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  • Bumperpodcast #193: Knowledge, Science, Smarts

    Bumperpodcast #193: Knowledge, Science, Smarts

    Natty Bumpercar proves that he may be the smartest scientist in the entire planet – maybe even on the whole world with this weeks thesis riddled Bumperpodcast!

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


    About This Episode

    In episode 193 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar delivers an energetic and hilarious monologue about the mysteries of autumn leaves. After enjoying baby muffins for breakfast, Natty spirals into wild theories about why leaves fall from trees, including dinosaurs and earthquakes, and disappointingly confirms that brown leaves are not made of chocolate. The episode takes comedic turns as Natty reflects on their overeager classroom habits of shouting out answers before questions were even asked. This quintessential Bumperpodcast episode combines observational humor about nature with Natty's signature stream-of-consciousness comedy style.

    Memorable Quotes

    “The brown ones okay i know for a fact are not chocolate you would think you're like oh look brown leaves those are clearly made of chocolate they're not made of chocolate people”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I had baby muffins for breakfast baby muffins are the best kind of muffins in the whole wide world because they're not they're not jaded yet”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I would just sit in class and yell out answers uh there were no questions being asked uh we were supposed to be reading and maybe coloring”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #autumn #leaves #science #breakfast #education #nature #comedy

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: what's going on with the leaves what's going on with the trees what's going on with the world everywhere i look there's just leaves all over the ground it's like they all fell off the trees all at the same time was there a big earthquake was there a dinosaur was there some sort of monster that came through the world and the planet and knocked all the leaves off why and why did when they fell off did they decided they just go turn red and orange is that leaf blood because if it is that's kind of gross because that means that it was just walking all around leaf blood and then the brown ones okay i know for a fact are not chocolate you would think you're like oh look brown leaves those are clearly made of chocolate they're not made of chocolate people come on this is one thing you're going to get from the bumper podcast today it's going to be science it's going to be stuff that you're going to take home and you're going to think about a little bit you're going to be like you know what that bumper car he knows what he's talking about that bumper car he makes sense he seems pretty amped today he seems pretty excited today what was what did what did he have for breakfast not obviously not chocolate leaves because now we know they don't exist and you know what that's a little too personal don't ask me what i had for breakfast because i don't i don't remember no wait a minute i'll tell you i had baby muffins for breakfast baby muffins are the best kind of muffins in the whole wide world because they're not they're not jaded yet is that's the theme song that i'm working on for them but they're tiny muffins tiny blueberry muffins that i actually cut the tops off of i had three of them cut the tops off of put a little bit of butter on uh the base and then on the top and put them in the toaster oven and but i didn't toast them too much because i didn't want crunchy uh baby muffins i just wanted that butter to melt on in and then i ate them and guess who's having the best day uh ever right now me what i didn't give you a time to guess all right i'm not good at games that's why i don't host game shows guys that's why there's no family game night here at headquarters with the bumper cars because i'm just i get excited and if i know the answer to something i don't even raise my hand i just scream it out used to get in trouble in school all the time for that just i would be like two is two two then and the number the answer is two everyone knows everyone knows that right two it's two what the answer is piscataway what but i i thought we were all in agreement that it was two but no we're not we're not no no one no one agreed at any point in time to jump on the band the bumper car bandwagon of question answering because a lot of times what i would do i would actually answer the question before the teacher had even gotten around to asking it okay let me just paint a picture for you really what i would do is i would just sit in class and yell out answers uh there were no questions being asked uh we were supposed to be reading and maybe coloring i don't know here's the thing though i got sick of chewing on my crayons and eating glue off my hand and and i decided that i needed to educate the people the masses of my in my classes and i did that i gave them all of the answers some of them they couldn't even handle some answers they weren't even ready for but i gave them to them so that so because i i had a feeling in my gut that that they needed to know what i what i had to tell them so really here's the thing i think if there's a theme to today's bumper podcast uh it's science obviously learning knowledge um we found out a little bit about leaves i still don't know why they're all on the ground no one confirmed with me the dinosaur theory that i was bandying about um all the dishes are still on the wall here so i'm guessing it was not an earthquake but uh they are definitely falling off the trees for some reason um if i go back through my data my uh my my that's what we call information here science in science land uh i i think i might find some interesting things about a timeline that maybe this this isn't the first time this happened maybe the leaves have fallen off the trees before you know and what that does is that gets us closer to an answer two see it's two it's not two it's never it's never two um it's not going to be two whatever the question that someone's going to ask you it's uh unlikely that the answer is going to be two because really it's just like zero one two you're not those are too easy for answers it's going to be like seven tween or ten till ten till ten till seven i don't know i don't know anything

  • Bumperpodcast #192: Small doors and mystery

    Natty Bumpercar is freaked out by small doors – and – is trapped in a conversation with someone who has no love for mystery …

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

  • Bumperpodcast #190: Running and Food

    Bumperpodcast #190: Running and Food

    The guests have been booted away from the Bumperpodcast – and given satchels of food for their travels. Natty Bumpercar doesn’t like eating – or – running.

    Do you like to get to the bottom of things? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.


    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 190, Natty Bumpercar kicks the children out of headquarters after receiving feedback from listeners. Flying solo, Natty rambles about his complicated relationship with food, from his brief obsession with superfood smoothies to his current dilemma of eating making him feel sluggish. He muses about running marathons, the logistics of exercise, and the unfortunate fact that Bumpercar headquarters sits in a valley where every direction is uphill. The episode showcases Natty's signature stream-of-consciousness comedy as he flip-flops between liking and disliking food, accidentally creates a song about getting up to get down, and admits he'll never be a politician due to his wishy-washy stance on eating.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I gave each of them a knapsack with a pear and a pickle and some popcorn because my children only eat things that begin with the letter p.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You got to get up to get down, you got to get up to get down, you got to get up to get down you clown.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm so wishy-washy on these issues this is why I'll never be a politician because I flip-flop back and forth.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #food #eating #health #exercise #running #smoothies #parenting

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car it's the bumper podcast it's whatever day today is and hey look at this no children on this week's episode why natty bumper car oh well because we actually got mail email uh messages where the people were just like no no no no more of that that was not no we can't no no so we kicked the children out and not even just out of the studio out of out of the house out of headquarters they are wandering around i gave each of them a knapsack with a pear and a pickle and uh some popcorn because my children only eat things that begin with the letter p they eat persimmons they eat peanuts and of course they will occasionally eat you know uh plum that's another thing that they eat really there's a lot of foods that begin with the letter p and speaking of foods i feel like i'm at a point in my life right now where i don't i don't like food i don't like to eat it doesn't make me feel good it makes me feel sluggish and tired and not so good well maybe that's the kind of food you're eating natty maybe it is i don't know i was on a kick for a few months where i was making these smoothie things with like oh look i'm just gonna throw some kale in here and some carrots and some uh apples and some berries and some yogurt and some uh oatmeal like i'm just making spirulina bee pollen like all this stuff was going into my uh my smoothie thing and i am depressed to admit that i actually felt that way when i was doing this and i don't know why i've stopped all of a sudden um i think my brain was just like got sick of i think i started missing chewing or something like that where i was just like i remember chewing that was fun but then here's the thing i chew i go and i eat that kind of food and uh guess what i don't feel so good like i just want to take a nap i eat and then i want to take a nap that's not how you want to feel you want to eat and feel better and then go run a marathon or whatever it is people do do people do that can you eat and then run a marathon or is it like swimming where you can't run a marathon for like an hour after you eat because you'll get cramps i don't know i don't run marathons i barely run at all because running to me is just it just sounds like so much work like what i'm supposed to do i i gotta put i gotta find my shoes i don't gotta put them on i gotta find my shoes i gotta find some socks i you know i gotta some basically i gotta get dressed if i gotta tie my shoes probably gotta tie them properly there's probably a way that you have to tie your shoes that enables you to run more better i don't know and the thing is everywhere around headquarters is uphill we're in a gully we're in a gulch we're in a valley so if i'm gonna run anywhere it's gonna be running straight up no thanks thank you and you could think to yourself well the run back is gonna be easier you're just gonna you know you could just lay down and roll back to roll back to the headquarters and i'm like well yeah but i gotta get up before i can get down hold on a second did you hear what just happened because i did because you got to get up to get down you got to get up to get down you got to get up to get down you got to get up to get down you clown is not the song i don't know why i said clown at the end there i mean it rhymed sure but i think if you look at linearly at the whole conversation it doesn't make a ton of sense so what have we talked about today no children uh they do eat foods that came with the letter p which turned this into a weird sesame street episode all of a sudden uh i myself natty bumper guard do not like to eat you know i would i might go on a hunger strike i did just have some cereal though it was pretty delicious oh maybe i do like to eat i'm so wishy-washy on these issues this is why i'll never be a politician because i flip-flop back and forth so what is it bumper guard do you like to eat do you not like to eat why don't you tell me why don't you make a stand and i'm like i don't know i guess when i'm hungry i like to eat you know i do like to do i like to drink tea but that's not food it's not sustenance it's just caffeine really which is there anything better in the world than caffeine there is why won't you tell me what it is please

  • Bumperpodcast #189: Hard to listen to

    Bumperpodcast #189: Hard to listen to

    Natty Bumpercar has some guests on this week’s show … Some guests that seem to be totally focused on breaking the Bumperpodcast.

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


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic and hilarious episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar attempts to interview two very young guests, Oliver and Emerson (Emmy), with unpredictable results. The children struggle to follow podcast etiquette, touching equipment, making potty jokes, and punching each other while Natty tries desperately to keep the interview on track. Emmy sings "Happy Birthday" and the kids attempt to tell jokes about pigs, cows, and alligators with varying degrees of coherence. What was meant to be a sweet interview with kindergarten-aged guests becomes a comedic disaster as Natty learns that interviewing small children is perhaps the most difficult challenge the Bumperpodcast has ever faced. The episode ends with Natty declaring it "unlistenable" and "untenable" while bidding farewell to the chaotic tiny guests.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I was told that this was going to go well these kids have been trained… is this unlistenable bumper podcast it's it's undoable i'm gonna tell you that right now”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “That was the quietest story ever i don't know about your future in broadcasting buddy”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “We've had punching in the Buffer Podcast today… Emmy, no hit. Ollie, no hit. Ollie, seriously. You're a brute.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #children #interviews #kindergarten #chaos #jokes #singing #podcasting #birthday

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: whoa wow hi everybody it's me natty bumper car and i got some guests today in the bumper podcast you gotta stand up now you gotta talk into there hello hello he says oliver can you say hello yeah man where's the hearing the hearing is in your ears don't worry it just sounds the same way as what why because your ears are your hearing parts where you hear but hi hey did you just start something what'd you just start where'd you just start going what's this that's a wire and it was in a microphone but what i'm asking you a question what did you just start doing in the mornings where do you go every day where do you go don't touch that no touching go to kindergarten you go to kindergarten what do you do there oh no why would you say that oliver what do you do can you say hi hi good job ollie where's the speak the speak is in the uh so it goes into the microphone through the cord and into the computer can you see these little lines down here those lines if you watch them if i get louder they get bigger and if i get quieter they get smaller so if i was a mouse it would be like this and if i was a dragon it would be like this crazy huh tell me a story that's too quiet that was the quietest story ever i don't know about your future in broadcasting buddy tell me your favorite thing a big butt no no potty talk we don't work that way i don't what you bake i baked what what did i bake i did not hey we don't have any sponsors that's too much too loud what you just did there is it's called over modulating and we try to avoid that in the business because it makes people's ears hurt now i thought you were going to tell me about kindergarten do you go to kindergarten every day oliver can you sing me a song guys we're not supposed to touch any of this you guys are a very difficult interview emerson you used to be an easy all right all right so you're not going to tell them anything about anything you don't have to touch that remember so what you do is those are just some wires for the microphone ollie stop trying to grab everything dear a bumper podcast i was told that this was going to go well these kids have been trained don't touch any of that no no no that's just the uh software that's recording us right now is this unlistenable bumper podcast it's it's undoable i'm gonna tell you that right now is this untenable is it unremarkable i think so emmy sing me a song

    Unknown: i'm

    Natty Bumpercar: I need it to be louder. I can't even hear you.

    Unknown: Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to Peter. Happy birthday to Peter.

    Natty Bumpercar: Is it Peter's birthday? I didn't know that.

    Unknown: My birthday. Happy birthday to you.

    Natty Bumpercar: It's not your birthday for a few weeks. Happy birthday, Ollie. Ollie. No punching, Ollie. That's right. We've had punching in the Buffer Podcast today.

    Unknown: Beep, beep, beep.

    Natty Bumpercar: Beep, beep, beep. Emmy, no hit. Ollie, no hit. Ollie, seriously. You're a brute.

    Unknown: Why did you… Oh, tell a joke. What did the pig say? Dang. What did the pig say?

    Natty Bumpercar: Emmy, no potty talk.

    Unknown: What did the pig say with a cow? The pig jumped over the cow like a deer.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, Emerson, Oliver said moo. Is that not correct? Okay. Well, I'm Daddy Bumper Car. These are the tiny Bum Pops.

    Unknown: Yeah, because Daddy told me… He told me a joke about an alligator. What did the alligator say with a mouse? Cuckoo. The alligator…

    Natty Bumpercar: What did the alligator say? Don't stare at the lines. I know it could be mesmerizing, but you want to keep talking. You want to keep going.

    Unknown: I have to do it all over.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay. What if we do this?

    Unknown: Knock, knock. Who's there?

    Natty Bumpercar: Cuckoo.

    Unknown: Cuckoo. Hi. Alligator. What?

    Natty Bumpercar: Ha, ha. Is that funny? I don't know if that was…

    Unknown: It's funny.

    Natty Bumpercar: Not even a little bit. Bumper Podcast. Run while you can. Yeah. Bye.

    Unknown: Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.

  • Bumperpodcast #188: Vacation is hard

    Bumperpodcast #188: Vacation is hard

    Natty Bumpercar talks about his vacation and the new friend that he met while on vacation.

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


    About This Episode

    In this episode of the Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar shares a hilarious tale from his recent family beach vacation. What should have been a relaxing getaway turns into comedy gold when a giant bat invades their tiny cabin in the middle of the night. Natty recounts the chaos of dealing with disrupted children's sleep schedules, missing toys, and pillows, only to have everything escalate when his mother-in-law discovers the unwelcome flying visitor. Listen as he describes the madcap attempts to remove the bat using beach towels, the creature's terrifying sonar-guided flights directly at people's heads, and the horrifying moment when the bat disappears into the walls. This energetic episode perfectly captures the exhausting reality of family vacations.

    Memorable Quotes

    “We need to invent some sort of bat muffler like a little jacket or a vest that bats can wear so they don't sound so disgustingly horribly grossy yuck when they're flying around.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “It was a giant giant bat like take your children away type of bat and when I opened the door he flew at the door because his little sonar was just like oh there's food over there.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The bat is in the walls now people the bat is in the walls so everybody now baby wife me kid all in the same tiny room not enough room to move not enough room to breathe. Vacations are stressful.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #vacation #family #beach #bats #parenting #comedystorytelling #travelmishaps

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well this is a hoot nanny is what this is hey everybody it's me natty bumper car and this is the bumper podcast oh i actually i recorded 27 seconds a few seconds minutes ago and i listened to it and i was so low energy and i was so depressed and like i was just like i can't even put this out on the internets i don't want these people to have to listen to this garbage garbage no what i want them to listen to is happy bumper car right yes of course my goodness bumper car you're running the bumper podcast the best ship in the seas of all podcasts you should be happy so let me do this i will tell you that last week i went on vacation with the family we went to the beach and um it was it was it was nice if you've ever vacationed with children you know how exhausting it is because everything is disrupted where am i sleeping what am i eating what am i doing why can't i watch my shows you know like what i don't know where my sis toy is well that toy is back at home i want to go back home why would you we're at the beach you should stay here at the beach and play it's much more fun i want my pillow do you have this pillow now for you know it's like it's fun and then so you add on to the uh madcap bedlam uh of the kitties and their broken sleep patterns and and whatnot and uh and we throw in there into the mix ladies and gentlemen the monkey wrench that was a bat a bat a bat in our cabin in our tiny teeny little cabin that had one two three four five six people in it uh it's eight square feet i don't really know how square feet work but i know it's tiny and um one night middle of the night uh there's uh someone's in my room and it was my mother-in-law and she said there's a bat there's a bat in here and i was like what where's her bat i don't see a bat she's like it's out there in the living room kitchen area oh and then you hear now i can hear him flying around flapping his wings and it was terrifying bat sounds terrible when they're flying like they're i they're we need to invent some sort of bat muffler like a uh maybe some felt or something like a little jacket or a little uh a vest that bats can wear so they don't sound so disgustingly horribly grossy yuck when they're flying around because when they're flying it's just like i don't want to hear that so i open the door to assess the situation you know it's just like in my head is this like a little bat or what no it was a giant giant bat like take your children away type of bat and he when i opened the door he flew at the door because i guess his little sonar was just like oh there's food over there i'm gonna go and eat i know so i slammed the door the bat went some other place so then i had to crawl to the window to all the doors and say don't leave your door there's a bat in there he's on you to go in there because there's a bat he's flying around you'll even be right and uh open the back door open the screen doors to the bat you know oh maybe he's gonna do what he did to me and just fly right out this door no he keeps flying father-in-law has a a towel a beach towel big beach towel that's just flopping in the air hits the bat bat falls on the ground does not fly he's flying around able to uh put the towel on top of the bat to get him out so the bat gets back up he's flying around some more circles right at your head like i was i was it was very comical it was very like i'm in a movie and this is what people look like in movies when they're trying to get away from a bat it was me uh trying not to yell out any horrible words uh because the bat and then the bat disappears into the wall there's a heating vent no one believes me that i see the bat going to the heating vent they're all like no he escaped you didn't see him i saw him we leave a towel on top of the heating vent a few days later wife screams in the middle of the night wife screams i run into the room scratch scratch scratch scratch the bat is in the walls now people the bat is in the walls so everybody now baby wife me kid all the same tiny room not enough room to move not enough room to breathe vacations are stressful