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  • Bumperpodcast #306 – International podcast

    Bumperpodcast #306 – International podcast

    Here it is – the new podcast that everyone is talking about. We have a great interview, some call-ins, and we finally have a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!!

    The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! 

    It’s almost too much to bear – isn’t it? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    And – don’t forget to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976.

    We don’t have a special guest, this week – because everything broke – but – we’re hoping to have one soon (fingers are crossed).

    About This Episode

    In this International Podcast Day episode, Natty Bumpercar attempts to record despite feeling under the weather, while Rufus T. Rufus tries to take over hosting duties. Aloysious J. Pig discovers there's no slop anywhere in headquarters and demands someone go shopping, leading to chaos as various characters including Doodle Poodle, Turkey, and Robot drop by the studio. Natty reflects on their busy performance schedule and shares a delightful experience eating soup dumplings in the city. Despite the disorganized recording session, the gang discusses their recent shows and hopes to return to featuring more guests and call-ins soon.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I went to the fridge there's no slop i went to the second fridge there's also no slop i went to the deep freezer there's no slop there's no there's no slop in the pantry there's no slop out in the shed”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “I have a lot of friends who have tried to listen to the podcast and who have said they don't even understand it and they speak of the English. So if you don't speak the English, then it might make more sense to you.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “They had soup inside of them and they were tiny so that when you chopstick them into your mouth, you would bite and it would kind of, this explosion of flavor.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #internationalpodcastday #behindthescenes #food #performing #soupdumplings #chaos #meta-podcast #comedy

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Doodle Poodle, Turkey, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: now it's my understanding that today is international podcast day and so i rufus t rufus had decided to crack the microphone so i can talk to you the entire podcasting community the entire international world about what the bumper podcast is and what it does and who it's for and what it's about hey oh well look who just rolled up a bed mr netty bumper car himself yeah hey rufus um i'm so i don't feel very good today i'm kind of tired i'm kind of sick and i appreciate very much that you're um here running the show and we haven't done a show in a couple weeks and we haven't been able to get interviews and ah it's driving me crazy because we were on such a good run and we were having all sorts of fun people on the show and then the uh the software broke and we finally got that fixed but now scheduling has become an issue and i don't feel good and so i did i just didn't think i was gonna have it and made to do it today but i heard you down here and so i came downstairs and i was like oh hey bro hey pig what's going on bro not much bro just hanging out you know i hired you guys down here and uh i was going out to the store to get some slop you get me you know he was out of slop like i went to the fridge there's no slop i went to the second fridge there's also no slop i went to the deep freezer there's no slop there's no there's no slop in the pantry there's no slop out in the shed there's no slop like never once supposed to eat huh i'm just a starving pig you calm yourself down as your representation i believe it's in your rider which is your contract there is supposed to always be on hand here at headquarters some slop listen my piggy lou so bumper car yeah i know you're looking peaked i know you don't feel so good but my man he needs something to eat i'm just a starving pig you calm slop okay please get on it if you will fine okay fine fine fine i pig i didn't i don't i don't know how we're not how we're out of slop because there was slop everywhere i mean we had a whole shipment that came in like last week um i'll run to the store even though i don't feel so great and i will get you and and i'm i'm sorry and i just go to the store can you guys finish up the podcast because what are you doing do this okay sorry i'm you go bumper car you should be sorry coming on the podcast and i never heard you do that never i mean i've heard you tired before but that was a legit yawn bro that was like from yawn central from yawn valley from yonder over there go take a nap wow all right fine so i'll take over the stem i'm gonna take over the wheel i'm gonna take over the you talk i'm gonna tell you a little bit about what's been going on with me lately you talk so many shows very popular pig lately i uh hey show sunday yeah we went to the city and hung out on monday i had a show tuesday got a show wednesday oh boy on friday i gotta i gotta go into a show i don't know if we're gonna be on it or not but i gotta go and then sunday another show it's just like show after show after show after show after show after show after show after show after show and the people the people in the crowd they're all like pig aloysius j pig it's pig aloysius pig aloysius j pig that's me that's me that's me that's you i'm pig and it's the craziest thing ever i had a woman last night she came up to me at the show and she was just like i know you i met you before at a show and she was so sweet and she gave me a sweet hug and i was just like i remember you you was at that show you know it was just a nice time it's nice when you make people happy i don't know how i make people happy i'm not like a happy pig magician or nothing i ain't got no magic wand where i could be like poof now you're happy and nothing like that but i uh they may you know they seem pretty happy man i'm getting hungry how do people do this how do people talk this long without no slop i don't even understand i need some help huh okay we ain't coming for me because i got some other business to take care of i got some things i gotta handle some uh business you understand on the side that i don't really want to talk about on the air here so if you would not mind i'm gonna leave you here by yourself oh wait a minute here's somebody to help you good luck with this one

    Doodle Poodle: not what i wanted to have happen it's me don't pull hey don't pull i'm here to help yeah i got what you're doing you love to rhyme do you want to see my i would love to see it of course you want to see my we're on the radio what are you freaking out i don't care

    Natty Bumpercar: how does it even words man what are you doing i just said we're on the radio and it don't make much sense for you to be bringing in well i mean what are you gonna do use descriptive words and be like this yellow on this flower is so yellow that you're not gonna believe uh how yellow it is a bee would fly past this drawing that has a flower and try to pollinate it because that's how but it's not you know you just made a drawing which is cool and everything but again radio audio is a medium audio audio it's not a visual medium so i think we should you should go over there and i should um what should he know for pete's sake crying out loud i just heard

    Turkey: everybody down here and i thought to myself what a better place to live with this video than the color of this house because i can't talk about health health and i can't till this Failure moment fail all of my life no i can't talk about it mission failure i can talk about health in itself is plainly false strindi to be for me than with my friends.

    Unknown: Thank you.

    Robot: Yeah, get it together. I got stuck on friends. Sometimes I get stuck on friends. People say that I get… Okay.

    Natty Bumpercar: Here you go. They don't say you get stuck on friends. Nobody says that. That's not a thing people say. They say that you come and hang around a lot and maybe you don't offer a lot to the conversation, to the situation, if you understand what I'm saying. But they don't say, oh, robot, you know him. He gets stuck on friends. I never heard nobody say that. Never to nobody. Nobody, nobody. Oh! What is it? Hey, I'm back. I'm back. Yep, bro. Get in here. I'm so hungry right now. I can't even deal with this. How do you deal with this gaggle of characters? It's not easy. I'm going to tell you. But so I'm back. And I think the walk did me pretty good. I feel much better about the world. I don't know what happened on the podcast today, but I'm hoping that something happened, that something was said, that it wasn't just a bunch of fighting and people just walking in and walking out, offering nothing to any kind of story, just being there just for the fact that their voices are on the podcast. Because when that happens, I don't like it as much. I feel like there's no depth. Like when there's a little story that everyone is engaging in, I feel like that's a good podcast. That makes sense. And it's International Podcast Day. I don't even know if you guys knew that, but today the whole world is focused on podcasts internationally. So we are going to probably need to, you know, translate this, I'm guessing. I don't know if we know anybody who can translate this for the other countries. And then everyone's just going to love it because it's going to make a lot more sense to people. Although I will say, being someone who does, live in the America, I have a lot of friends who have tried to listen to the podcast and who have said they don't even understand it and they speak of the English. Okay? So if you don't speak the English, then it might make more sense to you. I don't know. I don't know who this makes sense for. I don't know who the target audience is. I don't know who is supposed to be listening to this. But I do know that I hope that we can get more guests on pretty soon and that we can ramp up the call-in number because I really loved it when people were calling in. And we can review more stuff and we can get more commercials on and we can do all the things that we were getting so good at and so happy with with the podcast. I don't know if Pig told you, but man, we've been having so many shows lately. Like we had a show Sunday and we actually filmed something for something else. And then Monday we went to the city and saw a band called St. Etienne, which was really fun. It was a good time. I had something in the city and it was a soup dumpling. So it was these four little dumplings and they were so hot, but they were kind of steamed, but they had soup inside of them and they were tiny so that when you chopstick them into your mouth, you would bite and it would kind of, this explosion of flavor. Like it was scallion. I think there was some ginger. I don't know, but it was, amazing. Like I don't even ever want to eat anything again. Besides that, I was trying to figure out a way if I could get on a dumpling meal plan, but evidently it doesn't exist. And then I had a show Tuesday. I had a show Wednesday. Got a show Friday. Got a show Sunday. And it's a busy time, man. It's a very busy time, but I love it. It's so exciting. And all I have to do is keep my nose above the water. I just have to maintain just a little bit longer. Just to get to the end of the road that I'm on. And then I'm going to stop just singing this song. Thank you guys so much for listening. Sorry it's been so long. We hope to get on again soon. Maybe with some guests. Got to line it up. Got to get it right. Got to do it all tonight. Tonight. Everybody with a one, two, three, international podcaster.

    Unknown: We'll see you guys next time.

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  • Bumperpodcast #219 – Mystery of the lost episode.

    Bumperpodcast #219 – Mystery of the lost episode.

    We lost an episode of the Bumperpodcast – and everyone is in a real tizzy! What do we do? We rip everything apart – and – and – and – you’ll have to listen to find out!

    You are swell? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. 

    Comedian, Natty Bumpercar talks about some junk with Robot and Pig, and some other junk in today’s edition of the Bumperpodcast.

    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar and his puppet friends face a crisis when episode 214 mysteriously goes missing. As Natty frantically searches through boxes and bags at headquarters, Doodle Poodle and Aloysious J. Pig try to help solve the problem. Pig suggests re-recording the lost episode, but Natty worries about disrupting the show's continuity. Amidst the chaos, Natty shares exciting news about reaching the finals of a comedy competition in New York City. The episode captures the improvisational humor and behind-the-scenes mayhem that makes Bumperpodcast unique.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I'm like a specialist, I'm like a sniper, I get in there, binga-baga-boonga, and then I lose.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Maybe make it like an extra special episode. This week on the bumper podcast, robot gets a life!”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “You didn't help the situation, you brought me an old stale donut.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #missingepisode #comedycompetition #behindthescenes #continuity #newyorkcity #improvisation #chaos

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: I don't know, but if you look over there, I think you're on the shelf, behind the box, move that, move that, okay, the brown one, okay, just keep looking over there, what, no, you, you guys, okay, just, there's some, just get rid of all that garbage, and move, it might be in the bag, so I want you to go through all those bags over there, okay, I'm just, I'm just gonna look over here to see if I can find, and I can't see it, I can't, I'm not finding anything, oh, jeez, sorry, hey, everybody, it's, it's me, Nanny Bumper Gar, sorry, I didn't realize that we were recording this, Doodle Poodle is over there looking through, hey, yes, hi, Doodle, he's looking through a bag of pigs somewhere, over there, looking through some boxes and stuff, I don't know where Robot is, but I was kind of hoping that he would help, guys, we lost an episode, I don't know where the episode went, I don't know what happened, I, I'm at a loss, and, um, ah, it's not supposed to happen, it's all supposed to be sequential, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, et cetera, but episode, I think it's two, one, four, it's nowhere to be found, it's, and we're really, I mean, I am, ripping headquarters apart, I'm moving stuff, it should be here, and it's not, so I don't know what to do, because now, the entire continuity of the storyline that we've been meticulously putting together is, is at risk, because I don't know what we're missing, and what was supposed to be here, and what's not here, and so, I, you know, like, I don't want to rehash things that I've already, that were in episode 213, that'd be, who wants to hear things twice, this is five minutes of your week, that I'm honored for you to, to, to give to me, and, and now, I'm asking you to, what, listen to something twice, you don't have time for that, as the internet says, you do not have time for that, what, really, bring it over, bring it over, oh, it could be in here, no, no, it's not, it's not in here, come on, thank you, though,

    Aloysious J. Pig: that's no problem, listen, I, I think I got an idea that we maybe should do, is we just, I don't know, re-record it, I can't re-record it, come on, don't shoot the pig messenger, I'm not, I was just thinking, terrible idea, we've been spending all this time, looking around everything, every place, yeah, maybe it'd be a better idea, if we just, I, no, listen to episode 213, episode 215, see where we are, okay, and just re-record it, that's a terrible idea, because it's not gonna make sense, I don't know, or maybe make it like an extra special episode, uh-huh, you know, it's like, this week, on the bumper podcast, robot gets a life, come on, that's not nice, he's not even here, I know, but he's not even here,

    Natty Bumpercar: I know, but he's a robot, he needs battery, oh, dude, what you got, no, I'm sorry, what, dude, come on, that's, it's a, it's a donut you brought me, would you stop crying, you didn't do nothing at all, you didn't help the situation, you brought me an old stale donut, I'll take that, yeah, of course,

    Aloysious J. Pig: thank you, I mean, I've been working up a lot, I'm hungry,

    Natty Bumpercar: I know, I know, I really, and I appreciate, yeah, it's a terrible day, but I appreciate everything you're doing to help me, guys, um, I don't, I, I'm starting to hedge towards what you're saying, and I don't, I don't feel like we're gonna find it, no, and it stinks, because the episode is almost over, and I had so many things I wanted to tell you about, guys, I was in the finals of a comedy competition, uh, at a festival in New York, City, and which is a kind of a nice big deal for me, right, this is my, I think, third or fourth competition, and if you want a man to make it to the finals or the semi-finals of a competition, and then lose, that's you, that's you, I'm your man right here, it's what I do, I'm like a specialist, I'm like a sniper, I get in there, binga-baga-boonga, and then I lose, it's, uh, it's good, no, it's good to know just how good you are, good, you're good enough to make it, here, you're not good enough to go there, no, that gives me something to aim for, you know what else I got something to aim for, what do you got to do, I got to aim to find episode 214.

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  • Bumperpodcast #184: So back, it hurts!

    Bumperpodcast #184: So back, it hurts!

    Natty Bumpercar is so back that it hurts … Hopefully not your ears – but – something. It definitely hurts something. We play a bit of catch up. Try to steer away from whining – and all is right in the world.

    You were missed. Let us know if you missed us by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Details. Details. Details!

    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar returns after a six-month hiatus to explain his extended absence from the Bumperpodcast. In this candid and humorous episode, Natty reveals the tumultuous year he's experienced, including moving to new headquarters, dealing with audio equipment issues, starting a new job, and surviving a devastating basement flood that destroyed his studio equipment. Despite the chaos of life with two young boys and boxes everywhere, Natty reconnects with his Bumperpodcast Kateers and promises that familiar puppet friends like Robot, Pig, and others will return soon. This heartfelt comeback episode showcases Natty's signature rambling style as he works through technical difficulties and stuffy nose troubles to bring joy back to his listeners.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Did I go camping and get lost in the woods? Did I fall down a crevasse? Did I just wander out of the house one day and get lost and forget where I lived? Kind of, that's actually kind of what happened.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The house flooded. Guess what was in the basement where the flood was? Two feet of water. My studio where I make everything. All my equipment, all my recording stuff, everything gone.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You know what's gonna make me happy? The bumper podcast. You know why? Because of my bumper podcast Kateers.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #comeback #podcasting #lifeupdates #moving #flooding #technicaldifficulties #behindthescenes #newbeginnings

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh my gosh bumper podcast where have you been where have you been where have you been where have you been where have you been i'm natty bumper and this is the bumper podcast and it has been so long how long so long way too long seriously where have i been did you hear that police siren well that's where i've been in jail no um i just fixed the microphone a little bit because i discovered that i was over modulating a little bit it's been a long time since i did this i forgot how it works i apologize it's been a big year bumper podcast i mean i've been gone i think it's like six months which is horrendous i i build up this wonderful thing on a weekly basis we get together we talk about things i tell you things i ask you things so much saliva in my mouth right now and then uh i don't know where poof i disappear where did i go i mean did i go camping and get lost in the woods did i fall down a crevasse did i just did i just wander out of the house one day and get lost and forget where i lived kind of that's actually kind of what happened we got a new headquarters brand new headquarters well it's not brand new it's like a 70 year old house but we we moved we moved we packed everything up it was very tumultuous i will get more into detail on these things in in the future but you know so uh the last year big year around here uh we had a new we had a new there's a new baby and then uh so that's two years ago we had a new baby and then uh so that's two years ago two of them uh two boys right and then we got this we've got a i got a big job big job where i don't get to sit at headquarters and work all day i have to go someplace and take showers and terrible things like that ah wear shoes talk to people face to face ah and then uh i don't know what else happened well we got the house i think i already said that that was very tumultuous things in boxes blah blah blah and then we get this house we're moving in i mean this is just gonna be a wine session but not really a wine session i'm just trying to tell you what happened i'm just trying to catch you up on everything so that you know so that you have a re you're like oh well now it kind of makes sense that he hasn't done a podcast in the last six months the house flooded we got a house two months later it flooded guess what was in the basement where the flood was two feet of water my studio where i make everything so ergo i don't know if that's how that works but all my equipment all my recording stuff all like everything gone so um i'm still trying to pick up the pieces and throwing things away and digging through boxes and and and then i was like what would make me happy and and then i you know what happened i said you know what's gonna make me happy the bumper podcast you know why because of my bumper podcast kateers my nose is so stuffy right now it wasn't stuffy all day but now that i'm talking to you guys my nose is deciding to revolt revolt nose the nose knows when to revolt follow the nose because he knows when to revolt um you know yeah so it's it's been it's been bananas bananas flambé bananas cray cray i'm natty bumper car this is the bumper podcast i have my uh i got my new microphone set up i got my little uh doodad to plug into the doodad so guess what we're back on track uh it makes me happy to sit here and talk to you so and that's what i'm i'm looking for right now you making me happy i do a little talking and then we're all a little bit happier together you know what i'm saying okay based on frames um you know exciting things to come hopefully now that we're back we'll start to unpack some boxes and find some old friends maybe robot maybe pig maybe uh we can talk about irving brown socks a little bit i mean there's a lot it happens at headquarters that i'm sure you've missed because i've missed it you know even if i'm the only one listening which i'm not because i've seen the numbers there's gonna be some happy people coming up you better bet

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  • Bumperpodcast # 160 – Try, try some more

    Bumperpodcast # 160 – Try, try some more

    Here in Headquarters, everyone is lost and running into walls and spinning around in circles … We make an attempt to jump headfirst back into the waters and end up with a giant bonk on our nose.

    Again, we have a guest host and bedlam and chaos and a bunch of sillies.

    How do you feel about bedlam? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    There is chaos all around!

    The Bumperpodcast is a free weekly comedy podcast with squeaky clean laughs and jumbles!

    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar is absent and Rufus T. Rufus attempts to host with an unusual helper – a young child who isn't particularly interested in cooperating. The little guest repeatedly asks for various characters including "daddy bumper car" and Aloysious J. Pig, while refusing to talk on air. Producer tries to maintain order as Rufus struggles with the challenging co-host situation. When Pig finally arrives, he breaks down the podcast's quality into negative numbers before the young helper goes silent again. This episode showcases the unpredictable and improvisational nature of Bumperpodcast at its most delightfully disastrous.

    Memorable Quotes

    “It's like a broken window that's getting broken up even more.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “I remember when this podcast had absolutely nothing going for it, and now it's got even less. Somehow it went from zero to negative zero.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “Hey, you guys are not doing a very good…”

    — Producer

    Topics: #chaos #guestappearance #children #hosting #improvisation #behindthescenes #numbers #comedy

    Featuring: Producer, Rufus T. Rufus, Aloysious J. Pig

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  • Bumperpodcast #150 – Hooray

    Bumperpodcast #150 – Hooray

    Holy cans of beans and greens! It is the official one hundred and fiftieth episode of the Bumperpodcast – and – it comes with a fun co-host that we haven’t heard in awhile … How fun is that?!

    Do you like fun? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we totally love fun!

    We love it!

    About This Episode

    In this milestone 150th episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar attempts to celebrate the achievement but faces constant interruptions from an uncooperative co-host who wants to watch cartoons and needs an ice pack. Natty struggles to maintain focus while the co-host repeatedly leaves and returns, eventually settling in a corner to watch TV instead of participating in the recording. Despite the chaos, Natty perseveres and calculates that 150 episodes equals over 450 minutes of content. The episode humorously captures the improvisational and absurd nature of the show as Natty tries to give the milestone episode the celebration it deserves while dealing with an extremely distracted companion.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I don't even know what an ice pack is i need some help bumper podcast if i'm gonna make it to the 150th thousandth episode”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Do you realize that if you added up every single bumper podcast from the beginning assuming that we're coming in at about three minutes a turn that means that we've recorded upwards of 450 minutes of awesome”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Co-host is in the corner watching cartoons evidently this is not interesting enough for me”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #milestone #celebration #chaos #comedy #behindthescenes #frustration #perseverance

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hello bumper podcast it's me netty bumper car and my co-host for that's exactly right i need to do it it's the 150th episode of the bumper podcast wow you are a wordy co-host i didn't know you were going to come in here and take over the whole show what are you talking about i want to watch piggy well we're not watching pig right now thank goodness we're doing we're recording the bumper podcast no yes why not you don't want it but it's 150th episode everyone's been waiting for weeks you want the ice pack here's the ice pack okay okay you leaving yeah you were a great host can you say goodbye to everybody bye everybody thanks a lot see you later co-host wow hey bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car i'm gonna come with you in just a second literally two minutes i'm gonna come with you but for right now i'm gonna do this okay can you wait please pretty please but that bumper podcast has been waiting for us emerson oh i don't even know what to do it's the 150th episode and we're so excited and this is the kind of rigmarole we're putting out there i know bumper podcast have you ever woken up two weeks has gone by and you realize that you haven't recorded your 150th episode and then you finally get a chance to record it and your co-host who you were so excited to introduce to the whole world uh wants an ice pack here's the thing i don't even know what an ice pack is i need some help bumper podcast if i'm gonna make it to the 150th thousandth episode 150 a thousand i don't think that's an actual uh oh boy i see what's happening now co-host is in the corner watching cartoons evidently this is not interesting enough for me to you know what i think i'm gonna have to find a different co-host here's the thing bumper podcast this is exciting it's a momentous mon momentous momentous day 150 episodes do you realize that if you added up every single bumper podcast from the beginning assuming that we're coming in at about three minutes a turn that means that we've recorded upwards of 450 minutes of awesome that's more awesome than that i'm gonna have to find a different co-host here's the thing bumper podcast than you could carry around and it went up in a satchel that's more awesome than you would ever want to put in a refrigerator because it wouldn't fit it's more awesome than it would take to go to the moon and back and you know why it's awesome because of you

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