Guthrie also put out a 4 minute
single, kind of blues-country-rock,
called Alice’s Rock and Roll Restaurant that’s all music/lyrics,
not a story song.
Remember the Norman Rockwell painting
of a little boy who ran away from home, sitting next to a policeman at a diner? I believe “Officer Obie” posed as the cop.
I.e., not a comedy routine (Alice’s
R&R Restaurant) set to music...