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 a unique point of view and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please welcome with me to the stage, my friend My compatriot, Stookey
That was the of a golf ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong Except generally you'll
That's the sound of a match between a golfer and a enthusiast
I played 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 don't sports very much There's a vast of sports that I'm not invlved in. There's water In order to water ski, really you should swim, You're not gonna stay up all the time, now And I like to swim, really You what swimming is to me? Staying alive I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay swallow Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to talk sports I really, I came out here, Peter talks status And I cannot think of one material object that has status in this country the automobile And it at a very early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? They get cheaters permits so can drive You get a permit at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a and asking her If you can peddle right and pick her up, right?
don't really go for that any more And if you look on all the times you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting evenings You got to admit one of the nicest times of all Was a sunday afternoon, if you 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 I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then level you with that giant killer, right? HAVE YOU YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my Run out the You pick up 3 great pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The time is now 10 oclock in the The same 4 guys are in the 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, 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 there There's a place next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the car you never heard
Here come they are Don't at 'em
the time when drive-ins first opened And the girls used to come out to take order? Now you're lucky you know, if you get a girl in who delivers it I understand they're even putting in 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 girl would come running up May I take order sir? Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha don't, they don't let you flirt any more now They give you a little box with a white button on it A little grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe extra The one you have out here with the white cup With that whatever that's in there, take it, whatever it is And uh, like 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 THICK And like two strawberry shakes thin Water them down, or milk them 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 tell us what we please?
And four take 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 get out of your car, right Remember there was a time drive-ins first opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, some people were getting out and exchanging Something a heavier than hellos and greetings have policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your cards on the ground Officer, that's my I don't who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you gotta be very Because the new resturants have now So you have to on your belly between the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't up, they'll spot me Put down your
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a fancy car Hey, you're a fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without being There was a sporting taking place at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires Automatic Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer Ford it's rear end 2 inches off the ground Tomato for mufflers With his to the drivers 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 what I mean By having bands tightened The bands are the rings in an transmission actually affect the gear change Uh huh, I'll give you an This is an automobile with tight
This is an with loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened And he thinks that he show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has these 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage among teenagers for You probably recall Winston Churchill the war years Which assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Winston smokes a cigar, right? He used to hold it in here, And he would turn to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the picked it up The light The light changes to amber and Mr. decides to get very daring He pulls the automatic down into low He puts one foot on the Still holding the foot on the brake, in to get that extra fast start He the automatic transmission down into low And pushes down on the five inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna have to 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 out the window and The Kids not even there You know what's
He in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never anybody He sits there and scares the hell out of them