I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you as a folk singer But that you met in his other role
Paul is a with a unique point of view and commentary And in this capacity, ladies and Please welcome me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Paul
That was the of a golf ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except generally you'll
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 pretty good too, I think you would been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like sports very There's a number of sports that I'm not invlved in. water skiing In order to water ski, really you swim, right? not gonna stay up there all the time, now And I don't like to swim, You know what is to me? alive when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay Even swallow Co2
But I didn't come out here to talk about I really, I came out here, Peter about status And I cannot think of one material object that has 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 permits so they can drive You get a learners at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's really necessary You a lot of face calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and pick her up,
They really go for that any more And if you look on all the times you had the automobile from a few interesting saturday evenings You got to that one of the nicest times of all Was a afternoon, if you could get the car You come down the stairs, 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 haaa ha
And then, and then they level you that giant killer, right? YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my homework? Run out the You up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The time is now 10 oclock in the The 4 guys are in the same car Well, whata you do? I know, whada you wanna do? Hey, we've 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 they are, but they're all from our high Wait a minute, there's a car over there There's a place right next to them, go get it
look at 'em Here's the conversation in the car you never heard
they come There are look at 'em
Remember the time drive-ins first opened And the girls used to out to take your order? Now you're lucky you know, if you get a in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in some resturants There was a time when the little girls came running out in short skirts them? You in And the little girl would come up May I take order sir? Yes, but I believe it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, they let you flirt any more now They you a little green box with a white button on it A speaker grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd one cheeseburger deluxe special extra The one you have out here the little white cup With that that's in there, we'll take it, whatever 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 chocolate shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know And we'd two strawberry shakes thin Water them down, or milk down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped lips and like it thin Can, you understand I mean? Are you
Well, could you us what we have please?
And six-packs take it And after you get food order in, you got at least 40 minutes 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 was a time when drive-ins first opened You used to pull in and get out, hellos, greetings Evidentally some people getting out and exchanging Something a heavier than hellos and greetings They have policemen there to you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop 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 be very careful the new resturants have radar now So you have to crawl on your belly the cars You get to the side of the car Psssst here! I can't up, they'll spot me Put your window
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a pretty broad
If you did to get out of the drive-in resturant without being maimed There was a event taking place at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family sedan with tires Automatic Seated next to him in a 1941 primer 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 right hand gripped onto the gearshift A on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not quite sure I mean By having bands tightened The bands are the rings in an automatic Which affect the gear change Uh huh, I'll give you an This is an automobile with bands
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he thinks he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 fingers up over his arm This is the universal signlanguage among teenagers for You probably recall Churchill during the war years everyone assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his friends on the 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 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 start He pulls the automatic transmission down low And pushes down on the five inches The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna 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 miles an Looks out the and The Kids not even there You what's there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids still at the corner He never races He just there and scares the hell out of them