I'd like to call to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you met in his other role
Paul is a comedian a unique point of view and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please with me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Stookey
was the sound of a golf ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong generally you'll hear
That's the sound of a match between a golfer and a enthusiast
I played 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 sports very There's a vast number of sports that I'm not in. There's water In order to water ski, really you should swim, You're not gonna 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 anything to stay Even swallow Co2
But I didn't out here to talk about sports I really, I came out here, Peter talks 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, want the car, right? They get cheaters permits so can drive You get a learners at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess really necessary because You lose a lot of face up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and her up, right?
don't really go for that any more And if you look back on all the you had the automobile Aside from a few saturday evenings You got to admit that one of the times of all Was a afternoon, if you could 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 ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with that killer, right? HAVE YOU DONE YOUR
If you were fast, say, mom, dad, have I done my homework? Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 in the afternoon The time is now 10 oclock in the The 4 guys are in the same car Well, you wanna do? I know, whada you wanna do? Hey, been driving for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? Lets go to a resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all from our high Wait a minute, there's a car load over There's a right next to them, lets go get it
look at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you never
Here they There are look at 'em
Remember the time drive-ins 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 even putting in conveyor belts in drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls running out in short little skirts Remember You in And the little girl would come up May I take your 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 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 here with the little cup With that whatever in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, like 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 know 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 like it thin Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, you tell us what 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 just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to And you cannot get out of car, right Remember there was a time when drive-ins opened You used to pull in and get out, hellos, greetings some people were getting out and exchanging Something a little than hellos and greetings They have policemen there to keep you in car You can be 47 years old and your credit cards on the ground Officer, that's my I care who you are kid back 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 belly the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, they'll me Put down your
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a pretty 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, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires Automatic next to him in a 1941 gray primer coated Ford With it's rear end 2 inches off the Tomato for mufflers With his to the drivers window, his left arm draped over the steering wheel His right hand gripped the gearshift lever A sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not quite sure what I By your bands tightened The bands are the in an automatic transmission Which actually affect the change Uh huh, give you an example is an automobile with tight bands
This is an automobile with loose
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened And he thinks he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 fingers up his left arm This is the signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You probably recall Winston Churchill during the war Which everyone assumed V for victory Actually if also recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his on the stage and say Want a See, and the picked 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 order to get that extra start He pulls the 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 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 know what's
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids back at the corner He never races He just sits and scares the hell out of them