I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his other
Paul is a comedian with a unique point of and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please welcome me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Stookey
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 hear
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 think you would been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't sports very much There's a vast number of that I'm not invlved in. water skiing In order to ski, really you should swim, right? You're not gonna up there all the time, now And I don't to swim, really You know swimming is to me? Staying alive I'm in the water. I'll do anything to afloat Even swallow Co2
But I didn't out here to talk about sports I really, I out here, Peter talks about status And I cannot of one material object that has more status in this country Than the And it starts at a early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? get cheaters permits so they can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters at 14 And it's, I it's really necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a 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 Aside from a few saturday 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, take the car, ha haaa day for a drive, I think I'll go out Ha haaa haaa ha
And then, and then they level you with giant killer, right? HAVE YOU DONE YOUR
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, I done my homework? Run out the You pick up 3 other pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The is now 10 oclock in the evening The same 4 are in the same car Well, you wanna 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 resturant and look at the girls, Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all from our high Wait a minute, there's a car over there There's a place next to them, lets go get it
look at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you heard
Here they they are Don't at 'em
Remember the time when first opened And the girls used to come out to take your Now you're lucky you know, if you get a girl in who delivers it I understand they're putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the girls came running out in short little skirts Remember You in And the little girl come running up May I take your order Yes, but I don't believe 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 out here with the little white cup that whatever that's in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two medium 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, regular thick, for you know THICK And we'd like two strawberry thin Water them down, or milk down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped lips and they'd it thin Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, could you tell us we have please?
And six-packs We'll it And you get your food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait Even if just 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 pull in and get out, exchange hellos, Evidentally people were getting 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, that's my I don't care who you are kid in the car If you do get out, you gotta be careful the new resturants have radar now So you have to crawl on belly between the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, they'll me Put your window
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a fancy car Hey, a pretty fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without being There was a sporting event taking place at the light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a family sedan with black-wall tires transmission Seated next to him in a gray primer coated Ford With rear 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 gripped onto the gearshift 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 bands tightened The bands are the rings in an transmission actually affect the gear change Uh huh, I'll give you an This is an automobile with bands
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened And he thinks that he will show THE KID a or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 fingers up over his arm This is the universal signlanguage among teenagers for You probably recall Churchill during the war years Which everyone meant V for victory Actually if also recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to it in here, right? And he would turn to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the kids it up The light The light changes to amber and Mr. Businessman to get very daring He the automatic transmission down into low He puts one foot on the Still holding the foot on the brake, in to get that extra fast start He the automatic transmission down into low And pushes down on the accelerator inches The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna to have another band job not gonna let THE KID show him up The light changes to green, Mr. is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an Looks out the window and The Kids not there You what's there?
He in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He races anybody He just there and scares the hell out of them