I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you know as a singer But that you haven't met in his other
Paul is a comedian with a unique of view and commentary And in this capacity, ladies and welcome with me to the stage, my good 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 hear
the sound of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I think you would have been very of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like sports much There's a vast number of sports that I'm not in. There's water In to water ski, really you should swim, right? not gonna stay up there all the time, now And I don't to swim, really You what swimming is to me? Staying alive I'm in the water. I'll do to stay afloat Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't out here to talk about sports I really, I out here, Peter talks about status And I cannot think of one material object that has more status in this the automobile And it starts at a early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids want the car, They get permits so they can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's really necessary You lose a lot of face calling up a girl and her If you can peddle right over and her up, right?
They don't really go for that any And if you back on all the times you had the automobile Aside from a few saturday evenings You got to admit one of the nicest times of all Was a sunday afternoon, if you get the car You come the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, gonna take the car, ha Beautiful day for a drive, I I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and they level you with 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 pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The time is now 10 in the evening The same 4 are in the same car Well, whata you do? I know, whada you wanna do? Hey, we've been driving for 7 Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, what's go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but all from our high school Wait a minute, there's a car load there There's a place right to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the in the girls car you never heard
Here they they are Don't at 'em
Remember the time drive-ins first opened And the girls used to come out to take your Now you're you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand even putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came running out in little skirts Remember You in And the girl would come running up May I take order sir? Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha don't, they don't let you flirt any more now They give you a little green box a white button on it A speaker grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe special The one you have out with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd two hamburgers 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 spoons you 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 like it Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, you tell us what we have please?
And four 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 you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of your car, Remember there was a when drive-ins first opened You to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were out and exchanging a little heavier 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 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 to crawl on your belly between the cars You get to the side of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, they'll me Put down your
Power windows, Whoo, this is a pretty 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 place at the traffic Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 gray coated Ford With it's rear end 2 off the ground Tomato for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped the steering 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 I mean By your bands tightened The bands are the rings in an automatic Which actually the gear change Uh huh, I'll give you an is an automobile with tight bands
This is an automobile with loose
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he that he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 up over his left arm This is the signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You recall Winston Churchill during the war years Which assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Winston Churchill a cigar, right? He to hold it in here, right? And occationally he turn to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the kids it up The light The light to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He pulls the automatic transmission into 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 down into low And pushes down on the accelerator inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna have to another band job He's not 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 looks in the rear mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He races anybody He just sits and scares the hell out of them