 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 you want extra blanket tonight David doesn't seem that cold to me Shouldn't even be that cold the middle of March Just right square plunk in the middle. Oh, I can't wait to get into bed and pull the comforter up tight Open the window wide get way under the covers darling. I am So comfortable and warm. I'll never get up David you can bluff this bowl of water. I did That's good Today it is cold out. Hope it's warm in the kitchen your Shakespeare catch cold Oh Night darling night. Yeah Bring the light out right away. I don't mind to read. It's very sweet of you, but no thanks. Not tonight Bed feels good No, that goes a light sweet dreams darling you too Didn't realize it was a little high. Mmm. I bet it's beautiful up in the farm tonight. Mm-hmm Maybe this tell you in a little snow. Maybe I Love snow in the country where it doesn't get slushy. Not nice when it's slushy Moon must be pretty on the farm. I think I'm really like going to sleep on the farm Won't you David? Oh, sure sure sure love it. I wind the clock. Well good night, darling See you tomorrow David you hear that what? Think it's Shakespeare scratching at the door. Oh, well David darling you hear that Shakespeare scratching at the door. I'm sure it is David you want me to get up and see? Oh You're right. I won't bother All right, darling go back to sleep. I Guess Shakespeare felt lonesome out there and he wanted to be in here with us. I don't blame him Or maybe it was my imagination. I thought I heard him before too, but I guess I didn't Are you asleep darling? sound oh Then I won't wake you good I'm not the least bit sleepy anymore. Not the least bit Funny why do you suppose? David why do you suppose I'm not sleeping? Maybe it's because I'm hungry Do you think I'm hungry? I'm not sure I'm hungry, but I think I'd like something to eat David you're not really asleep. You're just pretending. I know you're not fooling me You're not asleep because I can hear you breathe All right, go on ignore me I'm getting up. I've just decided I'm starving. Oh No, oh My bathrobe here we are Well, David goodbye Sweet dreams. Oh, it's so bright Shakespeare you really are asleep Hey, maybe David was too. Oh I hope we have something good in the icebox. I'm getting hungry every minute good eating Mrs. Norton David you are awake. I find that in the midst of tumult and confusion Excursion and alarm. I tend to wake up. I'm nice of you to come in. I simply hate eating alone How does that cheese look to you? Terrible really that's how supposed to look I Don't think it's cheese. I want so that's a relief You want a little cold chicken? No, I do not quite nice and white. I'll put it out on the table Maybe I'll have a little wing Oh, I feel so wonderful. It's so wide awake Must be early because I'm always sleepy when it's late. You look sleepy at least your hair does it does Look a mess your hair looks sleepy, too. Oh We've half a great fruit that is wonderful, doesn't it? I'll put it on the table, too Well, Mrs. Norton good appetite to you. Hey, David. Where are you going back to bed? Oh, you can't it's so much nicer together Oh All right darling eat up. I'm sleepy. Here's some peanut butter. I Wonder if what I really want is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich darling. Why don't you just get in the icebox? It might be I just can't seem to make up my mind You know everything looks different in the middle of the night. I know I want something maybe I can help How about pickle nope last tomato juice? Nope a lovely bacon and lettuce sandwich with mayonnaise all over Nope David if only you could find what it is. I have a yam. Let me see an olive. I don't Know glass of water. No, of course not a glass of what? Water It's not a bad idea a glass of anti-climax I'll get it David Tell me about a mortgage Now what better time anytime is better than no I don't see why you won't ever tell me you've been putting it off for months and months and months Darling, I'll tell you about a mortgage when the baby's born that that'll be my present I don't want to wait that long David if I'm gonna live under a roof with a mortgage on it The least I can do is to know what's hanging over my head darling. Did you wake me up for this last thing? I remember you were sleepy. Look look it's late early and no one's going to interrupt us This is the perfect time only people awake in this whole house. Are you and me? Please tell me then turn the water off Who left it running you did I did why when this now you were thirsty. Don't be silly. I'm not thirsty I'm hungry. I'm starving. I'm going to eat something while you explain David have we gotten the mortgage yet? I'm getting it now from who from the bank from the bank The same one who gave us our checkbook. That's the one you're not eating anything Oh, I'm deciding between an olive and a pickle. Oh You know what I can't understand is why should the bank want to give us a mortgage what you don't understand My love is everything Well, why should the bank the bank is not giving us anything, but you just said a mortgage is a loan Like I lend you 5 cents like but with the bank I pay interest on a loan at the current rate Well, if you're going to have to keep on paying interest forever I don't see how you're ever gonna be able to pile up enough money to pay the loan back I don't have to pay the loan back darling as as long as I can afford to keep paying the interest and as long as I Keep the house. I don't like owing people money. I pay up the grocer. I don't like it either I wish I had the cash to buy the house free and clear, but since I haven't I'll take the loan Give the bank the house is collateral give the bank the house. I thought we were buying it for us I didn't mean it that way the house You see it is proof to the bank that we own something which is equal value to the loan Our house is worth a lot more than just any old loan no matter how big a one to us it is darling But to the bank the value of the house is a very positive and financial one. I don't think I like banks David what happens if we can't afford to pay the interest on the loan? I hope that they never comes But if it should we could borrow some more money on the house our mortgages and for the entire value. Oh Besides mortgages are our help when you're thinking of selling the buyer just takes over. Oh Well, the main thing I can see that's an advantage about buying a house is that you don't have to pay rent the rest of your life But in a way you do there's the interest on the mortgage and we'll still be paying rent That is the most exotic thing I've ever heard Paying rent for ourselves when we own the place. Claudia darling not now try to get this through your head Yeah, I figure what your money would earn for you if you were invested in other ways What other ways well good stocks and end up with gallbladder trouble like Hartley Hartley's no criterion the markets his business he takes chances because he's got a lot of money to fool around with that's exactly what I mean It's all right if it's your business Ordinary people just can't afford to have money these days. I don't get it as soon as we buy a stock It'll go down then we buy some more because it was cheap and then it would go down still further And it's been known to happen. It's found to happen It's far better to have a house than money So you can't count interest that you wouldn't get as rent theoretically you have to who makes nobody makes you well If nobody makes you why do it all right you went now eat that pickle and let's go to bed And I'd still much rather not have a mortgage. There's no point in discussing it anymore now and you'd much rather not too I know I know darling my angel. You haven't eaten a thing not even an olive And I'm hungry after all I guess I didn't have a yen for anything to eat in the first place you mean you've got me up Well, I think I'll have a little slice of that chicken just to make it worthwhile But David it was worthwhile at least now I understand all about mortgages. Oh, you do It's just like My giving you five cents Then the house is mine Even though you think it's yours because you're paying rent that doesn't exist to yourself That's what a mortgage is as long as you think so darling. That's fine This chicken's pretty good David do you think it's possible that the yen I had was to understand about mortgages, then you're still very hungry. Oh Wonder what time it is early Guess I'll spread a little peanut butter on a cracker David. Honestly. I don't see how you can eat at this hour of the night I'm starving Explaining to you about a mortgage gave me an appetite. Yeah, no, where is it? What'd you do with the peanut butter? Oh, here you I guess I'll go to bed. Are you right with you? Funny how much better everything tastes at Four o'clock in the morning four o'clock in the morning. Oh, no, it can't well Just take a look right here at my watch and you will see that it is just exactly Precisely for a M in the morning. It is I can't believe it. I Thought I'd hardly slept. How'd you get to be? David, why didn't you tell me it was for me tell you look darling? You were hungry and and I wasn't hungry at all I was there ready to go to bed, but I wasn't sleepy. You were sleepy and you get up. No wonder I have many appetites. Well, if this hour of the night I'm so exhausted I can hardly even keep awake let alone be hungry enough to want to be thinking about food Oh, David. Hey, come on. Let's go to bed So nice being up in the middle of the night with you and the mortgage Every youngster likes to feel that his friends are welcome in his home And nothing says welcome faster than plenty of delicious coke on ice Fortunately, there's more coke to be had now So you can buy it by the carton or the case and let your teenagers offer their chums the hospitality you offer your guests Ice cold coca-cola for the pause that refreshes Well, Joe, I did pretty well on that mortgage business, didn't I you think claudie understood what I was telling her I think she thought she understood and that's all that's important I guess so Well, did you finally have a good snack, David? There's nothing like a midnight snack Yeah, fine. Thanks glass of milk and a ham sandwich I just think Joe on the farm. It'll be our own milk and our own ham Provided you redo that barn has claudie agreed to it. Oh, don't remind me We're going up to the farm tomorrow I've got to go into the matter of redoing the barn with claudie And it's not going to be made any easier by julia and heartly either They're coming up tomorrow to get their first look at the farm Well, so long Joe so long, David Well, as I was about to say Every day monday through friday claudie comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottled coca-cola So listen again tomorrow at the same time And now this is joe king saying olive wire 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 These broadcasts are adapted for radio by mania and roger star 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