Bumpercar laments shows that go away and how people are tied to different things in their world. It is a fitting – if slightly disjointed – goodbye to a piece of the past.
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About This Episode
In this reflective episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar explores the nostalgia and emotional connections people form with television shows throughout their lives. Natty discusses how the shows we watch help shape who we become, referencing recent long-running TV shows coming to an end and how audiences react to these departures. He touches on the special connection that develops between hosts and viewers, comparing it to the relationship he shares with Bumperpodcast listeners. The episode features Natty's characteristic rambling style as he works through a conversation about someone's contradictory feelings toward a departing talk show, ultimately concluding with genuine appreciation for the shows that talk directly to audiences.
Memorable Quotes
“if you ever walked up to me on the street you could be like natty how is doodle poodle doing and i'd be like that dog is crazy”
— Natty Bumpercar
“we're on at the we're on the choo-choo straight to nowheresville population me”
— Natty Bumpercar
“what about pig and i'd be like he's my best friend let's not get this twisted”
— Natty Bumpercar
Topics: #television #nostalgia #talkshows #childhoodmemories #podcasting #media #personalgrowth
Featuring: Natty Bumpercar
Full Transcript
Natty Bumpercar: do you guys watch tv do you watch television do you uh watch shows on the on the tube there because man i remember growing up i used to watch i used to watch a lot of tv and you know a lot of shows that i would watch and like i got nostalgia for them because you know like depending on when you watch the show in your life is that that's that's kind of what you you can kind of go back to that time in your head and you can be like man i remember that show and i remember exactly what was going on in my world at that time and and and i and i i remember like ah how that show made me feel and all the different characters and the situations you know and like at least partially how how maybe that molded you a little bit and it made you the person you are today because you know all the stuff in the world that stimulates you through your life whatever books music art uh shows movies uh anything that you you see or do even just being out in the world the people you talk to uh your routines the places you go all these things are you know they make up who you are and so you know a small aspect of that and for some people a huge aspect of that are our shows and they hold on to them and especially you know if you have some sort of show where you know it's on regularly and uh it's it's not like a a written show uh and it's an actual just a person talking to you then it becomes easier to kind of uh connect with that person and to be like i i know that person kind of like you guys and and me like i feel like we're pretty close we're pretty tight like we've been through some serious stuff bumper podcast cateers and you know so if if you ever walked up to me on the street you could be like maddie how is doodle poodle doing and i'd be like that dog is crazy and you'd be like what about robot and i'd be like robot and then you'd be like well what about pig and i'd be like he's my best friend let's not get this twisted let's not get this twisted like his little pig tail he's my best friend so you know it's it's his connect connectivity thing that happens just from hearing people's voices hearing how they talk the cadence of what they say uh you know being able to infer the meaning behind what they're saying and in between the lines and you know recently i think we've we've had a lot of tv uh shows that have been going on for a long time go and they're just going away and and and it's made people sad and i've been i've been reading a lot of articles and watching a lot of clip packages which are just like little snippets of the tv show and uh you know you start to think you're just like wow i remember that show i don't watch it as much as i used to that always seems to be something that people say they always feel like you know i used to love that show back in the day i don't watch as much as i used to but i still love it and it's still a good show and you're like okay i got you uh but uh i was i was talking to somebody and i said man you know that show that's leaving and they were like yeah i was like are you sad about it they were like no no it's like not even a they're like i don't care i was like okay it's like not even from like a cultural standpoint like being in the zeitgeist you don't care about it at all from a nostalgia standpoint oh well from a nostalgia standpoint of course i care about it a little bit well all right that's confusing so you do care but you don't care no i don't care okay all right now i see where we are we're nowhere we're nowheresville we're on at the we're on the choo-choo straight to nowheresville population me no i um you know i i i used to watch that show a lot and you know i don't watch as much as i used to um but i i i'm nostalgic for it and i you know you feel like it's just something that's a constant that's always there every single night it's a talk show and you're talking directly to me and now it's just gonna be gone replaced by something else and maybe that'll be fine but maybe it won't be and does it even matter because i'm at a different point in my life and so you know i don't care as much about such things but i do care because you were talking to me and i was listening and i was watching and you were zany and fun and wacky and you know what i'm gonna miss you
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