The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for August 24, 2020
Feature:
The Shanghai Cobra
Extra:
Secret Agent X-9 (Chapter 8)
Participants:
DanVenture
DonaGodwinshelley3
hounder
Louise
Matt1
Mike n Rachel in DC
Phil & Mrs. Phil
PaulM
Rush
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Rush:
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Matt1: Hello Rush!
Rush: Good evening, Matt!
Rush: How are you tonight?
Matt1: Hope all is well?
Rush: Well, I hope!
Rush: 🙂
Matt1: Good here, thnx….u?
Rush: Yes, overall…cannot complain!
Matt1: Did you start back yet?
Rush: I somehow got Chatavod to let me keep using my name here.
Rush: I was on campus for a few hours today.
Rush: Meeting teachers regarding scheduling, etc.
Matt1: Nice….good to see it?
Rush: We will be teaching online until the 11th of September.
Matt1: Not too long then
Rush: Then students can return…at least until our enlightened state’s government finds a way to halt us again.
Rush: Not long.
Rush: Older daughter sarah starts at school September 1.
Matt1: The State here required two options to parents, in school or online for 1st semester
Rush: These are private schools.
Rush: Similar here.
Rush: Most want to be IN school.
Matt1: Here it ranges from 43-62% in person
Rush: I am in favor of being IN school asap!
Matt1: I agree
Rush: Our school polled parents and it was 59-41 for being at school.
Rush: I suspect more parents will come around to the notion of sending their kinds into school.
Matt1: That’s impressive…..especially for CA
Rush: Well, again, we are a private school.
Matt1: True
Rush: A lot of people are scared by the constant media drumbeat.
Matt1: Yes…..it really confuses many
Rush: Personally, I haven’t had a moment’s fear for my personal health from the start, once the FACTS came in.
Matt1: We actually went to Disney 2 weeks ago for a weekend……never felt safer, but we were cautious
Rush: Yes.
Rush: We just need to practice what we really ALWAYS practice!
Matt1: So safe, we’re going back out next month for my birthday
Rush: We always wash our hands and stay away when prople cough, etc!
Rush: AH!
Rush: Perfact!
Matt1: Yep….I’ve been that way my whole life
Rush: Well…a happy birthday to you in advance!
Matt1: lol, thnx
Rush: 🙂
Rush: So have I, really.
Matt1: Just another rwason to get away
Rush: YES!!!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: How far are you from Disney?
Matt1: Depends….during the virus, takes us 1.5 hours….pre? up to 3.5 Traffic is nuts when things are “normal”
Rush: Ah, yes!
Rush: too, have benefited from light freeway traffic!
Matt1: I think Disney may still be closed in CA?
Rush: Well…we ARE talking about CALIFORNIA, right?
Matt1: lol, yes
Rush: Not exactly the “Home of the Brave” here.
Matt1: Is the Iowa schools opened?
Rush: Yes.
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Rush: Seems that they are all opening with the online option.
Matt1: Hello Hounder!
Rush: Hounder!!!!
hounder: I made it!. hopefully i can stay.
Rush: YAY!
Rush: Yes…I hope that you are “allowed” to stay tonight!
hounder: last week we had a power outage just after i got in.
Matt1: I’m Ok with that Rush….baby steps. Helps with anxiety
Rush: How’s your mom?
Rush: Indeed, matt!
Matt1: Still in NC, Hounder?
Rush: We can wait for a few more minutes for our serial….
Matt1: I’m cued
hounder: so so. yesterday was an off day. her mind was really lot.
Rush: Yes.
hounder: yes matt/ that’s why internet is so iffy.
Matt1: Sorry to hear….good days and not so?
Rush: Sorry, Hounder.
hounder: roller coaster. changes sometimes hourly.
Matt1: How much longer in NC?
hounder: probably middle to end of oct.
Rush: I am caring for a man as I work with Visiting Angels, who is confined to bed. Have to do a LOT for him. A humbling experience to be sure.
Rush: (a part time “extra” job)
Rush: Yes, to the above, Hounder.
Rush: Well….shall we count down?
hounder: so far she’s still somewhat mobile. yesteray she thought she was in a nursing home and she was leaving.
Rush: Yes…
hounder: she kept asking if i worked herre
Rush: Being mobile is a real blessing.
Rush: 30 seconds….
Rush: 20 seconds…
Rush: 15…
hounder: i can’t do the serial so don’t wait for me
Rush: 10…
Rush: OK.
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Rush: Title….
Rush: Credits…
Rush: Chapter 8 tonight…
Rush: Shadow Island…1943
Matt1: music, lol
Rush: “Pappa Pierre”
Rush: yes, Matt!
Rush: the music choices in this one are funny at times!
Matt1: The pressure builds, as does the suspense
Rush: Great shot, X9!
Matt1: Well, Lee did shoot a Cobra, so
Rush: I think if we look back on last week’s cliffhanger, we didn’t see what we just saw!
Rush: TRUE, Matt!
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Earlier I saw Ann Codee in the credits. I think she’s another Chan actor.
Matt1: Ah
Rush: CODEE, Ann (March 5, 1890; Antwerp, Belgium – May 18, 1961; Hollywood, California)
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness: Complainant at Police Headquarters
Charlie Chan in Rio: Margo
Rush: Keye Luke just reminded me: Believe it or not, I have not yet learned to tie a tie~!
Matt1: Ever?
Rush: Nexer!
Rush: I have always had someone else tie it and then I save the knot!
Matt1: lol….I’m hoping living in FL now, I’ll never have to again
Rush: You are probably correct, matt!
Matt1: I don’t think I wore slacks/jeans more than a week last year!
Rush: That ship’s captain wears o MONACLE, right?
Rush: “Cy”
hounder: wow rush!
Rush: 🙂
hounder: i ad to teach my stepson to tie a tie
Rush: I guess I should make that a personal project!
Rush: That looked like “Chuckles Routine 21!”
Rush: “Tommy” seems to be readilly spilling the beans!
Rush: Meanwhile…aboard the sub…
Rush: Cliffhaner in a couple minutes…!
Rush: Not good….
Matt1: Get ready for a close shave, X-9!
Rush: YOW!
Rush: ext week….Chapter Nine…”The Danger Point” (Get it?)
Matt1: <clap-clap>
Rush: (Applause)
Matt1: brb
Rush: Maybe he’ll land right between those blades!
Rush: Okay.
Rush: Hounder…still here?
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Rush: Louise!
Louise: Hello Chan Clan
Rush: Good evening and WELCOME!
Rush: How are you this evening, louise?
Louise: Good Rush, still eating dinner.
Matt1: Hello Louise!
Rush: Sounds good…a bit of a later dinner?
hounder: hi louise
Louise: Yes we started late. Sweet potatoes and salmon!
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Rush: And, prepared to perfection, I am sure!
Louise: Hi GS
Matt1: Hello GS!
Rush: GS!
Godwinshelley3: Hello – laptop in shop – on phone
Rush: hello, and a big WELCOME!
hounder: there’s about a 20 sec delay tonight on my posts. just fyi
Rush: On the road, GS?
Rush: Hounder, that happens!
Godwinshelley3: In DE – but computer needed work
Rush: it will go away eventuelly!
Rush: AH!
Matt1: Start 20 seconds earlier, Hounder!
Rush: I did see that “3”!
Godwinshelley3: Took it in last week – today they started on it
Rush: Yes, Matt!
Rush: 🙂
hounder: hi gs
Louise: GS: soubds typical
Rush: I understand that, GS!
Godwinshelley3: Seeing the new movie “Tesla” on Wednesday
Rush: Yes?
Rush: About the man or the car? 🙂
Louise: Tesla is in theatres now?
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Matt1: Cued!
Godwinshelley3: On 30% occupancy in theater
Rush: Or the ’80s band?
Godwinshelley3: With masks
Rush: Yes.
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Louise: Let us know how it is GS
Rush: Not great for popcorn consumption!
Godwinshelley3: It’s at our art theater
Matt1: Hello DV!
DanVenture: Evening, All!
Rush: DV!
Rush: WELCOME!
Louise: Hi Dan
Godwinshelley3: Rush are you no longer coastal?
Rush: 5 minutes to go…
Rush: Please ready your personal copies!
Louise: and yes, hard to eat popcorn with a mask. I am just staying homne and trying to watch the hundreds of DVDs I have.
Rush: Pause at the opening title…
Louise: CUED here
Godwinshelley3: I’m cued here – with subtitles
Rush: Agreed, Louise!
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Matt1: Hello M/M Phil!
Louise: Hi to the Phils
Rush: Mr. and Mrs. Phil~!
Phil & Mrs Phil: Aloha to all our Chan Friends!
Godwinshelley3: Any word on how Hawaiian Steve is doing these days?
Rush: Good evening!
Matt1: He was here last week, no?
Rush: Aloha to you both, as well!
Phil & Mrs Phil: You may have noticed I fell suddenly silent last week. That’s because I fell suddenly asleep at the keyboard.
Rush: 2 1/2 minutes to go!
Rush: Please pause your movies at the opening title..
Matt1: It happens! zzzzzzzzzz
Rush: TWO minutes…
Phil & Mrs Phil: One second concious, next second gone.
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Matt1: wb Hounder!
Rush: WB, Hounder!
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Phil & Mrs Phil: WB Hounder
Rush: 90 seconds…
Phil & Mrs Phil: Hi Dona
Rush: DONA!
Matt1: Hello Dona!
Rush: WELCOME!
Dona: Hello Everyone!
Rush: 75 seconds…
Rush: 60 seconds…
Dona: All set Rush
Rush: Fellow “Socalian”!
Rush: 50 seconds…
Rush: 40 seconds…
Louise: Hi Dona
Rush: 30 seconds…
Rush: 25…
Phil & Mrs Phil: You must be eating dinner as you watch this Rush?
Rush: 20…
Rush: 15…
Rush: 10…
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Matt1: <GONG!>
Rush: Title….
Louise: Thank you Matt
Rush: Music….
Rush: Credits…
Rush: Not tonight, Phil.
Louise: I love the gadgets in this one
Rush: I am alone with my younger daughter at this time.
Rush: After the movie we’ll fix something!
Rush: NICE rainy scene here.
Louise: and my favorite music again
hounder: hi all internet hiccup
Rush: AH!
Louise: very noirish
Rush: Sorry, Hounder!
Rush: Yes, Louise!
Rush: EXACTLY!
Phil & Mrs Phil: Wish it rain like that here. Soe local counties are facing drought conditions.
Phil & Mrs Phil: Some local counties
Rush: This is my favorite Monogram!
Rush: We could use some well-placed rain in CA.
Phil & Mrs Phil: WHY would you EVER carry a gun and not know how many rounds are in it?
Rush: Joe’s Coffee Shop.
Louise: Really Rush, your favorite?
Godwinshelley3: Are you still in CA?
Rush: Yes.
Rush: The atmosphere is good.
Godwinshelley3: Reminds me of the film “Detour”
Rush: And we have another interesting Monogram gimmick…the two-way jukebox!
Rush: Actually, oneway visually!
Phil & Mrs Phil: I think I’ll have a cup of coffee. Anyone else?
Rush: Watch your finger!!!
Matt1: <doing>
Rush: Good way to get rid of that guy.
Rush: She needn’t have bothered as we shall see!
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Phil & Mrs Phil: Cue the can
Rush: Awaiting verification….
Louise: Break it up! Break it up!
Matt1: <tin can>
Rush: TYSM, Matt…
Rush: “THIRD COBRA KILLING”
Matt1: Two more cans?
Rush: Shanghai, 1937…
Rush: One of several “undocumented chan cases.
Rush: Not the recycled footage as Chan gets in the cab
Rush: From…
Rush: “Secret Service.”
Louise: All bank workers…hmmmm
Rush: Yes.
Rush: Flashback footage…
Rush: Actual footage of the Japanese attack on Shanghai, 1937.
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Rush: Paul!
Rush: Good evening to YOU!
Louise: Thanks for that info Rush
PaulM: good evening
Dona: Hi Paul
Rush: Paul…we are at….10:30
Phil & Mrs Phil: Burns + Sea water = OUCH
Rush: SALT water.
Rush: 11:10
Rush: Here come a “double meaning” routine!
Rush: Fun stuff…
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Mike n Rachel in DC: *quick drive-by in progress*
Rush: Mike/Rachel!
Rush: WELCOME!
Louise: Everybody knows Charlie
Matt1: Hello M 7 R….and PM!
hounder: sorry m n m phil. i’d send you some rain if i could
Dona: MNR Hello!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Greetings, Chan brethren! (and sisthren!)
Rush: The bit I mentioned comes a little later…sorry!
hounder: hi m n r
Louise: Hi M&R
Phil & Mrs Phil: It would be appreciated hounder
Rush: TYSM, Mike…rachel!
Mike n Rachel in DC: So sorry to say that we are entering a difficult phase for MnR and Monday evenings… 🙁
Rush: School-related?
hounder: we’ve had 4 dry days since june 1. and the nest week looks wet as well.
hounder: yes m n r
Rush: That’s why your area is so lush and GREEN, Hounder!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes. I (Mike) am going to be teaching Monday evenings…will try to play hookey when I can. Rach has got her hands full with teaching and getting her second Masters degree.
Rush: Second, Masters…nice!
hounder: true rush but i wish it woulkd dry up enough for me to cut the grass before i need a goat
Dona:
Louise: What are your Masters in Rachel?
Matt1: We’ll miss you two
Mike n Rachel in DC: We will do our best…
Rush: yes, I have been lucky over the years, not missing too may Monday Nights.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Rachel has MM in conducting (Ms. Maestro!)
Rush: The big vault.
Mike n Rachel in DC: (Maestra…)
Rush: Cue geiger sound…
Dona: WOW!!! That is impressive.
Louise: Maestra!
Rush: Indeed, Mike!
Rush: Well. my virtual hat is off to her!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Trying to be musical in our corner of DC!
Rush: Well on your way, Mike!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Rush…she’s going for the “Masters+30” line on the teacher pay scale.
hounder: we’ll look forward to seeing you when you can join us again
Rush: THAT does not hurt, Mike!
Dona: Whenever things get normal where would we able to see the Maestra perform?
Rush: Very good!
Mike n Rachel in DC: $$$$$$$$
Louise: CUTE!
Rush: Yes, Louise!
Rush: “Apex Detective Agency”
Rush: “Breaking and entering”
Rush: I like how we see Ned’s figure approach.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Dona, she conducts in the DC area…but we make it out to CA on occasion. One of my former conducting students is at Santa Clara University…
Louise: Apex? After ACME
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Chan: “I AM police.”
Dona: I would love to attend if she is in the area.
Rush: Put him under the light!
Mike n Rachel in DC: There is a town called Apex, North Carolina. Their slogan is ‘the peak of good living’
Rush: Appropriate, Mike!
Louise: Nobody has lights in this place
Matt1: Tight budget
Rush: “Noir,” Louise!
Rush: Not many lights allowed!
Mike n Rachel in DC: around 21:00?
Rush: I miss the ring of real telephones.
Rush: 22:55
Rush: 23:10
Mike n Rachel in DC: Rush. You are dating yourself.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Jan van Horn?
Rush: ALWAYS!
Louise: Doily on her head
Rush: “The Tropics”
Dona: yes Louise
Rush: The date in the next booth.
Mike n Rachel in DC: *smooch*
Rush: Cute line coming….
Matt1: CC always playing cupid
Rush: Buster Keaton-inspired hat on her!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Matt, remember…13 kids.
Matt1: lol
Rush: 14 at this point!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yikes. A well-stocked quiver for sure.
Rush: “…or do they…?”
Rush: “I was just asking my wife about dinner…”
Rush: Here we go….
Rush: “No U-turn”
Dona: lol
Louise: No you turn here
Matt1: “rising generation sit too much”….classic
Rush: I love this.
Rush: CC is the match maker in a number of films.
Louise: He is into romance for sure
Rush: Yes!
Rush: “Why, this detective job ain’t sanitary!”
Rush: “I’m BIRMINGHAM, I ain’t Paul Revere!”
Louise: so funny
Rush: “Eager Beaver Routine 51”
hounder: i like bb lines
Rush: “Earthquake!”
Rush: Me too, Hounder!
Louise: secret passgae makes every movie better
Louise: passage
Rush: I have been adding a section for each film where BB appears: “The Wit and Wisdom of Birmingham Brown.”
Mike n Rachel in DC: *applause*. We’ll have to check that out, Rush.
Rush: Have been thinking on it for YEARS, and I am finally doing it.
Rush: So far, I have them from “Secret Service” to “The Shanghai Cobra,”
Mike n Rachel in DC: He’s a bit part of the laster films.
Mike n Rachel in DC: *later
Rush: Yes!
Rush: The “juke” lady.
Rush: “Take it easy…c’mon, feet…”
Rush: I love how BB makes his face turn toward the corpse.
Phil & Mrs Phil: Cue the can
Louise: I would love to see this movie on a big screen
Matt1: <tin can>
Rush: YES!
Rush: THAT would be GREAT, Louise!
Louise: Hard yo see the details and I bet it looks great with all the weird lighting
Rush: I bet so, too!
Rush: TYSM, Matt…
hounder: it would be great louise. it’s amazing how manymore details you notice on the big screen
Rush: Another cobra victim!
Rush: That’s very true, Hounder!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Those Italian street signs
Rush: When I first saw “Charlie Chan at the Race Track” years ago, I could read the “Blacton” patch on the track guards for the first time.
Rush: You DO see the dtails on the big screen!
Rush: “Don’t look at ME, I didn’t take it!”
Rush: This one’s got ’40s slang AND attitude!
Louise: bunch of goons
Mike n Rachel in DC: bobbysox
Rush: Yes.
Rush: And…yes!
Rush: The “rocket.”
Rush: Interesting method of breaking open a vault as we will see!
Rush: again…very “Monogram”.
hounder: …
Rush: “Never sell bear skin before shooting bear.”
Rush: “Thank YOU, Mr. Chan…thank you VERY much!”
Rush: CC’s hat is dented.
PaulM: yeah, just ask the mailman….we know EVERYTHING
Louise: Always the air ducts
Rush: Yes, Paul!
Rush: And…YES, Louise!
Rush: Jan Van Horn!
Louise: TYSM
Rush: !!!
Mike n Rachel in DC: air ducks?
Rush: “Four murders much MORE illegal.”
Rush: You patch them with duck tape, Mike!
Phil & Mrs Phil: Pentalite?
Rush: Not this adventure!
hounder: amateur attempt at concealment
Rush: Apoloogies, Phil!
Rush: u are correct! PENTALITE!
Rush: (You)
Louise: ouch
Rush: That’s the explosive used.
Rush: And VERY unstable it is!
Rush: “Mice will never play so long as cat is in house.”
Dona: Good Line
Rush: Yes!
Louise: Hope they have their lead underwear ready
Rush: Or a good hiding place!
Rush: Needs brake work.
Rush: Chan is tossing out comments, gaining clues.
Rush: Still there.
Phil & Mrs Phil: I’m getting drowsy
Rush: C’mon! Wake up!
Phil & Mrs Phil: Need some action!
Rush: This should help!
Rush: coming up….
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Rush: BOOM!!!
Rush: DEFINITELY investigate!
hounder: sewers figure in several chan movies
Phil & Mrs Phil: Oh yeah just drop an unknown quantity of explosive into a confined space and SEE WHAT HAPPENS
Louise: Yes hounder
Rush: Yes, Hounder!
Rush: And…YES, Phil!
Rush: (And, I forgot to say hello to Mrs. Phil!)
Rush: Long message!
hounder: wonder howany people today know morse code
Rush: Good question!
Phil & Mrs Phil: TYSM Rush
Rush: probably in connection with the military.
Louise: BANG!
Rush: BOOM!!!
Dona: I know sos but that’s it
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Rush: Yes!
Louise: Morse code: Girl Scouts
Rush: WB, GS!
Rush: AH!
Dona: Yes Louise that is where I learned it
Godwinshelley3: Husband was learning Chinese variant Morse code just before the Vietnam war ended
Phil & Mrs Phil: Wait…was Charlie sitting on the rocks that were on top of tommy?
Rush: I think that to get a HAM radio license, one had to learn it.
Rush: And he sold Joe his jukebox.
Louise: It is always Jarvis
Rush: 🙂
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hounder: i don’t know if you have to now rush. i know 20 ish years ago there was a linited ham license that didn’t require knowing morse code
Rush: A little martial art work by CC there.
Phil & Mrs Phil: Charlie put the Fu on him.
hounder: charlie is always the match maker
Louise: hoosegow
Rush: Yes, Hounder…so I was right.
Rush: More “No U-turn!”
Dona:
Louise: “DOLPHIN”
Rush: Good ending!
Rush: THE END
Matt1: <yee-haw>
DanVenture: Fun
Dona: Always a good ending.
Rush: Yes!
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hounder: hope to see y’all next week
DanVenture: Everyone stay healthy!
Rush: Next week…
Rush: “The Red Dragon”
Dona: Another good one Rush!
Rush: Yes, everyone….
Louise: Good movie, great evening. Thanks all.
Matt1: Take care and have a great week, folks!
Rush: Stay healthy and happy!
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Rush: I hope that you ALL had a good time tonight!
Dona: Looking forward to next week.
Dona: Thank you Rush
Phil & Mrs Phil: Remember..wash your hands. You don’t know where they’ve been. Aloha
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Rush: And…I thank you ALL for making this Monday night another evening of Chan-filled FUN!
Rush: Good night, Matt, Louise, and dona!
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Dona: Always a fun evening.
Rush: Have a GREAT week!
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Dona: You too.
Rush: Dona…saty COOL!
Dona: I’m trying
Rush: (stay)
Rush: Me too!
Dona: Have a good week!
Rush: Forunately, no fires in our area.
Rush: You as well….
Dona: yes
Rush: Good night!
Dona: good night
Rush: 🙂
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