 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 Certainly my guest Mrs. Meeker. Claudia. This is our cue to leave your beloved husband in the lurch Can't do that to me you're my partner I'm not our partnership has nothing to do with it Mrs. Meeker is the chairman of the presentation committee and she is nobody's partner Distinctly did not say Mrs. Norton. She said Mr. Norton. She did not say Norton and Killian She just said Norton that doesn't make any difference. We designed the Redbury Town Hall together You're breaking my heart come on Claudia. We can't stay at this opening ceremony all day We were both awarded the key to the city of Redbury. It isn't even a city. It's a township township city That doesn't matter, but you're you're a traitor and that does you can talk to Mrs. Meeker, too Isn't he awfully abusive this morning for an architect particularly an architect who was He's just been awarded a scroll and you were awarded a scroll too, and now you're unwilling to pay for it I haven't been asked to pay for it by anyone who counts got to take bluff back to New York Roger He can't wait for Mrs. Meeker to talk to David bluff can wait. You can take the train David We'll meet you if you two walk off and leave me here with this Oh, there you are, Mr. Norton. Oh won't you come over here? I'm afraid to leave my registration book Certainly Mrs. Meeker how I'd be glad to if you leave me now Mr. Norton it must be so exciting to be an architect. I don't you have the most thrilling experience Well, I've never exactly think of them as thrilling Mrs. Meeker, but sometimes they are very satisfying Satisfying huh, what a beautiful way of putting it mr. Norton We here in Redbury are so thrilled with our new town hall that we can't help thinking how very very thrilling it must be for you He just lapped this up your husband doesn't they have to take out all his hat and have them stretch I don't see why we should wait any longer He isn't going to let that woman stop praising him during that poor dog sitting out in the car Starving to death, but he'd feel so much better if he knew that his master had just been given the keys to Redbury And Mr. Norton the excitement of seeing it all take shape under your hands It must make you feel just like a Michelangelo well Not all of the time mrs. Meeker the minute Mayor Collins announced that we were going to have this official opening I said we've got to give mr. Norton the keys to the city and a special scroll with flowers It was very generous of you mrs. Meeker There's nothing to the way we felt and you know mr. Norton you're really very young to be such a marvelous Roger I really don't see how David can expect us to stay here when he's having such a wonderful time Nobody's even talking about look at that smile on his face. I haven't seen him so happy since the day we lost two important commission David's only vice-rages. He just hates people to praise him and fuss over him and baby He'll grow up. Mr. Norton. I can't see why you should be such a hurry to go back to New York. Well mrs. Meeker well Well, I mean we we have a number of other things we have to do of building skyscrapers and things like that Oh, I wish you could stay this afternoon. Anyway, we could have lunch at my house I have the sweetest little guest house and that I would like you to give an opinion on it Well, that's very good of you mrs. Meeker But you see I I do have to get back to New York and when you say lunch you you see I have of course it Isn't the guest house yet It's only a chicken coop, but I know you'd have the most original ideas for changing it over I'm afraid that's a little out of my line mrs. Meeker. You see my partner and I specialize in industrial architecture industrial architecture oh How romantic at least you will come to lunch and and tell me all about it, won't you by the way mrs. Meeker Have you met my partner mr. Killian? He's here. You know and I think you'll find he has a lot more to say than I have No No, I haven't met your partner But surely mr. Norton you don't need each other just to eat lunch Oh, I think this would be a very good time mrs. Meeker for you to meet mr. Killian You'd find him a man of wide experience. You're much younger than he aren't you? Oh, he's a brilliant Conversationalist and he's standing right over here. Where is he? Where did they go? What did you say? I said he's gone. He's disappeared. They can't do this to me Well after all mr. Norton he has a perfect right to go. Oh This works out perfectly Now you can come to my house for lunch. No, I'm afraid I can't I have to find mr. Killian But I've been expecting you After all you don't need him just to have lunch. Oh, I'm sorry. I do I must find him this minute and and my wife, too Yeah, why? Oh, they have the keys to my car. Oh, I have a car mr. Norton I suppose I ought to be very grateful to you two for waiting at all We weren't going to it was often mean of you to sneak out ahead of time and capture And it was also very mean of you to keep poor bluff waiting so long before his lunch Well, we take him we ought to celebrate a little don't you think champagne for us and a soup bone for blood I think it's a beautiful town hall and it's going to look even nicer in 200 years We really did do a pretty good job. They seemed to like it didn't they? Oh All mrs. Meeker was thinking about just now with those marvelous limestone columns. They aren't limestone anyway They're marble that funny. I thought I heard her say limestone when she gave you the scroll I think she did it But isn't it nice to know that even these slight inaccuracies don't prevent the audience from liking our work They didn't like it. They ought to be shot aren't we a little blood thirsty. I Would have thought that you'd be satisfied just scratching their eyes out Can we take him anywhere name the place anywhere? We can go bluff can go to We've got a scroll that says we're honorary citizens of Redbury. They see that in that beautiful place They're on the right. That's the stone for him has the best onion soup in nutmeg County Let's drive in look bluff has never had onion soup. Well here is where he tried it Maybe we better leave him in the car until we find out if they'll take dogs even with the keys to Redbury Honestly, Roger. Nobody could say no to bluff such a nice dog But if you insist he stays in the car, I'm staying with him and if you stay in the car I'm staying with you. Well, I guess I'm selected to show our credentials to the head waiter Don't let bluff eat off a leg We'll have him fed in a minute You're right who could refuse that dog It's really wonderful to travel around with a famous pair of architects You're almost as good as a lock picker. You can get us in anywhere. That's so sweet. I'm driven to thanking you That's growl give you the right to kiss me before lunch. No, no, I really haven't read it all through Maybe it wasn't so silly to wait in the car that kiss was nice. I wonder what's holding up Roger You They were decidedly Unpleasant maybe they'd seen bluff instead of the scroll they would have let him come in I can't see why people are so persnickety about dogs in restaurants. Not everyone is just that stone fought in They're known for their onion soup and stuffiness We'll find a much better place further off this time I'm going to go inside and tackle the innkeeper and I'll use the keys instead of the scroll By the way, I just remembered that in another few miles. We'll be coming to the coach wheeling onion soup Not exactly like a plan doesn't sound quite festive enough for the occasion But the people are a good deal more hospitable. We won't have any trouble with luck And he's not sure whether to believe it or not. Well, you just leave it to me Oh So that was the coach wheel in their manners were more like a steamroller I thought surely they'd allow us to bring in a dog Especially today. So you two men. I'd have as important as we three thought you were oh, we're important All right, it's just that nobody agrees with us. I'm ashamed it's happened in front of bluff He's going to be terribly disillusioned Claudia great day in strife undisillusioned. They're big enough so they can Stand a lot of it. The trouble is your dog is too big at least too big for an end We ought to have a minute or day that you could carry in your sleeves. We don't feed him He'll become a minute here. What are you going to do? He's hungry and so am I I know what we're not going to do We're not going to bring him to another celebration at Redbury Maybe not even you that big help or next time. We'll bring along a picnic lunch for the dog and you big help Isn't there another in a longer someplace? Yes. Yes, I know the place It's only about half a mile more to the River million Mega plan caveat. Oh I'm afraid our scrolls won't be much help there either. I'm afraid you're right All I can say is if somebody given bluff a scroll he'd do a lot better for us than we have for him Yeah, there's the River million Hey, David, aren't you gonna stop not even did you see that doorman? What's the next place? I see one where they're up ahead on the left that that that diner that greasy spoon They wouldn't even be able to read our scroll They wouldn't even have a lock to fit our Redbury keys in that case. Maybe they'll let us in Two jokes. This is a big celebration darling. We can't hold it in a little diner. Can we take bluff anywhere else? What makes you think you can get him in here? I'm going in not going in this time find out neither am I then why don't you send bluff in? See if he can get them to take us might work at that darling. Hmm. I can taste my Salisbury steak already Oh, you mean hamburger with with everything. This is a very special occasion. Well Here goes wish bluff luck Now bluff you've got to be very polite. Oh, yes show them. You know how to curl your little finger under Don't forget to tell them that I'm starving well It's now or never go on open the door Roger. I just can't wait to see one poor little dog do what two big architects could love a bluff Don't you forget the rest of us? I wish we thought of this at the stone fork the food there is really much better You're not so fast Roger. We still haven't got in here yet. We're going to Listen This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney When you hear your men folks talk about having a Coca-Cola cooler right on the job Does it ever occur to you that you have a white cooler in your own kitchen? Keep the family refrigerator well stocked with Coke and you can work refresh too Goodness knows you keep going hard enough all day long. 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