 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 Hey Bobby come back here Where do you think you're going you dope? Here master Robert not Stay quiet and you stay where you are have to put you back in your playpen What'd you say darling? I was not talking to you. I was talking to your son Well, it's getting late hey stay there you wrap scallion Papa will spank oh Yes, I know I look lovely all dressed up my new shoes and my dress my pin I'm proud of your mama The baby and baby talk I certainly am not Must say though talking to him for pleasure. No, I know he can't answer David I'm almost dressed. You've hardly begun. You know you're gonna make us late to dinner My making us late would be a pleasant change. I ought to stop rushing you How did it let you be late serve your right? It would serve to show you how irritating it is any little excuse to lecture me Look down your clothes are all laid out in the bed past pressed everything. I'll be ready before you know it Would have to miss the early train today just because we're going out to dinner tonight. It's got a hole in it Oh, that's life. I know Bobby don't get underfoot sweetie. You'll be stepped on come on. Let him creep around He'll get all dirtied up. He's had his back. Oh, he gets all dirtied up. He's a boy Well, that's a fine excuse. I must say Bobby now concentrate Mommy has to comb her hair. So you sit still while I do it. You understand you hear me Good yourself he hears, but he's not impressed takes after his father David, you know, do you know you're gonna have to modify your behavior? How am I going to have to modify my behavior firstly in front of our son? You are going to have to treat me with more respect Another word you want me to do what you tell me to do in front of our son Getting old enough to notice and you are supposed to be a good example. Yeah, any excuse to get me to do what you want I don't you guess Seriously, I am his mother now. That's a woman for you Always pulling rank. Oh Bobby, please stay one place. Don't pull on my stockings. Go ahead pull on the only best ones I own just as long as you don't tear them you just do as you please old boy Don't let yourself be nagged by a woman at such an early age Traitor you do and I stick together Bobby one and a half against one. Well, I'm used to it David are you getting dressed now? We have plenty of time. Don't get excited. Oh, it's lovely to see the foot on the other shoe Now I'm just gonna give you five minutes if you're not dressed by them. I'm gonna leave you. Hey, where's my collar button? Oh Bobby listen, please stay over not other side of the room. Go on skadoodle shoe Papa's having enough trouble getting himself dressed. It's gonna make us late Have you seen my collar button? No, why should I've seen your collar button because it isn't here. Well, that doesn't mean I've seen it Where is here on the dresser? Oh, is that where here is? I merely ask you if you'd seen my collar button David I have to know where it was first so I will know if I had seen it or not All right admit it. You wouldn't even know whether you'd seen it enough. That is not the point Oh Drat oh drat I could bet a million I saw it right here on the top of this No, we're getting something. Now. Let me see. Let me see. Let me maybe it's falling on the floor There's a good thing Britha vacuum today Well, I don't see it down here any place or other get out of the way Bobby. Let me see where could it have gone? The collar button's rolled bless their little soul. I thought it was a fairy tale about men's collar buttons That was true though. Would you get out of the way young man? If I ever find yours, I'm going to tie it around your neck, which is exactly where it belongs Don't you have another down? Of course. I don't have another you think I'd be looking for this if I had another Was it against the law for a man to have two collar buttons a man only needs one well needs or not I'm gonna buy you a whole dozen tomorrow Bakers doesn't 13 That's no help to me now, and I don't want 13 or 12 Let me fix you something else to wear instead. I won't wear anything else instead. It was right here. You probably took it That's an interesting thought Now, what would I take a color button for I wonder just so it would be my fault that we're late Ah, so it's your vanity at stake. Not just a little collar. Well, it's my collar button. I will find it here Now listen, let's do this methodically It's probably Slipped off the dresser and fell on the floor. It's brilliant only. It's not on the floor now Which direction would it have rolled in that's the first thing? Did you look over there on the side of the room or Bobby? No, I couldn't have rolled way over there Hey you Bobby, you're down on the floor. Why don't you help look this is a joke that somebody's playing on me I don't think it's very funny Collar button disappearing in the thin air very queer Yes, Bobby, what is it now Bobby? This is no time for you to start fooling. I have to find your father's collar button Hey, what are you coughing about? What's that? Guess I'll go with my collar hanging out that ought to make an impression. I don't get excited Who's excited I'll find that old collar button. Oh Delling we have millions of other buttons in the house. Won't any of them do? I David what you found it David the baby. Oh, no, not again Bertha can change him later Your collar button where the baby David. He swallowed it. I'm positive now What on earth would he do a thing like that? David? Don't you understand what this means? I don't get my collar button That's what this means. Oh Bobby. Did you swallow it? Come on say something big dope I'll bet you that's what it is. I know that now Bobby wouldn't swallow your papa's collar button. Would you? He's coughing and he never made that noise before never. I don't see how he could have possibly swallowed it He said probably the collar button fell off the dresser on the floor. I know but the floor is creeping about You know babies put everything in their mouth. What is it going to? Don't happen. I know Well, there's no point in getting upset just getting upset David it's dangerous swallowing a collar button. I just read in the papers the other day where a baby was absolutely well It's not as dangerous as swallowing an open safety pin. That's a fine consolation that Have you ever heard him sound like that? Sure lots of time. You know you haven't Darling, we have to do something look darling just because we've lost a collar button doesn't mean that Bobby swallowed We looked every place else Bobby darling You're right. Can you breathe? What do you want me to do? Want me to shake him and see if he rattles? I don't know what makes people joke at times like this. Darling, honestly, I don't see why you've gotten so upset Bobby happens to be my son. Well, he's my son, too Despite of the fact that he is my son. I'm very fond of him David don't just stand there do something. All right. I'll tell you what I'll do I'll pick him up by his heels and dangle him. He swallowed it. It'll come rolling I don't understand you. I don't understand it all David listen to him listen Does his breathing sound strange to you? Well, I can't hear him breathing it up That settles it. I'm gonna call Dr. Barry. What on earth for? Sooner one catches these things the better You're absolutely convinced that Bobby swallowed my collar. I'm convinced enough to take reasonable precautions Bobby hey Claudia he coughed. I know he's coughing He coughed before didn't you hear it before I think you ought to call dr. Barry right away last you're agreeing with me Hello operator operator. Oh, will you give me Eastbrook? 417 It's an emergency operator David how is easy? He's smiling he's smiling like the cat that swallowed the canary or the baby who swallowed the collar button. Oh, hello, dr. Barry Dr. Barry, I'm terribly sorry to disturb you at dinnertime, but the baby just swallowed a collar button at least we're pretty sure he swallowed a collar button No, we're not positive, but we're pretty sure and he's coughing Dr. Barry, what do we do? We just coughed again a little sort of a gurgle cough No, he doesn't seem to have any trouble breathing, but but maybe it hasn't gone down that far or Maybe it's gone down not the doctor give dr. Barry a chance. All right, dr. Barry We'll call you back in about five minutes and thanks a lot. What'd he say? Well, he says since we're not sure David I still think we ought to get in the car and drive down to the village just in case I guess we ought to call up the Runnels and tell them we'll be late for dinner darling and fright now There's no reason to be frightened Bobby seems to be all right. Now here hold him. I'll finish getting dressed Dye, what are you gonna use instead of a collar button? Oh hang the collar button David he gurgled again Gurgle doesn't sound any different to me. It sounds completely different to me. I think Now Bobby sweet you just be still Daddy'll take care of everything He's gonna be all right. Just broke a shoe lace. I'll be ready in a jiffy though David to think we've only had this little baby six and a half months and Well, actually he's not much more than a nuisance. I love him So you'd love a dog two after six months. Thanks for trying to act as if you weren't terrified How is it? He's not bright enough to know what happened. I'll get my cuff linked right. I'll be I'll be ready to scoot Wonder why does everything always happen at once? Why does Bobby have to swallow your collar button? Oh Now he's crying David. No, I'm sure that's what happened Sure, David don't get hysterical stop laughing darling, please don't So you're convinced that Bobby's swallowed that collar button. Look at him David his face is all red Baby's faces are always red when they're crying Because his face is red David you're not making any sense. Please hurry This face is red with embarrassment. What are you talking about? He's embarrassed with his old man Hear my love is the collar button David no Where'd you find it? In my cuff link box right where it belongs. Oh, no, I Would have bet you a million dollars. I saw it on top of the dresser. Well, are you sure it's not another collar button? No, I only have one then you mean he didn't swallow it Well, I never could understand what made you think he swallowed it in the first place. What made me think well It wasn't my idea. Oh Bobby you sweet darling beautiful brilliant, baby, you know better than to swallow a collar button Wouldn't you why how could your father think you'd be look at the expression on that shrimp's face? Smiling he knows he's bright. Don't you and I know we're going to be late and I know who we have to thank for the baby No yourself. No, whose bright idea was it that the baby swallowed the collar button? I just knew it I knew it. I knew it. I just knew you'd find some way to blame you're being laid on me Wherever folks have to wait their turn whether it's at the beauty parlor the department store the movies or any public place Those friendly red coolers that offer ice-cold coca-cola are understandably popular It's easier to wait somehow when you wait refreshed and coke always provides the pause that refreshes Out of my way Joe out of my way wait wait where are you rushing off doing such a rush? Oh, we're practically late for dinner and if we are you know, I'll never hear the end of it David, do you think you'll ever get any place on time again? No seriously, Joe? I I rather doubt it say if you had to take a trip for instance and make airtime and plane connections and so forth Don't you think you'd do it then? That gives me an idea Joe a wonderful idea. I wonder if Claudia would like to go on a short trip Well winter is getting kind of long. I'll talk to her as soon as I can pick up some travel folders on Monday Say thanks for the tip Joe and so long not at all David glad to help 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 of 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 The parts of Claudia and David on this program were played by Katherine 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