I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his 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 good My compatriot, Stookey
That was the sound of a golf Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a of a ping-pong ball Except generally you'll
That's the sound of a between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I golf, wooo I did pretty too, I think you would have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like very much There's a vast number of sports that I'm not in. There's water In to water ski, really you should swim, right? You're not gonna stay up all the time, now And I don't to swim, really You know what is to me? Staying alive I'm in the water. I'll do anything to afloat Even swallow Co2
But I didn't come out here to 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 Than the And it starts at a very age now, right? I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? They get permits so they can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters at 14 And it's, I it's really necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a and asking her If you can peddle right over and pick her up,
They don't go for that any more And if you look back on all the you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting saturday You got to admit that one of the nicest of all Was a afternoon, if you could get the car You come the stairs, ker-clunk 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 giant killer, right? HAVE YOU DONE HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my Run out the You up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The time is now 10 in the evening The same 4 guys are in the car Well, whata you do? I don't know, 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 resturant and look at the girls, Oh, ok Well, here are, but they're 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 the conversation in the girls car you never heard
Here come There are look at 'em
Remember the when drive-ins first 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 was a time when the little girls came running out in short little skirts Remember You in And the little would come running up May I your order sir? Yes, but I believe 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 speaker grill,
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger special extra The one you have out with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, take it, whatever 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 milk them a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped lips and like it thin Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, could you us what we have please?
And six-packs We'll it And after you get your food in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait Even if it's a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you get out of your car, right Remember there was a time when drive-ins first You to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were getting out and Something a little heavier than hellos and 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 don't who you are kid back 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 belly between the You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, they'll me Put down your
Power windows, Whoo, is a pretty 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 place at the light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family sedan with tires transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer coated With 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 sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not quite sure I mean By having bands tightened The are the rings in an automatic 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. Businessman has had his bands tightened And he thinks that he will 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 Winston Churchill during the war everyone assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Winston Churchill 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 changes The changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He pulls the automatic down into low He puts one on the brake Still holding the foot on the brake, in order to get extra fast start He pulls the automatic down into low And pushes down on the accelerator five The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna have to have another job He's not let THE KID show him up The changes to green, Mr. Businessman is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 an hour out the window and The Kids not even there You what's there?
He looks in the view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never races He just sits there and scares the hell out of