 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 It's so nice to be home a morning for a change nice to have you home Mrs. Wasn't it sweet of mr. Varney not to call me for rehearsal this morning Mm-hmm, I can spend until lunch time with you and the baby now That's a fine song for a budding actress to sing well. I was a budding wife and mother first Oh nice being an actress for a change, but Nice not being an actress for a change too. You know what? I mean say anything for a change I think I'll come over and breathe down the back of your neck That's what you think get away from me, but this is your vacation. What's that got to do with it? You don't have to always be doing something sit still Let me breathe down the back of your neck. Are you sure you don't have rehearsal this morning positive You have no chance of getting rid of me none at all. I was afraid of that David what is it about being an actress? What is what? Well? I mean is it a bug? It's one way of describing it and the bug certainly bites an awful lot of people I guess at one time another every person wants to go on the stage you too. Oh, I don't believe it Oh, I'm not so different. I think you are very different I think you are unique then a hark hark when I was seven the bug bit me no But I didn't get much of a wealth from it the itch subsided rapidly. No scars not a one Why didn't the wealth subside with me? Oh because being an actress is your calling. I hear it I think we should have been a vote real team. I'm perfectly satisfied with being an architect and a father and a gentleman I wonder if mom ever thought bit. She was the hand that fed you wasn't oh David You know, I thought I was so different wanting to be an actress. Well, don't fool yourself or maybe I'm not different Or maybe I'm not an actress. Well, go study your part. That's proof of the pudding I'm on a vacation this morning with you as Benjamin Franklin would have said all work and no play makes poor Richard a dull fellow Oh fully on work and fully on dull Richard. I'd rather go play with the baby Do you want him to be ashamed of you next Monday night next Monday night? Next Monday night. Is it that soon? Six more days till we open count them. I'll never be good enough in six more days. That's too bad David are you getting nervous about it? Not a bit Not at all not a little bit. I'm not the one who's getting up on that stage. Why should I be nervous? Well, you're related to me only by marriage. Oh, I better work But it's such a beautiful day out and you're not nervous Just look at it the sun all over the place. Why don't you rehearse outside? That's an idea David listen, you're not going to stay inside in this weather. Are you all right? I'll come with you and as long as you're coming with me. You might as well kill me Well, I had hoped to get some of my own work done this morning Just a half hour half hour All right for the family honor to preserve the dignity of the daughter not in name I will kill you good I'm ever so grateful Kiss the hand no no fooling you should have been the actor in this family David Come on. Let's go out. Come on. You know your whole part by heart. I most certainly do just wait and see oh Anybody could act in this weather makes me feel marvelous. All right now. Let's get on the business There's our friend the crow willy the crow. Good morning, sir David look he sat down in that big oak tree. He's going to watch. He's waiting for the performance. Oh, I don't want to work at all At all. At all. I just want to have a little vacation with you You're awfully sweet this morning. I am not sweet and later. Don't say I didn't warn you You can't have your cake and eat it to you. You're my cake. Come here. I'll bite off your ear Think of your son Mrs. Norton. How embarrassed he'll be if you're not a Fine splendid actors on my right. You're so right. All right. Come on begin come and start which act oh Let's see Well, let's do the second act. I have a great big beautiful Almost a whole page long Very hard. Here we are now. Here's your cue Now and tell me all about it. I wish you were the leading man. That is not the speech Still wish you were the leading man the leading man at the theater has no character. No, um, no chin That is still not your speech Give me my cue again now Now and tell me all about it. Uh, let's see. I'll tell you all about it and Guy, um, please don't interrupt me. There's something I've been wanting to tell you for a long long time, right? Um No, wait, don't tell me when we met last night I knew that nothing in the world could ever stop me from loving you. I love everything about you I love the way you walk the way you light a cigarette But when you get angry your lips turn white The way you whisper my name. I Don't care what happens to me or anything else because wherever I am or wherever you are They'll always be this I Love you. Oh David, I really do We didn't know you were there I Interrupted a little love scene. Did I well don't mind me go right on I was only pretending pretending Huh? It can't pull over these eyes. Nope. They see too bright. Well, you know the way you look at that husband to yours Mrs. Norton you ain't pretending. Yeah, I guess you were pretty convincing, darling Especially in the love scene. There's such fun to do pretty words. They was took me back to when I last went caught me About ten years ago Pick up pick up can't stand folks at whisper, mr. Taco David now. We're just rehearsing a scene from the play I'm I'm appearing in at the Eastbrook summer theater, you know you an actress well That's what we're going to find out next Monday You don't look like no actress to me. That's good next Monday. Hey, well, that's sure is news Never thought you'd be one to take up with them there summer theater folks It hang up around here when the corn is high. Well, it was something of a shock Well as long as you don't mind who you associate with Jared Tucker ain't got a mind here I brought me over some of my corn That's mighty thoughtful of you, mr. Tucker. I grow a special line of white corn regular on the cob is a set of false teeth I've grown some over to you put your corn to shame it will I don't doubt it I love corn it'll stand in good stead if you're going to be involved in theatricals, Mrs. Norton actor folks they all think they're killers set themselves apart from everybody else come up here for the summer for two months and walk Arounds if they own the place. I never could see them Well, they're not as bad as they seem come down these broken shorts ladies all showing off as much as a dare show off Ain't got much to show off neither as far as I can see and I can see pretty far And the men actors Well, they might be actors, but I ain't so sure about the rest. I don't hold it against Claudia mr. Tucker She's still a country girl at heart. Why that bunch of professionals I could teach them a few tricks I could you go to the theater often I should say I don't pay my good money to see a couple people pretending to be what they ain't I don't hold with that stuff I don't I can do my own pretending and then do it pretty good, too The bug bit him to mean a big wealth Matter of fact, I used to be quite a hand at recitations when I was a lad folks used to say around this here part of the country They used to say Jared Tucker has a golden tongue really and you know gold is gold in the older it gets the gold it gets Value don't fluctuate. Yes. I I can still reside if I had mine Love to hear you. Oh, don't coax me if you coax me won't do it Oh, we wouldn't dream of coaching you, but we'd love to have a sample of your art, mr. Tucker Oh, I used to stand up with the bow tie around my neck you incite the boys stood on the burning deck Tears used to flow down my mother's wrinkles. Yes, I'll bet they did what other recitations did you do? Oh, I couldn't begin to count them love sonnets. Yes. They was my meat most Love sonnets. You're always best at what you know the most about come on, mr. Tucker. Please give us a sample. Oh Don't know I'm in such good voice this morning Well This would kind of like to see how if improved with age not to the mold mind you know far from it I promise How would you like a small portion from the rhyme of the ancient mariner? I love that point. Well, then hold on to your seats cause it's a mighty sad tale. Yes, sir the Rhyme of the ancient mariner by Samuel Taylor courage in seven parts. Let's sit down David. I think we'd better Don't know as I remember all seven parts, but the taste is as good as a tipple part one verse one It is an ancient mariner and he's stop it one of three by thy long gray beard and glittering eye Now wherefore stops thou me? Guess I got a couple verses here. Oh Yes, sir. Well, this is this is the part I always like best Day after day day after day we stuck no breath nor motion as Idol as a painted ship upon a painted ocean Water water Everywhere and all the boards did shrink water water everywhere nor any drop To drink so that's where that line came from water water everywhere and not a drop to drink Could stand a couple drops now Mr. Tucker, there's no doubt about it, but you have real talent for the field. Oh, yes Yes, I always knew I had ever since I was a toddler in land Hmm. I got half a mind to brush up on a few of my Recitations man with a hole the boy stood on the burning deck Maybe we'll good then we can gather a few folks around one evening. I'll do my recitation Well, you'll be sure and invite us. Yeah, but I could teach them actors a few things So if you need some help with your acting Mrs. Norton, don't be shy Just call me over remember. I'm your neighbor and we neighbors got to help each other That's a good motto and it's a truth. I help you and you help me But I I doubt if there's anything I could ever do to help you mr. Tucker Come to think of it. There might be I I've been ruminating Might find me a spot not there Theatrical yours mr. Tucker. There's always room for a handsome leading man Mrs. Norton now perhaps you'll believe my recitation Everybody wants to go on the stage. Oh David. I guess I'm not so different after all the theater bug bites us all I Guess mr. Tucker and I are bitten brothers under the skin. Oh, I can play love scenes too. I'm right good at love scenes Do you find the housework more tiring and warm weather? Then give yourself a recess occasionally go to the refrigerator get out a nice cold bottle of Coca-Cola You'll find its delicious refreshment helps you tackle the next job more amably Take a tip from folks who work in factories and offices They've long since discovered that you work better when you work refreshed Jay you ever been bitten by the bug mr. King been by the bug Well, I sure have I guess mr. Tucker way back in my mind someplace I guess it's still fancy myself as an actor between you and me son We frustrated their opinions got it way over them professionals. They don't know nothing about the art of pretending You got to do a heap more pretending in in in real life than in any theatrical So well, I think you have something there mr. Tucker Why tomorrow when mrs. Norton gets interviewed to the local weekly she puts on a show that would get her raves On Broadway. Well, I'll be around tomorrow to see for myself. Thanks for the tip mr. Tucker and so long Oh, so long mr. King. See you in the pictures 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 war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of Coca-Cola or Coca-Cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes and Ice-cold Coca-Cola is everywhere This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney and now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola