 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents 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 What time is it David? Can't you see the clock on the dashboard? Oh clocks and cars never work Did you know that yet? They got mixed up with the gas or something What time is it David? What time does it say? 515 Can't be that late can't it? Can't it though? Look at the Sun. What's the Sun got to do with it? You mean to tell me that you Mrs. Norton a farmer's wife a Pioneer woman who is about to set her foot on the soil of Connecticut that you Cannot tell time. Oh Get to be so late We're gonna leave New York in time to get to Eastbrook before dark. I remember yes But the fates and the gods who sit on yonder clouds. They didn't remember they didn't know They made my phone ring every time I tried leaving the office. You're so popular Mm-hmm and say wasn't I wonderful to get the garage man and fritz to pack the car The eighth wonder of the world some long evening by the fire You'll have to tell me what the other seven are and you remind me I will We should just about make it by dusk dusk in Eastbrook must be beautiful You know, I think I wouldn't mind moving into our new house at dusk. I just wouldn't mind moving into our new house Bluff wouldn't either no Shakespeare. They've been on pins and needles all day And I'm sure I haven't forgotten anything. Did you notice anything? I'd forgotten No, we'll soon find out. Oh, who cares anyway if I've forgotten. It's not important Oh David, I can't believe it. We're really on our way into moving into our new house I just simply can't believe it. It's been a long pull hasn't it? Yep Plastic traffic Why does so many people have to drive around all the traffic's going in our direction too I don't understand it. Well, this is the main highway darling All these people are rushing home for the night Rushing I never rushed so slow. We're just crawling along We're only going 25 miles an hour And I'm sure the sun's setting much faster than that David I think I'll get off of this main road There's a little road around here someplace that goes to Eastbrook the back way. Oh, we'll get lost Nonsense I came up this way the other day It's a little longer mileage, but it cuts off all the traffic Well, if you're sure We've got to get there before dark a paradiso have left He has the keys to the house. Are you excited? I'm impatient same thing But it's a cozy feeling to think of our house sitting and just waiting for us to come And you know the queers thing I've stopped thinking of it as a house. I've sort of Think of it more as a person now that mrs. Norton smacks faintly of whimsy If there's one thing I am not it's whimsical Oh, David go faster. Please go faster. I don't even care if we get a ticket this time Me get a ticket. Yes, you get a ticket Our road is right down around the bend with we'll turn off turn off there and then uh Nuts to all the speed limits that the road up past the filling station. That's it We ought to be home in about 25 minutes 25 minutes. Oh 25 minutes and we'll be in our house No landlords No fritz and bertha No cities no elevators Only a little old mortgage over our head Sounds wonderful. Well, here we go. Hold on to your hat. Hold on to my hair. You mean It's warm, isn't it? It's warmer than new york. Yeah, it's going to be a beautiful night. Of course it is The only trouble is I can't decide which I'd rather do walk around our property in the moonlight But just sit in our house and let myself Feel it all around me. Well, I tell you we'll do both Oh, now we're going nice and fast much faster than the sun. Aren't we I hope the road stays smooth Are you sure the garage men pack the back of the car tightly? And everything won't jump out and fall all over the place. Oh darling. This is exciting. I love driving fast Well, don't you ever let me catch you doing it. Why not? It's just the same as driving slow only faster David what was that? All the what is it? Why are you slowing up? It would have to happen now Claudia did you get the tires checked? Oh the garage man said they were fine David it is a flat tire. Oh, no a right front tire. Oh, no What do we do? What do you think we'll do? David? I've never changed the tire in my life I wouldn't know where to begin. Are you just sitting the car darling? Where are you going to get the spare tire out of the trunk of the car here? Hold my coat David. There's no point in you're doing that I'll be warm enough. I can't work with my coat on. I don't mean the coat. I mean the trunk Which trunk the trunk of the car silly. There's no point in well earthy. You're trying to tell me just that The tire it isn't there. It isn't no Claudia where is it? Now David now David don't get excited There wouldn't have been any room in the trunk for our trunk and the tire too And since the garage man said the tires were fine Well, I just I just Claudia you didn't the tires in the garage david and our trunk is in the trunk instead Well, how was I supposed to know darling? I never had a flat tire before I didn't know they just went pop the minute you break a speed limit David who sold you our tires you ought to get your money back Oh heaven grant me patience patience isn't going to do you any good only a spare tire will now David don't look like that What time is it all I know is that it's getting dark and we've got no tire Why can't we just roll along like this? It seems very simple does that? We cannot roll along like this. Why not you want to wreck this car forever You can't drive on nothing but the rim of your wheel Well, that's what you get for being in such a hurry and getting off the main road If you'd stayed on that highway where you belong maybe this wouldn't have happened Are you blaming me for this or at least if it had happened there There'd be lots of people around with spare tires to give us No wonder put tires look like lifesavers You aren't angry are you angry? Of course not that's good because I'm really not blaming you I'm not angry. I am Furious where is your sense of humor? I think it's very funny Us sitting in the middle of no place on a back country road without a spare tire Very funny. I don't even see one house. I guess not so many people live in the country as I thought Well, what are you going to do? You are going to sit here in the car all by myself Well, you have bluff and shakespear to protect you. No, you take bluff. You might need him and take me to Where are you going back to the main highway to the filling station at the crossroads? It's miles And if you hadn't been going so fast, it wouldn't have been so far not again, please It's it's only about four miles only four miles is miles Look david, I don't want to stay here alone. Let me come with you. It's a long walk darling You sure you can make it dr. Rowland said I should walk a lot. Remember Well, this will take care of all my walking for days. All right, come along I don't know how I could have been such an idiot as to come off without checking the tires myself We're there now almost aren't we practically what time is it? I thought you could tell about time by the moon. Now, let me see the moon says it's about uh 9 15 I wonder why that nail was lying around in the middle of the road such a waste of a nail I was just waiting to flat our tire It knew we were coming of course. It did all of kinetic. It knows we're coming at last You're very tired darling me. I feel wonderful. I never felt better is a beautiful walk You're not such a bad sport. You're not either It'd be very dull if things happened always just the way you planned it wouldn't it dull. It would be an event Hey david look what now our house. There it is up ahead right there Yeah, so it is I can even recognize it at night Oh david slow down. Please go very very slow. I thought you were in a hurry not anymore I want to sort of sneak up on it. I want to taste every second of arriving Oh now I am whimsical old now you're not Isn't it lucky there's a moon out David look the roof's all silver That's the moon on the roof darling I don't blame it the house looks very white doesn't it Oh darling we're here Here's the driveway and here's the mailbox Our house looks so safe david these tall trees standing around Aren't they quiet there's a light burning in the living room Paradiso must have left the key. I wonder where I left the key We'll find it Getting out darling. Oh, yes And david I'm glad we had a flat tire you are nice arriving at night. It's so private What kind of birds are those What oh you mean that sound yeah, they're not birds they're frogs That's supposed to be funny. I suppose Darling hold my hand I'm holding it Well, what's the matter You're shaking am I? David the house looks as if it's living doesn't it It is lived in by whom Oh by a young couple Married about seven months The husband's an architect wonderful architect And wonderful husband The wife is a beautiful young woman Who's going to make a beautiful young mother. They're very happy here, aren't they? Very Oh Look on the door There's a note tacked on the door Paradiso must have left it. You want me to strike a match and insult that beautiful moon. I should say not Yeah, let me see. What does it say? See dear nautines I knew you had come Whether the sun sets or not So there's a kettle on the stove I put the heat up to 68 And come right in The door's open happy landings Paradiso the door is open I love the way it squeaks. I hope it always squeaks there Put your arms around my neck darling because Here's our threshold Then you You are about to be carried over it. I am Well darling, I'd forgotten about thresholds. We've been married so long We're just beginning It's a very lucky husband who gets to carry his wife and almost his son over the threshold at the same time Hmm Today tomorrow whenever you say have a coke You know, you're offering the same delicious refreshment coca-cola has always provided Because it's always delicious because it's always refreshing you depend upon coca-cola As the very essence of gracious hospitality the house looks beautiful at night, doesn't it joe beautiful at night and beautiful at day David glad you finally moved in so we we've got the whole weekend to get settled You'll need the weekend and I'll bet you'll need a lot more. Oh, don't remind me You know, I've only been here about a half hour already and I'm resenting the fact that monday morning I'll have to go back to new york for the day. How do you feel about commuting? I don't know yet I'll be able to tell you more about it on monday because that's the first morning I'll have to catch that commuter strain. Hope you make it david. Something tells me. I better start getting ready for it now So long joe. So long david and have a nice weekend. See you monday 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 monday at the same time And now this is joking saying ought of 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 programs star catherine bard at claudia and paul crab tree as david And the entire production is supervised and directed by william brown meloni And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola