 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the original stories 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. I don't want you to see it. What's this about a surprise? Come on confess. What have you been up to now? Why should you start off assuming that I've been up to something by now? I know the symptoms. That's the house phone I'll ask I'll get it. I'm right here answer it. I'm sure it's for me. Your surprises get pretty complicated, don't they? Hello Yes, that's right Yes, Fitz. I did. I'm waiting for it. Have them bring it up bring what up You're more curious than a ten-year-old boy. You're a specialist in ten-year-old boys living with you I'm getting to be Now will you please cooperate and lock yourself in the bedroom till I tell you to come out lock myself in the bed Yes, I want to have everything arranged before you see her. That's the second time this surprise has been given a sex I want to know what kind of a her is being delivered by them and must be arranged before I'm surprised by her Here it is now. Please go in the bedroom. Now her is become it David Please go in the bedroom and close the door All right Oaks in the room, Mrs. Norton. Bring it right in and don't make any noise. Lady you don't move nothing like this without making noise This year bookcase is about the heaviest piece of furniture. I have had anything to do with it. It isn't a bookcase It's a queen and secretary. It is only secretary. I ever saw it screech. It's not that kind of a secretary Well this secretary has glass doors and weighs five hundred pounds where you want to Over there against the wall, I think Lady don't think no this ain't something to be tried out in different places Against the wall then you sure This used to be the only place but if you don't like him there We move him around for you, but not with me lady much as I wouldn't like to Got other deliveries to make All right, I'm and get strong. My name is Fritz. Okay, I'm an AC does it Lady no matter what you pay for this at the auction you got yourself a bargain a big bargain Watch out No, we ain't lady hey sandals hold it a minute Fritz lady We're forced up this year bookcase don't want to go against the wall Why not there's plenty of room between the windows? Oh, yeah There's plenty of room between the windows, but there ain't enough room between the floor and the ceiling between the floor ceilings to floors is eight feet in this apartment Think this is maybe a eight foot six. That's it This year bookcase wasn't made for no New York apartment. This year bookcase is a secretary and it's got to go against the wall It's got the lady you better cut off the legs Cut the legs off a Queen Anne's secretary. That's sacrilege. I don't know about that lady, but it's frantic I wish you could chop holes you the truckman is joking the truckman ain't joking either my name Don't tell me I got your name right on the tip of my tongue Wait, it's Funny when I say it it sounds like one of these you'll have to get it in place for me Lady, it's like I said only a magician or a knax can do this job. I think only a magician with a knax Best we can do is get it out for you. All right quick before my husband sees it I'll tell him it was all a mistake only I can't make it Rather, I can't take it out for you today Company rules is that the truck must go empty to the garage, but he can't stay here while we put it Now you better leave it where it is easy But it's it's looking up the doorway Well, you figure out a place in this room where it don't block some door Look lady you sleep on it and if you want we should take it back tomorrow. Give us a call Listen, you can't tell me where he rules his rules Very comic man. I don't think there's a beautiful piece of furniture. Mrs. Norton too bad. It's so big Yeah, there's maybe some way I can help you Hey, am I to be kept in the bedroom all night or I even get any dinner. I'm coming out. No, no, no Don't come out yet. I'm coming in No fritz. I'm afraid there's nothing you can do Mr. Norton's home. Maybe he and I together I'm afraid this is something that mr. Norton will want to take up with me alone. I'm afraid Yeah, you want I should go then yes fritz. I want you should go This surprise is there to taking an awfully long time to hat That's because it's a bigger surprise than I thought it was going to be David. You love me What's that got to do with everything? Do you love me very much? Under advice of counsel. I refuse to commit myself. We'll make up your mind because I'm gonna need an awful lot of love and understanding darling come to the point It's the end of a long long day starting out with a handicap. All right here goes David I bought something Well, what is it? You know, we haven't got a bookcase yet And you know, we've been talking about building shells around the wall and you can't take bookshelves with you when you move so so I Bought a gorgeous walnut Queen Anne's secretary. Not now don't interrupt darling. It's a genuine antique early 18th century and Completely original that is except for one of the back legs. It's a museum piece Where did you find it? Uh-huh at the auction gallery, Claudia You went to an auction sale by yourself now darling. I just how much did you bid on it? I got it for nothing a $145 dollars and an antique full of wormholes. I tell you as a museum piece It said so in the catalog. There's something wrong with it. There is nothing wrong with it except that It belongs in a museum That's no great drawback. That's what you think come on then. Let's let's look at it Good Queen Anne's secretary is nothing to sneeze at David. Wait a minute. Don't go yet Kiss me. Hold me tight There How's that? That'll probably be the last kiss. I'll get for years Come on Hey What's the idea of blocking up the doorway like this? You'll just have to climb over it darling Why didn't those lazy truckmen stand it up against the wall? David can't you guess the whistle blew in their day's work was done. No, yes again. I don't get it David it wouldn't be my Silly wife by any chance Good heaven It's an elephant. I guess that's why it was so cheap. I guess that's why it was Claudia if I ever catch you going to another auction sale at the price It was a gift you should always look gift horses in the mouth and Anybody with half an eye could see that this one has a pretty tall mouth But you've got to admit that it's beautiful. I'll lie down on the floor and have a look at it sideways Darling, you're very sweet to take it this way I'm not sweet. I'm furious with you. No, you're not David It's a lot of little things like this that add up to make a marriage or breaking it Don't call this This this thing a little thing You know darling someday. I I may ring your neck. There might be nice Oh, that must be mama. She was on her way over Come in, come in mama the door's not locked. Come on mama Somebody's blocking it. You must have been drinking Mrs. Brown. I can't imagine what you're imagining I'm imagining nothing very well if you won't move it. I managed to squeeze through I'm getting used to it in this household Very hospitable. I must say Well, what? What's that? What's what that that thing there? I don't see anything. What's she talking about, Claudia? Come on in mother. What do you expect me to do climb it or jump over it? She really thinks something is blocking the way the poor thing is she often like this you too Never get tired of your own humor. Do you never this is the surprise? Yes, do you like it stand it up? And I'll tell you but that's the surprise and anyway We don't want to stand it up Why not? Oh, it's been standing up for a couple of hundred years. It wants a rest before it goes over to your house to my house Yes, sort of a present sort of you should be very grateful. It's a museum piece My small apartment is not a museum, but it has high ceilings I feel to get the connection you will and it's beautiful think of all the books It'll hold I don't need anything to hold books. Thank you. You can store jellies in it I have no jelly make some then you know if she wasn't so lazy David She'd make a lot of jelly certainly she would I'm going now. Wait a minute mother She's your daughter and you've got to assume your share of the responsibility. I will not you married her. She's yours Oh, but I've got to go to Connecticut early tomorrow. It's too late to do anything about this tonight You're talking about me or the bookcase both can't you send it back my wife or the bookcase It'd be easier to get rid of my wife. She's not so bulky Besides Queen Anne came from an auction and it's not so easy to return things to auction Just sell it over again for us won't they don't worry. Don't worry But I do worry people who get rid of white elephants aren't too pleased to see them come back to roost You're getting your figures of speech off leave me stopped another reason I'm not happy as they thought of you going near an auction alone Well, she doesn't have to go just send it down and have them sell it for you. I wouldn't dream of it I want to be there David. I know what you mean She'll probably buy it back again because she can get it cheaper It'll be even a bigger bargain you get the general idea. Mrs. Brown I think I'd better go with her say how do I know I can trust you don't pay any attention to a mama You and I will have a lovely time at the auction tomorrow Now come on any help me fix supper. How do I get over this barricade just climb climb? I don't know where I can just make believe it's the altitude doesn't agree with me Your daughter gets dizzy at sea level now now don't be a coward. Give me a hand. I'll help you I'm not happy. Oh, you're doing fine up. See there is enough when you put up there. There you are I'm not too steady. Yes, you are now. How do you know what I am? You're perfectly all right now up through the air with the greatest of ease the dang old girl on the flying. Hey, we're gonna catch you Hey, don't go through the glass door Don't tell me don't I did oh, I can't look now it isn't hurt much Just one pane of glass shattered. I wasn't thinking about the old secretary I was thinking about mom you can come out and behind your hands now mama is all right Mama's just fine and there's a slightly shattered but mama's just fine and evening with the Nautans has certainly put a lot of Age into this poor old secretary put a lot of age into this poor old mother-in-law. Don't you like I love you This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney With the first nip of frost folks get more ambitious about everything including entertaining Dad thinks maybe he'll have a few of the boys over for a game Junior wants to invite some of his crowd over for music and fun And you get out the pencil and paper to write out a tantalizing menu for your own special party But one thing heads every list for any party and that's coca-cola Keep a supply of coke in your refrigerator. It's the very heart of your hospitality on any occasion Every day Monday through Friday Claudia comes to you transcribe with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again tomorrow at the same time Now this is Joe King saying or a war 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