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 this capacity, ladies and welcome with me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Stookey
was the sound of a golf 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 match between a golfer and a ping-pong
I played today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I think you would 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. water skiing In order to water ski, really you should swim, not gonna stay up there all the time, now And I don't to swim, really You know swimming is to me? Staying when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out to talk about sports I really, I came out here, Peter about status And I cannot think of one material object that has more status in country the automobile And it starts at a early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids want the car, They get cheaters permits so they can You get a learners at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's really because You lose a lot of calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and her up, right?
don't really go for that any more And if you look on all the times you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting evenings You got to admit that one of the times 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 the car, ha haaa day for a drive, I think I'll go out Ha haaa haaa ha
And then, and then level you with that giant killer, right? HAVE YOU DONE YOUR
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the The time is now 10 in the evening The 4 guys are in the same car Well, whata you do? I know, whada you wanna do? Hey, we've been for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? Lets go to a drive-in and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here are, but they're all from our high school a minute, there's a car load over there There's a place right to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you never
they come There are look at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins opened And the girls used to out to take your order? Now you're lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who it I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in some resturants There was a time the little girls came running out in short little skirts Remember You in And the girl would come running up May I your order sir? Yes, but I believe it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, they let you flirt any more now They you a little green box with a white button on it A little grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe special The one you have out here the little white cup With whatever that's in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers medium rare with 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 THICK And we'd like two strawberry shakes them down, or milk them down a little, ok 'Cause we got here with chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you understand what I Are you
Well, could you tell us what we have
And six-packs take it And after you get food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait Even if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to And you get out of your car, right Remember was a time when drive-ins first opened You to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were out and exchanging Something a little than hellos and greetings They have there to keep you in your car You can be 47 old and drop your credit cards on the ground Officer, my wallet I don't who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you be very careful the new resturants have radar now So you have to crawl on your belly the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't up, they'll spot me Put down your
Power windows, Whoo, is a pretty fancy car Hey, you're a pretty fancy
If you did manage to get out of the resturant without being maimed There was a sporting event taking place at the light Remember, all of two characters Mr. who drove 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 gripped onto the gearshift lever A sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not quite sure what I By having your tightened The bands are the rings in an automatic Which actually affect the change Uh huh, give you an example This is an automobile with tight
is an automobile with loose bands
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened And he thinks that he show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has these 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage among teenagers for You probably recall Winston Churchill during the war Which everyone assumed meant V for Actually if you'll also recall Winston Churchill a cigar, right? He used to hold it in here, And occationally he would to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the picked it up The changes The light changes to amber and Mr. decides 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 to get that extra fast start He pulls the automatic transmission down low And down on the accelerator five inches The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows 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 miles an Looks out the and The Kids not even there You know there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids still at the corner He never races He sits there and scares the hell out of them