I'd like to call somebody to the that you know as a folk singer But that you met in his other role
Paul is a comedian with a unique point of view and 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, was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except you'll hear
That's the sound of a match a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I 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 of sports that I'm not invlved in. water skiing In order to water ski, you should swim, right? 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 afloat Even swallow Co2
But I didn't out here to talk about sports I really, I came out here, Peter about status And I think of one material object that has more status in this country the automobile And it starts at a early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids 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 really necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a and asking her If you can peddle right over and pick her up,
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 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, take the car, ha haaa Beautiful day for a drive, I think go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with 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 great pretenders, 3 oclock in the The time is now 10 in the evening The same 4 are in the same car Well, whata you do? I don't know, whada you do? Hey, we've driving for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but all from our high school Wait a minute, there's a car load 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
they come There are Don't at 'em
Remember the time drive-ins first opened And the used to come 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 drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came running out in short little Remember You in And the girl would come running up May I your order sir? Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you any more now They give you a little green box 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 with the little cup With whatever that's in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers medium rare with on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and we'd two chocolate shakes, regular 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 what I mean? Are you
Well, could you us what we have please?
And six-packs We'll it And after you get your food order in, you got at 40 minutes to wait Even if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to And you get out of your car, right Remember there was a when drive-ins first opened You used to pull in and get out, hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were out and exchanging Something a heavier than hellos and greetings They have policemen to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your 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 have 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 come up, spot me Put down window
windows, huh? Whoo, is a pretty fancy car Hey, a pretty fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in without being maimed There was a sporting event place at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family sedan with tires transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 gray primer coated it's rear end 2 inches off the ground Tomato cans for With his back to the window, his left arm draped over the steering wheel His right hand onto the gearshift lever A on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened, and Those of you who are not sure what I mean By your bands tightened The bands are the in an automatic transmission Which affect the gear change Uh huh, I'll you an example This is an automobile with bands
This is an automobile 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 these 2 up over his left arm This is the signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You probably recall Churchill during the war years everyone assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his friends on the and say Want a See, and the kids it up The light The light changes to and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He pulls the transmission down into low He puts one on the brake Still holding the foot on the brake, in to get that extra fast start He pulls the automatic transmission down low And pushes down on the accelerator five The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's have to have another band job not gonna let THE KID show him up The changes to green, Mr. Businessman is off
at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an hour Looks out the window and The Kids not even You know there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids back at the corner He races anybody He just sits there and the hell out of them