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Bumperpodcast #149 – Pea Soup

What is on Bumpercar’s mind today? Pea soup – that is what … and why?! Well – because of the weather and also because he is hungry.

Do you know any good recipes? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we are keeping track!

Why am I always hungry?!

About This Episode

In Bumperpodcast episode 149, Natty Bumpercar sits outside headquarters on a foggy day, pondering what lies beyond the thick mist. This contemplation leads him down an unexpected culinary rabbit hole as he defends pea soup's reputation and attempts to reverse-engineer a pea soup recipe on the spot. Despite not having an actual recipe on hand, Natty enthusiastically improvises ingredients including peas, chicken stock, cream, butter, onions, and garlic. His cooking advice takes a questionable turn when he suggests adding copious amounts of flour to make it "thick like pea soup" until it resembles play-doh. The episode showcases Natty's charming stream-of-consciousness style and his talent for turning simple observations into delightfully absurd comedy.

Memorable Quotes

“It's as thick as pea soup which i gotta say pea soup really gets a bit… bad rap it's really more delicious than you would ever expect it to be”

— Natty Bumpercar

“How was your pea soup well it was quite unctuous thank you bumper car must have used his olive oil oh well of course he did”

— Natty Bumpercar

“We're gonna put just a lot of flour just a lot of flour because that'll thicken it up and turn it into play-doh and that's a good idea right”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #cooking #food #recipes #fog #improvisation #peasoup #humor

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: what what what what what what what what what hello there bumper podcast i said hello bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car and i'm feeling a little better than last week is it a feeling a little better than last week i said i got stuff in my throat hey guys what's going on it's natty bumper car it's me your pal natty bumper car and i'm sitting around right now outside of headquarters uh in the wilds of the world look at some trees look at some fog it's a foggy day fog of war i wonder what's happening right over there i wonder what's happening right over there i wonder what's happening right over there i wonder what's happening right over there it's hard to tell because of all the fog it's as thick as pea soup which i gotta say pea soup really gets a bit… bad rap it's really more delicious than you would ever expect it to be i mean here's the thing you like peas right yes of course i like peas they're green they're little circles little balls they're delicious so i don't know what goes out in pea soup but it's probably other tasty stuff and so i'm guessing i don't know what's in pea soup why don't i have a pea soup recipe this is weird i feel like i should have just on hand at all times a pea soup recipe like that just seems like something that would come up where i'd be in conversation someone would say oh what are the ingredients of pea soup and i would just have it handy like on a note card and i could be like well you uh use a little bit of this and a little bit of that and some peas and mash them up but i don't have that on me i'm gonna take a guess let's pretend let's reverse engineer bumper podcast pea soup if you will uh peas all right and then i'm gonna go with some vegetable stock maybe some chicken stock i am a fan of chicken stock personally so i'm gonna go with some chicken stock a little salt a little pepper uh i think pea soup is maybe a little creamy so maybe i'm gonna put a little cream in there a tiny bit of butter maybe or maybe if not butter then a little bit of olive oil just to give it a little bit of unctuousness yeah i can say words like that how was your pea soup well it was quite unctuous thank you bumper car must have used his olive oil oh well of course he did um as always i'm probably going to put some onions in it maybe some garlic i'm talking we're gonna put them in a pan we're gonna sweat them down get them to translucent and then we're gonna i mean all the stuff's gonna get mashed up so you're not gonna see it but it's gonna be in there gonna give it some body right thick we gotta make it thick thick like pea soup and then you know we're gonna put just a lot of flour just a lot of flour because that'll thicken it up and turn it into play-doh and that's a good idea right

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October 3, 2012
Bumperpodcast #148 – Eeyore

Bumpercar is feeling a bit Eeyore this week – but – there is one thing in the world that will cheer him up … And that is YOU, Bumperpodcast.

Thanks for being awesome.

Did you know that you were awesome? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we are keeping track!

Of all of the awesome!!

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September 26, 2012
Bumperpodcast #147 – Rhyming

Robot jumps onto the Bumperpodcast microphone to sing a little song – and manages to fail miserably …

Do you love it when Robot fails? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we would like to know!

We learn when we fail!!!

About This Episode

In episode 147 of the Bumperpodcast, Robot kicks things off with a lackluster party song that prompts host Natty Bumpercar to offer some constructive criticism. Natty points out Robot's lazy rhyming of "things" with "things" and proceeds to demonstrate his own method for finding rhymes by working through the alphabet. What follows is a hilarious deep dive into Natty's stream-of-consciousness musings about rhyming, the alphabet song, and his inability to recite the alphabet backwards. This short, improvisational episode showcases the show's signature absurdist humor as Natty gets increasingly sidetracked while trying to prove he has "a beautiful mind."

Memorable Quotes

“I'm going to do some stuff and I'm going to do some stuff and then I'm going to do some things and I'm going to rhyme things with things.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I can't do the alphabet unless I do the song. If I ever had to do the alphabet backwards, I wouldn't be able to even remotely figure out how to do that.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I can't believe what a beautiful mind I, Natty Bumpercar, have. Let's think of some other words that rhyme with things. Well, of course, there's… I don't have anything.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #music #poetry #rhyming #alphabet #party #language #comedy

Featuring: Robot, Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Robot: My name is Robot and I like to party. I get good and ready when I go to the party. I do some robot stuff and I do some robot things. And then I wait for you to do some things.

Natty Bumpercar: Wow. Wow, Robot, that was literally the most underwhelming. No, no, no. I'm going to do some stuff and I'm going to do some stuff and then I'm going to do some things and I'm going to rhyme things with things. Like there's a lot of other words that you could have put in there. Rings, brings, sings. Things, yeah, things. There's not a lot of words that rhyme with things. Is that true? I had no idea. Not a lot, no. You ever do that thing where you're trying to rhyme words in a bumper podcast? Hey, what's going on? What's going on, Bumper Podcast? It's me, Natty Bumpercar. And right now I'm trying to figure out how to rhyme words. And so right now we're using the example of things, for instance. So what I like to do is I start with the alphabet, which seems like a legitimately smart and good place to start when you want to make words. And especially if you want to then rhyme those words. So like I'll go like A. Are there any A words? Angs. Angs. No. B. Bangs. Things. Bangs. No. Bings. Bing cherries, I guess. Brings. C. Clings. There's one. See, look at that. This works. A, B, C. A, B, C. That's terrible. I can't do the alphabet unless I do the song. If I ever had to, was required to do the alphabet backwards, I wouldn't be able to even remotely figure out how to do that. I would. But my brain is not capable of such things, and I do not think it's a fair test. Maybe if it's written in front of me, then I could do it. Because I can read, even, you know, backwards. I can read right to left. That's fine. You know, right to left. Yeah. Or if you put the letters in reverse order, starting left to right, that's going to be easier for me. Then my brain is literally just like, I'm going X, W, X, Y, Z. I started with X. Oh, I'm terrible. I can't believe what a brilliant mind I have. I can't believe what a beautiful mind I, Natty Bumpercar, have. Let's think of some other words that rhyme with things. Well, of course, there's… I don't have anything.

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September 19, 2012
Bumperpodcast #144 – Under Thumb

Bumpercar kindly asks the Universe to “Step off, Back away and Move on.” – mostly because he is tired of being mushed under the Universes icky thumb.

How you ever been mushed under a thumb? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we can help!

We love to help!!!

About This Episode

In Bumperpodcast episode 144, host Natty Bumpercar shares his feelings about the week-long gap between podcast episodes, confessing that he pines away counting down the days. Natty gets emotional discussing how the universe feels like it's pushing down on him with its metaphorical thumb, leading to a heartfelt plea for personal space. To cope with feeling overwhelmed, he plans to eat Cinnamon the Horse's oats for extra oatiness and drink a beverage with awesome in it. This introspective and humorous episode showcases Natty's signature rambling comedy style as he contemplates running either the show or the ship after a recent promotion.

Memorable Quotes

“I sit in the corner and I look at the calendar and I just cross off days. There goes one day and then I sigh really loud and really long.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I'm gonna eat a bowl of cinnamon the horse's oats this morning because I need to be a little bit more oaty.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“Step off back away move on. Personal space is what I'm saying universe.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #personalspace #emotions #breakfast #universe #missingfriends #self-care #comedy #introspection

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: holy beans and rice and other things that go with beans and rice ladies and gentlemen it's me natty bumper car and it's the bumper podcast what are you doing how's it going i missed you i mean i'm starting to think maybe daily maybe two three times a day we need to have bumper podcasts because here's the thing seven days in between them here's what starts to happen i start to pine i do i sit in the corner and i look at the calendar and i just cross off days there goes one day and then i sigh really loud and really long just like there goes two days and then by like day three or four i'm just a pile of uh mush just on the floor so sad you guys don't want to see a sad bumper car there's nothing going on

Unknown: about a sad bumper car it's only sad i i hope i i i'm sorry i just it's really really emotional right now there's a lot of stuff going on

Natty Bumpercar: feels like you ever wake up bumper podcast and feel like the entire universe has its thumb resting right down upon you kind of hard like it's pushing you down which is bad enough right you got a thumb on you you and then it starts to just mush you back and forth and back and forth come on thumb get up off me what are you doing you know you just write me a note put it on the fridge i always go to the fridge i gotta go to the fridge write me a note i'm gonna see the note maybe give me some bad news there i don't also need you pointing at me or thumbing me as as it were i don't need you mushing me i'm wush enough i'm mush fine by myself thank you so much you go over there personal space is what i'm saying universe like you've got everything all around you universe let me just have this little bumper car space right here step off back away move on step off back away move on am i right i feel like i'm right that's fine maybe i just need more sleep maybe i just need more fiber i'm actually gonna eat a bowl of uh cinnamon the horse's oats this morning why because i feel like it's gonna make me really oaty and i need to be a little bit more oaty maybe i'm also gonna have a beverage what kind of beverage i don't know something with awesome in it because i need a little bit more awesome to so that i can run the show the ship am i gonna run the show or the ship i forget i recently got a promotion and it's either that i'm gonna run the show or run the ship

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August 15, 2012
Bumperpodcast #138 – Egg

Today was an exciting and thrilling day around Headquarters – because Natty Bumpercar laid an egg!

Have you ever seen an egg? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we can swap recipes …

I love to eat!!

About This Episode

In this delightfully absurd episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar experiences an extraordinary morning when he lays a golden egg for the first time. While he's laid robin's egg blue eggs before, this golden egg presents new culinary possibilities. Natty enthusiastically walks listeners through his plan to make golden egg fried rice, sharing his detailed recipe including leftover rice, vegetables, toasted sesame oil, and soy sauce. The episode showcases Natty's signature rambling humor as he contemplates what to do with his unexpected golden gift. Fans of the show will enjoy this quintessentially quirky Bumperpodcast moment.

Memorable Quotes

“This morning I woke up and the weirdest thing happened, I laid an egg. Yeah that's right, I laid an egg. And the craziest part about it was that I laid a golden egg.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“It's like you've moved into a steakhouse and you're gonna live there for the rest of your life and I can't think of a better life than that.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #cooking #eggs #friedrice #recipes #absurdisthumor #goldeneggs #food

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: what is going on bumper podcast how are you doing today me i'm doing swell and why is that well this morning i woke up and the weirdest thing happened i laid an egg yeah that's right i laid an egg and the craziest part about it was that i laid a golden egg i mean i've laid eggs before ladies and gentlemen but normally they're robin's egg blue you know that nice blue color that robin's egg sometimes they're speckled but never before in my entire bumper car life have i ever laid a golden egg it's really it's it's a banner day it's the best day around headquarters that we've had in a long time ever since the moat froze over and we were able to um swim and ski no try again skate laps around headquarters uh that was really the best day until now now golden egg all right fine it's golden egg thursday golden day golden egg thursday hmm so now what am i gonna do with a golden egg i don't really know are you supposed to cook golden eggs how long does it keep in the fridge i don't know should i make golden egg salad i don't like golden egg salad i don't like egg salad at all maybe i should make you know what i should make i should make golden egg fried rice because there's nothing better in the world than golden egg fried rice the world than homemade fried rice if you know what you're doing and ladies and gentlemen you have to know at this point by this point that i do know what i'm doing bumper car hey who knows what he's doing bumper car bumper car hey who knows what he's doing bumper car that's right do you get all those bees sorry if they blew up in your ears um so what do you do fried rice you take uh rice that you made yesterday or the day before i don't know and it's in your fridge this is leftover rice just plain old white rice right you can do brown rice too i guess whatever kind of rice you have just as long as it's old i don't know why it's just because it's been sitting in the fridge and it's like i want to be used for something can you please put me in something and you're like of course i can rice because i you're delicious so then what do you do you um you put some uh oil like i use olive oil and then you put it in a frying pan and then you make it really hot and then you throw the rice in there and you let it all like sizzle sizzle pop sizzle sizzle pop and then i put it in the fridge i put green peas and onions and garlic and sometimes i put little carrots in there and then you here's the trick right a little bit of sesame oil what toasted sesame oil that's the trick and then toasted sesame seeds in there too and then the golden egg will go in and i guess the soy sauce sometimes i'll put just a little splash of teriyaki sauce in there too and it really it's like you've moved into a steakhouse and you're gonna live there for the rest of your life and i can't think of a better life than that so golden egg thank you for my new life

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June 7, 2012