 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 this kitchen is cold Thanksgiving Baking soda now. Let's see. Where is the baking soda? Here it is. I Guess I'm only human after all glass and spoon Mm-hmm looks good Now here's to good health and good digestion. Yeah, that's better Now maybe I'll be able to sleep What a night The Lord and master himself Roger. What are you doing up at this unholy hour? Oh, just taking the constitutional Everything all right. Everything's fine What could be the matter? No, nothing. What are you doing up at this hour? Don't just woke up. That's all. Oh That's a glass in your hand. So it is. I Just had a glass of water. I was thirsty. Oh What else are you holding that day then the beautiful night, isn't it? Oh, yes, beautiful What are you holding there? This as I live and breathe by carbonate of soda. What do you know up for mother, of course and Claudia, of course Well, you know, I never have to take anything off course. What's the matter? Couldn't you sleep? Oh, I slept fine while I was sleeping I had a few nightmares, of course, but otherwise I slept by nightmares a I Had a few nightmares, too. I dreamed a live turkey was eating me very interesting and very at Going back up to bed. Yeah, I don't think I'm quite ready yet. What about you? I thought I'd walk around a little while. You're feeling all right. Aren't you? Oh, yes. Yes. I'm feeling fine Did you leave some by carbonate of soda for me? For you I feel all right perfectly. I'm just a little uncomfortable Yes, I know over eating. Yes, very stupid of me Certainly wise should know by now that whatever I stuff myself. It bodes no good. Well, you're not the only one You mean you you with the iron Constitution. I mean all iron sides himself Oh, that makes me feel ever so much better. I thought perhaps I made a glutton myself No, you did everything was so delicious and after all Thanksgiving does come only once a year Thank heaven. Mm-hmm, and I have to give my ulcer something to do once in a while Don't I know here's the baking soda help yourself. I think it was that second helping of sweet potatoes Yes, that was it very rich Sweet potatoes funny. I thought that was your homemade ice cream with what did it? Oh, well Here's to you David is to a beautiful dinner and a dreadful night bottoms up That's better now Going back up to bed. I think I'll walk around down here a little while. I don't want to wake up Claudia She's sleeping soundly. Try to sit drum. I didn't love her so much. I could probably hate her for it Oh, nothing ever bothers Claudia. She's asleep. She eats and she sleeps wonderful wonderful the sleep of the innocent and the young Hmm. Oh, I'm starting to feel less uncomfortable. Yes, very much So am I let's go into the living room. We can sit down there for a while Fine with me. I'll leave the light on I may need another glass Suppose you realize of course that this scene is being duplicated in kitchens and living rooms all over the country Second imagine it consoles me makes me feel a great deal better to build it I'm just one of a very vast number of the overindulgence. It makes you feel better go right ahead. Oh Yes, it's much better sitting up and lying down Was a lovely day, David. Oh, beautiful Thanksgiving. I'm not the least bit. Sorry for any of it Not even to that extra mouthful Not even neither am I I Suppose we should feel slightly ashamed and humiliated, but no it was worth it What was that? Probably the wind Stairs creaking Oh as I live and breathe me old mother-in-law the morning Mrs. Brown or should I say good evening or a good night? Tell me what's going on here. I feel as if I'd wandered into a lunch meeting. We were talking nothing unusual about that at 2 a.m That's right. Just talking. So what brings you around Mrs. Brown? Well, I thought I had a noise a while back that was bluff. He fell over me as I came downstairs Oh, he didn't see me in the dark. Of course, so I thought I'd get up and be sure everything was quite all right Well, I'm sorry. He woke you up. Oh, don't apologize for him. I was awake not able to sleep not very well I had some bad dreams Well, that makes three of us Mrs. Brown the bicarbonate of soda is sitting by the sink with a glass and a spoon all ready for you You mean you too you men we too. I Think it was the chestnuts that did it. I never could resist chestnuts now That makes chestnuts sweet potatoes and ice cream the guilty ones so far Should have known better when it comes to Thanksgiving I throw all cautions to the winds all judgment out of the window You're one of a vast multitude, but I don't regret it neither do we least I I don't think I regret it Still I feel so stuffed. Well, you look as thin as ever Mrs. Brown. Don't believe it Well, it's very pleasant to have somebody to talk to I'll I'll be right back She's a delightful woman. She's strong and gentle and She's a real woman. She bodes well for Claudia. I think so though Claudia bodes well for herself You're a very lucky man David as much as I love my wife at at this moment right now I I don't think I'll ever be able to speak to her again. You mean she's sleeping entirely too well entirely She has no soul no no spirit no sense of sympathy How can she lie there in her warm bed while the three of us sit here dosing ourselves stuffed and Uncomfortable Claudia still has the digestive tract of a child. Oh Feel better now girls sit down Mrs. Brown and join the happy little circle not very presentable nonsense So that at two o'clock in the morning one neither gives nor demands apologies You know David the fact that the three of us can sit here Condoling with each other instead of giving each other murderous looks is a great tribute to the human race You think so yes moments of this sort I usually want to retire and retreat to my lair. I Welcome solitude and I hate everybody. I always thought misery loved company You're getting sleepy David. I think so hope so. I'm starting to revive too. Oh Dear what dreams I had But somehow I don't even mind having indigestion in this house. It's so very pleasant What a pretty picture no Jew what are you doing up? Where did you come from? It's I what I'm doing up is none of your business and I come from upstair I woke up David. You weren't there. I was here. So I see what are you doing here? Matter of fact, what's everybody doing here? Oh, we're just sitting around talking just sitting around talking Figuratively speaking. How are you feeling my darling? Fine never better. Why? Just ask. Oh, you see what I mean David Yes, I said we do I see exactly what you mean, you know you you all look sort of sort of gloomy Are we all feel sort of gloomy you do? Why? Oh? No reason you're feeling all right. Aren't you mama tell me I'm feeling fine. Really? I Had a sort of feeling in the pit of my stomach. Yes, what kind of a feeling that you weren't feeling so well. Oh What's the matter darling too much dinner? Oh, no, no, no, no, we're fine I just woke up and Roger just woke up and mama just woke up and that's all there is to it. Oh good Say did anybody like a glass of milk a glass of milk? No, I don't think I want a glass of milk That's a milk. Hmm. You know that might not be a bad idea glass of milk Now some hot tea. I might like some hot tea good. We can put the kettle to boil only take a minute I like being up in the middle of the night like this is sort of an extra dividend of the day you You really slept well darling got a nightmare or not anything not anything Why should I have a nightmare? No, no reason. I'm sorry. I woke you up. Oh, don't be sorry It's lovely down here. What were you talking about? We weren't talking about no I'm about ready to go back to bed. No, I'm feeling about ready to oh, no now listen. I don't go. I just came I Know let's stir up a fire. Let's not Well, then let's uh Let's eat something eat. Well, it's a shame just to go to bed when we're all up. Why well because if we're just gonna Go back to bed. We might just as well have stayed there in the first place obviously obviously You don't have to excuse her Roger, but two in the morning. She doesn't make any sense. Where are you going darling in the kitchen? You know Roger that my carbonative soda worked wonderfully. I feel like a new man. I feel pretty well myself nice and light Yes, I feel fine. Nothing seems to have bothered Claudia give her a time. She's still young No, I'm not so old and to prove it. I could either slice of white turkey myself Then slice of white meat. It was a delicious turkey. There's some left in the icebox. All right, who's with me? I Know I'm going to go down for the third time, but I'm with you David and I am too Claudia Claudia in the kitchen. Yeah, I was hanging right out of the corner of his mouth Any turkey left certainly it's in the icebox help yourself Turkey Are you serious? Certainly. We're serious. Would you deny us a sliver of turkey? No, but but I would like some pickle with it a Pickle I think I could say a pickle. I'll make mine a sandwich David cut me a little dark meat My my appetizer certainly come back. Look at this bird. I'm not going to be very much left for cold turkey over the weekend That's all right. This is what it's for. Are you on a drumstick or a wing David? Are you really going to eat turkey? Of course, we're going to eat it and a pickle and a pickle and the sliced tomatoes and milk Tomatoes and milk. I didn't realize it was so hungry. I guess mr. Killian you and I aren't so old after all And if Claudia can get by Thanksgiving dinner without a peep so can we and now my love have a slice of turkey David Darling, would you be terribly disappointed with me if I had a glass of bicarbonate instead? Disappointed darling, you've never said anything that pleased me more bottoms up Bright friendly red coolers beckon on every street and highway offering you ice-cold coca-cola and their welcome sites Indeed when you seek the pause that refreshes But did you ever happen to think that you have a white cooler right in your kitchen? It's your family ice box Fill it with coke and it'll help everyone in the house to work refreshed Lunch refreshed and play refresh and how did you fare with Thanksgiving dinner mr. King? I fared just about as well as you fared mr. Killian well then just pretty fair, but better now You staying up here all weekend mr. Killian perhaps until Sunday evening Oh, you won't be here Monday for breakfast anything special going on Monday morning for breakfast? No, not especially just that David finally finds out that Claudia is a victim victim victim of what? Victim of a radio program breakfast with Betty and George Pringle One of those yes one of those It'll be very interesting You should hear all about it Well see you around next week mr. Killian and many more thanksgivings with Claudia David mr. King Same to you many more happy. Thanksgivings 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 au revoir 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 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