I'd like to somebody to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his role
Paul is a comedian with a unique point of and commentary And in this capacity, ladies and Please welcome with me to the stage, my good My compatriot, Stookey
That was the sound of a ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ball generally you'll hear
That's the sound of a between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I think you have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like very much There's a vast number of sports I'm not invlved in. There's skiing In to water ski, really you should swim, right? not gonna stay up there all the time, now And I don't like to swim, You know what is to me? alive when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to about sports I really, I came out here, Peter talks status And I cannot think of one material object that has more status in country the automobile And it at a very early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids the car, right? They get cheaters permits so can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters at 14 And it's, I guess it's really because You lose a lot of face calling up a and asking her If you can right over and pick her up, right?
They don't really go for that any And if you look on all the times you had the automobile from a few interesting saturday evenings You got to admit that one of the nicest of all Was a sunday afternoon, if you get the car You come down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, gonna take the car, ha day for a drive, I think I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with that giant killer, YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, say, mom, dad, have I done my homework? Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 in the afternoon The time is now 10 oclock in the The same 4 guys are in the car Well, whata you do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, been driving for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? Lets go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, Oh, ok Well, here are, but they're all from our high school Wait a minute, there's a car load there There's a right next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you never
Here come There are Don't at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins first And the girls used to come out to your order? Now lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in There was a time when the little girls running out in short little skirts them? You in And the girl would come running up May I take order sir? Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you any more now They give you a little green box with a white on it A little speaker grill,
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe extra The one you have out here the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers medium rare everything on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and we'd like two chocolate shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know And we'd like two strawberry thin Water them down, or them down a little, ok we got somebody here with chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, could you tell us what we have
And six-packs take it And after you get your food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to Even if it's just a cup of you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of your car, Remember there was a time when first opened You to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people getting out and exchanging Something a little heavier than and greetings They have policemen to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your cards on the ground Officer, my wallet I care who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you gotta be careful Because the new resturants have now So you have to on your belly between the cars You get to the side of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, spot me Put down your
Power windows, Whoo, this is a fancy car Hey, you're a fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without being There was a sporting event place at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who a 4-door family sedan with black-wall tires Automatic Seated to him in a 1941 gray primer coated Ford With it's rear end 2 inches off the Tomato for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped the steering wheel His right hand gripped onto the lever A sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened, and Those of you who are not quite sure what I By having your tightened The bands are the in an automatic transmission Which actually affect the gear Uh huh, I'll you an example This is an with tight bands
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has had his bands tightened And he thinks he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has these 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage teenagers for dragging You probably recall Winston during the war years Which everyone meant V for victory Actually if you'll recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to hold it in here, And occationally he would to his friends on the stage and say a drag? See, and the picked it up The light The changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He pulls the automatic down into low He puts one foot on the Still holding the foot on the brake, in to get that extra fast start He pulls the transmission down into low And down on the accelerator five inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna have to have band job not gonna let THE KID show him up The light to green, Mr. Businessman is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an out the window and The Kids not even there You know what's
He looks in the view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never anybody He just there and scares the hell out of them