Tag: chaos

Bumperpodcast #229 – Waking up from a long nap

Bumpercar is back at Headquarters – where nothing works and everything is a mess. Strap in for chaos on this week’s Bumperpodcast – with Pig, Robot, some pirate, and Doodle Poodle!

Chaos? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

About This Episode

Natty Bumpercar returns to the Bumperpodcast after taking a week off for travel, reflecting on their recent interview episode with Mad from Homestar Runner. The episode quickly descends into controlled chaos as Aloysious J. Pig, Doodle Poodle, and Rufus T. Rufus (as Parrot Orange Beard the pirate) interrupt with their own agendas. Pig wants to talk about rain, Robot malfunctions and talks to himself, and a dog appears causing allergic concerns. What starts as Natty's attempt at a structured comeback episode transforms into a hilarious disaster that has the characters wondering if this might be the worst Bumperpodcast ever. It's a perfectly imperfect example of the show's improvisational comedy style.

Memorable Quotes

“you've been gone a week and this is what you come back with”

— Aloysious J. Pig

“listen if you guys are gonna come on the show and interrupt which is fun because i do like it when i have more people on you gotta bring something to the”

— Natty Bumpercar

“is this the worst bumper podcast ever oh no we started from the top and now we're all the way down here in a well”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #chaos #podcasting #travel #improvisation #homestarrunner #rain #pirates #dogs

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig, Doodle Poodle, Rufus T. Rufus

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: yay this is natty bumper car and we are back after last week we took a week off because we were traveling and there's a lot of stuff going on and you know we're just trying to put the pieces back together that's what we're always trying to do here um if you listen to the last episode it was our first interview episode ever we had my friend mad on from homestar place runtime runtime homestar to runville you tire popper lationer home strong but i don't know and and it was great and it was fun and uh hopefully we'll be doing more interviews at some point because uh even though i didn't have any of my equipment uh it's i it was fun i had fun i i miss i miss my pals i was in atlanta where i'm originally from kind of originally not really originally originally i'm from someplace else but let's not get into that

Aloysious J. Pig: long story uh we were visiting friends and hey bumsy what's going on hey how you doing it's me yeah it's me peg what's going on oh you know i was just gonna do some periscoping and people are like hey pig what are you doing i'm gonna be on the podcast

Doodle Poodle: to be on the bumper all right i'm sure everybody loves the would love to hear from you guys and i would love to hear what

Natty Bumpercar: you did on vacation oh really this is too much

Doodle Poodle: i almost said my name was peg that's so silly but clearly not okay robot robot stop all right are you just talking to yourself what

Natty Bumpercar: somebody hit him he's broken some he's okay he turned off all right whoa yeah sorry about that everyone yeah man i'm sorry

Aloysious J. Pig: right this is crazy anyway so this is pig and i'm here on the bumper podcast and you know today we're gonna talk about i don't know like what do we talk about today rain what do you so does

Natty Bumpercar: rain a lot here are you serious and stuff so you're just gonna come on to my show now and talk about nothing you have nothing to talk about and you're talking about rain it's not even raining today and then you just and stuff listen if you guys are gonna come on the show and interrupt which is fun because i do like it when i have more people on you gotta bring something to the

Rufus T. Rufus: bumper car oh it's me parrot on parrot on parrot orange beard the parrot coming here to the bumper podcast wanting everyone to know that i've got plenty to talk about oh hi you brought your dog with you did you come here well i'm afraid of dogs because i'm allergic

Doodle Poodle: get the dog away from me i'm hypoallergenic i don't think there's anything for you to be nervous or allergic to i don't have any doggy candor or nothing and i think it's okay for me because i live here you're just a mean pirate who is i just want to go and draw

Natty Bumpercar: listen here bumper car okay what's up i ain't here to tell you your business yeah i'm sure but

Aloysious J. Pig: i mean like i got i do the thing i do my show yeah yeah and this is a disaster oh come on like yeah i i you you've been gone a week and this is what you come back with all right well i'm just saying yeah maybe if you let me talk about rain a little bit seriously we would have had some sort of

Natty Bumpercar: structure really rain structure really or something well at least anything right okay well i will contend i will contend i will agree that today was kind of a mess it was a bit of a disaster but you know i think it was probably good for everyone to at least come to the mic and talking to the mic and say something that made sense to them i mean it was good in some way right i'm sure it had to be good in any way is this the worst bumper podcast ever oh no we started from the top and now we're all the way down here in a well

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July 9, 2015
Bumperpodcast #222 – Management steps in …

Bumpercar is back after his medical emergency – but – management steps in because it isn’t happy with the show. Why can’t we all just get along?!

Have you ever had a manager?! Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

Comedian, Natty Bumpercar does some junk in today’s edition of the most ridiculous of all weekly podcasts, the Bumperpodcast.

About This Episode

In Bumperpodcast episode 222, host Natty Bumpercar attempts to share a nostalgic childhood story about playing by the riverside and his mother's rhubarb pie, but is immediately interrupted by his manager Rufus T. Rufus. Rufus criticizes Natty for taking time off last week due to strep throat and complains that the rambling story won't attract podcast advertisers. The chaos escalates when Fire Plug (real name Tony McKay) arrives to defend Natty, leading to a heated confrontation with Rufus. The episode spirals into complete pandemonium as Doodle Poodle joins the fray, with Natty admitting he's never lost control of the podcast more than in this moment. This short but hilarious episode showcases the improvisational comedy and character dynamics that make Bumperpodcast entertaining.

Memorable Quotes

“You can't take a week off last week with your strep throat and come in here talking about rhubarb pie and hiding down in the river grass. Nobody wants to hear none of that.”

— Rufus T. Rufus

“I feel like I've never lost control of the podcast more than I've lost control of the podcast right now.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I ain't no trash can. My name's trash come on man. Fire plug is what people call me right now my real name of course is Tony McKay.”

— Fire Plug

Topics: #childhoodmemories #podcastmanagement #arguments #chaos #nostalgia #rhubarbpie #control

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Doodle Poodle

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: so you have to understand when i was just a little boy i would go out by the riverside and i would look at all the deep grasses and i would wander about the pussy willows and my mama she would look for me and she would call from the kitchen window and she would call right over the the pie that was in the windowsill and she it was a rhubarb pie and she would say bumsy come on home bumsy bumsy come on home bumsy but i would never come home you on the first or the second or the third call out because i was playing hide and seek you understand hey rufus it's i was just well i don't understand i was doing like a little thing it's a new thing it's a new thing that's not a good enough exceptional excuse okay well but the thing is last you know i didn't as your manager yeah rufus t rufus i know who you are you i know who you are you can't take a week off last week with your i got my strep throat i didn't take a week off though come in here talking about rhubarb pie yes and hiding down in the in the river grass nobody wants to hear none of that they don't want to hear none of that they don't want to hear none of that they don't want to hear none of that you all right nobody's gonna pay i'm trying to get advertising on this podcast people don't pay for this nobody's a little queen uh about your mama looking for you and uh what what did you say all right well listen rufus t rufus i appreciate your feedback on this podcast and i'll see you next and i appreciate you you know being here for the podcast it would have been better if you were here last week because i actually couldn't talk and robot was away and pig had some sort of clue and so if you could have been here and talked and maybe you could have done some big sort of sales pitch for the podcast and then maybe we'd be in a better spot this week but hey boss this is a sudden belly coming here is he bothering you or something what's going on hey it's me fire plug what's going on not much i mean i'm here you're here it's good times i love listening to the bumper podcast thank you i appreciate that you're like a wordsmith which you're like thank you bubbly boobily boom rhubarb i don't mean i ain't never had no rhubarb pie you should have what kind of pie is a pizza pie at a pizza party that i once went to when i was a kid all right you're okay stop talking for a second over there mr jimberry south of the mason forget about stuff all right listen i don't understand who this tiny man is with this big attitude but listen i don't like to look at you i don't like to hear you so why don't you just skadoodle back to where all right where you came from down in the sewers i'm assuming because you look like maybe you're gonna go do some plumbing or something he's not a plumber headquarter come on might want to take out the garbage while you're at it because you guys trash can i ain't no trash can i've got guys my name's trash come on man fire plug is is what people call me right now my real name of course is uh tony mckay tony on all right so you you and me maybe we got some problems all right i feel like i've never lost control of the podcast more than i've lost control of the podcast right now

Doodle Poodle: what's going on and see what's going on

Natty Bumpercar: well you're the one who came in here to manage this you kind of bullied us into the whole thing so now you got to deal with it that's toodle poodle that's fire plug your rufus t rufus go

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May 14, 2015
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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April 24, 2015
Bumperpodcast #218 – A Pig and a baby.

Today is Pig’s turn to shine. It’s a one-on-one interview with the smallest of all of the Bumpercars – and – it goes really well … If you consider toddler on pig violence to be a good thing.

Would you let Pig interview you? 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 and hilarious episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar attempts to conduct an interview with a very energetic and uncooperative young guest who identifies as a pig. The episode quickly devolves into comedic chaos as Natty struggles to get coherent answers while being repeatedly hit, bitten, and interrupted. Topics somehow include milk from washing machines, dirty bears taking baths, doctor visits with lollipops, and a $17,000 miniaturized lollipop battery joke. Despite Natty's best efforts to maintain a conversation, the unpredictable guest turns the interview into what Natty calls "the weirdest pop-up podcast ever." This improvised episode showcases the show's signature spontaneous humor and willingness to embrace complete pandemonium.

Memorable Quotes

“You're the little monster man. Doin' what a monster can. Cause you're a little monster.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“Everybody, this has been the weirdest pop-up podcast ever. One-sided interview. Hooray.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I'm a pig I'm a talking pig what can I say”

— Guest

Topics: #interviews #chaos #children #improvisation #bears #doctors #lollipops #milk

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: hey what's going on everybody I got my friend here and talk what's your name hi I'm pig and this is what's your name you're not talking you're just gonna beat me up stop hurting me why I don't touch that hey he tell everybody what your name is who are you no rah is that your name that's a weird name I'm a pig I'm a talking pig what can I say what are you don't eat me I'll eat you all right you're not gonna talk you frog okay this isn't going quite the way I thought it was you talking a lot yeah what's that thing over there yeah what is it tell me how you're feeling today what are you doing don't touch that where's your nose that's good for radio that's my nose huh you want to talk to the people why don't you say hi to everybody please hi everybody no hit don't hit you want to say anything to the people I gotta stop doing that too oh no that's that's abuse of the microphone the equipment manager's not gonna live you you're the worst any of you okay can you tell me what you do what'd you do yesterday it's not a wave would you join anything no no what's your favorite thing to drink you like to drink pop while you're playing maybe somebody has to challenge you What's in the baba? I know what's in my baba. Milk. What? No. Milk. Milk. You like milk? Where did milk come from? Milk. Milk. Oh, that's the washing machine.

Unknown: Does milk come from the washing machine?

Natty Bumpercar: Tickle, tickle. Are you tickling me? I'm very tickly. Ow, ow, ow. Ow, ow, ow. Oliver. Ow, no, don't bite. That was a bite. No, no, no. No. No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. Stop biting me. Don't bite. Don't bite. Don't bite. Stop biting me. All right, I'm going to go away. You're going to be here by yourself, okay? Can you handle it? Are you going to talk to the people by yourself? Yes. Yes. Okay, tell them a story. Tell them a nice story about a bear. Big. Huh? Rough. Uh-huh. Rough. And then what happened? I don't know. Did the bear go to sleep? What do you say to the bear when he goes to sleep? Buff. Night-night bear.

Unknown: Buff.

Natty Bumpercar: Buff. Bath. Bath? Wait, the bear's going to take a bath? Yes. Is he dirty? Yes. Dirty bear. You is a one dirty bear. That's a nasty cough you got. Are you okay? Yes. Did you go to the doctor? Did you get some medicine yesterday? Yes. Did you go to the doctor? Yes. What did they give you at the doctor? A, a tissue. A tissue? No. No. Tee-wee. Tee-wee. Tee-wee. Tee-wee. Did you get a lolly, a lady pop? Yes. That's my nose. I pop. You got a lady pop?

Unknown: I pop.

Natty Bumpercar: I, I pop. An I pop? Is that the apple pop that's coming out? Oh, for me. It's got the most miniaturized lolly pop battery ever. Yeah. Ow, ow, ow. Why do you still hit me? And it costs, I'm making a joke here. $17,000. Okay, I was being topical. What are you doing? Don't do that. Don't ever do that. Oh, my gosh.

Unknown: Wah.

Natty Bumpercar: What do you, wah?

Unknown: Wah.

Natty Bumpercar: Hey, uh, what's, what's that on your knee? What's on your knee? What's on your knee?

Unknown: Wah.

Natty Bumpercar: What are you doing? Yo. We were just talking. We were just having a conversation. We cracked the mic and all of a sudden, you're this little monster man. Monster man. You're the little monster man. Doin' what a monster can. Cause you're a little monster. Oh, bite me. Ah, okay, I'm leaving. I'm done. Everybody, this has been the weirdest pop-up podcast ever. One-sided interview. Hooray.

Unknown: No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

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April 15, 2015
Bumperpodcast #201: A whole new world – where is everyone?

Hooray! It’s episode 201 of the Bumperpodcast – but – wait … All is not well with Bumpercar. And – where are Pig, Robot, and Doodle Poodle?!

Look – we got a new image – with little banners – and, there’s new music … Hooray!!

Do you like mystery? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

About This Episode

In episode 201 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar wakes up alone in the studio to discover that two weeks have mysteriously passed since episode 200. While he was away searching for Turkey during the Thanksgiving episodes, it appears that Pig, Robot, and Doodle Poodle took over and recorded episodes without him. Now the studio is a complete mess, everyone has vanished, and Natty must figure out what happened and where all his co-hosts went. This chaotic episode finds Natty reflecting on missed opportunities to revamp the show and dealing with the aftermath of whatever mayhem occurred in his absence.

Memorable Quotes

“We're not even in the train. We're not even in the train car. We're not even in a caboose. We're nowhere.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I think that Pig was trying to make it his own show with his own name and get rid of me entirely. But that's okay, because that's what he does.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“That's fine. Then I'll do it myself. I'll do it all by myself, and it's gonna be awesome!”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #mystery #chaos #missingcharacters #showformat #thanksgivingaftermath #abandonment

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: hello bumper podcast this is number 201 and we are in a new world a new age a new time a new everything i know you're wondering bumper car you left us two weeks ago you it was a cliffhanger you know pig was there robot was there doodle poodle was there uh the turkey was there for where doodle poodle when I don't know where robot when I don't know where anybody went all I know is I woke up in the studio mind you and you know I looked at the the calendar and it's it's circled because what we do that's how we know that today to do the bumper podcast is we circle the day today's a red marker there's different color codes I don't really know what they all stand for there's one that's blue there's one that's green there's one that's red that's today and then there's just like a black one and an orange and I've there's only one I've only seen well two oranges on the whole the year of calendar so I don't I don't today's red it's Wednesday it's a day we do the bumper podcast I just woke up I'm excited to be here I don't know where anyone else went and I don't know what's going on I know it's episode 201 which to me is mon monumental monster monstrous monument stress monument stress is what today is that's a word of the day you know and I'm excited because my initial plan was just to recap remember I went away because I was gonna find turkey we're gonna do the big Thanksgiving episode and it was like 197 but then I came in and it was up so 200 my big plan was to make you know an event for episode 200 and to schedule things and have people in and then have an all-new direction for episode 201 and moving forward. You know, like every 100 episodes, let's switch the show up a little bit, bumper car. And that didn't happen, not even a little bit. What happened, in fact, was from what I can gather, and this might not be true, I don't want to besmirch their names, but I think that Pig, Robot, and Doodle Poodle came in while I was gone to find Turkey and just started randomly doing episodes all by themselves. If I were to guess, I would probably guess that Pig was trying to make it his own show with his own name and get rid of me entirely. But that's okay, because that's what he does, and I recognize that about him and I accept it about him. But, you know, then I came in. It's episode 200, which, you know, I'm glad I came in. I'm glad I didn't miss that. But then, and I didn't realize that until the very end of the show. And then I wake up now, two weeks later, and it's episode 201, and everyone's gone, and the studio's a mess, by the way. It is something, I'm going to, something terrible happened here. I'm just saying, I mean, like, we've been off the rails before, but I feel like right now we're not even in the train. We're not even in the train. We're not even in the train car. We're not even in, like, a caboose. Or, uh, we're not even in a coal car. We're not, we're nowhere. Like, we're just, we're having trouble. So, what that means is that I need to find where everyone is. Uh, pig doodle poodle and the other one, a robot. And I need to, uh, I need to establish some things. I need to figure some things out. And, you know, uh, my goal is to do that off mic. To not have to make you guys listen to me set all this stuff up. But, you know what? I think we're all in this together. We're all a big team. You, uh, bumper podcast cateers, me, Natty Bumper Car, I think that's what makes a bumper podcast work. And what's, what makes it, the world go round, the world of the bumper podcast go round, is that we all dig in, we put on our boots, and we get, we go, we get into the muck, and we figure things out together as a team. What do you think of that? You don't, you don't wanna, why would you say no so quickly? That was so quick. Well, that's fine. Then I'll do it myself. I'll do it all by myself, and it's gonna be awesome!

Unknown: BANG! BANG! BANG!

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December 10, 2014