I'd like to call somebody to the that you know as a folk singer But you haven't met in his other role
Paul is a with a unique point of view and commentary And in capacity, ladies and gentlemen Please welcome with me to the stage, my good My compatriot, Paul
That was the sound of a 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 a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did pretty too, I think you would have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like sports much a vast number of sports that I'm not invlved in. There's water In order to water ski, you should swim, right? You're not gonna stay up 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 anything to stay swallow Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to about sports I really, I out here, Peter talks about 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, kids the car, right? They get cheaters permits so can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters at 14 And it's, I guess it's necessary because You a lot of face calling up a girl and asking her If you can right over and pick her up, right?
They don't really go for any more And if you look back on all the you had the automobile from a few interesting saturday evenings You got to admit 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 take the car, ha Beautiful day for a drive, I I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you that giant killer, right? HAVE YOU YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, say, mom, dad, have I done my homework? Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the The time is now 10 oclock in the The same 4 are in the same car Well, whata you do? I don't know, whada you 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, a car load over there a place right next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the girls car you heard
Here come they are Don't at 'em
Remember the time when first opened And the girls to come out to take your 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 There was a time when the little girls came out in short little skirts them? You in And the little girl come running up May I take your order 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 green box with a white button on it A speaker grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe extra The one you have out here the little white cup that whatever that's in there, we'll 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, thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd like two shakes thin Water down, or milk them down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you understand I mean? Are you
Well, could you tell us we have please?
And four take it And after you get your order 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 cannot get out of your car, Remember there was a time when drive-ins opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, Evidentally some people were out and exchanging Something a little heavier than and greetings They have policemen there to keep you in car You can be 47 years old and drop your cards on the ground Officer, my wallet I care who you are kid back 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 between the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, they'll me Put your window
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, a pretty fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without maimed There was a sporting taking place at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a family sedan with black-wall tires transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer Ford With it's rear end 2 inches off the cans for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped the steering wheel His right hand gripped onto the 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 your bands tightened The are the rings in an automatic transmission Which actually affect the change Uh huh, give you an example This is an with tight bands
This is an with loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he thinks that he show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You recall Winston Churchill during the war years Which everyone assumed V for victory 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 kids it up The changes The light changes to amber and Mr. Businessman to get very daring He pulls the automatic transmission into low He one foot on the brake holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra fast start He pulls the transmission down into low And down on the accelerator five inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he he's gonna have to have another band job He's not let THE KID show him up The light to green, Mr. Businessman is off
at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an hour Looks out the and The Kids not even there You know there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids still at the corner He never races He just sits there and scares the out of them