I'd like to call somebody to the stage you know as a folk singer But that you met in his other role
Paul is a comedian with a point of view and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please welcome with me to the stage, my good 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 you'll hear
That's the sound of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong
I golf today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did good too, I think you would have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I like sports very much There's a vast number of sports that I'm not in. water 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 what is to me? alive when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to afloat Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to talk about I really, I came out here, Peter about status And I think of one material object that has more status in this 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 can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters at 14 And it's, I guess it's necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a girl and her If you can peddle over and pick her up, right?
They really go for that any more And if you look back on all the times you had the Aside from a few interesting saturday You got to admit that one of the nicest 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 take the car, ha day for a drive, I think I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with that killer, right? YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK?
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 time is now 10 in the evening The 4 guys are in the same car Well, you wanna do? I don't know, whada you do? Hey, been 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 from our school Wait a minute, there's a car load there There's a place right next to them, go get it
Don't at 'em the conversation 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 out to take your order? Now you're 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 running out in short skirts Remember You in And the little girl come running up May I your order sir? Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you any more now They give you a little green box with a button on it A little grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd one cheeseburger deluxe special extra The one you have out here with the little 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 like two chocolate shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd like two strawberry thin Water down, or milk them 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 us what we have please?
And four We'll it And after you get your food in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait Even if just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you get out of your car, right Remember there was a time when drive-ins first You to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were getting out and Something a little heavier than 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 be very careful the new resturants 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 come up, they'll me Put down window
windows, huh? Whoo, is a pretty fancy car Hey, a pretty fancy broad
If you did to get out of the drive-in resturant without being maimed There was a sporting event taking place at the light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family with black-wall tires transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer 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 steering His right gripped onto the gearshift lever A on lips 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 you an example This is an with tight bands
This is an with loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his 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 teenagers for You recall Winston Churchill during the war years Which everyone assumed V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, He to hold it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his friends on the and say a drag? See, and the picked it up The light The light changes to and Mr. Businessman 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 order to get that extra start He pulls the automatic down into low And pushes down on the five inches The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna have to have another job He's not let THE KID show him up The light changes to green, Mr. is off
at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an hour Looks out the window and The Kids not there You know what's
He looks in the rear mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never anybody He just sits and scares the hell out of them