Tag: halloween

  • Bumperpodcast #195: Halloween guest

    Bumperpodcast #195: Halloween guest

    Natty Bumpercar has a pal hang out on the Bumperpodcast who tells him all about his Halloween costume – and about some junk that he saw on tv that he wants … That’s right … Tiny Bumpercar is back – and – awesome!

    Do you fail? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.


    About This Episode

    In this adorable episode of the Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar interviews an enthusiastic young guest who can't contain their excitement. The conversation bounces from dinosaurs (including the feathered Xenosaurus and the scary T-Rex) to confusing toy commercials featuring a punching Spider-Man toy and a mysterious wrecking ball contraption. Natty attempts to understand the logic behind toys that punch the air and toys that require extensive setup only to knock everything down. The episode wraps up with Halloween costume plans involving Caillou-inspired monster accessories, capturing the delightful chaos of trying to have a coherent conversation with an excitable child.

    Memorable Quotes

    “That's like if I walked around all the time, all during the day, and I was just like… People are going to think I'm crazy, right?”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “It doesn't punch anything. It's only a toy, because it doesn't punch anybody. It's not walking. It only stays on the ground.”

    — Young Guest

    “So wait, we have to sit there and build all the towers and then this toy just says up and spins around and knocks all the… That seems like a lot of work for me.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #dinosaurs #toys #spider-man #halloween #children #commercials #interview

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Unknown: Oh, what's up, Buffer Podcast?

    Natty Bumpercar: It's me, Andy Buffer. And I've got a little screaming person here.

    Unknown: Yay!

    Natty Bumpercar: Hey, screaming person, what were you talking about just a second ago? What's your favorite book that we just found? Dinosaurs! Yeah, it's a dinosaur book, and that's pretty cool, right? Dinosaurs? What's your favorite dinosaur? Oh, Xenosaurus! There's a Xenosaurus? He's got feathers on his arms, right? What's the scariest dinosaur, do you think?

    Unknown: T-Rex!

    Natty Bumpercar: You don't have to yell it. Do you hear me? I'm not yelling. I mean, I'm just talking right to the microphone. Hey. We were watching television a second ago, too, and you saw something. And what was it that you wanted? Do you remember? Because when the commercial was on, you acted like it was the most important thing in the world. Spider-Man punching? Spider-Man punching? Spider-Man punching? Spider-Man punching? Spider-Man doesn't punch.

    Unknown: He's a toy!

    Natty Bumpercar: What do you mean he's a toy? Why would he punch?

    Unknown: No, he's just a toy.

    Natty Bumpercar: But it doesn't sound very nice, is what I was… Why would a toy punch? It sounds like a mean toy?

    Unknown: No, it's only a toy, because it doesn't punch anybody. It's not walking. It only stays on the ground. It doesn't walk. It can talk, and then it can do this.

    Natty Bumpercar: So that was punching. So if I walk up to this toy, it's going to talk to me? And then it's going to punch me?

    Unknown: No. No, it's a toy!

    Natty Bumpercar: Well… Okay, so it's a toy that walks around, it talks to people, and then makes punching motions. Now, does it beat up other toys?

    Unknown: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: No? Who does it punch, then? It can't just random punch.

    Unknown: It doesn't punch anything.

    Natty Bumpercar: Anything or anybody? No. No. Well, that seems kind of silly. That's like if I walked around all the time, all during the day, and I was just like… People are going to think I'm crazy, right?

    Unknown: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yes, they are.

    Unknown: Why?

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, because if I'm just punching the air for no reason, especially if I'm walking around… But can you do it? Do what? Scream! No, don't scream. Screaming hurts the people's ears.

    Unknown: Okay, okay, okay.

    Natty Bumpercar: So, there was another toy that you saw right before that, that you said you absolutely have to have. Which toy was that?

    Unknown: Smashing the blocks down. With the big boat over there. It has a big ball, little big ball. It can punch.

    Natty Bumpercar: Wait, this punches too? No, it… What are all these toys punching for?

    Unknown: Um, it's a rolling thing and an open mouth and then it can spin.

    Natty Bumpercar: It spins? So, but is there punching involved with the spinning?

    Unknown: No, um…

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, you seem to love punching.

    Unknown: It's a key and then a little big thing, like the buoy. It's a leg. It's like a buoy.

    Natty Bumpercar: It's like a buoy, okay, yeah.

    Unknown: It's like a round ball, but it gets all the blocks down like this.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, so it's like a wrecking ball. That's what that's called. And so you have like little blocks and buildings and then it knocks them down.

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: So it doesn't punch anything at all.

    Unknown: But it's black. Um, it's not really black because it has holes.

    Natty Bumpercar: The blocks have holes in them?

    Unknown: Okay.

    Natty Bumpercar: And you said it has a mouth. Does the mouth open?

    Unknown: Yeah. What does it say? It says, and then it spins around and then knocks all the towers.

    Natty Bumpercar: So wait, so who has to set all those towers up?

    Unknown: Us!

    Natty Bumpercar: So wait, we have to sit there and build all the towers and then this toy just says up and spins around and knocks all the… That seems like a lot of work for me.

    Unknown: No, it has 15.

    Natty Bumpercar: It has 15? 15? All right. Well, I mean, I guess if it has 15, then that makes a lot of sense. Is it a little bit better? Maybe? No. I don't know. What's your favorite? If you had to guess what was your favorite toy, what would it be?

    Unknown: Smashing.

    Natty Bumpercar: Smashing. What toy is smashing? The car that you don't have?

    Unknown: Um, a big thing.

    Natty Bumpercar: You're so quiet. You got to be a little bit louder. You don't have to yell.

    Unknown: Um, it has to be bigger and it has little round squares. And then when it… It has to talk when it spins and then it opens its mouth and then it spins around the block and then it gets the tower down.

    Natty Bumpercar: Real quick, last question. What do you want to be for Halloween?

    Unknown: Um… Like Caillou. Like the fur and the monster head and the silly glasses.

    Natty Bumpercar: That sounds phenomenal. Sounds like we're going to have a crazy weekend. We're going to have a crazy Halloween here at Bumper Podcast Headquarters. Hope you do too! Pfft! Pfft!

    Unknown: Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

  • The Know Show Episode ten — “Fall on stony ground”

    Now hear this! Now hear this!

    The apple doesn’t far fall from from the tree. It can be transported efficiently by rail, though. Whoa, but watch the gravel! And if one falls into the creek, it floats, because apples are 25% air! Mixed up? Well, we’ve sure mixed it up for big number “one-oh”! With some hot air of our own — in colorful varieties!

    This autumnal episode’s a real scream! We work on preliminary seasonal therapy and laugh about laughing. Our “Social Not-Working” segment is back with impressions of Twitter’s face lift, and we discuss how running a sole proprietorship with the iPhone 4 can keep you on your toes and off your feet! And what’s that smell? If you haven’t already, please throw away those rottin’ decorations. (Halloween’s for kids, punks). Super-special thanks to our engineer, Steven Reines and cred to Pain Teens. E-mail us or call us at (707) 901-SHOW, yo!

  • Bumperpodcast #14 – Spooky Scary

    Bumperpodcast #14 – Spooky Scary

    Spooky Scary!

    I’m probably not afraid – But Maybe you should make sure to listen to this Bumperpodcast in a well lit room – during the day – surrounded by loved ones – because otherwise you may get a bit twitchy and itchy and nervous.

    It’s our Bumperpodcast October frightener. Hold onto your tour guide!

    Boo!

    [Click the title to get to the episode!]


    About This Episode

    In this spooky October episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar shares a chilling ghost story from his former house in Decatur, Georgia. Natty recounts the mysterious appearance of messages scratched into his bedroom door and wood paneling, including the eerie warning "stay out my room" signed by someone named Lachisha, and the cryptic phrase "Bobby Brown is in the house." The terrifying tale leaves Natty so frightened that he pleads with listeners to come over for a sleepover. This short Halloween-themed episode blends Natty's signature storytelling style with supernatural comedy and nostalgic references.

    Memorable Quotes

    “scratched into the door is scrawled into the door it was a message stay out my room well that was my room at this point so i was horrified”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “on that wood paneling it said this message which was moderately less terrifying than stay out my room it was bobby brown is in the house”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “i'm all a shiver i'm all a quiver i'm all a quaking i don't know if i'll be able to sleep tonight”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #halloween #ghoststories #hauntedhouse #georgia #bobbybrown #spookytales #october

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: what did i promise you guys a couple of weeks ago i promised you that it was about to be ghost story time and since it's october i think now is a good time did you guys ever go to my house the one in georgia the one in decatur georgia well i lived there and so i have a tale to tell i used to when people came by the house give them the tour give them the nickel tour where they would give me a nickel and i would give them the tour and sometimes things would happen here is one of those things after this some people had a hard time staying in my house and i've been told through other people because the original people aren't talking to me anymore that it had nothing to do with me or the fact that at a party i made avocado dip guacamole dip we'll call it with bacon here's the story about the ghost one night i was walking around my house and the bedroom door was slightly ajar there was nothing there a few nights later i walked by that same door and what did i see scratched into the door is scrawled into the door it was a message stay out my room well that was my room at this point so i was horrified where did this come from it wasn't there before i you know i ran in i grabbed uh i grabbed my roommate little bird i said look at this and by the time i had done that in pink lettering lachisha who was this lachisha why was she telling me to stay out her room it was my room i bought the what i was party and parcel of buying the house and and it was terrifying and then i went upstairs where we had a wood panel and on that wood paneling it said this message which was moderately less terrifying than stay out my room it was bobby brown is in the house now i don't know about you bumper podcast but i'm all a shiver i'm all a quiver i'm all a quaking i don't know if i'll be able to sleep tonight what does anybody out there want to come i let's have a sleepover a slumber party because i am afraid of the ghosts