Tag: miscommunication

  • Bumperpodcast #364 – Left out

    Bumperpodcast #364 – Left out

    Oh no. Natty left someone out, again. Who is it – and what will the fallout be? Listen to find out!

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    About This Episode

    In this Thanksgiving-themed episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar faces the wrath of Turkey, who's upset about being excluded from his traditional holiday interview. The situation escalates when it's revealed Natty came down with a mysterious case of "the loop de loo" that caused him to forget everything. Meanwhile, Producer the Frog reveals he's been sleeping in the backyard because no one invited him inside, leading to an emotional workplace revelation. Aloysious J. Pig threatens legal action while everyone learns an important grammar lesson about possessive apostrophes. The chaos concludes with Natty promising a holiday party to make amends with everyone.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Have you looked around this place? It's a virtual pigsty. That's why I like to come in here as much as I do.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “I was never invited to stay in here and so everybody else seems to go sleep whatever they want and I have to go sleep in the backyard. It's very cold out there in the snow.”

    — Producer

    “It's not turkey soup, it's turkey's soup. The Z is very important because that lets us know it's his soup not soup of him.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #thanksgiving #workplacedynamics #friendship #apologies #holidays #miscommunication #inclusion

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig, Doodle Poodle, Producer, Turkey

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well good morning afternoon evening midday brunch lunch dinner night time midnight to you bumper podcast listeners it's me natty bumper car and i

    Aloysious J. Pig: hey natty hey pig what's going on you forgot somebody who ah turkey come here

    Natty Bumpercar: oh no oh no i'm hi turkey how are you

    Doodle Poodle: wow wow he's really heated yeah he's really angry why wow i've never seen such a mad bird i haven't either i want what's the matter turkey why are you so mad i've never seen you get angry before okay oh yeah but but no i'm sorry okay

    Natty Bumpercar: that makes sense okay so everybody if you don't speak turkey geese then you don't know what he's saying but turkeys very upset because every single year that we've been doing the bumper podcast around thanksgiving we have him on and we have big interviews we have a big show and evidently this year he got his whole turkey family together all ready for his big bumper podcast interview and then the call never came yes hi natty it's i betty sir and i'm

    Producer: very sorry but we have put together a schedule and we are determined that we weren't going to be having the turkey on the show this year i have uh some emails from you which say exactly to the point i don't want that bird in my studio he makes everything very feathery

    Aloysious J. Pig: turkey um listen i gotta i might have to take this bird out of studio because you he's getting really angry and i don't blame him did you really say that natty did you really get upset at the turkey because of the feathers in your studio have you looked around this place no it's a virtual pigsty that's why i like to come in here as much as i do okay um it's funny

    Natty Bumpercar: um wow uh yee um so turkey i'm really sorry we went through a weird thing this year where i came down with a bad case of some weird thing i don't even remember what it was called was it like banu was that banu no bro

    Aloysious J. Pig: you're always totes banu we all know that you equal totes banu however yes i believe if i'm

    Producer: looking back through my notes that you buy you came down with a case of the loop de loo and you said the loop de loo and you forgot everything and who you were and everything and whatnot so without being sir

    Turkey: yeah i did really

    Natty Bumpercar: oh thank you so much turkey it was it was loop de loo and guys turkey has offered to bring me he says it's a magic cure for the loop de loo

    Aloysious J. Pig: some of his turkey soup whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa wait a minute you ain't gonna eat no turkey soup turkey's my friend you ain't allowed to eat my friend's bumper car uh now excuse me point of representation point of fact point of uh uh attention uh uh rufus t rufus have heard the term loop de loo uh dis distributed and disinfactuated here in the studio today and i was wondering who exactly was making that referential preferential

    Turkey: yeah hey so thank you uh so thank you for clearing that up

    Natty Bumpercar: uh turkey so rufus for you uh we were talking about a long time ago with the loop de loo so you don't have to be here you don't have to jump in everything is fine uh pig it's not turkey it's not soup made of turkey which no because he's sitting here and ew right no uh it is soup that turkey has made it's like a special family recipe uh that i will try to be having and i will try to to be enjoying as soon as he brings it and i'm sure it will be delicious and delectable there's no soup like turkeys soup see the z is very important there because that lets us know that it's his soup not soup of him it's not turkey soup it's turkeys soup turkeys right yeah turkeys

    Aloysious J. Pig: so if i say uh on the end of something then that means it's mine so let's see here i'm gonna look around the room ah hey if i gotta go to the store i'm gonna take the keys to your cars does that was that work does that make is that what we're doing now i don't understand hey who's chocolaties uh bars uh is this like that i don't know i this is very confusing to me i don't do a lot of gram not a grandma pig if you understand no i i i myself did go to many schools and many times and many variations that's how you achieve the level of latitude that i have now uh let's see here i believe what you're on the path of correctness and the path of righteousness aloysius so without being said t rufus will like the uh the to take all the monies uh out of the the bankers and put it into my wallet like is that what i think is as proper as well i will be taking the dee desires to this houses like that i don't think that's how it works

    Turkey: oh

    Natty Bumpercar: so awesome i'm glad you guys are all having fun and this is all wonderful

    Producer: i am not i don't usually get to participate in these types of things but i feel like it's fun and hard to get involved as well i'm usually just in my producer booth so i'm going to try one for me i would like you to sleep inside the house tonight like that oh ease yeah like that i would like to have to eat take a shower easy and not sleep in the backyard is uh please uh if it pleases you it's very cold out there in the snow it's not again i don't know even know if you knew this snarving everywhere okay i'm a frog but i'd like to sleep inside okay they wanted

    Natty Bumpercar: to get that out there so they're all clearing things off of our chests did you said producer this is i'm glad we're bringing this up because i had no idea you were why do you sleep outside we

    Producer: have so many rooms here well i was never invited to stay in here and so everybody else seems to go sleep whatever they want and eat whatever they want to do in an hour or more i have to go have myilsty okay but I want, and that's just not who I am, okay?

    Aloysious J. Pig: Nanny, it's just not who he is, okay? You ain't gotta frog-secute the guy just because he's got a good spirit and a good heart, okay? Okay.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay, uh, Pig, thank you. You got very emotional for that. That was very sweet of you. Uh, but Frog… My name is Producer. I'm Producer. Yes, Producer. I'm sorry. Thank you. I… Every night when you leave, when you like, wrap up and you're heading home, or what I thought was, like, you say goodbye, and you're like, alright, see everybody later, and you get your stuff and you go out the front door. And so we all thought that you had a house, or maybe you even had a family. We don't know anything about you, so…

    Aloysious J. Pig: No, this, no, it seems like it is moving into my purview. Uh, Mr. Producer, would you say that, uh, the Nanny Bumpercon is a affiliate affiliates have, uh, been disregarding you in any way? Because ipso facto, if they have, then that becomes a legal issue that I believe I could represent you properly for. And you know what? At some point, this house is uh, might become your house is uh, my friend, is uh,

    Natty Bumpercar: Thank you, Turkey. Yes. So, exactly. So what Turkey just said is the truth and the, and, yes. We just thought that Producer was going somewhere else. Should we have known? Maybe, but he was going out the front door. We never, why would we think he was going to the backyard? That doesn't make any sense. And, you know, I don't know a lot about him, and I feel bad about that, but that's just, uh, you know, we just haven't had, like, personal conversations. He's very professional. He goes into his booth, he does his job, and he's wonderful at it, for the most part, and he, he, that's, that's it, you know? I think we should make time, we're in the holiday season, so maybe we should get together with everyone and have a nice holiday party, and, and we can all get to know each other a little bit better. Wouldn't that be nice? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

    Aloysious J. Pig: Yeah, of course you're going to be invited, Turkey. I think after this whole debacle that we've, yes, don't worry about it. You're going to be here. What I got to say, Turkey, you're kind of feathering up the joint a little bit. There's a lot of feathers everywhere, okay? So just, if you're going to molt, don't molt here, okay? Uh, I will be awaiting my invitation for this soiree, and, uh, please do run it by my calendar. To make sure I am

    Producer: available. I would like to be there, too, if you could please. I would really appreciate just being included, you know, this one time.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah, okay, everyone's going to be included, and I'm sorry if anyone felt like they were left out, and you're all awesome. All of you.

  • Bumperpodcast 78 – Doodle-Poodle!

    Bumperpodcast 78 – Doodle-Poodle!

    Doodle Poodle is in the house because he received a membo telling him to come in and do a radio show … too bad that Robot comes in and spoils all of the fun.

    Will Doodle Poodle be sent to a farm for panting on the microphone?

    You will probably have to listen to the Bumperpodcast to find out!

    Don’t forget to email me your questions, musings and whatnot at bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Hooray!

     


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Robot confronts an unexpected intruder breathing on the microphone in the podcast lab. Doodle Poodle insists he received a memo inviting him to do a radio show, much to Robot's dismay. The situation escalates as Robot claims he's the only one qualified to send memos and suggests sending Doodle Poodle to a farm. Host Natty Bumpercar arrives to find both characters where they shouldn't be, attempting to restore order while Robot and Doodle Poodle continue their comedic bickering. The episode showcases the improvisational chaos and character conflicts that make Bumperpodcast entertaining.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You're breathing on the microphone. You're not even saying anything. How did you get in here? Do you have a key?”

    — Robot

    “I got a letter. Didn't it say? Hey, doodle-poo, do you want to come and do a radio? And I said, well, of course we do, because I love to talk to everybody.”

    — Doodle Poodle

    “Is there a farm? Is there a farm somewhere where we can put him?”

    — Robot

    Topics: #podcasting #workplaceconflict #memos #microphoneetiquette #chaos #miscommunication

    Featuring: Robot, Doodle Poodle, Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Unknown: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, what are you doing in here?

    Robot: You're not supposed to be in here. You're breathing on the microphone. You're not even saying anything. How did you get in here? Do you have a key? Do you? No. Do you have a key? I don't have. Do you get in here? No. I don't think you do. I don't think you do at all. I don't think you should be in here all day.

    Doodle Poodle: Listen here, robot. I don't know. I was told I got a memo. I got a, uh, voice man gave me a, I got a letter. No. Didn't it say? Hey, doodle-poo, do you want to come and do a radio? Do you want to come and talk on, do you want to do a show on this radio? And I said, well, of course we do, because I love to talk to everybody. Everybody loves when I talk to people.

    Robot: Sometimes.

    Doodle Poodle: No.

    Robot: No. Are you done? Are you quite finished? Because I'm the one who sends the letters around here. The memo. Because I think you must have called it. And I only send memos out to people who are qualified to talk on the microphone. Myself, for instance. Oftentimes, Maddie Bumpercar will let me.

    Natty Bumpercar: Hey, everybody. What? Oh, boy. Uh-oh, indeed. I see two people who were not supposed to be in the room. The lab. In the lab. In the lab room where we fix up and make up and break up and take up the bumper podcast. That's nice rhyme.

    Doodle Poodle: I thought I was supposed to. I don't. I don't want to. It doesn't matter. I got a memo. A memo? I don't know. I got it in my mailbox, and I thought I was supposed to come in and talk to everybody. And I got all excited. Calm down. And I wrote down words. Okay. And I made some doodles for everyone to see, too. Okay. No one can see.

    Robot: Oh, jeez. He's doing it again. He's doing it again. He's breathing on the microphone, and I told him not to breathe on the microphone. I don't think he should even be in headquarters. We should buy him. We should. I don't know. Is there a farm? Is there a farm somewhere where we can put him? No, there's not a farm. I don't think he should be. That's what I'm saying. What do you think? What do you think? I know.

    Doodle Poodle: I like farms. Nope. I kind of like farms. Kind of.

    Natty Bumpercar: Nobody's going to a farm. And, Robot, you have to stop fighting with everyone.

  • Bumperpodcast #20 – Do you know

    Bumperpodcast #20 – Do you know

    Does anyone know what I am saying?!

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    About This Episode

    In this absurdist episode of Bumperpodcast, the puppet cast finds themselves in a hilarious spiral of confusion about communication itself. Aloysious J. Pig, Natty Bumpercar, Doodle Poodle, Turkey, and Rufus T. Rufus engage in a circular conversation where everyone asks if anyone knows what anyone is saying. The result is a comedic exercise in miscommunication, with Rufus T. Rufus declaring he's "pretty sure [he doesn't] like it" and Aloysious pointing out that nothing was actually said at all. This short, improvisational episode showcases the show's signature silly humor and absurdist style.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Well, I have no idea what's being said here today. But I'm pretty sure I don't like it. One bit.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “Nothing was said. How do I know what you're saying? You know what I'm saying? I don't know what you're saying.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “You knew what I was, um, saying. Because I was hoping you did. Because I don't.”

    — Turkey

    Topics: #communication #confusion #absurdisthumor #miscommunication #language #comedy

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

    Full Transcript

    Aloysious J. Pig: hey bumper podcast you know what i'm saying bumper podcast do you know what i'm saying hi bumper podcast do you have any idea what i'm saying

    Natty Bumpercar: hey bumper podcast do you know what i'm saying

    Doodle Poodle: oh oh bumper podcast any idea here what i'm talking about to you i mean oh any oh hey bumper podcast i'm saying some things to you

    Turkey: You knew what I was, um, saying. Because I was hoping you did. Because I don't.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, I don't know. Would you like to know what I'm saying? Do you know what I'm saying?

    Rufus T. Rufus: Well, I have no idea what's being said here today. But I'm pretty sure I don't like it. One bit.

    Aloysious J. Pig: Like, was there something? Like, I don't know what you're saying. Was I supposed to know what you were saying? Because you didn't say anything. Bumper Podcast. Nothing was said. How do I know what you're saying? You know what I'm saying? I don't know what you're saying. I don't know what you're saying.