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 view and And in this capacity, ladies and welcome with me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Stookey
That was the sound of a golf Or if a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except generally you'll
That's the sound of a match between a and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I think you would have been proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't sports very much There's a number of sports that 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 like to swim, really You know swimming is to me? Staying when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to afloat Even swallow Co2
But I didn't come out to talk about sports I really, I came out here, Peter talks about And I cannot think of one material object 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 permits so they can drive You get a learners at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's necessary because You a lot of face calling up a girl and asking her If you can right over and pick her up, right?
They don't go for that any more And if you look on all the times you had the automobile from a few interesting saturday evenings You got to that one of the nicest times of all Was a sunday afternoon, if you get the car You down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, take 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 HOMEWORK?
If you fast, you'd 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 same 4 guys are in the car Well, you wanna do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, we've driving for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, what's Lets go to a drive-in resturant and at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, they are, but they're all from our high school Wait a minute, there's a car over there There's a place right next to them, go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you never
they come There are Don't at 'em
Remember the time drive-ins first opened And the girls used to come out to take your Now lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came out in short little skirts them? You in And the little girl would come 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 give you a little green box with a white button on it A little grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger special extra The one you have out with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, we'll 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 know And we'd two strawberry shakes thin Water them down, or milk down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped and they'd like it thin Can, you understand what I Are you
Well, could you tell us we have please?
And four 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 there was a time when first opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, some people were getting out and exchanging Something a little heavier than hellos and They have policemen there to keep you in car You can be 47 old and drop your credit 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 very Because the new resturants have now So you have to crawl on your between 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, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a pretty fancy
If you did to get out of the drive-in resturant without being maimed There was a sporting event place at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer coated With it's end 2 inches off the ground 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 on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not quite what I mean By having bands tightened The bands are the in an automatic transmission actually affect the gear change Uh huh, I'll give you an This is an with tight bands
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened And he thinks that he will THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has these 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You probably recall Churchill during the war years Which everyone meant V for victory Actually if you'll recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He to hold it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his friends on the 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 pulls the automatic down into low He one foot on the brake Still 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 internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna to have another band job He's not 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 window and The Kids not even You what's there?
He in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never races He just sits there and the hell out of them