 Your coca-cola bottler presents, Claudia, based on the famous 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 What's better than a good stretch? Especially when it's a home stretch I was gonna say fall is going to be beautiful here on the farm darling. Mm-hmm smells like fall tonight, doesn't it? Wonderful smell. There ought to be a perfume called burning leaves burning leaves Hey, David behind your ear. Don't settle down. I am settled down for a nice long evening by the fire without a fire The evening it'd be nicer if it were shorter only nine o'clock Mama's gone to bed if it's good enough for her mama had a headache. I could work one up if I tried save your strength What are you going to do I might do a little work on the new red school house work You want to be kept in mink don't you? Oh, well, I prefer muskrat leave them for muskrat I have to do some homework then skip the muskrat I wear sable Young woman if you're trying to we do me into spending an evening of idle chatter I'm not interested in idle chatter. I'm busy. You don't want to talk at all. No You really don't want to guess you don't I? Can take a hint and take it all right all right all right? Oh Mr. Naughton. Oh Fred's just a man. I wanted to talk to it's what is it you have that I haven't What is it mrs. North that's what I wanted to know ain't no attention to her fridge I was just thinking coming out to the kitchen. There's something. I want to talk to you about yes Well first try some of this new tobacco. See if you like it Yeah, we're like go ahead David has cans and cans of it Rich client. I smoke it later. I don't need to be so formal with me for it smoke it now. Well, yes Thank you Are you coming on the place you still up your ears and work? Oh, no besides working on this land. It's not work It's a pleasure eats to his own taste as the woman said when she kissed the cow go kiss a cow Don't you think we ought to hire some day labor on the place? But what for now? I was thinking of clearing out that underbrush behind the pasture. Ah why spend money for lazy loafers I soon get plenty time. I do it myself quicker and better I dare say you were must kill yourself working. I don't worry. I am the first to say when it is too much About how many those matches and we have still no animals on the farm So I am practically with nothing to do Some day. I hope you don't count your chickens before they hatch. It's not chickens I can't but cows and pigs and well, we have to take that work seriously Well, the farm is not a farm without animals and I promise you would not need any more help I am a very good hand with animals. You don't have to tell me Hmm, which are fine tobacco. Mr. Northman sounds fine. Very fine. Hmm here. I have an extra can Well, I did not mean of course. You did of course. Oh, well, I Clear up the underbrush at the end of the week. Well, good night. Good night to breathe it for us. Yes David, why should we be so blessed? But we are Have a chocolate. I'm smoking my my pipe Claudia. Don't squeeze the chocolates like that I'm looking for one. It's not figs or coffee. I'll take pot luck. It's rude to poke. Oh I got a green one. Uh here. I'll take it I thought you were smoking your pipe. Well, green one is Marzipan simpleton what Marzipan I mean. Oh, I always wondered how you pronounce it I detest Marzipan. Well, don't take my word for it Think I'll come out Shakespeare's hairballs Now that's one of your better ones Better ones. What non sequiturs all them While you come out Shakespeare's hairballs, maybe I'll get some peace and quiet. I'll tell Shakespeare. You're working Can you call him quietly? How would he hear cats have a sixth sense, but I haven't you haven't got one. Oh, you're so sweet to me darling Maybe he's going upstairs Now what would he do that for? Peace and quiet. I hope that cat's hiding in the attic now Hmm bub's dim in this life Where is that blast? Don't tell me Shakespeare's keeping watch over Bobby come on in I want my fountain pass It's in the pantry. Come on. What's it doing in the pantry? I needed it Look, baby. That's what? Bobby Lucky has his mouth open Looks as if he were smiling, but it's gas He smells so Damn sweet baby smell If I would have walked blind folded through an immense corridor of babies I'd know which one was Bobby You would too. He looks like every other baby, and he smells like every other. Oh, that's what you think Except I don't think you do either. Oh David He's ours Hey, you're only supposed to kiss babies on the cheek Don't tell me but it's It's different with wives So come here. I'm glad I'm not a baby Claudia What about his belly? What about it? He has one. He's supposed to will he Outgrow it. Of course you'll outgrow it. I hope not too soon. No, I love it Well, don't make a sissy out of it. He's only two and a half months Little while longer won't hurt him. You don't think it's some Sort of silly to go downstairs again When our bedroom is right here down the hall, did you see my fountain pen was in the pantry? All right, I'll bring it to you Oh, what a bore. Well don't loiter. I never loiter Shakespeare here you are. Come on Shakespeare. You just Sit on my lap be still or I'll ring your neck I'm not hurting you dope. I haven't even touched you So you don't have to cry in case now Be quiet. Hey darling. Did you receive a notice of a life insurance premium? No Anybody had sent a check. I'd remember this isn't a check. It's a bill You said it was a premium. Well a premium is a bill for an insurance premium You're getting repetitions. Now all I want to know is did you receive it? If it's a bill It's in the top drawer. If it's a premium. I don't know where I put it Maybe I filed it under pee pee Only I haven't got a file What do you want with it anyway? I want to pay it. I Thought life insurance was money you receive not gave out heaven grant me patience I thought it was all velvet. You know better than that now stop trying to act dumb. All right, you won't tell me Never mind the moon. You've got to look look right through right right right there through the window Quick put out the light. I will not put out the light. It's a harvest moon Great big orange Brown make a wish you only make wishes on new moons. I make wishes on harvest moons, too I wish you weren't so dumb I wish Life would never be any less wonderful And it is right now You happy? Terribly the light out the moon's twice as bright It's beautiful apple tree Will be fall soon in winter David don't work on the school house plans tonight Don't do that life insurance thing either, please. Oh, I get pushed around don't do this don't do that Oh, the world is so full of a number of things the world is full of two kinds of people those who quote Alice in Wonderland And those who don't isn't Alice in Wonderland. It's Tennyson Anyway, we should be what? happiest Kings I'm as happy as kings Are you? But before we go up to bed, I'm going to fill out this insurance premium thing. Where's the checkbook right there in the second drawer Why do you always have to do something first before you do something else because that is life? Besides you wouldn't want me to let my insurance laps Why not because then if I died wouldn't be worth anything to you David stop it I'm gonna have to call all my insurance I'm going to call them up and have it all arranged so it's paid to you in a small amount regularly rather than in a lump David Don't talk like that. Then I know you won't go out and lose it all at once Then I won't have to worry. You wouldn't have to worry if you were dead David I hate talking about insurance and wills silly. How can you be so silly? I'm not silly you don't understand I Couldn't live if anything ever happened to you you would live You darn well would have to live. I wouldn't kill myself. What about Bobby Bobby wouldn't matter Yes, he would he'd matter more than anything David, please Claudia You're crying Hold me tight Little fool darling, what's the matter? I don't know. It's just talking all that silly nonsense. You're trembling The spirit must have just walked over my grave a minute ago. You were so happy as king. I still am I guess What's the matter now? Come on. Tell me. I Don't know. I just can't explain Maybe everything's too perfect as if it just couldn't keep on that way Ritz and the farm and Bobby and nothing's going to change a harvest moon Everything's so quiet David let's go up. I should have known I wouldn't get any work done. Don't jump darling. Can't you tell me? Just as if I'd said goodbye to what to who I don't know to this whole evening that was mine and yours No, it's gone by there There will be others of course there will if you say so tomorrow night The moon won't be so fallen Tomorrow is Never the same tomorrow might be better. Come on. Let's go up Remember the old cracker barrel around which folks used to cluster in general stores Sometimes nowadays it seems the coke cooler has taken its place You'll find a Coca-Cola cooler in shops and stores of all kinds today But it serves as more than a pleasant meeting place. It also helps you shop refreshed. Oh, mr. King Yes, Fred's you smoke a pipe. Yes, occasionally. Would you care to taste some of this excellent tobacco? Mr. Norton gave me why I wouldn't mind if I did good. I bring you some I Smell rain for tomorrow. Oh, no the moon's out after the moonshine rain after the light dark After the pleasure of sadness just a saying fritz. I wonder But anyway tomorrow it rains and that is all I hope you speak as if something terrible were about to Look, I'm not superstitious and I refuse to be upset by a few cliches fritz Yes We wait for time. I Bring you the tobacco do that and thank you 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 tomorrow at the same time And now this is Joe King saying or of war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be when you think of refreshment think of Coca-Cola Or Coca-Cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes and ice-cold Coca-Cola is everywhere These broadcasts are adapted for radio by mania star and the entire production is supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney and now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola