 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 Yeah, Mrs. Norton. I'm basting the pot rose And I give you a taste on a spoon. Oh How about another taste no no no one says is all you have stop the six o'clock and While you are here, I scold you why I noticed last week you sent mr. Norton shirts out I can do the shirts too and they last longer and you have fewer buttons to so on and we save money Well, I tell you what I'll make a deal with you I'll give you the money you save on the laundry and I make a deal with you if you let me do the shoot I'd be the money back shake shake Oh brother, what would I've done to without you? Well, I guess I better go out and tuck the baby in Besides I can't survive hanging around another second with this pot roast. I'm drooling so I'll float away Rousin in the house Yeah, yeah, I sing I sing it does not sound so good, but I sing Bertha I sing too, but I am considerate I sing inside That is because you do not know how to sing outside for it. You are jealous with me Morgan Oh, it so happens as the Americans say you are jealous of me. Oh, Papa always correcting. I speak very good English And you don't sing so good The post pot roast understands what I say Put down that spoon fritz. I wash it afterwards put it down. No taste See who that is please If you see who that is I tell you please afterwards women They think that men was created just to do for them what they do not like to do for themselves All right, I opened the door Tucker here. Mr. Tucker come in. It is no night for standing outside No, I'm bringing your milk cans fridge gonna bring it up to the barn for you But I've seen the light in the kitchen in your profile. So I thought I'd come in the back way and hand over to you, Michelle Come inside the door. There's no right for standing outside. Well, I ain't named a horn in on you at dinner hour There's no such thing as horn in in when you're invited. Then don't mind if I do step inside New England windows you sure getting bad coming to the kitchen, Mr. Tucker Bertha. We have company Oh, Mr. Tucker, you know it looks so blue and your ears. They look so red sit down here Don't mind if I do ma'am What are you cooking that they're pot? Gives off a smell that would revive the dead And set me Sliver going like a brook after the spring thaw my mouth is running full of juice. I can hardly speak you want the taste No, ma'am. Thank you. I Matter of fact, I better get myself home smell this pot roast to set my stomach to thinking it's time to eat Sure do whistle. I'll whistle home. Your sister is away. Oh been away a couple days Then you are all alone. Oh, I can take care of myself Oh, no man can take care of himself independent character or no Tucker ain't a man. I'd be an institution now I'll take bite out of that wind and get home to cook myself a poached egg for dinner a poached egg is no dinner for an Institution miss like you mr. Tucker You stay right where you are and have dinner with us. Yeah, Bertha for once She has a good idea. I take you quote stay right where you are You mean to say you're inviting me to break bread with you that is what we ask You know something folks when you first come here. I was kind of leery you I I don't care for strangers These books got enough for so to take care of But sure do must admit you got away about you Fritz here's got away with animals man I never did smell a pot roast. It smells so good. What's more? You know, I like you So there you are Fritz. Here's my coat my teeth are grinding with expectation What a nice speech mr. Tucker. We are glad you stay Well, it sure being kind of an occasion you mind if I wash up for dinner right through the door on the left I'm gonna come and eat your table with clean hands for you. What more can you ask about expected company? Hey? Such a funny man. I have never in all the world met such a man as he you have never met a real Yankee before mama Mr. Tucker, he's a real Yankee. I like Yankees Fritz Suddenly I think what do you think we have no sense. What are we doing inviting mr. Tucker to dinner? He's cold and he's hungry and he's alone three good reasons. Yeah, but this is not our house This is not our kitchen. This is not our pot roast three better reasons Mr. Tucker is not even our friend or our neighbor. He belongs to young Norton's not to Fritz and Bertha Yeah, I see what you say. I have no sense My heart is so sorry for the little old man that I invite him, but I have no right to invite him I could kick myself usually you are right, but the pleasure I tell you this time you are wrong It is different with this house. What is different? The young Norton's they would be very upset if we did not feel this house We're our home. I do not like to take advantage Because the young Norton's are different from other people does not mean I should take advantage Listen Fritz in the old country. We had a girl to help me So I know what it is, but in this country we are the servants and I must not allow myself to forget Yeah, perhaps I took advantage. Perhaps you are right. Perhaps Ah Bertha, I do not know I'm so comfortable here It is almost as if is it where our own home as close as can be and not be What do we do now? Mr. Tucker is here. Oh such a dunk up. I am Got my hands all scrubbed down to the bone call my hair used to back of my hand, but it combed it Here I am spitting polished and very handsome Just smell that pot roast that Delilah mine. She ain't got no imagination when comes to cook and I say it could be ma'am You'd you'd give my sister a few lessons I'm getting so tired of porting beans and corned beef and cabbages and such like stuff You know, I could just curl up in Paris. Well, look who's here. Mr. Tucker's. I live and breathe What do you mean by sneaking in the back way not even saying hello to me? Well evening ma'am Evening, you know, I wasn't coming in here at all till my nose got a whiff of this here pot roast My nose has been whiffing it for so long is practically whiffed off. How's Delilah? Oh, well, she had to be off to Hartford. Yeah, but some relatives down there niece not feeling well Couldn't be better herself, but she's been away the last few days. Well then Bertha Why don't you ask mr. Tucker to stay for dinner? Well fritz and I was settled mr. Tucker, you will stay for dinner. I just got a previous invite ma'am. My shirt sleeves here has already rolled up Now I'm sitting here waiting like a trout. I in a red fly This is not Mr. Tucker, he had such a hungry look and his sister is in Hartford and the poor man He has never tasted a pot roast before not like mine anyway So it's and I we we took the liberty of inviting him took the liberty of inviting and Bertha if you hadn't he probably Would have taken the liberty himself David hello Shown the trumpet it's a kid from Eastbrook, Connecticut. This is where I thought I'd find everybody Clustered around the stove gathered up warming your little tootsies like bees around honey. Hello, honey How's my little bee? Well, hello, mr. Tucker fritz and Bertha quit choking me with you before I beat the daylights out of you Shake hands with you only my wife is clinging to me like a vine the cows She gave 21 quarts today, mr. North. Mmm, and she talented. Let's give that young woman a blue ribbon fritz What do you say? I have already given her a good pat where she likes it most Oh What is that that I smell I do not smell anything you do not smell anything much, you know It's a pot roast son got myself an invite to dinner You did I hung around the kitchen look as if I lost my last friend down in the mouth like a grand canyon Well, what do you know I look so soulful and sad and Wisen that your birth of here took pity and gave me an invite to dinner I must apologize mr. Norton, but I forgot myself the first sensible thing brother's done Don't you think David well confidentially? I would say just offhand that the woman is starting to show some sense Don't you think she could show a little more sense Maybe if we gave her a little boost in the right direction Do you think you could look a little down in the mouth down in the mouth? Now, let me see how do I look down about here here? I take a look at this one Modern You could look a little more wheezing on the edges wheezing now. Let's see which edges all right That's it all right. I'm wheezing around the edges. How's that beautiful the best wheezing that I like a birthday If I were cooking dinner on the stove you were looking like that. I'd invite you to dinner right away I can take a hint This is my kitchen fritz I take the hint Mr.. And this is not Mr.. Tucker and mr.. Fritz I should like very much if you would give me the pleasure of Joining me in dinner with my pot roast with your pot roast On one condition dinner must be In the kitchen in the kitchen. Okay, not really. Okay. Now you see here with the North and cities different different Different from what different better like a new world When you're adding up those friendly services that make the day is brighter, don't forget coke at the movies It's nice to be able to treat your companion to refreshment It's pleasant to be able to enjoy the pause that refreshes if there's a line waiting for seats Or then you can wait refreshed say mr.. King that birth in Fritz sure is fine folks Gosh dang it the way they invited me in for that pot roast it. Well, it ain't the pot roast so much It's their spirit. Yes, sir. It's a spirit that went into it. Yes. I know what you mean, mr. Tucker They've got generous spirits that's that's cause they suffered a lot They know what it means to be hungry and cold and lonesome too not that I'm demeaning the pot roast itself mind You're so almighty. That was the tastiest vitals. I had in the long day Foreign cooking I guess you call it makes Yankee cooking look sick. I know what I'm gonna do No, I never know what you're gonna do mr. Tucker I'm going to get my sister Delilah take a few lessons from birth it take a few lessons in other things too It shouldn't hurt her none Delilah's all Dried up in your heart live too long by herself and for herself. That's what me too. That's what's wrong with us No, sir. I I never forget a kindness Those young Nautines is kind from the word go. I'm an old man They're they're mighty good neighbors for an old man to have good neighbors for a young man to have to mr. Tucker What young man well, I had young Jimmy in mind. Oh, oh that young He's got me stumped. He's a wild boy him That's a good stuff into him, but a lot of stuff. That's not so good neither Well, I guess that could be applied to just about all of us mr. Tucker Anyway, drop in on Monday. Let's see what goes with Jimmy Now 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 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 For Coca-Cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes and ice-cold Coca-Cola is everywhere The parts of Claudia and David on this program were played by Catherine Bard and Paul Crabtree The entire production is supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney Now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola