 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the original stories by Rose Franken brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a coke And now Claudia Ten minutes after nine that movie man's late movie men are always late One of their principles never let the person who's moving know whether they're going to arrive or not But they do arrive 12 minutes late. They're always 12 minutes late. I'm so nervous I've never moved into my own apartment before neither did I like I had one you know what you're going to take with you Oh, certainly. I made a list of everything don't forget those four barrels of wedding presents in the hall four barrels in one cereal box There wasn't room for Aunt Louise's present in the barrels. I had to pack it separately. Oh There's a moving man now. He's only 11 minutes late. That makes him one minute early Got everything out of that room lady. Not much space left in the van Oh dear we have room for the four barrels in the hall lady. It's a small van when you called up yesterday You said you had just a few pieces so the boss sent me down alone in the small van There's no room for them four barrels. I practically moved the whole house by myself But our wedding presents are in those four barrels. Can't make it this trip lady. I'll pick them up Monday And you didn't have it packed so good either. You had two silver pots in a cereal box could have got dented I put in a wooden box instead. Oh, thank you. That was Aunt Louise's present. They're soup to rings not pots Look like pots. Don't let Aunt Louise hear you say that. Is she thinking of moving too? Anyway, there there was no room for it. You had that big leather chair that big drawing table in the file cabinet It's a small van. No room for the wedding presents. You better not let Aunt Louise hear you say that. Truck loaded. You couldn't get a dime in unless you stood it on end. Are you in a big rush. I'd like to get this job over with Mr. Why I'd like to move some furniture around in here. Thank you could help me for two dollars. Well, I wasn't in too big a hurry. What do you want to move or first a bed from one room to the other Then a couple of chairs and a chest of drawers. All right, let's get started this way. I've got the bed to be taken apart Say David, do you remember the way mom's room was so we can put it back like it was just about you can help me where I fall down Claudia. Where is she anyway? She went downstairs. She said she had to get something. She'll be right back. Maybe we can fix up the room like she had it before she gets back. We won't get anything fixed unless we get started. Well, you want this stuff to go next room. Yeah, this is ready. Ready, ready. Follow me. I got to follow you. If I'm carrying the other end of the headboard. Is it very heavy, David? No, it is. Lady, you know, scratch another door. Oh, that's all we can fix. It was a furniture problem. Scratch my thumb, too. We can put it down here. I can get the footboard and you get the two sides. All right, well, Mother be thrilled to see her room back the way it was. She'll be able to get a good night's rest again. Sleeping her own bed instead of on a couch. Excited about moving. Didn't you notice I could hardly eat breakfast? Here, let me give you a hand. Oh, I can do it myself. What do you mean you could hardly eat breakfast? I saw you eating two eggs and bacon. Oh, that was just habit. I mean, I didn't feel like eating. Hey, what's the door to? I guess you don't have to use furniture polish on the footboard, too, lady. Well, they match now. Oh, hold the footboard up straight. I'll hold the headboard and you can put it in the sides. OK, all right. Here, that's what's in. Look, hold that thing up straighter, lady. This one? Yeah, thanks. In a little, Mr. OK, again. OK, OK, let go. Gosh, a bed without springs and a mattress, certainly looks like a skeleton, doesn't it, David? And we'll put some flesh on it. Come on, let's get the springs. We can get the mattress and spring one trip. I'll show you how. David, tell me about the place we're moving into. I told you about it. Kitchen, living room, bedroom, and the room I'm going to pick up with my drawing table and fire. No, I mean the way it's furnished. Oh, it's very nice, very nice. With the mattress on top of the spring, we can make it through the door just by tipping a little. Now, watch. I see. You go first this time. Yeah, I got nothing to scratch now. David, the paint scraped off the door. Mr. You'll never make a move on that. I'll set it down square now. I'll make the bed while you two are bringing the chairs. Which one, lady? I ain't been here before you. Oh, the maroon one from the living room. And the blue one from the other bedroom, too. I'll get the one from the other bedroom, Mr. You've been having trouble with the door. Fair enough. And don't carry it. Push it, David. One maroon chair coming up. Say, David, I think we ought to bring the blue chair into the living room instead of the maroon one. The maroon chair is nearly there. And I think we should leave it the way it was. Where do you want? Oh, I'll put it next to the window. David, what kind of carp is they having in our new apartment? Nice, nice. There. Is that right? Mm-hmm. Mama likes to sit there and look out at the street. Really, David, a person would think you'd never even seen the apartment we're going to move into. I did, but I paid absolutely no attention to minor details. Minor details? You walk on a carpet every day. Lady, I can't keep holding this chair. Where should I put it? Oh, I didn't hear you come in. It's because I didn't scrape the door. Well, where should I put the chair, Lady? Put it this side of the bed right there. Thanks. Anything else? The chest of drawers in the other room. Got you. Straighten out that side of the bed, spread, David. Oh, I hope there are enough pots and pans there. There aren't. We can borrow some from Mama. Borrow some what? Pots and pans. You came back too soon. I'm sorry. If I knew that you two wanted to be alone, I'd have stayed away longer. No, I mean we're trying to put your room back the way it was before we moved in. We messed everything up for you. Well, thank you, both of you. The room looks almost the way it was. Chest of drawers is coming in. It's in, Lady. Where does it go? Now put it over against the wall. Over here? A little further to the right. That's right. More set now, Lady. Yep, I guess that's all. Everything's back the way it was, Mama, David, and I'll be going now. Thanks for putting things in order, David. I'll miss you too. I ran downstairs for presents to start you off in your new home. Present? What is it, Mama? Nothing much. Same thing my mother gave me when I was first married. A pound of flour and a pound of sugar. Oh, a nice thought, Mrs. Brown. Then you ought to say things gracefully in those days. Well, you better be getting along. I'll finish straightening up around here. You're coming with us, isn't she, David? Wouldn't be legal without you, Mrs. Brown? No, children. I think you should go into your own home for the first time by yourself. I won't budge from here unless you come along. No, you better come. I gotta get back to the warehouse sometime. Well, all right. Just so that you can get back to the warehouse. The nice part about living on the second floor is that if you don't feel like using the elevator, you can walk on. I'd rather use the elevator, thank you. It makes me feel very important, even if it only is for one floor. This is exciting, David. It's just like cutting open a birthday cake with presents baked inside. Here, here's our door. And the lock works perfectly. So does mine at home, now, thank you. May I carry you over the threshold, Mrs. Naughton? No, David, not here. Not here? Where then? When we get our own apartment with our own furniture and everything, I'll feel differently about it. Oh. Did it hurt your feelings? I didn't mean to, David, but that's where I feel. If you want to... Well, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Naughton, aren't you even curious to see the way the Naughton residence looks? I'm dying of curiosity. There's only one way of finding out. It's by going in, lady. These felices are getting heavy. It's rather dark here, isn't it, David? I'll turn on the lights. Still dark. Where does the window face, David? Why, looking out that window, you get a lovely view of, I guess, the apartment on the second floor of the building next door. Well, it's... Isn't that where I thought it would be, David? I'm sorry. Nonsense. It's just what you two need, a place of your own. The furniture's so, so old-fashioned, those Oriental rugs and everything. David, can't we go back and stay with Mama? You certainly cannot. I didn't invite you. Where does this thing go, Mr.... Oh, my drafting table. The room at the end of the hall, please. Gotcha. Now, you two ladies care to see the rest of the apartment? It's nice. The kitchen, right this way. There you are, the kitchen. It's very small, isn't it, David? Well, we won't do much cooking. Very nice. Just right for two. Let's see if he left you silverware in China. There's your silverware. All the silver plates worn off. What kind of a man is this, Mr. Tucker of yours? A bachelor. Take a look in that closet, Claudia. Any China there? At least that's all right. Nice stove, refrigerator. For certain leaks. I will fix it. Everything's out of the van, Mr. When you want me to come back to those barrels? What barrels? Oh, the wedding presents. We left them at your house. There's no room in the van. It was a very small van. Say, Mama, would you like to keep the presents and put them all around the room to remind you of us till we get our own apartment? I would not. No, thanks. Thanks for helping me out. Yeah. Got you. Wait a minute. I'll go with you to the door. How much do I owe you? I'm going crazy. This is the worst place I've ever seen. Well, it's not so very good, Claudia. But you said to David... I know, but now look. You've got to understand this. David's a man, your husband. He's done something that's rather hard to do now. He's found an apartment. A place where you two can live a life of your own. I'm proud of having found this place, and maybe it's blinded him a little to its faults. But just as he can't see them, for his sake, you shouldn't want to see them. Do you understand, Claudia? No matter what the rest of the apartment looks like, I'm going to say I love it. Now for the rest of the house. The bedroom, right this way. I hope it's nicer than the rest of the apartment. All right. Here you are. Judge for yourself. David, it's lovely. Well, you wouldn't believe the same person and maybe he just likes sleeping, not living. And the beds are so soft and covered with this nice worn material. I didn't know you liked worn material. I'm crazy over it as mama, aren't I, mama? Is she? That's what you said. Now who can that be? No one has our number, not even me. Only one way to find out. Probably Tucker. Tell him Tucker doesn't live here anymore. Yes? Oh, hello, Roger. We're all moved in, Roger. No, no, Mrs. Brown likes it, but Claudia does. I do too. Well, I don't care anyway. Mrs. Brown is the important one of the family. Well... I really married Claudia to be near her. Let me speak. Hey, don't grab. Roger, how are you? Listen, don't listen to anything David says. I'm in love with this place. It's so... Quaint. Quaint, yes. Of course I like it. It's just like home. Well, mama's got a view and it's lighter and higher up and it's furnished better, but... How's it like home? Well, uh, mama's got four rooms too. Claudia, Roger's going to think you're a goop. Let me speak. Wait a minute, mama wants to speak to you. Here, mama. Roger, I just want to say thanks. It means my daughter's too ill-mannered to think of things like that. I am not. I'm just too excited. You just apologize. What? Yes. Yes, I'll go. Goodbye, Roger. Tell us what? How have you luck in the new apartment? Good old Roger. He told me not to bother about coming back to the office this afternoon. Good. Then we can get used to the rooms together. Will it take an awful lot of getting used to, Claudia? Not as long as you're around, David. I won't look at the furniture. Okay. I won't look at the rug. And I won't be here to look at you two looking at each other. I've seen the place, put the seal of approval on it, and now goodbye. Thanks for the seal of approval, mama. And thanks for the use of your daughter, Mrs. Brown. Feel free to drop in on the Norton residence anytime, mama. I will. I'm leaving my gloves here so I can come back and say I forgot them. Goodbye, you two. And good luck. Goodbye, mama. Goodbye, Mrs. Brown. Now that there's more coke available, make sure you have a good supply in your refrigerator all the time. Keep a few extra bottles of coke on hand so you'll always have refreshment ready and waiting. And don't forget to enjoy the pause that refreshes with ice cold Coca-Cola at the familiar red cooler when you're out marketing. Sure. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.