Tag: health

  • Bumperpodcast #190: Running and Food

    Bumperpodcast #190: Running and Food

    The guests have been booted away from the Bumperpodcast – and given satchels of food for their travels. Natty Bumpercar doesn’t like eating – or – running.

    Do you like to get to the bottom of things? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.


    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 190, Natty Bumpercar kicks the children out of headquarters after receiving feedback from listeners. Flying solo, Natty rambles about his complicated relationship with food, from his brief obsession with superfood smoothies to his current dilemma of eating making him feel sluggish. He muses about running marathons, the logistics of exercise, and the unfortunate fact that Bumpercar headquarters sits in a valley where every direction is uphill. The episode showcases Natty's signature stream-of-consciousness comedy as he flip-flops between liking and disliking food, accidentally creates a song about getting up to get down, and admits he'll never be a politician due to his wishy-washy stance on eating.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I gave each of them a knapsack with a pear and a pickle and some popcorn because my children only eat things that begin with the letter p.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You got to get up to get down, you got to get up to get down, you got to get up to get down you clown.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm so wishy-washy on these issues this is why I'll never be a politician because I flip-flop back and forth.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #food #eating #health #exercise #running #smoothies #parenting

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car it's the bumper podcast it's whatever day today is and hey look at this no children on this week's episode why natty bumper car oh well because we actually got mail email uh messages where the people were just like no no no no more of that that was not no we can't no no so we kicked the children out and not even just out of the studio out of out of the house out of headquarters they are wandering around i gave each of them a knapsack with a pear and a pickle and uh some popcorn because my children only eat things that begin with the letter p they eat persimmons they eat peanuts and of course they will occasionally eat you know uh plum that's another thing that they eat really there's a lot of foods that begin with the letter p and speaking of foods i feel like i'm at a point in my life right now where i don't i don't like food i don't like to eat it doesn't make me feel good it makes me feel sluggish and tired and not so good well maybe that's the kind of food you're eating natty maybe it is i don't know i was on a kick for a few months where i was making these smoothie things with like oh look i'm just gonna throw some kale in here and some carrots and some uh apples and some berries and some yogurt and some uh oatmeal like i'm just making spirulina bee pollen like all this stuff was going into my uh my smoothie thing and i am depressed to admit that i actually felt that way when i was doing this and i don't know why i've stopped all of a sudden um i think my brain was just like got sick of i think i started missing chewing or something like that where i was just like i remember chewing that was fun but then here's the thing i chew i go and i eat that kind of food and uh guess what i don't feel so good like i just want to take a nap i eat and then i want to take a nap that's not how you want to feel you want to eat and feel better and then go run a marathon or whatever it is people do do people do that can you eat and then run a marathon or is it like swimming where you can't run a marathon for like an hour after you eat because you'll get cramps i don't know i don't run marathons i barely run at all because running to me is just it just sounds like so much work like what i'm supposed to do i i gotta put i gotta find my shoes i don't gotta put them on i gotta find my shoes i gotta find some socks i you know i gotta some basically i gotta get dressed if i gotta tie my shoes probably gotta tie them properly there's probably a way that you have to tie your shoes that enables you to run more better i don't know and the thing is everywhere around headquarters is uphill we're in a gully we're in a gulch we're in a valley so if i'm gonna run anywhere it's gonna be running straight up no thanks thank you and you could think to yourself well the run back is gonna be easier you're just gonna you know you could just lay down and roll back to roll back to the headquarters and i'm like well yeah but i gotta get up before i can get down hold on a second did you hear what just happened because i did because you got to get up to get down you got to get up to get down you got to get up to get down you got to get up to get down you clown is not the song i don't know why i said clown at the end there i mean it rhymed sure but i think if you look at linearly at the whole conversation it doesn't make a ton of sense so what have we talked about today no children uh they do eat foods that came with the letter p which turned this into a weird sesame street episode all of a sudden uh i myself natty bumper guard do not like to eat you know i would i might go on a hunger strike i did just have some cereal though it was pretty delicious oh maybe i do like to eat i'm so wishy-washy on these issues this is why i'll never be a politician because i flip-flop back and forth so what is it bumper guard do you like to eat do you not like to eat why don't you tell me why don't you make a stand and i'm like i don't know i guess when i'm hungry i like to eat you know i do like to do i like to drink tea but that's not food it's not sustenance it's just caffeine really which is there anything better in the world than caffeine there is why won't you tell me what it is please

  • Bumperpodcast #180: Feeling Moderate

    Bumperpodcast #180: Feeling Moderate

    Natty Bumpercar is feeling a might bit better – and is thrilled with modern medical technology. Is it magic – or – is it science? He has no idea!

    How do you feel? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Feeling better is better than felling not better!


    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 180, host Natty Bumpercar shares a humorous update on his battle with bronchitis while juggling single-dad duties. Fresh from a trip to the x-ray store with his four-year-old son in tow, Natty reflects on the simple joy of breathing and navigating medical appointments with a goldfish-eating, iPad-toting toddler. Between bouts of coughing and wheezing, he delivers a lighthearted monologue about rediscovering modern medicine, evolving from a single-cell organism, and the awkward comedy of being a contagious patient. This episode showcases Natty's signature conversational style and self-deprecating humor while dealing with everyday parenting challenges.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You don't realize how much you love to breathe until there's an elephant sitting on your chest and you can't do it anymore.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I devolved into a single cell organism and now I'm evolving again. I'm re-evolving into whatever I was before.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I get it, you don't want me to breathe on you, and she just chuckled like oh that's right sicky.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #illness #parenting #breathing #bronchitis #x-ray #modernmedicine #familylife #health

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well is it the bumper podcast and am i feeling a little bit better yes and yes double yes yes yes hooray hooray yippy skippy i gotta tell you guys modern medicine kind of amazing uh i mean i'm still sick my throat still hurts i'm still tired i'm still stuffy uh but i still have goop coming out of my eyes uh but with all that i no longer feel um like there's an elephant sitting on my chest which is great because you don't realize how much you love to breathe until uh there's an elephant sitting on your chest and you can't do it anymore i think at that point you're like you know what i miss uh that breathing that breathing was great why i can't i hope i get to breathe again because everybody else in the world seems to be enjoying breathing and i'm looking at them over there and over there doing all their breathing rubbing into my face a little bit that they're just like look at me take a breath oh uh last night i've got so i've got bronchitis that's what i have uh but last night i uh i got to go to the uh x-ray place the x-ray store where you go and get your x-rays and uh and uh first thing that happened it was kind of funny to me because i walked in and i had a four-year-old baby bumper car with me he was toting the ipad and eating goldfish and uh drinking a juice box because that's how we roll but so i get to the front desk and the lady i sign in and everything and and she looks at me and looks down at him and says uh so um did you bring somebody to watch him and i was like oh oh oh i didn't i didn't bring anybody to watch him because the wife was at home with the baby who has all sorts of ear infections happening this is too much so then i was like oh yeah i'm getting an x-ray so he probably can't hang out in the room with me and get exposed to doses of x-ray radiation or whatever it is that they use to take the pictures i'm assuming it's it right is it radiation yes oh so um luckily you know it worked out because uh there was a changing room he sat in there he didn't move more than a half an inch and the lady from the front desk uh just kind of watched him and she was very nice and you know it was it was it was fine it was good but then i go in and the girl says so i had to take two i think two different pictures and she she said all right you gotta put your chest against this thing and she's like pushing contorting my shoulders and neck and chin and moving hands and arms and moving me all around and uh all right take a deep breath hold it hold it i did that and then as soon as it was time to let the breath out because again i'm still getting used to this whole how people breathe thing oh it hurt so bad i was coughing everywhere and uh i tried to get away from her but she had to come over and reconfigure me for a different picture and she said look that way and i said through the wheezing and gasping and coughing i was like i get it you don't want me to breathe on you and she just chuckled like oh that's right sicky i don't want you to breathe on me perfect so then she took the other picture breathe in hold it and that time a little bit better i'm telling you i'm really figuring this whole breathing thing out pretty soon uh i might be able to breathe through my nose which is going to be crazy i mean crazy crazy i'm evolving is what i'm telling you i devolved into a single cell organism and now i'm evolving again i'm re-evolving re-evolving into whatever whatever i was before awesome yeah of course so then i finished the thing go out he's still sitting there grab him we go get some dinner me and a kid it was a great night all the way around um so thanks for sticking in with me glad that you're glad that i'm so much better how are you feeling i realize i've spent this whole time talking about me that's not acceptable

  • Bumperpodcast # 136 – That Voice

    Bumperpodcast # 136 – That Voice

    Where was Bumpercar last week? He was deep down in a dirty sickly hole where he was left after being beaten up by the flu and bronchitis …

    And – he missed you very much.

    Have you ever been beaten up by a cold? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we can high-five!!


    About This Episode

    In this hilarious episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar is suffering from bronchitis and can barely speak, but the show must go on! With his voice completely shot, Natty takes listener requests to perform different characters and voices despite the pain. He gamely attempts impressions of a witch grandmother who wants to bake bread and cast spells, and a mobster whose tough-guy routine literally hurts too much to complete. Throughout the episode, Natty jokes about officially changing his name to "Natty Bronchitis" and struggles hilariously with words and breathing. It's a short but memorable episode showcasing Natty's dedication to entertaining his audience even when he's clearly under the weather.

    Memorable Quotes

    “My name has officially changed, we went through everything, the website will change soon enough to Natty Bronchitis.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Hello, how's it going? It's going to be a beautiful season this year at the witch house. I guess I'm a witch grandmother, I didn't realize this when I went into the character.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You never want to listen to a podcast where the host actually dies on the show, so I think that we're gonna wrap it up.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #illness #voiceacting #improvisation #comedy #listenerrequests #characters #bronchitis

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

  • Bumperpodcast 129 – Skadoodle

    Bumperpodcast 129 – Skadoodle

    Bumpercar is back and he is officially healthy wealthy and wise … or at least part of one of those. We learn about the Mountain Top Wizard and the dress code to go and see him and we finally get Bumpercar’s stance on sweater vests.

    It is one of those days that makes you want to say hip-hip-hooray! Today on the Bumperpodcast.

    Send me an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and let me know how you dress when you go to the top of the mountain.

    I wear pants!!

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    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar is feeling great in this solo episode of Bumperpodcast, despite his microphone rig literally jumping off his desk. He explores the linguistic oddities of words like 'skadoodle' and 'skadaddle,' questioning why one is considered more ridiculous than the other. Natty also shares his reluctance to visit the mountaintop wizard due to his lack of proper mountain-climbing attire, particularly vests. The episode showcases his signature rambling comedy style as he discusses fashion, proper button-pushing etiquette learned at etiquette school, and his preference for cardigans. It's a delightfully absurd and improvisational journey through Natty's stream of consciousness.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I press it with my pinky because i went to etiquette school and i know proper uh button pushing etiquette”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Skadoodle is in my book no more ridiculous than skadaddle”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I can tell by the cut of your jib that everyone who listens to the bumper podcast is dressed at least to the nines if not the eights”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #fashion #language #wizards #etiquette #microphones #comedy #cardigans

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey what's going on bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car and i am healthy and wealthy and why i'm healthy i'm not wealthy and i'm not wise i'm healthy i really just went overboard there i'm healthy but the phrase is healthy wealthy and wise so i got kind of excited wow the last couple of weeks have been rough i hope i'm not over modulating too much i see my little lines going over and over where they're supposed to go i apologize it's a good day i'm that happy i uh right before i started recording i went my little my finger i press it with my pinky because i went to etiquette school and i know proper uh button pushing etiquette and so i was pushing the button with my pinky and the entire mic uh rig is what i'll call it the entire uh the boom and everything uh it just exploded off the desk it jumped at me it leapt at me as as as as is to say as if to say uh no bumper car not today i'm not going to deal with your shenanigans i'm not into it i don't want it you skadoodle skadoodle skadaddle now wait a minute skadaddle why is that afraid like a word and when someone says something you're like now you just you kids just skadoodle on out of here then you point your laugh at them like they've done something ridiculous skadoodle is in my book no more ridiculous than skadaddle so bumper podcast if you could listeners come with me by staying in your seats talk to me but don't actually open your mouth because i can't hear you because this isn't right now it's not a conversation i hope at some point that we can figure that out but that seems like some sort of technical wizardry that is so far above and beyond me and i don't know any technical wizards i mean there's that wizard who lives uh on the mountain mountaintop wizard i think his name is uh he doesn't come down very often and i'm not going to go up to him because i don't have good mountaintop shoes uh or i don't i also don't have a good mountaintop outfit if we're going to be honest a lot of people when they go to mountaintops they wear vests and i don't have any vests because i'm not a vest kind of guy so what i'm supposed to just go up to the mountaintop wizard all dressed weird and he's right off the bat he's gonna be like i'm not gonna talk to you did you tell you come to the top of my mountain dressed in a uh sweater i do wear a lot of sweaters mostly with buttons i like sweaters with buttons i'm gonna call them cardigans even though i'm not even really positive if that's what they're called or not you can tell me you know i know you're a fashion a fashionable bunch a fashionable lot you know how i know that because i can see it in your eyes i can tell by the cut of your jib that everyone who listens to the bumper podcast is dressed at least to the nines if not the eights

  • Bumperpodcast 116 – Fluffy stuff holidays

    Bumperpodcast 116 – Fluffy stuff holidays

    Here come holidays … Here come holidays … Right down manic Bumpercar lane! Natty is pretty excited today … perhaps it’s because he has been eating is vitamins?!

    What kinds of holidays do you celebrate? Please tell us by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then – maybe we’ll celebrate it too.

    Holiday!


    About This Episode

    In episode 116 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar shares his unique holiday observations from Coffee Can Alley headquarters. Natty discusses his unusual holiday celebration involving an entire bag of strawberry cotton candy marketed as "fluffy stuff" that turned out to be one giant lump instead of individual snowballs. He goes on a hilarious tangent about vitamins, proposing that vitamin manufacturers should make cotton candy-flavored vitamins instead of gummies. Natty also ponders why holidays are scheduled during cold weather and theorizes that summer itself is essentially one long holiday because of the nice weather, while winter holidays exist to give people something to look forward to during terrible weather.

    Memorable Quotes

    “In the olden times everyone thought that bells every time that you heard a bell it meant that you would get a nickel and the crazy thing was is this was before nickels were even invented yet.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Why don't we just have vitamins that are in the shape or the form of fluffy stuff? Hey welcome to the midway kid what are you up to today you look like you have a vitamin d deficiency.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Summer itself pretty much a holiday because it's nice out so we're gonna keep summer where it is.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #holidays #cottoncandy #vitamins #winter #weather #food #health #seasonaltraditions

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: ho ho holidays ho ho holidays hum hum hum hum hum hey everybody it's me netty bumper car and it's a great exciting fun thrilling here day here in uh coffee can alley and headquarters and why is that well i don't know what kind of holidays you have what do you do do you like are you like hey it's banana friday or whatever or like are you like hey in the olden times everyone thought that bells every time that you heard a bell it meant that you would get a nickel and the crazy thing was is this was before nickels were even invented yet so people would hear bells and think that they were going to get nickels but not even know what nickels were but they were excited because people love holidays and people love bells last year last night me what i did to celebrate was i ate an entire bag of cotton candy by myself and it was on the box in the bag it said it said uh snowballs and it said fluffy stuff and i thought that it was going to be like little snowballs that i'd be able to individually eat like a gentleman but no in the company i mean it was in mixed company i was with other people but here's what happened is i opened the bag it was just a giant lump of white white not so fluffy stuff kind of tightly compacted uh any less delicious no clearly not obviously not because my holidays consist of eating delicious stuff delicious fluffy stuff what was the flavor bumper car the flavor was strawberry so at least i know it was healthy for me because you know i need my vitamins i need my fluffy stuff vitamins here's a weird thing i'm supposed to be talking about holidays but i'm gonna go on a tangent can you believe that around headquarters we've been taking vitamins lately a lot of vitamins and i prefer my you know the gummy vitamins so why can't i have vitamins that are in the shape or the form of fluffy stuff fluffy stuff vitamins hey welcome to the midway kid what are you up to today you look like you have a vitamin d deficiency why don't you try some of this fluffy stuff what's that feel better already of course you do because kids love cotton candy they don't love vitamins they love gummies why don't we just stick with gummies let's talk about holidays are you excited about the holidays is it cold where you are a lot of times during the holidays it gets cold i don't know why that happens i don't know why they plan it that way feels like maybe it'd be nice to have you know wait wait a minute i was gonna say it would be nice to have a holiday in a summer but here's the thing uh summer itself pretty much a holiday because it's nice out so we're gonna keep summer where it is i think they put the holidays in the summer because it's nice out so we're gonna keep summer where it is in the middle of this winter stuff even though it's not the middle we've just started it because winter is so terrible and people need something to look forward to and so they're like hey you know summer's not gonna be around for a while so why don't we give them a holiday right now love it