 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 He must be inside the house David probably putting the plumber to work I didn't even know we had a plumber. We've got to have a plumber to install the steam riser line in the wall We've cut open. I didn't even know we had a steam riser line. What did you think it does stay in the cellar? What stays in the cellar the steam of course? Only it doesn't it rises. That's the point David. We're gonna have steam. I thought we'll get have oil We are well, what do you know? I'm beginning to learn all kinds of things about houses darling You're practically an architect at this rate in another five years. You'll be able to design a first-class birdhouse all by yourself Well, maybe not a fancy birdhouse nothing with plumbing you understand But a one-room common every day garden variety birdhouse at least when I build a birdhouse It'll have four walls not like the houses some people I know build or does look a little discouraging doesn't it? discouraging Well, we'll have that wall backed up before the end of next week. Uh-huh, maybe we can find mr. Paradiso I knew there was going to be an if Hey, these mr. Paradiso now and your wall is still flat on the ground mr. Paradiso Good morning mr. Paradiso You don't have to leave everything you're doing just to say hello, but I like it. Hello. I like it too Mrs. Norton. It's good to get a breath of nice clean city air We left New York hours ago mr. Paradiso we couldn't hold our breath all the time Married yourself quite a little car didn't you mr. Norton? I like that. Do you mean you think she's joking sure about holding her breath? wasn't she Well, what's the main trouble this morning mr. Paradiso? Now you see that wall there? Why isn't it up because you haven't got the steam riser lying in hey Make one of you two is the architect he is all of this adds up I suppose to what you're trying to say your your plumber didn't show up right the first time mr. Norton yes, you are the architect after all the plumber didn't show up He can't do that. Okay. Maybe the plumbers sick. Maybe but he's probably tying trout flies or else He just doesn't like word. Well, can't you call him up on the phone and tell him he just has to be here He knows we need it's just got something else to do that. He thinks is more important. Well, how bad is it? Can you juggle the work around a little and that's just it I can't what's he mean David? Well, the trouble is that if mr. Paradiso has to go ahead with the other parts of the job now and this very cold weather It's going to cost him more than he figures Oh, no trouble is also. I'm already cutting so close to the line on cost here And I don't see how I can hold down to the estimate you mean because the plumber doesn't show up today It's going to cost us a lot more money. Well, it isn't mr. Paradiso's fault plumber doesn't show up Well, it isn't our fault either ladies got something there And it wasn't our fault that the wall was so complicated that it costs lots more money to fix it than we expected in the first place But it's our house darling. You've got the plan on and when they dig the well Won't be our fault if they have to go down hundreds and hundreds of feet now wait a minute David we thought it was going to cost us eight thousand dollars And then we paid ten and the repairs are costing almost twice as much as we wanted them to and now all because a plumber doesn't show up This is our house. I know it's our house, but I'm beginning to think that maybe it shouldn't be Maybe it's too much for you This is where we're going to live this this way our lives How can it be too much? I don't see why our lives have to be so full of troubles Troubles Darling, this is nothing nothing compared to the trouble of peace people must have had in 1760 building this house in the first place. They may have had it harder, but they didn't have it any colder I think the trouble with your wife is that she's cold mr. Norton. They said it's a lot of it You're sorry Here I am making brilliant speeches about houses and plumbers while you're Standing around freezing to death fine sort of husband I turned out to be you're the most wonderful sort of husband in the world And I'm going to give you a kiss. Well and stop talking about it Mrs. Norton won't be any warmer in this house with a wall out Why doesn't she drive down the road to the Brewster filling station and sit inside there? I want to stay here and hear what you are Second-longer skin in the lake now you say you're too long Besides we may not have to decide anything at all the plumber shows up this afternoon We'll be able to finish enough by tomorrow so we can really get started on that wall Oh, I know he won't this house just isn't built that way I know that by now the poor plumber probably has something terrible the matter with him And he won't be able to plumb for months when you leave that to us now I'll drive you down to the Brewster. I'll drive myself down. You will not I'll drive you fine Then I'll drive you back here and we can go back and forth and back Drive yourself but drive carefully Keep my eyes on the road and my hand on the wheel and my feet on the gas that is what I'm afraid of darling I'm no fancy business. Don't try to park the car Park the car but that's the last thing I do all I ever do David is stop it Ain't got it This isn't Brewster service station, but we ain't got service No gas no oil no water no air no nothing all I want to do is to get warm How's that I just want to get warm Ain't got anything else but heat we've got that come in. Oh that feels wonderful It'll feel better if you close the door. Oh, I will You do look kind of cold lady. Why don't you come over here shit by door and stove gives off plenty heat. Oh That's even better already Right cold day. All right You want to be even colder next week or thing too. Oh, that's bad. Isn't it? Yeah, yes If you don't like cold, I don't know I Don't think anybody does Might as well read a newspaper. I guess maybe magazine. Thank you, Mr. Brewster. I ain't Brewster. I'm Jessup Cornelius Jessup. Oh Well, I'm glad to know you too. Thanks It's a pleasure Certainly is a funny service station in a way. Isn't it mr. Jessup? Hmm. How funny? Well, you haven't got any gas no oil no water or anything else But in spite of it, you're really very nice to people Thanks We ain't really open today. Oh I see I mean, I think I see but I can see what's thinking You're wanting to know what I'm doing here if we ain't looking. Oh, no, mr. Jessup I'm sure you must have a very good reason I'm keeping an eye on things from a cousin. Oh, you're mr. Brewster's cousin. No ain't Brewster's dead in dead ten years I'm sorry. Nothing be sorry about Me no penny pinching no good skin flint did his best to cheat my cousin when he bought this place from him Didn't get away with it though. I'm glad I can see what you're thinking You can you're thinking why isn't my cousin here still to me. Oh, no, mr. Jessup I'm sure your cousin has just as good a reason for not being here as you have for taking his place My cousin Philip who owns this service station is Filling in for his brother-in-law Sam Jones who owns the diner in town You see I was right and then if you want to know why I'm not filling in for Sam Jones myself Because I can't cook and because in Philip can't I knew there was a very good reason And if you want to know why Sam Jones can't beat his diner today It's because he's got to drive his wife's sister Sally Lou Martin the bridgeport to get a wedding dress because she's got to be married next week married Oh, if you want to know why I don't drive Sally Lou to bridgeport myself save all this Jumping around that's because we Jessups ain't talking to the Martin branch of the family Now you know everything and you don't have to ask no more questions, but I haven't asked any Ain't you not one question Weddings don't you think they're wonderful that they are is a question And here's my answer. I think they're a waste of time Why they can't just stand in front of the justice of the peace and get hitched and save all this trouble. I'm dying to for no Oh, it's a little trouble Weddings are worth it. I think little trouble Here I am Perfectly good plumber. I ought to be working today. Only instead I got to be you're a plumber. Yep. Sure. I am And it's supposed to be working down there on the river road on that old Tucker place those city people bought I sure could use the money only I got to stay here instead Do you know how badly they need you down there at that old Tucker place pretty bad to guess You don't need a plumber every day But lady when you need one you need one bad. I'm Mrs. Norton I'm half of the city people who bought the Tucker place and mr. Jessup you just haven't any idea how important you are to us. Sure is a shame Somebody's got to stay here and keep an eye on things at the service station But but but you haven't anything to serve somebody might call up for help getting a tire fixed Only there isn't a chance of that happening because nobody's out driving today. Mr. Jessup. Could you I mean this is not How how long can you stay here? I could stay here all day. This is not you stay right here You're gonna get to work right now on your house But mr. Jessup, what'll I do if something happens nothing will happen miss Norton You just stay here answer the phone on it will drink. I'm going right down get your house built. That's man's work But mr. Jessup any thanks miss Norton is just like money in the bank to me to me too. Goodbye Well, here we are mr. Jessup said you wouldn't ring Oh Promised him I'd answer Why did you have to ring just after he left? Brewster service station. Hello Yes What the Oaks Road? You've got a flat tire and you want me to fix it But I'm taking the place of the plumber mr. Jessup You see his cousin mr. Martin had to go to a wedding and This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney What happens in your house when unexpected guests drop in is there a flurry of activity Do you have to send one of the children out for refreshments or do you keep plenty of coke on ice for just such moments? Now that there's plenty of Coca-Cola again. It pays to order it by the case Then you can meet social emergencies the way you like to have them met with a gracious easy smile that says welcome It's grand to see 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 joking 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 or ice cold Coca-Cola makes any pause The pause that refreshes