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  • Natty Bumpercar DYT Comedy Podcast

    I’m Natty Bumpercar, and I’m a stand-up comedian who currently lives in New Jersey (you are at my website – maybe you already know this). I realized that I go onstage to tell jokes to people, a lot. So, I thought that it would be cool to make this podcast to try to document every show, open-mic, and whatnot that I do. Some of it is going to be repetitive – but – I’ll add commentary – and it might be interesting to see how different variables – locations, crowd, the lights, the sound system, the producer, my relationship with the other comics, me – affects how things turn out. It’ll also be nifty to see what kind of evolution there is to my act as time goes on.

    I’ll post full sets, with the dates and location of the show – so that you can keep track on your “What is Bumpercar up to?” peg board. I’ll update as new shows happen and each podcast will vary in length – depending on how long each show was.

    Maybe it’ll be a disaster. Maybe it’ll be fun. At the very least, I think it’ll be a cool experiment.

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  • Bumperpodcast #183: Gummy New Year!

    Bumperpodcast #183: Gummy New Year!

    Natty Bumpercar has a stuffy nose. He talks about the new year being a hill that he is ready to climb … Until he has a piece of gum.

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

    There are no wheels on this show!

    About This Episode

    In Episode 183, Natty Bumpercar kicks off the new year with a stuffy nose and an optimistic hill-climbing analogy that quickly derails. What starts as a motivational metaphor about starting at the bottom and going up becomes complicated when Natty discovers a piece of gum with paper stuck to it. The episode follows Natty's struggle with the gum while attempting to explain the purpose of Bumperpodcast to listeners. Between discussing cavity-fighting gum innovations and lamenting constant sickness, Natty concludes that 2014 might just be "the year of the rude Natty Bumpercar." This short, stream-of-consciousness episode perfectly captures the show's improvised and charmingly chaotic style.

    Memorable Quotes

    “We're at the bottom of the hill and so the only place we can go on the hill is up unless I suppose we want to go somehow around the hill.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm the kind of guy who opens up a piece of gum and just eats it, eats it right up.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Maybe 2014 is the year of the rude Natty Bumpercar.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #newyear #illness #gum #comedy #rambling #self-deprecation #improvisation

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well happy happy happy happy to you happy to you and you and you and you and you hi bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car and i have a stuffy nose because what better way to start off the new year than with a stuffy nose that means that's how you know that things are going to go uphill from where you are at the point on the hill where you're starting at you know because like wait so if you're on the hill you're starting the new year okay this is our analogy over the new year is a hill and we're at the bottom of the hill and so the only place we can go on the hill is up unless i suppose we want to go somehow around the hill um we don't have any kind of shovel or pickaxe so we cannot go through the hill uh we also don't have any mode of transportation to like carry us over the hill we have our really our only option is to go up the hill so that's pretty exciting you know uh i i think it portends some good things i uh oh well here's a piece of gum i guess it would be my first piece of gum for the new year a little piece of uh bubble bubble bubble gum okay i'm just that's not oh oh all the paper sticking to the gum i can't and now i can't well this is no good thing how do i like it's breaking off in little itty bitty pieces inside the piece of gum and uh uh now i don't think there's any um almost almost got it wait to no no oh okay wait okay yeah that's good we got a big piece off but there's still paper in the gum that's not what i want my first piece of gum of the new year to be and i gotta sit here and pick paper out of gum that's not the kind of guy i am the kind of guy who opens up a piece of gum and just eats it eats it right up wow how is how is how is you bumper podcast you know what answer away because i am going to be eating my new paper-free piece of gum oh it's delicious it might be watermelon it might be just sugar i think it's probably just sugar have we invented gum yet that um that kills cavities or like plaque killing gum like maybe put a little bit of grit inside the gum so that it'll take care of your teeth this is a lot juicier than i was expecting it to be i'm not gonna lie i probably should not have um started chewing this piece of gum while i was talking to you so that's a point off on me so i'm already starting the new year off with negative points um do you have any points yet oh that's funny you're asking what the whole point of the bumper podcast is well the whole point of the bumper podcast is it's a weekly fun time our gum is terrible wow where you get to hang out with me natty bumper car and you know we talk about things we discuss things a lot of the time it seems to be um how sick i am pretty constantly sick upper respiratory nose throat ear ear nose throat i need to go to an ent now he'll take care of me wow what a horrible mistake so at this point we're on the hill and the only place we can go is up the hill however what we've decided to do is just sit down at the base of the hill and not go anywhere we're not even on the hill we're on the hill we're on the hill the hill anymore i think we're pre-slope we're like on the path to the hill we're not even we might still be in our cars because well who eats a piece of gum i'm rude i feel very rude right now maybe this is me maybe 2014 is the year of the rude natty bumper car the bumper podcast the wheels i would say the wheels have come off but they really haven't because they're stuck on there with gum oh this is a gum this is bad idea i have a lot of bad ideas

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  • Bumperpodcast #181: Fingers

    Bumperpodcast #181: Fingers

    Natty Bumpercar is excited to talk all about something – but then gets confused about fingers … This is something that happens often – as you may imagine.

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

    I get so confused – sometimes!

    About This Episode

    In episode 181, Natty Bumpercar explores the existential question of pointing in this characteristically rambling solo episode. He contemplates whether you can point with fingers other than your pointer finger, debates the hierarchy of being pointed at with different digits, and gets lost in a philosophical tangent about finger names. Natty ponders whether thumbs count as fingers and realizes the middle finger is only truly 'middle' if you include the thumb. He also briefly shares contrasting recent comedy experiences—his worst show ever with a terrible headliner, followed just days later by one of his best performances in front of a large, enthusiastic crowd. By the end, Natty decides that talking about fingers has made everyone best friends.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You got to feel like if you're getting the pointer finger you're at the top of the charts. But you got pointed at with a thumb? You shouldn't even acknowledge that.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The middle finger is not a middle finger unless you include that thumb because if you just go pointer, that one, that one, pinky, there is no middle finger because there's four.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Now that we've all talked about fingers this whole time, I feel like we're all best friends too, right?”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #pointing #fingers #anatomy #comedy #stand-upcomedy #friendship #philosophy

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: bumper podcast bumper podcast bumper podcast it's me your best pal and uh i have got i'm i'm pointing at you right now and you i'm pointing at a couple people i well let's think of something really quick here uh so if you got pointer fingers right does that mean that you're limited to only pointing at two people at a time like can i be like point point or are you allowed to point with other fingers like can i pinky point so like you got your uh your pointer finger over here and then my pinky finger boom across the room i got you too and then look at this uh-oh here comes another finger coming up and another one and a and a thumb who wants a thumb point and this is i mean like you got to feel like if you're getting the pointer finger and you're pretty you're feeling like you're at the top of the ladder there you're at the top of the charts you're like he just pointed at me with his pointer finger it actually has the word point in in the name of the finger so he clearly thinks more of me than the person that he pointed to oh with his thumb you got pointed at with a thumb what you shouldn't even acknowledge that you shouldn't even recognize just act like the because the thumb you just act like it's there don't act like it's pointing at you don't like because you know like when somebody will point at you sometimes you'll have that look in your face like you'll raise your eyebrows and you're like oh oh oh are you i think he's pointing at me i think i'm being pointed at right now it don't you know your brow furrows a little bit you maybe get a little little glow in your eyes because you're it's just like you're on deck you've been pointed at you are it's official that you you're part of there's communication happening you're in the inner circle you're uh you're you're mount everest somehow uh but then somebody's gonna throw their their stubby meaty little thumb at you yeah that's not a point that's not even a half point that's just like oh you're an afterthought you didn't make now i'm looking at my fingers do they all have a point? names i mean like so you got your thumb you got your pointer finger uh is it just middle finger i don't know and then i guess it's ring finger but i don't think it's ring finger if it's on your right hand and then it's definitely pinky i've got thumb and pinky and pointer i've got i know those names does any can can everybody out you got fingers everybody listening how many fingers do you can you tell me what the uh the two fingers in between the pointer and the pinky are is the one next to the pinky always a ring finger and then is that one just the middle see but that's the thing too all right look at this now i'm looking at my hand and if this one is if this one's called the middle finger right then that's saying the thumb is a finger because sometimes i hear like the thumb's not a finger it's thumb and i'm just like but i i think it's i think it's just like a little finger right it's used for gripping thing i don't know it's it's fingerish it's got finger like qualities so and the middle finger is not a middle finger unless you include that thumb because if you just go pointer uh that one that one pinky there is no middle finger because there's four you know there's no middle and four and uh i really feel like i was going to talk about other things today i was going to tell you guys that in the last couple weeks i last week and a half really i had uh the worst comedy experience that i've ever had uh it was terrible i i had i was um the i was the host of a show and and the headliner couldn't have been a worse and i don't speak ill of people but he could not have been a worse uh human being to me uh and he he kind of sabotaged i felt and wrecked the show and i did not enjoy my evening at all but then let's blink our eyes uh fast forward a mere one two three four days and i had one of the best nights that i've ever had like the most fun in front of a lot a lot of people like a like a like a hundred but more and they were all my best and now that we've all talked about fingers this whole time i feel like we're all best friends too right

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  • Bumperpodcast #180: Feeling Moderate

    Bumperpodcast #180: Feeling Moderate

    Natty Bumpercar is feeling a might bit better – and is thrilled with modern medical technology. Is it magic – or – is it science? He has no idea!

    How do you feel? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Feeling better is better than felling not better!

    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 180, host Natty Bumpercar shares a humorous update on his battle with bronchitis while juggling single-dad duties. Fresh from a trip to the x-ray store with his four-year-old son in tow, Natty reflects on the simple joy of breathing and navigating medical appointments with a goldfish-eating, iPad-toting toddler. Between bouts of coughing and wheezing, he delivers a lighthearted monologue about rediscovering modern medicine, evolving from a single-cell organism, and the awkward comedy of being a contagious patient. This episode showcases Natty's signature conversational style and self-deprecating humor while dealing with everyday parenting challenges.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You don't realize how much you love to breathe until there's an elephant sitting on your chest and you can't do it anymore.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I devolved into a single cell organism and now I'm evolving again. I'm re-evolving into whatever I was before.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I get it, you don't want me to breathe on you, and she just chuckled like oh that's right sicky.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #illness #parenting #breathing #bronchitis #x-ray #modernmedicine #familylife #health

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well is it the bumper podcast and am i feeling a little bit better yes and yes double yes yes yes hooray hooray yippy skippy i gotta tell you guys modern medicine kind of amazing uh i mean i'm still sick my throat still hurts i'm still tired i'm still stuffy uh but i still have goop coming out of my eyes uh but with all that i no longer feel um like there's an elephant sitting on my chest which is great because you don't realize how much you love to breathe until uh there's an elephant sitting on your chest and you can't do it anymore i think at that point you're like you know what i miss uh that breathing that breathing was great why i can't i hope i get to breathe again because everybody else in the world seems to be enjoying breathing and i'm looking at them over there and over there doing all their breathing rubbing into my face a little bit that they're just like look at me take a breath oh uh last night i've got so i've got bronchitis that's what i have uh but last night i uh i got to go to the uh x-ray place the x-ray store where you go and get your x-rays and uh and uh first thing that happened it was kind of funny to me because i walked in and i had a four-year-old baby bumper car with me he was toting the ipad and eating goldfish and uh drinking a juice box because that's how we roll but so i get to the front desk and the lady i sign in and everything and and she looks at me and looks down at him and says uh so um did you bring somebody to watch him and i was like oh oh oh i didn't i didn't bring anybody to watch him because the wife was at home with the baby who has all sorts of ear infections happening this is too much so then i was like oh yeah i'm getting an x-ray so he probably can't hang out in the room with me and get exposed to doses of x-ray radiation or whatever it is that they use to take the pictures i'm assuming it's it right is it radiation yes oh so um luckily you know it worked out because uh there was a changing room he sat in there he didn't move more than a half an inch and the lady from the front desk uh just kind of watched him and she was very nice and you know it was it was it was fine it was good but then i go in and the girl says so i had to take two i think two different pictures and she she said all right you gotta put your chest against this thing and she's like pushing contorting my shoulders and neck and chin and moving hands and arms and moving me all around and uh all right take a deep breath hold it hold it i did that and then as soon as it was time to let the breath out because again i'm still getting used to this whole how people breathe thing oh it hurt so bad i was coughing everywhere and uh i tried to get away from her but she had to come over and reconfigure me for a different picture and she said look that way and i said through the wheezing and gasping and coughing i was like i get it you don't want me to breathe on you and she just chuckled like oh that's right sicky i don't want you to breathe on me perfect so then she took the other picture breathe in hold it and that time a little bit better i'm telling you i'm really figuring this whole breathing thing out pretty soon uh i might be able to breathe through my nose which is going to be crazy i mean crazy crazy i'm evolving is what i'm telling you i devolved into a single cell organism and now i'm evolving again i'm re-evolving re-evolving into whatever whatever i was before awesome yeah of course so then i finished the thing go out he's still sitting there grab him we go get some dinner me and a kid it was a great night all the way around um so thanks for sticking in with me glad that you're glad that i'm so much better how are you feeling i realize i've spent this whole time talking about me that's not acceptable

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  • Bumperpodcast #179: Airport

    Bumperpodcast #179: Airport

    Natty Bumpercar is at an airport and wants to tell you all about his day … He is also coming off the flu – so – it might not make much sense.

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

    Sense is for sensible folk!

    About This Episode

    In episode #179 of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar records from a terrible airport restaurant while waiting for his flight. Dealing with the flu, last-minute travel packing, and a particularly difficult parenting moment, Natty shares the story of missing his four-year-old's field trip and the heartbreaking conversation that followed. Between navigating distant airport parking lots, fire alarms in the bathroom, and questionable shrimp decisions, Natty reflects on the chaos of modern travel and the guilt that comes with work-life balance. This candid, solo episode captures the humor in everyday disasters and the universal experience of feeling like everything is falling apart at once.

    Memorable Quotes

    “He looked more hurt and let down and sad than I think he ever has with me before and so it was one of those parenting moments you know it was just like daddy has to go to work.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The thing is is I got a flu shot so you know what I shouldn't have the flu but I do and I'm getting on an airplane so I'm guessing I'm gonna be sick for about another year.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm gonna eat some shrimp because why not get food poisoning before going on a business trip I think it's probably my best move.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #travel #parenting #airports #guilt #illness #work-lifebalance #comedy

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey there bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car and i am coming to you a little bit quiet today and that is because i am sitting in an airport but not just at an airport at a terrible restaurant in an airport because i forgot to eat food and my flight leaves in an hour and oh here comes the waitress hold on thank you very much and um so i figured now it's a good time to say hello to you because it is wednesday it's the day of bumper podcast here is me opening my straw oh yeah this is a big day so let me tell you a little about my day i got up early i uh missed a field trip uh the first time i've had to do that for my uh for baby bumper car now four-year-old bumper car and it was a terrible time around headquarters last night it was one of the most depressing times i've had in a while he looked uh more hurt and uh and let down and sad than i think he ever has with me before and so it was one of those parenting moments you know it was just like daddy has to go to work and i even like threw in i was just like daddy you know to get the food we have and to have the house that we have i did that to him he's four it didn't mean anything to him and so then i uh capitulated i was beaten down and what i went and did ended up doing was uh i was like do you want do you want me to get you a prize from wherever it is that i'm going because i can do that i can get you a surprise which he immediately goes to well what is it i don't know it's a surprise you know well what is it where are you getting it the place i'm going is i'll get it from there you know that general area that town and what it is i haven't seen it i'm not there i'm here so i don't know well what is it okay and this was about a half an hour back and forth so then but today everything was pretty fine he calmed down a little bit i calmed down a little bit uh i also have the flu because why wouldn't i be sick uh i'm at the tail end of it saturday i couldn't move it was one of those things i was laying down just waves washing over me with pains have you ever and but the thing is is i got a flu shot so you know what i shouldn't have the flu but i do um and i'm getting on an airplane so i'm guessing i'm gonna be sick for about another year um so then today drop him off at school uh drop the tiny one off at school i had to slather his face with uh uh neosporin because he's all sick and his face is all bloody yucky it's all raw it's so sad when babies aren't happy it's so sad but he's he's all right he's fine and so then i i went home and i i packed haven't been on an airplane in a couple years so it's kind of exciting but i'm also uh constantly thinking i'm forgetting stuff um but so far so good i got to the airport i went to the uh the overnight parking and found out that it was gonna cost me fifty dollars and i said no no i want your cheapest i'll have your cheapest parking good sir and so then off i drove about four miles away like down roads that weren't even roads and every so often a sign would come up and say um yeah sure there's a parking lot down here and i'm a believing fellow a chap so all i went and i got there got on the bus came to the proper airline and um and i got in everything's great and then i went i went had to go potty because i went to the bathroom and i was in there and the fire alarm went off and i mean the most painful thing ever like ears popping painful and uh it was me and there were three other guys in there and uh they all we all looked at each other and shrugged our shoulders because that's what you do in social situations for instance i had two tables down from me but this kid just looked over at me because i'm recording something so i'm talking to myself and uh he shrugged again because again the shrug is the universal hey what's going on i don't know i don't do you know what's going on i have no idea so now i'm in a terrible restaurant i got an hour and 25 minutes before my flight i'm gonna eat some shrimp because why not get food poisoning before going on a business trip i think it's probably my best move and um i've been caught up you know my day better than i do so i hope you have a good day and that you're not at an airport bye

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