 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 This is so nice darling Very nice Hey, Shakespeare stop digging your claws in my leg. I don't think that cat likes having his ears scratched all cats like having their ears scratched Oh, I like having my back scratch. I cannot take a hit Oh, this is so nice you and me in the fire Oh, so nice tonight, David. Very good stuff, man. It's nice to be near you these times tomorrow Listen, maybe we can make tomorrow night. Just as nice as this, shall we? Why people have to go out to celebrate. I will never know It just doesn't seem to me that New Year's Eve is the reason to celebrate Does it to you? No, I never could see it David you're not just saying that are you? No, I'm not just saying that Some of those matches, would you? I can't reach him He's very strange how matches are always next to me cat You know, mama's afraid we're staying home because of her. No mama's crazy exactly what I told her mama. I said you're crazy didn't seem to mind oh Anyway, what's better than evening like this? The perfect way to see New Year's come in. I wouldn't move for a million dollars All right, Shakespeare scat scat scat cat You don't have to sit on my lap. You don't want to nobody's forcing you You're such a foolish cat. Well cats are foolish all women are foolish, too Including me in or including me out. Yeah, you're not much of a woman, but you're very foolish. Oh, tell me what of course You don't celebrate New Year's Eve. I celebrate 364 other days a year. That seems plenty to me Nobody's mind if I don't celebrate New Year's Eve, of course, you know if you'd like to go out tomorrow night I'd be very happy to escort you well who may escort me to bed now come on not New Year's Eve You're gonna scorch yourself to bed Always postponing No, no see see what you've done. You've gone made the doorbell to ring Maybe it's somebody looking for a river road always amazes me how people never know where they are You better get a more hospitable look on your face that smile of yours wouldn't welcome the first Robin and This is the first Robin and spring nobody will be more surprised than him Mr. Tucker, you're a fine Robin What kind of Robin you accusing me of ma'am a spring Robin? No, I ain't been robbing no spring I just been robbing my chicken coop I've rung you some fresh laid eggs. I'm nice. You didn't have to I wouldn't have if I had to here take them before I Scramble them. Oh, I will Thanks. Thanks a lot, Mr. Tucker. Well, come on in come on. David's in the living room. Come in Sure got a bright look in your eyes. Night. Mrs. Norton. Have I know yep Comes a setting of the sun and the young wife's eyes light up brighter than the skies guess it's a reflection of Venus Don't turn such a bad praise myself. Do I you speak variable poetry, Mr. Tucker Yeah, no when I was a lad to 48 a dang near drove all the females in East Brook Mooney with the rhymes I spilled at him. Yep, there were no gear Cavaliery than Jared Tucker. Oh, hello there son What brings you over at this time of day? I ain't disturbing nothing. Am I what on earth would you be disturbing? Oh, I don't know Well, I kind of egged me to stay home She give me some line of talk There's ain't fitting to visit other folks at nine in the evening. Well, your sister's a very fine woman, Mr. Tucker But you can visit us at nine in the evening anytime you want. Yeah, that's that's what I told her I told her I was the kind of man. It's always welcome in other folks housing. You're right I told her the only folks it wasn't welcome is them who expected there wouldn't be That's that's blossoming. Oh, so that's what that is. No, barry one of your chairs while you young folks Tell me how you aim to bring in the new year. We are not aiming to do a thing about it We're aiming to let her bring herself in Mean to tell me ain't gonna go crouching. We mean to tell you exactly that you young folks You're got more brains and I give you credit for going up in the world I never could understand the kind of gal event and it goes on New Year's Eve All the city folks think it's a night for a gage and anigans such foolishness foolishness I I ain't got no truck with it. No, I guess most people feel considerably lucky to To have survived another year. Oh, take no luck young fellow. I know I've survived 86 If most folks had an inkling of what was going to be delved out to them in the coming year There wouldn't be kicking your feet around so foolish like that's my theory exacting Say how come you young folks got so much wits about you. Oh, we follow your example, Mr. Tucker. Well, could do worse could yes, good Yeah Sure is sad the times time goes spinning off and there ain't no way catching back. What's gone? I Remember New Year's Eve when I was a morning cap More dang fun in the barrel of monkeys That's a good clean fun mind. Yeah. Oh, of course my stole a kiss from a young filly It wasn't bad there then was good day. They sound wonderful Wasn't bad if you was handsome young man like Jared Tucker was There say even you would have yourself time, Mr. Norton. Well, thank you, Mr. Tucker Of course, I I know you're starting to make me feel very sad that I wasn't born 50 years ago I know that 50 50 years ago. Hey son, you should have been born 70 years ago 70 years ago. I guess what a lot of New Year's Eve's you've seen Mr. Tucker. Yes, I Seen gay ones and I've seen sad ones Now Man's got to expect a few Loansome one. Yeah, there's no reason why you should be lonesome, Mr. Tucker. Oh, who said anything about my being? Oh, I didn't you think I was complaining young fellow. You ain't got no idea who you're dealing with It'd be the last man on the earth who can play Mr. Tucker. We know say um Why don't you spend New Year's Eve with us, Mr. Tucker? You you folks gone be alone. We're planning to be just us David mom and I Just you well Sure, don't want you to feel lonely Sitting around this big house. I'll be yourselves Well that's that sweet of you cause there ain't nothing alone near then Watching that old man with his size creeping out the door when you're all be yourself That's exactly how we thought isn't it David. So if it's gonna kind of beliviate your lonesomeness Jared Tucker will be the first one to offer yourself up to sacrifice. Well, that's very neighborly of you, Mr. Tucker. Oh neighborly neighbor. That's me Tell you what what? I'll bring over a little crock of something. I've brewed and hid away in the cellar We'll see that new year in right What about Delilah? Oh her that's sister mine. She she's gone to visit some folks who live up past other side of cream hill I don't care for them. I don't cotton to them tall. Oh, and that settled Five of us all have perfect evenings the new year was meant to be brought in by good friends together Goodness were popular tonight. Okay, that's probably glad to tell me it's time of brung Michelle home Women sure do hate to see men having their shells just on isn't it the truth? Hello David glad you're home. Oh Roger anything the matter of course nothing the matter Something always be the matter when I call you know, of course not. I just like to find out that nothing is Roger. Oh give me my love Claudia send her love Roger. Good. Send her mine. He sends his let me come to the point David What are you doing tomorrow night as a matter of fact, we've just been planning our evening Roger doing big things No, it may not sound very big to you, but they're big enough for us for instance. We're going to spend the evening right here What? Yeah, that's right. You heard me. We've planned to spend the evening right here at home But you can't why not because it's New Year's Eve. So what? Well, it just isn't done by home By anybody well, we don't care about anybody we're going to spend the evening right here Well, all I can say is I don't approve. I don't approve at all. Why what are you going to do? Celebrate of course What do you think? What do you mean by celebrating the usual thing run myself ragged? Wake up feeling dreadful the next morning hating myself Wondering how I could have been such a fool But how can I celebrate if your intent upon burying yourself up on the farm that we don't consider ourselves buried for one thing I don't consider you buried either, but that's The point is man that I love celebrating alone. Well, then come on up and spend the evening with us I will now either you come down to New York and celebrate with me Or I'll have to be sensible and go to bed, and I'll never forgive Wait a minute Roger he wants it I'll tell you later. No, I'm I'm I'm afraid it's impossible, Roger. I shall not take no for an answer Well in the first place we don't want to and in the second place we have company coming in Company your brother and sister My brother and sister-in-law are in Boston. Thank heavens. Then who you're as bad as Claudia, Roger I'll be as persistent as Claudia. Who all right? I'll tell you Jared Tucker My name in vain John. Hope not miss Tucker. Well bring him along for heaven's sake all the better What did you say Roger? I said bring him along by all means. That's what I thought you said We'll show the old man what a New York New Year's Eve is Let's just say that's an idea. We'll make it a night. He'll never forget be wonderful for him I'll take him to the best spots in town and midnight on Times Square What do you say he hasn't many New Year's left to celebrate I say you're a very swell guy Roger And just for that will come good. It's going to be wonderful and it's all settled You and Claudia and Jared Tucker will be my guests in town tomorrow night to celebrate New Year's Eve, right? What a wonderful idea Goodbye David. What's been going on? Well, Mr. Tucker It looks as if you're going to be involved in some pretty gay Celebrating in New York tomorrow. Speak plain Sean speak plain. You know my partner Roger Killian Well, he invited us all to be his guest tomorrow night We yeah, we got to go prancing them nightclubs and whistling in the new year. Yes, that's exactly right Yeah, I'll be hard and swagger Have to have to get out my Sunday shoe When I told Roger that Tucker was our guest he invited him along I couldn't refuse for the old man What are you two whispering about? Oh, I was just telling David, uh, what fun we're gonna have tomorrow night Wait till I tell Joe Island that I'm going gallivanting New York City Her teeth is gonna drop out like chicken feet Well, so it's happened to us like everybody else one minute We're going to have a quiet New Year's Eve at home in the next New York City Times Square Say, maybe mom will come too. No, no, no, I guess she won't. Oh, well We'll have fun. Won't we you bet your boot through will darling just wait and see Hey You beef what mr. Tucker? Oh just traction ma'am loosen up the windpipe Just wait till I show that big city what shenanigans can be I'll make the 44 hurricane look like it was blowed blowed blowed clean from a corncom New York City You better duck here comes Jared Tucker himself Look at the best-selling books and you'll see many titles that tell how to relax Here's a suggestion in the same vein pause during the day's work for ice-cold coca-cola that pause is always refreshing and You work better with head or with hand when you work refresh Well, Joe, it looks like New York for New Year's for us. Sure does David But I have a feeling you won't be sorry really my guess not just watching whole old Jared Tucker himself Running around and enjoying the entertainment is enough. Well, funny about New Year's Eve's though David I can't remember when I was allowed to stay home and enjoy myself. Will you be in town? Yes, I'll see you around good See you then Joe. Bye David 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 joking saying or if wire 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 This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney and now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola