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  • Bumperpodcast #327 – Is This Podcast Scripted?

    Bumperpodcast #327 – Is This Podcast Scripted?

    Natty Bumpercar and Pig get into a real row over the mailroom, and why people aren’t checking their mail slots. This bickering brings Rufus T. Rufus back to the show – where he lets everyone in on some secret learning that he’s been up to.

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

    You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com, or to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976. We’re here and we’re listening!

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    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 327, Natty Bumpercar makes a shocking revelation that throws the entire show into chaos: the podcast has been scripted all along! Aloysious J. Pig is stunned to discover there's a mail room with scripts he's never checked, leading to a heated debate about unpaid rent and missing cable channels. Rufus T. Rufus arrives as the show's lawyer and newly certified IT overlord, threatening legal action over contract violations. The episode devolves into arguments about lease agreements, allowances, and whether anyone actually listens to the show. Natty shares a heartwarming story about helping a lost stranger, pleading for everyone to just be nice to each other. The chaos concludes with promises of newsletters, wiki pages, and mail chimp subscriptions to finally get the show organized.

    Memorable Quotes

    “It is 100% scripted and if you check your cubby in the mail room that's where all the scripts have been for every single episode and if you're not checking them then I'm assuming there's just a huge pile.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Nobody listens to this show. I mean we've been looking at the numbers, the downloads, all of your analytic metrics. I know a few more words now because I took class at the mall.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “You got to help people, you got to help strangers because you don't know what situation they're in and you don't know if one day you're going to be in a situation where you need help too.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #scriptedvsimprovised #rentdispute #legalcontracts #mailroom #kindness #helpingstrangers #behindthescenes #showbusiness

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: uh so hey everybody it's me natty bumper car and this is well you know what this is this is the bumper podcast because you can hear me lisping so you obviously automatically are like oh this is the show where the host and every person on it lisps even if they're a robot or a pig cool well i'm a little bit uh i have a kerfuffle i was uh i was going through the uh the script for today

    Aloysious J. Pig: and bro did you just say there's a script hey pig yeah hey it's me aloysius j pig um did you just say that there was a script for this show this is just what what are you talking about there's no

    Natty Bumpercar: way this is scripted bro it is 100 scripted and if you check your cubby uh that's where in the mail room that's where all the scripts have been for every single episode and if you're not checking them then i'm assuming there's just a huge pile i don't know wait is this why you haven't been paying your rent you've never actually even paid your rent this doesn't make any come on dude there's a mail room

    Aloysious J. Pig: you've got a mail slot it goes into a cubby okay first things first no one ever told me that i was gonna have to pay for this and if they did i probably would have lived somewhere else okay because let's be honest the accommodations

    Natty Bumpercar: maybe ain't as up to snuff as you think today is and by the way if i were to pay rent i would expect some things some frivolities if you will i would expect a stocked refrigerator i would expect the bathroom to be caked in mud because you know what pigs like a little bit of a mud bath and uh there's some other things too okay i don't think i get all the channels what do you mean you'll get all the channels we get all the channels we get the big package are you sure yes i'm positive i check seriously all you should you want to go through it right now no not right now well when do you want to do this because if we're going to do this like if we're going to be complaining about everything here at headquarters then i don't maybe that we start there we start with the channels and we work our way from uh zero there ain't no zero that's just okay fine yeah well we start from wherever the channels start and we go all the way through them well if you ain't got zero today at all yeah i see see how it works bumper car you said you got to go through it all the channels and then i caught you in a loophole and now your contract is expired and now not only did i not pay rent but i will be seeing you in a court of law whereby i believe you will owe me some sort of restitution for the pain and suffering that i have experienced since i have been living here so wait just because you don't have the zeros exactly that doesn't come on got the double o channel zero okay no it's not okay and i i don't i'm oh no this is not how i wanted my i hello rufus rufus lawyer to headquarters for all of our legal woes that is exactly correct it is i rufus t rufus and i've jumped into the fray this morning i am uh if i can stand the heat and so i will be staying in the kitchen the pot is on the stove and the burner is on high and there is oil in the pan with a little bit of butter so that it doesn't uh smoke and so you'll get your flavor and i'm gonna hop in to that hot pan in that hot oil on that hot stove in that hot kitchen because again oh rufus t rufus can take the heat and now what i understand first things first stop stop stop how come i never got a script for this show huh what are you talking about if i'm the lawyer i feel like i should be reading and resuscitating the words that are going to be spoken on a weekly basis are you supposed to be checking your uh mail slot evidently have you been to the mail i didn't even know it was a mail room evidently there's some sort of uh money that's to someone i'm not entirely sure okay listen both of you just stop there's no legal issues pig i will go to the mail room we'll go through the scripts we can organize them and then you can actually check them out and look and see what's there and what's kind of what i mean every week i send you guys stuff i always wonder why things go off the rails and now i know ah completely scripted from the first episode the bumper podcast i had it's uh you know it's got everyone's name who's supposed to be on it it's got like the synopsis of the beginning of the episode and you know it ah this is so i put in so much work i type those out manually individual every single one i type out manually on a typewriter because i don't want there to be a digital copy because then that's going to leak out on the internet and everyone's going to know what the episode is all about and you know if you spoilers but if you put that stuff out then people aren't going to listen because they're like why would i bother listening to your episode if i already know exactly what's going on and i'm not going to be able to listen to it what's going to happen give it give it give it give it hold on son now son now son now say listen to me uh nobody listens to this show i mean we've been looking at the numbers we've been looking at the downloads we've been looking at all of your analytic metrics i know a few more words now than i used to know because i took class at the mall where they told me i am now officially certified not only to be your lawyer but also to be your lawyer also to be your information technology overlord so i can what i can do is i can boot up a server for you i can boost your ram i can change the batteries in your mouth i can do all of these things on top of providing with you the best lawyering in this town in this whole place so back to square one when this show started i was under the interpretation that this was an improvised show and that there would be no scripting because you see that requires a completely different contract from the players now that would be mr doodle pooter that would be mr robot that would be whatever that uh that that that that that pirate man was called i believe there was other cat anyway anyone who's been on this show will have to sign this on the dotted line you understand that it's not exactly a dotted line it's a straight line very thin looks a little bit dotted in the right light but you understand i will put a post-it note with an arrow pointing to where they need to sign you understand and if they don't sign my friend every single episode is

    Aloysious J. Pig: gonna have to go ah bah bah now you say now that sounds like a threat like he's gonna take every single episode of the bubba podcast away

    Natty Bumpercar: but to me it sounds like you're doing a service to the community it sounds like you're helping people out you're like i'm gonna there's this flotsam there's this jetsam uh floating around the ocean i'm gonna take it out and we're gonna clean it up so that the whales don't eat uh whatever you're putting out okay so that's environmentally friendly it's environmentally safe and i like it i appreciate it rupes not only are you our it overlord not only are you our employer but evidently you're also our uh environmental wizard so thank you so much for keeping the planet fresh and safe for me and mine no totally in the time okay if you say me and mine that's putting on an assumption that there's more than there's just you there's just you there's you don't go out of the house i mean which is cool it's fine i'm just saying and i don't know why i'm sticking on that it's my sticking point because i'm kind of freaking out rufus you can't keep coming into the show and threatening to take the whole show away that makes you the villain of the show which is fine i guess because people seem to like villains these days why do people like why do people have to be mean to people we don't need villains the world is tough enough i always say that everyone should be nice to each other why just the other day i had to drop my car off at the shop because it had a hole in the tire and i said the guy well how long do you think this will take he said well there's a lot of cars in front of you probably a couple hours and i was like whoa until you can even see it he was like yeah and so i walked two miles home good for me right uphill both ways but on the walk home uh there was a woman who was kind of lost seeming and kind of she was and i was like hey how can i help you and she had ridden the bus and the bus dropped her off at the wrong place and she was like how do i get to and she told me the name of the place and so i found it on the map and i was like see this blue dot here that's you you're i'm a blue dot and i was like i know i'm a blue dot too maybe we're both blue dots i don't know and i was like but see this red dot and she's like yeah and i was like that's where you gotta go and she's like that looks far and i was like it is 2.14 miles and she was like nope but here's the thing i took her back to the bus stop because she had an hour and a half and i said just wait here when the bus comes make sure you get off i told her where to get off and i made her day because why because you got to help people you got to help strangers because you know you don't know what situation they're in and you don't know if one day you're going to be in a situation where you need help too and so then what do you do you're going to look for somebody to help you and hopefully the world's going to be a nice place and it's going to help you out as opposed to somebody coming in and threatening to take away my podcast which is this episode 327 and i haven't even gotten to i'm riled i'm a little bit riled now i haven't even gotten to the whole paying rent thing listen um i was looking through i went back down to the mail room while you was yipping and yapping and i found some papers and i found there was a lease agreement that was never signed i never saw that and so my assumption is and also i thought i was supposed to be getting an allowance to help you out with all these escapades that you put forth see none of that so what i propose is clean slate wipe it clean tabula rasa and then we move forward i don't owe you nothing you don't currently owe me nothing but that will you know it's going to build up the more i talk on the show and then we just go from there now gentlemen i understand i'm listening and it makes sense to me what i've done is i have uh signed up for mail chimp and i'm going to start a newsletter that's going to have a full list of people that are going to be in the i will send it to both of you you will fill out this form and this will act as a contract which i will store in the cloud and my documents in the cloud i will send you the password protected excel spreadsheet file and i believe that that's going to clarify everything and if you check my wiki page and you understand that's going to be all on there for y'all to read now if you need to and then you could move that forward as well i'm very nimble might you understand i gotta be quick and be ready to move i'm actually astounded that you knew all those words those are very technical words you really that mall class really did you right fine all right we're going to figure all this out you're going to send the form i'm going to read your wiki we're going to do all that we're going to push it on get whatever all that stuff is right and um next week though i would very much appreciate it if you guys could check your mail slots because we'll have the script and we'll have in there it's usually there by wednesday or thursday so that you guys can get into character and figure out what you're supposed to be talking about and if you have to research anything i don't know how method you are for your uh podcasting but i feel like we're on the right track now finally and moving forward i'm pretty sure that things are gonna be amazing

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  • Bumperpodcast #325 – Invisalign

    Bumperpodcast #325 – Invisalign

    Here it is – the new podcast that everyone is talking about. The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals!

    Holy cow! It is episode number 325. What a milestone! But – wait. Does everyone sound a little bit odd to you?! Listen to see!

    You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com, or to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976. We’re here and we’re listening!

    Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!!

     


    About This Episode

    In episode 325 of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar and the entire cast grapple with an unexpected side effect of their new Invisalign aligners. What was supposed to be an invisible teeth-straightening solution becomes a comedy of dental denial as Natty, Producer, Rufus T. Rufus, Doodle Poodle, and Robot all insist they sound exactly the same while clearly struggling to speak normally. Natty shares the trials of constant teeth brushing, living on water, and the horror of discovering that "buttons" are actually sharp epoxy spikes attached to your teeth. The episode celebrates the show's milestone 325th episode while the cast navigates lisps, extra spittle, and the realization that their voices have definitely changed, despite what the dentist promised.

    Memorable Quotes

    “They call them buttons which sounds adorable I would love to have buttons on my teeth… what buttons turn out to be are these little stalactites stalagmite sharp pointy just spikes of epoxy on your teeth.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “This will be known as the period of the Bumper Podcast where everybody sounded a little bit off. A little bit interesting.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “Robot, you sound like you're from either the future or space or robot heaven… It sounds like your mouth is full of angel horns.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #invisalign #dentalhealth #self-consciousness #podcastmilestone #comedy #contracts #voiceacting

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Producer, Rufus T. Rufus, Doodle Poodle, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: uh hey hey everybody it's me it's me nary bumper car and um so this is episode this is episode 325 and um that's huge that's a big episode what yeah no i i don't think i'm i'm not talking different at all why would you ask that what well listen no it's just that guys i got um braces invisalign i got invisalign they're not braces i guess they're like plastic trays that go onto my mouth and um i got it last well three days ago and um everything is weird and everything is different and i don't eat food and i only drink water and um now i'm super self-conscious about how i talk and um yeah it's pretty awesome you know it's good why why would i get it well because i had some teeth that were cracked because something like the way that my jaw was setting or sitting or something and uh it was also there's some weird gum stuff happening i don't really understand it i just kind of go to the dentist and i they say things and i shake my head sure sure but i was like hey guys this isn't gonna make me sound any different is it and they were like no of course it's not gonna make you sound any different and i was like good because i you know what i talk i talk for a living i just kind of i do i love talking talking so i just wanted to make sure i didn't i didn't sound any

    Producer: different but um i was worried about because i got the invisalign too if it would make me sound any different than it uh but they said it doesn't affect your voice at all so it's good you know it's good it's a little bit tight on my teeth but uh it's overall i think it's a pretty good experience so uh yeah you know do you think i sound different my teeth are gonna be nice and straight no i don't think i sound different i think you sound exactly the same okay okay i wasn't sure all right am i right come on yeah i think you sound

    Natty Bumpercar: exactly the same too like i don't hear any difference in how you're speaking at all so this is working oh

    Rufus T. Rufus: hello there boom this is very difficult hold on a second let me just uh adjust my my jill but here everyone this is Rofresh teeth Rofresh and uh according to the contract i was able to get uh five invisaligns for the price of one and i made them sign and seal and deliver a piece of paper understand because i am the lawyer for here at headquarters for the bumper podcast i made them sign a letter that stated that no one's voice would sound different because of course we are in the business of making noises with our mouths you understand podcasting you understand standoff comedy you understand comedy you understand comedy you understand comedy you cartoons, and whatnot, such as that. There's a lot more spittle in my mouth, is what I've noticed. There's a lot more jumble, you know, just jumbles and jambles and such as that. Episode, excuse me, I do not like to pucker up on the microphone like that. Episode 325, Natty Bumpergut, congratulations for making it to episode 325. We have brought you this, hold on a second, gift that I will purchase, that I will find, hold on one second.

    Natty Bumpercar: Guys, I can't even believe you guys got me a gift that I, I do think, I mean, like, to my ear, it sounds a little, a little bit different.

    Producer: I mean, maybe it's just ghosts. Yeah, right? Just like a little,

    Natty Bumpercar: just a tiny bit different. I don't know. It might just be, I might be stuffed up or something.

    Producer: Well, it's terrible. Problems are ceasing outside right now. So it could be dead, of course. But, you know, what Rufus was talking about with the present, we, you know, all came together. We all gathered together in the break room and we were like, that's a lot of episodes, 325 episodes. And so, you know, we thought, oh, hey, we're saved by the door.

    Doodle Poodle: It's a big little problem. It's a little problem. Oh, I can't, I don't know. I can't. I also got a universal life. So it's in my mouth. And they're not a sponsor. So I don't think we should keep saying their name. But I'm very excited, you said, to have straight teeth. That look like little pearls in my mouth. And I just wonder, I can't even talk. You know what I'm gonna do? Is I'm gonna go over, it's me, doodle poodle. I couldn't say it before. But now I'm able to say it a little bit easier. So anyway, I'm gonna probably make a doodle. Something exciting. Like somebody who has pearls in their mouth instead of teeth. I don't think you, I think you guys sound not this, I think you guys sound totally the same. So anyway. Thanks TP. This is kind of cool.

    Natty Bumpercar: Alright, he sounded more down than I think I've ever heard him. He sounded kind of confused. and I get a little bit worried and like a little bit so like listen Invisalign right what do they do they take molds of your see it hurts I don't think it's supposed to hurt they take um they took molds of my mouth with this goo stuff and then they sent the goo to the place and I guess they made um little they call them trays and these trays are the shape of your teeth and so then um they uh make they make they put they say hey we're gonna put some buttons on your teeth they call them buttons which sounds adorable I would love to have buttons on my teeth that sounds like the coolest new trend hey did you get your buttons on your teeth oh man I don't do those until spring okay whatever but that's what they said they said all right time to put the buttons on you I'm like yay buttons and so what buttons turn out to be are these little stalactites stalagmite sharp pointy just spikes of enamel on your teeth and maybe not enamel epoxy epoxy is what I was trying to say and so they they put them on certain spots and then they flash this blue light and then the blue light goes in and it makes them hard like super hard you stuck your tooth so then the trays can hold on and adjust your how your uh your your teeth uh but so you had to pop them in you got to pop them out and I don't it's done something cool where I don't eat anymore like I eat once really in a day and I don't like to snack because I have to take them out whenever you eat snacks and then you have to brush your teeth and it's just constant tooth brushing I uh I drink a lot more water than I used to and I don't like to eat a lot of water

    Rufus T. Rufus: I was going to say that you do look a little bit blue there, Aloysius J. Peters. For me, I'm extremely self-conscious about how I look. You can understand by the way I dress, by the way I walk, by the way I move, by the way I talk. So this is a big change for me. Maybe I can make it through. It's only 10 weeks, 10 episodes of the Bumper Podcast where you guys are going to… This will be known as the period of the Bumper Podcast where everybody sounded a little bit off. A little bit interesting.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, so, as far as the whole sounding different thing, honestly, I do. I know I do. But if I focus on it, then I can kind of get it better. But I actually have to do mental gymnastics and make my mouth move a little bit differently to sound the way it normally sounds. And it's kind of, there's an imperceptible, like, there's a lisp. There's a little bit of a… A drag on how I speak. And there's a little bit more air in it. I listen to these things. That's how I figure out how to make silly voices. But my wife was like, the first night, she was like, Oh, you don't sound different. You don't sound different at all. And I was like, but I do. I know I do. And I have to, like, shape my mouth differently. Like, these are interesting, weird things that I have to do. And then the next day, I was talking to her on the phone. And she's like, oh, I was watching this show. And there's a comment. A commentator. One of the guys on the show. And he must have had Invisalign. And I was like, wait, why? What do you mean? She was like, well, he sounded like you. And I was just like, but you said yesterday that I don't sound different. And now you said I do. It's all lies. It's a house of lies. So, you know, it's fine. It sounds different. That part, I'm not worried about. The annoyance of the constantly popping mouth. Not constantly. Twice. Twice a day. Like, I ate lunch. I ate lunch. And then maybe I'm going to eat a snack later. That's it. Water. All the time. Because I just don't. They're like, the trays are going to capture the bad stuff. And I'm like, I don't want bad stuff on my teeth. Oh, hey.

    Robot: Hey, everybody. It's me, Robot. And I also received I was the fifth member of the Invisalign Club. So, I don't think I sound different at all. Do you?

    Natty Bumpercar: Robot, you sound like you're from either the future or space or robot heaven. You sound completely like I listen to a pig and I listen to Rufus and I listen to Doodle Poodle and myself, obviously. We all understand what's going on with our mouths. But you, I feel like there's a lack of self-aware. You sound like a celestial robot being right now. Right. That's how you sound. It sounds like your mouth is full of angel horns. No, no, no. Or something like that.

    Robot: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I was told that I would sound exactly the same. Why, I have a commercial gig coming up very soon. A voiceover commercial gig where I'm in a robot sausage factory and I have to speak to the camera. I can't sound different. I have a contract.

    Rufus T. Rufus: Now, did somebody say something about a contract? Because as I said. I have it in writing and it is stamped. It is annotated and it is authorized that we will not sound different. So I suppose I'm going to have to sound it up to somebody and say a few words.

    Natty Bumpercar: Rufus, that time you didn't sound anything like yourself whatsoever. I think that the invisible line is messing with everyone. Hey, we made it to 325 episodes.

    Doodle Poodle: Woo-hoo. Yeah, we did it. Woo-hoo.

  • Bumperpodcast #320 – Tests

    Bumperpodcast #320 – Tests

    Here it is – the new podcast that everyone is talking about. The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals!

    The world is being tested my the universe – which is being tested by the multiverse – which is on the head of a needle being used to crochet a macrame owl – and for the moment, Bumpercar is ready to ride the storm. Hang on, kittens!

    You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com, or to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976. We’re here and we’re listening!

    Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!!

     


    About This Episode

    In episode 320 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar reflects on surviving life's tests, particularly a rough week at headquarters. After a water sensor alerts him to flooding, Natty rushes home to discover two inches of water in his basement—triggering traumatic memories of a much worse flood from four years ago. The episode takes a comedic turn as Natty recounts his heartbreaking battle with an REI employee over a beloved torn jacket that fell just outside warranty coverage. He also shares college-era stories of creative problem-solving at a Wendy's salad bar and announces his upcoming stand-up comedy show where he'll perform a full hour of material. Throughout the episode, Natty's storytelling blends vulnerability with humor as he navigates basement disasters, retail disappointments, and the challenges of parenthood.

    Memorable Quotes

    “He put his hand on my shoulder and he said ma what's wrong with that what's wrong with that that's how he used to talk to me”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm not a missy elliott video from the aughts i'm not okay i want my jacket”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Daddy is kind of like peter rabbit but without the vest”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #flooding #homedisasters #parenting #retailexperiences #stand-upcomedy #collegestories #lifechallenges

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: so this is a test this is a test i feel from the universe from everything around me from everything around you what am i talking about well do you feel like every so often uh something bad happens right and then inexplicably another bad thing happens and then another bad thing and then another bad thing to the point where they're all piling up on top of each other and you're like why is all this bad stuff happening at the same time and then you're like ah if you're self-aware enough that is you go ah this is a test i'm being tested for what i don't know how do you pass you muddle through for me here's what my week was this week we had a lot of rain up here at headquarters and uh i got an alert because i had installed a doodad in my basement a water sniffing doodad and i got an alert at 11 17 in the morning water water water water water in the basement so i ran home i got here at 11 44 so that's a difference of oh i don't know i don't know like 30 30 minutes 28 minutes i don't know i can't count 27 minutes i'm just guessing at this point but i got home as quick as i could two inches of water in the basement now anyone who's listening to the bumper podcast for years and years and years knows that we love our house but three weeks after we moved into our house we got two feet two feet of water in our basement which is insane that's a banana's amount of water that was four years ago still traumatized by it lost a lot of stuff my art studio was down here and um i still remember i was i was cleaning and cleaning and cleaning but then there was a point where i was so exhausted that i was sitting on on the stairs leading down to the basement head and hands and uh emerson who at that point would have been like four and that means that ollie would have been like one oh babies uh emerson came down and put his hand on my shoulder and he said ma what's wrong with that what's wrong with that's how he used to talk to me ma what's wrong with that what's wrong with that these you call me dad which is a sweet thing to call if you ever have hey if you're ever a kid and you want to go up to talk to your father call him dad it's a nice thing hey dad hey dad what are we doing dad i love you dad i can't stand you dad get out of my room dad uh and he put his hand and he said what's what's wrong dad are you sad and i just i was i was actually i was sobbing because i was so so so overwhelmed and so sad and i i just kind of put my hand on his hand and i said yeah buddy daddy is sad um but this time you know we got two inches away and we threw away so much stuff but this time uh you know you live you learn we had most stuff pretty higher up uh he lost a basket of clothes and by the time i got home i was like oh my god i'm gonna die i'm gonna die lost i mean i had to rewash them um and then there were some uh a lot of stuff is in those those those plastic bins uh but there were you know there were a few things got thrown away the issue is and i don't know how it didn't happen last time because we had so much more water um like it was so deep last time that when i was i was down here working in it it was it was almost to my knee like it's it's that's it's it was insane how much water there was um but this time you know you're walking around and you're walking around and you're walking around and you're walking around in it and using the wet back and everything and uh uh but it's now we did not have this last time have it this time the smell oh the smell which is bad because that it's a moldy smell and i do not want mold in my house because i have asthma and my kid has asthma and mold is bad so because especially i mean we have a the humidifier going dehumidifier i'm glad it's not a humidifier where um and we have some fans going but oh the smell it's brutal so yeah so that happened and then like uh maybe i'm gonna say a day or two after that i have a jacket it's from from a store called rei that i go to and i never buy anything because i can't afford it but i always look at the stuff and i'm like oh this stuff is neat look at all this neat stuff that they have and at some point someone uh gave me a membership to rei uh which i guess means you get special sales and deals and i don't really understand what it means but they always say are you a member and it's like a an exclusive club and so i feel like i'm like yeah i'm a member i'm a member i don't know what that means but i love being a member and and i got a jacket like a uh well it turns out it was one year and 17 days ago how do i know this because their uh warranty policy lasts for one year of course it doesn't last for one year and 17 days how do i know this well i went to zip my jacket up last week and the zipper caught the inside of the jacket and ripped the whole jacket and i was just like oh no no no no no no no no no my jacket i love my jacket my favorite little jacket and it was blue i love it and it was orange on the inside it was the best oh oh jacket and so i called the the phone number and i explained my situation and the the woman was just like oh well that's just not right that's just not right at all you need to take that check is there an rei near you and i was like yeah there's an rei dear me and she's like well you need to just take it over and tell them what you told me and it's gonna work it is gonna work out and i was like okay so i went to the store waited in line got to the front and i i made sure i didn't want to wear my jacket into the store because i wanted them to understand that this jacket was unwearable at this point and uh so i got to the front and i was just like hey blah blah blah here's my story here's the rip and they were like oh well do you are you a member and i was like yeah yeah yeah i'm a member and so then she looked me up and then she's like i found the purchase and i was like i knew you would and uh and and then she was like all right well let's uh figure out uh how to get you a replacement and i was like okay i need a replacement and so she uh starts looking through the computer and uh no they don't have my size they don't make it anymore all they have is 2xl and 6xl or something crazy like that and i was like i guess i could try the 2xl and she was like you can't and i was like please i want my jacket i want my jacket so i was like all right so she put you know the money back on my credit card but then i don't have a jacket and then i uh i'm wandering around the store and they don't have jackets because it's not jacket season anymore they've gotten rid of all their jackets and here's the thing i don't have a jacket i don't have a jacket i don't have anything with rei jackets most of them are like these poofy puffy things i don't like poofy puffy most of them also are shiny i don't want a shiny jacket i'm not a missy elliott video from the the aughts i'm not okay i want my jacket the reason i liked it because it wasn't shiny and it wasn't poofy puffy and and i went back to the register and i was like oh i don't i don't see anything right you know and my jacket was still there and she was like okay well you know you got your money back so you can just uh you know keep looking and maybe you'll find something soon i was like okay and then my hand landed i put my hand on my jacket and she and she starts she pulled it away she was like and you know it's like it's it's time it's gone he's he he didn't make it your jacket let me have your jacket and i was like no and she's like let me have i was like no so i wish that i uh you know what i should have done i should have camped out by the the garbage can and uh and been like i bet they're gonna throw my jacket away because then i could have gotten the money back and and worn a garbage jacket as well i would have done that i have no problem no problem at all i uh one time here's an old story that you know you've never heard before i was in college and um i'd gone spelunking which is i'd gone caving you go into a cave i'll tell you that story another day because it's terrifying and i'm don't want you to do it because it's a bad idea but i was in i think it was in north carolina or tennessee or south carolina or alabama or virginia i don't know where i was let's just i think that we should establish that i was somewhere in the south and i'm gonna say south carolina actually and uh and and and we we did this the caving spelunking and then we went to uh wendy's and at that time wendy's the restaurant had a salad bar it was all you can eat salad bar uh but i was not a man of means i had no money and i had some mud on me because i had been in the cave and um so we get there and i was just like ah i don't know what to do don't know what to do i looked over and their garbage can had kind of filled up uh a bit and on top of the garbage can so they had special trays that you would use or plates for the uh for the all you can eat salad bar and somebody had um they just put their tray and it had two plates uh from the salad bar right on top so it wasn't in the garbage but it was you know part of the garbage because it was on top of the garbage uh and they both plates were relatively clean so my friend and i who i was with at the time we looked at each other and we kind of shrugged and we're like yeah yeah should we should we yeah we should do this we should definitely do this we got some uh some napkins cleaned them up and then uh i think you know because we didn't want to be complete scalawags we went we bought some biggie drinks or something like that i wanted i would like a beverage please probably some tea because i do love tea and uh and then we proceeded to uh to eat from the uh all you can eat uh salad bar so those were different times in my life uh these are stories that i don't necessarily want my kids to hear or maybe i do i don't know i don't i do i not i don't i don't know because it's kind of like a hey you can make it if you try type of story but it's also like a ah daddy kind of swiped some salad so ah but then they saw that peter rabbit movie that recently came out and peter rabbit was all about swiping that salad so i guess if they ever called me on it i could be like daddy is kind of like peter rabbit but without the vest and they'd be like i see where you're i like what you're screaming here i like what you're saying so what else is going on i have a show this weekend this very weekend and i am doing an hour an hour of stand-up comedy that means i get to stand in front of people and talk to them for an hour and hopefully they will laugh for some portion of that uh it's by far the longest i've ever done i'm super excited i don't have any details on this show somebody was like where's it at and i was like i don't know what time you have to be there i don't know all i know is that it's saturday and uh i have i've been paid already which is nice and um and i do keep i keep emailing the people hey hey can you send me some details some deets i call them deets on this thing and they're like sure deets are coming i'm like cool it's it's it'd be great if they would be here now just so i can buy all that stuff away in my brain so i don't have to freak out about it quite as much uh and so that's this weekend i'm sure i'll tell you all about it next week and then uh last night i went to a show and i wasn't supposed to be on it i was supposed to help somebody with web stuff but two comedians didn't show up and so i got thrown up uh the second comic and it was a blast and it was in a bar and there were tvs on but it was still fun but not as fun as you

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  • Bumperpodcast #319 – Sprang

    Bumperpodcast #319 – Sprang

    Here it is – the new podcast that everyone is talking about. The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! 

    Hooray for chitter-chatter! Pig talks about getting organized, and then Natty pops in, and then Rufus pops in. It’s a regular treat!

    You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com, or to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976. We’re here and we’re listening!

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    About This Episode

    In episode 319 of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar and Aloysious J. Pig discuss the arrival of spring and their shared frustration with winter lasting far too long. Their conversation is interrupted by legal counsel Rufus T. Rufus, who sounds under the weather and launches into a rambling defense of contracts and his privileged position in society. Natty shares updates on his creative projects, including webcomics called Rants and Snowflake, before delivering an earnest message about watching out for predatory people who take advantage of others. The episode blends absurdist humor with unexpectedly sincere advice about protecting yourself and your loved ones from exploitation.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Here's my thing, I like winter because of christmas so I get some stuff under the tree… but then I don't want to go out in it and I don't want to drive in it.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “I was born on third base, and the ball is in left field, and I'm just gonna walk on home, if you understand.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “There's people in the world who want to take advantage of you. Don't let them do that. They're gonna try to take your cotton candy. They're gonna try to pop your balloon.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #spring #winter #seasons #contracts #socialcommentary #webcomics #exploitation #friendship

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Rufus T. Rufus

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: now you see so what i was telling them was that you gotta take a little bit from column a and a little bit from column b and then at the bottom of the chart what's gonna happen is you're gonna those are gonna conflagrate you know i don't do a lot of math terms hey pig oh hey bumsy what's going on not much what are you talking about a little bit from column i love it when people say that you take a little bit from column a and a little bit from column b because it just makes it things sound very uh organized and very there's a logic structure that's behind it and things are making sense and you've got columns you might even have rows i don't know but i am not that organized and and and that's not how i live my life but i'm glad that there are people who who are like that so good for them well here's the thing too is like for me uh i'm not organized neither but uh i i'm not we're not doing spring cleaning but we're doing is we're springing forward if you understand so we spring the spring is sprang sprung sprung sprung yeah fine that's fine yeah okay so the spring is sprung oh so you're saying that we're not necessarily doing cleaning around here we're not cleaning house but that uh we were we were coiled up for the winter we were uh burrowed in we were uh hiding under the blankets and now maybe the sun is going to come out and the snow is going to melt away and there's going to be blue skies and then we can finally get on with our lives after this long winter is that is that what you're essentially that's what i'm saying but the winter's been so long it seems like it's been like 18 months of long winter i didn't move to mars all right mars is a terrible place to raise a pig and so i don't want to go there what i like i like seasons not seasoning i like just uh hey guess what it is it's full oh you know what's coming up next a little thing we call winter and then hey after winter uh how about we do some spring and then some summer yeah here's the thing that's four months or four seasons yeah you got it and then it is 12 months calendars no months 12 months and hold on all right now here i think i i i i like what you're screaming over there pig so let me i'm going to take over for just a second here what you're saying is there's four seasons per year uh fall winter spring summer all right cool and then there's 12 months 12 divided by four is going to it should be three i want three months of spring i want three months of fall i want three months of summer and most importantly i want no more than three months of winter yes if i can have it winter is my least favorite why because i get chilly i get chilly cold i have normally i'm walking around during the winter with five to six jackets on that's too many jackets i can't even fit through most doors too many jackets too much it's too much it's too much i can't and the kids are always like hey are we going to the pool now oh the pool's outside we can't go to the pool why not they're like i'd go swimming it's like you would you would you would freeze it would be terrible it'd be the worst thing ever here's my thing uh i i like winter because uh of uh christmas so i get some stuff under the tree we have the tree and it smells nice and i do like if i'm sitting by the window i like it when it snows because it looks really pretty like there's street lights out street lights on the street and um you can see the snowflakes flittering and fluttering through the street lights because the street lights have kind of a lot of light and it's kind of a little bit of an orange orange glow orange yeah orange yeah and it just looks really pretty but then i don't want to go out in it and i don't want to drive in it and i know you don't want to shovel it because you get sick of that it's just too much it's terrible but then you know they're like what's the groundhog he's just like hey bro you got six more weeks of winter and you're like oh okay i guess i can handle that i guess i can deal with it and then you're into week eight you're into nine and it's still winter and you're like bro bro we had a contract like we had an agreement

    Rufus T. Rufus: hold on a second here this is rufus t rufus and did i hear someone talk about a contract well my friend my friend my friend i am the one around the bumper podcast headquarters who talks about contracts excuse me i got a little bit of a cold that's why i don't sound quite normal today you understand because winter has not ceased to exist and so i am still feeling a little bit cold and not feeling too well however i can and i will defend your honor in court of law and i will take that contract that that varmint has put together and i will take that contract and i will take that contract and i will take that contract and i will Take it to the magistrate, and we will make it so, so, not good, but great, if you understand what I'm saying, if you understand what I mean.

    Natty Bumpercar: How you doing, Rufus? You sound, you sound really kind of sick, like you got a frog in your throat. Rufus, have you been eating frogs again? Because we told you that's not, that's frowned upon. You know, considering that I am an anthropomorphic pig, and we got dogs that talk and everything, we're asking you not to eat too many animals, because you never know. Hold on a second, I just remembered, producer from my Periscope show is a frog, please tell me that producer is not in your throat. Oh no, oh no, this is, speaking of breaking contracts, specifically in his contract, it said, do not eat me, so that's, that's against the law. You're breaking the law, you're breaking the law, you're breaking the law, you're breaking the law, you're breaking the law, you're breaking the law!

    Rufus T. Rufus: I would never break the law! You understand, I do not break the laws, I make the laws, and every so often I swoop in and I take the laws, because that, you see, you see, you see, you see, my friend, is how it works in our society. Well, we have a bit of a pyramid, and there's people that are working, there's people that are working, and then there's other people like myself that are born into a situation. That are born into a stature, you understand, where I don't have to work if I don't want to. I was born on third base, and the ball is in left field, and I'm just gonna walk on home, if you understand, and I'm going to, I know I did not hit the ball, I was hit by a pitch, which got me on the first base, and then there was a passed ball, which ended me up on second base, and then, lo and behold, one of the infielders, he, he, he, he booted the ball, which moved me on to third base. So I got here by not doing anything in particular other than being a part of the game. I was born, I was put into the game, and now I'm on third base, and I'm walking home, because that is how our society works. I was put here for a reason, and that reason is, I was put here for a reason, and that reason is, to score points, so my friend, my friend, my friend, I'm sorry if it sounds like I have a frog in my throat, but I will not be besmirched by the likes of you or your little pink friend.

    Natty Bumpercar: Hey, uh, lip bro, no one's besmirching you, you gotta understand, you come into the kitchen, it's kind of a little bit… it's kind of a little bit warm. We're just recording a podcast, and you slipped in when you heard the whole thing about contracts, which is totally understandable, it makes a whole bunch of sense. However, we just gotta, you know, maybe point out to you, though, relax a little bit, we're having fun. This is a bumper podcast, so it's his show, and he's just gonna bibble, and he's gonna babble, and he's not necessarily gonna talk about anything in particular. But you're gonna listen to it, because you love it, because every week it comes out, and it's so much fun! Right, bro? Yeah, bro, of course, bro, bro, bro. Uh, yeah, so this is the Bumper Podcast, and I am Natty Bumpercar, and that is my friend, I'm turning your mics off just so you know, Aloysius J. Pig, he gave you a wave, and thank you for coming in, as always, Rufus T. Rufus, he is the legal counsel for all of us here at, uh, headquarters for the Bumper Podcast, and everything else that we do, including… We've been making some cool webcomics, uh, drawing some, uh, my little ants, I don't know if you've ever seen them, but they're cute, and they're, but they, sometimes they yell, and so, I think I have to maybe do a little bit more research, but we're calling that webcomic, Rants, now, because, ants, I saw that somebody had taken the name, Ants, for their comic, and I was like, ahhh, but I've been doing this for years, but I just never, I never grabbed it, I guess, and so, uh, I think Rants is kinda cute, because it makes sense. And then, on the sideline, we're, I'm trying to figure out how to, uh, I don't know if you guys ever read Snowflake, it was my comic, and it's so great, it's my, it's one of my favorite things I've ever done. But, I'm trying to figure out how I can make Snowflake, uh, uh, start it up again, but then I think I might also take all of the, uh, the strips, and cut them up so we, they can be on Instagram, and so they can be their own, uh, their own thing. and so they can be their own, uh, their own thing. and so they can be their own, uh, their own thing. and so they can be their own, uh, their own thing. and so they can be their own, uh, their own thing. right? and I, cause I see, there's these webcomics that are on Instagram, and they're super cool, because, like, you can swipe on them to get the different, uh, the different panels, and I was like, I want, I want my little dudes to do that! I wish I had an intern. Does anyone wanna be an intern? Cause then you can sit around and you can cut up, I think there's roughly, like, 200 or so of these comics that need to be cut up. Uh, I'll pay you handsomely in experience! That's what, that's a funny thing they do in stand-up, uh, comedy, is, uh, people, so there's, I, I've talked about it before, but there's a lot of bad people, and they're like, hey, you wanna come do my show? And you're like, ah, I don't know, what, you know, and you're like, we gotta bring five people, and they gotta, you know, there's a ticket admission at the door, then they gotta buy drinks, and you're like, ah, my friends are gonna be out, like, $70? You know, do I get paid? And they're like, paid? Paid? Yeah, you get paid in exchange. You get paid in experience, and you're like, that's not paid! That's not, no, that's, you're taking advantage. Ladies and gentlemen who listen to the Bumper Podcast, what I want you to take away from this show, if you, if you will, is watch out, because there's people in the world who want to take advantage of you. Don't let them do that. They're predatory, mean people, who will see people coming down the, uh, boardwalk, walking around with their balloon and their, uh, their cotton candy, and they, they're like, that one, I'm gonna take that one for everything they've got. Don't let them. Don't let them. Stand up for yourself, alright? Don't, I'm not saying get in fights or get in a huff, but just be cognizant that sometimes people don't have your best interests at heart. Uh, and you want to go into the world, you don't want to be jaded, you don't want to be like, oh, the world's out to get me, but you've just got to go into the world. You've got to understand that, take care of yourself, and take care of the people around you, and your friends, and your loved ones, because, otherwise, who's gonna do it? Not, not random people. Random people are gonna try to take your cotton candy. They're gonna try to pop your balloon. And that's not acceptable. They're gonna try to take your bumper podcast away, and we just won't let them!

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  • Bumperpodcast #314 – Groundhog Flu

    Bumperpodcast #314 – Groundhog Flu

    Here it is – the new podcast that everyone is talking about. The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! 

    It is a huge day at the Bumperpodcast because it’s Groundhog day! We even have a special guest on the show to talk about the fun. Then, we deliver an ad for an app called ‘Picniic’ on today’s episode of the Bumperpodcast!

    Picniic is a nifty organization app for families who have way too much going on. I started playing with it last week, and was immediately shocked at how many times I have triple-booked myself over the next two months.

    To check it out, yourself, go to picniic.com/getstarted to set up your account and use promo code: PODPIC for 30 days of Picniic Premium free! (Repeat with emphasis on URL and promo code and SPELL P-I-C-N-I-I-C)

    Send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

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

     

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    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar celebrates his favorite holiday – Groundhog Day! In this special episode, Natty welcomes Mr. Groundhog himself to discuss the bizarre American tradition of letting a varmint predict the weather. The conversation takes unexpected turns as Aloysious J. Pig joins in to question the groundhog about the uncomfortable reality of being pulled from a hole by men in top hats. The episode explores the oddity of this enduring tradition, including revelations about Mr. Groundhog's school days with Punxsutawney Phil. Things get chaotic as the show veers into discussions about the flu, shopping lists, and whether the groundhog actually bites the handlers.

    Memorable Quotes

    “It's the day when we let a varmint come out of a hole and tell us what the weather's gonna be. It's weird why how does this still happen? It's amazing I love it.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “If you're sleeping in your little hole and some dude wearing like a tuxedo jacket type thing maybe a cape… does he have a monocle? Is it terrifying?”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “I found out if he sees his shadow six more weeks of winter and two different groundhog days saw two different things today so what does it mean I have no idea.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #groundhogday #holidays #traditions #weather #punxsutawneyphil #winter #animals

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Mr. Groundhog, Producer, Aloysious J. Pig

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey guys it's my favorite day of the year do you want to know what day it is I'm gonna tell you what day it is because you're gonna be excited too because it's a weird day it's a cool day it's a fun day and we have a special guest to talk about his experience with the day today's Groundhog Day that's right I'm not even gonna bury the lead I'm not even gonna like try to like hold it out for any longer I just want you to know that you should be excited because it's Groundhog Day it's the day when we let a varmint come out of a hole and and tell us what the weather's gonna be it's a weird why how does this still happen it's amazing I love it in this world this weird world that we live in that there's still this weird and I'm just gonna keep saying weird because it's so weird uh thing that people do that I mean it's not really commercialized really I mean it feels like it should at now it should be like groundhog day brought to you by i don't know uh umbrellas there or something i don't know but you know or just like the groundhog should be wearing patches of different uh companies or something like that um but it's not it's not it's not it's people get dressed up in top hats and stuff like that and in giant coats and there's a stage and there's a uh a box essentially and they they reach into it's it's not really i can't imagine it's pleasant for the groundhog but we're gonna find out but they reach into the body they pull this poor animal out and they're like what does he see his shadow and how do they know if he sees his shadow right i've got peripheral vision so i can see somebody coming up to my side and and maybe my set my shadows over there but i'm out of the thing they put him down if he sees his shadow then that means there's six more weeks of winter and if he doesn't see his shadow that means that spring is only six weeks away i might have that completely backwards another question that i'm probably going to need to ask the groundhog but without further ado ladies and gentlemen i'm going to bring to you my friend your friend he's going to be everyone's friend here give it up for mr groundhog

    Mr. Groundhog: okay here i just need to move you a little bit closer to the microphone

    Natty Bumpercar: okay good because i couldn't i couldn't really hear you so it's so nice to see you i'm sorry about the technical difficulty

    Producer: i know so this is

    Natty Bumpercar: you're super busy day february 2nd is when groundhog day is and it's just it's just american tradition and it was it's primarily and you can tell me if i'm right on this or wrong but they do it in a place called punxsutawney uh pennsylvania punxsutawney i love that word and there's a guy there i don't know you you okay but is punxsutawney phil that is their uh groundhog who lives in punxsutawney and he's like the most famous he's like the granddaddy he's like the big dude of groundhogs right

    Mr. Groundhog: all right so you you know i'm going to school with him that's amazing

    Natty Bumpercar: so i so ladies and gentlemen we're getting fun facts about punxsutawney phil in his school days that i didn't was not expecting today i did not know this was going to be an exclusive story but so uh so mr groundhog and so is it it's m-i-s-t-a like mr groundhog all right so um mike hear my questions is it super unpleasant for you to oh speaking of unpleasant hey pig what's going on i was just like who's the best

    Aloysious J. Pig: hog that our bubba guy knows and who knows everything about everything and i was just like oh that's me i rolled out of bed i had a little snack oh i brushed my teeth you're gonna took a shower uh-huh i uh dried off did some powder did some lotion you know got really right uh-huh and then i got dressed okay and i came down to stay lotion's important and uh here we are okay hello talking

    Natty Bumpercar: to you talking to me hey pig so uh cool well real quick right now we got to hear from our sponsors so we'll catch up in just a second and now a quick word from one of our sponsors i'm so busy but luckily i discovered picnic it is an organizational app for my family i can enter events into a shared calendars we have to-do lists shopping lists and ebooks and we have a whole range of things to do and even recipes so you should totally go do it go get organized just go to picnic.com get started to set up your account and use promo code pod pick for 30 days of picnic premium for free that's picnic p-i-c-n-i-i-c dot com slash get started and promo code pod pick so go and get organized today we now return you to whatever in the world it was that you were listening to just before the commercial here on the bumper podcast good luck

    Aloysious J. Pig: you're going to need it oh that's so that's that's so nice yeah still got a sponsor it's so cool right because i was gonna tell you the snack bar yep he's uh empty right now i know you could go get me some oats perhaps just make a list some suet suet and a little bit of uh i don't know honey okay and some uh some donuts donuts i appreciate it i love all this money uh-huh get me some donuts okay back to you hog okay uh groundhog what's your name his name is

    Natty Bumpercar: mr groundhog so address him accordingly

    Producer: bro is he okay

    Aloysious J. Pig: he's hissing he's hissing is this is this groundhog okay is he going through has he got some sort of i don't know groundhog disease or some sort of groundhog issue or some sort of groundhog problem because listen i don't need that in my life right now all right it's bad enough with a flu yeah right it's good to see you too peanut lou i haven't seen or heard or talked to you in a long time but no we

    Natty Bumpercar: were actually talking about the flu and man it is brutal this year i mean we're getting notices from school we're getting notices from daycare uh i know people who have it and it sounds like maybe the worst thing ever like oh i i haven't had it in a couple years knock on wood but uh man uh the aches the pains the chills it knocks you out for like a week uh and it went around my office last year and i luckily avoided it there too uh so i i highly recommend here's what i do i don't know if you want health tips from me but i basically i don't know if you want health tips from me but i basically i uh in the morning i get up i sit in the shower i turn the shower on and i just stay there all day and if anyone comes near me i spray uh spray them with uh disinfectant because i don't want i can't i can't deal with the flu i don't want the flu i have a uh a little low grade cold but that happens you know it's it's hot it's cold outside it's snowy but the flu no thank you

    Producer: yeah bumper car here's the thing the uh you know i don't want the flu i don't want the flu i don't

    Aloysious J. Pig: the uh the little dude over there he's saying that he he's upset that he came all the way in to talk to you about uh groundhog's day and now you're going on and on about the flu he doesn't want to be associated he doesn't want his brand to be associated with getting the flu with the aches and the pains and the chills so he want if we could let's refocus let's re-rack the camera and let's come back and talk about groundhog day so here's i got a couple of quick questions do you mind mr groundhog

    Natty Bumpercar: okay go ahead pig i'll let you uh okay okay yeah he's pig's gonna ask you a couple questions so

    Aloysious J. Pig: here's the thing uh groundhog mr mr groundhog uh i'm just gonna call you uh mg from now on mr groundhog mr groundhog he's a mr groundhog you know uh uh uh mr groundhog he's a mr groundhog you know oh oh oh i'm working on a song for you we're gonna get it it's gonna blow up it's gonna be the top of the charts anyway if you're sleeping in your little hole and some dude wearing like a tuxedo jacket type thing maybe a cape i don't know does he have a cane what is this dude doing does he have a monocle is this a man who's wearing a monocle does he come to you is it terrifying do then does he do they coax you out are they like here's a carrot or something like that or do they literally like reach into the box and pull you out by your i don't know by your no i don't know what do they how are they grabbing you you ain't got no no handles or nothing

    Natty Bumpercar: wow that's serious you get angry you you bite them okay well that's probably not you know it's not a great idea but it might be the most helpful for you ladies and gentlemen this has been groundhog day mr groundhog aloicious jay pig i found out if he sees his shadow six more weeks of winter and two different groundhog days saw two different things today so what does it mean i have no idea but i hope you've had a great day it's been fun hanging out with you bumper pod