I'd to call somebody to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his other
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 friend My compatriot, Paul
was the sound of a golf ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, was a sound of a ping-pong ball generally you'll hear
That's the sound of a match between a and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I think you would been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like very much There's a vast number of that I'm not invlved in. There's water In to water ski, really 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 afloat Even swallow Co2
But I didn't come out here to talk 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 early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? get cheaters permits so they can drive You get a permit at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess really necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a and asking her If you can peddle right over and her up, right?
They don't go for that any more And if you back on all the times you had the automobile from a few interesting saturday evenings You got to admit that one of the 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, take 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 other great pretenders, 3 in the afternoon The time is now 10 oclock in the The same 4 are in the same car Well, whata you do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, we've been driving for 7 Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, what's go to a drive-in 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 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 never
they come There are Don't at 'em
Remember the when drive-ins first opened And the girls used to out to take your order? Now you're lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who it I they're even 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 come running up May I take your order Yes, but I believe it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, don't 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 like one 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 hamburgers medium 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 them down 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 have
And six-packs take it And after you get food order in, you got at least 40 minutes 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 first You used to in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some were getting out and exchanging a little heavier than hellos and greetings They have policemen there to keep you in car You can be 47 old and drop your credit cards on the ground Officer, that's my 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 belly the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, spot me Put down window
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the resturant without being 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 1941 primer coated Ford With it's rear end 2 off the ground cans for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped the steering wheel His hand gripped 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 sure what I mean By having your bands The bands are the rings in an automatic actually affect the gear change Uh huh, give you an example This is an automobile with tight
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he thinks that he will show THE KID a or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched 2 fingers up over his left arm is the universal signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You probably recall Winston Churchill 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 Want a See, and the kids it up The light The light changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get daring He pulls the transmission down into low He puts one on the brake holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra fast start He pulls the automatic transmission into low And pushes on the accelerator five inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows gonna have to have another band job He's not gonna let THE KID him up The changes to green, Mr. Businessman is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 an hour Looks out the and The Kids not even there You know there?
He in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never races He just sits there and scares the hell out of