 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia 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 She should be it after six o'clock Well, she hasn't been home all day every time I called up she wasn't home Yeah, she's avoiding you and I don't blame her what's more. She wasn't even here when I came this morning Well, did she know you were coming? No, then that's not the reason well mama is not the kind of woman that runs around all day Mama is the kind of woman mama is and to stop deciding her life for you're right, darling Why can't I learn to stop worrying about her because we love her you understand everything though too darling Even what doesn't make sense, especially what doesn't make sense like you Here's mama's door. Do you have your key still? I have my key still goodness sakes You know, maybe I wish mama weren't home now Maybe it'd be more fun to have her come in after us and find us here. What do you think? How many times have we done this you and I Putting our key in the lock and mama's door Almost as if we weren't married. Did we do this when we weren't married well when we were just married That's almost as good as being weren't married. I don't know what's good about being weren't married Nothing darling. Come on. Open up. Let's go in and make ourselves to home Mama, wherever you are. Hey mama It'd be only us your two country cousins mama She's not home. It seems not David, where do you suppose wherever mama is whatever mama is doing? It's perfectly all right. She is a big girl I suppose so after all she is old enough to be my mother Well, take off your hat take off your coat make yourself at home. Mr. Norton and mama's absence. I am hostess Yeah, don't mind if I do Oh, it's nice here. Isn't it a sight coming home? Would you like to come home here? No, the only place for us to come home to is the farm Maybe let's call up later. All right. We'll call my dad mama ought to be back, too Well, that's of course. She's gone out to dinner. She couldn't we're here mama does not know that we are here remember She ought to know we're here even without knowing You know she ought to have vibrations or twitches or something. Now those are nice things to wish on your mother Hey, Claudia. Yeah, did you really try to make reservations for us at eight hotels? Or did you just say that for my benefit? I called not eight hotels my man, but ten hotels, and we are unwant As far as hotels are concerned we're to remain orphans in the storm. I have half a mind to call one myself You mean you don't trust me. I trust you. Well, you know, I love staying in hotels David fresh sheets every night and fresh towels every morning made service and no planning meals. I Love hotels. Hotels love you. Yes. They give me such a wonderful feeling with you darling But there is a convention. It seems to me every time we want to stay at a hotel There is a convention. I've only you were a movie theater owner instead of an architect Then we could have gotten a room. What's that got to do with anything? It must be fun to go to a What do you say to convent about something David think? Please stop pleading up before I will find some place to stay some hidden little hotel Some place will be happy to have us. All we have to do is find a place. I think I'll start calling now Hey, where'd you leave our bags by the way? That you What are you doing here? Well, we're here, and I'm here to and you Find time to come home mrs. Brown when you have company David when you look at her her hat is a skew And where have you been old mother of mine until so late and would anybody mind telling me who invited you here? You tell her David. Oh, why should we tell her anything? Well, that's right. Why should we I see you have your hats and coats off We'll take yours off mom. It's all right. Go ahead. Thank you so much here here. I'll help you I'm not so sure. I want to stay in this room with you too. Oh, you're planning to go out again Well, I just came home from where well, I don't see that. I have to tell you anything That's right mother you have your secret well, I intend to yeah, well, where were you? Oh, you're as bad as she is Well, no, you're worse because you should know better. You mean I should know better than to ask you where you've been Well, in that case I said nothing of the sort did she or didn't she David? She's a little Adelhead Maybe we better let up on her mama. Do you feel Adelhead? Yes? I most definitely do then you definitely ought to tell us where you've been you shouldn't be coming home feeling Adelheaded well, what if we weren't here why wouldn't we and what are you doing here? We have come to take care of you miss. You're doing a fine job Matter of fact, she doesn't look too badly David considering. She's been pining away for all I thrive when I'm pining mama Have you been eating regularly? No, have you been sleeping regularly? No, you see David. She needs it Why are you in New York? Why aren't you up the farm taking care of your child away a decent mother should because I'm following your example my what? Well, you haven't been up to the farm recently taking care of your child the way a decent mother should huh? That's telling her so we've come to New York to take care of my mother the way a decent child should well You can spare yourself next time a matter of fact We're going to take care of you all at least are you too planning to stay in town overnight? Well, how come David is overworked mama and seeing that he is overworked We decided it was high time he stopped running back and forth the Eastbrook have they stopped running trains Well, haven't you heard well anyway I decided to spare in the travel and allow him to stay in town overnight and you had to follow behind You couldn't lay him out of your sight for one night, of course not handsome man like David Why'd be a fool no matter fact mama? I Invited her soft hearted. I decided it was time that she got some hay out of her hair So I brought her with me. I know my daughter. She brought herself Well, you know her this and that reminds me where were you all day what brought you home so late? No, it's none of your business. I'm declaring my independence. I have no intention of telling you anything All right, you don't have to tell me why you're home so late Mama, tell me where you were all day. Come on. Tell me that much Don't you know I wasn't here all day because you wasn't here was you all right? So I wasn't well I was here and I noticed you wasn't and then when I was out I kept calling and you still wasn't I am a little Was he so am I What hotel are you staying at? She's throwing us out David. We've only just come now Don't you worry mama? Don't you worry because we are going we came to invite you to dinner and you accepted you know I Thought when my daughter got married my whole life would change. I'd be a free woman I would come and go as I please no responsibilities. No troubles. No worries. No nothing But I see I was wrong no responsibilities. No troubles no worries and no nothing Mama, it's no fun. You are going out to dinner and that I suppose is fun Oh, David always takes us to a very good raster so extravagant I don't suppose I mind your company too much in a very good restaurant You see every cloud has its silver lining. I'm answering my question. What hotel are you staying at? You all will worry about that later much later you are going to worry about it Then you have no reservations. Have you well Claudia says that she called up some hotel? I did too Yes, there was a convention mama of movie theater owners. I thought New York was swarming not one hotel Would have us for David. He's only an architect. Don't you worry about me? I'll find a room I can be very convincing to strangers. You are in town because you have to work Yeah, I have a meeting but not until nine now. There's plenty of time for us to have dinner together in that case I think you're very foolish. Well, that's a nice thing to say to David. I must say I was saying it to both of you I think you're very foolish to stay in a hotel. I wish we could be foolish But the hotels haven't taken us yet. It's going to be working all evening. You're going to be all alone I know at a hotel is no fun all alone. Well, you're much better off staying with me tonight You mean you you want us to stay here. Oh, what's so awful about that? You stayed here before as I remember It was your suggestion before so it couldn't be so awful. Why mama we didn't come to New York to stay with you Well plans have altered to suit the situation but suit yourself. I was only trying to be helpful Heaven knows why I should want you to stay here. It's only for your convenience. Not mine David, what do you think? No, no, no, no, no, darling now this time. We are not going to barge in on mama No, I'm so different about this time than any other time well barging in on mama was good enough before well It's not good enough for us now. Why? No reason especially I suppose not finding a hotel room is better. Oh much Seriously, David stay here. There's plenty of room. No, Mrs. Brown I think everybody wants and needs a certain amount of privacy and I don't think you're so different from everybody This is your apartment and Claudie and I have no right to come in on you and upset everything You have your own plans and your own life to live so have we we are a mother and the father and a child We are complete family unit as the books say And there's two-thirds of a family unit David and I should stay in a hotel when we come to New York I couldn't agree with you more. I think you should stay in a hotel, but you see David She didn't really mean to invite us Well, I wouldn't stay here anyway. This is the last place on earth I'd say I feel that way too. Well mama mama doesn't even have matches around for man to light his pipe with all I don't usually have a man around to light David mom and I never had any matches around for years Did we mama and I like the smell of a pipe. I was dead so do I mama You know, I'm married David. I think because of the smell of his pipe. Well, well, well, well, well, it's nice to find out at last Why well, I wouldn't mind the smell of a pipe for a change for one night You'd you'd like us to stay. I wouldn't mind. You're not so bad not as bad as you pretend What about me? Oh, you're worse. Oh, you're not so bad yourself, Mrs Then it's settled. We accept your kind invitation. Nothing kind about it. It's only sensible We can have dinner right here and David can go to his meeting without rushing and then you won't be alone all evening See how bossy she is David the minute she gets a chance. Well, I'm bossy too We'll stay here mama, but we'll go out to dinner and to a good restaurant since when don't you like my food my nice food Since when since tonight if we are to accept your hospitality, Mrs. Brown You can accept ours in return. Then we won't be beholden to you. I can see there's no point in arguing Well, we better get going let's pick up our bags say where'd you leave them Claudia? What do you mean leave what the bags of course? Where'd you check them? I didn't check them Well, you certainly didn't carry them around all day David Do you think I'd go and spend two dollars just to leave our bags someplace? David you're married to a much better business woman than that. Come on now. We don't have much time Where did you leave them? I left them here, of course here Well mama wasn't here so I just stashed them away in the whole clause it wasn't that bright Claudia Were you planning to stay here all the time? What's up? You were weren't you were I I might have known I Have been hoodwit trapped and bamboozled These broadcasts are adapted for radio by mania star and the entire production is supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney Do you act as delivery boy for the family groceries? 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