Tag: illness

  • 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

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  • Bumperpodcast 120 – Flu

    Bumperpodcast 120 – Flu

    Incoherence … thy name is Bumpercar!

    In this episode – Bumpercar rambles on about some number game that doesn’t seem to have any rules and also doesn’t seem to make any sense. Then he diverges wildly to talking about a chimney.

    Please help us by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we’ll take a nap.

    A sleepy nap.

     

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    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 120, host Natty Bumpercar delivers a hilariously rambling monologue while under the influence of cold medication. Natty describes an unusual mental game involving compressing repeating numbers and letters, using examples like turning "Mississippi" into "MIPS." The episode takes a comedic turn as Natty discusses having "the flu" and confuses it with a fireplace flue, mentioning Robot's habit of rolling newspapers into logs to heat headquarters. This short, stream-of-consciousness episode showcases Natty's delirious humor and self-aware commentary about being incoherent.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I have what's called the flu and I don't even have a chimney. So it's strange that I have to have my flu cleaned.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Can you guys tell that I'm still on cold medication? Because I am.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I have been taking a cold medication and I am incoherent and I am now realizing that, which is unfortunate, not only for me, but also for you.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #illness #coldmedication #mentalgames #numbers #letters #robot #headquarters #streamofconsciousness

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh bumper podcast how you doing it's number one two oh i love that i have this thing that i play sometimes where i like to it doesn't i do it with numbers and with letters where like if it if there's like an oh and a one and a two or multiple numbers are the same then i try to compress it down until it's the smallest it can be so like if your number is like uh eight eight seven uh four three six nine whatever like that then what i'll do is i'll be like okay the eights can go into each other so the eight and the eight go down uh and then so the seven can go before the eight and then four six nine okay so i have a six a seven and eight those because there's two eights together and a nine so all that can kind of oh wait a minute that's gonna leave me with a four so then that four what i'm gonna do is oh it's gonna huh i might be left with a four yeah because the four i would sometimes i would divide it into the eights so it would be i'm not making any sense at all am i to you this is something that's weird that i do in my brain and so i'd have the six seven eight nine and i'd put those together gone and then i just have a four but sometimes i'll do as i'll take like the four and i'll put it into the eights so i'm like well eight is divided by four so it'll go in there it's i don't know i don't know i like to get rid of the the the the numbers and i'll do it with letters sometimes too so like if you have like mississippi then i'm like all right all you s's you become one s all you p's you become one P. All you I's, you become one I. So it becomes like M-I-S-P or M-I-P-S, MIPS or MISP. Can you guys tell that I'm still on cold medication? Because I am. I have what's called the flu and I don't even have a chimney. So it's strange that I have to have my flu cleaned. I think what happened is that Robot was, he reads the newspaper every day and he likes to put the spent newspapers into, he rolls them up into logs and he puts them into the fireplace and then he keeps, he sets it on fire and it keeps headquarters warm, which is pretty nice. But the problem is, is that it evidently, it coats the chimney. The flu has to be open and I have the flu and I have been taking a cold medication and I am incoherent and I am now realizing that, which is unfortunate, not only for me, but also for you. It's also kind of ridiculous because the bumper podcast is done.

  • Bumperpodcast 109 – Plague

    Bumperpodcast 109 – Plague

    Natty Bumpercar returns to Headquarters with the icky-nasty-yucky plague – but – he has missed the Bumperpodcast studios so much – that he decides to give you a little bit of the talky-talk.

    Mostly – he just takes his throat to task for not doing what it’s supposed to do – which is evidently just to sit there and be a pipe. There are firings that are threatened.

    Listen to the Bumperpodcast to see if there is a job opening for a throat …

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    About This Episode

    In episode 109 of the Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar returns to headquarters feeling under the weather. Suffering from what he calls "the plague," Natty delivers a hilarious rant about his malfunctioning body parts. He breaks down the basic job requirements of a throat—breathing and swallowing—and expresses his frustration that his throat can't even handle these simple tasks. Natty also voices his disappointment with his nose, threatening to fire both body parts if he could continue operating without them. This solo episode showcases Natty's signature comedic style as he turns being sick into an absurd performance review of his own anatomy.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I brought back with me the plague, I brought back with me disease, I brought back with me the funk, I brought back with me the ew, the yucky, the goo.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You're a throat, you're just a tube. You're not really even doing anything, you just have to sit there.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “If I could fire my nose and throat and still continue this operation that I'm in right now, you know what I would do it.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #beingsick #comedy #illness #bodyparts #rant #soloepisode #health

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey everybody it's me daddy bumper car and the uh wow i am back in headquarters and that is awesome and that is great and you know what i brought back with me i brought back with me the plague i brought back with me disease i brought back with me the funk i brought back with me the ew the yucky the goo i can't breathe i have this nose that doesn't even know how to work i have this throat it doesn't even like me talking about it sometimes if i talk about my throat it decides to just close up and not work at all which to me is inappropriate it's like hey you're a throat how about you work is kind of what i'm thinking you know because really as a throat what do you have to do you have a few pretty i would say basic tasks uh a throat is uh breathing in and out all right that's you know if we want to say it that could be two things but really it's just kind of airflow so what i'm gonna do i'm i'm gonna be a stickler i'm gonna say airflow that's one in and out you're just a tube you're not really even doing anything you just have to sit there and the other thing you know is is again it's it's you know you can break it up if you want to if you want to give the throat uh you know oh poor throat you know you can say oh you have to drink liquids liquid has to go down oh no you have to uh uh take in food you know like solid stuff so like but really that's just one thing it's just you're taking stuff in so and i'll give you another you so you take stuff in and you know how people say oh cough cough cough that went down the wrong pipe i guess you know like if you take a drink and you can't um and you and they're like cough cough cough and then they're like oh well i know i just said this but that went down the wrong pipe and you're just like whatever jethro i don't care so throat here's what you're supposed to do for me you're supposed to breathe you're supposed to uh in and out that's one and you're supposed to let me uh eat and drink stuff so so food going down and that's all you do just do it don't don't bust don't fuss don't fight just do what you're supposed to do and nose i don't even want to talk about my nose at this point because it's not even it's so far not even trying it's ridiculous if i could fire my nose and throat and still continue this operation that i'm in right now you know what i would do it

  • Bumperpodcast 101

    Bumperpodcast 101

    Sorry that this is so late … But – there is a lot of whispering going on – because Baby Bumpercar officially has a stomach virus … a yucky-icky-nasty little stomach virus. Poor little guy.

    We shall defeat this sickness – today – on the Bumperpodcast!

     

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    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 101, Natty Bumpercar attempts to record quietly while Baby Bumpercar battles a stomach virus at headquarters. The episode begins with whispered warnings about keeping quiet, but Natty soon realizes he's in a soundproof booth and can speak normally. He shares the messy, disgusting details of dealing with a sick baby who goes from playing adorably with trains to exploding goo everywhere. Natty laments the arrival of sickly season at headquarters, which apparently lasts eight months out of the year, and declares his disdain for the unwelcome stomach virus invader.

    Memorable Quotes

    “It's like you've got this adorable little baby child, running around, playing with trains, talking, bibble babble, and then boom. Goo. Smelly, icky, yucky, nasty, goo.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Stomach virus, I'm not a fan. I don't like you. I want you out of headquarters. You're not paying rent. I'm sick of you.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #parenting #illness #winter #babybumpercar #headquarters #comedy #stomachvirus

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Unknown: Please make sure and be as quiet as you can, because Baby Bumper Car has got a virus, a stomach virus, and he's trying to sleep, so we can't wake him up, because if we do, he's liable to do the things that stomach viruses make you do, which are disgusting, and which shan't be discussed here. Disgust, disgusting. You see what I'm saying? So be very quiet. I don't want to wake him up, and you don't want me to wake him up, because if I do, it's all over.

    Natty Bumpercar: It, it's all over. It's, here's the thing, Bumper Podcast. By the way, I'm Natty Bumper Car. This is Bumper Podcast number 101. 101. And here we are, back in the sickly season, uh, winter. Which, around headquarters, is roughly eight months out of the year. Uh, we're just starting it off, but we're starting it off with a bang. That's a stomach virus. Uh, it has not migrated to anyone outside of its host carrier, and that's Baby Bumper Car. Um, I'm talking normal now, uh, normal-ish, as normal as I can, because I realized I'm in a soundproof booth, and while it's fun to whisper, I don't really have to. I'm gonna be honest with you, because he can't hear me, and I can't hear him. Huh. I wonder what he's doing out there. I mean, I wonder if he's even sleeping. I mean, if, I wonder if he's doing what stomach viruses make him do. I wasn't gonna tell you about this. It makes him explode. It makes him explode goo from, from, it's, from everywhere, on everywhere, everywhere. It's horrible. It's the worst. It's like you've got this adorable little, uh, baby child, what, running around, playing with trains, talking, bibble babble, bibble babble, look at me, bibble babble, bibble babble, what's that, what's that, and then boom. Goo. Smelly, icky, yucky, nasty, goo. Stomach virus, I'm not a fan. I don't like you. I want you out of headquarters. I want you out of Baby Bumper Car. I mean, you're leaving, you're going out already in all of this. I mean, directions, but I mean, I want you, you're not, you're done. You're not paying rent. I'm sick of you. I love the baby, though. Love Baby Bumper Car. Stomach virus, not so much.

  • Bumperpodcast 48 – Revolt

    Bumperpodcast 48 – Revolt

    Robot is back to take the helm – because the house is in revolt! Evidently, Natty Bumpercar is way too busy to draw stuff and make stuff and phot stuff and talk stuff and joke stuff and stuff stuff – – – so – – – the rest of the house has decided to pick up a bit of the slack for him.

    Because if they don’t . . . then the stink bugs win – and that can never happen!

    Wait until the Bumpercar gets a load of this!

    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 48, Robot seizes an opportunity to host the show while Natty Bumpercar is sick and unavailable. Robot enthusiastically attempts to create his own "robot podcast" and wonders aloud why Natty usually doesn't let him near the microphone. After mocking Natty's illness and calling him "mad," Robot is caught red-handed by Natty himself, who bursts in to kick Robot out of the recording room. The sick and exhausted Natty reasserts control over his podcast duties before heading off to rest, leaving listeners with a glimpse of the chaos that ensues when Robot gets his hands on the equipment.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Maddie Bumpercar usually doesn't let me in the room to talk and talk and talk and talk. I wonder why. I have very interesting things to say.”

    — Robot

    “You knew exactly what you were doing, robot. Get out of the room. What did I tell you? No microphone for the robot.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #robot #hosting #illness #podcasthijinks #technology #behindthescenes

    Featuring: Robot, Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Robot: Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, everybody, it's me, Robot. Is this, is this going to leave it on? I'm not sure how it works. Maddie bugs her car. Usually doesn't let me in the room to talk and talk and talk and talk. I wonder why. I have very interesting things to say. I really do. So. Now, here's the scoop. Evidently, Maddie Bumpercar is too busy doing whatever it is that he does to come up and make a bumper podcast for you. So, I've decided to make a robot, robot, robot podcast. I probably should have written that down first. A robot podcast.

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Robot: It just rolls off the transistors, doesn't it? We really don't know where he is. The bumper car, I'm saying. He was so sick last week.

    Unknown: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

    Robot: I'm sick. I'm Maddie Bumpercar. I'm mad. I'm mad. I'm mad. I'm mad. I'm mad.

    Natty Bumpercar: What? Robot, what are you doing over there? You don't, you knew exactly what you were doing, robot. Get out of the room. Now, scoop. Now, scoop. What am I, scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop. What did I tell you? No microphone for the robot. Listen, I've been kind of sick. I was sick last week. I'm sick this week. And I don't need you guys coming in and doing my job for me. for me i'm gonna do a bumper podcast i'm gonna do the website i'm gonna go to sleep now because i'm exhausted oh boy

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