Aus 180 - Charlie Chan


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Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu.

Many stories feature Chan traveling the world beyond Hawaii as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes. This collection represents the Australian version of the beloved character's adventures.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Not much Oz in There...


Agree with the previous review, however: Episode 6 (Charlie Chan in Radio City) is an old Jack Benny radio show spoof. Episode 7 (Charlie[']s Daughter is Kidnapped) may have come from NBC originally, but this version came from AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service), before it became AFRTS and finally, AFN. Episode 9 (Fiery Santa Claus) sounds like it "might" be the first one to have an announcer from Oz, but it's tough to say for certain. A lot of "pear shaped" tones used by announcers in the day didn't always leave them sounding very Murican either.

most of these are not from Australia


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Only the 30 minute episodes (8 total) which state that this is a Grace Gibson production at the very end of the episode are from Australia. All of the 15 minute episodes (11 total) are American, from the NBC network which ran Charlie Chan in 1936 - 1937.