I'd like to call to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his other
is a comedian with 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
That was the sound of a ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except generally you'll
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 very much There's a vast number of sports that I'm not in. water skiing In order to water ski, really you swim, right? You're not gonna up there all the time, now And I don't to swim, really You what 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 here to talk sports I really, I out here, Peter talks about status And I cannot think of one material that has more status in this country the automobile And it starts at a early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids the car, right? They get cheaters permits so can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a permit at 14 And it's, I guess really necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a girl and her If you can right over and pick her up, right?
They don't really go for that any And if you look back on all the times you had the Aside from a few interesting evenings You got to that one of the nicest 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 the car, ha haaa Beautiful day for a drive, I think go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with that killer, right? HAVE YOU YOUR 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 is now 10 oclock in the evening The same 4 guys are in the car Well, whata you do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, we've been 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 all from our high school Wait a minute, there's a car load over a place right next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you heard
Here they There are look at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins 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 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 girl would come running up May I take order sir? Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you flirt any now They give you a green box with a white button on it A little speaker grill,
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one deluxe special extra The one you out here with the little white cup With whatever that's in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers medium 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, thick, for spoons you know THICK And like two strawberry shakes thin them down, or milk them down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody with chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, could you tell us what we please?
And four take it And you get your food order in, you got at least 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 first opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, Evidentally people were getting out and exchanging a little heavier than hellos and greetings They policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your cards on the ground Officer, that's my I don't 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 belly between the cars You get to the side of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, spot me Put down window
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a fancy 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 taking at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires transmission Seated to him in a 1941 gray primer coated Ford With it's rear end 2 inches off the 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 transmission Which affect the gear change Uh huh, I'll give you an This is an with tight bands
This is an with loose bands
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened And he thinks he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has these 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage teenagers for dragging You probably recall Churchill during the war years Which everyone assumed meant V for Actually if you'll also recall Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He to hold 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 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 extra fast start He pulls the automatic transmission down 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 He's not gonna let THE KID him up The changes 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 there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the He never anybody He just sits there and scares the hell out of