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  • Bumperpodcast #210 – Under New Management

    Bumperpodcast #210 – Under New Management

    Natty Bumpercar is excited to have a normal episode of the Bumperpodcast – and is excited when his new manager comes in to make a visit – until everything breaks.

    Can you manage us? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com


    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar's plans for a normal, relaxed show are quickly derailed when Rufus T. Rufus appears claiming to be his new manager. Rufus represents the management company "Rufus, Rufus and Rufus" and insists that Natty signed papers making him a client. What starts as a discussion about rebranding Natty as "Bumpy Sparkly Pants" and bringing advertising to the podcast quickly turns suspicious when Rufus reveals his management services aren't free. As Natty asks to see the contract, he discovers an elaborate bureaucratic maze involving no computers, certified mail, and months of waiting. The episode escalates into comedic chaos as Natty realizes he's trapped in a scam, with Rufus threatening to own everything from Bumpercar Headquarters to Natty's website if he tries to break the contract.

    Memorable Quotes

    “We are masters of disaster when it comes to entertainment and we are going to take you to the top of the mountain my friend”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “I am getting less and less happy with this situation this whole thing it's more of a scam than I ever imagined it was going to be”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “We don't use computers we don't believe in them we feel like they are the devil's beast”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    Topics: #management #scams #contracts #advertising #business #comedy

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey everybody it's me natty bumper car and this is the bumper podcast i am so excited because today it's just going to be a normal episode it's going to be me talking to you telling you some funny stories you know catching up on stuff just normal basic bumper podcast nothing crazy i to say oh come on people don't seem to understand it so we're gonna change your name we're gonna call you bumpy sparkly pants or something that's the worst name i've ever heard in my life that was just off the top of my head well try harder and also i want to bring uh advertising to this podcast now i'm actually interested in that yeah that's good it's a good idea i thought so so all right the name thing clearly is not gonna happen uh because my name is my name and uh secondly i don't remember having a management company you signed the paper who did you say you were well i'm with rufus rufus and rufus and my name is uh rufus i'm the rufus in the middle you understand there's daddy rufus there's uh granddaddy rufus and that's me i don't know how i ended up in the middle you should be in the end the board says the sign says okay business cards say we are masters of disaster when it comes to entertainment and we are going to take you to the top of the mountain my friend all right well okay real quick i just want to confirm if it's a sign or a business card and it says rufus rufus and rufus you can just say you're at the end no one's gonna yeah no one's gonna know the difference i don't lie about things son i'm just saying you know it's just something to think about um i get you said i signed papers indubitably okay yeah got dotted line i well what so i i'm a little taken aback here i've never had management before i don't know what to do with it i don't know what to do with you i do like the idea about advertising i think that's probably a great idea pay some of the bills around here my friend well son now that's one of the things i wanted to talk to you about you understand management companies do not come for free oh seriously are you serious exactly come on you gots to pay to earn oh understand you gots to spend money to make money if you want to see the scrooge mcduck full of coins i do you gotta make sure that i get my money too okay this is a total scam so here's our plan all right it's a several point plan how many points is it i just want to make sure several let's just live with that okay all right i i like a plan and i like that there's several points i don't like that i owe you money already for something i'm not too keen on that whole thing so do you have the paperwork that i evidently signed with you do you have it or can you get it can you and of course can you did you email it to like i want the paper so that i can read what's happening we don't use computers we don't believe in them we feel like they are the devil's beast all right what we do is we have you sign one copy one copy goes in our vault okay and then it is there for safe keeping perfect and so if you ever need it i can always gain access to it okay that makes sense exactly however it does take uh you have to write a letter right handwrite all right send it to us via certified mail make sure that it has been stamped properly that's a lot of hoops you're making me jump through proper posted okay makes sense got a return address in there wow envelope yeah and then we've got a lot of we will fit we will get you your paper it's going to take two to three months in which time you would have incurred that many fees what you understand this is no this is several several dollars that we're talking about right up front i know i am getting less and less happy with this situation this whole thing it's more of a scam than i ever imagined it was going to be i think i want to break the contract you cannot do that sir i will i will own everything i will own headquarters i will own oh the your name okay your website i will own everything it will be mine rufus rufus and rufus will not be taken down my friend you understand well this certainly escalated quickly now didn't it

  • Bumperpodcast 75 – Weekend Fun!

    Bumperpodcast 75 – Weekend Fun!

    Since the website is more than moderately broken, we decided to treat you with a special early in the week edition of the Bumperpodcast!

    We even have a new weekend reporter – and – maybe Robot shows up as well … on today’s Bumperpodcast!


    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar launches a new Monday morning format, but things immediately go off the rails. The website is broken and Snowflake is malfunctioning, but that doesn't stop Natty from introducing his new weekend reporter, Aloysious J. Pig. When both Pig and Robot start talking over each other in the cramped studio, chaos ensues. Pig waves around a contract while Natty desperately tries to maintain control by turning off microphones. The episode captures the hilariously chaotic energy of too many personalities in one small space, with tensions rising over who's really on whose team and who deserves to be heard.

    Memorable Quotes

    “everybody stop talking i'm talking right now it's me”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “this is supposed to be our first monday show it's no there's no reason for people to what for people”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “who's who's on your team oh we're on teams now is it pig or is it me”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #mondays #workplacechaos #contracts #friendship #studiocomedy #technicaldifficulties

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: so it's monday obviously to me it might not be obvious to you because i don't know when you're listening to this we've been over this before i have no control over that but the website's totally broken and you might not even realize it but it is like look snowflake's all screwed up we can't even really make a new snowflake so what we decided to do was we were going to give you this fun monday morning bumper podcast and it's like it's a whole new fun thing it's got different music it's monday for me let's not dwell on that maybe and what i did was i decided i'd bring in my new weekend reporter so do i do i just start talking yeah that's right hey it's me you may not know but he's big around headquarters ladies and gentlemen let's meet it's pig you it's hard everybody stop talking i'm talking right now it's me yeah well i'm talking too it's me pig okay fine it's pig yeah there i am so hey bumps hey would you stop talking you don't invite somebody into your studio i understand it to be your studio headquarters is yours well i was talking a robot yeah oh good maybe what we need around here is a little bit more oh i don't know sharing hey robot what do you know what's a shaking what are you doing huh this is just perfect exactly bumper car perfect no i'm just saying it's perfect indeed all right both of you i just turned your microphones off this is supposed to be our first monday show it's no there's no reason for people to what for people

    Aloysious J. Pig: wait i turned

    Natty Bumpercar: i thought i had turned your microphone off well maybe you didn't turn mine off yeah i'm back now it's you yeah it's me pig you have the floor mr pig well okay perfect because what i've got here bumper car is a whole stack it's a con contract remember when you had me signed this contract as your weekend reporter first off first off first off there's absolutely no reason to throw things like it's a very tight space yeah i understand and very expensive equipment as well come on oh come on so i'm looking at you robot you're very expensive i don't want you to get broken what's that we'll pig through something so i'm just saying who's who's on your team oh we're on teams now is it pig or is it me i don't that's right i'm your best friend