springboard shoes

Late last night saw some guy walking in these with a small portable television as a necklace and a helmet on and I thought is this real? Pulled over to gas station and some guy in a suit seemed 1955 in there, dress, demeanor - he and the cashier only talked in pennies. ("What is this 3 hundred fifty nine cents? You robbin me without a gun!") I left and the was springboard guy again. On my corner, a bald man stood in the intersection waving a wig screaming "we are going to the gas chamber!" One onlooker said "that dude is crazy" The bouncer from the local ukrainian dive averred, "he's probably a cop." This last statement made sense in the context of the trip. I got inside quick and wondered what's going on.