I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you know as a singer But that you haven't met in his role
Paul is a comedian with a unique of view and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please welcome with me to the stage, my friend My compatriot, Stookey
was the sound of a golf ball Or if a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except generally hear
That's the sound of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong
I played golf today, 18 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 number of sports that 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 to swim, really You know swimming is to me? Staying when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't out here to talk about sports I really, I came out here, Peter talks status And I think of one material object that has more status in this country Than the And it starts at a very early age now, I mean, now at 14, kids want the car, They get cheaters permits so they can You get a learners at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I it's really necessary because You a lot of face calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and pick her up,
They don't go for that any more And if you back on all the times you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting saturday 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, take the car, ha haaa Beautiful day for a drive, I I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and they level you with that giant killer, right? YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I my homework? 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, whata you 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 resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, they 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 Here's the in the girls car you never heard
they come There are Don't at 'em
the time 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 they're even putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came out in short little skirts Remember You in And the little girl would come up May I take order sir? Yes, but I don't it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, don't let you flirt any more now They give you a green box with a white button on it A little speaker grill,
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 medium rare with everything on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and like two chocolate shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd two strawberry shakes thin Water them down, or them 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, you tell us what we have please?
And six-packs We'll it And after you get your food order in, you got at least 40 to wait Even if just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of your car, Remember there was a time when drive-ins opened You used to pull in and get out, hellos, greetings Evidentally people were getting out and exchanging a little heavier than hellos and greetings They policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 old and drop your credit cards on the ground 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 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, this is a fancy car Hey, you're a pretty fancy
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant being maimed There was a sporting event taking at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family with black-wall tires Automatic Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer Ford With it's rear end 2 inches off the Tomato cans for With his back to the drivers window, his left arm over the steering wheel His right hand onto the gearshift lever A sneer on 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 tightened The bands are the in an automatic transmission Which actually affect the gear Uh huh, I'll you an example This is an automobile with tight
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 up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage among teenagers for You probably recall Winston Churchill the war years Which everyone assumed meant V for if you'll also recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to hold it in here, And occationally he would turn to his on the stage and say Want a See, and the kids it up The light 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 transmission down into low And pushes down on the accelerator five The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows gonna have to have another band job not gonna let THE KID show him up The light to green, Mr. Businessman is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an out the window and The Kids not even there You know 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 out of them