 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 Turn here's a lock colder outside than it is in the barn Pull up your coat collar. It's up. I'm warm enough. How you sound it? They just think only three more days to Thanksgiving. Well, it should be cold Say David, are you sure her majesty the cow will be warm enough? You just said it was warmer in the barn was so sweet My love the smell of a barn. I think maybe that's why I married you why I must have known you'd like these Smell of the barn. She divorced me if I didn't on the spot. Come on. Let's get back to the house Oh, what's the hurry? It's a beautiful night. It's only about nine o'clock. We have nothing else to do until we go to bed She seems very contented doesn't she? She could be a lot of people mama birth that could only be one she her majesty the cow She fits into our barns if she'd always been there. Hey look mama must have started to find the fireplace Oh, yeah, see the smoke coming out of the chimney. Oh, I love it. Look at the windows all cloudy with the warmth of the house Maybe it's a kingdom and it's all ours. It's a kingdom with a mortgage. What's the mortgage between friends? You know Thanksgiving seems like a holiday just for us this year and Christmas do you realize that Christmas is next? I realize I Realize also that you're nothing but a baby yourself. You like me. No, you're not bad. Not bad at all. Oh David what? Nothing except Standing here between the barn and the house Smoke coming out of the chimney smell of hay. I Could just bust now why on earth would you want to do that? I feel I have to do something. Oh, there's something you can do what darling come on in the house before your brain freezes Oh, it's good to be in Mama, I just wanted to know if you're here Just perfect. Yeah, give me your coat. I'll hang it up for you this one. Thanks big of you My hands are cold rub them can't be too cold That's a stiff All around my mouth too The cold doesn't seem to affect your tongue. How your ears are getting pink. Please leave my ears alone Oh, darling, you have such nice ears. You know lots of men don't have nice ears I wouldn't marry a man without nice ears. Well, at least mine seem to be good and strong Which is most important factor in this marriage. Oh, you're so sweet. Just see if you don't talk them off Well, if it isn't me own mother is sat in by the fire. Oh What a pretty picture no home should be without such a picture or such a mother you smell of the bomb like it I like it. Yeah, what a pretty picture mrs. Brown sitting by the fire knitting exactly what I just said you pulling my leg David Oh mama such a beautiful night. I her majesty the car sends you her regards. I hope you conveyed her mind We did of course Say David. What are you gonna do now? I am going to observe a moment of silence in honor of David Not oh dear I'm going to light my pipe and then settle down for a nice evening by the fire Oh You know, this should be the whole world just this Come here, Shakespeare. Come on. Come on. I'll scratch your ears for you Your daughter mrs. Brown has a thing about ears. Come here you disobedient cat is asleep His motor's going she means he's purring whimsy. Yeah, listen He's happy too Oh golly, I'm gay sleepy already. Don't do that coming in from the I can just curl up with Shakespeare by the fire and sleep and sleep and sleep I go right ahead darling, but try not to talk in your sleep. I never talk in my sleep. How do you know? Very funny. Let me see how many days Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Three more days. Three more days. Do you realize that? Yes, it's already Thanksgiving. Gosh You know, it's a nice sort of holiday not too much and Still enough to be one. Do you know what she's talking about, baby? I have no idea what she's talking about So long as she's enjoying herself Let her go ahead. You know perfectly well what I'm talking about. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday is Thanksgiving I need a haircut listen Shakespeare. I'm gonna let you eat turkey on Thanksgiving too I don't trust these barbers up here though and Shakespeare I'm gonna give you some white meat because Thanksgiving only comes once a year for cats. Mm for cats But for people if they're lucky and they have a kingdom that comes every day Maybe I could cut it myself. Come watch yourself. His hair mama. He's been having a running conversation with himself about his hair Say mama, we better make out a menu for Thursday. We're not going to have a big business. Are we? No, just us mama you fritz bertha. I'm the best Say that is a big business, isn't it? You know, it's bobby's first Thanksgiving And we're just going to be family We'll uh, we'll put up a sign nobody else allowed nobody else wanted But once we're going to be very selfish. All right. All right. Not one pang of conscience either Why should we have any conscience about it? It isn't wrong to want Thanksgiving by ourselves No, it's early Just think David Thanksgiving on our own farm In our own home What do we eat? Didn't you say turkey sweet potatoes with marshmallow on top? You mean marshmallow on top with a little sweet potato underneath Yeah And chestnuts we ought to have some chestnuts someplace and nuts on the table mama apples and wine and the green vegetable Green vegetable We have to have green vegetable on Thanksgiving. No, no green vegetable. No, we have to have it every other day of the year You're absolutely right, David. No green vegetable wanted. You won't need a very large turkey No, just about eight or nine pounds. I guess I'll talk to the butcher about it tomorrow mama Well, listen, maybe I ought to get a bigger turkey and we can have it cold You'll have a small turkey and then you won't have to eat turkey for two weeks afterwards Turkey croquettes turkey a la king turkey hash Turkey cold turkey hot turkey sandwiches turkey turkey turkey. I love turkey till January then I love ham Well, see I guess that's all for the menu. I don't think we want anything else I don't want anything or anybody. I feel like a caterpillar in a cocoon the fuzzy kind very fuzzy Oh, I listen that far I was thinking if you serve lonesome up at the barn for the cow in a few weeks, you'll have company. Well, at least she has that to think about David look you can hardly see outside the windows. It's so clouded up. Mm-hmm Winter is certainly going to be nice here Oh, no Do you want to get a telephone? What a bull. Oh, yeah, I'll get it Roger. Hello How are you Claudia my dear couldn't be better. David is Roger Roger. What's up? Nothing. He just wants to talk to me. Don't you Roger? Don't I what want to talk to me? Well, of course I want to talk to you Who else is there to talk to oh david mama any number of people not as far as I'm concerned Just you thank you Well, uh, what's been happening on the farm? Nothing everything We have a roaring fire going it's freezing cold out. So how is it new york freezing cold outside down tedious inside Oh too bad Um, your wife home my wife. Yeah. Oh, no. No, she's she's visiting her sister in chicago Well, uh, is jeffrey coming home for Thanksgiving? No, no, he's going to meet his mother in chicago Oh, well, that'll be nice Do you like chicago? Yes Yes, I suppose I do Well Well, um, how how's the cow? Oh, she's fine just standing around waiting for the blessed advance or the rest of us I hope you'll invite me for the occasion. We wouldn't think of having an occasion without inviting you roger Would we david wouldn't we what? Haven't you been listening? I have not Well, how do you like that roger david hasn't even been listening to our conversation. Good. Good. I like talking in private with my partner's wife Really david hearing one end of the conversation is most unsatisfactory. How's the baby claudia? Oh, bobby's fine. Perfect We thought he was teething, but he wasn't just a false alarm. Well, he'll tease soon enough Don't get impatient. Oh, I'm not David, I don't know why he called. There's a most peculiar conversation. Why don't you ask him? You mean bluntly? Yes monthly. What was that claudia? Oh, nothing nothing roger david was talking and and I I hope I hope we're going to have good weather all week. Yes. So do I Thanksgiving week is So much easier when the weather's good easier for what? Stop eavesdropping. It should be just beautiful up at the farm now in the crisp weather in evenings They're almost the best of all take a bow david You're You're quite a little farmer aren't you? Yeah There are 11 of us roger counting the animals and fruits and bertha. Good lord. You sound like Noah's Ark You, uh You're having a big celebration on thursday. Well, um turkey, you know and I'm I'm not going to chicago. I decided Couldn't face the trip Oh No Flying stretchers in this weather and I load the train It drains me completely. Well, then you'll be in new york Well, I I thought uh Well, since I had all day I I I might drive up and wish a happy Thanksgiving to yourself And I and cow. Oh, well, we uh Oh Well, could you roger could you really make it on thursday? I certainly could what? Oh dear, I thought we just decided well, uh Roger, we didn't dare ask you because of the chicago business. I mean I took it for granted that you'd I mean Well, if you're going to be in new york why that's marvelous because then you can be an eastbrook with us I'd love that I'd love that more than anything else I could think of as a matter of fact I was sitting here in new york and well, I just took my courage and both hands and called you up and invited myself I I hope you don't mind mind roger your invitation is accepted with the greatest of pleasures It's so nice to know that somebody considers himself enough of a friend that that he doesn't have to stand on ceremony And he wants to see us. He just picks up the phone and calls me up. That's the way I feel and I'm grateful You don't mind claudia you tell me if I were interrupting something or interfering wouldn't you know, I would roger See you thursday Goodbye roger my regard to your mother and not a greeting to that husband of yours. Goodbye. Goodbye Well, well well roger's coming thursday Isn't that wonderful I I couldn't help it. He literally invited himself and and when he did I realized that I I'd like to have him very much Well, somehow it just didn't seem fair to have all this and keep it to ourselves David say something. Don't just sit there looking accusing Were you little? Do you think you have to make apologies to us? Well, I I didn't think I did but you had that funny look in your eye. You're a nice girl darling Thanks It'll be a nice Thanksgiving. It'll be even nicer much nicer When a shopping spree turns into a shopping struggle head right for a coca-cola cooler and the pause that refreshes It's surprising how different things look when you shop refreshed Fortunately, coke is around the corner from anywhere now. So it's delicious ice cold refreshment is always handy Hello, mr. King. Is that you? Oh, yes, mr. Killian just called to ask you if you'll be around Thanksgiving day Yes, I'll be here fine Say you don't think I'm imposing on claudia and david Am I oh don't worry about it. They're glad to have you well I'm glad to come anybody else coming claudia and david aren't expecting to ask anybody else But uh, you never know from today to tomorrow. How right you are Well, see you Thanksgiving mr. King. Goodbye, mr. Killian 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 if war And remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment Think of coca-cola For 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