 Your coca-cola bottler present 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 Can't you count yourself Claudia mama now you've made me lose it lose what dear I have to begin all over again To win and one a little softer. Claudia little softer. What count to yourself a little softer Oh, was I turning out loud? I think out loud if you like but count to yourself You're not very hospitable. I must sitting at that desk adding up figures ever since dinner What are you doing figuring out my adding? Mrs. Brown if you will be wise you won't ask I should know better David when I see her sitting there chewing a pencil and wrinking her forehead Life is certainly complicated certainly is when you don't know how to add must be you just look at this Well, I can't spend less money on food and I can't spend less money on clothes And I certainly can't spend less money on running the house. So I can't spend less money Nothing complicated about that. Oh, you'd be surprised. Oh Tomorrow I have to remember to write a checkup for that feed fritz bought. Why don't you write out the check now? Spend all that money tonight. I should say not. Oh David are you gonna use the car tomorrow? So to my I was going to drive down into town because I have to say a couple of jobs on the way Oh, and I have to take the baby for his checkup to dr. Barry. Can't you use the pickup? No fritz has to go up to Hartford again. So he'll use it use a taxi Have you ever tried to use a taxi out here in Eastbrook? It is easier to hitch on to the tail of the comet. Oh, yeah, you certainly have problems. I certainly have It's time. We started spring cleaning to party. Yeah, you're toss me that ball of wool. Yeah Thanks. Well, why are you up the matches darling? I'm not up. Oh, you look as if you were about to be up who'd you? We have to start spring cleaning. Yes. We've heard you the first time. Why don't you wait until spring? Oh, because then it's spring. There are other things to do Spring cleaning should always be done by spring. Well, no, do you mind telling me how you know exactly when spring cleaning is going to come? I don't oh, yeah, that's another problem David, I don't know how she survives. I hardly do full of promises Very complicated very complicated laugh if you will but you are not running a big house neither are you Bertha is oh thank heavens for Bertha. I want to take down the window drapes to start getting the spring ones up We don't have spring ones do it. No, that makes it even more complicated I can see how it would and I have to get the outside furniture ready goodness me I don't know how you're going to manage. Oh, I do you are going to help me. What well I refuse to take the job your refusal is not accepted Mrs. Brown And Claudia while you're up will you toss me the matches? I'm still not up David. Oh, no, you're not Listen, why don't you get up? Shakespeare is purring on my foot. Oh, I see you would disturb him, of course Would you all of a sudden you think of a calf poor little Shakespeare a mere excuse? You know to be glad he's that much and that's something else I ought to take the dogs to the vet why should you do that before for a checkup. Oh This may be tomorrow when I take the baby to dr. Barry. I'll take the dogs to dr. Barry is not a vet Who dogs are like people? Say maybe a vet can take care of babies as well as dogs Maybe we ought to switch to a vet. Do you know that that is my grandson that you're talking about? Well, certainly make it less complicated Now shut up everybody. I'm going back to my figuring David. Did you hear it to tell us to shut up? I'm not complaining Mrs. Brown. Just so she shuts up herself To make matters worse of all we have to go to Nazi riddles to dinner tomorrow night Well, that's in the evening. You can't do any of these things in the evening So what's the difference? Only I have to wash my hair. Oh, what a tragedy Well, I can see there's no point in talking to you at all. No as far as about going to Nancy riddles I am full of sympathy. I don't know why Julia is forever trying to stuff Nancy riddle down our throat Julie thinks Nancy get two jobs. She knows all the right people around me I'm not interested in designing air-cooled hot houses or steam heated swimming pools And I wish my sister-in-law would realize it once and for all Julia's being very sweet, so don't be ungrateful darling Except I wish she'd stayed in Cuba wherever she was So I wouldn't have to wash my hair in the middle of everything. No, why don't you wash your hair in the shower, Claudia? My mama, thanks for the suggestion. Well, you're welcome. Say, where did Julian hardly get back? Oh, I don't know exactly. Julia just called today to tell me about tomorrow night She and Hartley are coming up tonight. They're staying over at Nancy riddles My poor brother. Oh, well, maybe he doesn't mind her and her orange hair and her servants as much as you would darling worse How do you know? He has gallbladder trouble poor thing He's so big and dignified looking You know, I'm very fond of Hartley and Julia is a very good wife for him. She's not very Healthy like but she's brilliant at stocks. You said why worry about themselves. They've been married over 10 years They would I think you were you were about nine at the time. Well, that wasn't my fault, David Besides Hartley always makes me feel maternal then now's the time for you to go back to your knitting. Yep If anything else happens in my life, I am not going to be able to manage to went to That is the sort of thing I mean, I see what sort of thing just as I'm about to carry one The doorbell rings off always something to complicate things Well, do you want to carry one and I'll answer the door heavens? No, I'd rather answer it than carry one any day Who do you suppose it is Julian Hartley? Oh can't be there for tomorrow. Not tonight. Well open and see cross your fingers Mama, I can't let anything interfere with my schedule. I won't be able to keep up with myself Hospitable attitude to have your husband's relatives. She gets it from me mother Well Julia Hartley of all people David was right. Isn't it dreadful coming in like this completely unexpected? Heavens no, that's what family is for. Oh, it's been such a long time. Oh my dear. Hello Hartley, you know when you kiss me on both cheeks. I feel just like a French general consider yourself decorated Come in come in You have such beautiful tans both you look so healthy. We spent months working at it You look fine yourself dear. David is your brother in Julia. Yeah, you don't have to shout it right here. Hello Hartley Julia, how are you? Hello, my boy. Good to see you. You look very well too David Haven't they stopped cluttering up the hall come on in the living room. Oh, we just dropped by to say hello We came up to visit Nancy Riddle and we're on our way home on our way home Why don't you staying over hmm change of plans? Hello, Mrs. Brown. Oh, that's right. You know mama, don't of course Right you're looking wonderful, Mrs. North. Well, look who's here. How is my favorite girl's mother? Oh, she's fine, too Well, I'm going up to see why that baby's so quiet. I worry more about them when they don't make a noise Well, let's see anything changed since we've been here. Don't think so. No place looks exactly the same only Somehow it's mellowed You're living in a house is very becoming to it. Claudia you hear your brother David Why can't you learn to say things like that? No? Hartley's pregnant. Yes, you can keep your cuba and your nassau and your Rio my darling Julia Just give me Connecticut without Nancy Riddle. Oh, why what about Nancy Riddle? I thought she's a good friend of yours. Oh, no of my wife's Hartley's being silly. Oh phone He's very fond of Nancy, but aren't you staying over Nancy was between servants and it was impossible Hartley it's not very easy to entertain between servants even old friends like us. I'm not criticizing the servants Anyway, we're on our way back to New York, and I'm not any the sadder for it You mean you have all your bags in your car and everything and you have to turn around Like a caravan and go home again. That's a terrible. Well, the house is open We'll be perfectly comfortable at home and the dinner party tomorrow night is called off. Well postponed And don't look so relieved David. Oh, did I I didn't mean to have it show it showed You know someday you'll decide to stop wasting your talents, and then you won't feel the right people are so wrong Well, now that we have seen you which has been most delightful Since we have to go all the way back to New York. We'd better be on our way. Don't you think well? Yes, I I guess we better had but you're not going all the way back to New York Well, yes, we are hardly but you can't just drop in on your relatives and walk out all in the same breath Oh, we can't stay any longer We won't get back to New York before 10 o'clock as it is and by the time we get to bed and everything But no no we've got to get going besides. We just stop by to say hello Julia. It's all settled. You're staying No, no, no, we're not it's sweet of you to ask But really we're not staying we stop by to say hello, and it is sweet of you to ask and we are not going to be Invagal. Oh, come on. Well, don't you want to stay overnight? Well, we'd like to very much good And it settled. It's not settled Claudia. I said it settled Julia You can't come and leave without seeing the baby and the cow and and fritz and bertha. They'll all be terribly offended Yes, especially the cow worked your way all the way up here, and you're going to stay Be a waste if you didn't Claudia. You've always been a very convincing woman. You're telling me But Claudia it's such a nuisance for whom or for you well, it'd be worse for you You pack your bags, and if you don't stay overnight, you'll have to go home and unpack them. Well, I'd be wild But at least this way you didn't pack them for nothing. There's logic there But you can't suddenly put two people up for the night And why not well because you already have a house full as you and David and the baby and Mrs. Brown or people are not a house full Julia, but sex are it's very simple Julia Well, wait you haven't even got enough room. Well, then we'll arrange it now. Let me see. Let me see Mama has the room with the one bed in it. So she stays where she is The baby's in the nursery. So you'll take our own Julia. I will not take your room Certainly will David are sleeping the study. It opens up the couch. I mean how's that David? No, it's fine by me But it's going to be so complicated There's nothing complicated about anything Julia except in the head You're staying and we're delighted. I hope you are too Well, it's all beyond me to look at you Claudia one would think you had nothing to do but put up with surprise visitors I don't know anybody else who could invite two people to stay overnight with such equanimity. I couldn't well That's because my life is so simple. Did you say that your life is simple? Yes, of course Before Julian and Harley came you were complaining about how complicated it was. Well, that's another reason. I'm so glad they came darling Because the more complicated life is the simpler it is Isn't it David simple Simon met a pieman go into the fair This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney As you step into the lobby of your favorite movie theater, you're likely to see a familiar red cooler or counter bearing the suggestion pause and refresh Have a coke It's pleasant to be able to have a delicious ice-cold coca-cola right there before or after the show 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 if 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