Tag: improvisation

  • Bumperpodcast #321 – Establishment

    Bumperpodcast #321 – Establishment

    Here it is – the new podcast that everyone is talking about. The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals!

    Natty is thrilled to tell you all about the show where he got to perform for a hundred people for over an hour. But, Producer, Pig, and Rufus T. Rufus have other ideas…. Enjoy the thrills!

    You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com, or to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976. We’re here and we’re listening!

    Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!!

     

    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar excitedly recounts his recent stand-up comedy performance for about 100 people, where he performed for 45 minutes to an hour. Before the show, Natty experiences an uncanny "Dairy Queen intuition" and grabs a Blizzard for dinner. His comedy set features improvised material about the quirky town, including bird houses in the middle of a lake, confusing ice warning signs in April, and a wizard-like house with a giant gargoyle. Producer the frog keeps interrupting to announce his new ice cream establishment, while lawyer Rufus T. Rufus threatens legal action over unauthorized business name mentions. Despite the chaos and not getting through his entire set list, Natty expresses his joy at performing and his desire to do more shows like this one.

    Memorable Quotes

    “what kind of diet are you on uh me i'm on an off-putting diet that means i i can't eat no pudding”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “my stomach just out of nowhere it kind of raised its hand and it was like i feel like there's a dairy queen around here and i was like really stomach”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “i'm going to ask you natty not to keep repeating the name of this ice cream establishment because they have not paid a fee”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    Topics: #stand-upcomedy #icecream #performance #spring #smalltowns #improvisation #dairyqueen

    Featuring: Producer, Aloysious J. Pig, Natty Bumpercar, Rufus T. Rufus

    Full Transcript

    Producer: oh hello it's me producer and i'm here to give you a taste of a podcast today so

    Aloysious J. Pig: what are you doing producer oh you can't no you're not talking on the microphone yeah you stop stop talking on the microphone all right you go okay perfect thank you okay

    Producer: it's been me producer and i'm going to go back behind the board food today okay okay thank you

    Aloysious J. Pig: uh wow sorry about that everybody that was really off-putting off-putting hey what kind of your what kind of diet are you on uh me i'm on an off-putting diet that means i i can't eat no pudding uh again i apologize for that uh that was producer he's a little frog normally he ain't gonna come and talk on the microphone because it freaks people out it scares people his voice again it's off-putting his voice it doesn't eat pudding okay so it's spring around here i saw a bird i saw a bird and it was all like twiddly twit twit twit twit twit twit twit and then it coughed like that because it's been such a long winter and i guess it had a little

    Natty Bumpercar: thanks i was i was struggling here yeah you were talking about so yeah it is almost spring around here we have nice spring showers we have nice spring weather and it's the sun comes out and sometimes there's no clouds but right now there are clouds and that's fine though but because you know what you know those clouds don't have in them they don't have snow finally no snow producer

    Aloysious J. Pig: was in here earlier he was yeah what was he doing he was talking on a microphone come on producer what are you doing that's what i said i was just like brow you know you're more behind the scenes kind of a kind of a dude right you're not like me aloysius j pig soon to be on all the billboards soon to be on all the bumper stickers soon to be on all the postcards and all the push pins and all the button tops and all the flip flops here we go okay yeah i mean good point

    Natty Bumpercar: yeah what you were doing i i enjoyed it if i'm to be honest that was a good song that you just came up with uh so yeah uh pig world famous producer awesome awesome guy uh but yeah yeah we don't yeah you know he can do periscope whenever he wants to uh but not the bumper podcast so hey everyone it's me natty bumper car natty bumper car natty bumper car n-a-t-t-y-b-u-m percar n-a-t-t-y-b-u-m percar natty bumper car that's me and um i'm here to talk to you about an amazing show i just did i'm so excited about i i got to perform stand-up comedy tell jokes for about a hundred people about a hundred people they were expecting 40 they got about a hundred that's more than double that's more than duble duble duble duble plus that's duble duble plus and then uh i i got there with the expectation of doing between 45 minutes and an hour that's 45 minutes to 60 minutes of me talking now you guys get to listen to roughly 12 minutes of me talking every week here on the bumper podcast those people got to listen to me talk for 45 minutes to an hour and i found the woman who uh who was organizing it i drove i drove about 45 minutes to some town that was in the middle of the city and i was like oh my god i'm gonna be like oh my god i'm gonna be i don't even remember what it was called at this point oh it's called height high highs heights i don't know i don't know i don't know it's not important story but i got down there and uh 45 minutes and when i got to town it was the weirdest thing my stomach just out of nowhere it kind of raised its hand and it was like i feel like there's a dairy queen around here and i was like really stomach this is something that really happened where my my i had dairy queen intuition if you don't know what dairy queen is it's uh an ice cream place they have like soft serve and they have blizzards and they have all kinds of yummy stuff dilly bars hello i see you uh and so i i i said to my stomach all right well let me check and i pulled out my little phone and i got the map out and i clicky clack it in there bam there it is a dairy queen four minutes away four minutes my brain my brain and my stomach just knew that this was a town this was an area that was going to have a

    Rufus T. Rufus: dairy queen and and it was correct excuse me this is me rufus t rufus always on time and always with a rhyme you know i like to introduce myself not for y'all bumper bygasses but just in case anyone wants to look me up to the whole world procure my services for whatever kind of thing ails you in a lawyer kind of fashion in a manager kind of fashion if you want to know what i'm saying so i'm going to ask you natty not to keep repeating the name of this ice cream establishment because they have not paid a fee they have not paid a fare they have not paid nothing to me another rhyme put it on the board okay put it on that clickety clack and there we go so moving on okay i would ask that you simply refer to businesses and establishments by general terms such as i went to an ice cream parlor and done i went to a dog groomer you understand what i'm saying i had some grits at the restaurant no one needs to know the name of it my friend my friend my friend i want to go back on and do my thing it's time to shine it's time to sing so i'm going to say to y'all

    Natty Bumpercar: okay thanks rufus t rufus so evidently moving forward i'm not allowed to say the name of businesses because they haven't given me money that's crazy i'll i mean yes no he's he's pointing at me so yes yes i totally agree with everything you just said so i drove over to the ice cream establishment and uh i actually had some time so i took a nap and i'm going to say to y'all and then i got up and i had a delicious ice cream treat a blizzard i had a blizzard with m&ms in it it was amazing and then i went to the show and uh i got there at like oh i got there at like 7 45 and i thought that the dinner was going to start at 8 but the dinner didn't even start until well no what's happening i went on at like 9 0 5 so i had so much fun i had so much fun i had so much time just and i wandered around the town and it was it was so great because i haven't done an hour in a long time and um that's a long time to talk to people when you're in a room and to keep their uh their their attention and to keep them laughing and having a good time and so i wanted to kind of settle my brain probably because i had ice cream for dinner too and um so i wandered around the town and i found all kinds of funny stuff that i was just like oh i'm gonna talk about this oh i'm gonna talk about that oh i'm gonna talk about this and so for the first 25 minutes or so maybe longer i just made fun of their not made fun of but i i brought attention to silly things in their town like there were these there are these bird feeders bird houses and they were in the middle of a lake right so you look at them and they were like out there and i was like why are there bird houses and they're like on poles in the middle of uh of a lake and i was like who is this like a challenge to the birds you're like hey bird you better get in this house because if you don't there's no ground beneath it and they were like this guy's funny and then there was a sign there was a in front of that same lake that said um caution ice too thin to skate and i was just like there's no ice it's april and i told him i went i got my skates and i tried to dip them into the pond and they went right in and they were just like this guy's he's talking about our town there's signs in our town uh i was i was a lot of was about the lake but i was walking around the lake and um what else was there there was a bat house and i so it was i was talking about the bat house and then i i had there was a big cool house it was like had all this uh stained glass and it looked like a wizard lived there and i looked up and there was a giant bronze or copper gargoyle on top of it like huge and and i was like you guys what's going on with that house and they were like he knows about that crazy house so but uh it was it was it was pretty fun and they had fun and i had fun and now i want to do it again and again

    Producer: and again and again and again and again and again and again and again i'm so sorry to reintroduce myself hello everyone it's me producer and i just wanted to i remembered why i had come in here earlier it was because i wanted to tell you that i have actually opened my very own ice cream establishment and i would like for you all to come down now no i won't stop talking stop talking never stop you have to stop talking because don't you say something that i like happening

    Aloysious J. Pig: don't you say um so anyway sorry about that producer evidently has an ice cream place i didn't even realize that

    Natty Bumpercar: when i was talking about the ice cream place that i went to a year back yeah well of course i came

    Rufus T. Rufus: back because i thought that we had a thoroughly established that it was no one uh getting the cold and Mommy i don't care and i don't know you said the right wordra the ice cream place the ice cream place the ice cream place was awesome this is a challenge it's a it Economists breathe it's nothing YO tell you i have got to say so that is not gonna be a pleasant day okay producer i would say that

    Natty Bumpercar: you should probably run if you can or hop do whatever you got to do but i would get away from the situation as quickly as you can because he's serious whenever he goes to get his um briefcase it's gonna take him a while to go all the way out to his car and come back but i'm saying you should not be here and if he leaves any envelopes for you just avoid them don't don't don't touch them don't pick them up just avoid them um and anyway back to my story because i feel like that was supposed to be the whole focus of the episode because it's a bumper podcast it's not the producer is opening a frog ice cream podcast it's not rufus t rufus jumping down my throat because i was trying to talk about the things it's about me telling you that i had a lot of fun and i want to do bigger and better shows like that and the thing is i got to the end of it when i looked at i made a list i had eight jokes i didn't even get to and i was like how in that much time did i not get to it because i was playing around i was having fun i was making best friends but not best friends like you because you guys are the bumper podcast and i love you to pieces because you know what

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  • Bumperpodcast #235 – Tiny Screaming Jokester

    Bumperpodcast #235 – Tiny Screaming Jokester

    Bumpercar needs to get with the program – so to do that, he brings a screaming tiny person to get things moving and to talk about and tell some jokes …

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

    About This Episode

    In this hilarious episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar welcomes special guest Emerson for a chaotic and entertaining conversation. Fresh off "getting rid of Rufus T. Rufus," Natty tries to conduct an interview with the energetic Emerson, who shares stories about going to the beach, starting school, and delivers a series of increasingly silly knock-knock jokes. The episode features playful banter about names, sea monsters, rotten chicken, and takes an unexpected turn into bathroom humor territory. This unscripted, improvisational episode showcases the unpredictable comedy that happens when Natty Bumpercar tries to maintain control of the show.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I taste like, um, um, rotten leaves. And I taste like rotten chicken.”

    — Emerson

    “This is the first Bumper Podcast since we got rid of Rufus T. Rufus, and we are just hanging out, having a good time.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You're going to get me in trouble. I can't even stand. This isn't how we talk in the Bumper Podcast.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #knock-knockjokes #school #beach #friendship #improvisation #bathroomhumor #children

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Emerson

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: All right. Hey, everybody. It's me, Natty Bumpercar, and you are?

    Emerson: Um.

    Natty Bumpercar: What's your name?

    Emerson: Emerson.

    Natty Bumpercar: That's your name?

    Emerson: Yes. Who gave, what kind of name is that? Who gave you that name? I don't know.

    Natty Bumpercar: You don't know who gave you that name?

    Emerson: No. Who was it?

    Natty Bumpercar: I mean, I have some ideas on who might have given you the name, but I can't definitively say. What if you did? If I did, I'd get in trouble. Why? Because those are secrets. So your name is Emerson. You sure it's not like elephant? No. Is your name buffalo?

    Emerson: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: Is your name banana?

    Emerson: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness gracious. Oh, my goodness gracious. Hey, Emerson.

    Emerson: Hey, Emerson.

    Natty Bumpercar: I want my hat back.

    Emerson: I know that story.

    Natty Bumpercar: Have you seen my hat?

    Emerson: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, all right. What's the hat do? So, Emerson, tell me about you. This is the first Bumper Podcast since we got rid of Rufus T. Rufus, and we are just hanging out, having a good time. Yeah, because this is really fun. Is this really fun?

    Emerson: Yes.

    Natty Bumpercar: All right. I hope they think it's fun. Don't touch those things. Those are dangerous things up here. So, what do you, tell me about yourself. What have you been up to?

    Emerson: I've been up to playing.

    Natty Bumpercar: You've been up to playing? What have you been playing? 100 years. You've been playing 100 years. How do you play 100 years? Do you know? You get lost in the music, don't you? You like to just sit and listen to the music. That's fine. So… Dad! Oh, don't yell too loud. You're going to hurt the people's ears. Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay. So, what do you, are you, what, did you just start something? Yes. What'd you just start? Went to the beach. You just went to the beach? What'd you do at the beach?

    Emerson: I went in the deep water. You went in the deep water?

    Natty Bumpercar: Did you see any sea monsters? Nope. Thank goodness! That would have been terrible. Yeah. They would have probably eaten you up. Ah! Because you are delicious. No, I'm not. I, yeah, I ate, used to eat your toes. But I just like, want to eat.

    Emerson: You're so good.

    Natty Bumpercar: I'm so good. I'm so good. I'm so good. I'm so good.

    Emerson: I love you. I taste like, um, um, rotten leaves. Ew. And I taste like rotten chicken.

    Natty Bumpercar: You do? Yes. That's disgusting. I had no idea. Well, I'm glad that I'm not going to eat you then. Um, hey, do you want to tell us a joke? Yes. Knock, knock. Oh, who, uh, who's there? Who pooped there? What? I am not answering the door. Go away. I'm going to call the police. Try again.

    Emerson: Knock, knock.

    Natty Bumpercar: Who's there?

    Emerson: Um, cow.

    Natty Bumpercar: Cow who?

    Emerson: A mountain cow. Oh, come on.

    Natty Bumpercar: I didn't see that one coming a mile away. I'll try one. Uh, knock, knock. Who's there? Kitty cat. Kitty cat who? Kitty cat in your face. What? Is that me? What?

    Emerson: The big one.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah. The one when it talks? Yeah, those are called waveforms, and so you can see when you talk, those are, those are graphical representations of your, of the sound coming out of your mouth. So that's why when you yell, it's not a good thing. All right, now you're just breathing weird. That's kind of, that's going to creep people out. What? What I was asking, so earlier I was asking, what did you just start? You just started school.

    Emerson: I started school.

    Natty Bumpercar: Are you so excited?

    Emerson: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: You're so smart, though. You're going to do such a great job, right?

    Emerson: What if someone talks to me?

    Natty Bumpercar: Emerson. No, no, no, no, no. Knock, knock. Oh, oh, oh. Uh, who, who's there? Baby butt. Come on. Fine. I'll play.

    Emerson: Baby butt who? Baby butt in the toilet. Oh, no, no. That's disgusting. Come on.

    Natty Bumpercar: You baby butt in the toilet. Knock, knock. Oh, we got another one? All right. Who is there? Boo-boo. Boo-boo who?

    Emerson: Boo-boo in the toilet and then he farted on. No, this is not the kind of show that. And then he farted. And then he farted. And then he farted in the toilet and then he pooped on someone's face.

    Natty Bumpercar: You're going to get me in trouble. I can't even stand. I'm going to get, I'm going to get in big trouble. This isn't how we talk in the Bumper Podcast. Yes, we do. Oh, I'm not so sure about that. Hey, we got to go. But ladies and gentlemen, thanks for listening to the Bumper Podcast. Yeah, bye. I'm Natty Bumpercar. What's your name? Ah! Ah!

    Emerson: Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

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  • Bumperpodcast #229 – Waking up from a long nap

    Bumperpodcast #229 – Waking up from a long nap

    Bumpercar is back at Headquarters – where nothing works and everything is a mess. Strap in for chaos on this week’s Bumperpodcast – with Pig, Robot, some pirate, and Doodle Poodle!

    Chaos? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. 

    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar returns to the Bumperpodcast after taking a week off for travel, reflecting on their recent interview episode with Mad from Homestar Runner. The episode quickly descends into controlled chaos as Aloysious J. Pig, Doodle Poodle, and Rufus T. Rufus (as Parrot Orange Beard the pirate) interrupt with their own agendas. Pig wants to talk about rain, Robot malfunctions and talks to himself, and a dog appears causing allergic concerns. What starts as Natty's attempt at a structured comeback episode transforms into a hilarious disaster that has the characters wondering if this might be the worst Bumperpodcast ever. It's a perfectly imperfect example of the show's improvisational comedy style.

    Memorable Quotes

    “you've been gone a week and this is what you come back with”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “listen if you guys are gonna come on the show and interrupt which is fun because i do like it when i have more people on you gotta bring something to the”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “is this the worst bumper podcast ever oh no we started from the top and now we're all the way down here in a well”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #chaos #podcasting #travel #improvisation #homestarrunner #rain #pirates #dogs

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig, Doodle Poodle, Rufus T. Rufus

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: yay this is natty bumper car and we are back after last week we took a week off because we were traveling and there's a lot of stuff going on and you know we're just trying to put the pieces back together that's what we're always trying to do here um if you listen to the last episode it was our first interview episode ever we had my friend mad on from homestar place runtime runtime homestar to runville you tire popper lationer home strong but i don't know and and it was great and it was fun and uh hopefully we'll be doing more interviews at some point because uh even though i didn't have any of my equipment uh it's i it was fun i had fun i i miss i miss my pals i was in atlanta where i'm originally from kind of originally not really originally originally i'm from someplace else but let's not get into that

    Aloysious J. Pig: long story uh we were visiting friends and hey bumsy what's going on hey how you doing it's me yeah it's me peg what's going on oh you know i was just gonna do some periscoping and people are like hey pig what are you doing i'm gonna be on the podcast

    Doodle Poodle: to be on the bumper all right i'm sure everybody loves the would love to hear from you guys and i would love to hear what

    Natty Bumpercar: you did on vacation oh really this is too much

    Doodle Poodle: i almost said my name was peg that's so silly but clearly not okay robot robot stop all right are you just talking to yourself what

    Natty Bumpercar: somebody hit him he's broken some he's okay he turned off all right whoa yeah sorry about that everyone yeah man i'm sorry

    Aloysious J. Pig: right this is crazy anyway so this is pig and i'm here on the bumper podcast and you know today we're gonna talk about i don't know like what do we talk about today rain what do you so does

    Natty Bumpercar: rain a lot here are you serious and stuff so you're just gonna come on to my show now and talk about nothing you have nothing to talk about and you're talking about rain it's not even raining today and then you just and stuff listen if you guys are gonna come on the show and interrupt which is fun because i do like it when i have more people on you gotta bring something to the

    Rufus T. Rufus: bumper car oh it's me parrot on parrot on parrot orange beard the parrot coming here to the bumper podcast wanting everyone to know that i've got plenty to talk about oh hi you brought your dog with you did you come here well i'm afraid of dogs because i'm allergic

    Doodle Poodle: get the dog away from me i'm hypoallergenic i don't think there's anything for you to be nervous or allergic to i don't have any doggy candor or nothing and i think it's okay for me because i live here you're just a mean pirate who is i just want to go and draw

    Natty Bumpercar: listen here bumper car okay what's up i ain't here to tell you your business yeah i'm sure but

    Aloysious J. Pig: i mean like i got i do the thing i do my show yeah yeah and this is a disaster oh come on like yeah i i you you've been gone a week and this is what you come back with all right well i'm just saying yeah maybe if you let me talk about rain a little bit seriously we would have had some sort of

    Natty Bumpercar: structure really rain structure really or something well at least anything right okay well i will contend i will contend i will agree that today was kind of a mess it was a bit of a disaster but you know i think it was probably good for everyone to at least come to the mic and talking to the mic and say something that made sense to them i mean it was good in some way right i'm sure it had to be good in any way is this the worst bumper podcast ever oh no we started from the top and now we're all the way down here in a well

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  • Bumperpodcast #228 – Matt Chapman Interview

    Bumperpodcast #228 – Matt Chapman Interview

    Bumpercar is far away from Headquarters – where he runs into and records his pal Matt Chapman of Homestarrunner.com. It’s our very first interview – and it’s the best!

    Homestar Runner? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. 

    About This Episode

    In this special episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar conducts his most exciting interview yet with internet animation legend Matt Chapman, co-creator of Homestar Runner. The two discuss Matt's famous website featuring funny cartoons, their bizarre adventures at Soups R Us involving inappropriate bowl reverberations, and why Matt is supposedly banned from mainland United States. Natty attempts to pin down when Strong Bad cartoons will return on a weekly basis, but the answer remains hilariously elusive. This improvised conversation, recorded on an air mattress on Matt's houseboat, showcases the absurdist humor both creators are known for.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Thanks for having me sit next to you on an air mattress in front of your computer and talking to my lap”

    — Matt Chapman

    “I'm not allowed to set foot on the mainland United States… Is that because of the bowl thing? Where you're talking into people's laps?”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I thought it needed some reverberations. It probably did not. I mean, it's what the manager thought. And the police.”

    — Matt Chapman

    Topics: #interviews #homestarrunner #internetanimation #comedy #strongbad #webcartoons #improvisation

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh howdy everybody it's me natty bumper car and this is the bumper podcast and this is the most exciting bumper pop this is the most exciting i can't even say it that's how excited i am because i have an interview i'm actually gonna talk to somebody a real live person not a dumb doodle poodle not a dumb pig hey no don't worry about it pig you're fine but you're not on this podcast and not a robot or nobody or nothing there's no pirates on this podcast there's no there's nobody except for me and my interviewer interviewee and i should i guess i should probably i mean here's the thing ladies and gentlemen a lot of people on the internets want to hear from this guy and i've known this guy for like at least a year or more than that and uh so he doesn't talk to me ever except for right now this is the only time he's agreed to ever talk to me um and i figure i should do you think i should say who it is just nod your head i don't want to give anything away because they can all see you he said no he said i should not give it away yet and that's fine maybe you guys have heard on the web there used to there's a website it used to be almost said there's a website that uh that does these funny cartoons it's like it's like if you watch television but on your computer like that's just that's the sensation you're gonna get if you go to this website and you can you can you can laugh at them i found myself i get very giddy sometimes i cry a little bit because some of the stories are very emotional i can't you know what i can't i can't hold on any longer ladies and gentlemen boys and girls uh i'm just gonna bring him over here and have him say hello and i apologize my microphone is bad because i left it at home uh ladies and gentlemen mr matt chapman hi natty thanks for having me sit next to you on an air mattress in front of your computer and talking to my lap yeah this is my first time to be sitting next to you on an air mattress in front of your This is a dream come true. I have a lot of experience doing that anyway. It's a family-friendly show. I don't know what you do on your website. But you put all kinds of things in your lap sometimes. I don't know. No, like a bowl that might reverberate. So if you talk into the bowl, it sends the sound waves bouncing off the ceiling. And maybe someone on the other side of the room, you could whisper. I whisper into your lap often. This is the first Science Bumper podcast we've ever done. I don't think the word reverberate has ever been used. Not properly. It's still never been used. Did I say it right? I probably didn't say it right. I didn't use it right. Can you spell it? Berberate. You know, we bought a house out in the hills. And the carpet was full of smoke and catcher. And we had to buy some new carpet. And the one that was on sale was the berberate. It took me a long time to get to that. I thought you were going to have to. You had the berberate. Berberate the carpet in order to get it back up to EPA standards. No, we burned the house down. But we had it insured. We were going to edit that home. If anyone heard that, there's elephants here. I'm in the deep south. We're on a ship on an ocean liner. Because that's kind of like, I was going to say, who's the guy who used to fly around in the airplane? The aviator? Yeah. That's you. But you only live on a boat. And we're on a houseboat. Because I don't know if it's, I don't want to bring this up on the internet. But is it illegal for you to be in the country? I'm not allowed to set foot on the mainland United States. Is that because of the bowl thing? Where you're talking into people's laps? They don't like that. They frown on that in the States. This one time, Matt and I went to Soups R Us. And he embarrassed this kind old gentleman so, so much. He was eating a butternut. Squash soup. And Matt just started talking into it. I thought it needed some reverberations. It probably did not. I mean, it's what the manager thought. And the police. So, it's great that you let me onto your boat. I think, you know, what everybody's going to be wondering listening to this. And thank you to everybody who is listening to the Bumper Podcast. And again, I apologize for the microphone. We're very far afield right now. From headquarters. You know, when people, they go to your website. They look at your funny cartoons. You do, you guys draw them in Mario style paint, I think. Mario style paint. It's new for the 3DS. If anyone doesn't know, it's like improv, but with cartoons. Would you say? Exactly. I mean, I'm just trying to put a pin on it, is what I was trying to do. But do you guys have a plan? Like, when are you going to come back? Like, full force, and every week, give us a new strong, bad cartoon. Oh, well, Natty, I have an answer for that. A definitive answer. Everybody listen in. For that question. Okay. Okay. Okay.

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  • Bumperpodcast #221 – Strep throat blues …

    Bumperpodcast #221 – Strep throat blues …

    There is some strep throat at Headquarters, and Bumpercar is full of it. So, special guest host Mott the Sheep comes in to do what he does best! (We’re still trying to figure out what that is …)

    Have you ever talked to a sheep?! Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    About This Episode

    In this unique episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar is suffering from a severe case of strep throat and can barely speak. Unable to host the show alone, Natty brings in special guest Mott the Sheep to take over hosting duties. Mott discusses recent travels to Brooklyn and performing at comedy clubs, though listeners only hear Natty's side of the conversation. The episode showcases the improvised, experimental nature of the show as Natty struggles through the recording while attempting to interview the largely silent Mott. Despite the unusual format, the episode maintains the show's characteristic humor as Natty worries about other puppet characters possibly catching various animal-themed illnesses.

    Memorable Quotes

    “A little word of advice to you listeners don't get strep throat it hurts so bad… I yawned and it hurt which has never happened to me before.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm contagious but i don't know if sheep can get it… There's no sheep flu. Okay? Just relax. I think you're going to be fine.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #illness #guesthost #comedyclubs #brooklyn #improvisation #friendship

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Mott the Sheep

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hi everybody it's me natty bumper car and i have what is called strep throat a little word of advice to you listeners don't get strep throat it hurts so bad and so i'm not really gonna be able to do a lot of talking today on the podcast but i ow coughing hurts breathing hurts i yawned and it hurt which has never happened to me before um how i uh drinking hurts i blinked i blinked my eyes and it hurt which is not even on my throat but anyway um so here's what we're gonna do uh is i brought in a special guest uh host today so uh give it up this is my friend he's been around for a long time he's gonna do the show hasn't been here in a while uh mott the sheep yeah mott how's it going that's funny no i mean i'm contagious but i don't know if sheep can get it so uh no i'm pretty sure you're okay okay well that's fine did you want to just take over you want to tell a little joke a little story or uh no okay what about uh just tell everybody where you've been up to i guess

    Mott the Sheep: uh

    Natty Bumpercar: really and then what kind of Did you just hang out there? Did you spend the night? No, okay. I've been there once, but it's really expensive, so I just kind of walked in and walked out. Yeah. Have you been to comedy clubs or anything? You were in Brooklyn. Oh, that's fun. Did you do a show? Was it scary or anything? I know you're not up on stage as much as you used to be. Uh-huh. And what kind of joke did you tell the people? That's funny. No, I mean, I feel like I should just stick around while you're doing the show, just to keep things moving a little bit. Do they like it? Do they like the show? Yeah. That's cool. Robot? No, I don't know. Robot's, I don't know. He's plugged in, so I don't know what he's doing. He's, uh, I haven't seen Pig. He was looking pretty peak at the last time I saw him. This whole strep thing. I know, I know. I said you couldn't get it. But Pig, maybe he's got, like, the swine flu or whatever. I don't know what happens. There's no sheep flu. Okay? Just relax. I think you're going to be fine. I appreciate you coming by. What, so tell me.

    Mott the Sheep: Um, yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Uh-huh. Well, no. Well, glad it's… All right. I don't agree with that, necessarily. I mean, so you have been listening to the show a little bit here and there. Okay. Um, because we've been really trying lately. Ow. All right. That's unnecessary. Anything to say? Um, did you want to ask the people out in the world anything? That's a good question. Hey, Bumper Podcast Coutures, if you want to email us your answers to that, yeah, at bumperpodcast.nattybumpercar.com. And, uh, I'll give it the responses to Mott and hook over from there. Really? All right. Uh, so Mott's actually… You're just done? You didn't really do a lot today, did you? Got anything on your plan, on your plate? Anything you're going to be working on? Okay. So you want to just plug that or… Yeah. Okay.

    Mott the Sheep: Okay.

    Natty Bumpercar: You're so busy. It's so impressive. I know, but it's just… I mean, you really get around. So… All right. This has been Bumper Cop… I got strep throat. I'm sorry. I'm off the sheet.

    Mott the Sheep: Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.

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