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  • Bumperpodcast 124 – Missed Opportunity

    Bumperpodcast 124 – Missed Opportunity

    This is officially the first “What could have been” Bumperpodcast of the year … You see – we were going to talk about kittens and squirrels – and then the big computer broke – and then the little computer wouldn’t accept the audio doo-hickey – and then I went and took a long bath.

    I think that something was recorded … I am considering just making vinyl records of all of these and mailing them to listeners …. Or – writing everything out with ghost ink.

    Have you ever made a vinyl record or written in ghost ink? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and maybe we’ll hire you.

    You could live in a cave!!

     


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar battles technical difficulties after recording what he claims was a phenomenal episode about kittens that was lost to corrupted audio. The recording sounded like garbled computer noises instead of his stories about kittens playing with rainbows and eating honey. After witnessing the magical performance, Robot, Reindeer, and others left depressed when the recording failed. Natty desperately troubleshoots by unplugging wires and switching computers, eventually recording on a laptop in his lap. He laments missing the chance to share his kitten and squirrel stories, joking about mobile podcast recording and police officers becoming unwitting stars of the show.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I literally i took the headphones off and i said it's gold and i walked out of the room and everyone just stared at me and they were just like we just witnessed something that was magical”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I was like oh kittens are awesome kittens play with rainbows kittens love to eat honey i don't know you know i was just talking about kittens”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The police pulled me over several times to tell me hey no more recording your mobile bumper podcast and then I say but officer now you're a star”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #technicaldifficulties #kittens #recordingproblems #comedy #metahumor #technology #podcasting

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: all right so this is supposed to be the dawn of a new age remember we were having audio problems a couple of weeks ago and so then today i went to record the bumper podcast and i actually recorded this phenomenal one about kittens so you're missing that and i feel bad because i recorded it and i literally i took the headphones off and i said it's gold and i walked out of the room and everyone robot was here at the time reindeer was here uh the baby was here like everyone they just stared at me and they were just like he we just witnessed something that was magical like i was effervescent i was on i was on top of my game i was over the top it was phenomenal and so then i went back to listen to it and here's how it sounded me

    Robot: me me me and i was like

    Natty Bumpercar: i'm pretty sure that i because i have a memory that lasts for at least five minutes and i remembered that when i recorded the podcast that it didn't sound like that that i wasn't speaking in computer ease i don't i don't speak it i can understand i you know it's one of those things where if i'm like oh and then i can be like oh no that's on a computer i know what they're you know i know they're at least oh they're talking about me because i can tell because they're pointing and laughing but i don't necessarily know what they're saying but i know i don't yarn are saying but i didn't sound like that i was like oh kittens are awesome kittens play with rainbows kittens love to eat honey i don't know you know i was just talking about kittens like me was the saddest thing ever me that's why no one's here right now because everyone left because they were so depressed so i know they couldn't do it right now i'm like i'm like yeah i'm loves a can軍 straight as fuck well so i'm not going to give up the song because army is deadindi on the egy dragon just to say all right there was going to german and then they all're gone but for me so then I go and I start messing with wires and unplugging and plugging and all that stuff and then I don't even think my computer can do it anymore I think it's so sad and old that it can't even record the bumper podcast so then I moved this other computer and it's in my lap and that's weird it's a it's a whole it's a different thing that we're doing I guess with this lap computer so I don't know it's a little different it's certainly not a it's not the kitten day it was supposed to be and not only that there was a story about squirrels I was literally talking about kittens and squirrels and now all I've done for the past two and a half minutes is meank about uh wires and microphones I thought I was gonna go have to buy new stuff I can't buy new stuff new stuff is expensive and then we would have just had uh mobile bumper podcasts for a while and nobody likes those especially the police you they've pulled me over several times to tell me hey you no more recording your mobile bumper podcast and then I say but officer now you're you know you're a star

  • Bumperpodcast #2

    Bumperpodcast #2

    From a snail – who brought some mail – we have a pile of suggestions . . .

    We are working on things!

    [Click the title to get to the episode!]


    About This Episode

    In episode 2 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar responds to listener feedback from the suggestion box. He addresses requests to "make it funnier" by explaining he's not in charge of the comedy—that's the writers' job. Natty also tackles the "less bears" suggestion by promising to avoid bear talk going forward, except for a quick shout-out to the bear nation. The episode humorously highlights the challenges of hosting a topical comedy podcast while managing audience expectations. Despite talking for several minutes, Natty admits he hasn't really discussed anything substantial yet, perfectly capturing the show's improvisational and absurdist charm.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I am not the one who is in charge of the funny. I am just the voice. There's other there's writer this is an organization there are writers in the background.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “What's going on bears how you doing out there? That's it just like that.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I realize I'm already at this thing three minutes last week 6 40 I haven't talked about anything except for these suggestions.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #listenerfeedback #comedy #bears #podcastproduction #metahumor #improvisation

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh oh oh i i have a question my hand is raised i'm right over here i think you should probably hello hello yes thank you um i'm so thrilled that you're back you came back to listen to this thing again and that's that shows gumption what's that that wasn't a question all right well just take it for what it is so here we have welcome back this this is a load of papers suggestions that came into the suggestion box via snail mail uh probably people i guess tracked me down i don't know this was just on my desk stack of papers um from the last show the first show people were saying uh there's one we have here up top it just says make it funnier and clearly i i that's out of my hands i i am not the one who is in charge of the funny uh i am just the voice there's other there's writer this is a an organization there are writers in the background there are people giving me topics there are people saying hey this week i want you to talk about this this week i want you to make fun of this current event because you're topical we want this thing to be topical and we want people to know that you're on the cutting edge of what's going on in the world today so make it funnier i should talk to my producers about that uh this one was easy the second one less bears i won't i told you last time i it was a tangent i didn't mean to talk about bears but i did so this time i'm going to talk about bears and i'm going to talk about bears and i'm going to talk about bears and i'm going to talk about bears and i'm going to talk about bears and i'm going to and moving forward i'm guessing unless we get some sort of exclusive interview with a bear that there won't there won't be anything about bears at all i mean you know maybe a little nod to the bear bear bear nation the bear world but other than that that's it what's going on bears how you doing out there that's it just like that um a lot let's see oh i don't i don't i don't i don't not want you guys to get excited because there are not there are many not many exciting surprises that are coming i realize i'm already at this thing three minutes last week 6 40 i haven't talked about anything except for these suggestions if you want to send more suggestions send them to bumper podcast at natty bumper car because we're legit we're too legit next week i might actually talk about something but honestly between you and me i can't promise anything all right

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