie Chan in Reno,” and this one…
Matt1: <tin can>
Rush:
Rush: Tucson…an old tradition!
Tucson: Gotcha
Rush: At a verified demise, Matt notes the Tin Can..and I try to add a visual!
Nothere: No crime scene photographer? No onder this guy can’t hold a job.
mda19083: Lola “kicked” the can
Rush: In a past Chat Room, we had sound effects available! There was no sound for a bucket being kicked…BUT there was a kicked tin can sound!
Rush: hence…what we do today!
Rush: 🙂
Tucson: Always reminds me of a mad mad world
Rush: YES!
Rush: 🙂
Nothere: That is also vhy I occasionally type thingees like. Thip and Bavoom, and start each movie vith gentelmen strt your engines.
Godwinshelley2: The Big “W”
Rush: Via Jimmy Durante!
Rush: SLAP!!!
Rush: Nice look on her face!
hounder: and the hanky won’t smudge the prints
Rush: If not rubbed on the box.
Tucson: I liked how Jimmy says ow
Rush: YES!
Rush: Chan tested her.
Rush: Lili Wong.
Rush: “Understand…”
hounder: charlie the romantic
Rush: Yes, Hounder!
Phil & Mrs. Phil: I..can’t resist saying it..Jimmy’s an idiot
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Sorry, comes out about every movie.
Rich Maine: True Phil’s
Rush: Well….let’s just say, Jimmy’;s a bit “distracted”!
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Yes, that’s a good way of putting it.
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Trying to be kind!
Nothere: Lets just say he’s enthusiastic.
Rich Maine: Fast coroner
Rush: Yes, NT.
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Slice ’em and dice’em
Rush: If Lola was packing at the time, was there a suitcase or anything similar near the body?
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Now Harold Huber on the other hand – too cool.
Rush: Agreed.
mda19083: rush – she was “packing” a gun
Rush: Improntu dance lesson….
Rush: Yes, MDA!
Rush: Nice rear projection here.
mda19083: Jimmy is a smooth operator
Mike in DC: Mary Beth Hughes is cute
Rush: True.
Tucson: He’s trying
Rush: yes.
Rush: Fish bowl needs cleaning.
mda19083: get that lady a drink
Rush: 🙂
Nothere: Maybe she knovs our Honolulu
Rush: WOW!
Rush: Nice bit here!
Mike in DC: How about the famous “paraffin test?”
Rush: “It’s all Chinese to ME.”
Rush: Yes, Mike!
hounder: like the font on the subtitles
Rush: Agreed, Hounder!
Tucson: Me too
Rush: “COFFEE.”
Nothere: Alvays good to be flexible on your murder victim.
Matt1: The Captain!
Rush: Recognize this gentleman?
Mike in DC: Needs a parrot, Rush
Godwinshelley2: Capt K
Rush: We saw him in “Dead Men Tell.”
Rich Maine: He doesn’t look Indian!
Tucson: Captain on dead men
Rush: Yep!
Matt1: Clean shaved
Rush: Distinctive voice.
Matt1: Yep
Nothere: Thought he looked familar. So many repetshrd to keep up,
Rush: 🙂
Nothere: repeats even..
Mike in DC: Would have been great for radio dramas
Godwinshelley2: And how many have been on Perry Mason?
Rush: 🙂
Rush: I am sure a few were!
Rush: Perhaps even the original MOVIE verson!
Rush: Nice use of the mirror there.
Tucson: Major eye contact
Rush: Yes.
Rich Maine: Everyone has been on PM
Rush: Just about!
Nothere: As long as you bring up Perry . Vhat is the connection betveen Perry Mason, voodoo and King Kong.
Tucson: Tee hee hee
Rush: (cough…)
Godwinshelley2: Even Keye Luke
marcycloud has joined this room
Rush: Keye Luke was on MANY TV productions….including….Perry Mason…!
marcycloud: Hi everyone
Mike in DC: Hey Marcy
Nothere: Hey Marcy
hounder: professional ability….detective
Rush: AH! Marcycloud!!! WELCOME!!!
marcycloud: just wanted to say hi y’all
Rush: Great to see you here tonight!!!
Rush: How have you been?
Matt1: Hello MC!
Tucson: Howdy Ma’am
Nothere: Hovdy maam
marcycloud: there’s the MC! haha..been doing fine.
hounder: hi mc
Rush: Jimmy quotes “Tombstone” Fletcher.
marcycloud: how is everyone?
mda19083: horsefeathers
Tucson: Loved the horsefeathers
Rush: Cannot complain, MC…
Matt1: Funny scene here
Mike in DC: Things are well here
Rush: Jimmy is going to regret this…
Phil & Mrs. Phil: And the cigarette went where?
Nothere: Jimmy dosn’t actually beleive something.
Rush: Look at Huber’s reactions.
Mike in DC: Just ignore the flaming carpet, Phil…
marcycloud: whats the timer at?
Mike in DC: 41:45
Tucson: Jimmy is messed
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Slap him harder Charlie
Rush: 🙂
Mike in DC: He’s a game boy? Could be a Nintendo switch…
marcycloud: thank you for timer
Rush: I think Lili could have “helped” him there!
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Sure, my fiance’ just got murdered AFTER she confessed to being a murderer – sure, I’ll join the party.
Rush: Forgot to give Jimmy the coffee.
Rich Maine: He wants to roofie her!
Nothere: The party must go on Phils.
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Oh, I’m just a stick in the mud.
hounder: long shots occasionally win
Rush: Chan may be remembering a previous case here!
Rush: 🙂
Nothere: Lilly already flover. No eed for Phils to be vallflovers.
Godwinshelley2: Black Camel
Rush: Next week, we return to our regular MONDAY gathering….
Rush: Our movie will be: “Castle in the Desert.”
Mike in DC: Rice is not a nice guy. And he has a dumb name to boot.
Nothere: Don’t desert our regular meeting in the desert.
Rich Maine: My absolute favorite one!
Nothere: Madam Sturna yuck. Othervise goofd.
Rush: “Pin scratches.”
Mike in DC: Now we get the “bubonic rat” music from Panama…lots of recycled music in this one
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Rush: Music builds….
Mike in DC: I would so love to know how they put these music scores together
Rush: FIGHT!
marcycloud: if i’m not here i’ll be babysitting grandkids..they are on the way back from kayaking in the Sierra’s.
Rush: CLUNK!!!
Tucson: Nice action scene
Rush: Nice dive, Jimmy!
Nothere: Sadly I leave you nov. Have a good night all.
Rush: Jimmy at his best!
Godwinshelley2: At least you don’t have to worry about Sharks for that
Mike in DC: Take care NT
Rush: Have a great evening, NT!
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Nite NT
Rush: See you next week!
Godwinshelley2: Night
Mike in DC: Jimmy. Courage A+ Wits B-
Tucson: Take care
Matt1: Take care NT
Rush: Perhaps!
Matt1: <tin can>
Rush: In this case…the butler GOT it.
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Phil & Mrs. Phil: WOW the lights went out. Wild!
hounder: that dang light switch
Rush:
Godwinshelley2: Remind me to only do last minute reveal when standing NEXT to light switch – and with my back to a wall
Mike in DC: The room with 27 light switches
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Len Freeman: Better late than never
hounder: hi len
Rush: Len!
Matt1: Hello Len!
Rush: GREETINGS!!!
Mike in DC: Hey Len!
Rich Maine: Yea who designed that room!
Rush: We near the conclusion of “Charlie Chan in Rio.”
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Len good to see you.
Rush: How are you tonight, Len?
Tucson: Hello
mda19083: just like the western movies – always keep your back to the wall
marcycloud: Hi Len..i got here 5mins ago too!
Rush: The amateur detective comes to the aid of CC…
Rush: “Bulldog Drummand”
Len Freeman: Nice to be here… are we about 48 nmins in?
Mike in DC: Not following the Camel reference that Steve mentioned, though
Rush: 51.
Mike in DC: 51:10
Rush: 51:10
Len Freeman: Pretty close
Rush: 51:20
Rush: 51:40
Len Freeman: Is that McFadden?
Rush: Yes!
Rush: Ironically, he was in the “original” version of tghis film (“The Black camel” as well as this “remake.”
Len Freeman: Fun cooincidence
Rush: Yes!
Rush: And…he directed “Camel”
Rush: He was also in “Charlie Chan in Reno.”
Rush: Get her a good attorney!
Godwinshelley2: Maybe McFadden like to work with Huber
Rush: HM! Could be!
mda19083: like finding a “needle” in a haystack
Phil & Mrs. Phil: Maybe Charlie should get a case of the cigs;
Tucson: I always think of Huber getting shot up in Thin Man
Mike in DC: He was really good in that picture too, Tucson.
Rush: KAY LINAKER
Rush: Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo: Joan Karnoff
Charlie Chan in Reno: Mrs. Russell
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island: Séance Apparition
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise: Mrs. Pendleton
Charlie Chan in Rio: Helen Ashby (alias Barbara Cardosa)
Rush: Nice work here….
Tucson: Great eye Rush
Mike in DC: Séance Apparition has to be the coolest role ever.
Rush: Chan at work…
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Matt1: Funny
Rush: He won’t “fold up.”
Rich Maine: His face!
mda19083: I love this scene!
Len Freeman: phoned up…. Kay Linaker …
Rush: Jimmy jumps to conclusions again.
Len Freeman: Black Camel 101
Rush: Yes!
Mike in DC: This isn’t going to hold up in court, Charlie
Matt1: It will now
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Plead temporary insanity.
Mike in DC: She’s trying to “protect” Morana. And he’s trying to “protect” her. Who’s telling the truth?
Rush: Her story stands up…his is full of doughnut holes!
Tucson: It’s a cinch!
Rush: 🙂
mda19083: we can’t handle the truth – this is a Charlie Chan movie
Rush: Jimmy has a date with the US Army.
Rush: And, next week, Jimmy is on leave to assist Pop!
Rich Maine: Jimmy on the March!
Rush: Closing credits….
Mike in DC: <kids-yeah>
Matt1: <yee-haw>
Tucson: Jimmy and his pidgeons
Rush: (applause…)
RickET: Great
Tucson: Very nice
Mike in DC: Always a fun one
Rush: Again, next week: “Castle in the Desert.”
Rich Maine: Hooray….can’t wait till next week! Bye all
mda19083: another good one!
hounder: thanks for the fun. see you all next wek.
Rush: NO…NOT DESSERT!
Matt1: Good night folks and have a wonderful week!
Mike in DC: Take care, Rich. Thanks for another enjoyable evening!
Mike in DC: Rush…did you want to talk about the quiz?
Len Freeman: Looking forward to that sheriff in the desert !
Tucson: Thank you folks for having me! Great fun
Rush: Thank you ALL….for another great evening!
mda19083: be well all until next week
RickET: Thanks
Rush: Thank you MATT for taking over the past two weeks!
Mike in DC: It was great to meet you Tucson. Hope to see you again!
mda19083: it was another fun one
Rush: HUGELY appreciated!!!
Godwinshelley2: And see you all in LESS than one week
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Rush: I hope that everyone had a great Independence Day yesterday….
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Godwinshelley2: Night
Rush: And, may the coming week be wonderful!
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Rush: Thank you for joining with us Tucson!
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marcycloud: see y’all next time…have a good one!
Len Freeman: For you too Rush.
Rush: i hope that you enjoyed yourself toinght!
Mike in DC: Take care, Marcycloud
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Rush: Please consider join in again next week!
Len Freeman: night..
Rush: take care, everyone!!!
Mike in DC: Bye Len!
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Rush: TYSM, Len!
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Mike in DC: Rush…did you want to talk about the quiz?
Rush: Okay!
Rush: Perfect time to do that!
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Mike in DC: Would you like to put it on the website? message board? Or?
Rush: You have obviously been HARD at work on it!
Mike in DC: Maybe as a monthly feature?
Mike in DC: It’s been a labor of love!
Rush: Would you like to break it into several parts?
Rush: Yes, truly a labor of love! I can tell!!!
Mike in DC: Most of the info to answer the questions is available from the website…it would be a great way to get people to look at more stuff, too
Rush: maybe even ten parts of 25 questions?
Rush: Agreed, Mike!
Rush: Great for a “search.”
Mike in DC: Sure. Would you like me to send you the “chunks?” I’m putting together a separate sheet of answers, so you can provide questions one week and answers the next…or however.
Rush: We could announce it next week at the Chat, and then I could send it out via the next weekly news email?
Rush: Sounds great, Mike!
Mike in DC: Sounds good! I’ll send you the separate parts in separate documents so it will be easy to keep things organized. Should be fun!
Rush: Sens me the first “chunk,” and the answers, and I can ready it for “publication.”
Mike in DC: OK. Coming to an inbox near you in the next day or two!
Rush: I can send it out via email as well as via the Message Board.
Rush: TYSM, Mike!
Rush: I willbe back to you on it!
Mike in DC: Looking forward to it…have a great week!
Rush: This will be fun!
Rush: You too!
Rush: take care, and THANK YOU!!!
Mike in DC: OK. See you!
Rush: say Hi to Rachel!
Mike in DC: Will do…I think she’s asleep now. 🙂
Mike in DC: Bye!
Rush: Good night!
Rush: 🙂
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