 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 Dinner dishes Where will I put them? Oh, we'll just put them on the kitchen table, please till I finish washing Don't break any do you hear break? Have I ever broken a dish in my life? Madam wishes I will put them here. Do you think the kitchen table can withstand the load the load Too soft Do my best to make it work madame the other ladies who employed me were quite satisfied I trust oh poor fool Say listen David all joking aside five when we've been getting along without a maid all this time Why does it seem so much worse now? Because now that we know we can't have one now's the time. We really want one That club that my dear girl is psychology. Oh That's what that is Maybe if we'd used a little psychology on Emma when she came up here to look at the place Why don't mention her name anyway? It wouldn't have done a bit of good. How do you know? You know since she turned us down the employment agency won't even send us any more candidates from New York Are the audacity of the employment they have crossed us off their list. They didn't cross us off their list They crossed off the animals. Oh poor Shakespeare. See you've heard his feelings. Hmm. He frightened me A lot you have a bear to pull public enemy. I have no sympathy for people who are afraid of pets Especially pets like cats and dogs people can't always help it Sometimes it's a disease. Oh, I don't believe it people like that are just abnormal. I see So in the future, we won't allow any maids afraid of cats and dogs to be our maids That's just it and by not doing so we we've saved ourselves a whole week's wages. Oh, we smile That makes us rich. Yes Have any ideas of what we'll do with all that money? Well Can we buy another great day in with it? Fine, that's it That's that that'll make it that much cozier to get another man You know, I don't even know where to look for one there isn't any employment agency up here You get to look under some baskets and boxes. Oh, yes Too bad they don't handle maids at the grocery store, you know, well, maybe something will turn up Something will turn up. I think something just turned up then. What was that? Oh, nothing. Just the pipes. I don't get nervous Hi, I never noticed them doing that before neither did I what's all the fuss fuss? I'm not crossing Pipes on to this they're running away Like they've gone. I don't like it. They're just broken into a trot They look over there is the water still running This is all very ominous They just like to make a little noise. They like to Pipes do it all the time. That's the way they have fun. See the pipe. I smoke doesn't do it They do it all the time when something isn't going right if you take my word for it probably stop in a minute What could possibly be wrong? Well, I know what's wrong. I'm an architect not a plumber a little noise David. It doesn't mean anything probably It even used to happen in New York I think I'd better go down in the cellar and investigate this mystery if you are an architect and not a plumber I don't see what good you're investigating is going to do darling Even an architect can see if the cellar is flooded the cellar could be flooded David why didn't you say so? It is flooded. I'm really suggestive that it might be serious our clean wash is down there It doesn't cost us a cent to open the cellar door and look hurry up the wash. I've got wet You're gonna turn on the light quite What are you here? I was just listening to hear if the pump still going well is it Will be still No, no can't hear it good or bad. You can't hear it medium We'll turn on the light and see if it's flooded How about it, what do you see? No, what isn't flooded? What is it? I don't know. Do you see anything? How's my wash the wash wait a minute? I look is it dry No wash isn't flooded either. Oh good Well, listen darling be careful don't oh Dear well, it can't be anything serious if the wash isn't wet and if the floor can't be serious there Wouldn't be fair anywhere on top of not being able to get a maid this house wouldn't do something like that to us What it are you kidding? Certainly not kidding See listen. Yeah, that wasn't nearly as bad as it was before I think it's going away. I thought it sounded worse David now what the water has stopped all together. Are you sure it's turned on? Well, let's settle where you going to telephone the plumber wait for me Man even call the plumber by himself anymore Hello Hello Hello, mr. Maxwell Mr. Maxwell, hello, this is this is David not non river road. Yes river road. How are you? Well, I'm fine Yes, that's fine say mr. Maxwell Yeah, yeah, well well Well, well, mr. Maxwell. We're having a little trouble here tonight. Hey David Buddy, I can't hear him Yes, mr. Maxwell What do you want? Oh, I better go back to the kitchen and see what he wants. You don't need me. Do you David? Well, first the pipe started to make a lot of noise banging and David never mind the water is running again Yes, mr. Maxwell. David you hear me the water is running again Well, I looked at that. Oh It stops. Well, that's fine mr. Maxwell. All right, mr. Maxwell. What's he saying now? All right, mr. Maxwell, I'll try that that that sounds like a good idea. What sounds like a good idea very good, mr. Maxwell, we'll do that right away. Thank you very much David. What does he say the matter? He said he didn't know he took all that time to say he didn't know he also said he'd come right over in the middle of the Really in the country Plumbers are just like doctors aren't they? He also told me a lot of things that might be causing the trouble What were they? Well, the worst of them is a broken pipe broken pipe. Where where where would you like it to be? Well, maybe even in the attic. No, no where the water tank is. Oh, that's where have you a choice madam How about the oh no water dripping down on everything else in the house? We better go right up and see hey Hey, come back here. I don't run upstairs like that. I'd like to know what you call it Maybe nothing's broken after all you haven't looked yet. I don't have to look wouldn't I just see the waters lying on the floor? Well, it shouldn't be so deep so fast. So what's a wet? Don't you hear something dripping? I think so. Be still. Oh David over there. Oh But where oh, oh, here's a rag quick. We better mop it off. No, not that one. That's my best table Here, how about this? Oh, yeah, all right What are we gonna do the rag won't do any good well here here, I'll get a bucket and and Put the bucket down right here, and then we'll sit and wait for the plumber No, I'll let the elbow right again And it's all fixed Mr. Maxwell. Oh fix miss nothing not a thing to it Just the neatest little hole you ever did see all that noise for one little hole Whenever you hear those old pipes banging you can be pretty sure something's the way it ought to be maybe serious Well, we're very grateful you came over this late mr. Mack Grateful ain't the word for it, mr. Norton You folks are lucky. I was just leaving the house when you called. Oh weren't we lucky? Why it would have gone right through the floor if you hadn't got here right away Could have taken me four days to get here if you hadn't caught me four days I'm leaving on a fishing trip upstate even right from your door Must be pretty good fishing upstate isn't it mr. Mack sure is my husband's partner's coming up tomorrow They're going fishing here. That's right. Is that a fact? Yeah, I have to go together sometime. Mr. Norton Well, I guess you won't have no more trouble for a while and I'll be saying good night. Well good night and uh many thanks Good night. Good night, mr. Maxwell. Good night, miss Norton. Well good night. Good night. Good night well Maybe this is a Little bit nosy me. Oh, no, it isn't. What is it? I was just wondering if you do all your own housework, mr. Norton Yes, yes, I do. I didn't see anybody else around. So I kind of thought you did. Well, she does I'm afraid I don't mean to be intruding any but I thought maybe you could use some help my sister-in-law My brother's dead two years is a right good cook and she sure is handy around the house She's uh looking around you mean your sister-in-law would consider working for us I didn't mean to be intruding exactly but if you could use somebody not this week yet But uh beginning of the week after she's a mighty fine cook and how she does the wash Looks like mountain snow. My brother used to say means she does the laundry too I can't read a mind and miss Norton. So I ain't exactly sure she'd work for you But I'd say it's pretty good bet you would it's almost worth having leaky pipes to hear you say that mr. Maxwell Well, sir, I didn't mean to be intruding none. Oh, you haven't been glad to help Uh, tell you what when I get back from a fishing I'll call you folks up and bring the sister-in-law around my name's good Well night folks mr. Maxwell, you've been marvelous hasn't he david He fixed up all of our domestic problems in one visit pipes hard to be fine now Everything's working just right so I can go fishing with an easy conscience. Oh, I'm sure you'll catch lots more fish that way Hope so good night David isn't it wonderful We're a couple of pretty lucky people. I hope you appreciate it I do appreciate it when other people's pipes burst. That means trouble when ours burst. It's a it's a bonanza Is that the word I meant? It'll do Come on darling. Let's start washing the dishes. I knew Gertrude won't be here for a week David did you hear something me? No, no, I didn't hear anything But I I think I'll just start to hum a little if you don't mind When pipes bang it may mean real trouble Isn't that what mr. Maxwell said before leaving for four days? I still can't hear a thing darling. You're right. I can't hear anything either Dum dum dum dum Shopping and marketing may irritate you but they have to be done regularly Next time you're looking for a blue suit and they have nothing but brown Next time you have to wait in line at the grocers. Tell you what to do Pause and refresh at the familiar red cooler Coca-Cola coolers can be found in so many places nowadays And you'll find it's far pleasanter to shop refresh. Oh, mr. King If ever you need a plumber, let me know. How about it, huh? Mr. Maxwell seems to me you're a better maid-getter than you are a plumber Well, if you ever need a maid, let me know. How about it, huh? That I will fine so long Oh, wait a minute. You're in quite a hurry there, aren't you? Certainly am. I'm off on a fishing trip. Oh, so you said You know mr. Norton's going trout fishing tomorrow. I sure do wish him a good catch There's nothing like a day in a trout stream. So david will find out tomorrow Well, I won't keep you. Goodbye mr. Maxwell Sure long fella As I was about to say 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 au revoir 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 This broadcast of claudia was supervised and directed by william brown maloney And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola