I'd like to call somebody to the stage you know as a folk singer But you haven't met in his other role
Paul is a comedian with a unique point of and commentary And in capacity, ladies and gentlemen Please welcome with me to the stage, my 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 generally you'll hear
That's the of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I played golf, I did pretty good too, I think you have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like sports very There's a vast number of sports I'm not invlved in. There's skiing In order to water ski, really you swim, right? You're not stay up there all the time, now And I don't like to swim, You know what is to me? Staying alive I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to talk about 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, kids want the car, They get cheaters so they can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a permit at 14 And it's, I it's really necessary because You lose a lot of face up a girl and asking her If you can peddle over and pick her up, right?
They don't really go for any more And if you look on all the times you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting 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, gonna the car, ha haaa Beautiful day for a drive, I 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, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the 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? go to a drive-in 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 place right next to them, go get it
look at 'em Here's the in the girls car you never heard
they come 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 you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in drive-in resturants There was a time when the little came running out in short little skirts Remember You in And the little 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 with a white on it A speaker grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd one cheeseburger deluxe special extra The one you have out with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, we'll it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers medium rare 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 we'd like two strawberry shakes Water them down, or milk down a little, ok we got somebody here with chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you understand what I Are you
Well, could you tell us what we have
And four take it And you get your food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of car, right there was a time when drive-ins first opened You used to in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people getting out and exchanging Something a little than hellos and greetings have policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and your credit cards 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 Because the new 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 up, they'll spot me Put down window
Power windows, Whoo, is a pretty fancy car Hey, a pretty fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in without being maimed There was a sporting event place at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires transmission 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 window, his left arm draped over the steering wheel His right hand onto the gearshift lever A on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened, and Those of you who are not sure what I mean By having your bands The bands are the rings in an automatic Which actually affect the change Uh huh, I'll you an example This is an automobile tight bands
This is an automobile with loose
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he thinks that he will THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 fingers up his left arm This is the universal among teenagers for dragging You probably Winston Churchill during the war years Which everyone assumed V for victory if you'll also recall Winston Churchill smokes 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 picked it up The changes The light changes to amber and Mr. decides to get very daring He pulls the transmission down into low He puts one on the brake Still holding the foot on the brake, in 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 he's have to have 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 not even there You know there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids still at the corner He races anybody He sits there and scares the hell out of them