 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the play and novels 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 being your pajamas. I'm back in it now. That's even nicer Hey, what time does the mail usually come not so early and you answer a question straight What time does the mail usually come later than now I give up Comes at 831 and a half there. Does that satisfy you 830? It's almost peak 30 now And you are not even dressed dressed who wants to get dressed on a morning like this honestly David You're behaving like a schoolboy waiting for his first love letter come to think of it Exactly the way I feel. Aren't you ashamed the least bit? I'm enjoying every moment of this enjoying it Well in a horrible kind of way like a Boris Korloff movie How are you me? I'm fine say look if you want to make yourself useful instead of just standing around worrying Why don't you squeeze the orange juice? I'm not that worry. You were until I suggested the alright. All right All right, I'll I'll squeeze but just today course just today. Have I ever asked you before? Well, well Well, no, darling One two spoonfuls Yes Aren't you nervous this morning me? Of course not. Why should I be nervous? You dropped the coffee pot there was some butter on it or something made it slippery. Oh, is that it? Pick it up. I've got it. Oh You all right? I'm fine. I heard you Oh Where did I hit you here? Let me see right here on my left eye There how's that all cured? Darling mm-hmm. Don't you want to hit me over the other eye so you can cure it too? I don't mind It's nice here on the floor But it isn't squeezing the orange juice or percolating the coffee. Who cares you will You sure now you're not excited or nervous that I can trust you with this coffee I am positive because it's not every day We wait for the mail to tell us whether we've bought a house or not. Don't remind me. I'll drop the coffee pot again Somehow I just keep hoping the mail isn't gonna come at all today. I keep hoping it'll come right away David Mr. Tucker may not accept a ten thousand dollar offer. I know but then again he might So he might Did you hear something? No, I Think it's the mail under the door. I'm going to see David if it is the letter Open it before you tell me if it is you better get the aromatic spirits of ammonia ready Well, I Must have been imagining things. There's nothing out here David the suspense is terrific. You're telling me I could have sworn I heard that mail Darling what makes you think we'll hear from mr. Tucker this morning. Well, I sent our bid in night before last Registered mail. It has to be answered by return mail. That means today. All right. Are you going to be? Terribly disappointed if what if the bid is refused of course. Oh I'll survive sure you will I guess I will too, but I'll still be disappointed Terribly if it's refused. It's all for the best. Are you going to be one of those? Everything is for the best kind of women. I might be any objections. You bet. I couldn't stand it Well, whether you can stand it or not if we don't get the houses for the best David you've got to believe in something. I'd rather wait and see what the letter says. I wonder what's happened to that Blasted mail mass should have been here by now just this morning. He's late. I guess I might as well get dressed certainly Don't you want to become a landowner with your tie on? You're caught. Are you keeping air on the door? Would you? I'll keep an ear on it. I'll keep an eye on it. I'll There I heard it too. I thought you weren't nervous. I'm not. I'm just keeping you company Well Nothing, but look the mail has been delivered to all the other doors There's no mail for us Cat I've got to hear today maybe in the 11 o'clock mail And David if we have to wait to know I'm sure it's for the best that does it does what you said it again Now I'm sure that letter will be bad luck. You are But bad luck for who David for you or for me Listen Kelly, I'm not gonna bother mr. Norton with their minute details You can tell me Lottie McBride just as good if that load of concrete block is gonna hit redberry on schedule But you better not tell me it's not gonna get there Yeah, I heard you No, Wednesday ain't good enough Tuesday sounds better, but Oh, Monday is fine. Yeah first thing in the a.m Ah, thanks, dearie. Mr. Norton joins me in it Monday and no slip-ups or else So long Kelly Uh, mr. Norton Monday it is he said sure it'll be there after all a kelly couldn't very well say no to a McBride Say you want I should bring your mrs. Again. I just tried a five minutes ago, but she'd blown the coop I figure she was picking up a lampchop for the corner Yeah, I'll give her a buzz Oh, sure the 11 o'clock mail is here a one advertisement from some building supply in Long Island Yeah, that's all mr. Norton It's me I decided to make a personal appearance instead of spending the rest of my life as a voice through a switchboard Mr. Norton you are one for jokes Say you're not looking so good today. I feel fine Hey, you're looking kind of like a fish that's been out of water too long. Now that makes me feel a lot better Lottie Seriously, maybe you want I should call a doctor Lottie. That's very sweet of you, but there's nothing to matter with me I've seen guys like you all strong and fine one day rugged as a blue plate special the next day Layed out like an oyster on ice. You're making me feel better every minute You've got to take preservations of your health mr. Norton. You're a very important man around this office and at home Now what exactly seems to be the trouble? There is no trouble Lottie. Believe me All right, then stop walking around like a bloodhound and straightening out all my paper clips. Oh, how about him? I'm sorry Well, I've got some plans to make up. I might as well get to the my guess Here you are mr. Norton. Here's an aspirin and a glass of water Well, help yourself Lottie take as many as you want and try my wife again, please in a few minutes Men They were all the same just infants in long pants I'm kidding and Norton Oh, yes, mr. Kaden You're not feeling very lobster. Oh, yeah lobster is murder with my mother too Yeah, he's here, but he don't feel so good either I don't know, but I don't think it's something he ate. I think What's that? Oh, sure. I'll switch her right in. Goodbye now Well, gee, if it ain't mrs. Norton come right in honey. Thanks is mr. Norton here now I'm sure he's on the telephone. Oh, let me know when he's through then I'll go in. I'll keep out Say it seems to be contagious today. What is you're not looking so good yourself. I'm not And your spouse he's walking around here like a zombie. He is Yeah, and mr. Kaden calls up and blames it on the lobster. He did What was it fear you doing last night? Nothing. Oh sure hang that one on someone else's ear Well to tell you the truth. Uh, uh, I thought so we've been waiting for a letter You've been waiting for a letter Uh go on really it's a very important letter all about our future Oh a friend of mine she got a letter like that once all about our future from the federal bureau and of investigation Oh, this isn't that kind of a letter Not quite. Oh there the little light is out and mr. Norton is off the telephone. Go on go right in. Thank you If he changes his mind about that aspirin, I got a whole medicine chest in my top drawer So I never take nothing myself I may want it for me lorry darling that you It's me Come on in I'm in Is anything the matter? Ah, I don't know yet, david Don't know what yet if anything's the matter Oh, I've been trying to call you. I was on my way here. So I see Well, we're a couple of dopes we are Here we are standing around looking like a couple of terrified waxed figures. It's nonsense I refuse to waste another atom of worry from now on. I don't care the letter came david The letter It came yes It came well What did it say? I don't know you don't know I didn't open it. You mean you Well, where is it right here in my pocket book? You came all the way down here and never I couldn't I didn't have the courage So well, where is it? Where is it here? This is it. All right Well, aren't you gonna open it? Sure. I'm going to open you won't see a thing holding it up to the light david I tried. Oh, I was just Doesn't feel very thick. No I see what you mean about not opening Well, we can't put it off forever. No, you can't Funny all of a sudden. I'm nervous david. I can't stand it open it All right Your hands are shaking. I can't help it. It's silly. I know but I I can't help it Well david Well, that's that Yeah Look for yourself David, I've forgotten how to read tell me mr. Jared Tucker returns my letter with one word on it. Yes No, no Yes He says in one large word on it. No Oh, david Darling, are you all right? I'm fine. He won't sell us the house. Well not for 10,000 the title You would you'd think he would have grabbed it. You would think so wouldn't you? You know, I've I've I've got a half of mine to No, wait a minute. Not darling. Now, don't you worry me worry why david? I never felt better in my life I know I know you're being a swell sport about it. No, I'm not. No, I'm not. I'm awful I had no idea. I I just assumed David don't be so upset. Please try not to I really thought It's such a wonderful little house the brook and the meadow darling Honestly, believe me. I'm not upset at all. Claudia. You're really wonderful. You you take it like a man I didn't want that old house in the first place much you But you were right You were absolutely right this morning when you said that it's all for the best. What? I'm so glad you can look at it that way Of course, it's for the best Because now I realize just how much more I want that place How much more and how much more you deserve it if you want it and darling we we're going to have it now You just wait and see oh david I don't mind the waiting. It's the seeing that worries me Oh These programs star catherine bard is claudia and paul crabtree is david And the entire production is supervised and directed by william brown maloney Lady if you ran a business today and had lots of employees know what you'd do You'd probably install a coca-cola cooler so that you and your staff could pause and work refreshed Well, goodness knows you do a full day's work and then some right in your own home So why shouldn't you work refreshed? Why not stop for a moment right now for delicious refreshing coca-cola? Every day monday through friday claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again monday at the same time And now this is joe king saying au revoir And remember whoever you are Whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola Or ice cold coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes