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  • Bumperpodcast #373 – Count On Me

    Bumperpodcast #373 – Count On Me

    On today’s Bumperpodcast, Natty tries to sing a song, and then he and pig discuss habitats …

    The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals!

    You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening!

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    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar and Aloysius J. Pig discuss the concept of habitats after Pig reveals he's been taking four or five bubble baths a day. Their conversation about whether habitats apply only to animals or also to inanimate objects like cheese and socks gets hilariously derailed when Rufus T. Rufus bursts in to promote his new counting business, "Count On Me." The gang workshops Rufus's questionable theme song before eventually giving up on their original habitat debate. This lighthearted episode features the characters' trademark improvisational humor and tangential conversations that somehow circle back to environmental awareness.

    Memorable Quotes

    “The habitat for cheese is my belly. You do love cheese you do love cheese a lot huh.”

    — Aloysius J. Pig

    “You can count on me, but you can't count on yourself. That's terrible.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “We're polluting our waters. Why would we do that? That's the animal's habitat. Oh, wait a minute. Now we're getting a thing where the habitats are fighting each other.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #habitats #environment #animals #bathing #businessideas #counting #songwriting #nature

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey Aloysius what what are you doing what you doing I'm not whatever you're doing I'm not doing you're singing a song you're singing why are you singing a song that's what we do now but it's not we just talk remember come on man no I'm not gonna because that's not how we operate sing your part I don't have a part fine okay to just talk to the people the way you normally talk to the people okay this hand clapping thing it's weird I don't it's not I mean it was a good beat thanks I'm not gonna lie to you I like it so anything new Aloysius anything you're up to any uh any anything at all nothing I can think of off the top of my head um you know I did I did walk around the uh the yard the other day and I saw um some flowers coming up oh that means spring is gonna happen yeah it means spring is gonna happen yeah I saw some bumblebees oh the sun was up in the sky I took a nap in the hammock haha hammock good one yeah like because you're a pig and it's like a hammock like hey what is what did the pig take a nap in it was a hammock I get it yeah I guess you get it yeah get it so uh that's what I've been up to you know a lot of sleeping a lot of napping uh a bath like four or five times a day bubble bath uh moisturize I don't want to get dry skin uh drinking a lot of water yeah it's good that's healthy you gotta drink you gotta hydrate you gotta stay hydrated you gotta you gotta drink a lot of water I like that you're taking a lot of baths um I was wondering though why our water bill was so high but now I know here's the thing pig if you um just you can just wash your your little hooves your hooves your hooves your hooves no they're hooves your hooves they are hooves come on look at them look at them look at these what are these what are these my hooves those are your hooves um I think maybe that I mean taking a bath once a day is great uh but maybe four times a day that's we're gonna use up all the bubbles uh and it's you know it's not great for the environment the fish needs somewhere to sleep and if you're taking all your baths then the fish aren't gonna have a home so that's that's not nice kind of like the people next to us we had a nice wooded lot and uh somebody came and where all the deer lived there were families and families of deer who would wave at us every morning on their way to work I remember one time the daddy deer he went out he was holding his a cup of deer coffee and he was buying he was picking up his deer newspaper he's he was still wearing his little deer robe and uh I was I was in the driveway and he looked over at me and he just kind of raised his little mug as if to say good morning good morning and then uh but then they took all the woods away and now the deer they've moved on to somewhere else they didn't even leave like a forwarding address so if we get their mail we can we don't even know where to send it so I don't what's the I don't understand the connection okay well yeah the point is I'm saying the deer had a habitat which is where animals live like habitat is is is what you would call an area where things live so for instance uh the habitat for rhinoceros might be uh in Africa right or the habitat for um I'm trying to think of a good example mosquitoes is Florida um the habitat for cheese is my belly ah you do love cheese you do love cheese a lot huh uh so that's like hay's habitat is in my because that's where hay lives right yeah I mean I yes yes yes uh no I think habitat is more for animals and not as much for things so like for instance my sock drawer is not the habitat for my socks I don't think but maybe we should find some sort of an expert that could uh could tell us all this stuff oh no well I say I say I say I heard that you was looking for an expert in something and anytime I hear the word expert I realize that I Rufus T. Rufus am being called to answer some sort of a question because I don't know if you know this but I am not just a lawyer but I am also a whiz at knowledge of things and I'm not just a lawyer but I am also a whiz at knowledge of things and I'm don't know if you wouldn't believe a buncha more easy things than this you know the first thing I do is I talk about you know STEEL and esta and stuff I know all sorts of things if you understand what I'm saying you know he's got a good point there Nattie uh Rufus he one time he I dropped a whole uh box of toothpicks and he looked down and he said 7 14 and I said what is that and he said that's how many toothpicks no are on the floor that's so it's a guess he guessed it doesn't mean okay but he's an expert like counter is what I'm saying he's good at counting no and count on him No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Listen, I… He's not an expert. Did you actually count the toothpicks when you picked them up, or did you just take his word for it? Because he's been known to fib every so often, or all the time. I regret that indubitably, because I never make stuff up. I may twist the truth from here to yonder, but I would never, ever make up a facsimile of the truth. And I do remember that day, Aloysius, that the toothpicks fell, and I counted them immediately on the floor, and I started up a new business on top of my law firm, and it's called Count On Me, because I can count things quickly. So if you have, let's say, a stack of nails, I can look at it, and I'll tell you how many nails you have. So if you have a job, and you know you need 173 nails, I can tell you if you've got 173 nails, or maybe you have 145 nails. That's not enough. You need 173. You can count on me. We have a theme song, too. Hold on one second. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. Because you can't count on yourself. But wait. No, you can't. That's terrible. But you can always count. Count on me. Okay. I'm trying to be nice. I'm thrilled that you have your own business, and it's a very specific business where you count things for people. And I'm amazed that people pay you for it. And I'm really impressed that you came up with a theme song, but I don't like in a theme song where you say you can't count on yourself. That doesn't seem very nice at all. I don't like how it… What that says. I think it's just, I think he was just trying to be catchy. Cause it's just like, you can count on me. You can count on, but you can't count on yourself. Yeah. I don't like it either. It's not nice. How about we could switch it up? Let's make that our exercise for today. Let's think of a better way to frame the argument. Not, not that it's an argument. We're not fighting or nothing. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. But you can't count on yourself. Count on yourself. I was going right back to the same thing. Yeah, see, you was going right back cause it's just a natural progression. You can count on me, but why do you need to count on me? Why can't you do it yourself? Maybe you're too busy. Ooh. Busy. Busy. That's it, that's it. Hold on one second. See, you can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. Because, or when. It's when you. Aren't too busy. So, you can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. When you get too busy, you can count on me. That sounds much nicer. You know what? I'm glad we workshopped this. I'm glad that we talked this through. I appreciate you guys. And if you ever need to count anything, you know what? You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. See you later, Rufus. Thanks for stopping by. Head on out. We'll see you later. Okay. We'll count on you. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. See you later. That was exciting. He didn't answer. The more exciting part. He didn't answer the question. You like said something and he appeared to give you some sort of knowledge and then he just disappeared, which means he's just kind of gone, which means we don't have to put up with him, which is amazing. Okay. That was a win-win for everything. What were we talking about before he came in here? I don't even remember. I don't even remember. I don't even remember. I don't even know. I think it had something to do with socks, environment, habitats. We were talking about habitats. That's what we were talking about. We were trying to figure out if habitats are just for living things like bears or pigeons, I guess, or if they can be for other things. Like, because I said cheese and then I said socks and you said hay for your sty. So he came, but he was talking about something completely different. And we never got even to ask him a question, and he left. So you know what? I think that we're just going to have to do some research and figure that out ourselves. What is a habitat? Who does it mean? Like, who does it stand for? Does it stand for animate objects, which are like living things or inanimate objects, too, which are like non-living things? Like, for instance, is the habitat for garbage? The, the, the, the landfill? I don't know. I know one place that is definitely not the habitat for garbage. That's the ocean. That's a big problem. We're polluting our waters. Why would we do that? That's the animal's habitat. Oh, wait a minute. Now we're getting a thing where the habitats are fighting each other. The garbage habitat versus the animal habitat. My mind is officially blown. Yeah, I'm going to go take a nap. My head hurts. This is too much thinking. We normally don't think quite this much on the Bumper Podcast. By the way, Natty, tell everybody who's new here, the Bumper Podcast-cateers, to go subscribe and like and rate the podcast because we love doing it, but we love to hear your feedback. And we take all your words very seriously, probably. That's me, Aloysius J. Pig. If you get bored on Facebook. If you go to Facebook. If you go to the official Natty Bumper Car Facebook page, we're going to be doing videos for the time being every day, little 15-minute videos, just to ease your boredom a little bit because, you know, we are kind of stuck inside, and so that'll be a fun thing to do. Maybe we'll learn something. I doubt it. Thanks, Pig. But maybe. It'll be fun. I promise. Good night, everybody. Night, Pig. So, yeah, I'm Natty Bumper Car. I'm a comedian. We make a family-friendly, fun podcast, and we want you to listen to it. You guys who listen, you're the Bumper Podcast Cateers, and I love you. You're awesome. Stay safe. Keep your hands clean. Get a lot of sleep. Drink a lot of water. Only take one bath a day. Okay? Okay. Perfecto. See you on the other side.

  • Bumperpodcast #143 – Bag of awesome!

    Bumperpodcast #143 – Bag of awesome!

    You just had a bag of awesome delivered directly to your doorstep … Can you even handle it? Yeah, today’s Bumperpodcast has numbers and bees and will rock your world.

    How many bags of awesome do you have? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we love to count!

    Bag of awesome!!!


    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 143, host Natty Bumpercar delivers a chaotic and hilarious monologue about prime numbers, terrible math jokes, and an unexpected encounter with a friendly bumblebee. Natty stumbles through explaining what prime numbers are, admits to being terrible at math jokes like "why was six afraid of seven," and then shares a bizarre story about driving to a show. While jamming out to music with his hand out the window, Natty gets painfully "high-fived" by a high-speed bumblebee, nearly causing a wreck. The episode showcases Natty's signature rambling style and ability to find humor in the most random everyday moments.

    Memorable Quotes

    “it's the day that the bumper podcast rolls up into your town into your driveway knocks on your door and gives you a bag of awesome”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “i saw that what it was is there was a bumblebee who would try to give me a high speed high five which is so nice”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #math #primenumbers #driving #music #bumblebees #comedy #storytelling

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: it goes a one two three and what's up bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car it's your favorite day of your life it's your favorite day of the week it's your favorite day of the month it's the day that the bumper podcast rolls up into your town into your driveway knocks on your door and gives you a bag of awesome hey don't walk away you forgot your bag of awesome here it is open it up enjoy it love it live it love it wait that probably was gonna be a good catchphrase but then i kind of fell apart there towards the end love it live it uh enjoy it i don't know we gotta have the marketing department work on that probably we're doing really great right up until we had that flub we had the bag of awesome we're rolling up into your town we counted up to three wait one it goes to one it goes to one two three yeah okay we gotta get up all up to three which is good you know i think uh three is one and three are prime numbers i think i don't really even know what that is but in my head it feels like that's something that's a truth i just told you if you take anything at all away from the bumper podcast today uh then please take prime numbers one and three two might no two is not two is divisible by one obviously wait three is divisible by one so that anyone know what prime numbers are why am i talking about math i don't know anything about math i know that numbers are fun and funny yeah because seven eight nine i wait six oh i don't do good at math number jokes i don't do good at them at all last night i was driving to this show right and i was listening to some music i was like jamming out i had the radio up and they were playing twofers back to numbers i know and i was like singing and i was like i'm driving somewhere i don't know where and i had my hand out of the window and i was doing that like that wave thing where like you're you have your hand flat and it's like doing like a little wave motion like it was a snake in the river like and then all of a sudden it was like bam something hit my hand and i was i almost had a wreck because i was it hurt so bad and it caught me by such a surprise i didn't know what was going on and i was like what in the what just ow like what happened what possibly ow and i was looking around and then i got the i looked in my uh my rear view mirror my rear view to see if i could figure out what had just happened you know meanwhile my hand is like throbbing in pain and then i saw that what it was is there was a bumblebee who would try to give me a high speed high five which is so nice like the place where i was going they literally had the nicest bumblebees that you would ever want to meet ever

  • Bumperpodcast 77 – Days!

    Bumperpodcast 77 – Days!

    What day is today and how long has it been since I got to listen to you talking to me … Or – the other way around … the other way around.

    Bumpercar tries to figure out the days of the week and gets excited about all of the new listeners – on this episode of the Bumperpodcast!

    Don’t forget to email me your questions, musings and whatnot at bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Hooray!


    About This Episode

    In episode 77 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar contemplates the gloomy weather and gets philosophical about the passage of time between episodes. Natty struggles to figure out exactly how many days are in a week and whether to count today when planning the next recording. The lovable puppet host also admits to going blank when asked direct questions about basic facts, even forgetting where shoes are supposed to be. The episode takes an exciting turn when Natty announces the show has gained a truckload of new listeners who have been sending in mail, leading to an enthusiastic mail call segment.

    Memorable Quotes

    “here's the thing you could come up to me and you could say bumper car what's your middle name and if you ask me a direct question like that blank”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “we've been getting a lot more listeners lately a ton a whole truckload of listeners of the bus backed up and it dumped in more listeners than we ever could have believed”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #weather #time #counting #daysoftheweek #memory #listeners #mail

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well bumper podcast if it isn't you here today it's so great to see you it's like we've been having this weather lately it's been so gray so cloudy so rainy so terrible and i've been like just sitting here staring out the window and thinking when will i ever see the bumper podcast again how can i even make it until next week it's a long time for me like a whole week now here's something that's confusing to me how many days are there in a week there's seven days in a week right everybody knows that there's lunes martes miércoles jueves viernes sábado y domingo those are seven days of the week right so if i'm recording this today how does it work does it mean that i won't talk to you again for seven days or is it since we're already at today does it is it meaning that i'll talk to you in six days is what i'm trying to figure out if i'm supposed to include today in the count because i mean i i'm talking to you today and if i i don't have a calendar near me but so like so today so we'll say today is uh wednesday we'll just say that and it doesn't have to be but it might be uh and i'm talking to you and so then the next time i'm going to talk to you we'll say it's wednesday that's one thursday two wait oh wait sab sabado monday i'm neither good at counting nor necessarily am i very good at uh days of the week i'm not very not good here's the thing you could come up to me and you could say bumper car what's your middle name and if you ask me a direct question like that blank hey bumper car how old are you blank hey bumper car where where are your shoes i have no idea if the shoes aren't where they're supposed to be who am i to know where they are who am i am i supposed to know these things i don't think so i have to deal with these things we should get back on point bumper podcast because today it's a very special day to me hopefully it'll be a special day to you you hear that we've been getting a lot more listeners lately a ton a whole truckload of listeners of the bus backed up and it dumped in more listeners than we ever could have believed and they've been sending their mail in that's what this paper noise was that you just heard look at all this paper we've got mail call we've got mail

    Unknown: call we've got mail phone bill wet clinics we've got tickets we've got bsvfin thank you thank you and i'll see you next time

  • Bumperpodcast 67 – Inun-crazy!

    Bumperpodcast 67 – Inun-crazy!

    Robot sneekily starts off the show by grabbing the mic while Natty Bumpercar is otherwise involved. Watch the sparks fly when Natty finds out!

    Headquarters is getting packed and everyone is a little inundated.

    Just take a deep breath and count to at least 2 or 3 …


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar is in the middle of moving headquarters when Robot decides to start recording without permission. Stressed and overwhelmed with packing boxes, Natty discovers Robot has taken over the podcast on a busy Wednesday. Robot earnestly tries to help by asking what he can do to make Natty's life easier, only to immediately ask if he can take a nap instead. The comedic tension builds as the frazzled Natty struggles to even count to three and hilariously loses patience with his well-meaning but oblivious robotic companion.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I'm going to take a deep breath and count as high as I can count, which is, I think… Three, three, three. I can count. I can count to at least two.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Is there anything that I can do to make your life easier? Because that's what I'm here for… Do you mind if Robot goes and takes a little nap?”

    — Robot

    “You're driving me up the wall, Robot! You're absolutely driving me up the wall today!”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #moving #stress #chaos #friendship #helping #patience #workplacecomedy

    Featuring: Robot, Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Robot: Hello, everybody, it's me, Robot, Matty, but the car is moving things, and so he said that I can't…

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, hey, Robot, what… Get away from him. Come on, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away. Okay, see you later. Talky words, talky words. I'm just like, move this box, pack this box, move this thing, do this thing, and then I come in here to this place, headquarters, soon-to-be-headquarters-old, okay, I'm just going to hold it together, soon-to-be-headquarters-old, and find that Robot is recording a bumper podcast. Yes, I understand it's Wednesday, and my plan was to move a lot of stuff and then to get to it a little bit later, and…

    Robot: What, are you serious? You're coming back? I have a question, I have a very important question, I have a very serious and very important question that I want to ask you, and I want to… Stop!

    Natty Bumpercar: Stop talking.

    Robot: Well, I never will.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, okay, maybe I was a little… I apologize. Robot, I'm sorry. Yes, that's okay. I'm going to take a deep breath and count as high as I can count, which is, I think… Three, three, three. I can count. I can count to at least two. Three. Sometimes a three, if it's on a good day. Good day. And now, Robot, I say I'm sorry, and I allow you to take the mic. Oh, okay, well, I… Oh, I forgot to count to three.

    Robot: God, it's such a hard day today. I can't even remember to count to three. Mighty bumper car, what I, Robot, was going to ask you was, is there anything that I can do to make your life easier? Well… Because that's what I'm here for. I'm here to help you and make everything… Do you mind if Robot goes and takes a little nap?

    Natty Bumpercar: Are you even… Oh, are you even kidding? Like, are you joking? Are you kidding? I can't even tell sometimes. You… You… You're driving me up the wall, Robot! You're absolutely driving me up the wall today! Oh, Bumper Podcast, what do I do?