Natty Bumpercar is stranded by the railroad tracks with his computer – just waiting for the choo-choo to come rolling around the bend.
Then we talk about cheese and flowers and other pertinent stuff … Yes, we do!Do you ever talk about pertinent stuff? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we can all be relevant!
Ooh! It’s one of those whispering shows where secrets are being told … You should definitely listen in to find out which secrets are being discussed.
But – someone – or something – try to shut us down because of what we are talking about ….
Then – Bumpercar gets agitated and starts going on about trashcans running all around the neighborhood …
Do you have awesome secrets that you want to unload? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and everything will be ice cream and cake!
In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar shares his culinary misadventures with a disappointing microwaveable meal called "Asian Surprise." Natty describes himself as a foodie and walks listeners through the elaborate preparation process of this instant meal, complete with noodles, mysterious vegetables, and brownish goo. Despite his attempts to elevate the dish with chicken stock and peanut butter, the meal turns out to be a massive letdown. Natty hilariously questions why he doesn't just skip the meal entirely and eat spoonfuls of peanut butter instead, ultimately ending his lunch with some jello.
Memorable Quotes
“The surprise was hey you're gonna cook this and you're gonna be really let down you're gonna be severely disappointed.”
— Natty Bumpercar
“Why don't I just skip that entire step of putting this thing together why don't I just eat a spoonful of peanut butter for lunch seems like it'd be maybe maybe be better for me.”
Natty Bumpercar: well of course bumper podcast you know that i natty bumper car am a bit of a foodie i'm sure that's gotten around town i only eat at the finest restaurants i only go to the finest establishments for instance today i had some food prepared for me down in the kitchens here at headquarters uh it was a wonderful plastic bowl in which you opened it and then there was a plastic bag of noodles and a little tin bag full of what was called vegetables so i'm eating healthy as well and then there was another little plastic baggie full of uh viscous brownish kind of goo uh you know and then you prepare it you uh open the noodles put them in the plastic thing and then you open the vegetable and you spread them around nicely put the goo on put two not one not three but two tablespoons of water i use chicken stock because i like to elevate my meals a little bit uh and then you put on the top pop it in the microwave and 90 seconds later you my friends are going to be very disappointed at what comes out of that microwave i think it was called asian surprise is what i feel like the meal i think that's what it said on the packaging and the surprise was hey you're gonna cook this and you're gonna be really let down you're gonna be severely disappointed that you just spent the last we'll see 90 seconds plus it probably took about 45 seconds about three and a half minutes of your life picking out this asian surprise putting it all together microwaving it waiting the one minute in between microwave ding and uh actually opening the package and uh and i forgot there's one other little thing it's one there's a little tin it says topping and so you put the topping on because that's probably going to make it better it doesn't it was so bad so bad so so so bad and so here's what i do sometimes is uh the chicken stock obviously highfalutin but then sometimes what i'll do is i'll take a spoonful of uh peanut butter and i put it in things because i like how peanut butter tastes and i mean i don't know why i don't just skip that entire step of putting this thing together why don't i just eat a spoonful of peanut butter for lunch seems like it'd be maybe maybe seems like it maybe be better for me if i did that i'm not sure i'll go just have a spoon i could have half a spoon of peanut butter and i'll have a spoon over the jelly and yum-a-rific so then after that uh i ate about uh half not even half uh but then i ate uh something which is near and dear to my heart a little plastic cup of jello
Bumpercar is back and he is officially healthy wealthy and wise … or at least part of one of those. We learn about the Mountain Top Wizard and the dress code to go and see him and we finally get Bumpercar’s stance on sweater vests.
It is one of those days that makes you want to say hip-hip-hooray! Today on the Bumperpodcast.
Natty Bumpercar is feeling great in this solo episode of Bumperpodcast, despite his microphone rig literally jumping off his desk. He explores the linguistic oddities of words like 'skadoodle' and 'skadaddle,' questioning why one is considered more ridiculous than the other. Natty also shares his reluctance to visit the mountaintop wizard due to his lack of proper mountain-climbing attire, particularly vests. The episode showcases his signature rambling comedy style as he discusses fashion, proper button-pushing etiquette learned at etiquette school, and his preference for cardigans. It's a delightfully absurd and improvisational journey through Natty's stream of consciousness.
Memorable Quotes
“I press it with my pinky because i went to etiquette school and i know proper uh button pushing etiquette”
— Natty Bumpercar
“Skadoodle is in my book no more ridiculous than skadaddle”
— Natty Bumpercar
“I can tell by the cut of your jib that everyone who listens to the bumper podcast is dressed at least to the nines if not the eights”
Natty Bumpercar: hey what's going on bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car and i am healthy and wealthy and why i'm healthy i'm not wealthy and i'm not wise i'm healthy i really just went overboard there i'm healthy but the phrase is healthy wealthy and wise so i got kind of excited wow the last couple of weeks have been rough i hope i'm not over modulating too much i see my little lines going over and over where they're supposed to go i apologize it's a good day i'm that happy i uh right before i started recording i went my little my finger i press it with my pinky because i went to etiquette school and i know proper uh button pushing etiquette and so i was pushing the button with my pinky and the entire mic uh rig is what i'll call it the entire uh the boom and everything uh it just exploded off the desk it jumped at me it leapt at me as as as as is to say as if to say uh no bumper car not today i'm not going to deal with your shenanigans i'm not into it i don't want it you skadoodle skadoodle skadaddle now wait a minute skadaddle why is that afraid like a word and when someone says something you're like now you just you kids just skadoodle on out of here then you point your laugh at them like they've done something ridiculous skadoodle is in my book no more ridiculous than skadaddle so bumper podcast if you could listeners come with me by staying in your seats talk to me but don't actually open your mouth because i can't hear you because this isn't right now it's not a conversation i hope at some point that we can figure that out but that seems like some sort of technical wizardry that is so far above and beyond me and i don't know any technical wizards i mean there's that wizard who lives uh on the mountain mountaintop wizard i think his name is uh he doesn't come down very often and i'm not going to go up to him because i don't have good mountaintop shoes uh or i don't i also don't have a good mountaintop outfit if we're going to be honest a lot of people when they go to mountaintops they wear vests and i don't have any vests because i'm not a vest kind of guy so what i'm supposed to just go up to the mountaintop wizard all dressed weird and he's right off the bat he's gonna be like i'm not gonna talk to you did you tell you come to the top of my mountain dressed in a uh sweater i do wear a lot of sweaters mostly with buttons i like sweaters with buttons i'm gonna call them cardigans even though i'm not even really positive if that's what they're called or not you can tell me you know i know you're a fashion a fashionable bunch a fashionable lot you know how i know that because i can see it in your eyes i can tell by the cut of your jib that everyone who listens to the bumper podcast is dressed at least to the nines if not the eights