The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for September 1, 2025
Feature: The Red Dragon
Chat Number: 1,324
Extra:
(none)
Participants:
Angel & Foxx
Austinchanfan
Godwinshelley
hounder
Louise
Nothere
Rush
09-01 18:41
Rush:
09-01 19:02
Louise:
Hello Rush, laboring alone today?
09-01 19:02
Rush:
Good evening, Louise!
09-01 19:02
Rush:
Happy to see you!
How are you this evening?
Yes, no Matt tonight.
09-01 19:03
Rush:
Today Marie and I drove to see our second daughter at her college for a short visit. Just returned home about an hour ago.
09-01 19:04
Rush:
That was out “Labor of Love” Day!
(our)
09-01 19:05
Louise:
Computer is acting up, otherwise fine here. Last day of beach visitors so we expect it to be quiet in town from now on.
09-01 19:05
Rush:
Might be a little sparce tonight due to the holiday.
Quiet can be good….
09-01 19:05
Louise:
No excuses. Everyone had the day off!
09-01 19:06
Rush:
True!
We usually have a lot of last-minuters!
Hounder!!
Good evening to YOU!
09-01 19:06
Nothere:
Hey al
09-01 19:06
Louise:
Hey hounder and Nothere
09-01 19:06
Godwinshelley:
Howdy all
09-01 19:06
Louise:
and GS. The old gang
09-01 19:07
Rush:
I hope all is well….
And….NT!
Same to you as well!
09-01 19:07
hounder:
that would be me. lost track of it being Monday. hi all/
09-01 19:07
Rush:
Welcome!!
Yes, Hounder!
09-01 19:07
Godwinshelley:
Took me awhile to find the DVD – a different box set
09-01 19:07
Louise:
true, hounder, I never know what day it is
09-01 19:07
Rush:
I almost did that at least one time myself this past summer!
GS!
WELCOME!!!!
09-01 19:08
Godwinshelley:
Hello
09-01 19:08
Rich in Maine:
happy end of summer all
09-01 19:08
Rush:
And….RICH!
WELCOME tp YOU!
(to)
09-01 19:08
Louise:
cued here and ready to go
09-01 19:08
Rush:
Sorry…tired fingers!
09-01 19:08
Godwinshelley:
I’m cued
09-01 19:08
hounder:
ready here
09-01 19:08
Rich in Maine:
are we roasting the s’mores tonite?
09-01 19:09
Rush:
Why not, sir!
09-01 19:09
Nothere:
Now come on folks you all know its Wensday.
09-01 19:09
hounder:
lol. i’m retired. it’s always sat
09-01 19:09
Rush:
We can use bandarias for that!
09-01 19:09
Rich in Maine:
yes hounder! and get to sleep late
09-01 19:10
Godwinshelley:
It’s Labor Day weekend – time for locals to take over the beach again
09-01 19:10
Rush:
Ah!
09-01 19:10
Louise:
GS: amen to that
09-01 19:10
Rich in Maine:
massive traffic on I95 today heading south!
09-01 19:10
Rush:
Last day of summer…
09-01 19:10
Godwinshelley:
I bet – did you have a lot of protestors in DC?
09-01 19:10
Rich in Maine:
but weather was perfect all weekend here
09-01 19:11
hounder:
yess
09-01 19:11
Godwinshelley:
Oh – sorry thought that was Mike not Rich – sorry’
09-01 19:11
hounder:
gs
09-01 19:11
Rush:
Perfect in my area as well.
09-01 19:11
hounder:
cool and rainy here.
09-01 19:11
Louise:
light visitors on our beach today: hope they all just went home
09-01 19:12
Rush:
09-01 19:12
Rich in Maine:
ocean is still quite cold
09-01 19:12
Rush:
3 minutes!
Lost track of the time…sorry!
09-01 19:12
Nothere:
GENTELMEN START MYOUR ENGINESX!
09-01 19:12
hounder:
we had a low of 46 sat
09-01 19:12
Rush:
2 1/2 minutes…
09-01 19:12
Rich in Maine:
yup cooler here as well H
09-01 19:12
Louise:
haying the sherry early, Nothere?
09-01 19:12
Nothere:
Too much tequila Rush?
09-01 19:13
Rush:
Please cue to the opening title…
TWO MINUTES….
09-01 19:13
Louise:
*hitting
09-01 19:13
Rich in Maine:
radium last week, atomic bombs this week
09-01 19:13
Rush:
Yes!
90 seconds….
09-01 19:13
Louise:
Rich, we are all glowing
09-01 19:13
Rush:
75 seconds…
09-01 19:13
Nothere:
Never was sure when Sherry. Brandy before dinner and after fainting according to the movies. A small sherry jusat to be socaiable from what I can tell.
09-01 19:13
Rich in Maine:
its that lovely shade of pink L!
09-01 19:14
Rush:
60 seconds…
09-01 19:14
hounder:
not even if you worked in a nuclear plant louise
09-01 19:14
Rush:
50 seconds…
40 seconds…
09-01 19:14
Rush:
30 seconds…
25…
20…
15…
10…
09-01 19:14
hounder:
nope. you’d glow blue
09-01 19:15
Rush:
5….
GO!!!
GONG!!!!
Music, title, credits,…..
09-01 19:15
Nothere:
Scotch asnd or Scotch and soda at a bat, and martini after dinner or at a bar. Movies are never clear avout the rules.
09-01 19:16
Louise:
Mexico City has no oxygen
09-01 19:16
Rush:
The sights of Mexico City….
09-01 19:16
Nothere:
I think this might be Paris
09-01 19:16
Rush:
Maybe the “Paris” of Latin America?
09-01 19:16
Nothere:
Darn that Dorn
09-01 19:17
Rush:
09-01 19:17
hounder:
charlie has a worldwide name
09-01 19:17
Nothere:
Is there anyone who dosen’t know Chan?
09-01 19:17
Louise:
yes hounder
09-01 19:17
Rich in Maine:
worldwide fame
09-01 19:17
Rush:
Not too many!
Yes!
09-01 19:18
Rich in Maine:
this film should have had Harold Huber as the inspector
09-01 19:18
Louise:
I thought he would show up Rich
09-01 19:18
Austinchanfan:
hi all
09-01 19:18
Rich in Maine:
hiya Austin!
09-01 19:18
Louise:
Hi Austin
09-01 19:18
Rush:
WELCOME, Austin!!!
09-01 19:19
Austinchanfan:
happy labor day
09-01 19:19
Godwinshelley:
The Nacho Hat!
09-01 19:19
Rich in Maine:
yup, Huber would have added a touch of humor
09-01 19:19
hounder:
they all look guilty.
09-01 19:19
Rush:
09-01 19:19
Nothere:
Arrest the hat. Never mind the charge just arrest it.
09-01 19:19
hounder:
hey austin
09-01 19:19
Rush:
09-01 19:19
Rich in Maine:
and it needed BB badly
09-01 19:20
hounder:
chatanooga isn’t bb
09-01 19:20
Rich in Maine:
no way hounder, not even close
09-01 19:20
Rush:
Tommy says he’s 18, but the math doesn’t work out to make him Number Three Son.
09-01 19:21
Rich in Maine:
BTW, watched Thursday Murder Club, it was very well done
09-01 19:21
Rush:
Tonight we have BB’s cousin, Chattanooga.
09-01 19:21
Austinchanfan:
oh I have that I my list
09-01 19:21
Rush:
Very good, Rich!
I agree with Chatanooga!
09-01 19:21
hounder:
chattanooga seems afraid of everything
09-01 19:21
Nothere:
The killer hid the gun under the carpet.
09-01 19:22
Rich in Maine:
funny seeing Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Ben Kingsley….all so excellent
09-01 19:22
Rush:
Heights are not my friend, either….!
09-01 19:22
Godwinshelley:
He says Tommy like Birmingham
09-01 19:22
Rush:
Maybe a Louisiana accent?
09-01 19:22
Louise:
Just watched Ben Kingsley in Ghandi. What an amazing story.
09-01 19:23
Rush:
AH! I saw that many years ago in a large theater.
It IS a great film!
09-01 19:23
Nothere:
Ben said he wasn’t worried about being typecast after that movie because there are few leads that wear a diaper.
09-01 19:23
Rich in Maine:
oh NT……
09-01 19:24
hounder:
both plutonium and neptonium are actual elements
09-01 19:24
Rush:
THE ACTUAL 95TH ELEMENT: Americium, discovered in 1944
09-01 19:24
Rich in Maine:
one bomb to wipe out a whole country? maybe an island nation…
09-01 19:24
Rush:
And, yes, Hounder, you are correct.
09-01 19:24
hounder:
americium is used in smoke detectors.
09-01 19:25
Rush:
Yes, Rich.
Ah…interesting, Hounder!
09-01 19:25
Louise:
we learn such interesting things from our participants
09-01 19:25
Nothere:
Maybe you should have called her Snuggle honey instead of stuff?
09-01 19:26
Rush:
Another “Lost” case of CC!
09-01 19:26
Louise:
that looks like a tweet!
09-01 19:26
Rush:
Yes, Louise!
09-01 19:26
Godwinshelley:
Did Charlie meet Mrs Chan as a suspect in a murder case?
09-01 19:27
Nothere:
Pretty suspect. Ugly killer.
09-01 19:27
Rich in Maine:
what a thought GS
09-01 19:27
Rush:
They met pretty long before that, GS.
09-01 19:27
Godwinshelley:
He might have just been a police officer
09-01 19:27
Rush:
Maybe when young CC pounded a beat in Chinatown!
09-01 19:28
Rich in Maine:
“neutral” passport, there wasn’t a war going on then, right?
09-01 19:28
Nothere:
Is there a Hawaian Chinatown?
09-01 19:28
Godwinshelley:
Look at those stylish shoes on Chan!
09-01 19:29
Rush:
Never try to lie or withold facts from CC!
Yes, GS!
09-01 19:29
Nothere:
snale oil
snake even
09-01 19:29
Louise:
a Nazi!
09-01 19:29
Nothere:
well im entertained.
09-01 19:29
Rush:
09-01 19:30
Godwinshelley:
Saddle Oxfords
09-01 19:30
Rush:
Nice “live” backdrop outside the window.
09-01 19:30
Louise:
I had to wear shoes like that with my high school uniform
09-01 19:31
hounder:
i used to covert a pair of those rush
09-01 19:31
Godwinshelley:
I used to break down the backs of my shoes and wore them like clogs – so my parents started buying me those dreaded Saddle Oxfords
09-01 19:32
Louise:
we are all traumatized by our old shoes!
09-01 19:32
Godwinshelley:
I have very narrow feet and shoes rarely fit me correctly
09-01 19:32
Rush:
Poor CB! Similar thing happened to his cousin in “Secret Service”!
09-01 19:35
Nothere:
Flip flops for eveybodyt
09-01 19:35
Louise:
Confucious on vacation
09-01 19:35
Rush:
Willie Best was born in Mississippi and Mantan Moreland was born in Louisiana. That’s probably why they have similar accents…same nearby region.
09-01 19:36
Nothere:
Confusius not here/.
09-01 19:36
Godwinshelley:
Oh is this the BIG BUTTON Chan film
09-01 19:36
Rush:
09-01 19:37
Rush:
I like the reaction shots of all suspects.
09-01 19:37
Nothere:
I knew it. Shes only a Baroness
09-01 19:37
Rush:
09-01 19:37
Rich in Maine:
no view out the terrace windows
09-01 19:38
Rush:
I think it is our perspective. Our eye line is lower than the horizon.
09-01 19:39
Nothere:
This time try calling her a Snuggle cat
09-01 19:39
Rush:
SLAP!!!
09-01 19:40
Rush:
Tommy…the sign says “Employees ONLY!”
09-01 19:40
Nothere:
He could have hidden it in Tijawana but I doubt it.
09-01 19:41
Rush:
09-01 19:42
Rush:
A fairly lifelike dummy.
09-01 19:43
Rich in Maine:
pretty insecure storage rooom
09-01 19:44
Louise:
everyone peeking out
09-01 19:45
Nothere:
So everyone shows up at pretty much the same time. Good or vbad timing?
09-01 19:46
Rush:
Coincidental!!!
09-01 19:46
Louise:
stay away from the elevator
09-01 19:46
Rush:
Good advice!
09-01 19:47
hounder:
bang
09-01 19:47
Rush:
09-01 19:47
Nothere:
You could at least say the killer is.
09-01 19:48
Rich in Maine:
don’t need the phone, just yell
09-01 19:48
Rush:
Uh-oh! Policia!
09-01 19:49
Rush:
I like how they used a lot of actual Spanish in this one, including all signs, etc.
09-01 19:50
hounder:
yes rush
09-01 19:50
Nothere:
Guns don’t kill people. Bullets do.
09-01 19:51
Rush:
As well as bullet-firing trick gadgets!
09-01 19:51
Austinchanfan:
if you live old TV programs there a good one I like called remember WENN about a radio station in the 30’s and 40’s.
09-01 19:51
Rich in Maine:
the big music number
09-01 19:51
Austinchanfan:
like
09-01 19:51
Rush:
Presenting the Countess Irena….
“My Heart is Yours”
09-01 19:52
Nothere:
Wonderful wonderful
09-01 19:52
Rush:
She looks vaguely like Jane Russell.
09-01 19:52
Louise:
is she singing or is it dubbed?
09-01 19:52
Rush:
Probably dubbed.
09-01 19:52
Nothere:
Hey Angel and Fox
09-01 19:52
Austinchanfan:
I bet dubbed as using live vocals aren’t cheap
09-01 19:53
Rush:
Even the great Karloff was dubbed!
09-01 19:53
Godwinshelley:
Shouldn’t she be singing in Spanish
09-01 19:53
Nothere:
3813
09-01 19:53
Godwinshelley:
\Yes
09-01 19:53
Austinchanfan:
si si shelley
09-01 19:53
Rush:
I guess in Mexico, an english language singer was “exotic”?
09-01 19:53
Louise:
oh I must get up and dance
09-01 19:54
Rush:
09-01 19:54
Austinchanfan:
I like the famenco
09-01 19:54
Angel & Foxx:
Hello All!
We are again beset by technical whoopee, spotty wifi AND unable to watch vid while in chat. So we’re “auditing”:this evening!
09-01 19:54
Austinchanfan:
flamenco
09-01 19:54
Rush:
Angel/Foxx!
WELCOME!
09-01 19:54
Nothere:
Welcome nonetheless
09-01 19:55
Austinchanfan:
I hate when the internet goes haywire
ho Angel/foxx
09-01 19:55
Rush:
Happy you could indeed make it past the technical issues!
09-01 19:55
Austinchanfan:
magnificent 8
09-01 19:55
Rush:
TELL HIM NOW!!!!
NEVER WAIT!!!!
Just SAY IT!
Too late….
09-01 19:55
Louise:
talk faster…oh, never mind
09-01 19:55
Rich in Maine:
just too late!
09-01 19:55
Rush:
09-01 19:56
Nothere:
Finally the killer is. Well done Countess
09-01 19:56
Rush:
09-01 19:56
Rich in Maine:
murdered in front of our very eyes
09-01 19:56
Rush:
Yes!
09-01 19:57
Nothere:
And the purse. A poor innocent bit of colatelral damage murdered.
09-01 19:57
Rush:
09-01 19:57
Rich in Maine:
nice handwriting
09-01 19:58
Rush:
09-01 19:59
Rush:
“Good detective always look for something unusual.”
09-01 20:00
Austinchanfan:
oops lost Angel/foxx
09-01 20:00
Rush:
Drop it…QUICK!!!
09-01 20:00
Rich in Maine:
CC is an easy mark to pickpocket
09-01 20:00
Rush:
YOW!
09-01 20:00
hounder:
very talented pickpocket to slip that into charlie’s pocket
09-01 20:01
Rush:
That was close!!!!
09-01 20:01
Rush:
Yes, Hounder!
OR…they had access to his coat somehow.
09-01 20:01
Rich in Maine:
like when he had the treasure map stolen
09-01 20:02
Rush:
Yes!
09-01 20:03
Louise:
all nightclubs!
09-01 20:03
Rush:
YES!
09-01 20:03
hounder:
night club crawling for a cause. lol
09-01 20:03
Rush:
A BIG job!!!!
09-01 20:04
Rich in Maine:
everybody comes to Ricks
09-01 20:04
Nothere:
You don;’t find nightclubs like this anymore. Wonder if thats why youi no longer hear about someone beind a man about town?
Pick a rumba between 1 and 10
09-01 20:04
Rush:
09-01 20:05
Louise:
love when he dances
09-01 20:05
hounder:
charlie can dance. wonder if he practices with mrs chan
09-01 20:05
Rush:
Me too, Louise!
Probably, Hounder!
09-01 20:05
Austinchanfan:
how does he have time to dance between solving crimes and keeping Mrs chan busy
09-01 20:06
Rush:
Or, maybe he=is older daughters taught him!
09-01 20:06
Nothere:
I see he who see me
09-01 20:06
Rush:
(his)
(Applause…)
09-01 20:07
Rush:
Tommy…!
09-01 20:07
Nothere:
And thats no bull
09-01 20:07
Rush:
Applesause…perhaps….
09-01 20:11
Austinchanfan:
nice way to end a long weekend
09-01 20:11
Louise:
da thermostat
09-01 20:12
Rush:
Yes!
Kind of ingenius, actually!
09-01 20:13
Rush:
VERY DANGEROUS TEST!!!
09-01 20:13
Rich in Maine:
lights!
09-01 20:13
Nothere:
And apparently has control of hallway lights
09-01 20:13
Rush:
Still more shots!
09-01 20:14
Rich in Maine:
yes NT, a smart thermostat
09-01 20:14
Rich in Maine:
no gun for CC
09-01 20:15
Rush:
Bulletproof canvas on that cart!
09-01 20:15
hounder:
more shots than a revolver holds unless he murder had time to reload
09-01 20:15
Nothere:
Oh yes the old bullet resistant laundry baskety
09-01 20:15
Rush:
09-01 20:16
Nothere:
It can fire until someone points that out. Thanks Hounder now its empty.
09-01 20:17
Louise:
taking a chance that he didn’t have a gun
09-01 20:17
Rush:
Risky move there by CC!
But a good shot saved him!
09-01 20:18
Rush:
Where did every one go?
09-01 20:18
Nothere:
Nobody cares Charlie.
09-01 20:18
Rush:
Tommy’s turn!
Tommy makes a deal!
09-01 20:19
Rush:
“It best mother know nothing….”
09-01 20:19
Godwinshelley:
Upbeat music
09-01 20:19
Rush:
THE END
(Applause)
09-01 20:19
Nothere:
Chan wuill face down any killer, but not Mr.s Chan
09-01 20:19
Rich in Maine:
Father Knows Best!
09-01 20:19
hounder:
that was fun. thanks. nite all
09-01 20:19
Nothere:
<KIDS YEAH>
09-01 20:19
Rush:
yes…upbeat ending!
NEXT WEEK….
09-01 20:19
Nothere:
Night Hound
09-01 20:19
Louise:
lots of guns in this one
09-01 20:19
Rush:
“Dark Alibi”
yes, louise!
09-01 20:19
Rich in Maine:
have a great week all!
09-01 20:19
Rush:
And those murder devices!
09-01 20:19
Louise:
see ya all next week
09-01 20:20
Austinchanfan:
good week all
09-01 20:20
Nothere:
I don’t need an Alibi I’m not even her.e
09-01 20:20
Rush:
No alibis…next week is another good one!
09-01 20:20
Godwinshelley:
Have a safe week everyone
09-01 20:20
Rush:
Chan once again races the clock to save an innocent man!
You as well, GS!
TYSM…EVERYONE!
09-01 20:21
Nothere:
Well night all
09-01 20:21
Rush:
I hope that you had a good time tonight!
09-01 20:21
Godwinshelley:
Enjoy Fall everyone
09-01 20:21
Rush:
Take care….
09-01 20:21
Austinchanfan:
I did
09-01 20:21
Rush:
Have a GREAT week!
TYSM, Austin!
Let’s do this again in a week….dael?
09-01 20:22
Rush:
(deal)
Take care….
09-01 20:22
Austinchanfan:
yes weather hopefully cools down in tx soon’
09-01 20:22
Rush:
Be happy…and safe!
09-01 20:22
Austinchanfan:
bye rush’
09-01 20:22
Rush:
YES on that.
Good night….
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