 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia based on the 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 and I think it's the telephone Can't be we're asleep. That's true The night David it is the telephone. I told you it was what are you going to do? Going back to sleep and let it ring. Oh David. I can't let it ring. How would I find out who it is? It's a wrong number only wrong numbers telephone at this hour the night wrong numbers and it is not mama Now she's asleep. How do you know because I am Well, I'm not so I'm going to find out who it is stay where you are darling. I'll go Whoever it is really wants us to answer David, I hope it's not something wrong. What could be wrong darling. Oh so many things Oh, I know where everything is I only broke my foot. Oh, yes. Yes, this is known About what? About this apartment We're living in it The ad about the apartment we put in the papers remember so we did I'd forgotten David This must be Monday. Yes about the ad Well, it's four and a half rooms Yeah, nice large rooms somebody want to rent it at this hour of the night starting in two weeks No, no not before that Well, the rent is very reasonable. You want to come over to see it not now David. We're not even dressed No, no, of course not not this hour not before eight o'clock What's that? I bring your references with you references why references not coming for a job is he Yes, this is with the approval of the landlord ask if he has any children We'll only rent to people who have children my wife wants to know if say By the way, what paper did you read this ad in? The times I see But it isn't on the street yet. How do you find out about it? Would you mind telling me how you found out about this ad? That's a new one as first thing in the morning apartment 12c Good night David, how did he find out? His girlfriend is the telephone operator down to newspaper. She told him his girlfriend Which just goes to show you you can't afford to tell a secret to anybody these days. You're so right Come on darling. Let's go back to bed Good night, darling Good night, Claudia Sleep tight. I'm sleeping tight already. Thank you. So am I That telephone operator I wonder how many boyfriends she has Well, if it's that late, I've got to be getting to the office David are you gonna leave me with all these doorbells and phones ringing? I hate to darling I suppose you'd better mama's coming over. She ought to be here any minute Maybe I can call up Roger and drop in later. Could you I suppose so what a night what a telephone operator? Oh There it goes. It's your turn. All right. I'll answer it That's the doorbell your turn. Don't promise anything darling. Hello, David. Oh, mama My you look as if you've been up all night. I have been up all night You mean people have been calling you up already ever since before the ad was in the paper. Oh you poor children Well, I'll help you out now. You're going to office a little while But I'd stay around and see how things are going. I had no idea our tiny little ad would start such an avalanche Hello mama. Hello. Who was that one single gentleman? I said no What are you going to do with single gentlemen who need a place to live chop off their head? Let them get married and have children then I'll talk to them Your turn David. I'm coming. Mama. You can take the door where to we haven't got time for jokes today Just answer it. What do I say? Don't say anything. Just ask questions. You must be having a marvelous time a single lady I told her no, I hope you weren't mean no meaner than you are to single men, but David It's not a lady's fault that she's single on the contrary. It's very sad Just think she never got married. You're jumping to conclusions. I'd love to jump at a cup of coffee Hello, yes, oh about the ad well, it's a four-and-a-half How many children have you got only two I'm terribly sorry, but Yes about the apartment you've got a very old mother. Yes, I understand You've got a cat and a dog. Oh, that's lovely, but and three grandchildren. It's just he Hello, you've got four brothers and three sisters and you all want it. I know but have you got any children? Your husband's overseas. Oh, I'm terribly sorry. You're expecting him back. Oh, that's marvelous news. But are you planning to have children? I'm exhausted. I'm dead. I never did get to the office. Did I what time is it mama? Six o'clock and I wish I had the strength to go home. It's the phone rings. Don't bother answering darling You're not sick are you? Of course not. It's just that I've rented the apartment already. So what I've rented it What's the matter? Well everything's a matter Well, what do you mean? I've rented it too. Oh, yeah, but you couldn't I did that's impossible David I rented it that means we've rented it three times looks like it really the minute you leave something to women Well, I'm terribly sorry But you two have to call up your clients because I promise yeah, I promise to and my words as good as yours Terrible, I'm sure mine deserves it most who is yours mine is a wife with a husband You don't say and that's not all she's got three children and one on the way then she doesn't want this apartment It'll be too small. She's in three rooms now David This is one and a half rooms more and she's only getting one baby more I ran mine to a husband with a wife silly every husband has a wife and this husband has two children and three Well, don't you two even bother to find it out because the apartment has to go to the person I've rented it to really Mrs. Brown really go on tell us mother well children this girl's husband is in the army He's in Japan She's living with her mother and her two children and her sister and her husband's expected home any day And if they don't get an apartment soon, well, they just won't be able to be together. Oh, that's all pretty tough not being able to be together Trouble is I've heard so many awful stories today Makes me feel as if half the people in the world don't have a place to live I think that's a pretty decent estimate of the situation, darling David. We're so lucky. I Don't want to look another telephone in the mouth as long as I live Hello, it's rented Who'd you say? Mr. Murray. Oh, it's the landlord. Yes, they've been coming all day Hi For your brother-in-law You insist on renting it to him But mr. Murray you said that oh So that's it Mr. Murray, I'm terribly sorry, but I cannot consent to give up this apartment to your brother-in-law This is just a sort of favoritism. I take violent objections to it. I'm not even going to discuss it David what happened ball the nerve. What is it? Landlord has a brother-in-law, so he's going to take this apartment and give it to him That's the kind of graft and greed and selfishness that's going on in this world. It gets me furious Well, I won't give it to him that's all I just won't give it to him I don't blame you this kind of thing going on all over the country landlords holding back apartments for higher prices taking money under the Table renting apartments out to friends and relatives who have no right to them I'm I'm not going to be a party to it with David. What are you going to do? I'll sublet it furnished or I'll I'll think of something, but I won't give it back. Oh, that's the door There's no use answering it darling. Whoever it is your answer will have to be no Good evening, Mrs. Norton. Oh It's good to see somebody who has a place to live Come in. Good evening. Mr. Norton. You've had to have busy day. Yes Say that again Fritz and multiply it by two. We've been so popular Fritz. It's heart-breaking. Yeah, I know Every day people ask me if I got an apartment for them and the answer always is no And Mr. Norton, Mr. Mr. Mari he just called me. I wouldn't talk to him. So now he called you It's about his brother-in-law. I don't want to hear another word about his brother-in-law He is very anxious if you're not already rented the apartment to have it for his brother-in-law. Well, it's too late We've rented it three times So Well, he says his brother-in-law is such a nice gentleman. I don't care. I don't care how nice a gentleman He is not going to he is just back from the war just back, but the war has been over for years. He was uh He was a long time getting here. Yeah Long time three years to be in a hospital But he's lucky. There are others who are less lucky who will never leave the hospital But he he has his wife his wife. He's married. Yeah, and and three little children They are very sweet three little children. Yeah, but they come around sometimes with Mrs. Mari They're like so much to see the furnaces and to ride up and down in the elevators right up and down in the elevator Yeah, well when they live they have to they have to walk up the stairs. Oh David I Know what you're thinking darling, but if you say the apartment is rented This mr. Mari he he understands. It's not rented fritz not quite It was almost three times, but not quite or more sort of not I'll call mr. Murray myself. I Think I ought to apologize to him. What's going on out here? What are you people mumbling about mama? It's all settled. What's all settled the apartment's rented. We just read it it again, Claudia You're not making any sense. There's no sense to anything. Is there David no sense and yes, we have no apartments today Now mama you can go home Come on, Claudia. Let's go to bed and pray the phone doesn't ring Surprising how little it takes to change a daily burden into an agreeable routine For instance next time you're marketing instead of pushing along without let up stop and make your way to one of those friendly Coca-Cola coolers You'll find them in many food stores now as well as in drug stores service stations and department stores When you see that friendly sign beckon pause for ice-cold coke and let its delicious Refreshment make the going pleasanter for you say mr. King You don't happen to know of three empty apartments that we could rent three To the people we finally had to disappoint oh wish I did miss brown I wish I did quite a problem isn't it that doesn't seem to be improving much But I guess David and Claudia will forget all about this one tomorrow something serious Oh, not very just about an unexpected house guest a very young gentleman that Claudia and David haven't met yet Roger Killian's son. He has no place to stay either and so he Don't tell me mrs. Brown because I'll be here tomorrow to find out do that Goodbye. Goodbye miss brown As I was about to say 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 or a bar and remember whoever you are Whatever you do Wherever you may be when you think of refreshment think of Coca-Cola or ice-cold Coca-Cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes Claudia has come to most of you now for the past six months We'd welcome any suggestion or anything you may wish to say about the show Right to Claudia post office box 173 Church Street station New York 8 New York now. Let me repeat the address post office box number 173 Church Street station New York 8 New York And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola