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  • Bumperpodcast #357 – Emotions

    Bumperpodcast #357 – Emotions

    If talking is therapy, then – this is something else, entirely. Natty brings on his two favorite guests to talk about emotions – and, other than a couple of flare-ups, things proceed nicely – which means that nothing gets broken. Listen – Learn – Love!

    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, or to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976. We’re here and we’re listening!

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    About This Episode

    In this heartwarming episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar returns from an unexplained absence and teams up with two special young helpers, Emerson and Oliver, to explore the world of emotions. The trio plays an emotion game where they practice expressing feelings like happy, sad, mad, and scared, though things don't always go as planned. The conversation takes delightful detours into topics like pancakes that taste like eggs, Pokemon characters Totodile and Mudkip, a mysterious haunted bench in their backyard, and the difference between play dates and hangouts. The episode showcases the improvisational charm and authentic family dynamics that make Bumperpodcast so endearing, ending with an attempt to get the brothers to express love for each other.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I don't know at what age it stops becoming a play date and it becomes just like a hangout. You think 10?”

    — Emerson

    “We can record for 10 days if you want to… Just say it at the same time. You don't even have to say the names.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Kids talking about emotions. This is gold. This is podcast gold.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #emotions #feelings #family #brotherhood #pokemon #childhood #fear #happiness

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey everybody welcome to the bumper podcast i'm sorry i wasn't here last week i don't know where i was probably in a submarine or on top of a mountain or maybe in space i can't remember it's just such been crazy times lately but today i have two special helpers and we're gonna play a game and we're gonna talk about emotions and what is that do you guys even know what emotions are yes no oh well then this is gonna be perfect so let's see emerson do you tell me what you think emotions are they're feelings yeah that's perfect description oliver does that make sense to you yes okay so what i have is a list that i have made in my head of emotions and when i say the emotion i'll say a name and then i want you to hear to do your impression of an emotion okay okay so we'll start off with happy oliver can you be happy you can't just smile you have to actually say something because it's a podcast happy that's you're happy okay so uh emerson you want to try happy you're not happy no okay we'll see if we can get you around i'll do happy i am so happy that i'm hanging out with my two buds right now see that's happy i'm happy um let's try another emotion um because that one didn't seem to work super well how about um oh i've got a good emotion hungry you're so hungry are you just gonna say the emotion but wait a minute is it is hungry even an emotion

    Unknown: no i don't even know what do you need to change

    Natty Bumpercar: because sometimes it changes yeah so hungry is actually not an emotion guys the emotions that

    Unknown: we're going to go through there's like happy they're sad and mad yeah sick is not an emotion

    Natty Bumpercar: isn't that strange it's a physical manifestation are you hungry right now it's weird i feel like somebody made daddy pancakes this morning they taste like eggs well no mine didn't they didn't actually taste like eggs they tasted better this morning if you want some shining nice real нак 나와어요 They tasted like vanilla and almond because Daddy is a master pancake maker.

    Unknown: Not anymore.

    Natty Bumpercar: What? What happened? You don't like my pancakes anymore?

    Unknown: I love them. They taste like egg.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, the next time I will not put an egg in even if the recipe calls for an egg. I apologize.

    Unknown: Put peanut butter in it.

    Natty Bumpercar: This time? I thought the last time I put peanut butter in it you did not like it.

    Unknown: I did.

    Natty Bumpercar: You did?

    Unknown: Uh-huh.

    Natty Bumpercar: Let's see. What emotion were you this morning when you tasted my pancake? Were you sad?

    Unknown: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, so…

    Unknown: I was depressed.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, no. That sounds very sad. Holly, have you ever been sad before? No.

    Unknown: He's lying.

    Natty Bumpercar: He's lying. Oh, that sounds like you're mad now. Holly, can you be mad at the microphone? No, not monster. I don't want you to touch the microphone. Mad! Oh, gosh, Ollie, you seem so angry. Emmy, sweetie, Emmy. I'm mad! Why are you so mad? Oh, my gosh.

    Unknown: I'm not mad, actually.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, you're just pretending because I forgot we're playing the game. Has Daddy ever been mad?

    Unknown: Yeah, yeah, yes.

    Natty Bumpercar: Emerson, what does it sound like when Daddy's mad?

    Unknown: I don't know.

    Natty Bumpercar: Is it like, Emerson! Like that? No. Emerson! Ooh, yeah, that was pretty good. Sometimes I go, Poppy! And sometimes I'm sad when I do this. I go, Poppy! And sometimes you… Please go to sleep. I'm so tired, Poppy.

    Unknown: I don't know what you're doing. She has to sleep on the ground.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay, so if Poppy is on you, then you make that weird noise and then you tell her to sleep on the ground, or does she know what that means?

    Unknown: I don't know what it is. I just push!

    Natty Bumpercar: Huh? You push her?

    Unknown: Gently!

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay, gently. Gently, gently. Emmy. What about, uh, we're at four minutes, so we only have a couple more minutes left. So, Emmy, have you ever been… Uh, so we did… So you've never been happy?

    Unknown: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: You're not happy right now? No. Because we're going to go someplace?

    Unknown: I know we're going somewhere, but that's the only time I'm happy.

    Natty Bumpercar: Wait, the only time you're happy is when you're going someplace? Mm-hmm. What about, is there other times you're happy?

    Unknown: When I get stuff.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, when you get stuff and when you go places. So are you not happy just in general? Oh, man. What about you, Ollie? Are you ever just, just happy?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Like, when you wake up, are you happy?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: When you are in the shower, are you happy? No.

    Unknown: Yes.

    Natty Bumpercar: It's like Emerson, you love the shower.

    Unknown: I know.

    Natty Bumpercar: But you're not happy?

    Unknown: I was talking to Ollie.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, well, Ollie is more happy when he's in what? The bath. The bath. That's right.

    Unknown: I hate the bath.

    Natty Bumpercar: You don't like the bath? Why is that? Shh. Oh, really? Really? Because of…

    Unknown: Shh. Shh. We both like Snake and Turtle.

    Natty Bumpercar: Snake and Turtle, you guys do like.

    Unknown: Wait, what is it again? I forgot.

    Natty Bumpercar: No, it's not Snake and Turtle, is it?

    Unknown: Oh, no. It's Toad-a-Dile and Mudkip. He's Toad-a-Dile and Mudkip.

    Natty Bumpercar: Wait, what?

    Unknown: Toad-a-Dile and Mudkip, the Pokemon.

    Natty Bumpercar: What's Turtle-down?

    Unknown: Toad-a-Dile.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, Turtle-dile and…

    Unknown: Toad-a-Dile.

    Natty Bumpercar: What is it?

    Unknown: Toad-a-Dile.

    Natty Bumpercar: Toad-a-Dile and Mudkip? I like Snake and Turtle better. I don't know why, because it sounds weirder to me, but…

    Unknown: No, that would… Then that would be called… No, we named it something else.

    Natty Bumpercar: Something beside Toad-a-Dile and Mudkip?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Did you know in Pokemon Go the other day that there was extra Mudkip day? But I didn't see a single one. Not a single one.

    Unknown: What?

    Natty Bumpercar: Ollie, can you think of any other… Is this an emotion? Scared?

    Unknown: Hmm. Scared.

    Natty Bumpercar: Have you guys ever been scared?

    Unknown: Yes. Yes.

    Natty Bumpercar: Emerson, what's the most scariest thing ever to you?

    Unknown: Me.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay. You do not like to be alone, right? Same here. What about… Well, what about this? I'm going to make it even scarier. What if you're alone and the light goes off? That's scary, right?

    Unknown: Mm-hmm.

    Natty Bumpercar: What about if you're alone and the light goes off because it's a thunderstorm and the power goes out? Man, this sounds terrifying.

    Unknown: No, this is scarier. You're out in the woods at night.

    Natty Bumpercar: What? You've never been out in the woods at night. How do you know if that's scary?

    Unknown: What about the creepy bench?

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, talk about the creepy bench. That's in our backyard.

    Unknown: Yeah, football's gone.

    Natty Bumpercar: Football's gone?

    Unknown: What do you mean? Done forever.

    Natty Bumpercar: Football's done forever? Yeah.

    Unknown: Why? I'm not sure what it means. I can't even look for it when I'm in the kitchen.

    Natty Bumpercar: The football's hiding?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: So wait, so you and your friend were playing football in the backyard.

    Unknown: Yeah. No, we were just punting it.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah, so you punted it. You were punting with flip-flops on yesterday. I think your friend was kind of impressed. He was, because he, I even heard him. He was like, Emmer, be careful with your foot. And you were like, I got this. I'm a punting fool. I think you're happy when you play football. Mm-hmm. Or when you play sports or when you're having like a play date, like a hangout. Yeah.

    Unknown: Why is it called a play date?

    Natty Bumpercar: I don't know why it's called a play date. I was just, did you hear right before I said it that I kind of paused? Mm-hmm. Because I don't know at what age it stops becoming a play date and it becomes just like a hangout. You think 10? Okay, so we're a few months, yeah, we're a few months away from that. But for now, we can still call it a play date, right? Mm-hmm. And then at 10, we're going to be like, this is officially a hangout. Yes. Okay. So Ollie, do you know anything about the Haunted Bench?

    Unknown: Yes.

    Natty Bumpercar: Can you tell me about it? It sounds really scary.

    Unknown: Oh my gosh. Ollie got possessed.

    Natty Bumpercar: Ollie got possessed? Yeah. What possessed Ollie to get possessed? What? A lizard in our yard?

    Unknown: It was.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh my goodness. What other animals have we seen in our yard this week?

    Unknown: A snake. No.

    Natty Bumpercar: This week? No, we saw a?

    Unknown: Why is it like?

    Natty Bumpercar: Huh? What like? That's the sun. Sun. Oh. Mr. Golden Sun. You remember that song? No. Ollie, do you remember that song? Can you sing it?

    Unknown: No. I don't even remember anything about it. She does.

    Natty Bumpercar: I bet you do. And you know what would make me happy? Hearing you sing that song.

    Unknown: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: Because I like it when you sing.

    Unknown: It's not in public.

    Natty Bumpercar: It's not in public. We're in our studio right now.

    Unknown: Sure.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, that's true. People are going to hear it. Can I sing it? Mr. Sun. Sun. Mr. Golden Sun. Okay, that's good. Okay. Uh, so let's see. We did, we did fear. We did scared. We did happy. We did sad. Uh, Ollie, Ollie. I want more. Ollie, are you ever sad? I know you get mad. Who do you get mad at, Ollie? You can't just point. Emerson. Why do you get mad at Emerson? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. This is like a group therapy session all of a sudden. Why is Emerson a big jerk? Do you think is he just being a big brother or is he just being kind of mean? Oh, no, Ollie, that was not one of the answers. But you still love him to pieces, right?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: What? Well, now this podcast cannot end until there is mutual love all the way around.

    Unknown: It's been 10 minutes.

    Natty Bumpercar: I want to hear Emerson say, I love my brother, Ollie.

    Unknown: Ah, sorry. It's been 10 minutes.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, we're going to be here for 10 hours if I don't get. All you have to do is say, Ollie, Ollie, you say, I love my brother, Emerson.

    Unknown: No. No.

    Natty Bumpercar: You have to say it.

    Unknown: Never.

    Natty Bumpercar: Emerson, you have to say, I love my brother, Oliver. Ah, you guys. We can record for 10 days if you want to. No. Okay, let's do this. Just say it at the same time. You don't even have to say the names. Just say, I.

    Unknown: I.

    Natty Bumpercar: Love.

    Unknown: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: Say love.

    Unknown: No. Like.

    Natty Bumpercar: Fine. I like. Can you say, I like, Emerson? Say, I. Like. Like. My. My. Brother. Ow. Yay. I was squeezing you out. Guys, thanks for talking about emotions. Do you feel like we accomplished anything? What did I forget? An emotion? Love? Oh, that's a feeling. I can talk about love all day. Because I have my two friends here. My two boys. Ow. My firstborn love and my secondborn love. And all I need is Poppy and all the love is complete. I love my wife also, but she's not here. Oh, okay. Ow.

    Unknown: This is going to be past the closing.

    Natty Bumpercar: That's okay. People love this type of episode. Kids talking about emotions. This is gold. This is podcast gold. Don't let me listen. Okay. Uh, let's see here. Oliver, go upstairs and get your shoes. Emerson, get your stuff ready. Listen, Bumper Podcast. I feel like we can't do that right now. Yeah, I know. I feel like we talked about a lot today, right? We talked about being sad. And now there's a fight. Hey, Emerson. Oliver, can you just come here? Oliver. Emerson, you do your own thing. All right. Ollie. What just happened?

    Unknown: I was going up and Emerson picked me up.

    Natty Bumpercar: He picked you up? Is he that strong? Oh, my gosh. Emerson is stronger than me. Okay. Can you say goodbye, Bumper Podcast?

    Unknown: No, I'm good.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, no. I don't want to end on such a sad note. Let's do a clapping song and then we can go. Clap, clap, clap your hands. I'll say it. Clap, clap, clap your hands.

    Unknown: What? What? Clap, clap, clap your hands. Clap, clap, clap, clap your hands. I forgot. Clap, clap, clap. Clap, clap, clap your hands. Clap your hands, everybody. Clap your hands. Who said that? Clap, clap, clap your hands. Come on. Now clap your hands. Okay, now you're smiling. All right. Bye, Bumper Podcast. You are the best.

    Natty Bumpercar: And you know what, Bumper Podcast? What emotion I'm feeling right now? Happy that you're my friend.

    Unknown: Basketball. Basketball.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, my word.

    Unknown: Basketball.

  • Bumperpodcast #137 – Happy Days!

    Bumperpodcast #137 – Happy Days!

    Bumpercar definitely feels a million times better in this weeks episode of the Bumperpodcast – and – do you know what that means?! Excited gibberish – that’s what!!

    Have you ever meandered around a conversation? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we’ll all look for a map – together …

    And maybe find some treasure!!


    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar returns to the Bumperpodcast with explosive energy after being sick for what felt like forever. In this high-energy solo episode, Natty reflects on his recovery from illness and medication-induced fog, expressing frustration about not being allowed to eat candy while picking up prescriptions at a drugstore surrounded by candy aisles. He proposes two new inventions: birds that can play flutes and medicinal candy. With boundless enthusiasm, Natty bounces between topics, talks to a mountain goat, and promises his listeners that he's back better than ever, hinting at phenomenal stories to come in future episodes.

    Memorable Quotes

    “On the medicine bottle it actually said no candy for you bumper car and it was underlined my name was underlined which is the worst because where do you go pick up prescriptions at the drugstore and what's in the drugstore a whole aisle of candy.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Let's invent birds that can play flutes and medicinal candy. I don't think that's too much to ask.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I feel so bad that I felt so bad get what i'm saying get how I'm living because I'm living loving loving living.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #illnessrecovery #medication #candy #inventions #energy #soloepisode #comedyrant

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: who feels like a million bucks i do who feels like a million ducks i do who feels like a million trucks i do i do i do i do i do i do that's who does what's going on bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car and you're probably wondering after you listen to last week's episode you're like is there gonna are there gonna be any more bumper podcasts how could there possibly be he sounds like he's not gonna make it he sounds like you know he's probably gonna he's not this is it that was the last bumper podcast and he sounds terrible no no i'm back and better than ever better than before you can't even believe it look at me now on top of a mountain what's up goat how you doing up here how you living goat like of course you are because you're a goat and i'm natty bumper car so i'm glad that we've established all that how are you doing how have you been like i was in such a uh antibiotic cold medicine uh haze for the past long time year two years i don't know that i don't even know what's going on with you how's how was dinner last night do you have a salad you love salads i remember that about you you had a birthday right was it a fun birthday i didn't come because i was sick you know always sick look at me and now i'm climbing trees i'm i couldn't eat candy before i don't know why on the uh the medicine bottle it actually said no candy for you bumper car and it was underlined my name was underlined which is the worst because where do you go pick up prescriptions at the drugstore and what's in the drugstore a whole aisle of candy like it's just right there you have to go through the candy in order to get your prescriptions and now you're telling me that i in particular am not allowed to have candy who are you what kind of sadist mean horrible person are you you can't have candy of course you can have candy why isn't there just like medicinal candy you guys let's invent something today let's invent birds that can play flutes and medicinal candy i don't think that's too much to ask as a matter of fact i am of the opinion that that's exactly what we should ask i couldn't think of what i was saying but that's what i'm saying i thought of it and then i said it and so now it's written in stone and it's been established and everybody knows it and that's fun you guys i know this is an ambling bumper podcast it's kind of here and there and everywhere but that's because i have so much energy i'm bounding i'm bouncing i'm hopping i'm jumping i could have told you a phenomenal story but i didn't want to blow your minds not right off the bat i want to blow your minds maybe next week i don't know maybe later this week maybe you're going to have a bonus episode because i feel so bad that i felt so bad get what i'm saying get how i'm living because i'm living loving loving living

  • 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

  • The Know Show – Episode twelve — “Just say ‘know’!”

    Look! Look! Look!

    There is a new episode of The Know Show.

    Hooray.

    Here is the info that I have on it.

    We ring in the new year (pronounced “twenty-eleven”) by pondering the “homeless-announcer-guy-with-the-’golden-voice’” phenomenon and taking callers a-plenty. The Idea Guy and Vlad offer their services. City workers Toucan and Charlie heatedly tell us know how the snow job’s going. Then, it’s a rocky road to play the pajama game with Mr. Patel.

    Special thanks to Steven Reines and Hans Chew.