 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 Where we leave the car David right around the next corner. I won't be lucky to find a parking space Certainly were Hey, hey, hey, don't walk so fast. I want to look in the window. I've been afraid of this You women you don't know how to walk love window shopping doesn't cost a dime No, except a quarter to park the car that we didn't park the car for a quarter. We parked it for nothing Wonderful how you can wiggle it in backwards think nothing of it. I'll never learn. Oh Let's walk a little further Hardware stores up the street on the right now there is a woman after my own heart A woman who would rather look in a hardware store window than a dress shop. Oh Hardware is much more fascinating Every time I look in one of those windows. I wish I had a million dollars. You just said we are window shopping, of course darling You know ever since we've been living up here in the last three months. Eastbrook is growing seems to get busier every day, doesn't it? I bet when people look at us they think we're vacationers or summer people I'll bet you 20 cents. They don't it's a bet David where you going? I'm going to ask somebody to look at us and tell us whether he's looking at us as vacationers or native David you idiot come back here. Come back. I come back. You'll lose your bed. Oh, well, all right It's worth 20 cents any day to save my face that face. I wouldn't give 20 cents for it. Oh, you're so sweet so complimentary I'll walk next to me like a stranger. Yes, ma'am Hey, where's the hardware store? I thought you said it was just up the block. It is just off a little more Darling don't walk so fast. Take it easy David you're holding my arm as if I were an old woman. I intend to treat you like an old woman for the next few days I Want to make sure that I get a very young son without any more trouble than necessary. Oh, you Think about hmm practically all me too Every now and then I practically forget you're about to become a father No bags under my eyes. Isn't it wallets for men? Look look look at that sweet dress. Yeah, we weren't going to look at sweet dresses Remember, I'm just starting to think of dresses again. Well when we're in New York, and you're out of the hospital You're going to go out and buy yourself a wardrobe that will positively knock my eyes out I don't want to do that No wallets under them Nevertheless you you're going to take yourself shopping not window shopping either. You are sweet Did I ever tell you you're the most generous thoughtful man I ever met? Hey, don't walk so near the curb. Oh What do you think you are anyway the most generous thoughtful man you ever married? What is that shining over there see in the middle of the street? There just see just beyond the fire hydrant. Oh, I don't see anything looks like a dime to me I'm just going to see what it is. Claudia come back here Rich finders keepers and David finding money is good luck I throw my luck away when it's staring Claudia get get back on the sidewalk. There's a car coming You little idiot Did you hurt yourself? I don't know yet Stupid curve. It wasn't where I thought where'd you hurt yourself? Are you all right? Of course? I'm all right It's just my ankle. I think which one right one Here right here. You sit down the curb Now wiggle it around Both think I'm drunk. That's the only decent excuse for your behavior that I can think of was a dime Nice new shiny. I don't want to look now. See if you can move your ankle around much better when I don't And I just leave it the way it is little fool. You want to get killed. I didn't get killed. I just twisted my ankle David, let me get off this curb Let him look how badly does it hurt? Badly Serve you right Take back everything nice. I said about you. You're all mean hard-hearted broke shut up now How does it feel his feelings are hurt? So am I do you think you sprained it? I Think I broke it. Can you move it at all rather not try David what am I going to do spend the rest of the night on this curb now to leave you here I would have just walked off and leave you go ahead. See if I care of all the foolish Stupid things to do if you don't get leave me. I'll give you the dime He looks like you wiggle it just a little now see I'm perfectly all right every place else except in your head. I hate you I think we ought to get you and see a doctor. What do I want to see a doctor for to get your ankle strapped up? Maybe you'll have the sense to put you in a wheel chair and handcuff you You don't want a doctor. You want a police sergeant if I could get one. I would that's the only doctor I know is that pediatrician in Bridgeport I saw yesterday He's not interested in ankles. No, I Should think any doctor would be interested in your uncle. Oh Well, there must be some doctor right here in Eastbrook If you insist right next to the dress shop there's a shingo. I noticed the eagle eye And here you think you can stand up. Of course. I can stand up here Here I'll help you Feel like a stork standing on one foot a stork would come in handy. Oh, yeah now Yeah, put your arm around my show shoulder Nice Only one that weren't so many people around now. Come on darling. It's it's just a few steps now take it easy Stupid the way one ankle can mess everything up. I hope the doctors and These are always supposed to be an odd day. Now here. We are just two steps up You want me to carry you? I'll ring the bell his name's Dr. Barry Why you have to rush off and see a doctor at the mirror drop of an ankle Twisted my ankle lots of times. I never did a thing about it. You weren't my responsibility then. Oh Here comes somebody now Yes My wife has just turned her ankle. I'm dr. Barry doctor come in come in we hate interrupting you like this But my husband insist your husband is perfectly right It's a conspiracy I'll turn on the lights. This is very kind of you doctor. No at all not at all Oh, if you're at dinner my ankle can certainly wait been through dinner quite some time now Come right in here There you are Mrs. Norton Sit right down. How'd you know who we were? Well, you moved up here and bought the Tucker house up the road about three months ago didn't you? We didn't have any idea. It was such a public affair Eastbrook folks have a way of knowing what's going on here Even when they're not nosy. I love knowing other people's business But you are nosy now, uh, let me see this ankle. How did it happen? Well, I I know it sounds silly, but I saw a dime in the middle of the street and I and she tripped on the curb young woman You ought to be spanked. Uh, uh, that's just what david said david's right Well, you're going to have a baby in no time at all Got to handle yourself a mite carefully. Are you a baby doctor too? I've handled quite a few in my time Yes, indeed. I have You'll find babies I've brought into the world and taken care of all over eastbrook and over a good part of the world too Must be a nice feeling tears tears This here your first baby. I've been watching you You're coming around fine. Mrs. Norton Who's bringing your son into the world david? He knew it was going to be a son Dr. Barry is a fortune teller dr. Roland of new york has taken care of me Thaddeus Roland's a good man. He sounds like mama. Yep. He's got a fine reputation We're going into town on friday just to be there. That's a good idea. But think really necessary First babies are never in a hurry When you think he's coming right away and you've got a good many hours to wait So take your time and there's nothing to worry about. Well, you're very reassuring to talk to doctor just experience my boy While I've been practicing medicine. I've seen babies get into the world in that dangedest way Yep It'd amaze you how much they want to get here Then 20 years later. They can't figure out why they did I see what you mean. I don't expect mrs. Norton here is going to have much trouble I've been watching her these few months. She's a fine healthy young woman Have yourselves some tobacco mr. Norton. Oh, thank you. I I don't mind if I do Say I Hope you didn't change the paneling in the hall in the tucker house No, as a matter of fact, we didn't touch it. Nice house the tucker house. Yes, it is. It's been a good many hours there I was always kind of afraid of Some city folks who would buy the place and turn it into some kind of a curios. Well sometime when you Have the time you'll have to come down and see exactly what we've done to it doctor be looking forward to it by the way That's uh That's a nice size chart you have up there on the wall Caught him right down and back of eastbrook in the Stream near your house really he gave me quite a tussle I don't go for stuffing fish and hanging them up on the wall But mrs. Barry well she thought this one had a right nice look in his eye and we ought to keep him around for a while Yes, I agree with mrs. Barry Fishing's nice, but once you've caught the fish the fun's over you women folk You're all the same This is a nice comfortable room, isn't it david? It's a sort of room that you feel you've been in before I guess I ought to do a little fixing up in here Marty and I sit a bit maybe but Well, I I've been practicing a long time now And you get so you hate to change things. I know I'll get the adhesive tape young lady We'll strap that ankle yours. You stay off of it now for 24 hours If it pains you tonight put an ice bag on it and take an aspirin If you still got trouble with it tomorrow the next day call me. I'll run down to see you Just talking to you makes it feel better already. Well, I'll tell you how I feel Medicines a fine thing because it helps people and I like to be here when I'm needed Now your baby is going to come into this world. All right, mrs. Norton One thing about babies you can't stop them coming into the world They seem to like it and mr. Norton Drop in late summer afternoon before the trout season's over Maybe we can find something important to talk about I'll be with you in just a minute David, what are you thinking about? He's a nice man, isn't it? So it makes me feel as if my father was still alive. That's how I feel And he's just the kind of man our son would like as a grandfather Don't you think I think so Isn't life amazing Here tonight we came down to Eastbrook just to buy some toothpaste And when we were window shopping for nothing I found a dime And a doctor for our son. Well, hang on to that dime darling so far. It's good luck Um In restaurants and at soda fountains on dining cars and at roadside stands lunch with coke makes lunchtime refreshment time Listen to the orders ham sandwich and coke hamburger and coke Shrimp salad and coke they say to the man behind the counter are the waiter bending over the table Keep plenty of coca-cola in your refrigerator and you can lunch refreshed at home It's a good idea try it. Well joe it looks like we've stumbled onto the doctor. We've been looking for Stumble is right. How's claudia's ankle? Oh, she'll be all right. It's nothing serious On the contrary though a very profitable stumble on dr. Berry is my kind of doctor too, david I'm glad it worked out this way. Well when we need even which I hope won't be too often He'll be the right one Now I've got to be getting along going home david. I promised claudia an ice cream soda first She called it her reward david. She'll get her reward tomorrow. You mean another ice cream soda. No, but uh ice cream Homemade ice cream. Oh Sleep on it david and good luck for tomorrow. Thanks for the warning so long joe. Bye david Every day monday through friday claudia comes to your 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 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