I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you as a folk singer But you haven't met in his other role
is a comedian with a unique point of view and commentary And in this capacity, ladies and Please welcome with me to the stage, my friend My compatriot, Paul
That was the sound of a ball Or if you're a enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except generally you'll
the sound of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 I played golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I think you would have been proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like sports much There's a vast number of sports that I'm not in. There's water In order to water ski, you should swim, right? You're not stay up there 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 about sports 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 at a very early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids want the car, They get cheaters permits so they can You get a learners permit at 15, a permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's really because You lose a lot of face up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right and pick her up, right?
They don't really go for that any 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 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 day for a drive, I think 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, 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, you wanna 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 go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here are, but they're all from our high school a minute, there's a car load over there There's a right 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
Remember the time when drive-ins first And the girls used to out to take your order? Now you're you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in drive-in resturants There was a time when the girls came running out in short little skirts them? You in And the little girl would running up May I take order sir? Yes, but I don't it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you any more 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 special The one you have out with the little white cup With that that's in there, we'll 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 you know THICK And we'd two strawberry shakes thin them down, or milk them down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped and they'd like it thin Can, you understand I mean? Are you
Well, could you us what we have please?
And four take it And after you get your food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to Even if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 to wait And you cannot get out of your car, Remember there was a time drive-ins first opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, Evidentally some people were getting out and a little heavier than hellos and greetings They have policemen 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 be very careful Because the new resturants radar now So you have to crawl on 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
Power windows, Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a pretty broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without maimed There was a sporting event taking at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who a 4-door 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 arm draped over the steering wheel His right hand gripped the gearshift lever A sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not sure what I mean By your bands tightened The bands are the rings in an automatic Which actually the gear change Uh huh, I'll you an example This is an automobile with bands
This is an automobile with bands
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened And he thinks he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage among for dragging You probably recall Winston Churchill during the war everyone assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He to hold it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his on the stage 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 puts one on the brake Still holding the on the brake, in order to get that extra fast start He pulls the transmission down into low And pushes on the accelerator five inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna have to have band job He's not gonna let THE KID him up The light changes to green, Mr. is off
at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an hour Looks out the window and The not even there You know what's
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the He never anybody He just sits and scares the hell out of them