I'd like to call somebody to the that you know as a folk singer But that you met in his other role
Paul is a comedian with a unique point of view and And in this capacity, ladies and Please welcome with me to the stage, my friend My compatriot, Stookey
That was the of a golf ball Or if a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except generally you'll
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 pretty good too, I think you would 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. water skiing 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 what swimming is to me? Staying alive I'm in the water. I'll do anything to afloat 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 status in country the automobile And it starts at a early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids want the car, get cheaters permits so they 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 calling up a girl and her If you can peddle right and pick her up, right?
They don't go for that any more And if you look back on all the times you had the Aside a few interesting saturday evenings You got to that one of the nicest 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 take the car, ha Beautiful day for a drive, I I'll go out Ha haaa haaa ha
And then, and then they level you with that giant killer, HAVE YOU YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my homework? Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the The time is now 10 in the evening The same 4 guys are in the car Well, you wanna do? I don't know, whada you do? Hey, we've been driving for 7 Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, what's Lets go to a resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, they are, but they're all from our high school Wait a minute, a car load over there There's a place right next to them, go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the in the girls car you never heard
they come There are look at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins opened And the girls used to come out to take order? Now lucky 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 them? You in And the little girl come running up May I take order sir? Yes, but I don't it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, they let you flirt any more now They give you a little green box with a white on it A little grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe extra The one you have out with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, we'll take it, 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, regular thick, for spoons you know And like two strawberry shakes thin Water down, or milk them down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped lips and like it thin Can, you understand I mean? Are you
Well, could you us what we have please?
And six-packs We'll 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 your car, there was a time when drive-ins first opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, Evidentally some people were getting out and Something a little heavier hellos and greetings They have policemen there to you in your car You can be 47 old and drop 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 the new resturants have 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 your window
Power windows, Whoo, is a pretty fancy car Hey, you're a fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in without being maimed was a sporting event taking place at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family sedan with black-wall Automatic Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer Ford With it's rear end 2 off the ground cans for mufflers With his back to the window, his left arm draped over the steering wheel His right hand gripped onto the gearshift A sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not quite what I mean By having bands tightened The bands are the rings in an transmission Which actually the gear change Uh huh, I'll give you an This is an with tight bands
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened And he thinks he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 fingers up over his arm This is the universal among teenagers for dragging You probably recall Churchill during the war years Which everyone meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall 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. Businessman to get very daring He the automatic transmission down into low He one foot on the brake Still holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra fast He pulls the automatic transmission down low And pushes down on the accelerator five The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna to have another 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 not even there You what's there?
He looks in the view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He races anybody He just sits there and the hell out of them