#sen’s Saturday morning cartoons

[thelostandforlorn]

From: The Garden

To: Home Base

Entry 92601AU:

It is May 6th, 2023 and I feel duped. The Earthlings began to use the term “rizz” and I, in fear of not fitting in, made sure to know what this word meant.

I began to use the Earthling-Creation by the name of Google, very rudimentary in comparison to our system the P̷̪̝̖͔̭̻̻̭͉͊͂́̀̏̆̉̽̾̋̅̒̽̓̽̅̂́͆̈́̅̈́̂̾̓́̌̿͐͂̇̄̚̚͜͝ơ̸̢̡̧̟̭̟̼͖̝̫̤̙̮͉̼̙̜̠͙̱̼͚͖̤͎̦͛̃́̍͑͗̀̔̓̂́͑̈́̃̎̆̀͂̓̇̌̌͋̊̕͘͜͝͠͠c̷̛̛͉̞͎̹̫̳͖͍̤̭̫͓̰͇̼̳͕̭̜̬̀̊̐̂̏̽̓̇̽̂́̓͗͐̐̚͠k̷̡͖͓̘̜̺̣͓̼̟̼̙͖̝̥̳̲͍̇̓́͋̅̋̀͒͗̀́̉̿̑͆͌̊̐̎̌́̍́͋̀͑̈́̕͘͜͠͝ͅͅͅé̵̛͉͙̺͕͔͕͖̀͋̓̒͂̐̂̈́̀̐̉̓̑̿̒͝t̸̢̧̧̨̙̠̥͕̹̼͙͔̲͍̼̝͚̘̺͚̳͙̥͚̺̄́̀ͅ ̷̧͍̳̟͚̦̝̹͈̄̏͌́̄͌̓̈͆̎ͅP̸̧̛͍̭̯̺̱̗̺̪̗͕̠͖̭̗͉̞̝̬͈͚̯̯̱̣͍͎̞̲̳̥̬̈́̍͐̊̑̇͒̍̋̀́̒̈́̐͗̍̇̏̏̀̈́̇́͑̈́̌̄̎̿̕̚̕͘͜͝͝i̵̧̛̛̫̝̞̳̝̳̬͉̭̙̟̺̦̻̝̰̼̲͑̂͌̍̊̒̀͂͌͐̄̊͆̒̎̎̓̓̓̅͑̽͋̅̇̔̕͘͜͜͠͝x̷̛̛͈̂͑̍͊̿̎̄͝͝į̴̢̡̤̼̯͕̩̗̩̙̘̩̭̯̺̖̞͈̥̜͕͍͖͖̫̥͎͗̐̽̅̄͒͆͜͝ͅͅͅȇ̷̛̗̯̠̳͔̖̜̙̤͕̱̝̊̒̾̿͂̅͌͛̈́̿̂̉͒͂̃̾̕͠, and happened upon its definition of highlighting the sapient quality of “charisma” - “rizz”.

I continue to scroll, I need examples, dammit! until I’m shown videos and I no longer need examples.

The Wheel croaked and came to a halt right in front of their eyes and no one seems to bat a lash.

And now, it begins to turn back.

However, they do have something here that perhaps might taste even better than we have there, a confection of the most unholiest sweetness that I desire in my unending quests from the Universal truth:

cinnabon—

That’s all for now, Base. This is Ş̸͖͖̫̳͕̫̫̯͕̰͇͙̣͗̿͂̉̓̋͋̔̾̑̐̚͝͠͝͝ï̸̢̢̤͓̙͈̪̲̮͈͇͔͖̩̩̲̖̺̪̠̹͕̝͍͆̈̇̏̊͑͛̀̊̃͑̂͊͗̈̆͆̅̈́̋͒̓̓͐̿̌̀́́̒͒̒͝ͅͅn̶͍̝̦̻̤̜̬̠̈́, I’ll reach out if there is more to be said, more to be done, but as for now.

blllllenk

[laresearchette]

Thursday, December 07, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

This Video Not Available in Your Country: Thursday Canadian Lineup (Times Eastern):

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: THE BLACK HAMPTONS (BET +) ARCHIE (BritBox) THE ENVOYS (Paramount +) THE LOVERS (Sundance Now/AMC+) CHRISTMAS AT THE OPRY (Global) 8:00pm TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT (W Network) 8:00pm SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY (Slice) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT: SILENT NIGHT, FATAL NIGHT (Premiering on December 09 on Lifetime Canada at 8:00pm) THE MISSION (TBD - Nat Geo Canada)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CBC GEM KID SISTER (Season 2)

NETFLIX CANADA ANALOG SQUAD (TH) THE ARCHIES (IN) HILDA (Season 3) I HATE CHRISTMAS (Season 2) (IT) HIGH TIDES (BE) MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS NAGA (SA) WORLD WAR II: FROM THE FRONTLINES (GB)

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 7:00pm: Sabres vs. Bruins (TSN2) 7:00pm: Kings vs. Habs (TSN4/TSN5) 7:00pm: Leafs vs. Sens (TSN3) 9:00pm: Jets vs. Avalanche (SNWest) 9:00pm: Hurricanes vs. Flames (SNPacific) 10:00pm: Wild vs. Canucks

STARS ON ICE - KURT'S FINAL TOUR 2023 (CBC) 8:00pm: A star-studded cast, including Patrick Chan and Elvis Stojko, pay tribute to Canadian legend Kurt Browning.

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN) 8:15pm: Patriots vs. Steelers

BARBARA KNOX AT 90 (CBC) 9:00pm: Celebrating Barbara Knox's 90th birthday; a chance to see the real Barbara away from the lights of the "Corrie" set.

AUSSIE GOLD HUNTERS (Discovery Canada) 9:00pm

STAY TOONED (Documentary) 9:00pm/9:30pm/10:00pm/10:30pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Eric talks with Ben Schwartz, Angelo Muredda and Lake Bell about the good of being bad and ugly. In Episode Two, Eric talks with Russell Peters, Selma Purac, and Lauren Faust about cartoons and consumerism. In Episode Three, Eric talks with James Adomian, Nic Sammond and Noelle Stevenson about queerness in cartoons. In Episode Four, Eric talks with Bobby Moynihan, Natalie Coulter, and Elamin Abdelmahmoud about PSAs and moral messaging on Saturday mornings.

CANADA'S DRAG RACE (Crave) 9:00pm

OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS (Discovery Canada) 10:00pm: The Misfits prove their worth to Opal Joe with an ancient bulldozer on their last dig; the Opal Whisperers suffer from infighting; the Cheals race against the clock and seasonal storms to rescue their mission.

CANADIAN REFLECTIONS (CBC) 11:30pm: Tabanca; Hatha

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Amy Klobuchar raises over $2 million dollars after debate, campaign says

Klobuchar was the only 2020 hopeful to respond to this question Durham, New Hampshire - Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar raised more than $2 million dollars in the 14 hours after her widely-praised performance during Friday night's debate , her campaign said Saturday. It is Klobuchar's best fundraising haul following any debate to date. Klobuchar's campaign previously raised $1 million dollars in the 24 hours after the December Democratic debate in Los Angeles. "With proven grassroots support, Amy continues to outperform expectations and punch above her weight," said Klobuchar campaign manager Justin Buoen. "Following her debate performance, we've raised $2 million and have seen an outpouring of donations from all 50 states which will allow us to compete in New Hampshire and beyond." This is an exciting time for Progressives with a number of potential presidential candidates.  Join us as we celebrate our strengths and collectively say to Donald Trump, “You’re fired!”

The Unity Pledge and the Democrats and Progressives.

In the New Hampshire debate, Klobuchar landed punches on former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg , hitting him on his comments that she said were dismissive of Washington experience. "Pete, as you were campaigning through Iowa, as three of us were jurors in that impeachment hearing, you said it was exhausting to watch and that you wanted to turn the channel and watch cartoons. It is easy to go after Washington because that's a popular thing to do," Klobuchar said. "It is much harder to lead and much harder to take those difficult positions, because I think this 'going after this every single thing that people do,' because it's popular to say and makes you look like a cool newcomer. I just I don't think that's what people want right now. We have a newcomer in the White House and look where it got us," she added. And in her closing, she said that she would be a president with empathy, something she often touches upon on the campaign trail. "There is a complete lack of empathy in this guy in the White House right now, and I will bring that to you," she said. "I know you and I will fight for you," she said. The senator finished in fifth place in the Iowa caucuses , trailing former Vice President Joe Biden. The next primary contest is in New Hampshire on Tuesday. With only days to go, Klobuchar's campaign said Saturday that they won't have the challenge of the Senate impeachment trial impeding her campaign schedule ahead of the primary. "I woke up this morning ready to go, we are going to barnstorm your state," she said at an event in Durham. "We're gonna go to every diner we can find," she added, calling New Hampshire an "even playing field." This Piece Originally Appeared in www.cnn.com Read the full article

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Nominację do nagród GLAAD Media Award

LGBTQ, organizacja GLAAD, ogłosiła nominacje do 30. dorocznej nagród GLAAD Media Awards.

Outstanding Film – Wide Release (film):

Blockers (Universal)

Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros.)

Deadpool 2 (20th Century Fox)

The Girl in the Spider’s Web (Sony Pictures)

Love, Simon (20th Century Fox)

Outstanding Film – Limited Release (film):

1985 (Wolfe Releasing)

Boy Erased (Focus Features)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Fox Searchlight)

Disobedience (Bleecker Street)

The Favourite (Fox Searchlight)

Hearts Beat Loud (Gunpowder & Sky)

A Kid Like Jake (IFC Films)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (FilmRise)

Saturday Church (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

We the Animals (The Orchard)

Outstanding Drama Series (serial):

Billions (Showtime - w Polsce TVN7)

Black Lightning (The CW - w Polsce brak)

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC - kanał Fox Polska)

The Handmaid’s Tale - Opowieść podręcznej (Hulu w Polsce HBO)

Instinct (CBS)

Pose (FX)

Shadowhunters (Freeform w Polsce Netflix)

Star (Fox)

Supergirl (The CW w Polsce Netflix)

Wynonna Earp (Syfy)

Outstanding Comedy Series (serial komediowy)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX - obecnie należy do NBC)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW)

Dear White People (Netflix)

Modern Family (ABC w Polsce Fox Comedy/HBO)

One Day at a Time (Netflix)

Schitt’s Creek (Pop)

Superstore (NBC)

This Close (Sundance Now)

Vida (Starz)

Will i Grace (NBC w Polsce Fox Comedy)

Znakomity indywidualny odcinek (w serialu bez regularnej postaci LGBTQ):

“King in the North” Fresh Off the Boat - Przepis na amerykański sen (ABC w Polsce Comedy Central)

“Prom” Fuller House (Netflix)

“Service” Law Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)

“She” The Good Doctor (ABC w Polsce TVP2)

“Someplace Other Than Here” The Guest Book (TBS)

Znakomity film telewizyjny lub serial:

American Horror Story: Apocalypse (FX w Polsce Fox Polska)

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX w Polsce Fox Polska)

Life-Size 2 (Freeform)

Sense8 (Netflix)

A Very English Scandal - Skandal w angielskim stylu (Amazon Prime w Polsce HBO)

Najlepszy Dokument:

Believer (HBO USA)

Call Her Ganda (Breaking Glass Pictures)

My House (Viceland)

Quiet Heroes (Logo)

When the Beat Drops (Logo)

Programy dla dzieci/młodzieży:

Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)

Andi Mack (The Disney Channel)

Anne with an E (Netflix)

She-Ra (Netflix)

Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)

Reality Program:

American Idol (ABC)

I Am Jazz (TLC w Polsce Discovery Life)

Love & Hip Hop (VH1)

Queer Eye (Netflix)

RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1 w Polsce Netflix)

Wykonawca muzyczny:

Brandi Carlile, By the Way, I Forgive You (Low Country Sound/Elektra)

Brockhampton, Iridescence (RCA)

Christine and the Queens, Chris (Because Music)

Hayley Kiyoko, Expectations (Atlantic)

Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer (Bad Boy Records)

Kim Petras, Turn Off the Light, Vol. 1 (BunHead)

Shea Diamond, Seen It All (Asylum Worldwide)

Sophie, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides (Future Classics)

Troye Sivan, Bloom (Capitol Records)

Years & Years, Palo Santo (Polydor)

Komiksy:

Batwoman, written by Marguerite Bennett, K. Perkins (DC Comics)

Bingo Love, written by Tee Franklin (Image Comics)

Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, written by Mark Russell (DC Comics)

Fence, written by C.S. Pacat (BOOM! Studios)

Iceman, written by Sina Grace (Marvel Comics)

Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, written by Lilah Sturges (BOOM! Studios)

Oh S#!t It’s Kim & Kim, written by Magdalene Visaggio (Black Mask Comics)

Runaways, written by Rainbow Rowell (Marvel Comics)

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, written by Kieron Gillen, Simon Spurrier (Marvel Comics)

Strangers in Paradise XXV, written by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)

Najlepsza gra wideo:

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (Ubisoft)

The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset (Bethesda Softworks)

Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire (ArenaNet)

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Versus Evil)

The Sims Mobile (Electronic Arts)

Najlepszy odcinek talk show:

“Mike Pence and ‘A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo’” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

“NRA Problems, Chicken Bone Problems, Birmingham Problems” Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas (HBO)

“Trans Rights Under Attack” Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)

“Troye Sivan Hopes ‘Boy Erased’ Reaches All Parents” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

“Valedictorian Seth Owen” The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Wybitne dziennikarstwo telewizyjne informacyjne:

“Conversion Therapy: God Only Knows” CBS Sunday Morning (CBS)

“Gender: The Space Between” CBS News (CBS)

“Legacy of Hope” Nightline (ABC)

“Respect” SC Featured (ESPN)

“South Texas Pride” [series] KSAT News (KSAT-TV [San Antonio, Texas])

Najlepsze dziennikarstwa telewizyjnego:

“Historic Number of LGBTQ Candidates on Ballots This Year” NBC Nightly News (NBC)

“Mississippi Town Denies Pride Parade” Vice News Tonight (HBO)

“Olympian Adam Rippon” New Day (CNN)

“Same-sex Couple Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling” CNN Tonight with Don Lemon (CNN)

“Trump: ‘Looking Very Seriously’ at Changing Transgender Definition” Velshi Ruhle (MSNBC)

Najlepszy artykuł w prasie:

“He Took a Drug to Prevent AIDS. Then He Couldn’t Get Disability Insurance.” by Donald G. McNeil Jr. (The New York Times)

“LGBTQ Parents Challenge Stereotypes in China” by Sue-Lin Wong, Jason Lee (Reuters)

“‘More Than Fear’: Brazil’s LGBT Community Dreads Looming Bolsonaro Presidency” by Marina Lopes (The Washington Post)

“Pistons’ Reggie Bullock to Transgender Community: ‘I see y’all as people that I love’” by Malika Andrews (Chicago Tribune)

“Transgender Students Asked Betsy DeVos for Help. Here’s What Happened.” by Caitlin Emma (Politico)

Najlepszy artykuł w czasopiśmie:

“21 Transgender Stars, Creators Sound Off on Hollywood: ‘I Want to Portray These Characters, I’m Ready’” - Chris Gardner, Rebecca Sun, Lindsay Weinberg, Joelle Goldstein, Bryan White (The Hollywood Reporter)

“Can a Transgender Woman Get Justice in Texas?” - Nate Blakeslee (Texas Monthly)

“Ex-Scientologist Michelle LeClair Says Church Officials Humiliated Her After She Came Out as Gay” - Johnny Dodd, Tierney McAfee (People)

“Lena Waithe is Changing the Game” - Jacqueline Woodson (Vanity Fair)

“They are the Champions” by Katie Barnes (ESPN The Magazine)

Najlepszy krajowy magazyn prasowy:

Billboard

Ebony

Entertainment Weekly

GQ

Variety

Najlepszy artykuł internetowy:

“Across U.S., LGBTQ Christians Try to Change Hearts and Minds From the Pews” - Julie Compton (NBCNews.com)

“Bermuda Same-sex Marriage Ban Means Trouble for Tourism and Cruise Ships” - Ryan Ruggiero (CNBC.com)

“Deadnamed” - Lucas Waldron, Ken Schwencke (ProPublica.org)

“LGBTQ Caravan Migrants Marry While Waiting for Asylum in Tijuana” - Sarah Kinosian (INTOmore.com)

“Workplaces Need to Prepare for the Non-Binary Future” - Samantha Allen (TheDailyBeast.com)

Najlepszy artykuł lub reportaż internetowy:

“I Was Jailed for Raising the Pride Flag in Egypt” - Amro Helmy (Buzzfeed Video)

“The Latinx Drag Queens Spearheading HIV Activism on the Border” - Paola Ramos (Vice.com)

“March for Our Lives and LGBT activism: ‘They’re definitely linked for me,’ says Emma González” - Beth Greenfield (Yahoo! Lifestyle)

“Marielle and Monica: The LGBT Activists Resisting Bolsonaro’s Brazil” - Fabio Erdos, Marina Costa, Charlie Phillips, Jacqueline Edenbrow (TheGuardian.com)

“Trans Model Aaron Philip is Making a Space for Disabilities on the Runway” (NowThis)

Najlepszy Blog

Gays With Kids

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

My Fabulous Disease

Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

TransGriot

Specjalne uznanie dla:

Nanette (Netflix)

TransMilitary (Logo)

[kansascityhappenings]

Jay-Z, School House Rock & Cyndi Lauper among ‘audio treasures’ Library of Congress is preserving

The Library of Congress has added 25 recordings to its National Recording Registry that it calls “audio treasures.”

They include albums from Jay-Z and Cyndi Lauper, a speech by Robert F. Kennedy, a Schoolhouse Rock! boxed set and Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline.”

Each year, the Librarian of Congress selects 25 recordings for the registry that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant,” and are at least 10 years old. It now includes 525 titles from the library’s collection of almost 3 million pieces of recorded sound.

“The National Recording Registry honors the music that enriches our souls, the voices that tell our stories and the sounds that mirror our lives” Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said in a statement. “The influence of recorded sound over its nearly 160-year history has been profound and technology has increased its reach and significance exponentially. The Library of Congress and its many collaborators are working to preserve these sounds and moments in time, which reflect our past, present and future.”

NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 23: Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter speaks onstage during the launch of The Reform Alliance at John Jay College on January 23, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for The Reform Alliance)

Rapper Jay-Z’s sixth album, “The Blueprint,” was added to the registry because it “demonstrates Jay-Z’s range, from battle raps throwing shade on his lyrical adversaries such as Nas and Prodigy of Mobb Deep, to triumphant anthems about life at the top, to heartfelt examinations of his personal history.”

Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 solo debut “She’s So Unusual,” was also included along with Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly” soundtrack and Jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon’s album “Go”.

The registry also added a recording of the speech Sen. Robert F. Kennedy gave on April 4, 1968, to a crowd in Indianapolis, Indiana, after learning about the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

It said “the recording of the speech captures the tone and emotion of his delivery and the expressions of the crowd — their dismay at the news of King’s death as well as their support for his calls for the country to pull together in the pursuit of both peace and justice.”

Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” was written in response to the murder of civil right’s activist Medgar Evans and the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four African-American girls. The registry called it “one of the most vital songs to emerge from the Civil Rights era.”

Schoolhouse Rock was a series of animated shorts that used catchy songs such as “I’m Just a Bill,” “Conjunction Junction” and “Three is the Magic Number” to teach children math, grammar and other educational subjects.

On Saturday mornings, the three-minute long Emmy Award-winning musical vignettes of “Schoolhouse Rock!” educated children about math, grammar, science, history and finance.(Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)

The 1996 box set of the recordings was included, because it helped rescue the songs from obscurity so “parents who grew up watching the cartoons could play the songs for their children in the car, keeping the music alive and relevant for another generation.”

  The registry was created as part of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 and is designed to make sure that important recordings are preserved for the future.

The recordings are archived at Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation.

Many of the recordings on the list have sold millions of copies, but some are quite rare.

The oldest recordings on the list are the earliest-known recordings of Yiddish songs that were made between 1901 and 1905. Only 20 of the 48 wax cylinders in the collection have survived.

The registry also includes a series of recordings by anthropologist and linguist Melville Jacobs, who documented the languages of Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest. He made 170 recordings that captured 23 different languages and spoke to some of the last surviving speakers of some dialects.

Here’s the full list of recordings added to the registry:

Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and the Thomas Lambert Company (c. 1901-1905)

“Memphis Blues” (single), Victor Military Band (1914)

Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest (1929-1939)

“Minnie the Moocher” (single), Cab Calloway (1931)

“Bach Six Cello Suites” (album), Pablo Casals (c. 1939)

“They Look Like Men of War” (single), Deep River Boys (1941)

“Gunsmoke” — Episode: “The Cabin” (Dec. 27, 1952)

Ruth Draper: Complete recorded monologues, Ruth Draper (1954-1956)

“La Bamba” (single), Ritchie Valens (1958)

“Long Black Veil” (single), Lefty Frizzell (1959)

“Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1: The Early Years” (album), Stan Freberg (1961)

“GO” (album), Dexter Gordon (1962)

“War Requiem” (album), Benjamin Britten (1963)

“Mississippi Goddam” (single), Nina Simone (1964)

“Soul Man” (single), Sam & Dave (1967)

“Hair” (original Broadway cast recording) (1968)

Speech on the Death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy (April 4, 1968)

“Sweet Caroline” (single), Neil Diamond (1969)

“Superfly” (album), Curtis Mayfield (1972)

“Ola Belle Reed” (album), Ola Belle Reed (1973)

“September” (single), Earth, Wind & Fire (1978)

“You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” (single), Sylvester (1978)

“She’s So Unusual” (album), Cyndi Lauper (1983)

“Schoolhouse Rock!: The Box Set” (1996)

“The Blueprint” (album), Jay-Z (2001)

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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939, Norman Foster) This, the 22nd of 47 Charlie Chan features, is one of the best of the Sidney Toler films, and is an excellent example of just what made the Chan films so successful. By this point in the series, 20th Century Fox had it down to a well-tested recipe. One part tantalizing mystery, one part exotic locale, a dash of beautiful starlet, and a good measure of humor. To this, stir in a heaping helping of inscrutable Asian master detective, and you have a dish that worked far more often than it didn't. Charlie Chan and number two son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) are flying from Honolulu to San Francisco on the Pan Am Clipper. As the plane nears it's destination, a friend and traveling companion, novelist Paul Essex (Jean Louis Heydt), receives a cryptic warning, signed "Zodiac," by radiogram from the plane's radio operator. He blows it off, but it's easy to see that it has affected him. As the plane lands in San Francisco harbor, Essex is found dead. Missing is his briefcase, containing a recently finished manuscript, which he claimed would expose the phone fortune-telling racket in San Francisco. Could that be why he died? Who took the manuscript? And who is the mysterious Dr. Zodiac, who seems to commune with the dead? Fortunately, Charlie's on the case, but this time, it might cost him his life. I grew up watching the Charlie Chan movies on Saturday matinees; they were as much a part of my childhood as the morning cartoons which preceded them. While they don't constitute great cinema, they are a comfortable, familiar connection to that long ago childhood; as welcome and inviting as returning home after a long absence. They are comfort food for my soul, and when things are overly stressful, I can always count on them for a brief respite from the cares and worries of the world. Give it a try! #unimonstersmovieoftheday #theunimonsterscrypt