I'd like to call to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his role
is a comedian with a unique point of view and commentary And in capacity, ladies and gentlemen welcome with me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Paul
That was the sound of a golf Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except generally you'll
That's the sound of a between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I golf today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I you would 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 order to water ski, really you should swim, You're not gonna up there all the time, now And I like to swim, really You what swimming is to me? Staying alive I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay swallow Co2 cartriges
But I didn't out here to talk about sports I really, I came out here, talks about status And I cannot think of one material object that has more status in country Than the And it starts at a very early age now, I mean, now at 14, kids the car, right? They get permits so they can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters 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 over and her up, right?
They don't really go for any more And if you look on all the times you had the automobile from a few interesting saturday evenings You got to admit one of the nicest times of all Was a afternoon, if you could get the car You down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, gonna the car, ha haaa Beautiful day for a drive, I I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you that giant killer, right? HAVE YOU DONE YOUR
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I my homework? Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 in the afternoon The is now 10 oclock in the evening The 4 guys are in the same car Well, whata you do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, we've driving for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all our high school Wait a minute, there's a car over there There's a place next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the car you never heard
Here come they are Don't at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins opened And the girls used to come out to your order? Now you're you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even putting in conveyor in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came running out in short little them? You in And the little girl would come up May I your order sir? Yes, but I don't it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you flirt any now They give you a little box with a white button on it A little speaker grill,
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe special The one you have out with the little white cup With whatever that's in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers rare with 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 two strawberry shakes thin them down, or milk them down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped lips and they'd it thin Can, you understand I mean? Are you
Well, could you tell us what we have
And six-packs We'll it And after you get your food order in, you got at 40 minutes to wait Even if it's a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of car, right Remember was a time when drive-ins first opened You used to in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were getting out and a little heavier than hellos and greetings They policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your cards on the ground Officer, that's my I don't care who you are kid in the car If you do get out, you gotta be very Because the new have radar now So you have to crawl on your between the cars You get to the side of the car Psssst here! I can't up, they'll spot me Put down window
windows, huh? Whoo, is a pretty fancy car Hey, you're a pretty fancy
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without being There was a sporting taking place at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family sedan with black-wall transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 primer coated Ford With it's end 2 inches off the ground Tomato cans for 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. Businessman has had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not quite sure what I By having your bands The bands are the rings in an transmission Which actually affect the change Uh huh, I'll give you an 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 inched these 2 up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage among for dragging You probably recall Churchill during the war years Which assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his friends on the and say a drag? See, and the kids it up The light The light changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get daring He pulls the automatic transmission into low He one foot on the brake holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra fast start He the automatic transmission down into low And pushes down on the 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 changes to green, Mr. Businessman is off
at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an hour Looks out the and The Kids not even there You what's there?
He in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never anybody He sits there and scares the hell out of them