Tag: friendship

  • Bumperpodcast 72 – Bamboo infiltration!

    Bumperpodcast 72 – Bamboo infiltration!

    Today is the most thrilling day yet – here – at the Bumperpodcast …

    Oh – are you wondering why?

    Well, it’s because we have been infiltrated by bamboo … a fact that may make more sense after you listen to today’s installment of the Bumperpodcast!

     

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    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar introduces a brand new intern at Bumperpodcast headquarters. The episode follows their first day together, which involves sending out an email campaign that took two and a half hours to complete and was opened by exactly eight people. The intern also photographed items in the basement, added four people to the mailing list, and addressed letters for sticker requests. Much of the episode centers on the challenge of coming up with the perfect nickname for the intern, with options including "Buffy" (her existing nickname from friends) and Natty's suggestion of "Bamboo." The casual, improvisational conversation captures the behind-the-scenes reality of running a podcast.

    Memorable Quotes

    “We had an octagon of people who opened up the email.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I was gonna call you bamboo which is a weird nickname but it's a b name… it feels like it has an island feel to it.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #behindthescenes #intern #emailmarketing #nicknames #worklife #podcastproduction #friendship

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: all right you know what today is today's wednesday and on every wednesday what do we do we all gather around our little computers and our eye things and we listen to the bumper podcast because it's wednesday but today it's a super special exciting wednesday because there's somebody new who's not a baby who's not a dog who's not a puppet uh who's not a robot do you want to you should say hi hi yes exactly that is that is our new we have an intern here at headquarters at the bumper podcast but it's great we don't know her name uh we don't know what we're supposed to call her we're supposed to come up with a nickname for you today but instead we've just had you wandering around i don't even know what we did today we didn't do much didn't do much no uh uh i take the blame for that i feel like i should do you what how do you feel about that i mean i got all the photos done did some photos she did some photographing of very important items down in the basement uh oh you did the email we sent an email that's true but that took two and a half hours that was a very labor intensive process that we we put together an email uh yeah but we got i mean but it went out it went out and it lasted for like two and a half hours and we just did the email uh and it lasted for like glance how many people had looked at it eight eight people that's right we had an octagon of people who opened up the email we're happy to see it they said oh look at my mailbox look what's here now an email from natty bumper car i have to look at this um you also you did uh you mail list stuff i did four people yeah put four people on the mail list you hung out with i wrote four letters out oh that's right you addressed four letters for people who want stickers uh so we're having like a so we had four letters four people on the email list eight people opening the email it's like some sort of uh we're having a division kind of day but not a divisive kind of day i wouldn't think so we have 40 seconds what is what is your nickname my friends nicknaming buffy i nickname that's so they call you they call you that really buffy that's weird the nickname i had i had come up with last night i was gonna call you bamboo which is a weird nickname but i was like it made it i was it's a b name and so it's weird that your other one is buffy but i was gonna say hey bamboo like that because it feels like it has an island feel to it i like bamboo yeah so like you're downstairs i'm upstairs i could say hey bamboo what are you doing down there and i don't know what you would say back you would be like leave me alone or something and i'd be like hey bamboo stop hanging out with that dog because you've been hanging out with the socks a little bit fox is a little too cute he voiced is he cute or is he needy

  • 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 …

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    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?

  • Bumperpodcast 43 – Mott

    Bumperpodcast 43 – Mott

    I don’t know what is going on . . . we have stopped getting mail. It is so hot. Mott the Sheep stops by – and we try to figure out what his wool is called – it isn’t a jacket – we know that – but – what in the world is it?!?

    About This Episode

    In this heat-affected episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar struggles with the oppressive summer temperatures and admits everything is falling apart around him. He's joined by his good friend Mott the Sheep, whose wool coat makes him particularly sympathetic to the heat complaints. The two discuss a recent comedy show they performed together, where Mott wrote most of the material while Natty handled the talking. The episode meanders through topics including unread email, the definition of sheep's wool, and a plea for listener interaction. This rambling summer episode perfectly captures the disoriented feeling of extreme heat.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I have no idea what's going on. I don't know if it's because it's summer, I don't know if it's because it's so unbearably unbelievably hot, but everything is falling apart around here.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Mott's the sheep, his name is Mott the Sheep. He is among my best people.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #summer #heat #sheep #comedyshow #friendship #mail #email

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: i have no idea what's going on i don't know if it's because it's summer i don't know if it's because it's so unbearably unbelievably hot but everything is falling apart around here i mean i can't remember the last time i got mail i can't remember the last time that i checked email that's more on me that's not really yeah really all i have to do for that like is click on the button so that's that's let's forget about that but things are falling apart like for serious hold on a second oh hey ma what's going on well that's your opinion but what i was talking about was well yeah i know but what i was talking about was that it's so hot like for instance yeah you have that wool um it's not a jacket yeah yeah it's uh what do you call that i know it's just your fur it's not fur it's wool i gotcha mott everybody i'm sure you know but mott's the sheep his name is mott the sheep um he is my he's he's really among my best people owls and the you didn't have to say that that's so nice but mott you know being a sheep and me complaining about the heat it's very convenient that he would show up today at the bumper podcast did i tell you where you were hi i'm natty bumper car and you're listening to the bumper podcast on bumper podcast.com no on my website yeah natty bumper car.com as i was saying you know what i'm gonna need some help if somebody could email me or send me some mail and tell me what a sheep's wool is called that'd be really great i mean i suppose by the time you get around to telling me that i could have looked it up on the searches i could have searched it out i could have hunted it down ah i could have done that as well but i just think it'd be more more fun if there was a little bit more interaction with the world well i'm interacting with you i know oh yeah oh matt and i did a show uh kind of a couple weeks ago and um it was it was nice yeah you did a great job he he actually wrote most of the material for the night i uh i just get up there and do the i do the talking exactly um getting back to our point mod no i think we should because we're almost out of time and if we don't get to our point then what are we gonna do we're just gonna

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  • Bumperpodcast #21 – Kicked to the curb

    Bumperpodcast #21 – Kicked to the curb

    Kicked to the curb.

    **or**

    A walking we will go!

    [Click the title to get to the episode!]

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    About This Episode

    In this mobile episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar and executive producer dog Urban Brown Socks take the show on the road after being kicked out of headquarters for being too rowdy. Walking through puddles and discussing conspiracy theories about "them" watching from above, Natty accidentally records 40 minutes of audio during their walk around the block. The episode features Natty's musings about creating a year's worth of content from one walk, puddle-averse dogs, and the importance of their friendship with listeners. It's a casual, experimental episode that showcases the improvisational and slightly chaotic nature of the Bumperpodcast.

    Memorable Quotes

    “He's a dog doesn't like puddles. We're going to meander a little bit bumper podcast because we've been kicked out of headquarters.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “That's an airplane they're following us they're above us they know where we're going we don't even know where we're going but they do.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I can't wait to not no no that's too sad I love the weekly bumper podcast. You're my pal we're pals pals pals.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #walking #dogs #conspiracytheories #friendship #podcasting #experimentation #outdoorrecording

    Featuring: Producer, Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Producer: hey bumper podcast how's it going we've just been kicked out did you hear that the door shut now we're going down the dangerous stairs they're not really that dangerous

    Natty Bumpercar: all right bumper podcast we're out on the streets we've been kicked out of headquarters we have nowhere to go but around the block just me natty bumper car and the dog urban brown socks doing what we do walking through puddles oh good job socks he's uh he's really walking through a big puddle he's not a fan of walking through puddles he always feels like he's going to fall in he's a dog doesn't like puddles we're going to meander a little bit bumper podcast because we've been kicked out of headquarters well really what happens we were asked to leave headquarters because we were being a little bit too rowdy you hear that that's an airplane they're following us they're above us they know where we're going we don't even know where we're going but they do this that's right we're talking about them the them the big them the big they they're everywhere and they know they know things they know things that i don't know it's our bonding time socks be bonding right now he's disgusted he's absolutely disgusted as executive producer dog of the show he is absolutely disgusted i you know what i'm not apologizing for anything it was an experiment we got some data and we're gonna go and we're gonna review it and we have so because we have results from the data and this is bumper progress wait a minute socks we got a new t-shirt bumper progress i've got kind of sniffles i've got kind of sniffles i'm wandering around and i've got kind of sniffles those are my sniffles somehow bumper podcast i've managed to record 40 minutes of sound unintentionally and it's all broken up into little little bitty little bitty bit chunks little bitty bites but i don't think i'm pretty sure you guys don't want to listen to 40 minutes of me walking around do you i think that's probably not going to be very enjoyable for anyone huh well then i guess what i've done is see three goes into 40 13.13 times then i think we've recorded the next year's bumper podcast just in this walk this is great for everyone i can't wait to not no no that's too sad i love the weekly bumper podcast do you i hope you do you should tell me or you don't have to tell me i can see it in your eye i know you'd love it come on you're my pal we're pals pals pals