I'd like to somebody to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you met in his other role
Paul is a comedian with a point of view and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen welcome 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, that was a of a ping-pong ball Except generally you'll
the sound of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I played golf, I did pretty too, I think you would have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I like sports very much There's a vast number of sports I'm not invlved in. There's skiing In order to ski, really you should swim, right? You're not gonna stay up all the time, now And I don't like to swim, You know swimming is to me? Staying when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to afloat Even Co2 cartriges
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 has more status in this country the automobile And it starts at a very age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids want the car, They get cheaters permits so can drive You get a learners at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I it's really necessary because You lose a lot of calling 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 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 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 day for a drive, I think I'll go out Ha haaa haaa ha
And then, and then they level you with giant 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 pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The is now 10 oclock in the evening 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, what's Lets go to a drive-in and look 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 there There's a place next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the in the girls car you never heard
Here come they are Don't at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins first And the girls to come out to take your order? Now lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants There was a when the little girls came running out in short little skirts them? You in And the little girl come running up May I your order sir? Yes, but I don't it's 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 grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd one cheeseburger deluxe special extra The one you out here with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, we'll take it, it is And uh, we'd 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 like two strawberry shakes thin Water them down, or them down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped and they'd like it thin Can, you understand what I Are you
Well, could you us what we have please?
And four take it And after you get your food order in, you got at least 40 to wait Even if it's just a cup of you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of car, right Remember there was a when drive-ins first opened You to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were out and exchanging Something a little heavier than hellos and have policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your credit cards on the Officer, my wallet I don't care who you are kid in the car If you do get out, you gotta be careful the new resturants have radar now So you have to on your belly between the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, they'll me Put down window
Power windows, Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a pretty broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without maimed There was a sporting event place at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family with black-wall tires transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 gray coated Ford With rear end 2 inches off the ground cans for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped the steering wheel His hand gripped onto the gearshift lever A on lips 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 rings in an automatic Which affect the gear change Uh huh, give you an example is an automobile with tight bands
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened And he that he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage among for dragging You probably recall Churchill during the war years Which assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll also Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He to hold it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his friends on the and say a drag? See, and the kids it up The changes The light changes to amber and Mr. decides 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 fast start He pulls the automatic down into low And pushes down on the five inches The car is internally He knows, he knows, he he's gonna have to have another band job He's not let THE KID show him up The changes to green, Mr. Businessman is off
at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an hour Looks out the window and The Kids not even You what's there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the He never races He just sits there and scares the hell out of