Several things to point out, McKuen was very precise in his language and when he calls this Oliver a "fabulous" guy, he chose the word because a fable is mostly falseness and fairy tale, with little substance. I saw him perform live several times and he modified the lyrics in the last verse each time. "The girls are all wearing sweaters, to catch the eye of that ... " followed by " He can't sing on pitch, But on the floor he makes 'em itch". Looking back on high school years from the perspective of 50 years later, this song rings truer than it ever did, except the kids don't know how to dance the twist, so don't listen to the song very much. The critics have always panned McKuen, but I hear jealousy at the millions of fans and millions of dollars he got and they never did. And I never consider the opinions of critics, I make my own.