 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 repress yourself Have a coke and now Claudia David are you sure you won't feel selling a while on earth should I feel so well? I mean you're you're not a nurse. I'm a husband and there are many times when it's practically the same thing Well, if you do feel silly the nurse will be happy to help me I believe it is not only my duty But my right and my pleasure as your husband mrs. Norton to help you on your first walk down the hospital corridor Oh, so impressive Well, if you don't mind, I really prefer you to any old nurse any old day. That's not much of any old compliment Remember dr. Olin said just once down the corridor and back that's all he didn't say that to me Mrs. Norton today you walk dr. Olin and I are in cahoots, so it's just down the corridor and back He'll be back this afternoon. See you didn't do more Well, that's hardly even walking hardly worth the trip. Mm-hmm Well, whether you're on your legs before you feel so brash and adventures. That's exactly how I feel I Feel a little woozy here. Here you slip Can you manage to put them on what do you take me for a conceited young woman who has a son Only four and a half days old goodness. He's still so young here. You sit on the edge of the bed I'll slip your slippers on for you. Go away. Go away. Go away. Shoot fly. Look, you can bully your nurse You can bully your doctor. You can bully your mother, but you can't bully me I can't know so shut up while I put them on for you. Oh, I love you and you're so manly Well, you'd never know it. You don't give me much chance One slipper, two slippers Yeah, I'll rest a little yeah So much work for me for you to put on my slippers or something You know, I think you're a little girl whose eyes are bigger than her muscles very funny Hand me my bathroom. Why don't you please ma'am your cloak. Oh, it feels so good There we are all ready to slide off the bed ma'am To we dance First things first David now you're treating me as if I were an invalid That's the way you should be treated. Oh a mental invalid Buf to you. Buf to you. I Am now standing and perfectly What's the matter that's the strangest thing I can't find my legs really there they're right there under you David they feel so thin They look all right the rest of me so heavy. I thought after the baby I'd feel light But I but I certainly never felt this way before Not even after your tonsils. I was too little to appreciate it Say I'd forgotten you stood up to here on me Just perfect David Here's my arm darling now. Would you like it? Oh David feels so good so strong now to open the door and have a stab at the home Seems a long way from here. I'll race you down to the end I feel like a calf all of me strong set me legs Christopher Robin goes hoppity hoppity hoppity hoppity hop Whenever I tell him politely to stop it. He says he can't possibly stop Unquote the end the end. How you doing terrible now that I found my legs. I've lost my breath Where do you think? I'll go back and get it. I have an idea. We'll find it again in front of the nursery though nursery Try down the hall here. Oh, David. You're dangling a carrot in front of my nose Now it's just a few more steps my little pony Nobody told me you really hate not being your own boss, don't you? Is that awful? It's stubborn willful conceited proud and a great relief to any husband Now don't you ever talk to me like that in front of our son? You hear and I'd better shut up because here we are Mrs. Norton May I present you your son? Second from the left in the first row You don't say Look at him sound asleep Is that all he can think to do I don't think he's very handsome Can't understand why he looks so old Bags under his eyes pouches on his cheek half ball He looks like the high llama of Tibet and I can say those things but you can't Also, he's lazy shiftless sleep snooze slumber What a life isn't it? It's wonderful living You're really pretty pleased with life aren't you not a complaint That's because you're not afraid of it It's funny, but I didn't have one premonition of anything going wrong. I was excited Maybe even afraid a little but Never felt anything would go wrong Wonder if all women feel like that. I wonder I'm sure they do before but Afterwards if it doesn't go right they think they didn't expect it to All those closed doors Looking down this corridor I wonder how many happy endings Most of them I couldn't have taken this if anything is darling your hands are cold. I better get you back to bed That's David. I'd like to now. Well, so long boy See you later, huh? Goodbye sweet dreams You sleepy darling Another parent would say that he looks as if he understood. We're not that kind of parent Are you of course I aren't I go on darling. Don't don't be afraid to lean on me. So help me tomorrow I will stand on my head as if nothing had happened You'd probably do a lot better on your head today. Why your legs aren't as accustomed to being weak Oh, you are sweet Just for that I'll manage the rest of this corridor under my own power. Thank you. Thank you conceded huh Well, this is much better I suspect that you have been using me as a crutch instead of vice versa That's just the kind of guy I am just two more doors and I'm home I never thought I'd be so happy to see that hospital bed again Sort of nice to know that you've a flaw like the rest of us mrs. Superwoman's flaw is not my fault If I'd been a lot out of bed the day after instead of three days after I'd be out dancing by now. Oh, sure. Sure. Sure. Here we are Ah Oh, look, isn't that bed beautiful? I can just get into it. Aren't you even going to take off your robe? I am not the best people in the world sitting bed with their robes on and they're slippers Oh, all right. I'll take them off, but just for you. Thanks Now the world is perfect again I had the strength I'd kick myself for being so weak, but I know have the strength Why don't you uh force yourself to take a little nap me sleep in the middle of the day? I think I'd love to Good darling, I'll run along to the office, but I'll be back later this afternoon. David listen if you're busy and tired You you you go right home I miss you But don't get yourself exhausted just to keep me company What makes you think I'd go out of my way to be with you cause you're such a nice guy You love underdogs. You're prejudiced Now my underdog I kiss on your brow And I am gone. Thanks for the walk and For everything. Thank you For everything Hmm Dr. Roll and I've been expecting you I walked all the way down and back. Well, well, well You know, I wouldn't exactly want to walk home But I wouldn't mind going home. Oh, that'll come soon enough another couple of days I'm so well. I don't see why you waste your time on me. Well, then you don't like seeing me. I love it But it really isn't fair at all the other people who really need you. You're very flattering today my child No, I was just thinking when I heard your voice outside my door Yours must be the most satisfactory work in the world. What times just think of all the people you make happy Is david mama me All sorts of people You will rarely have something to show for your work. That's one of the reasons I went into obstetrics It's the one certain occasion when a person is pleased to go to a hospital But Every now and then there's a tough one. There was one this morning wasn't there I wondered behind which closed door you have a good view from this room. Don't you it's beautiful. I can see the whole city Was it the baby or the mother the baby Born dead the baby They're so small when they're born The wonder they ever start breathing and crying It's the miracle that doesn't always fulfill itself And when it doesn't the mother will have other children not this one poor woman She know yet. Oh, she's still asleep She'll wonder why she was chosen for this Great disappointment won't she and there'll be no answer for her None that I can give On occasion a doctor is a very helpless man Until I had my baby. I Didn't appreciate what losing him would mean They sound strange to you, but with birth I had my first real glimpse of death Yes It's the balance of things gain you lose for every life the balance Dr. Rowland the scales can't always tip the way we like No matter what we do We don't control the scales We try awfully hard So hard that sometimes we think we've mastered them When I lose a child I wonder If it weren't for you I'll always remember that my child had the best possible start He was brought into the world by a doctor who had the humility to blame himself for death And never to take the praise for life I don't think there could be a finer man I wish there was something I could do for that mother. Thank you my dear Oh, that there might be at that If there is I will call on you I'll go down the hall now. Perhaps she's awakened now It was it was just down the hall Oh, dear god I have been lucky There's a pleasant custom growing among women during marketing Instead of getting all worn out toting bundles and waiting in line at counters They now step up to that friendly red cooler for ice cold coca-cola For they've discovered that marketing is easier when you shop refreshed Well, what do you think of the patient mr. King pretty remarkable patient? I'd say but then I've always thought that claudia was a pretty remarkable woman She is indeed she has a unique insight into the more important relationships in life understanding without experience Hmm. No, that's very rare too rare But I think I'm going to take advantage of it. You're going to take advantage of it. Uh, how? Well, you know that woman down the hall who lost a child Hmm Well, you were just talking about her to claudia. That's right I think claudia can help me out with that case There are times when a doctor can't cure But a woman with feeling and intelligence like claudia can Well, dr. Olin, I'll certainly be here on monday to find out just what you mean by that. Thanks for tipping me off See you monday mr. King. Good day. Good day dr. Olin 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 au revoir 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 These programs star catherine bard is claudia and paul crab tree is david 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