 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 Oh There it is mama right down the bend of the road Jared Tucker's house He didn't know what he let himself in in for having you two as neighbors and boarding our cat and dog in the bargain I don't see any sign of bluff. Do you marry a son? Jared probably has him out back somewhere Do you see Shakespeare if I can't see a great day and how can I possibly see a cat you think you'll know us You'll know you but there's a serious question whether he'll be on speaking terms with you Anybody who'd run off to New York and leave a great day with strangers for five days doesn't deserve to be spoken to by the great day Well, Jared Tucker is no stranger. No stranger than what? Oh, that's terrible. Such a pun Here's the house not one cat not one dog. I don't even see mr. Tucker. I Get out and look for him shall I? I'll go with you. I do not volunteer. Howdy folks Glad to see you glad to see you. Hello, mr. Tucker. Mr. Tucker. We're back glad to see you mighty glad to see you We certainly appreciate you taking care of bluff and Shakespeare for us mr. Tucker I hope they haven't been too much trouble for you trouble. Did you say trouble Frank been no trouble hardly? Where'd you get the idea there was any trouble? Are they all right? That's fine tip top here He is fine and bluff. How's he look? That's what you called dog. Hey, yeah, we told you before we left David Didn't we tell mr. Tucker bluff's name? Well, yes, we told him bluff's name was bluff bluff. Hey Dang name slip my mind might help some father remembered. Well, how is he tell us mr. Tucker? Oh, it's it sits here bluff You're talking about now. Yes, of course. It is how is bluff. There ain't no reason why he shouldn't be fine, too No, no reason dog. Oh, that's wonderful. Nope There ain't no reason at all why that dog shouldn't be just fine just fine and dandy Well, nothing's wrong. Is it mr. Tucker wrong? No indeedy nothing's wrong What makes you think there's anything wrong? You folks just hold your horses a minute and stop rushing me and I'll get the cat That's funny mr. Tucker looks as though he's limping You think he's gonna be as glad to see us as we are to see him David will be overjoyed Mama likes to pretend that she doesn't love bluff. I suspect she's a bigger bluff than bluff is you suspect wrong It comes out of Tucker with Shakespeare. Oh Shakespeare you sweet old Well folks, here's your little cat you give him right to me mr. Tucker. I'll take him on my lap And now bluff where is he mr. Tucker bluff that's that dog of yours. Well, well, you don't have to get him yourself You look all tuckered out mr. Tucker. Just just tell me where you've got bluff tied now get him myself Thank you, son. I got this here limp. You see yes, I know I hope it's not anything serious Oh, nothing serious at all. Mrs. Norton at least ways. I hope it ain't serious. Just a favorite in my right foot some Seems to have twisted mangle it then you stay right here mr. Tucker. I'll get you will not get him I'll get him. I would have got him only my ankle twisted ankle can be very painful How did it happen mr. Tucker? Oh torn nothing at all I got climbing the wall in back of the apple grove back of the house Cause as soon as it happened to my sister she tells me I hadn't ought to have been a climbing the wall in the first place That's woman for you Thinks a man gets to an age when he don't know how to climb a wall fact remains that you did twist your ankle Why were you climbing the wall mr. Tucker for the same reason a chicken crosses a road? Get that other five side young fella Twisted ears need as you twist a goose and bury off its stem Well, your foot's not quite off its stem yet. You still seem to have it Of course, it couldn't be more useless if I hadn't got it pain so much But that's not the answer to why I was climbing the wall I was climbing to get my shovel which I'd left down in apple orchard if I hadn't had my hands so full of dog I'd have brought the shovel back with me in the first place off doing in the orchard That's what I was getting to if you'd stop interrupting. We're not interrupting you mr. Tucker You interrupted me right then well I you women get shows you don't know whether you're interrupting a man or not So I was about to say when that young ball win tree I set out there two years ago got thrown down Blown down. Was there a windstorm here while we were in New York? I said thrown down not blown down Oh, oh, I don't know a hurricane could have done more damage not their dog ears You mean bluffed through down your apple tree with malice a forethought now Let me get this straight wasn't anything straight about it was all in the heap It was the dog and his chain twisted and snagged and snarled into it Oh, you mean you tied him to the apple tree don't mean anything of the sort I tied him to the range house a gut for the chickens up on the other side of the barn I don't think I follow you. I ain't hard to follow But you should have been here to follow that dog. Well, let's go back to the beginning There's no sense of going all the way back to the beginning the real rip snorting only commenced one hitched him to the Chicken and then what happened what happened shouldn't happen to a chicken house But what happened they took off what took off mr. Tucker the dog in the chicken house the chicken house didn't go Suffers the dog the chain broke. I am beginning to see the light. I'm confused I don't see the connection between all this and your ankle, mr. There was plenty of connection altogether too much connection You see when I caught up with a dog He was over across the wall in apple orchard, so it tied him to that young Baldwin tree Everything is becoming very clear and then then what happened? Well, I had to hurry back to catch all the hens that were running around loose the hen house being off its foundations They took it into their heads to go places chickens is crazier than some people and after you had corral the hens Well, that took quite a spell after that. I went back to see to the dog and and then well That brings us right to where we were when you interrupted me The tree was thrown over in the dog and the chain and a tree was snarled and snagged and trust sweeter And you ever seen a hawk top and and and as well That's where I made my mistake. I unhitched the dog but left him in the fixy got himself in I wouldn't be in the fix I got myself mr. Tucker. Are you sure bluff is all right? Is the dog all right? It's a dog. All right. Who says anything about the dog not being all right. Well, I shouldn't be all right You know what comes from always looking on the dark side of things what you stop saying what and let mr. Tucker get on Well, I didn't get fur. Well, we haven't got to the shovel and the ankle yet. Well, they're coming I got the dog back and this time I tied him to the house figuring that he'd find that was too much to pull down That's what I figured. That's what you figured. Yes. I figured it that way David I'm beginning to figure well don't well then when I got the shovel so as I could set the apple tree back into the ground Not just got her planted when there was a hooten the horror from my sister Delilah up there to the house So I come around in that was when the ankle twisted. Nope son the the ankles the ankle the ankle comes later Well, let's get back to the house and Delilah's Hooten holler. Well, we're back to the house and there's a hooten holler laying in front of you We're getting close. Mr. Tucker. You're your portraying is lying flat on the lawn. Yeah, there she is But that ain't all of it you mean there's more to the story more to the story and more to the rail The big corner post be the stairs like the one that still stand there That's the one that ain't you mean bluff pulled that down. Yep, David. He's a very naughty dog Yeah, and now mr. Tucker the only thing that isn't clear Where is the dog? Well, that's it Like I've been telling you I could find the corner post of my porch fail and I could find your dog cause he's on the other end of it You mean he's gone. He's run away. Well Wouldn't exactly say that mrs. Norton just exactly what would you say mr. Tucker? Well, I I would use another word didn't run walk maybe Trudge maybe but not but not but not run that corner post is a sight heavier than you'd think but he's lost Well, mrs. Norton, I wouldn't go quite so first to saying your dog is lost of course He ain't here, but there's a heap of difference between his being not here and his being lost But for all practical purposes he ain't here David something terrible may have happened to him Bluffs a pretty big dog darling and more than likely he'll be able to take care of himself You haven't seen him since mr. Tucker nary hiding her hair of him. Oh, I'll in me we're Well Well, mr. Norton. I kind of wished it was me wasn't here instead of your dog Oh, but we're we're not blaming you mr. Tucker. Don't I've been probably start looking for bluffs. Let's see Let's try to figure it out. The first place. I'm going to look is home Come along mrs. Brown and you hold on to your daughter. I don't want to lose her tonight This is certainly a gloomy homecoming. Oh, where do you think he is? I hope he'd be here. I don't think anything serious could have happened to him Oh, he could have got that chain caught in the brush somewhere and be trapped What's a little brush to bluff? Are you forgetting mr. Tucker's chicken house his apple tree in his front porch? Come on you two. We'll open the door and get our things out of the car And I tell you what what what do we do now while you start dinner? I'll get in the car and then I'll drive around the countryside now Broken my ankle I Now watch out I I tripped over something right here in the front door David watch out. Yeah, that's all right It's the same that looks like this the post from mr. Tucker's portraying. You know what that means Bluff is home or he has been anyway. It's a good sign. You know, he's a very intelligent dog Oh, David yes, that's the impression I got to on this key. I never knew it to fail when you're in a hurry Oh, let me help you Hello, David Norton speaking Who oh mr. Tucker? He is good news bluff just turned up at Tucker's and sound and I have some news for you mr. Tucker Yes, you remember that corner post from your porch rail the one you haven't got Well in some unaccountable way it is sitting on my front porch Yes, yet Well, I'll bring it back to you tomorrow and look mr. Tucker bluff isn't tied to anything right now. Is he? You took the chain off so you're sure he couldn't get tied around anything. I wouldn't want any more damage caused to your place All right. Thank you mr. Tucker. I'll get the car and bring him home. You'll do nothing of the kind Oh, Claudia the prodigal pup returns If you're like a lot of women who manage their own homes you may have fallen into the habit of eating a hasty and not very appealing lunch Here's a suggestion that will add considerably to your enjoyment of the noonday meal and it doesn't involve a minute's preparation Simply reach into the refrigerator for a bottle of ice-cold coke Add Coca-Cola to your sandwich or salad or dessert and you'll find that you lunch refreshed Well, mr. King that could have been a good deal worse. Couldn't it so bluff turned up at last Well, I certainly was relieved and I'll be relieved when someone else turns up at the Norton farm on Monday Oh, you mean Gertrude the plumber's sister-in-law and the Norton's new maid will she stay with the Norton's do you think mr. King? Oh, I really can't say mr. Brown now confidentially mr. King and I promise not to breathe a word of this to anyone Is Gertrude really a good cook? I'm sure I don't know but I promise you I'll look in on Monday to find out You'll find me looking in ahead of you mr. King. Well, then good evening. Good evening, Mrs. Brown And 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 Joe King saying or a bar 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 is Claudia and Paul Crabtree is David and the entire production is supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney, and now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola