Tag: Computer

  • Bumperpodcast 124 – Missed Opportunity

    Bumperpodcast 124 – Missed Opportunity

    This is officially the first “What could have been” Bumperpodcast of the year … You see – we were going to talk about kittens and squirrels – and then the big computer broke – and then the little computer wouldn’t accept the audio doo-hickey – and then I went and took a long bath.

    I think that something was recorded … I am considering just making vinyl records of all of these and mailing them to listeners …. Or – writing everything out with ghost ink.

    Have you ever made a vinyl record or written in ghost ink? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and maybe we’ll hire you.

    You could live in a cave!!

     


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar battles technical difficulties after recording what he claims was a phenomenal episode about kittens that was lost to corrupted audio. The recording sounded like garbled computer noises instead of his stories about kittens playing with rainbows and eating honey. After witnessing the magical performance, Robot, Reindeer, and others left depressed when the recording failed. Natty desperately troubleshoots by unplugging wires and switching computers, eventually recording on a laptop in his lap. He laments missing the chance to share his kitten and squirrel stories, joking about mobile podcast recording and police officers becoming unwitting stars of the show.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I literally i took the headphones off and i said it's gold and i walked out of the room and everyone just stared at me and they were just like we just witnessed something that was magical”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I was like oh kittens are awesome kittens play with rainbows kittens love to eat honey i don't know you know i was just talking about kittens”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The police pulled me over several times to tell me hey no more recording your mobile bumper podcast and then I say but officer now you're a star”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #technicaldifficulties #kittens #recordingproblems #comedy #metahumor #technology #podcasting

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: all right so this is supposed to be the dawn of a new age remember we were having audio problems a couple of weeks ago and so then today i went to record the bumper podcast and i actually recorded this phenomenal one about kittens so you're missing that and i feel bad because i recorded it and i literally i took the headphones off and i said it's gold and i walked out of the room and everyone robot was here at the time reindeer was here uh the baby was here like everyone they just stared at me and they were just like he we just witnessed something that was magical like i was effervescent i was on i was on top of my game i was over the top it was phenomenal and so then i went back to listen to it and here's how it sounded me

    Robot: me me me and i was like

    Natty Bumpercar: i'm pretty sure that i because i have a memory that lasts for at least five minutes and i remembered that when i recorded the podcast that it didn't sound like that that i wasn't speaking in computer ease i don't i don't speak it i can understand i you know it's one of those things where if i'm like oh and then i can be like oh no that's on a computer i know what they're you know i know they're at least oh they're talking about me because i can tell because they're pointing and laughing but i don't necessarily know what they're saying but i know i don't yarn are saying but i didn't sound like that i was like oh kittens are awesome kittens play with rainbows kittens love to eat honey i don't know you know i was just talking about kittens like me was the saddest thing ever me that's why no one's here right now because everyone left because they were so depressed so i know they couldn't do it right now i'm like i'm like yeah i'm loves a can軍 straight as fuck well so i'm not going to give up the song because army is deadindi on the egy dragon just to say all right there was going to german and then they all're gone but for me so then I go and I start messing with wires and unplugging and plugging and all that stuff and then I don't even think my computer can do it anymore I think it's so sad and old that it can't even record the bumper podcast so then I moved this other computer and it's in my lap and that's weird it's a it's a whole it's a different thing that we're doing I guess with this lap computer so I don't know it's a little different it's certainly not a it's not the kitten day it was supposed to be and not only that there was a story about squirrels I was literally talking about kittens and squirrels and now all I've done for the past two and a half minutes is meank about uh wires and microphones I thought I was gonna go have to buy new stuff I can't buy new stuff new stuff is expensive and then we would have just had uh mobile bumper podcasts for a while and nobody likes those especially the police you they've pulled me over several times to tell me hey you no more recording your mobile bumper podcast and then I say but officer now you're you know you're a star

  • Bumperpodcast #24 – 2010!

    Bumperpodcast #24 – 2010!

    Robot comes in and cracks the code that is coming up on my computer. Then he sticks around for the fun.

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    About This Episode

    In episode 24 of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar discovers his computer is displaying "2010" and refuses to believe a new year has arrived. When Robot attempts to help and confirms the date change, Natty becomes defensive and argumentative. The chaos escalates as Natty questions Robot's helpfulness and even brings up podcast analytics, comparing Robot's episodes to those featuring other characters like Emerson. This confused and comedic exchange showcases Natty's stubborn personality and his complicated relationship with his robotic assistant.

    Memorable Quotes

    “what i'm supposed to believe all of a sudden that it's what 2010 i don't think that's even true i have calendars around my house”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “i've seen the numbers come in and when emerson's on everyone loves it when robots on uh not quite as much what are we gonna do about that”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #newyear #technology #computers #confusion #denial #robots #podcastanalytics

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh what in the world something's wrong with my computer ah hey robot get in here you better get in here right now robot i've got a computer problem look at it look at it look at it look at it look at it over here in the corner it says two oh one oh i don't even know what that means is that some sort of code don't call me silly robot oh duh robot so what i'm supposed to believe all of a sudden that it's what 2010 i don't think that's even true i have calendars around my house

    Robot: i know sir i put them up for you am i a good robot

    Natty Bumpercar: i think you're a robot who's trying to maybe change the subject a little bit why are you trying to bring it on to you why is it always about you robot and besides don't you think that if there if the year was different that maybe i would have some sort of acknowledgement recognition of it knowledge i always get so what i don't like talking to you robot i don't like talking to you robot

    Robot: are you quite done talking now because i don't know if you picked up on this robot but when i sat

    Natty Bumpercar: down at my computer i was doing what i'm supposed to be doing on a wednesday and what's that it's of course yep well i like to think that it was but i've seen the uh the numbers come in and when emerson's on everyone loves it when robots on uh not quite as much what are we gonna do about that you can't even think

    Robot: a calendar he doesn't even know what

    Natty Bumpercar: and you know what after all this i'm not even sure if i know what all this is bumper podcast 201