Tag: holidays

  • Bumperpodcast #196: More Halloween styles

    Bumperpodcast #196: More Halloween styles

    Natty Bumpercar talks Halloween – Halloween – Halloween! Costumes, being a tracker, webs, candy, pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns … And, resumes!

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


    About This Episode

    In this Halloween-themed episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar faces a costume crisis just two days before Halloween. The costumes he ordered online for his family—including a blue monster with googly eyes and a bunny rabbit inspired by Richard Scarry's Nicholas—are stuck in transit. Natty humorously discusses his failed attempts at tracking the shipment and jokes about his qualifications as a post-apocalyptic tracker. He also shares the chaos of decorating Bumperpodcast headquarters with spiderwebs, his struggle to find time for pumpkin carving in a busy parent schedule, and his desperate need to roast pumpkin seeds before the season ends.

    Memorable Quotes

    “If the apocalypse ever comes and your group needs a tracker boom bumper car is your man. I will well I mean I'm not doing such a good job at it.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I've tied knives to the dog and I've pointed him towards the pumpkins so I suppose that when we get home we'll see what he's done.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Pumpkin seeds are delicious they're all salt they're just little containers for me to eat salt.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #halloween #costumes #parenting #pumpkincarving #holidays #onlineshopping #timemanagement

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes what's going on everybody it's me natty bumper car and it's the bumper podcast and it's one of the best days of the year why because we're so close to halloween yeah oh boy oh boy oh boy that was real excitement but the thing is i don't have a costume uh the baby bumper car's costume is still in transit so we're two days away now and no one has a costume we're supposed to wander all around town in what nothing we don't have anything this is a real situation that we have i i i live in the future you all know that and so i went online and i i ordered the uh the the costumes we picked stuff out everyone was signed off on it yes i want to be a blue monster with googly eyes and i forget what the rest of the costume is and a beard is what one of them is going to be and the other one's going to be a bunny rabbit because okay richard scary uh what's his name nicholas the bunny those are fine costumes when they get to your house but now they're not here they're in transit i don't know where transit is and i i get numbers tracking numbers and i'm trying like a tracker i'm like a hunter gatherer who has gone out into the wild and is tracking the costumes so if if the world ever ends if the apocalypse ever comes and your group needs a tracker boom bumper car is your man i i will well i mean i'm not doing such a good job at it i want to i don't know if that should be part of my uh resume or part of the interview process i think just the fact that i have the title of tracker is probably good enough i i think that you know that maybe i don't do such a good job maybe you know if you ask me i'm gonna say yeah of course i know how to track and i would rather you not talk to uh any of the people that i'm gonna give you their names for any uh of of my uh or whatever those people are called when you have uh your what are those people called i've been those people before you know hey can you vouch for me vouchers it's not a voucher it's a uh resume people man all right well you know what we're gonna forget that because i have no idea what i'm trying to say anyway tracker bumper car that's me if you need something found i'm your man what are you guys gonna do for halloween what are you gonna be anything are you gonna you're gonna wear costumes are you gonna you're gonna go out and get some candy is your house all decorated we uh we decorated headquarters like pretty well like i got a lot of those webs and i put them on bushes and i put them on the house and i made like you actually have to walk under the webs to get into the house which uh people are not happy with anyone who comes to the house is just like dude why are all the webs everywhere i'm like well it's halloween time this is halloween everybody make a scream halloween halloween halloween time we got three pumpkins that we have not carved yet because who has time to carve pumpkins no one you get up you drop people off at school you go to work you go pick people up from school you can get home you've got homework you've got dinner you've got bath time you've got to read some books sing some songs and then everybody's asleep there's no pumpkin time and then did you hear even a gap a minute a minute um no you did not hear a minute because there's none ah so what i've done is i've i've tied knives i've tied knives to the dog and i've pointed him towards the pumpkins so i suppose that when we get home we'll see what he's done hopefully it's got a scary spooky face and a jack-o'-lantern smile or frown or whatever they have no i don't know i don't know maybe we're just gonna have pumpkins this year maybe we'll paint them i could paint a lot faster than i can cut but if i do that you know what i'm not gonna get pumpkin seeds and i need pumpkin seeds this for the rest the entire year i don't have pumpkin seeds and this is the season of year where i get my my pumpkin seed quota gets filled right now we're in the red i would like to get to the black with pumpkin seeds because they're delicious they're all salt they're just little containers for me to eat so let's do this halloween now

  • Bumperpodcast # 158 – I’m the boss

    Bumperpodcast # 158 – I’m the boss

    I fell into a crevace of jelly and got stuck and have missed the beans out of you guys … Seriously.

    Also – Headquarters has gotten a bit more full.

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

    Eating is an important thing!


    About This Episode

    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”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #parenting #illness #babies #winter #jelly #headquarters #holidays #responsibility

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

  • Bumperpodcast #156 – Spiraling

    Bumperpodcast #156 – Spiraling

    I think that we get stuck in a peanut butter circle of a whirlwind on this episode of the Bumperpodcast.

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

    Because we are the master of the circle!


    About This Episode

    In episode 156 of the Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar enthusiastically greets his listeners and contemplates a major change to the show. Natty playfully muses about turning the podcast into a daily program starting in 2013, though he quickly second-guesses whether that might be too much work or cause him to repeat himself. He teases an upcoming mailbag segment featuring listener correspondence, encouraging fans to write in to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com with their thoughts about the show and its characters. The episode showcases Natty's characteristic rambling, friendly style as he expresses how much he misses his audience between episodes and considers Wednesdays a personal holiday because of the podcast.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Maybe i should just do a daily show and that way i'll get over the whole missing you thing because i'll be here every day and you'll be here every day and then it'll be like we're never apart ever”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You like the show you don't like the show you like pig you don't like pig no one likes robot we get that”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “For me every wednesday is like a holiday because it's the bumper podcast and i get to hang out with you guys”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #podcasting #listenermail #comedy #dailyshow #holidays #friendship #rambling

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well if it isn't my old friend my old pal my old buddy my old chum the bumper podcast hi it's me natty bumper car how are you guys doing i've missed you i always say i missed you maybe i should just do a daily show and that way i'll get over the whole missing you thing because i'll be here every day and you'll be here every day and then it'll be like we're never apart ever how much fun does that sound like a whole mountain full of fun i agree okay it is settled then starting sometime in 2013 i'm guessing we're gonna start really every single day oh man that sounds like work it sounds like a lot of work i don't know will you guys get sick of me will i just keep repeating myself over and over again what well well well if it isn't my old pal my old buddy my old chum the bumper podcast i've missed you wait do you guys miss me too um i should start doing i can't remember how it went i thought i was gonna like actually repeat the whole thing and then i got confused and i stopped repeating and here we are babbling babbling brook maybe i should change my name to book book wow doing well today doing good doing fine how are you are you excited about the holidays is it even the holidays where you are uh for me every wednesday is like a holiday because it's the bumper podcast and i get to hang out with you guys and we get to chit chat about what you want to chit chat about uh i've actually i've got a stack of mail that's been coming in not gonna do it today just wanted to you know get you excited and i'm gonna do it today so i'm gonna do it today about the mail get you thinking about the mail and maybe make you wonder why you're not in this pile of mail like why haven't i wrote in anything to the bumper podcast is he gonna even mention me no well no if i if you haven't written anything then i i won't be mentioning you that's kind of part of the process you know you send me uh some sort of correspondence you like the show you don't like the show you like pig you don't like pig no one likes robot we get that uh and then i maybe i'll read it off i don't know uh what's the emails bumper podcast at nattybumpercar.com pretty simple you know and we love to hear from you it makes our day makes our week makes our year makes our month you know why well well well it's because you you guys are my buddies you guys are my pals you guys are my chums and and it's you know because i miss you what i was thinking is that maybe we should start doing a daily show deja vu

  • Bumperpodcast #154 – Thanksgiving

    Bumperpodcast #154 – Thanksgiving

    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

    Topics: #thanksgiving #gratitude #music #tradition #holidays #comedy

    Featuring: Turkey, Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Turkey: Oh

    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.

  • 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