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  • Bumperpodcast #156 – Spiraling

    Bumperpodcast #156 – Spiraling

    I think that we get stuck in a peanut butter circle of a whirlwind on this episode of the Bumperpodcast.

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

    Because we are the master of the circle!

    About This Episode

    In episode 156 of the Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar enthusiastically greets his listeners and contemplates a major change to the show. Natty playfully muses about turning the podcast into a daily program starting in 2013, though he quickly second-guesses whether that might be too much work or cause him to repeat himself. He teases an upcoming mailbag segment featuring listener correspondence, encouraging fans to write in to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com with their thoughts about the show and its characters. The episode showcases Natty's characteristic rambling, friendly style as he expresses how much he misses his audience between episodes and considers Wednesdays a personal holiday because of the podcast.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Maybe i should just do a daily show and that way i'll get over the whole missing you thing because i'll be here every day and you'll be here every day and then it'll be like we're never apart ever”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You like the show you don't like the show you like pig you don't like pig no one likes robot we get that”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “For me every wednesday is like a holiday because it's the bumper podcast and i get to hang out with you guys”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #podcasting #listenermail #comedy #dailyshow #holidays #friendship #rambling

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well if it isn't my old friend my old pal my old buddy my old chum the bumper podcast hi it's me natty bumper car how are you guys doing i've missed you i always say i missed you maybe i should just do a daily show and that way i'll get over the whole missing you thing because i'll be here every day and you'll be here every day and then it'll be like we're never apart ever how much fun does that sound like a whole mountain full of fun i agree okay it is settled then starting sometime in 2013 i'm guessing we're gonna start really every single day oh man that sounds like work it sounds like a lot of work i don't know will you guys get sick of me will i just keep repeating myself over and over again what well well well if it isn't my old pal my old buddy my old chum the bumper podcast i've missed you wait do you guys miss me too um i should start doing i can't remember how it went i thought i was gonna like actually repeat the whole thing and then i got confused and i stopped repeating and here we are babbling babbling brook maybe i should change my name to book book wow doing well today doing good doing fine how are you are you excited about the holidays is it even the holidays where you are uh for me every wednesday is like a holiday because it's the bumper podcast and i get to hang out with you guys and we get to chit chat about what you want to chit chat about uh i've actually i've got a stack of mail that's been coming in not gonna do it today just wanted to you know get you excited and i'm gonna do it today so i'm gonna do it today about the mail get you thinking about the mail and maybe make you wonder why you're not in this pile of mail like why haven't i wrote in anything to the bumper podcast is he gonna even mention me no well no if i if you haven't written anything then i i won't be mentioning you that's kind of part of the process you know you send me uh some sort of correspondence you like the show you don't like the show you like pig you don't like pig no one likes robot we get that uh and then i maybe i'll read it off i don't know uh what's the emails bumper podcast at nattybumpercar.com pretty simple you know and we love to hear from you it makes our day makes our week makes our year makes our month you know why well well well it's because you you guys are my buddies you guys are my pals you guys are my chums and and it's you know because i miss you what i was thinking is that maybe we should start doing a daily show deja vu

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  • Bumperpodcast #154 – Thanksgiving

    Bumperpodcast #154 – Thanksgiving

    It is officially Thanksgiving – and Natty Bumpercar is visited by his pal Turkey.

    Do you love talking birds? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – Because sometimes – they make us nervous!

    About This Episode

    In this Thanksgiving episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar welcomes back Turkey, who made memorable appearances the previous year. Turkey has returned with something special to share—a traditional Thanksgiving turkey song that turkeys supposedly sing to express their gratitude during the holiday season. Despite some comedic interruptions and mic mishaps, Natty attempts to facilitate Turkey's musical performance instead of his usual Thanksgiving gratitude segment. The episode features the playful banter and improvisational chaos that Bumperpodcast fans have come to expect, building up to Turkey's much-anticipated song about what turkeys are thankful for.

    Memorable Quotes

    “This is a real coup. I a little joke. Sorry.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm going to turn your mic back on because you being off mic just sounds even more terrible somehow than you being on mic.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #thanksgiving #gratitude #music #tradition #holidays #comedy

    Featuring: Turkey, Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Turkey: Oh

    Natty Bumpercar: Hi there turkey, what's going on? How you doing buddy buddy pal? Uh-huh And how's the family? Wonderful, that's phenomenal Okay. Well, hey everybody. It's me Natty bumper car. And this is my pal turkey. Maybe you remember from last year We had a few episodes of excitement. What's gonna happen to Turkey? Exactly, that's what happened. That was a very good Recap of what happened. It was very quick very succinct. I think people like that All right, well they had perfect so thanks for stopping by Turkey Are you wanting to stick around? All right. I figured you were just gonna drop in and say hi. No You really have a lot to say I was good, no, I was gonna All right Turn your mic off Exactly gone. Thanks, Turkey. Hey, so Natty bumper car bumper podcast. It's our big Thanksgiving episode and Oh Are you serious? Are you just going to? All right. Really? Rethinking the whole pardon that I gave you last year, turkey. All right. Okay, get back. I'm going to turn your mic back on because you being off mic just sounds even more terrible somehow than you being on mic. Perfect. You're back. All right. Can I? All right. Oh, you have a song you want to sing? Is it like a traditional turkey song? A traditional Thanksgiving turkey song where you tell everyone what turkeys are thankful for at the Thanksgiving season. I didn't even know that existed. Okay. Do I need to set anything up? I mean, it's just that. It's a song that turkey. Sing at Thanksgiving to show everyone what they are thankful for. Well, this is this is a real coup. I a little joke. Sorry. Yeah. Okay. So I guess if everyone's ready, I'm going to skip ahead. I'm not going to do my normal bumper podcast Thanksgiving thing where I tell everybody what I'm thankful for. I even ask what you guys are thankful for or, you know, point some things out in the world that maybe we should be thankful for this year. We're going to do something slightly different. We're going to sing a song. Turkey is going to sing a song. All right. Here ready it goes. A one a two a one two three.

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  • Bumperpodcast #153 – Cranky Old Man

    Bumperpodcast #153 – Cranky Old Man

    The Bumperpodcast is invaded by a cranky old man who rants and raves about how the deer have eaten all of his tomatoes …

    Also, Bumpercar has gone bananas.

    Do you eat tomatoes with deer? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – Because deer are fun to eat with!

    And tomatoes are tasty!

    About This Episode

    In this hilarious episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar wakes up with frozen toes, prompting Rufus T. Rufus to launch into an extended, rambling complaint that sounds like a curmudgeonly old man. Rufus rants about everything from potholes in his lawn and deer eating his tomatoes to his congressman, year-round schooling, and nighttime baseball. His ever-shifting accent and stream-of-consciousness grievances create a comedic tour de force as he threatens to move to another island where accents aren't questioned. This improvised character work showcases the show's signature absurdist humor and spontaneous puppet comedy.

    Memorable Quotes

    “i woke up this morning and wiggled my toes but i couldn't quite wiggle them because they was frozen”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “last night a deer came up and ate all of ethel and eyes you tomatoes and so now you know we're supposed to be having salad”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “i'm gonna move to another island one where people's accents aren't questioned and don't change repeatedly over the course of three minutes or so”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    Topics: #complaining #oldmancharacter #deer #tomatoes #baseball #improvisation #charactervoices

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Rufus T. Rufus

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: whoa i woke up this morning and wiggled my toes but i couldn't quite wiggle them because they was frozen

    Rufus T. Rufus: oh bumper podcast if we're gonna call that a new character if we're gonna call that a new character we're gonna call that one the one uh that makes uh bumper cars throat hurt a lot in fact it makes me sound like this and i feel like i should be complaining about the potholes in front of my lawn and uh last night a deer came up and ate all of ethel and eyes you tomatoes and so now you know we're supposed to be having salad the doctor said that it would make us feel better and i can't eat just a lettuce salad i need a tomato in it a ripe juicy plump tomato guess what the deer came onto my lawn around the potholes and ate up all of my tomatoes and so what am i saying what am i supposed to do? i ask you congressman that i voted for that i put into office i am going to ask the poems that i wrote for these this reading is not for the questioning i just don't want to wait for any goings versusいます are you a color? right i mean that was your lie yeah you are just aXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX5XXXXXXXpekt matter only as opposed to it to my doorstep every morning i'd appreciate it and i think that school should be uh year round and i think that baseball should never be played at night because i get very worried at night when i can't see the moon so if there's a full moon then i'll go outside and i can watch baseball and eat a tomato sandwich but if there's not then i suppose i'm gonna have to just stay here under my blankets wondering what everyone else is making a ruckus about when i know in fact that the ruckus that they're making is because there are deer that are on my lawn walking around the potholes and eating up all my tomatoes i tell you what it's too much for me to handle i can't live like this i'm gonna move to another island one where people's accents aren't questioned and don't change repeatedly over the course of three minutes or so

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  • Bumperpodcast #150 – Hooray

    Bumperpodcast #150 – Hooray

    Holy cans of beans and greens! It is the official one hundred and fiftieth episode of the Bumperpodcast – and – it comes with a fun co-host that we haven’t heard in awhile … How fun is that?!

    Do you like fun? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we totally love fun!

    We love it!

    About This Episode

    In this milestone 150th episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar attempts to celebrate the achievement but faces constant interruptions from an uncooperative co-host who wants to watch cartoons and needs an ice pack. Natty struggles to maintain focus while the co-host repeatedly leaves and returns, eventually settling in a corner to watch TV instead of participating in the recording. Despite the chaos, Natty perseveres and calculates that 150 episodes equals over 450 minutes of content. The episode humorously captures the improvisational and absurd nature of the show as Natty tries to give the milestone episode the celebration it deserves while dealing with an extremely distracted companion.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I don't even know what an ice pack is i need some help bumper podcast if i'm gonna make it to the 150th thousandth episode”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Do you realize that if you added up every single bumper podcast from the beginning assuming that we're coming in at about three minutes a turn that means that we've recorded upwards of 450 minutes of awesome”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Co-host is in the corner watching cartoons evidently this is not interesting enough for me”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #milestone #celebration #chaos #comedy #behindthescenes #frustration #perseverance

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hello bumper podcast it's me netty bumper car and my co-host for that's exactly right i need to do it it's the 150th episode of the bumper podcast wow you are a wordy co-host i didn't know you were going to come in here and take over the whole show what are you talking about i want to watch piggy well we're not watching pig right now thank goodness we're doing we're recording the bumper podcast no yes why not you don't want it but it's 150th episode everyone's been waiting for weeks you want the ice pack here's the ice pack okay okay you leaving yeah you were a great host can you say goodbye to everybody bye everybody thanks a lot see you later co-host wow hey bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car i'm gonna come with you in just a second literally two minutes i'm gonna come with you but for right now i'm gonna do this okay can you wait please pretty please but that bumper podcast has been waiting for us emerson oh i don't even know what to do it's the 150th episode and we're so excited and this is the kind of rigmarole we're putting out there i know bumper podcast have you ever woken up two weeks has gone by and you realize that you haven't recorded your 150th episode and then you finally get a chance to record it and your co-host who you were so excited to introduce to the whole world uh wants an ice pack here's the thing i don't even know what an ice pack is i need some help bumper podcast if i'm gonna make it to the 150th thousandth episode 150 a thousand i don't think that's an actual uh oh boy i see what's happening now co-host is in the corner watching cartoons evidently this is not interesting enough for me to you know what i think i'm gonna have to find a different co-host here's the thing bumper podcast this is exciting it's a momentous mon momentous momentous day 150 episodes do you realize that if you added up every single bumper podcast from the beginning assuming that we're coming in at about three minutes a turn that means that we've recorded upwards of 450 minutes of awesome that's more awesome than that i'm gonna have to find a different co-host here's the thing bumper podcast than you could carry around and it went up in a satchel that's more awesome than you would ever want to put in a refrigerator because it wouldn't fit it's more awesome than it would take to go to the moon and back and you know why it's awesome because of you

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  • Bumperpodcast #148 – Eeyore

    Bumperpodcast #148 – Eeyore

    Bumpercar is feeling a bit Eeyore this week – but – there is one thing in the world that will cheer him up … And that is YOU, Bumperpodcast.

    Thanks for being awesome.

    Did you know that you were awesome? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we are keeping track!

    Of all of the awesome!!

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