I'd like to call to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his other
Paul is a comedian a unique point of view and commentary And in this capacity, ladies and Please welcome with me to the stage, my good My compatriot, Stookey
That was the sound of a 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 today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did good 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? not gonna stay up there all the time, now And I don't like to swim, You what swimming is to me? Staying when I'm in the water. I'll do to stay afloat Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to about sports I really, I out here, Peter talks about status And I think of one material object that has more status 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 permits so they can drive You get a learners at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's really because You lose a lot of calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and her up, right?
They don't go for that any more And if you look on all the times you had the automobile Aside from a few saturday evenings You got to admit one of the nicest times of all Was a afternoon, if you could get the car You down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, take the car, ha haaa day for a drive, I think I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with that giant killer, YOU DONE 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 in the afternoon The time is now 10 in the evening The same 4 are in the same 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? Lets go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all from our high Wait a minute, a car load over there There's a right next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you heard
they come There are Don't at 'em
Remember the time drive-ins first opened And the girls used to come out to your order? 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 girls came running out in short little skirts Remember You in And the little girl would running up May I your 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 little green box with a white on it A little speaker grill,
Oh, ok, um, like one cheeseburger deluxe special 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 rare with everything on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and we'd like two shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd like two strawberry thin Water them down, or milk them a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody with chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you understand I mean? 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 if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you get out of your car, right Remember there was a time 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 Because the new resturants have now So you have to crawl on your between the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, they'll me Put down your
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a pretty fancy
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without maimed There was a sporting event taking place at the light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family sedan black-wall tires Automatic Seated next to him in a gray primer coated Ford With it's end 2 inches off the ground Tomato cans for his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped over the steering wheel His right gripped 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 bands tightened The bands are the rings in an transmission Which actually the gear change Uh huh, give you an example This is an automobile with bands
This is an with loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his 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 signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You probably recall Churchill during the war years Which everyone assumed meant V for Actually if you'll recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to it in here, right? And he would turn to his friends on the stage and say a drag? See, and the picked it up The light The light changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very He pulls the transmission down into low He one foot on the brake Still holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra start He pulls the automatic transmission down low And pushes on the accelerator five inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows he's have to have another band job not gonna let THE KID show him up The light changes to green, Mr. is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 an hour Looks out the window and The Kids not there You know there?
He in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never anybody He just sits there and scares the hell out of