I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you know as a folk 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 Please welcome with me to the stage, my good My compatriot, Stookey
was the sound of a golf ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a of a ping-pong ball generally you'll hear
That's the sound of a match between a golfer and a enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 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 of sports that I'm not invlved in. There's water In order to water ski, really you should swim, You're not stay 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 stay swallow Co2 cartriges
But I didn't out here to talk about sports I really, I came out here, talks about status And I cannot think of one material object that has more in this country the automobile And it starts at a very early age now, I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? They get cheaters so they can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters at 14 And it's, I guess it's really necessary You lose a lot of face up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and pick her up,
They really go for that any more And if you back on all the times you had the automobile Aside a few interesting 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, gonna take the car, ha Beautiful day for a drive, I think go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with giant killer, right? YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the The is now 10 oclock in the evening The same 4 are in the same car Well, you wanna do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, been driving for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? Lets go to a drive-in resturant and 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 over There's a place right next to them, go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the car you never heard
Here they There are Don't at 'em
the time when drive-ins first opened And the girls used to come out to your order? Now you're lucky you know, if you get a in slacks who delivers it I they're even putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants There was a time the little girls came running out in short little skirts them? You in And the little girl would come up May I your order sir? Yes, but I don't it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, don't let you flirt any more now They you a little green box with a white button on it A speaker 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 in there, we'll take 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 like two shakes thin Water them down, or milk down a little, ok 'Cause we got here with chapped lips and they'd 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 least 40 minutes to if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of your car, Remember was a time when drive-ins first opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, some people were getting out and exchanging Something a little than hellos and greetings They policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and 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 be very careful Because the new resturants radar now So you have to crawl on your belly the cars You get to the side of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, spot 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 being maimed There was a sporting event taking place at the traffic Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a family sedan with black-wall tires Automatic Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer coated it's rear end 2 inches off the ground Tomato for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm over the steering wheel His right gripped onto the gearshift lever A on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened, and of you who are not quite sure what I mean By having your bands The bands are the rings in an automatic Which actually affect the gear Uh huh, I'll you an example This is an automobile with bands
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he that he will show 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 also recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, He used to hold it in here, And occationally he would turn to his on the stage and say Want a See, and the picked it up The light The changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He the automatic transmission down into low He one foot on the brake Still holding the on the brake, in order to get that extra fast start He the automatic transmission down into low And pushes down on the accelerator five The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows gonna have to have another band job He's not gonna let THE KID 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 and The Kids not even there You know there?
He in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He races anybody He just sits there and the hell out of them