 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents 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 Are you warm enough David me? I'm fine. You don't feel sort of dampish and coolish. No, I feel warmish I think the living room feels very chilly tonight. You do I do I Never heard the house so quiet till a moment ago Not a sound except for me Say that again only don't outside to everything so quiet and still and and wintry Oh, I felt a draft you feel draft. It was the page of my book turn Oh, I thought it came in the door and went up the chimney. I give it my regards You didn't feel it on it. I didn't feel it on us Come back and there might be others you're talking nonsense. The front door isn't open. Is it there? There wasn't any all right. All right. Make a liar out of me only that draft do right across my right shoulder I'll blow back at it and I think it's coolish and dampish and just a long winter evening It is a hot night summer and warm you exaggerate. It's wintry This is a night to sit by the fire and tell sad stories of the death of the king death of what? Kings What king any Kings? I'd rather talk about something else I'd rather talk about the life of Kings or about the life of us because we as happy as Kings Now where was I you made me lose my place blame me David? There was a draft close your mouth It was an imaginary draft Go on put your nose out the window you'll see how cold it is my nose is fine where it is And I'm deep in my chair and I don't intend to move and I'll put my nose out and I'll tell you save yourself the trouble Once and for all this house is heated by oil Perfectly insulated. I am completely comfortable stop bragging just because you're an architect is no reason why we can't enjoy the simple Pleasures of light like a fire in the fireplace Now what's the fireplace for? Fiery just a little one will lie down on the floor in front of the fire just the two of us I'll even let you read your book as a matter of fact. It is rather damn It is yes, I haven't turned the heat up very high You haven't so in a little while when it gets later. It'll be colder And there's no point in waiting to be cold before you get warm at all There seems to be some kind of mist that's the cold air That's what it is. Well, I guess we'll have to build a fire First fire since last year and last year didn't count because we were just new here And I didn't know what life on a farm is all about I'd like to go out the barn get some wood that's farm on a life. What would you give me? What was that? I said that's life on a farm. Oh, I thought so David, what'd you give me if I told you you didn't have to go to the barn? Might be worth something to you What would it be worth if I told you that Fritz had brought some wood in just this afternoon just by chance And it's all right here in the wood been behind the door waiting to be fixed If you told me that I would say that you were a scheming little winch and the objections not this time No Anyway, what's it worth to you're not having to go to the barn? Not much Kiss maybe come here. I guess you certainly didn't want to go to the barn much now out of my way I'm going to build you a fire the likes of which you have never never seen don't confess to me You are a boy scout in your youth. Why should have I been a boy scout? No reason. Were you? No Where did you develop such a talent for making fires? Oh various chapters in my life. What chapters? I used to go on fishing trips with my father in the summer. What other fire chapters in your life, babe? Some aren't so pleasant. Kay rations and a group of homesick men Fire in a jungle swamp group of man sitting around the fire You can't think of anything more lonesome at least I wasn't married. I couldn't have stood it could have to Men shouldn't have to stand war How's the fire coming you got some kitchen matches right there in the matter now stand back This is going to be quite a thing like fireworks on the 4th of July like fireworks on the 4th of July exactly David Don't don't light it. Yeah, what's my well? I bought some pine cones downtown. I want to put them on the fire They make a wonderful smell. They burn all colors Is that the little package on top of the desk? David you knew where it was all the time. Well, they smell the pine everyone knows the smell of pine And I bet if I hadn't suggested a fire tonight, you would have well It's coolish and dapperish and winterish you said Three for ten I'll find you some pine cones if you want pine cones the real thing The real thing smell as good as the store thing You're a little city girl at all you are at heart. You know what they say about nature in the raw Yeah, David throw these on before you like the fire. No more excuses. No more delays. I strike the match. I Put the match to the paper the paper catches on fire and Presto There we are madam You wish for a fire you snap your fingers. There it is Beautifully caught on beautiful David you're a genius. I hereby name you fire chief Fire chief. That's me. Hey That's all the smoke filling up here Fritz bringing damp wood. Good. Not he got in the woody chop last summer. You and he started away just for this It shouldn't be smoking. Hey might my eyes are stinging David do something. I bet you forgot to open the flu The flu I don't try to act dumb the flu You mean that little business like a wall flyer in the chimney That little business did you or did you not open it David? I can't be expected to remember everything Out to burn your hand darling. I'll survive But see I can't trust you for anything. I don't mind you blaming me because you forgot. I didn't forget all right All right. All right. All right. You didn't forget. I just expected that you had done it You did everything else including bamboozle me. I'm not arguing. I agree. It's my mistake So there's no reason. There's no reason at all for your acting a martyr about it I'm not scolding you because you made a mistake. Of course. You're not you're scolding me because you're sorry You scolded me because it wasn't my fault. Oh, I give up good Let's sit down in front of fire. Oh Oh David isn't it beautiful and listen to it? Fine wood Maybe we ought to wake up mama. Maybe she'd like to sit in front of fire too. No mama's asleep So so she won't appreciate being awakened for a mere flame or two. I'm not so sure mama has a soul Let her soul sleep. Yes, I suppose so But I hate for anybody I love to miss fire in the fireplace. Well, I'll build her one tomorrow Put out the light David don't sit too close to the fire. You'll get over warm. You have to sit close to the fire. You have to feel them Now it's all dark Get the shadows the fire makes Those pines do smell like pines don't they do they've been perfumed just for that David hmm see the face of the man in the fire there over the log on the left It looks like an illustration for Arabian night Oops now he's gone went up in the smoke Poor thing. He was only there a second. You didn't even know it David put your head on my lap. It's heavy. You won't be comfortable. I won't care All right How's that? perfect David do you think it's right for me to just want nothing else out of life? You think it's all right for a while to want you and mama and Bobby and life to go on just like this Sure, that's all you want. What else is there? You can't shut yourself up in an ivory tower or in a dark room with fire shadows on the work lock I like to but Can't keep the world from knocking on our door. Can we we wouldn't want to I wonder tonight. I wonder Look how the flames race themselves up the chimney Like they're trying to see which one can reach the highest. Can you reach my pipe your pipe always your pipe? Thank you come hard to believe isn't it that fire can be so terrible so destructive Even so long some discovery of fire was the first thing in freed man left him in the world above the animal So it's like everything else. We always manage to turn our greatest gifts into our greatest danger fire into danger love into jealousy David kiss me Getting warm isn't it? I I I think I'll take off my sweater It's nice, but I don't want to get overheated. Maybe I'll take off my jacket, too Maybe we are sitting too close to the fire there. Yeah, that's better Amazing how warm a fire makes a room isn't it? Good thing lots of people depend on it for that. I wouldn't mind You you made an awful big fire. I told you I was an expert We should have gotten into our pajamas then we wouldn't have gotten so warm and I wouldn't have been here at all I Do it's a heat. There's no reason why we shouldn't open a window David is there no reason all Every need I'm stifling Of course, it isn't usual if you build a fire to open a window. Who cares what you use you not Feels good. Oh doesn't it? Yeah, let's open another one. Why not it? It's warm out No night for a fire I'd say Just to water fire is enough There's enough reason for me. There's a beautiful fire darling. You are an expert made me feel really married now Let's go to bed. I'm sleepy. We can't who says we can't the fire You can see for yourself. It's still burning. So you want the house to burn down? Oh Dangerous very and how about pouring water on it? Nope to win his bark Slops up the fireplace built it up the whole floor Well, how long will it take to burn out? We were hours hours certainly can't leave a fire till it's cold first fire rule I learned but I'm sleepy now David Did you have to build such a big fire? It's our fire and we're stuck with it. We're stuck with it all right Well, you might as well throw me a pillow David. What floor? Well, I'll go to sleep by the fire. What else can I do? Just one other thing you can do what David come over here put your head in my lap and close your eyes and Good night fire fire sweet dreams The party requirements of youth are easily satisfied a few friends Coke for refreshment music to dance or listen to and they are all set Pretty good ingredients for a grown-up party come to think of it Why not bring home a case of refreshing Coca-Cola today Joe before I forget how about joining us for the fire? Oh, I'd love to join you by the fire David, but it's going to be a pretty long time dying away I'm afraid of it. It's a it's a pretty big fire Well, you did say you were an expert at building fires and I think you proved your point a pretty warm night for it too But ask me some other time when there's a couple of feet of snow on the ground I sure will Joe You know Claudia gets me in some pretty hot pickles like this fire business Claudia gets you into another pretty hot pickle on Monday David and a girl loves pickles and This particular pickle is with the Connecticut Bureau Ford driver's license. Oh, that sounds like a pickle indeed. We're back to my fire Joe Goodbye David 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 Monday at the same time And now this is Joe King saying or a foyer 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 The parts of Claudia and David on this program were played by Catherine Bard and Paul Crabtree 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