Natty Bumpercar returns to the Bumperpodcast after a week-long absence, explaining that he hid in his Kwanzaa hut after seeing his shadow. In this hilarious episode, Natty addresses listener emails (some not so nice), provides an update on Yeti who didn't receive any valentines and has traveled north to visit his nephew Yeti Kin, and shares news about the popular Zebra (nicknamed Stripes) who received plenty of valentines. Despite feeling malnourished and suffering from a "heartache" (his word for migraine), Natty promises smooth sailing ahead for the podcast.
Memorable Quotes
“I came out of my uh little kwanzaa hut and i saw my shadow and it scared me and so i went back into the hut”
— Natty Bumpercar
“He's got stripes everyone loves stripes of course we call them stripes what's up stripes and he's like what's up because as you know zebras that's what they do”
— Natty Bumpercar
“I have a tremendous hot heartache which is a migraine how we call it a heartache”
Hooray! Yehti is in the Bumperpodcast booth to hang out … Unfortunately – he is crying – a lot – and – Robot is here as well. It takes Pig to get to the bottom of everything.
I love it when my pals stop by the show – even if they just cry a bunch.
Have you ever had your crying problems solved by a pig? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and we’ll send that pig some slop!
We love slop!!!
About This Episode
In this episode of the Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar discovers Yeti in tears and tries to get to the bottom of what's wrong. Robot attempts to help but struggles to be supportive in his typical robotic way. The situation gets more crowded when Aloysious J. Pig arrives with important news. After much confusion and barely intelligible sobbing from the heartbroken Yeti, Pig reveals the sad truth: Yeti didn't receive a single valentine. This short, improvised episode features the puppet characters dealing with matters of the heart and friendship in their uniquely comedic style.
Memorable Quotes
“hey robot i know it's you you don't have to announce yourself like that every time everybody knows what you sound like”
— Natty Bumpercar
“i bet he wants to be a smelly pig a good one a robot so here's the thing bumper car and this is just between you me the can of bolts over there and the big furry guy”
Hooray! It’s Valentine’s Day and Bumpercar is super excited that you are listening … Will you be his Valentine – or – can he at least be your’s?!
He got you a present – that he made on his very own …
Take a listen to this special holiday Bumperpodcast … It’s a Bumper-blast … Boom!
Tell me all of your Valentine’s Day stories by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we can all have a good laugh or cry or knowing glance.
In this Valentine's Day special episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar asks listeners to be his valentine and promises them pastries, flowers, and chocolates. He gets vulnerable about saying "I love you" first and worries about the awkwardness of the moment. For the first time ever on the podcast, Natty attempts to play a musical instrument and debuts an original Valentine's Day song about squirrels, fish, and friendship. The performance doesn't go quite as planned, but Natty's heartfelt (if clumsy) musical tribute to his millions of listeners captures the sweetness and humor of the holiday.
Memorable Quotes
“I said it first did i say it first i couldn't tell if you said it first oh now i feel so awkward i wish we would have said it at the same time”
— Natty Bumpercar
“Fish love valentine's fish love valentine's fish love valentine's too won't you come and hang out with a fish and a squirrel for valentine's”
— Natty Bumpercar
“It's kind of a terrible song and i think it's mostly because i was staring at my fingers the entire time as they were not hitting the strings they were supposed to”
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.
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: 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
It is an end of the week Bumperpodcast … Our “big get” guest of the week fell through and threw everything into a major tailspin – and so – here we are – just you and me chit-chatting!
Mostly – I tell you about a giant gravel voiced bear-man who sat at a table and grumbled at Pig and I.
Have you ever been grumbled at by an angry bear of a man? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we’ll prepare the honey pots.
In episode 123 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar explains why the show is airing on Friday instead of its usual schedule. A planned Groundhog Day episode featuring a special groundhog guest fell through when the guest's people failed to coordinate with Robot, throwing the entire week into chaos. Natty shares a hilariously awkward story from a recent stand-up comedy gig involving a table of large, older army guys who weren't exactly receptive to his act. The episode captures the improvisational, chaotic energy that makes Bumperpodcast a unique comedy experience, complete with scheduling mishaps and real-world comedy club horror stories.
Memorable Quotes
“We were gonna have a guest in it was of course groundhog day… I had groundhog all lined up he was gonna come in he was gonna prognosticate as groundhogs love to do he was probably gonna wear a tuxedo because groundhogs love to get overdressed for occasions”
— Natty Bumpercar
“So no guest and so he was supposed to come on tuesday… somebody put their finger up and said did we record a bumper podcast this week”
— Natty Bumpercar
“I'll tell you something funny army guy this is my friend pig do you want to sing us you want to hear a song that I wrote about my pig”
