The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for September 8, 2025
Feature: Dark Alibi
Chat Number: 1,325
Extra:
(none)
Participants:
Angel & Foxx
Austinchanfan
Godwinshelley
hounder
Matt
Mike in DC
Nothere
Paul Minturn
Rich in Maine
Rush
tenman
09-08 17:57
Rush:
09-08 18:45
Matt:
Hello Rush!
09-08 18:46
Rush:
Hi, Matt!!
Welcome back!
How was the trip?
09-08 18:46
Matt:
Thnx…..Hope you are well
09-08 18:47
Matt:
I was in Philly for family reunion, wife had to go to S Carolina for another family funeral
09-08 18:47
Rush:
Doing well, thank you. I was off today as I have a local virus that has plagued our community.
09-08 18:47
Matt:
Ouch….hope you are Ok?
09-08 18:47
Rush:
I was tested…not Covid or strep. They called it the “ick.” So, I decided to name it…Novid.
09-08 18:48
Matt:
Feeling Ok or sick?
09-08 18:49
Rush:
I am taking tomorrow off to finish getting well. Yesterday I was not feeling well at all…VERY weak.
Feeling a LOT better now, thank you.
09-08 18:49
Matt:
Sorry to hear, but I hope you feel better tomorrow.
09-08 18:49
Rush:
I hope all goes well for you both healthwise.
And in ALL ways, of course!!!
09-08 18:49
Matt:
Thnx!
09-08 18:50
Rush:
09-08 18:51
Rush:
We are trying to help our younger daughter adapt to living away from home and to college life.
She’s getting better in that regard!
09-08 18:51
Matt:
How is Mom & Dad handling it? lol
09-08 18:52
Rush:
Well…still not totally adapted to the empty home, but it is sinking in!
09-08 18:52
Matt:
Gotta be a tough transition
09-08 18:53
Rush:
We will be picking her up in a week or so for the weekend home.
At times it can be…yes!
09-08 18:53
Matt:
Are you done with minor league baseball now?
09-08 18:55
Rush:
Yesterday was our final game of the season. I wasn’t scheduled to work, so marie and I took in the game as fans. Of course, the mind said “yes” and the body was protesting “NO!” the whole game, but I stuck it out…scoring it all in my scroebook.
09-08 18:55
Rush:
The Bandits just missed making the playoffs, but it was not a bad season.
09-08 18:55
Matt:
Fun! Just what the doctor ordered, lol
09-08 18:56
Rush:
Yes.
I wanted to be able to watch at least ONE game this year.
09-08 18:56
Matt:
I don’t blame you
09-08 18:57
Rush:
It was worth it.
Nice weather, a good-sized crowd, and a win.
09-08 18:59
Rush:
Our park.
09-08 18:59
Matt:
Very nice!
09-08 18:59
Rush:
09-08 18:59
Mike in DC:
Batter up!
09-08 18:59
Matt:
That’s a great shot
09-08 19:00
Rush:
The Centennial Bridge crosses the Mississippi to Illinios…
09-08 19:01
Matt:
No train running through the outfield? lol
09-08 19:01
Rush:
These are Googled images, but I take a three-shot panorama each game I work.
09-08 19:01
Matt:
Hello Mike!
09-08 19:02
Rush:
Actually, the trains run behind the park.
09-08 19:02
Mike in DC:
Good evenng!
09-08 19:02
Rush:
You can hear them during the game.
I like the sound.
09-08 19:02
Mike in DC:
Looks like a lovely minor league park…in Iowa no doubt 
09-08 19:02
Rush:
Hi, Mike!!!
09-08 19:02
Matt:
Home run ever hit a train?
09-08 19:02
Rush:
Is Rachel back in Ann Arbor?
09-08 19:02
Mike in DC:
She is, and just about done with the first chapter of her dissertation. So…progress!
09-08 19:03
Rush:
No…but a foul ball could!
09-08 19:03
Matt:
Wild
09-08 19:03
Rush:
Progress is GOOD!
09-08 19:03
Matt:
Send her our best Mike
09-08 19:03
Rush:
Our very best to her, please…as always!
Yes!
09-08 19:04
Mike in DC:
Will do. She’s going to be back here on Wednesday (through Sunday). It will be our first time together since just after Warren, OH, so it will be wonderful to see her again.
09-08 19:05
Rush:
I often wonder if there have been any homerun balls into the river that have drifted to New Orleans eventually!
I can imagine, Mike!
That will be so NICE!
09-08 19:05
Mike in DC:
09-08 19:05
Matt:
Hello GS!
09-08 19:05
Godwinshelley:
Greetings all
09-08 19:05
Nothere:
Peek a boo
09-08 19:05
Rush:
I can picture a nice dinner out on the night of her return!
09-08 19:05
Mike in DC:
Have you ever seen a “river homerun” Rush?
Hey GS!
09-08 19:05
Rush:
Hello, NT!!!
Good evening to YOU!
09-08 19:06
Mike in DC:
Absolutly LOVING the ocarina/cup!
09-08 19:06
Rush:
And…GS!!!!
09-08 19:06
Mike in DC:
Absolutely, even.
09-08 19:06
Rush:
WELCOME!
09-08 19:06
Mike in DC:
Hey NT!
09-08 19:06
Godwinshelley:
Mike so glad you like it
09-08 19:06
Godwinshelley:
I have a couple here at home – still haven’t mastered it very well
09-08 19:07
Rush:
And I am enjoying my strainer cup!
09-08 19:07
Mike in DC:
I’ve started to really enjoy matcha (tea), and it’s the perfect size for a morning cup of matcha. Then I keep working on playing “the song of ming lo fu” on it 
09-08 19:07
Rush:
AH!
09-08 19:07
Mike in DC:
The scale is a WEIRD fingering pattern
09-08 19:07
Matt:
Hello Nothere!
09-08 19:07
Rush:
8 minutes….
09-08 19:07
Mike in DC:
(not like the clarinet at all, btw).
09-08 19:08
Rush:
7 minutes…
09-08 19:08
Godwinshelley:
09-08 19:08
Rush:
09-08 19:08
Godwinshelley:
It plays like an Ocarina and holds tea
09-08 19:09
Matt:
Cued here
09-08 19:09
Rush:
Me too….
09-08 19:09
Godwinshelley:
Lou appreciated the music for Ming Lo Fu
09-08 19:09
Rush:
YES!
09-08 19:09
Godwinshelley:
He thought we did a great job on it
09-08 19:10
Rush:
And he was right!
You guys did a WONDERFUL job!
09-08 19:10
Godwinshelley:
In case you need another ocarina-cup https://www.stlocarina.com/products/4-hole-teacarina-its-a-cup-and-an-ocarina-3
09-08 19:10
Mike in DC:
That was 100% GS. I was just the scribe.
09-08 19:10
Matt:
Hello Hounder!
09-08 19:10
hounder:
hi all. cool cup gs
09-08 19:10
Godwinshelley:
The music was the perfect companion to Mike’s talk
09-08 19:10
Rush:
A classic memento.
Yes, GS…it was indeed!
09-08 19:10
Mike in DC:
Thanks, GS. There are a couple of folks at school who would love one of these!
09-08 19:11
Rush:
Hounder!
09-08 19:11
Godwinshelley:
I only had 5 left at the end and I sent them along with the packages I mailed out afterwards
09-08 19:11
Rush:
Hello, and good evening!!!
How are you tonight?
09-08 19:11
Matt:
Hello Rich!
09-08 19:11
Rich in Maine:
hello everyone!
09-08 19:11
Rush:
And…RICH!
09-08 19:11
Godwinshelley:
Hi Rich
09-08 19:11
Rush:
WELCOME!
09-08 19:11
Matt:
Hello Tenman!
09-08 19:11
tenman:
Hola todos!
09-08 19:12
Rush:
THREE MINUTES….
09-08 19:12
Rich in Maine:
hiya GS, hounder, Matt, Mike, NT, Rush, Tenman
09-08 19:12
Rush:
Tenman! Great to see you again!
Everyone ready?
09-08 19:12
Rich in Maine:
going with colorized versions tonite
09-08 19:12
Rush:
2 1/2 minutes…
09-08 19:12
Godwinshelley:
Rush – have you heard if Len got his package
09-08 19:12
Mike in DC:
all set here. ready for the “Chinese” theme music
09-08 19:12
Rush:
ok…colorized is good….
09-08 19:12
Mike in DC:
listen for the woodblocks…
09-08 19:13
Godwinshelley:
And Brian wants me to remind him about our Halloween show next month
09-08 19:13
Rush:
2 minutes….
09-08 19:13
Nothere:
GENTELMEN START YOUR ENGINES!
09-08 19:13
Rush:
Good, GS.
90 seconds…
09-08 19:14
Rush:
We will be watching “CC in Transylvania” as an extra!
60 seconds…
50 seconds…
09-08 19:14
Godwinshelley:
I made him extra buttons of him as Chan for his daughters
09-08 19:14
Rush:
40 seconds…
30 seconds…
09-08 19:15
Rush:
25…
20…
15…
10…
5…
GO!!!
09-08 19:15
Matt:
09-08 19:15
Godwinshelley:
Oh that’s a good one
09-08 19:15
Matt:
Hello Tarneverro!
09-08 19:15
Rush:
Mine froze…I will be playing catch up….
09-08 19:15
Mike in DC:
Matt: always looking for the next Chan mountain to climb
09-08 19:15
Godwinshelley:
Rush was Mary Gordon in some Chan films?
09-08 19:16
Rush:
YES.
09-08 19:16
Mike in DC:
Was she Mrs. Hudson in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Homes movies?
09-08 19:16
Rush:
Sorry! Caps locked.
09-08 19:16
Godwinshelley:
She was also in Bride of Frankenstein
09-08 19:16
hounder:
cool gong matt
09-08 19:17
Godwinshelley:
I think she was Mrs Hudson too
09-08 19:17
Mike in DC:
Right…her husband got killed un the opening scene
09-08 19:17
Rich in Maine:
BOOM
09-08 19:17
Rush:
Did the safe blow,
09-08 19:17
Godwinshelley:
So many horror film connections
09-08 19:17
Rush:
okay! I am back with you all.
09-08 19:17
hounder:
bang
09-08 19:17
Mike in DC:
The Foss Family was just before the Bates Motel
09-08 19:17
Nothere:
THis safe robbery seems unsafe
09-08 19:19
Rush:
GORDON, Mary (May 16, 1882; Glassgow, Scotland – August 23, 1963; Pasadena, California)
The Black Camel: Mrs. MacMasters
Charlie Chan in London: Prison Matron
Shadows Over Chinatown: Mrs. Conover
The “wise guy.”
Paul…good evening to you!
09-08 19:19
Paul Minturn:
good evening
09-08 19:19
Matt:
Hello Paul!
09-08 19:19
Godwinshelley:
Hi Paul
09-08 19:20
Rush:
His poor daughter.
09-08 19:20
Matt:
Swift justice
09-08 19:20
Godwinshelley:
I think we really need to have some exciting walking music for the next event to use when Rush comes in
09-08 19:21
Rush:
The Hall of Records Building, Los Angeles, California.
This building was located next to the Los Angeles County
Courthouse. It opened in 1906 and was demolished in 1973.
09-08 19:22
Rush:
09-08 19:23
Rush:
Compare the top one, from the movie, to one written to a fan by Toler.
We can see that Toler wrote the note see in the film.
09-08 19:23
hounder:
time to unpack.
09-08 19:24
Rush:
“What would Confusion say?”
yes, Hounder.
09-08 19:24
Godwinshelley:
Interesting
09-08 19:26
Rich in Maine:
an ‘ugly’ trade !
09-08 19:26
Rush:
OUCH! Apt saying!
09-08 19:27
Rich in Maine:
stayed at the hotel 15 years!
09-08 19:28
Rush:
I think it was 15 years that he had gone straight.
He probably wasn’t at that rooming house that long.
09-08 19:28
Nothere:
Either way hes still 5 years short of the retirement gold watch/.
09-08 19:28
Rush:
Yes!
09-08 19:29
Rush:
No laughing matter….
Hm.
09-08 19:30
Matt:
Yowza!
09-08 19:30
Rush:
She needs to meet Wanda LaFern.
09-08 19:30
Matt:
lol, YES!
09-08 19:31
Rush:
Ah HA!
And, SHE needs to meet Mrs. Weebles!
09-08 19:31
Rich in Maine:
yes Rush !
09-08 19:32
Rush:
Whever we see windows or glass hit by bullets…it’s the real thing!
Prison music….
09-08 19:33
Rush:
Recognize this gentleman?
The warden.
09-08 19:33
Mike in DC:
From “Shanghai”
09-08 19:33
Rush:
YES!
Russell Hicks.
09-08 19:34
Rush:
AH!
Ben Carter!
Incomplete talk coming!
09-08 19:35
Rush:
CLASSIC!’
09-08 19:35
hounder:
this faceain’t staying
09-08 19:36
Matt:
Hello A & F!
09-08 19:36
Angel & Foxx:
HELLO FELLOW DETECTIVES!!
09-08 19:36
Rush:
WELCOME, Angel & Foxx!!!
09-08 19:36
Godwinshelley:
Hello A&F
09-08 19:37
Godwinshelley:
So what foods would be associated with this film?
09-08 19:37
hounder:
hi a n f
09-08 19:37
Rush:
Foggy and Punchy.
09-08 19:37
Angel & Foxx:
Thanks all! We are traveling in time with our vehicle 20 minutes behind your, ahem, rear bumper—
09-08 19:37
Rush:
Understood!
09-08 19:38
Rush:
Giving prisoners KNIVES! VERY trusting!!!
09-08 19:39
Angel & Foxx:
Remote device for antique DVD player is not “seeking,” so are in Dark Alibi but from a start 20 frustrating minutes after our attempts to cue.
09-08 19:39
Matt:
And visitors walking free in the prison
09-08 19:40
Rush:
24:50
25:00
09-08 19:40
Rush:
25:10
25:20
25:30
09-08 19:40
Austinchanfan:
hi all
09-08 19:40
Rush:
ACF!
WELCOME!!!
09-08 19:40
Austinchanfan:
ty
09-08 19:40
Rush:
How are you doing this evening?
09-08 19:41
Matt:
Hello ACF!
09-08 19:41
Austinchanfan:
pretty good and hope everyone had a good weekend
09-08 19:41
Rush:
We are presently at the 26:30 mark….
Yes, ACF, had a good week.
09-08 19:42
Rush:
Another “lost” Chan case when He arrested “Punchy.”
09-08 19:43
Rush:
Well…use some natural oil!
09-08 19:44
Rich in Maine:
and then he made a nice vinaigrette
09-08 19:44
Rush:
Yes!
“Noisy woodpecker on family tree.”
09-08 19:44
Angel & Foxx:
Thanks for the time check. Would that we could cue. Are enjoying anyway though, as Confusion say watch movie anyway, may win set of dinner plates.
09-08 19:46
Angel & Foxx:
How had we NEVER noticed the FOX HOTEL?
09-08 19:47
Rush:
09-08 19:48
hounder:
you will talk at police headquarters
09-08 19:48
Rush:
Yes.
09-08 19:49
Rush:
Sorry, Ladies….it was the ‘forties….
09-08 19:49
Godwinshelley:
That’s what our hat pins were for
09-08 19:49
Rush:
AH!
09-08 19:50
Rush:
That WOULD be a creepy place to wander around in….
09-08 19:50
Godwinshelley:
sounds like son of frankenstein music
09-08 19:50
Rush:
Yes…
09-08 19:50
Godwinshelley:
I could see Ygor and his horn
09-08 19:51
Rush:
I think I hear some of that in a few of the tones…
AH!
Great sweaty closeup!!!
09-08 19:51
Matt:
Poor BB
09-08 19:51
Mike in DC:
nice generic spooky music…with an inexpert bassoon player
09-08 19:52
Rush:
TYSM, Mike! You have the expert ear!
09-08 19:53
Mike in DC:
jeeeez that basson. 
isn’t this the film with the “chop suey boogie?”
09-08 19:53
Rush:
Not good?
Not this one, Mike…
09-08 19:54
Mike in DC:
sounds like they got a clarinet player to double on the bassoon solos…good musician but not experienced on the bassoon
09-08 19:55
Rush:
That was “Docks of New Orleans.” The violin shattered the glass capsule CC was working on.
The old coin trick.
09-08 19:55
Mike in DC:
the chop suey boogie could have been another “source music” example for the talk but didn’t make the cut
09-08 19:55
Rush:
Seen also in another CC film!
09-08 19:55
Rush:
That truck again!
09-08 19:55
Matt:
09-08 19:55
Rush:
TYSM….Matt….
09-08 19:55
Rich in Maine:
well she died quickly
09-08 19:56
Rush:
Interesting, Mike, about the “Chop Suey Boogie.”
Makes sense.
09-08 19:57
Rush:
Wearing archival gloves.
09-08 19:58
Rush:
Mr. Chan forgets when a faked fingerprint was used in a case in Shanghai.
09-08 19:58
Nothere:
Boogie on down to the Chop Suey town
09-08 19:58
Rich in Maine:
more talking!
09-08 19:58
Rush:
More incomplete talk!
09-08 19:59
hounder:
lets stay right here and keep out of trouble
09-08 20:00
Rush:
Yes!
Ben gets to walk the halls of the prison!
09-08 20:00
Mike in DC:
Must be one of those minimum security places
09-08 20:00
Godwinshelley:
I like this part
09-08 20:01
Rush:
Chinese Rock, Paper, Scissors!
09-08 20:01
Godwinshelley:
Lizard Spock
09-08 20:01
Nothere:
THe gaurds aleways use gun. They win.
09-08 20:01
Rush:
True!
09-08 20:01
hounder:
can’t be late in this school
09-08 20:02
Godwinshelley:
Music is trying SOO HARD for excitement
09-08 20:02
Mike in DC:
generic shoot out music
09-08 20:02
Nothere:
So many tommy guns. They must be in Chicago.
09-08 20:02
Rush:
THE GAME OF rock, paper, scissors started in China, historians believe. The Ming Dynasty writer Xie Zhaozhe wrote in the 1600s that it date back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD).
09-08 20:03
Mike in DC:
bales of fabric – not bulletproof
09-08 20:03
Godwinshelley:
Wow Rush – I didn’t know that
09-08 20:03
Matt:
09-08 20:03
Rush:
I just looked it up!
TYSM….Matt….
09-08 20:05
Nothere:
Ta? What happened to Toodleloo
09-08 20:05
Rush:
“Today, the game has gone full circle–and is now played in China in the modern “scissors” form. But Asians often say “cloth” instead of paper. Wrapping something sharp in a piece of cloth seems more secure to players than wrapping it in a sheet of paper.”
09-08 20:06
Nothere:
Is Mr. Jonsons refegerator running?
09-08 20:07
hounder:
cool info rush. thanks
09-08 20:08
Rich in Maine:
great warehouse scene
09-08 20:09
Rush:
NT, he better go catch it!
Yes, Rich!]
09-08 20:09
Nothere:
M<ust be a jungle set play
09-08 20:10
Rush:
That really IS someone in that armor!
09-08 20:10
Nothere:
A medieval play set in the jungle
09-08 20:11
Rush:
Here we go!
09-08 20:12
Nothere:
Now you might think driving the trucj inside is dangerous. But thats how they got it in there.
09-08 20:13
Rush:
09-08 20:14
Rich in Maine:
the inside man
09-08 20:14
Rush:
The old finger-as-gun trick!
09-08 20:14
Nothere:
You did it. How do you know? It’s the end of the movie and your the only one here.
09-08 20:15
Rush:
CC jumps in to the incomplete talk here….
09-08 20:15
Rush:
Funny ending here!
09-08 20:15
Nothere:
<KIDS YEAH>
09-08 20:15
Rush:
A mark of the Monogram series!
09-08 20:15
Nothere:
<APPL:AUSSE>
09-08 20:16
Rush:
(Dolphin)
09-08 20:16
Mike in DC:
<kids-yeah>
09-08 20:16
Nothere:
Oh and way late but <BRATATATATAT>
09-08 20:16
Matt:
<yee-haw>
09-08 20:16
Rush:
THE END
09-08 20:16
Mike in DC:
Another fun one!
09-08 20:16
Rush:
(Appaluse…)
09-08 20:16
Rich in Maine:
Yay!
09-08 20:16
Rush:
YES!!!
09-08 20:16
tenman:
Nytol!
09-08 20:16
hounder:
yay thanks for the fun. see you next week
09-08 20:16
Godwinshelley:
Love the rock paper sissors and incomplete talk in this one
09-08 20:17
Rush:
Next week….”Shadows Over Chinatown”
Yes, GS!
09-08 20:17
Nothere:
I use the ad\nced game. Boulder
09-08 20:17
Rich in Maine:
have fun everyone
09-08 20:17
Rush:
This one was full of fun bits and things!
09-08 20:17
Matt:
Good night folks and have a great week ahead
09-08 20:17
Nothere:
night all
09-08 20:17
Rush:
Good night, Matt!
TYSM…EVERYONE!
09-08 20:17
Mike in DC:
have a wonderful week everyone!
09-08 20:17
Paul Minturn:
night gang
09-08 20:17
Rush:
Have a GREAT week!
09-08 20:17
Austinchanfan:
fun time
09-08 20:18
Rush:
See youn next time for another good one!
yes, ACF!
09-08 20:18
Angel & Foxx:
Gnite all!!
09-08 20:19
Rush:
I hope that everyone will have a nice rest of the evening, and may your dreams be Chan-filled…
Good night, A&F!
09-08 20:19
Austinchanfan:
see you next week all
09-08 20:19
Rush:
yes, ACF!
09-08 20:20
Rush:
See you then!
have a happy and safe week!
09-08 20:20
Rush:
Good night, A&F, ACF, and GS…
take care….
09-08 20:21
Godwinshelley:
Have a safe week everyone
night
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