Natty Bumpercar returns to Bumperpodcast after falling into a jelly-filled crevasse that froze over, leaving him trapped and blinking for what felt like 16 years. Upon his return to headquarters, Natty discovers chaos: the holidays have passed, there's now a second baby bumpercar who may have given him bronchitis, and he's been passing out from illness. As he struggles to adjust to life with two baby bumpercars (whom he temporarily nicknames Blue and Yellow), Natty hilariously attempts to establish parental authority while dealing with bath time incidents and contemplating how to keep the kids in line. This episode showcases Natty's signature rambling storytelling style as he processes the absurd changes that occurred during his frozen absence.
Memorable Quotes
“i've just been down there blinking that's all i could do was blink obviously i can't even breathe it's still there's jelly stuck in my uh in my throat”
— Natty Bumpercar
“i'm not gonna say he gave me bronchitis because i don't know if babies have that power but he might have gotten me really sick”
— Natty Bumpercar
“the more guilt that i can have on this baby the more check marks against them the easier it's going to be for me to keep them in line down the road”
It is officially Thanksgiving – and Natty Bumpercar is visited by his pal Turkey.
Do you love talking birds? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – Because sometimes – they make us nervous!
About This Episode
In this Thanksgiving episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar welcomes back Turkey, who made memorable appearances the previous year. Turkey has returned with something special to share—a traditional Thanksgiving turkey song that turkeys supposedly sing to express their gratitude during the holiday season. Despite some comedic interruptions and mic mishaps, Natty attempts to facilitate Turkey's musical performance instead of his usual Thanksgiving gratitude segment. The episode features the playful banter and improvisational chaos that Bumperpodcast fans have come to expect, building up to Turkey's much-anticipated song about what turkeys are thankful for.
Memorable Quotes
“This is a real coup. I a little joke. Sorry.”
— Natty Bumpercar
“I'm going to turn your mic back on because you being off mic just sounds even more terrible somehow than you being on mic.”
Natty Bumpercar: Hi there turkey, what's going on? How you doing buddy buddy pal? Uh-huh And how's the family? Wonderful, that's phenomenal Okay. Well, hey everybody. It's me Natty bumper car. And this is my pal turkey. Maybe you remember from last year We had a few episodes of excitement. What's gonna happen to Turkey? Exactly, that's what happened. That was a very good Recap of what happened. It was very quick very succinct. I think people like that All right, well they had perfect so thanks for stopping by Turkey Are you wanting to stick around? All right. I figured you were just gonna drop in and say hi. No You really have a lot to say I was good, no, I was gonna All right Turn your mic off Exactly gone. Thanks, Turkey. Hey, so Natty bumper car bumper podcast. It's our big Thanksgiving episode and Oh Are you serious? Are you just going to? All right. Really? Rethinking the whole pardon that I gave you last year, turkey. All right. Okay, get back. I'm going to turn your mic back on because you being off mic just sounds even more terrible somehow than you being on mic. Perfect. You're back. All right. Can I? All right. Oh, you have a song you want to sing? Is it like a traditional turkey song? A traditional Thanksgiving turkey song where you tell everyone what turkeys are thankful for at the Thanksgiving season. I didn't even know that existed. Okay. Do I need to set anything up? I mean, it's just that. It's a song that turkey. Sing at Thanksgiving to show everyone what they are thankful for. Well, this is this is a real coup. I a little joke. Sorry. Yeah. Okay. So I guess if everyone's ready, I'm going to skip ahead. I'm not going to do my normal bumper podcast Thanksgiving thing where I tell everybody what I'm thankful for. I even ask what you guys are thankful for or, you know, point some things out in the world that maybe we should be thankful for this year. We're going to do something slightly different. We're going to sing a song. Turkey is going to sing a song. All right. Here ready it goes. A one a two a one two three.
In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar returns after weather-related delays to share his relief about having heat and power restored. He humorously rambles about the bizarre weather pattern that brought snow right after a hurricane, making the episode late. Natty playfully experiments with different voices while discussing Einstein's E=mc² and reflects on the simple pleasures he missed during the power outage, like taking showers and having food in his fridge. The episode takes a whimsical turn as he contemplates what a snowman might smell like and whether snowmen would enjoy cotton candy.
Memorable Quotes
“I have heat thank you I have power thank you and there's snow everywhere there's snow everywhere what there was just a hurricane last like last week”
— Natty Bumpercar
“I'm terrified that if I fill it up again it's all gonna go bad and then smell funny because that's what happens when I put food in my fridge the whole world loses power”
— Natty Bumpercar
“You know what I want to smell poinsettias and freshly cooked bread and I don't know maybe snowman cotton candy”
Natty Bumpercar: all right bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car it is i don't know what today it is i don't know what today it is is what i just said maybe i'm a leprechaun now i don't know i don't know what today it is oh shillily i'm not sure what tomorrow tis well that one actually kind of made sense i don't know what today tis though doesn't really make a lot of sense but i do know a couple of things one i have heat thank you i have power thank you and there's snow everywhere there's snow everywhere what there was just a hurricane last like last week i mean this this this episode is late because of what because of the weather i mean like i i can only use that excuse so many times bumper podcast but here i am talking to you with my big bumper car voice coming at you low coming at you low and i don't know where i'm coming at you low and slow low and slow i'm not sure did you notice am i i sounded i not saying that all people who talk like that sounded but i myself sounded a little bit dumb when i said that let's try it again and see if i can sound smart saying low and slow no e equals mc squared no i can't i absolutely can't do it you have to be like this well e actually equals mc uh squared and what was that noise what was that noise it was like a it was like a like i won something it's like a magical something just happened i was discussing uh how to sound smart and then uh boom boom i don't know how i can't make the noise i i am not a noise maker i am a maker of noise can you tell me a little bit giddy today bumper podcast it's because i've missed you i've missed sitting in this seat i've missed uh feeling my toes i've missed taking showers i've missed having food in my fridge i've missed eating food i've missed eating food i've missed having food in my fridge wait no there is still not food in my fridge because why i'm terrified that if i fill it up again it's all gonna go bad and then smell funny because that's what happens when i put food in my fridge the whole world loses power and then i gotta smell rotten peas and i don't want to smell that you know what i want to smell poinsettias and uh freshly cooked bread and uh i don't know maybe snowman uh cotton candy do they even eat that i don't know it seems to me like the snowman would get all kinds of sticky from the cotton candy oh man poor snowman
Headquarters and all of the lands around Headquarters were attacked by a vicious storm this week and we are just now getting to a place where we have power and heat and a chance to record this ridiculousness.
We really hope that you were not touched by the tumult of Super-storm Sandy – as – she was particularly unpleasant.
Were you in the storm? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we want to bond with you.
That storm was a bear.
About This Episode
In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar recounts his harrowing experience surviving a major storm that knocked out power at Bumpercar headquarters for nearly a week. Natty describes the chaos of flying shutters, broken windows, mysterious crashes in the night, and exploding transformers that lit up the sky like fireworks. After frantically checking his vehicles in the dark by tapping each window, he and his wife endured three days without power before finally evacuating north to safety. This exhausted but relieved episode gives listeners a firsthand account of weathering a serious storm and the confusion that comes with it.
Memorable Quotes
“The shutter flew off the house and then flew back into the house and crash smash bang clang cling glass everywhere broken glass everywhere.”
— Natty Bumpercar
“I ran around each car and I would just tap each window tap tap tap tap as I was running in circles around the car to make sure that the windows were intact.”
— Natty Bumpercar
“It sounds like there's trains going by your house and the explosions was the craziest part—those were the transformers, not like the big hollywood production movies.”
Natty Bumpercar: whoa bumper podcast this is natty bumper car and i am exhausted i don't know if you heard but we had a little touch of the weather here in the area around headquarters and by the area around headquarters i mean everywhere all around up and down here and there it was miserable uh been without power for a week now or five days i don't even know what today is uh i had to decamp and move further north uh it's very exciting time uh headquarters made out pretty well lost a few shingles had a storm window break which i guess is appropriate since it was a storm had a shutter fall off the house and uh that's what actually broke the window somehow the shutter it flew off the house and then flew back into the house and uh crash smash bang clang cling glass everywhere broken glass everywhere uh we heard broken glass we thought oh no the vehicles have been trounced by some uh tree a limb maybe maybe something flew into them so i ran out because i didn't know what else to do you know figured i'd have to put a garbage bag is that what i don't know what you do when your car window breaks but i figured that's what i was going to have to do and i went out and i couldn't really see because it was really dark and so i ran around each car and i would just tap each window tap tap tap tap as i was running in circles around the car uh to make sure that the windows were intact and they were all fine and i and i couldn't see any broken glass so i ran back in and i was like there's no broken glass i don't know what's happening and and she was like uh wifey was like no there was broken glass and i was like i don't know and then you know i ran back in and i was like there's no broken glass you know you're uh so we went to bed early because he lost power pretty early and um you're just kind of laying in bed and it's there's it's it's it sounds like there's trains going by your house like it's very loud and uh then the explosions was the craziest part uh and it turns out those were the uh the transformers they're called not like the you know big hollywood production movies but like i guess they're boxes that do things with electricity that help me to have lights and heat and such and uh but they were through the night like it was crazy and if you looked out in the clouds it was it was like a light show it was like a firework show and um we tried we stayed three days with no power and then finally uh it was too much to bear we gave up and we had to wait for the roads to be cleared and we traveled north and we're fine and we're safe and we're exhausted and weary and we hope that you are doing well as well
Holy cans of beans and greens! It is the official one hundred and fiftieth episode of the Bumperpodcast – and – it comes with a fun co-host that we haven’t heard in awhile … How fun is that?!
In this milestone 150th episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar attempts to celebrate the achievement but faces constant interruptions from an uncooperative co-host who wants to watch cartoons and needs an ice pack. Natty struggles to maintain focus while the co-host repeatedly leaves and returns, eventually settling in a corner to watch TV instead of participating in the recording. Despite the chaos, Natty perseveres and calculates that 150 episodes equals over 450 minutes of content. The episode humorously captures the improvisational and absurd nature of the show as Natty tries to give the milestone episode the celebration it deserves while dealing with an extremely distracted companion.
Memorable Quotes
“I don't even know what an ice pack is i need some help bumper podcast if i'm gonna make it to the 150th thousandth episode”
— Natty Bumpercar
“Do you realize that if you added up every single bumper podcast from the beginning assuming that we're coming in at about three minutes a turn that means that we've recorded upwards of 450 minutes of awesome”
— Natty Bumpercar
“Co-host is in the corner watching cartoons evidently this is not interesting enough for me”
Natty Bumpercar: hello bumper podcast it's me netty bumper car and my co-host for that's exactly right i need to do it it's the 150th episode of the bumper podcast wow you are a wordy co-host i didn't know you were going to come in here and take over the whole show what are you talking about i want to watch piggy well we're not watching pig right now thank goodness we're doing we're recording the bumper podcast no yes why not you don't want it but it's 150th episode everyone's been waiting for weeks you want the ice pack here's the ice pack okay okay you leaving yeah you were a great host can you say goodbye to everybody bye everybody thanks a lot see you later co-host wow hey bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car i'm gonna come with you in just a second literally two minutes i'm gonna come with you but for right now i'm gonna do this okay can you wait please pretty please but that bumper podcast has been waiting for us emerson oh i don't even know what to do it's the 150th episode and we're so excited and this is the kind of rigmarole we're putting out there i know bumper podcast have you ever woken up two weeks has gone by and you realize that you haven't recorded your 150th episode and then you finally get a chance to record it and your co-host who you were so excited to introduce to the whole world uh wants an ice pack here's the thing i don't even know what an ice pack is i need some help bumper podcast if i'm gonna make it to the 150th thousandth episode 150 a thousand i don't think that's an actual uh oh boy i see what's happening now co-host is in the corner watching cartoons evidently this is not interesting enough for me to you know what i think i'm gonna have to find a different co-host here's the thing bumper podcast this is exciting it's a momentous mon momentous momentous day 150 episodes do you realize that if you added up every single bumper podcast from the beginning assuming that we're coming in at about three minutes a turn that means that we've recorded upwards of 450 minutes of awesome that's more awesome than that i'm gonna have to find a different co-host here's the thing bumper podcast than you could carry around and it went up in a satchel that's more awesome than you would ever want to put in a refrigerator because it wouldn't fit it's more awesome than it would take to go to the moon and back and you know why it's awesome because of you
