 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the play and novels by Rose Frankin 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 It was a very long movie wasn't it It's not only long but it seemed longer. I'm glad we went wasn't even one Mickey Mouse I don't know what you found to be so happy about nice walking home like this You really want to walk all the way. I wouldn't dream of doing anything else It's wonderful to be alone Late it feels as if we were the only people awake in all of New York isn't as late as all that it's hardly Quarter to one Many people in New York go to bed earlier than other people think they do Maybe not everybody's in bed though. There's the subway Maybe it's empty Somebody has to drive it, you know there's always a motorman Maybe there isn't maybe it's going all by itself Maybe it just got tired of sitting wherever subway trains sit when they're not going any place Decided to take yourself out for a ride Well maybe but I doubt it You sound kind of tired In fact you sound as though you were half asleep Sure you are Me sleepy I feel wonderful So bad we're walking That's good That goes the only cab I've seen since we left the theater I wouldn't ride in a cab for anything I just want to be alone with you Not even a cab driver around I thought you liked cab drivers Not tonight David Do you have any idea how I feel Oh sure sure Sleepy I feel as though we were the only two real people left in New York A moment ago we were the only two people awake Now we're the only two people real I hope nobody heard you say that They might resent old Darling you know what I mean I feel as though we've been left the whole city By a rich aunt I suppose Or a fairy godmother And in the morning if we wanted we can bring everybody back to life again Right now we're keeping it very private Just for the two of us New York couldn't belong to a nicer girl She couldn't belong to a nicer man And one of the nicest things about you Is that I'm never sure when you sound sleepy David that's the sweetest thing you ever said to me Oh listen to the cats Way off down the street somewhere The trashmen are collecting the trash There's a locomotive That's not a locomotive that's a tugboat Sounds like a locomotive Indeed it does If only there was some steam locomotives in New York That might very well be one of them Aren't there any? No Why didn't I ever know anything like that before I got married? Well I hope because you were never out as late as this before Or maybe the gentleman you knew were too busy talking about your lovely eyes You like them? Oh they're fine It would be a big help if you could see in the dark You don't have to see you can just listen You certainly hear better in the dark Listen to that fire siren It's miles away probably But the city's so quiet you can hear it clearly I like sirens don't you They're very exciting Just the thing for the living room We ought to throw out the hurdy-gurdy and get a new siren I suppose the next modern composers Will be writing concertos Maybe they're coming this way Maybe it's much closer Maybe they're coming this way I hear more than one siren now too don't you Must be a big fire They always sound big at night It's sort of a chilly sound isn't it Oh I don't think so It's a little like hearing somebody walk down the street Cristling when you're in bed Maybe that's so when they're far away But it's not a nice sound when it's coming your way And these party are coming our way Look at those lights Hear the motors Come on darling come on Lady unless you've got boats in the badge You can't pass here Claudia that's the fire line What they let us get any closer Lady you don't want to get any closer You see that wall You're the one that's fallen down And you're pretty little head now do you Oh we can't do anything good here Oh so it's good you're wanting to do But lady the police department And the fire department have this condition well in hand Thank you for your kind offer and cooperation however The commissioner and I are very grateful indeed It's a real condition all right It's a clear three alarm condition You mean a three alarm fire Certainly See that red car there That's the battalion chief He comes along with the first alarm And sees what kind of a condition you got Oh fire Fire Say there's a lot to a condition besides just a fire There's the type of construction And the smoke and combustible Look it can go right into the building Where all the fire is Oh dear that aren't they brave If I came along and saw something like that I just want to turn right around And go back to the fire house And play checkers There are a bunch of lazy bumzo's firemen I think that's a terrible thing to say Look at them Hey isn't that somebody climbing over the roof He hasn't got the brains he was born with Besides it looks a lot harder than it is I think it's just as hard as it looks Not for them fellas They get racks in their heads Just a bunch of dumb wires But you sound like an Irishman yourself officer But Fireman Timothy J. Kilbride Of County Cork County Cork isn't that you can add if it Oh no we live in Knottville County County Cork is right in the heart of Old Ireland Not that I give you two cents for the whole of it baby You'll get me wrong now I can talk about the fireman Because my dad was a fireman Here in New York Engine company number 12 Say he was a famous fellow in the old days And he still is if you listen to him Lieutenant Smokey McBride There was never a condition that could lay him out That's what he says Conditions what's he mean? He means that well he means that condition David it's going to spread to the building next to it isn't it? Well naturally Those fellas like it to spread makes more of a show don't you know Give people something to look at How are they going to get people out Nobody in those buildings Desserted old warehouses Why they don't let the whole thing burn down Just to get them out of the way But not those fire fillers Oh no not when they got a good crowd like this one Where did everybody come from? Just ten minutes ago we were walking home And we thought we were the only people left in the city Everybody loves a fire Everybody loves to watch people in trouble mister That's the whole secret of the human race Is that it? And when you got thousands of people On the street and yelling for action That's when along comes the fire department To put on a performance No crowd, no firemen If you've got a crowd All of a sudden It takes a hundred firemen to take care of a condition You could handle with as much water As you could get in the Mississippi That's a fine way for the son of a fireman to talk Son of a fireman See I got two brothers who are firemen too You ought to hear the way we talk to each other When we get home I'm the only cop in the family Better me? Say you ought to listen to them The whole story is My brothers is lazy To be a cop you've got to be two inches taller Than to be a fireman And my brothers was too lazy to stretch They lost out by half an inch You were stretched? I sure was You'd never know what to look at me would you They stretched me an inch and a half So I made it Danny and Pat were too lazy to stretch So what happens? Danny and Pat They're lazy bumps They get all the glory Everybody stands around owing an eye They climb back and forth like a couple of monkeys And everybody cheers and says they're heroes And when they walk down the street They're everybody's pal Look at those flames David You can feel how warm they are in your face I think they're getting part of it under control You remember a few minutes back There were flames coming out Right back over there Now all you can see is smoke That's firemen for you And all the policemen's good for is telling people To get out of the way But it's a nice world ain't it Well don't the policemen keep the firemen From walking off with the family silver Now none of that talk young fellow I'll run you in An officer kill ride would keep people From running off with furniture After his brothers had carried it down to the street Nobody'd run off with the furniture David Well they wouldn't wouldn't they Lady you don't know what people are like In the first place these conditions Are all about spontaneous combustion But never heard of it I heard of people sleeping in bed With a lighted cigarette in their mouth Dropping a match in a waste paper basket Leaving the stove on What did you say I said leaving the stove on starts fires Leaving the stove on David I don't remember turning it off Oh don't be silly you turn it off alright David I'm not sure And I'm sure that if I remembered I'd be sure How's that You don't look like the kind of lady I'll show you I can't really see so good in this life I know I turned it off under the soup And the string beans The coffee I know I left it burning I guess they haven't got it under control Here comes more engines They ain't coming here You sure of that Sure they can tell by the sound And this fire is under control Now they're going somewhere else in the neighborhood There's another condition around here somewhere Another one around here There it is Our house Doesn't look as though there was a fire here after all I guess you did remember to turn off the stove Mrs. Naughton Right darling Most of the people in the world are the same way Whenever they hear a fire engine One part of them thinks it It must be going to my own house Me too We're the only people in the world We're the only people in the world We're the only people in the world We're the only people in our own house Me too We're the only people left in the city again New York belongs to us No we're not the only people I know Officer Kilbride is somewhere around David will we have to have a fire Of our own to find him again? Well I hope not Why? Well when he started talking about stoves I forgot to ask him The most important question of all What was that? I'm going to find out Find out what? How he was stretched These broadcasts are adapted for radio By Mania and Roger Starr Oh hey there lad Just a moment please Yes Officer Kilbride Say is the last ever going to know how I was stretched Well you never know what Claudie is going to know Well I hope you'll never be knowing what it is to have a fire of your own Well fire is one thing you can't be too careful about isn't it And it's a good thing to keep yourself protected as well Particularly when you have your own home Well Officer Kilbride could you be suggesting that Claudie and David Protect their new house with some fire insurance I leave it to Mr. Norton That young man knows what he's doing And he'll have to know what he's doing tomorrow Because that's when David will try to sell Claudie On buying some fire insurance That's a job for a man alright I sure would like to be there to hear that Well goodbye lad And I'll bet David wishes you'd be there tomorrow too When he introduces Claudie to fire insurance Goodbye Officer Kilbride The entire production of this broadcast Was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney Your teenagers notion of a good time May not always jive with yours But one delight of teenagers is quite understandable And that's Coca Cola Give youngsters plenty of ice cold coke And funds in the air Which is only natural Or coke is what any of us orders When we want to enjoy the pause that refreshes 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 Orivoire 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 Which refreshes