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  • Bumperpodcast #186: There are no rails.

    Bumperpodcast #186: There are no rails.

    Natty Bumpercar talks about roller coasters, life, kittens, clouds in the sky, ice cream, apologies, and about a hundred other non-related things …

    If you are never on the track, is it possible for the train to go off the rails!? Let us know if you missed us by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Peep! Peep!


    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 186, host Natty Bumpercar takes listeners on a stream-of-consciousness journey through his surprisingly good mood and the anxiety that comes with feeling happy. Natty uses a roller coaster metaphor to explore his emotions, worrying that what goes up must come down. The episode meanders through topics including kittens with needle-like claws, funny accents he's collected from strangers, and a sweet moment cloud-watching with Baby Bumpercar. True to form, Natty reflects on how many times he's apologized across 186 episodes and whether he can just issue one blanket apology instead. It's a charmingly scattered episode showcasing Natty's trademark improvisational humor and self-aware rambling.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I was having a really good day I was pretty happy right when the show started and now that I'm talking about it I'm realizing that maybe there's terrible things on the horizon. God, and now wait here's what I just did to myself is wow who's being really manic today this guy.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I wonder how many times in this show I've apologized. There's like 186 episodes now and I wonder out of those 186 episodes how many times in those I have apologized.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “It was one of those days where there were clouds everywhere and he was like 'where the shapes' and I was like I've got a decent imagination but I couldn't there was just nothing to work with.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #anxiety #happiness #kittens #accents #parenting #rollercoasters #cloudwatching #self-reflection

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: what's going on bumper podcast how you doing it's me natty bumper car and i gotta say i don't know what's going on maybe something in the air maybe it's something in the water maybe it's something in my food but i'm feeling pretty fantastic these days and the scary part of that is like now i've ridden the mine cart all the way to the top of the hill and i can see the whole world and i can see the sun is shining and i can see the birds are chirping and where do i have to go from here i hope it's not down but the thing is with a roller coaster is it really doesn't go you know just laterally or laterally straight for very long like you don't go click click click click click click click click click click click up the hill and then all of a sudden it's just sit at the top of the hill like that's not how it works you go up the hill then down the hill and maybe go around the corner then you do a loopy loop and then maybe go up a hill again and then you're done um so now i just made myself nervous huh i was having a really good day i was pretty happy right when the show started and now that i'm talking about a little bit and i'm realizing that maybe there's terrible things on the horizon god and now wait here's what i just did to myself is um wow who's being really manic today this guy uh so just by saying oh maybe something bad is gonna happen have i then invited something bad into to happen i hope not i i think i'd rather talk about kittens do you guys have any kittens i used to have kittens kittens are fun and adorable and cute and cuddly and their little claws are just like little needles they climb up your pants like when kittens are fun and adorable and cute and cuddly and their little they're first born and they can't even really walk i'm having some real uh uh dry throat thing happening i don't know if you heard that when i'm gulping uh to talk to talk uh i was at a show the other night and i guess this is non-tangental as if they ever aren't uh and uh this woman i was at a show and for some reason i got into the subject of uh dogs and cats and i said are you a dog person or a cat person and the one was like dog and said it in the most like i have an accent that you can't even believe dog and i was so thrilled by that because i love it when i hear people with like crazy thick accents because then i can put i try to remember what they are and i put them in my brain so that i can use them but the fun thing is is like if you're talking and you like want to put on an accent or whatever to talk to people you know i'm going to put on a funny voice to talk to you all right uh you know if i wanted to speak in a different manner such as this for instance um then i guess i could um but i like to go for the really extreme ones and then people are like oh people don't talk like that and it's just like no i really met a person and they talk crazy town like this and they're like all right all right all right um i don't feel like we've really talked about much today i feel like we've talked about well let me rephrase that a lot of things that didn't really make sense or relate to each other and i apologize i wonder how many times in this show i've apologized there's like 186 episodes now and i wonder out of those 186 episodes how many times in those i have apologized where i'm just like oh i'm sorry the mic wasn't working i'm sorry music didn't work or i'm sorry it's been four months since my last episode or whatever like um can i just do a general apology and then we'll go back and scrub all those other ones out god that just sounds like so much work i can barely manage to put up a new episode and all of a sudden i'm talking about scrubbing old episodes it's not going to happen bumper podcast cateers it just isn't how's your summer how's your kitten i mean i'm just asking these are questions that people ask people is it cloudy there the other day i was in the back porch with baby bumper car and we were looking up in the sky and we were looking at the clouds and we were trying to find different shapes but it was one of those days where there were clouds everywhere and he was like that where the shapes and i was like i and like i've got a decent imagination but i couldn't there was just nothing to work with and i was just like i i don't know that maybe looks like an ice cream cone and he was like what where ice cream man and i was like no ice cream cone in the sky and he's like i want

  • Bumperpodcast #185: Blibber. Blubber. Blabber!

    Bumperpodcast #185: Blibber. Blubber. Blabber!

    Natty Bumpercar is flummoxed to start the show and have guests show up … It’s a bit of a cacophony … Pig and Robot throw us immediately of of the rails. This show is already broken. Yay!

    Do you have any batteries? Let us know if you missed us by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Blibber. Blabber. Blubber!


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar's plans for a structured comeback show are derailed when Robot unexpectedly returns after being stored in a closet with dead batteries. Robot reveals that someone gave him new batteries, much to Natty's dismay, as he had hoped Robot would stay powered down longer. Meanwhile, Aloysious J. Pig chimes in with his support, though he's dealing with a cold that makes him sound "husky like a dog." The episode devolves into classic Bumperpodcast chaos as the characters bicker about who should be on the show and what makes it entertaining, with Robot getting stuck in binary mode and everyone accusing each other of just doing "blibber blabber blubber."

    Memorable Quotes

    “robots do not sleep and robots do not dream maddie bumper car we are robots we are all binary all the time”

    — Robot

    “i left for a couple weeks hoping that by the time i got back your batteries would have been run down completely which they were”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “when pig is on the mic people know it's going to be right even if i don't sound exactly like myself”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    Topics: #robots #batteries #friendship #chaos #comeback #podcasting #improvisation

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: awesome so we're back what one week and all of a sudden robots back this is insane ridiculous silly come on we were on good foot we were gonna we were a bumper guy it's a mean pig i totally agree with everything that you've been saying all about a robot showing up on the bumper pocket when maybe he shouldn't even that's what i'm saying exactly no i didn't say anything and you you're not supposed to be here number one and number two you don't even sound like yourself you sound like some this is supposed to be eventually i was gonna get you guys back on the show and but it's too soon and i'm not ready really to have you on the show and we haven't discussed what we're gonna talk about and i i

    Robot: just but maddie do you remember the last time that i was here and my batteries were running out and you said you were gonna put new batteries in me and then you didn't put new batteries in me and then i've been sitting in the corner of the closet for so so so so long and eventually somebody came in and gave me new batteries and i have new batteries and i feel much

    Natty Bumpercar: better okay stop just stop talking just stop that was me thank you okay stop stop i can't stop talking stop okay no i yes i do remember the last time that i saw you and your batteries are running out and you know i said i was gonna go get you new batteries but i left for a couple weeks hoping that by the time i got back your batteries would have been run down completely which they were and then i stored you i didn't just throw you in the closets that's not how i operate you know that uh and uh i thought you were comfortable no i thought you were happier in there you know sleeping your robot sleep doing whatever robots do when their batteries run out um dreaming

    Robot: your robot dreams robots do not sleep and robots do not dream maddie bumper car we are robots we are all binary all the time we are all robots we are all robots we are all robots we are all robots one zero zero one one one zero zero zero one one one one one one one one one one zero zero one one one zero no three just numbers but don't you forget about me maddie i've known you for so long

    Natty Bumpercar: he's stuck i think he's stuck there he's better thank you you're welcome so anyway bumper car what i was saying about myself over here was uh you know it's great that you got the band back and you cracked the microphones which you know means you turned them on everyone knows that and uh it's just it's very fun it's not that fun and by the way yes i do have a cold that's why i sound like this i sound a little bit husky today like a dog yeah husky like a dog all right you get it yeah that's what they say husky but it's still just me pig this is what i guess what i sound like for right now i don't know okay well that's okay i mean that's fine and everything but like it's just hard because you know how it is i wanted to have the first show which was great come back and then i wanted to have the second show kind of build on that and kind of establish like some structure and like so you know this is what we're gonna do bumper podcast you know what it is you know how it works you know what to do boom boom boom bumper podcast whatever and uh bumper god father bumper podcast the tears

    Robot: you know and then you guys jump in and we make the show so awesome people listen when we're on the bumper podcast natty when you're honest

    Natty Bumpercar: alive it's more like it's awesome it's what pig is trying to say i mean i don't like to agree with the tin can alley over here but when pig is on the mic people know it's going to be right even if i don't sound exactly like myself people know that it's like oh there's big what's pick gonna do Pig and a bee, you know, like, yeah, blibber blabber, blabber blubber, blibber blabber. That's what I'm saying, blibber blabber blubber, that's all you guys do, blibber blabber blubber. I'm a robot. Yeah, thanks. Well, so I guess I'm Natty Bumpercar, that's Pig, that's Robot, and all we do is blibber blabber blubber.

  • Bumperpodcast #184: So back, it hurts!

    Bumperpodcast #184: So back, it hurts!

    Natty Bumpercar is so back that it hurts … Hopefully not your ears – but – something. It definitely hurts something. We play a bit of catch up. Try to steer away from whining – and all is right in the world.

    You were missed. Let us know if you missed us by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Details. Details. Details!


    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar returns after a six-month hiatus to explain his extended absence from the Bumperpodcast. In this candid and humorous episode, Natty reveals the tumultuous year he's experienced, including moving to new headquarters, dealing with audio equipment issues, starting a new job, and surviving a devastating basement flood that destroyed his studio equipment. Despite the chaos of life with two young boys and boxes everywhere, Natty reconnects with his Bumperpodcast Kateers and promises that familiar puppet friends like Robot, Pig, and others will return soon. This heartfelt comeback episode showcases Natty's signature rambling style as he works through technical difficulties and stuffy nose troubles to bring joy back to his listeners.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Did I go camping and get lost in the woods? Did I fall down a crevasse? Did I just wander out of the house one day and get lost and forget where I lived? Kind of, that's actually kind of what happened.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The house flooded. Guess what was in the basement where the flood was? Two feet of water. My studio where I make everything. All my equipment, all my recording stuff, everything gone.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You know what's gonna make me happy? The bumper podcast. You know why? Because of my bumper podcast Kateers.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #comeback #podcasting #lifeupdates #moving #flooding #technicaldifficulties #behindthescenes #newbeginnings

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh my gosh bumper podcast where have you been where have you been where have you been where have you been where have you been i'm natty bumper and this is the bumper podcast and it has been so long how long so long way too long seriously where have i been did you hear that police siren well that's where i've been in jail no um i just fixed the microphone a little bit because i discovered that i was over modulating a little bit it's been a long time since i did this i forgot how it works i apologize it's been a big year bumper podcast i mean i've been gone i think it's like six months which is horrendous i i build up this wonderful thing on a weekly basis we get together we talk about things i tell you things i ask you things so much saliva in my mouth right now and then uh i don't know where poof i disappear where did i go i mean did i go camping and get lost in the woods did i fall down a crevasse did i just did i just wander out of the house one day and get lost and forget where i lived kind of that's actually kind of what happened we got a new headquarters brand new headquarters well it's not brand new it's like a 70 year old house but we we moved we moved we packed everything up it was very tumultuous i will get more into detail on these things in in the future but you know so uh the last year big year around here uh we had a new we had a new there's a new baby and then uh so that's two years ago we had a new baby and then uh so that's two years ago two of them uh two boys right and then we got this we've got a i got a big job big job where i don't get to sit at headquarters and work all day i have to go someplace and take showers and terrible things like that ah wear shoes talk to people face to face ah and then uh i don't know what else happened well we got the house i think i already said that that was very tumultuous things in boxes blah blah blah and then we get this house we're moving in i mean this is just gonna be a wine session but not really a wine session i'm just trying to tell you what happened i'm just trying to catch you up on everything so that you know so that you have a re you're like oh well now it kind of makes sense that he hasn't done a podcast in the last six months the house flooded we got a house two months later it flooded guess what was in the basement where the flood was two feet of water my studio where i make everything so ergo i don't know if that's how that works but all my equipment all my recording stuff all like everything gone so um i'm still trying to pick up the pieces and throwing things away and digging through boxes and and and then i was like what would make me happy and and then i you know what happened i said you know what's gonna make me happy the bumper podcast you know why because of my bumper podcast kateers my nose is so stuffy right now it wasn't stuffy all day but now that i'm talking to you guys my nose is deciding to revolt revolt nose the nose knows when to revolt follow the nose because he knows when to revolt um you know yeah so it's it's been it's been bananas bananas flambé bananas cray cray i'm natty bumper car this is the bumper podcast i have my uh i got my new microphone set up i got my little uh doodad to plug into the doodad so guess what we're back on track uh it makes me happy to sit here and talk to you so and that's what i'm i'm looking for right now you making me happy i do a little talking and then we're all a little bit happier together you know what i'm saying okay based on frames um you know exciting things to come hopefully now that we're back we'll start to unpack some boxes and find some old friends maybe robot maybe pig maybe uh we can talk about irving brown socks a little bit i mean there's a lot it happens at headquarters that i'm sure you've missed because i've missed it you know even if i'm the only one listening which i'm not because i've seen the numbers there's gonna be some happy people coming up you better bet

  • Bumperpodcast #183: Gummy New Year!

    Bumperpodcast #183: Gummy New Year!

    Natty Bumpercar has a stuffy nose. He talks about the new year being a hill that he is ready to climb … Until he has a piece of gum.

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

    There are no wheels on this show!


    About This Episode

    In Episode 183, Natty Bumpercar kicks off the new year with a stuffy nose and an optimistic hill-climbing analogy that quickly derails. What starts as a motivational metaphor about starting at the bottom and going up becomes complicated when Natty discovers a piece of gum with paper stuck to it. The episode follows Natty's struggle with the gum while attempting to explain the purpose of Bumperpodcast to listeners. Between discussing cavity-fighting gum innovations and lamenting constant sickness, Natty concludes that 2014 might just be "the year of the rude Natty Bumpercar." This short, stream-of-consciousness episode perfectly captures the show's improvised and charmingly chaotic style.

    Memorable Quotes

    “We're at the bottom of the hill and so the only place we can go on the hill is up unless I suppose we want to go somehow around the hill.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm the kind of guy who opens up a piece of gum and just eats it, eats it right up.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Maybe 2014 is the year of the rude Natty Bumpercar.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #newyear #illness #gum #comedy #rambling #self-deprecation #improvisation

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well happy happy happy happy to you happy to you and you and you and you and you hi bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car and i have a stuffy nose because what better way to start off the new year than with a stuffy nose that means that's how you know that things are going to go uphill from where you are at the point on the hill where you're starting at you know because like wait so if you're on the hill you're starting the new year okay this is our analogy over the new year is a hill and we're at the bottom of the hill and so the only place we can go on the hill is up unless i suppose we want to go somehow around the hill um we don't have any kind of shovel or pickaxe so we cannot go through the hill uh we also don't have any mode of transportation to like carry us over the hill we have our really our only option is to go up the hill so that's pretty exciting you know uh i i think it portends some good things i uh oh well here's a piece of gum i guess it would be my first piece of gum for the new year a little piece of uh bubble bubble bubble gum okay i'm just that's not oh oh all the paper sticking to the gum i can't and now i can't well this is no good thing how do i like it's breaking off in little itty bitty pieces inside the piece of gum and uh uh now i don't think there's any um almost almost got it wait to no no oh okay wait okay yeah that's good we got a big piece off but there's still paper in the gum that's not what i want my first piece of gum of the new year to be and i gotta sit here and pick paper out of gum that's not the kind of guy i am the kind of guy who opens up a piece of gum and just eats it eats it right up wow how is how is how is you bumper podcast you know what answer away because i am going to be eating my new paper-free piece of gum oh it's delicious it might be watermelon it might be just sugar i think it's probably just sugar have we invented gum yet that um that kills cavities or like plaque killing gum like maybe put a little bit of grit inside the gum so that it'll take care of your teeth this is a lot juicier than i was expecting it to be i'm not gonna lie i probably should not have um started chewing this piece of gum while i was talking to you so that's a point off on me so i'm already starting the new year off with negative points um do you have any points yet oh that's funny you're asking what the whole point of the bumper podcast is well the whole point of the bumper podcast is it's a weekly fun time our gum is terrible wow where you get to hang out with me natty bumper car and you know we talk about things we discuss things a lot of the time it seems to be um how sick i am pretty constantly sick upper respiratory nose throat ear ear nose throat i need to go to an ent now he'll take care of me wow what a horrible mistake so at this point we're on the hill and the only place we can go is up the hill however what we've decided to do is just sit down at the base of the hill and not go anywhere we're not even on the hill we're on the hill we're on the hill the hill anymore i think we're pre-slope we're like on the path to the hill we're not even we might still be in our cars because well who eats a piece of gum i'm rude i feel very rude right now maybe this is me maybe 2014 is the year of the rude natty bumper car the bumper podcast the wheels i would say the wheels have come off but they really haven't because they're stuck on there with gum oh this is a gum this is bad idea i have a lot of bad ideas

  • Bumperpodcast #181: Fingers

    Bumperpodcast #181: Fingers

    Natty Bumpercar is excited to talk all about something – but then gets confused about fingers … This is something that happens often – as you may imagine.

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

    I get so confused – sometimes!


    About This Episode

    In episode 181, Natty Bumpercar explores the existential question of pointing in this characteristically rambling solo episode. He contemplates whether you can point with fingers other than your pointer finger, debates the hierarchy of being pointed at with different digits, and gets lost in a philosophical tangent about finger names. Natty ponders whether thumbs count as fingers and realizes the middle finger is only truly 'middle' if you include the thumb. He also briefly shares contrasting recent comedy experiences—his worst show ever with a terrible headliner, followed just days later by one of his best performances in front of a large, enthusiastic crowd. By the end, Natty decides that talking about fingers has made everyone best friends.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You got to feel like if you're getting the pointer finger you're at the top of the charts. But you got pointed at with a thumb? You shouldn't even acknowledge that.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The middle finger is not a middle finger unless you include that thumb because if you just go pointer, that one, that one, pinky, there is no middle finger because there's four.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Now that we've all talked about fingers this whole time, I feel like we're all best friends too, right?”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #pointing #fingers #anatomy #comedy #stand-upcomedy #friendship #philosophy

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: bumper podcast bumper podcast bumper podcast it's me your best pal and uh i have got i'm i'm pointing at you right now and you i'm pointing at a couple people i well let's think of something really quick here uh so if you got pointer fingers right does that mean that you're limited to only pointing at two people at a time like can i be like point point or are you allowed to point with other fingers like can i pinky point so like you got your uh your pointer finger over here and then my pinky finger boom across the room i got you too and then look at this uh-oh here comes another finger coming up and another one and a and a thumb who wants a thumb point and this is i mean like you got to feel like if you're getting the pointer finger and you're pretty you're feeling like you're at the top of the ladder there you're at the top of the charts you're like he just pointed at me with his pointer finger it actually has the word point in in the name of the finger so he clearly thinks more of me than the person that he pointed to oh with his thumb you got pointed at with a thumb what you shouldn't even acknowledge that you shouldn't even recognize just act like the because the thumb you just act like it's there don't act like it's pointing at you don't like because you know like when somebody will point at you sometimes you'll have that look in your face like you'll raise your eyebrows and you're like oh oh oh are you i think he's pointing at me i think i'm being pointed at right now it don't you know your brow furrows a little bit you maybe get a little little glow in your eyes because you're it's just like you're on deck you've been pointed at you are it's official that you you're part of there's communication happening you're in the inner circle you're uh you're you're mount everest somehow uh but then somebody's gonna throw their their stubby meaty little thumb at you yeah that's not a point that's not even a half point that's just like oh you're an afterthought you didn't make now i'm looking at my fingers do they all have a point? names i mean like so you got your thumb you got your pointer finger uh is it just middle finger i don't know and then i guess it's ring finger but i don't think it's ring finger if it's on your right hand and then it's definitely pinky i've got thumb and pinky and pointer i've got i know those names does any can can everybody out you got fingers everybody listening how many fingers do you can you tell me what the uh the two fingers in between the pointer and the pinky are is the one next to the pinky always a ring finger and then is that one just the middle see but that's the thing too all right look at this now i'm looking at my hand and if this one is if this one's called the middle finger right then that's saying the thumb is a finger because sometimes i hear like the thumb's not a finger it's thumb and i'm just like but i i think it's i think it's just like a little finger right it's used for gripping thing i don't know it's it's fingerish it's got finger like qualities so and the middle finger is not a middle finger unless you include that thumb because if you just go pointer uh that one that one pinky there is no middle finger because there's four you know there's no middle and four and uh i really feel like i was going to talk about other things today i was going to tell you guys that in the last couple weeks i last week and a half really i had uh the worst comedy experience that i've ever had uh it was terrible i i had i was um the i was the host of a show and and the headliner couldn't have been a worse and i don't speak ill of people but he could not have been a worse uh human being to me uh and he he kind of sabotaged i felt and wrecked the show and i did not enjoy my evening at all but then let's blink our eyes uh fast forward a mere one two three four days and i had one of the best nights that i've ever had like the most fun in front of a lot a lot of people like a like a like a hundred but more and they were all my best and now that we've all talked about fingers this whole time i feel like we're all best friends too right