 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents Claudia based on the famous play and novels by Rose Brankin 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 Yep, it's me. Good. Oh darling. I'm so glad you're home. You froze and kissed me. Yes. No, and here's a kiss Gosh your ears feel frozen. Maybe you but it don't to me. Go away. Leave my ears. Oh, we're pretty. What kind of date you have? You're tired fine and no oh Well, here's your tobacco Look will you look at that beautiful fire? I made all for you my little campfire girl Well, you can laugh if you will but that fire could have been made by a tepter maniac. I Think you have your maniacs confused. Oh, well, what's little maniac here and there? David the oil truck was here. He filled up the tank the oil man. Yeah, the funniest orange hair you've ever seen What about him? I'm telling you I'm telling you about it. It's sort of a sort of the color of Shakespeare. You know that that color Well, he said, you know David He's only about 30 and he didn't have any teeth in front not one What did he say? I would think you have his teeth fixed wouldn't you? I'm surprised you didn't tell him. Well, I was half-tempted teeth They're terribly important on a face me Well anyway, he said we had enough oil now to last us so the last is how long Well, I didn't know how long I didn't ask him how long I Can't trust you with the simplest detail David when he said we had enough oil to last us I said that was wonderful and off he went. I think you were fascinated with his teeth You mean without his teeth? Well, anyway, that takes care of the oil business Orange hair. That's all I had no idea. It's just a rigmarole about winter. I mean, you know setting in well That's because you've been a little city dweller with the house is quite another story than with a city Oil and insulating and wood bends and salt on the drive. Oh, yes, the storm windows are coming here Why didn't you say so? I just did the storm windows came I repeat Good They're all sitting on the pile on the floor the car. I'm just said he'd installed them tomorrow. I Don't think we ought to wait. Oh, what's the big hurry? We waited this long. It's using up the oil to pass What is not having the storm windows you've plucked? Well, I may be a clock But I certainly don't see what the storm windows and the oil have to do with not having the storm windows It allows the hot air to leak out of the house It does Which have that looked into today may I go on? Yes, yes go on not having storm windows allows the hot air to leak out of the house So David, you know something What? You're brilliant Positively brilliant. Thank you. Nobody to look that you think you were brilliant. That's very sweet Now get off my lap we have work to do Not on your lap You had to look in your eye David now you're not going to start with them now. We're having dinner. There's no point in wasting time talking Man who just have to do everything themselves. I don't do it Fritz will he has enough on his head No, aren't you ashamed blaming Fritz just because you want to do something yourself. You think you're pretty smart, don't you? No, not smart. I just know my husband Mama David is going to put off the storm windows. Don't you want to wait until the weekend? Just take me a little while Claudia. Where's the carpenters measure? What do you want one of them for what a hammer do the first I need to measure and don't ask questions Don't ask questions Claudia. You heard the nice man earth. Does he want one? Oh, all right. I would just stay ignorant Carpenters measures in my sewing basket David. I'll bring it Doesn't belong in your sewing back. Well, I had to measure something but use a tape of carpenters measure isn't for sewing An inch is an inch and you don't use a razor to scrape windows or a screwdriver to open cans So you don't use a carpenters measure for so what are you going to use it for when you use to measure the windows For the carpenter did that each window is slightly different in size and the next that's all now How do you know how do you know? No, because that's the way it is. That's all well. Maybe it's the way it isn't with our windows I'm not going to argue with you now This is an old house. No two windows are exactly the same now Carpenters the carpenter framed each window to fit exactly what a job But David, I still don't think you are. Oh, well, don't say it. Well, anyway, I still think you should I Can think cat eyes. I'm not quite so sure Thank you mother now into the den that that's where you said the word, didn't you? David listen, are you really going to measure each one individually separately? All of the storm winners and neatly marked and the windows neatly measured and we're in the bedroom all set to go I am amazed my jaw is positively dropping in amazement. Why is your jaw dropping? They actually are all different sizes. Told you that'd be and let's get started right this north window measures 46 and a half by 47 and one quarter check check what check you're right. How do you know I'm right? Well, you just measured it didn't you? How do you know I measured right? Oh Dave not stop mixing me up You just said it's 36 and a half by 47 and it's not go ahead Now now pick the storm window that measures that exactly seems very complicated to me What does this way of doing it? Can you think of a better way? Well, I haven't thought about it yet, but if I did I could well save you strength David do you think this is the way the carpenter do it if he were doing who cares? Well, I was just wondering Maybe has it all figured out already on a nice piece of paper All right, all right no use to get Huffy Well, here we are with all the storm windows neatly piled and measured Oh, we have to do is find the one that's 36 and a half by 47 and a half don't have to keep repeating it I want you to understand what we're doing a child could understand. Well, I am not dealing with a child Very funny. Hey Claudia Claudia be careful of what playing with glass You know that I know windows are made of glass never quite sure what you know anyway put them down gently now put them down They'll break now you tend to your own windows But David if you don't want my help I'm perfectly well Nobody said anything at all for you to get peeved out. I just want you to handle these windows very carefully lucky I have such a free and easy disposition. Mm-hmm. So free and easy on the draw Yeah, this is the right one. Oh, oh do they go on the inside of the outside of what? The window of course weren't you watching me while I was measuring? Yeah, I was watching but the window was open Why do you think the window was open? I don't know cause it's such a lovely warm night up Well, I only so that I could get some lovely fresh air David I because I wanted to get to the outside of the window. Hmm. Well, I guess there's a reason for everything David don't they usually put up storm windows from the outside, but I'm different There's no very good reason for not putting them up on the inside. So I need a step ladder Just a small one. Oh take the man size when small ones teetery only girls teeter It's not girls. It's the ladder. Oh David, please. You'll get me nervous. Come on It certainly doesn't take much to get you nervous. Don't you go around accusing my sex for that too. I didn't say anything That's because I nipped you in the bud All right, you can get the small ladder here in the closet. Stop acting so glum You say glum or dumb David listen, you promise you won't fall out the window when you're now, please. Of course I will Exactly why I'm doing this just so I can fall out the window. Well, I wouldn't put it past you Now when I'm up on the ladder, you hand me the storm windows and I'll open the window Simple enough. Well, see if you can do it Honestly, the minute I let you start doing something around the house you become absolutely impossible bossy stuffy Stop talking so much work What's the big hurry? You're the ones in a hurry not I Oh Well while you're up on that ladder david, it's no time to hurry be careful. Please Well, there's a window david david david, please don't look out so far David david be careful. Please don't lean on so far I wish you waited until tomorrow. All right Now pass me the storm window be sure it's the right one. How can I possibly miss? It's all by itself. The others are in a pile Oh All right I'm pushing It's right in the plate. All right. Now I'll close the top half of the window and hook the bottom half There there we are That simple, huh? My gosh, it is simple. I couldn't be more amazed. I don't know what you expect Oh a lot of albacadabra and self worth old darling You're as good as a carpenter any day better even if I know I'm cheaper Now the next window it's 35 and three quarters by 48 and an eight. They certainly are all different Now, uh, let me see which one of the storm windows is 30 Oh, oh here it is. All right. Come on push it up here. All right. I'll climb up the ladder push it up to me You got it. Yeah, I'll hold until you get the rest There we are. There we are. There we are. Be careful, David. Yeah, I'm all right. Now stop worrying Well, I'm not worrying. I'm merely oh All right. Now pass it up one storm window coming up Got it. Uh-oh Oh, oh what this was stuck a little the outside frame must be war. Gosh Well, it's practically brand new, David. I like to make this flip Not gonna be easy. David come down please. Of course. I'm all right But you fell down the middle of all this storm windows. You're sure you're all right Go away from me. Are you are are you cut or anything? I'm not cut or anything. I'm just sore. Don't say it Why shouldn't I say you're sure you're not Bleeding to death or anything. Are you I think you wish I were David If you could see yourself What What's so hysterical You I heard a crash. Is everything all right, mama? Oh, David He teetered The master builder himself Oh Shut up A pickup lunch can be a refreshing lunch if you include a bottle of ice cold coca-cola For sparkling delicious coke makes any food taste better Next time you're at the grocery or drugstore carry home a carton of coke put those six bottles on ice Then everyone in the family can lunch refresh. Oh, mr. King. Yes, mrs. Brown Look, we don't have any need for it. But how would you like a second-hand greenhouse? A greenhouse. Well, that's one thing mrs. Brown that has to be firsthand. What a mess I'm just on my way to get the dust burn and broom. But as long as david's all right What's a few windowpane? I think that many people would admire your complacent attitude. It's not complacent. It's resigned Claudia and david it likes the weather. You don't know what to expect next as for the weather Tomorrow will be a nippy one. Well, it is winter as both and with winter I'm told that he who sneezes first sneezes best. Oh Sneezes is that what you said the sneezes I said mrs. Brown, but these sneezes are merely something to sneeze at See you tomorrow mrs. Brown 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 joe king saying orif 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 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