I'd like to call to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his other
Paul is a comedian a unique point of view and commentary And in capacity, ladies and gentlemen Please welcome with me to the stage, my friend My compatriot, Stookey
That was the of a golf ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong Except generally you'll
That's the sound of a between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 I played golf, wooo I did good too, I think you would have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like sports much There's a vast number of sports I'm not invlved in. There's water In order to water ski, really you swim, right? You're not gonna up there all the time, now And I like to swim, really You know swimming is to me? alive when I'm in the water. I'll do to stay afloat swallow Co2 cartriges
But I didn't out here to talk about sports I really, I came out here, Peter about status And I cannot think of one object that has more status in this country the automobile And it starts at a early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? They get cheaters so they can drive You get a permit at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess really necessary because You lose a lot of calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right and pick her up, right?
don't really go for that any more And if you back on all the times you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting evenings You got to admit one of the nicest times of all Was a afternoon, if you could get the car You come down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, gonna the car, ha haaa Beautiful day for a drive, I think go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they you with that giant killer, right? HAVE YOU DONE HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, say, mom, dad, have I done my homework? Run out the You up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The time is now 10 oclock in the The 4 guys are in the same car Well, you wanna do? I don't know, whada you do? Hey, we've been driving for 7 Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? Lets go to a drive-in resturant and at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all our high school Wait a minute, a car load over there a place right next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you never
Here they There are look at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins first And the girls used to come out to take order? Now you're lucky you know, if you get a girl in who delivers it I understand they're even putting in belts in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came running out in short skirts Remember You in And the little girl 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 flirt any now give you a little green box with a white button on it A speaker grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe special The one you out here with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, we'll take it, 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, thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd like two strawberry thin them down, or milk them down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped lips and they'd like it Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, could you tell us what we have
And four take it And after you get your order in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of car, right Remember there was a time when drive-ins first You to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were out and exchanging Something a heavier than hellos and greetings They have policemen to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your credit on the ground Officer, my wallet I care who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you gotta be very Because the new resturants have now So you have to crawl on your belly between the You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't up, they'll spot me Put down your
windows, huh? 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 taking at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires transmission Seated to him in a 1941 gray primer coated Ford it's rear end 2 inches off the ground Tomato for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped over the wheel His right hand onto the gearshift lever A sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not sure what I mean By your bands tightened The bands are the in an automatic transmission actually affect the gear change Uh huh, give you an example This is an automobile with tight
This is an automobile with bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has had his bands tightened And he thinks that he will THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 fingers up over his arm This is the universal signlanguage among teenagers for You probably Winston Churchill during the war years everyone assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Winston Churchill a cigar, right? He used to hold it in here, And he would turn to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the picked it up The light The light changes to amber and Mr. Businessman to get very daring He pulls the automatic transmission down low He puts one foot on the Still holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra start He pulls the transmission down into low And down on the accelerator five inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he he's gonna have to have another 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 an hour Looks out the window and The Kids not there You know what's
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids back at the corner He races anybody He just there and scares the hell out of them