Tag: Conversation

  • Bumperpodcast #146 – Brains

    Bumperpodcast #146 – Brains

    Bumpercar loses his brain … Then – he tries to have a conversation with it – and – the eventualities skeeve everyone out.

    Have you ever talked to your brain? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – brains are good!

    Hooray for brains!!!


    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar returns to the Bumperpodcast after a two-week absence due to computer problems, and immediately launches into a hilariously absurd monologue about his brain leaving his head. In this solo episode, Natty contemplates the logistics of how his brain would return to his skull, becoming increasingly grossed out by his own imagination. The stream-of-consciousness storytelling takes listeners on a wild ride through Natty's bizarre thought processes, complete with sound effects and self-commentary. By the end, he's contemplating labeling the episode "too yuck for comfort" and asking listeners how they handle situations with "too much yuck."

    Memorable Quotes

    “I need a technical genius this is what i was trying to say but i don't know what i was i don't know where my brain went right there”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm gonna have to ask you to climb back up into my head like through my nose i guess i don't know how it's gonna work out”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I might as well just put a label on this thing that says like too gross for comfort too yuck for comfort too yuck for you for me too yuck too much yuck”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #streamofconsciousness #imagination #absurdisthumor #technicaldifficulties #brain #self-awareness #comedy #monologue

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: all right well if it's the bumper podcast she be looking for then it's the bumper podcast that she have found welcome one and all it's me natty bumper car and i'm coming at you live and in person am i yelling a little bit i feel like i am why i'm gonna blame it on the humidity is that something you can even do i don't know is this like why is grandma yelling all the time well there's a lot of clouds in the sky so you know no i don't know i think i'm just yelling because i'm so excited i haven't seen you guys in a couple of weeks seriously computer problems again i need some sort of technical technical genius i need a technical genius this is what i was trying to say but i don't know what i was i don't know where my brain went right there and if you do please draw me a map so that i can go and look because i want to wait there for the next time my brain goes there so i could be waiting and i can hide and i can sneak out and i can be all like boo what up brain and it can be all like bumper car you know you were coming over here and i could be like brain what are you doing here man and i'll be like man brain you talk really interestingly i mean i'm not gonna say like weird or bad or whatever but like you know like get with the program i'm not gonna be able to sit and hang out and have a proper conversation with you brain if all you can do is make like weird squishy noises and be all like it's too much it's too much to ask i appreciate you hanging out with me but now i'm gonna have to ask you to climb to climb back up into my head like through my nose i guess i don't know how it's gonna work out i don't even want to think about it i'm probably going to throw this episode away because i'm so skeeved out at the thought of my brain getting back into my head which is weird because i'm not going to be able to do that because i'm not going to be able to do that because I never even thought it strange for a moment that my brain had left my head to go somewhere else like that made perfect sense to me like oh well yeah of course my brain's gonna leave my head every so often why wouldn't it isn't that something that brains do well hey bumper car let's take this logic full circle and see what we come around with oh the brain's got to get back in your head at some point and then what happens oogie oogie ucky yucky thank you very much I apologize if I have totally ruined everyone's day with an oogie ucky yucky story I might as well just put a label on this thing that says like too gross for comfort too yuck for you for me too yuck too much yuck ladies and gentlemen have you ever been in a situation where there was too much yuck and I'm asking you as a friend natty bumper car to my bumper podcast pals what did you do in this situation did you run was it fight or flight did you just like walk away or did you just put your hands on your ears and go la la la la la

  • Bumperpodcast 90 – Happy as a Clam

    Bumperpodcast 90 – Happy as a Clam

    Natty Bumpercar is like a bubbly glass of bubbly on today’s episode of the Bumperpodcast. You could even say that he is as happy as a clam … I would definitely say that – if I knew what I was talking about.

    Maybe you’ll be able to figure out what we are talking about on the Bumperpodcast … and if you do – please let us know at Bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.


    About This Episode

    In episode 90 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar rides an unexpected wave of good mood on a glorious summer day at Coffee Can Alley headquarters. Without caffeine, breakfast, or exercise, Natty finds himself inexplicably energetic and happy as a clam—which leads to a hilarious existential pondering about what exactly makes clams so happy. The episode takes a comedic turn as Natty explores the phenomenon of people who confidently make things up in conversations, from fictional car facts to imaginary blimp-based transportation systems of the 1910s. With his signature improvisational style, Natty riffs on the social dynamics of calling out misinformation and why the truth-teller often becomes the bad guy.

    Memorable Quotes

    “We're only 15 seconds in and all the business is done now we can just have fun what do you think of that pretty energetic i know did i eat breakfast no did i have some caffeine no i haven't did i go for a jog that's exercise”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Happy as a clam by the way bumper podcast why are clams so happy what is it that i can learn from a clam that i don't have in my life right now”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Sometimes i start talking and then i hear what i'm saying and i realize i really don't know what i'm saying”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #happiness #clams #conversation #misinformation #socialdynamics #improvisation #summer

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: ladies and gentlemen boys and girls my name is natty bumper car it is a glorious summer day here at headquarters in coffee can alley you're listening to the bumper podcast of course boom bam look we're only 15 seconds in and all the business is done now we can just have fun what do you think of that pretty energetic i know did i eat breakfast no did i have some caffeine no i haven't did i go for a jog that's exercise i think by now you should know i don't do that so why why natty bumper car why are you in such a good mood i don't know literally seconds before uh the bumper podcast started and i started recording i i i could have gone the other way i could have gone miserable i could have gone angry but instead for some reason like an effervescent uh bubbly uh glass of bubbly look at me right now happy as a clam by the way bumper podcast why are clams so happy what is it that i can learn from a clam that i don't have in my life right now that would make me i mean other than right now because we established that i'm pretty happy right now but what i want to know when people say happy as a clam what does that i mean like what clams just they they they i don't i was gonna say they sit but i don't even know if they sit or if they're just laying there like just kind of they just they're just there in the silt in the dirt in this in the you know the sand clams i don't really know where clams are now that i start saying things sometimes i start talking and then i hear what i'm saying and i realize i really don't know what i'm saying and a lot of people what they do when you'll you'll talk to people you're in a conversation and they'll say things and they're they're uh just making stuff up as they go they're

    Unknown: hey i'm in a conversation i'm just talking about this thing what's that oh of course that car is the fastest car in the streets don't you know this car is slow it's over here i gotta do what i do

    Natty Bumpercar: and if you like here's the thing they don't know what they're talking about right they're like oh yeah look at that i'm talking about this thing i'm talking about this thing i'm talking about this thing

    Unknown: you guys know that in the 1910s that the blimp the blimp is how everybody traveled nobody even

    Natty Bumpercar: had cars back then it was uh the blimp and then the model t came and took over for the blimp hey that's not true but here's the weird thing in society is if this person is standing there talking to you garbage talking ridiculous talking silly and then you're the one who comes and you're like i'm pretty sure that's not true well guess who gets in trouble bumper car that's who