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  • Bumperpodcast #366 – Decade Review

    Bumperpodcast #366 – Decade Review

    Natty invites all of his favorite guests over to talk about their favorite moments from the last decade. It’s a magical journey of reminiscing!

    The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals!

    You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening!

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    About This Episode

    In this special decade-ending episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar celebrates the last show of 2019 and the entire 2010s by inviting characters to share their favorite memories from the past ten years. The episode features appearances from quirky characters including Bargle, Cousin, Heos, Frenchie, and Ullman, who share humorous and touching stories ranging from community kudzu dinners to lactose intolerance discoveries. Regular cast members Aloysius J. Pig, Rufus T. Rufus, and Doodle Poodle also join to reflect on their decade. The episode concludes with a heartwarming surprise appearance from Natty's real-life children, Ollie and Emmy, who share what they're thankful for as the show wraps up a decade of puppet comedy.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You got to live your life. You got to live your life, man. You got to live your life. Because otherwise, you're not going to live.”

    — Frenchie

    “You got to be present. You got to be aware of the world around you. You got to live in it. Otherwise, what are you doing? You're here for a certain amount of time.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You're bringing in all these random characters. Who's Frenchie? Who's Bargle? They ain't never been on the show. It don't make no sense, man.”

    — Aloysius J. Pig

    Topics: #nostalgia #newyear #reflection #friendship #family #decaderetrospective #gratitude

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Ollie (Natty's son), Emmy (Natty's daughter)

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well hello there bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car and this is the last show not just of 2019 but of the entire decade 10 years of bumper podcasts why i remember when you were just a tiny bumper podcast and now look at you all grown up and big i'm so proud of you um so what i thought would be a fun idea for this episode would be if we um reminisce a little bit if we you know got some of the our pals that are on the show and had them in and kind of you know just reminisce and and and and thought about fun things that happened like maybe their favorite things so without further ado uh i'm gonna bring in our first guest so uh um take it away i guess oh look at that production we have a cool noise hey so um go ahead bargle what's what's what's your yes biggest memory i like it i like it i like it wow really i don't remember that well i'm so glad that you decided to come in and share that i'm not you know what i'm impressed because a lot of people don't put themselves out on podcasts or in friendships or relationships like you just did bargle so i'm i hey i'm glad we made it through the last decade and i can't wait to see what we do next decade cool cool cool well i mean that's gonna be hard to uh to top i mean it's not a competition but let's bring in our next guest to see what what how his decade was and what his favorite memory was well i remember when i was just a knee-high tadpole growing up in the kudzu wood thatту behind my house because i wasn't allowed in the house necessarily and all the kudzu creatures kept me company and one day we were supposed to be having a community kudzu dinner and we couldn't afford none of the food and so what we did was to um we all gathered our resources and we had a talent show and everybody came out from the hills to the valleys and we earned enough money that we all got to share a chestnut which was roasted on an open fire and just made everybody's dicky. That was my favorite moment of them all. That's wonderful. Thanks for having me, Natty. Absolutely, cousin. I'm so glad you could be here. Wow, this is really working out better than I ever would have expected. What great stories we're getting. I mean, they came together as a community. I'm so happy right now. I'm going to keep going because I feel like we're doing amazingly and I don't want to stop. Let's see, who's coming up? Oh, it's Heos. What's going on, Heos? Your name? Your name always cracks me up. I love it when you come on this show. Oh, really? That happened? And was she okay? Oh, thank goodness. I got worried. It turns out funny in the end. Yeah. That's tremendous. Man. Oh, really? Yes. Well, I didn't expect that. It's a real twist. Yes. Ah, thanks, Heos. It's great. Wow. I mean, it's like story after story after story. It's… I feel like everybody's had a pretty great decade. I guess we'll keep going. I don't know. Play the noise, producer. Right. So, I didn't know. I'm just… There. I almost went out of tune. I didn't want to have one of those. You don't. Because I was like, who wants to have breakfast and some lunch? That's too much. I don't believe it's proper. Yeah. And so, what I'm thinking is like, I'm going to go to Antibody. I'm going to have a spotter. You know, just a copper. And I'm going to just take it in and look around a bit. You guys do that sometimes. And so, my last decade, I was like, whoa, I just… Oh, other place. Yeah. And I was like, did you know? I didn't. I didn't know. How could you? And I had to really do to write a book. I did some research. And I did a walkabout. And I was just like, I think this is wonderful. This whole world is just such a big place. Yeah, it's huge. And I was like, look at this. You know, so it's like eye-opening. I was like, oh. I had no idea. I was just going to be like, experience. Everything. And I was just like, oh, stop. Oh. And so, I wanted to tell you that. And I was like, ugh. Yeah. And then, I didn't know. But I was like, really into it. And I was like, oh, man. There's a lot. And so, I didn't tell you. But I wanted to tell everybody about it. It's like, got to get out of there. You got to do your own stuff. All right? Because otherwise, you're not going to live. You got to live your life. Yeah, you got to live your life. You got to live your life, man. You got to live your life. All right. I agree. That's all I got. That's the best. Hey, you're the best, man. No, Frenchie. Listen. I think you hit the nail on the head there. You went out there. You weren't just going to sit around. And you lived your life. And you experienced the world. And it was an eye-opening experience. And I think that's what you have to do in life. I always talk about it on the podcast. But you got to be present. You got to be aware of the world around you. You got to live in it. Right? Otherwise, what are you doing? Like, you're here for a certain amount of time. And you got to, really, you got to keep your eyes open. Keep your ears open. Interact with people. Hear their stories. Get their perspectives. And you may not always agree with it. You may not even like it. But I think it's important to stay aware. Right? Of what's happening around you. This is, I think, my favorite episode that we've ever done. Let's see. I think we've got one more. And then we've got a couple surprise guests coming in. But let's see how your, what your favorite moment of the last decade was. Ullman, get up here. Well, I don't really appreciate it that you say this is my last decade. No, no, no. Because I've been here for much longer. No, not your last decade. The last. The. Excuse me. The. I didn't know what you meant by that. No, yeah, the last decade. My choice is the last decade. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, sorry. Not my last decade. No, no. No. That's a, that's a bit of nomic. I understand now. Okay, good, good, good. Sorry about that. Let me research. My favorite moment of the last decade, I believe, was I fell in love with a beautiful sunset What? What? Named. Named. Sunrise and the clouds and the skies and the butterflies and people saying why, why and all such things as that. And I chose to live that life with sunrise and sunset and the butterflies. You're still rhyming. And also I found out that I'm allergic. To what? What are you allergic to? To milk. Like lactose? Lactose? Lactose. Lactose intolerance. Okay. Lactose intolerance. That was my favorite moment. Oh, no. Because I couldn't eat ice cream anymore. Yeah, I'm sorry. That's my least favorite moment. I couldn't eat ice cream anymore. I'm sorry. And so what I started doing was just buying it by the tub and putting it in my freezer. But why? I currently have 16 freezers in my house full of ice cream that I can't even eat. That's so many freezers. Which is fine. Yeah, it's okay. You know. Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. I don't remember what the question was at this point, but I feel like I should have You answered it appropriately. Yes. Thoroughly. You did very well. Willingly. Yes. And entirely. Okay, great. I thank you so much. I'm going to go stir my ice cream now. Okay, Ullman. And not eat it. No, Ullman. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Oh, we had so many nice stories, and then we had kind of a sad story at the end. Oh. I guess maybe Ullman can pick it up by having a big ice cream party, and everybody can come and sample some of the 16 freezers full of ice cream that are in his house. Oh, man. I got a little sad. Hey, man. Uh-oh. Yeah, I got a problem. What? A real problem right now. Who? Yeah, it's me, Pig. I don't understand. So listen. You had your big year in show, your big decade in show. You're bringing in all these random characters. Who's Frenchie? Who's Bargle? Who's Cousin? I don't know none of these people. They ain't never been on the show. And you're wrapping up the entire decade with all these people who ain't ever even been on the show never once before. It don't make no sense, man. It makes perfect sense. Come on. Aloysius J. Pig, I'm your co-host. I'm on the show all the time. You are, but… I don't even understand. No, Natty. None of this makes… It doesn't make no sense contractually. You have not even put these people… You haven't given them key cards. You haven't put them on the registrar. You haven't even given them cubbies in the locker rooms here at headquarters. You don't need cubbies. I don't believe that they should be featured on the Bumper Podcast 2020 year-end, decade-ending, wrap-up episode, last one of the season of the year. I do fear, however, that you are… Perhaps a little loop-de-loop, and maybe that's what's happening. I am not loop-de-loop in the least. Fine. If you guys want to give your big last decade memories, then I guess we can do that. Aloysius, you go first. Yeah, great. So here I am, chopped liver, stuck on the end. I guess this is my least favorite. I'm going to be like that old dude who… Old man, fine. But I don't even know what to say. I guess I'm happy. I wake up in a warm bed of hay every day. I get food. That makes me happy. I have my friends. Some of my friends are not as nice to me today as they were yesterday. Don't know what's going on with that. But overall, I'd say it's a great decade. I was basically, you know, born into the industry in the last decade. So I see a bright future. I do, too. I'm sorry. Please, come on. Okay, we're good. Get it together. Get it together. Get it, get it, get it, get it. I, myself, have had a phenomenal decade. That's good. I've moved over to e-science. I don't have to have as many documents in my bag. Okay. I can just look at my literature on my tablet. Okay. And I can understand that it's all there. And people just put it in their phones. That's cool. It's not much, but it's really helped me out tremendously. Well, that's good, Rufus. I don't have to go to the library to use a fax machine anymore. Okay. My litigious career is over the top, over the roof. That's good. I think we have a couple more. Let's bring Doodle Poodle. Please come here and tell us how your decade was. Also, I made a lot of doodles. So for the last year, I learned how to sharpen a pencil. And I even learned how to make watercolor doodles. So I had a fun time. I always have a fun time. I like being a dog. Thanks, Doodle Poodle. All right. Now I feel a little bit better. We did have a lot of new characters. I don't really know what I was doing. But I had an amazing decade with you guys. The 2010s were pretty swell. And I really hope the world gets to be a better place and more inclusive and nicer to everybody. And, you know, I like progress. I like things moving forward. That makes me happy. You know, I feel like we have a lot of work to do. And I feel like, you know, just if you talk to people, smile at people, acknowledge people, because everyone's going through stuff. And you don't know what they're going through. So if you're at a restaurant and maybe your water doesn't get there fast enough, it's okay. Your water's going to get there. And, you know, it's… Just relax, everybody. It's going to be okay. All right? All right. Happy New Year to you and all of yours. And the Bumper Podcast will be back in 2020 with all kinds of fun episodes. I'm assuming… I'm hoping that you'll be there with me. Share it with your friends. Rate it on whatever you listen to. And give yourself… Give yourself a hug. You deserve it. Or at least a high five. Whatever you want. It's fine. Wait, wait, Daddy. Oh, hey, guys. Did I forget you? Yeah. Oh, I can't believe it. I'm so sorry. Hi.

    Unknown: Hi.

    Natty Bumpercar: You know what I forgot to say my favorite part of the last decade was? Everything. You guys.

    Unknown: Oh. Oh, yeah.

    Ollie (Natty's son): I liked everything.

    Natty Bumpercar: You liked every single thing?

    Ollie (Natty's son): Yep.

    Natty Bumpercar: I don't know if that's true.

    Ollie (Natty's son): I liked when we went to Atlanta.

    Natty Bumpercar: You liked when we went to Atlanta?

    Ollie (Natty's son): Yeah. Oh.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, that's sweet. What about you?

    Ollie (Natty's son): I liked everything.

    Natty Bumpercar: Every single thing? Yep. Even when Popcorn was a puppy?

    Emmy (Natty's daughter): Yep.

    Natty Bumpercar: Wow. So, Emmy, you were born in 2009. Well, we don't have to give all that out, but yes. So, here's the cool thing. So, you have now, as of two days from now, been alive in three different decades. Yep. The 0s. Both. The 10s. And the 20s. The 20s. So, three decades is 30 years, but you're only 10 years old. Is that crazy?

    Emmy (Natty's daughter): Yeah, 20 years now.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And, Ollie, you were born in 20 what? 13. 13? Are you sure? Yeah. That doesn't make any sense to me.

    Emmy (Natty's daughter): He's only been one decade from now.

    Natty Bumpercar: He's, for right now, it's one decade, but in two days, it'll be two decades. Woo. And I've been alive in 800 decades. No. Because I'm eternal.

    Unknown: No, you're not.

    Natty Bumpercar: Dad. That's yelling. Why are you yelling at the microphone? I don't know. Yeah, you don't know, do you? Well, so, real quick. What are you thankful for from the last decade? Don't say everything.

    Ollie (Natty's son): The Easter Bunny thing.

    Natty Bumpercar: The Easter Bunny thing? Okay.

    Emmy (Natty's daughter): It's Christmas.

    Natty Bumpercar: You're thankful for Christmas and the Easter Bunny and your family?

    Emmy (Natty's daughter): Yes. I'm thankful for the one when we got our dog, and I'm thankful for the one Kalahari.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh. So, your trips we took with your friends.

    Emmy (Natty's daughter): And Atlanta.

    Natty Bumpercar: Wonderful.

    Ollie (Natty's son): Well, guys, Happy New Year. You too, Dad. Happy New Year.

    Natty Bumpercar: I love you guys.

    Ollie (Natty's son): I love you too, Daddy.

    Natty Bumpercar: Let's see. I love you guys more than beans love rice, more than cheese loves mice, more than…

    Ollie (Natty's son): A billion, kajillion dollars.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, that's right. More than a bajillion, kajillion dollars.

    Ollie (Natty's son): I love you more than anything. Me too. I love you. Oh, geese. Oh.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

    Unknown: Good job, guys.

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  • Bumperpodcast #324 – Physiology

    Bumperpodcast #324 – Physiology

    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!

    It’s a very loud episode of the Bumperpodcast as we fight with the raucous party in the washing machine, the dryer, and the dehumidifier to tell you stories about spoiled children and how they are potentially wrecking me – bit-by-bit. Please listen. Please enjoy!

    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!

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    About This Episode

    In this hilariously chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar records amidst washing machines, dryers, and dehumidifiers while sipping sweet tea. He shares a wild story about his son's elaborate school trading scheme involving smelly markers, a pencil case, and ten dollars that goes completely sideways. Natty also dives into waves of nostalgia while sorting through old boxes of baseball cards and photos from his art school days. Between dodging health concerns (including a mysteriously tingly face) and preparing for a rare double date at an Ethiopian restaurant, Natty reflects on parenting chaos, stress, and why his kids are basically plotting his departure. It's vintage Bumperpodcast: rambling, relatable, and ridiculously entertaining.

    Memorable Quotes

    “He traded it to a kid for ten dollars and I was like wait what is this none of this makes sense. That's some serious gumption to be able to turn that deal around.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “They're like, wait, you're not gonna be here? Perfect, that's all we want in life, is for you guys to leave us alone. That's all we want in life too!”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “If I lose my face, I'm still going to be your best friend, right?”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #parenting #nostalgia #health #trading #kids #stress #dating #baseballcards

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: right off the bat i'm going to apologize for the audio quality of this episode i'm holding a glass of sweet tea that i made so that's kind of loud and then to my left there is a dryer that's drying clothes and then to its left there is a washer that is doing a deep wash deep clean of some bedding some bedding that i found in a box and then on the other side over there there's a uh there's a dehumidifier that's running now most of the time this stuff isn't running when i'm doing the podcast because i have some sort of you know idea on how to make decent sound recordings but today uh i can't avoid it because i was supposed to record yesterday but i didn't get a chance because there was a spring concert so now we're in full-on weekend mode which means crazy noisy very sorry but i didn't want to miss out on a week i didn't want to miss you i mean i miss you every day that i'm not recording so i didn't want to miss you even more if you get my drift if you catch what i'm saying if you know what i know what i know um so wait the bedding that's an important story in the garage we have boxes and boxes and boxes of stuff that was in a storage facility in georgia this is where my comic books were this is where my baseball cards were and but more importantly there's boxes of ephemera there's boxes of stuff what kind of stuff like old photo albums old newspaper clippings of me old art show stuff like stuff from a million years ago that i didn't even know i still had but uh one of my kids is obsessed because he can see baseball cards i don't care about baseball cards i just worked in the store and they would sometimes pay me with baseball cards but he sees these cards he doesn't care about the cards he doesn't care about the cards he doesn't care about the cards he doesn't care about the cards he just wants to be able to take them to school to trade them here's a tangent last week he was at school a girl gave him a uh a pencil case like a zip up pencil bag it was green clear full of stuff he then took that pencil bag and i and he traded it to a kid for ten dollars and then i was like wait what is this none of this makes sense how did you get the pencil case and he was like well i gave her two smelly markers one watermelon one licorice and i was like okay so the impetus is two smelly markers for which you then got pencil case full of stuff no no no i then put my stuff in there okay so you you took a pencil case that you would swap for two markers put your stuff in it and then sold that to a kid for ten dollars all right i mean like in my head i'm like that's amazing like that's some serious something gumption i guess to to be able to turn that deal around but then you know i was like i can't let you keep this kid's ten dollars like this i i can't what what do we know and it's like a kid a friend of his and i'm like it's kind of taking advantage of because i'm what do you take so i had to go to the parent and i was like hey explain the story and she's like i'm not going to okay i was asking him about that ten dollars because that was his change from the plant sale and i was like okay gave her the ten dollars back and i was like hey while we're at it maybe you can give me the pencil case back so that i can give it back to person number one oh we don't know where the pencil case is what what what what are we doing so now my kid's losing his mind because he had brokered this deal and i swoop in take his ten bucks and he doesn't get the pencil case back so he's he's out he doesn't have anything he's like that was all my stuff in the pencil case and i was just like ah ah and then i had to find the kid's dad with the pencil case and i was like hey situation here's what it is and he was like oh weird the way i heard it was there was an elephant pencil holder that uh your kid gave to my kid i didn't know about any pencil case i was just like this is this bonkers this makes no sense at all anyway so he likes to take stuff to school and trade it or at least show it off look what i got yeah well i got this now and he's been obsessed with these he doesn't the boxes of baseball cards i don't even know what's in there their things are 20 30 years old i don't care i just know i don't want him messing with them just in case you know they're gonna pay for his college that's not gonna happen i understand that they're worthless pieces of paper but who knows there's no it's whatever so i was like all right because he's been on me on me on me baseball cards baseball cards baseball cards so we went to the garage this week and i took some boxes of baseball cards out and i'm like here you can look through this stuff and as he's looking through that stuff i'm going through old pictures and then i i mean i haven't even fully recovered from the nostalgia the wave of nostalgia that that overwhelmed me and it was just like oh my god look at all these people that i used to know look at you know like look at these people look at that guy i used to you know hang out with all these people and like pictures of my uh graduating my art show that was i i can't remember the name of it but i just saw it but it made me so happy and all the art the paintings and the drawings and i look so different so at some point uh i'm gonna i had to put everything back because he kind of lost his mind because i wasn't just letting him have every single thing in the box uh but i'm gonna go through and i'm gonna post them around so you'll get to see what i looked like 100 years ago which is very exciting for everyone um on a side note so nostalgia right recovering from that uh i i have had this weird thing that's been happening to me and um i don't i don't want hey i can see how you're looking at me i don't want you to be worried i want you to calm down it's okay it's gonna be okay so you know i do it happens that's fine uh you know especially the weird weather changes if it's raining outside there's mold if there's pollen whatever you know i get i get uh allergies and then allergies turn into a little cold and a little cold turns into bronchitis what's up asthma so good for me so this week has been that but on a side note i've been getting this other weird thing this is physiology physiology not virology that is different this is physiology the left side of my face so from nose over to the left uh not all the way to the ear it's just uh cheek and into mouth and in the jaw it gets tingly fuzzy and i can't feel it what i know scary a little bit don't go on the internet and ask why your face is tingly you don't want to know what things could be happening and you don't want to know what's going on and i've had a lot of situations where i've had a lot of your physiological progression, I don't even know if I'm saying the right word, I'm gonna feel like I am, and when I went to the doctor the other day, because I couldn't breathe, like I just couldn't breathe, and she gave me this doodad that I had to breathe into, and so you put your mouth on it, and she's like, all right, take a deep breath, and blow, and I was like, I can't take a deep breath, I can barely stand without passing out, but I scored a 300, and she was like, okay, and then she made me do it three times, second time I got a 340, and she's like, oh, wait a minute, 340, that's not bad, meanwhile, I'm gonna hold on to the wall, because this is now a competition, and I want to give it my best blow, third time, back right under 300, because I had spent myself, I had, so all I had, I had given to get that 340, and she's like, all right, so normal people, normally, you're gonna be up in the like 500, 550 range, maybe even 600, and I was just like, so on. I'm half of normal, breathe-wise, and she's like, basically, basically, and then I start going over all this, this litany of other things that are going on, weird stuff with the old body, and I was like, my face, can't feel it, the left side, tingling, should I be worried, but I don't even know if she took a note on it, because she was so overwhelmed by all the other ridiculousness, and so now I'm like, all right, body, I'm gonna draw a line in the sand, and, and, and, um, if, if not better by this date, then I have to go back to the doctor, which I don't want to do, I don't want to be like a, you know, every time I walk in the doctor's office, they're like, bumper car, and I'm like, hey, everybody, I'm broken, I don't want that, I don't need that, I've got friends in other places, like sandwich shops, and donut parlors, and whatnot, all right, I'll keep you posted, because it's weird, it's a weird thing, it's not a comfortable thing, I'm not, happy about it, uh, I've been told that there's too much stress in the life, too much stress with a kid, too much stress with a job, slow it down, calm down, I'm not good at that, in fact, when you tell me to slow it down, to calm it down, you know what I do, I double down, I do more, it's a bad way to do, if people say slow down, you know what you should do, maybe slow down, maybe just slow down, I don't know, so that's what's going on with me, tonight though, uh, Mrs. Bumper Car, is it Ms. Bumper Car, Mrs. Bumper Car, I don't know what her name is, um, we'll call her Mrs. Bumper Car, and I, uh, we're going out, we're going out on a, on a, on a double date, on a hot double date, we're gonna get Ethiopian food, and, and, and it's very exciting, because you know what we don't do, and we're going out with people we've never gone out with before, people who might, in fact, be listening to this podcast, I don't even know, very exciting times, and one of them is a comedian, so this is, this is weird, I don't go out with people, I don't, we don't go out, we don't go out, you know, we don't see people, we don't do things, so this is a big evening for us, who knows how it's going to turn out, it's close to the house though, so, you know, if we need to, we're gonna, we have a sign, we'll throw the sign, and then if we have to split up, then we know we can meet back at the house, so, you know, and the kids, the kids are gonna have a babysitter, that's all they care about, they're like, wait, you're not gonna be here, no, they're like, perfect, that's all we want in life, is for you guys to leave us alone, and we're like, weird, that's all we want in life too, is for you to leave us alone, but they won't do it, I, today, it's, so it's a rainy day, we've had a lot of rainy days around, and we decided, we were like, what are we gonna do with these kids, we can't just sit at home, because they go crazy if you just sit at home, so we went to a mall that has, like, a playground, and we went to a mall that has, like, a playground, and we're like, all right, guys, you hang out in the play area, run around, we'll grab some lunch, boom, you're eating out, you'll love to do that, and then after that, I was like, hey, maybe we'll go get ice cream, I don't want, one of them said, I don't think I want any sugar right now, I was like, what, okay, so we went to some junk store, gave each of them five bucks, I'll go buy some junk, you know, and you're like, oh, man, your kids are spoiled, and I'm like, yes, they are, but 10 bucks is not a lot to pay. To hang out with you, like, if you go to a movie, you're talking $800, if you go to a, whatever, arcade place, you're talking $400, everything costs so much money, so $10, nothing, nothing, and meanwhile, you know, we get back to the car, and then they're, like, haggling with each other, like, oh, I wish you would have gotten me $8 worth of stuff, I'm like, you didn't have to get anything, and then, and then the other one was like, you know what, I think I want some sugar now, and I'm like, come on, all you guys just do is take and take and take and take, can't leave me alone, you guys are stressing me out, can't even feel the left side of my face, what's going to happen next, I'm going to lose the right side of my face, that's my favorite side of my face, guys, don't worry, though, if I lose my face, I'm still going to be your best friend, right?

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  • Bumperpodcast #281 – History

    Bumperpodcast #281 – History

    Bumpercar and Pig talk about how the past can define you, if you let it. They also wish everyone a Happy New Year – and bring some songs and cheer!

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

    The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! 

    About This Episode

    In episode 281 of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar starts the new year exhausted from the busy December holiday season. Aloysious J. Pig calls him out for complaining and shares his own philosophy about managing how others perceive you. The conversation takes an unexpected turn as Pig reveals his struggles with being labeled as messy at his favorite slop restaurant, leading to an insightful discussion about reputation, identity, and how past behaviors define us. The episode features a hilarious revelation about someone from their past named Porridge Pete who now runs the very slop restaurant Pig frequents. Natty and Pig decide to hit the mall together, with plans to revisit Natty's old "green pants" identity and grab some food at Pete's restaurant.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You're not stuck to that narrative. You control your own narrative, right? So what you do is you got to go back in, you got to flip the script.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “I wore green pants four times in my life, and you happen to be there for it, and so now I'm bumper green pants to you. Completely ignore the last 20 years of my life.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Porridge Pete actually held on to what he was doing when he was growing up, whereas you, bumper green pants, ain't never wear no green pants no more because you don't want to be known about the green pants.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    Topics: #identity #friendship #reputation #newyear #restaurants #nostalgia #self-improvement #socialperception

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh bumper podcast i am so tired i tell you what i am limping into this new year this year i am spent i am done with i am over it's so december is such a busy month i know it's a fun month you got a lot going on you got a lot you're doing a lot of stuff for people you're helping out you're doing this you're doing that you're over here you're over there you're moving you're shaking you're going to parties you're shaking hands you're kissing babies you're doing whatever you got to do but man it is unstoppable unflappable unrelenting is what it is uh but we made it i think you know it's a few days i guess to go maybe a day or two

    Aloysious J. Pig: but i'm i'm happy to uh hey hey bubs what's going on big hey buddy what are you doing i'm just hanging out what are you just complaining again a little bit a little going on with you i ain't nothing what are you always so upset about you always so Oh, I'm so tired. Oh, blah, blah, blah. Oh, I'm so popular. I got to go all the parties. Oh, I got to go shake hands and kiss babies. Come on, bro. Just be happy that, you know, people want you to come hang out and want to see you and stuff. That's a good thing.

    Natty Bumpercar: It's a good thing to be like you, bumper car. It's a good thing to do all the things that you, you know. I don't know the words to the song. I just made it up. Yeah, you just made it up. Okay, that's fine. I agree with you, pig. I am happy. I'm so happy. I have a great life. I'm thrilled. But I do, I get sleepy, sleepy tired. And here's what happens. I get super excited about this, that, and this, and that, and those, and this, and this, and that. And then I spread myself too thin, and then I get wah, wah, wah. And that's, you know, that's a good problem to have, that I'm so busy that I'm getting worn out. So if it sounds like I'm complaining. Which I'm sure it did sound like I was complaining because I was kind of. You were definitely complaining a little bit. Yes. That's what you do. I was kind of complaining. That's fine. Then I'm sorry. No. I apologize. That's a thank you. I shouldn't be complaining. I'm living the dream. I'm living the life. The dream, buddy. And I'm happy as a clam. I hope you're good. I'm so good. You never tell me about yourself, guys. You don't ask. And girls, and people, and whatnot. How are you doing? For a second, I thought. You're not answering. Oh, I thought you were talking to me, but then I realized, oh, you're talking to the bumper cop, papa. Buccateers. Yeah, that thing. Yeah. But it's fun. You can ask me how I'm doing, too. Pig, how are you? Oh, thank you. Yeah, of course.

    Aloysious J. Pig: I actually am doing, you know.

    Natty Bumpercar: You just kind of trailed off like you don't know what I'm doing. No, it's because I get self-conscious. Here's my thing. You like to complain a lot. That's like your thing. What I like to do is I like to keep things close to the vest. I like to keep the cards to the table. I like to keep everything that's going on internally, internal, if you know what I'm saying. And why is that? Because I get nervous. You know, I don't want people to, I had this problem with my friends, right, where I used to complain a lot, and then they just, they would take me there. They'd be like, oh, here comes the pig. He's going to complain. And then they put me over on that shelf, and I never got out of it, which is kind of sad because I want my friends to be like, oh, no, here comes the pig. Watch out, guys. It sounds like a party's about to start. It sounds like a party's about to start up in here. It sounds like a party's about to start up in here. Party up in here. We're pig. Party up in here. Well, but I think once you muddy those waters, it gets, people are like, oh, that's a dude who complains a lot, you know? And even if it ain't your fault, even if you're going through stuff and you're like, oh, you guys are my friends. I'm going to talk to you about this stuff. Then sometimes, sometimes that's just what happens. You end up dumping a lot of negative stuff on your friends, and then they're like, oh, well, here comes Mr. Negative Pig, and then womp, womp, there you go. It's a weird thing. Friendships are weird. I'm not going to lie to you. Not even friendship, but relationships in the whole wide world. For instance, I got this one place I go to for slop, right? The best slop in the whole town, the whole city, the whole state, maybe the whole coast. And I was going there for a while, and then the people started to recognize me, and a couple of times. A couple of times. I was down and out. I made a mess on the table, and all of a sudden, they're not as nice to me, because they're like, oh, here comes that messy pig. And I'm like, bro, I'm a pig. That's what I do. You run a slop restaurant, guess what's going to happen? It's going to get a bit messy, you know? So it's totally cool, though, man, because what you do, you're not stuck to that narrative. You control your own narrative, right? So what you do is you got to go back in, you got to flip the script. You got to rewrite it a little bit. So now when I go into that restaurant, I go in with cleaner, and I actually clean my table like all serious business. Like, I got to make it sparkle, and I got to make it shine. So, you know, here's the thing. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. You do you. But you got to understand how you act and how the wow reacts to you. Yeah, okay. It's all intertwined. It's all connected. Pig. You understand? Yeah, I do. But that was really insightful and really deep. And I feel like even though you said you want to keep internal things internal, I feel like maybe you just opened up a little bit. Like, maybe you just told us a little bit about the inner workings of pig, which is pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself. And I totally agree with you, too. It's the type of thing where if you go back to your hometown on the holidays or whatever, and people, you know, you haven't been there in 10 years or whatever, but you're seeing people from high school or college or wherever, you know, from a long time ago, and they see you, and they're like, hey, what's up, bumper car green pants, because you wore green pants 20 years ago for four days or something like that, and then that's who you are to them. They're like, yeah, what's up, you remember, man, you used to wear green pants all the time. Oh, bro, your green pants. And you're like, cool. I wore green pants four times in my life, and you happen to be there for it, and so now I'm bumper green pants to you. No, that's great. Completely ignore the last 20 years of my life. That's fine. That makes a lot of sense. Let's just scoot it on back to where I wore green pants a couple of times. And it's weird, because that's the stuff that defines who you are, and it's kind of in your history and in your lineage, and it might have directed, like, maybe I don't wear green pants anymore because I wore it four times, and I got the nickname Natty Green Pants, so maybe, you know, that stuff is definitely important because it happened, but, you know, again, just kind of take that guy to the side and be like, that's hilarious. What's up, porridge Pete, or whatever, you know, because he ate porridge when he was in pre-K, and, you know, but then you're doing the same thing to him, so don't do that. Let's see. Let's think this through. Let's think this through. Let's, uh… What?

    Aloysious J. Pig: You went to school with Porridge Pete? Bro, he used to make the best porridge I ever had in my whole life.

    Natty Bumpercar: As a matter of fact, and this is a weird connection that you just did to what I just did, but Porridge Pete grew up to open a restaurant that sells slop. That's the restaurant that I was talking about just a minute ago. What? Mind blown. Totally blown. Porridge Pete married this girl named Sally. Right? And then Sally and Pete opened up a little bitty restaurant somewhere far away. It did so well that they franchised that out. Boom, bam, boom. Right? They got all this money, but that wasn't what his dream was. Porridge Pete opened up slop. It's called slop. And he makes all kinds of stuff, like porridge, like stew, like grits, like corn cob soup. Soup? Like, I'm talking, like, all this… All this stuff that's, you know, kind of sloppy meals, right? It's so weird. It's so crazy. So here's the thing. Porridge Pete actually held on to what he was doing when he was growing up, eating the porridge, making the porridge, whereas you, bumper green pants, ain't never wear no green pants no more because you don't want to be known about the green pants. It's weird. He let his history define him. You ran away from your history. You know what I'm thinking, bro? Yeah, that makes sense. Here's the thing. What's the thing? What's the thing? Here's the thing. What's the thing? Tell me what the thing is. Tell me what the thing is. Also, it's really weird and cool that you know Porridge Pete. Yeah, I know. We're going to go… That's cool, too. We're going to go to the mall. We're going to go to the green pants store. We're going to use your gift card that Santa Claus brought to you, and we're going to buy you… Are you ready for it? Are you ready for this? Are you ready for it? Are you ready for this? A whole stick of green pants. 2017 bumper green pants is making his re-arrival upon the scene. He's going to make it crystal clean. He's going to show everybody what he means. He's bumper green pants. He's bumper green pants. Everybody look. It's Natty Green Pants. Go. Natty Green Pants. Natty, Natty Green Pants. Go. Natty Green Pants. Here he comes, y'all. I like the song a lot. I don't like the idea so much. I've got plenty of pants. I do have a gift card, which is kind of cool. We can go to the mall. I'm fine with that. Does Slop… Do they have any locations in mall food courts? Yeah, I think they definitely do. They do. They've got little kiosks. Really? Yeah, you can go. You can get it. No, it sounds interesting to me. All the food that they serve, it sounds pretty darn fascinating. No, it's not interesting or fascinating. I would love to try it if you're willing to go to the mall with me. You're going to buy for me? You're going to buy me some, huh? Of course I'm buying. Perfect. I'm always buying. You're always buying because I'm always selling. No, you're buying because you've got the money bags, all right? Money bags in your green pants and whatnot. All right, let me get my stuff together. Let me make myself pretty because if I'm going out in public, I've got to be like that pig. People are like, oh my God, is that that pig? And I'm like, yeah, of course it is. Hey, what's going on, bro? Like that. Yeah, yeah, no, okay. Okay, you finish this up and I'm going to get ready. I'm going to call Petey Porridge also and I'm going to… Porridge Petey? Porridge Petey, yeah. And we're going to see if he can hook us up. Okay. Okay. Bye, everybody. 2017. You know what I mean? It's me, Aloysius. Hugs and hearts. Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop. All right, good job. Thanks so much for hanging out, pig. You made me feel better. You actually made me feel a lot better about everything. And you know what? That's how I want to feel and that's how I want you to feel is better.

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  • Bumperpodcast #223 – Letterman …

    Bumperpodcast #223 – Letterman …

    Bumpercar laments shows that go away and how people are tied to different things in their world. It is a fitting – if slightly disjointed – goodbye to a piece of the past.

    Will you miss Letterman?! Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. 

    About This Episode

    In this reflective episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar explores the nostalgia and emotional connections people form with television shows throughout their lives. Natty discusses how the shows we watch help shape who we become, referencing recent long-running TV shows coming to an end and how audiences react to these departures. He touches on the special connection that develops between hosts and viewers, comparing it to the relationship he shares with Bumperpodcast listeners. The episode features Natty's characteristic rambling style as he works through a conversation about someone's contradictory feelings toward a departing talk show, ultimately concluding with genuine appreciation for the shows that talk directly to audiences.

    Memorable Quotes

    “if you ever walked up to me on the street you could be like natty how is doodle poodle doing and i'd be like that dog is crazy”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “we're on at the we're on the choo-choo straight to nowheresville population me”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “what about pig and i'd be like he's my best friend let's not get this twisted”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #television #nostalgia #talkshows #childhoodmemories #podcasting #media #personalgrowth

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: do you guys watch tv do you watch television do you uh watch shows on the on the tube there because man i remember growing up i used to watch i used to watch a lot of tv and you know a lot of shows that i would watch and like i got nostalgia for them because you know like depending on when you watch the show in your life is that that's that's kind of what you you can kind of go back to that time in your head and you can be like man i remember that show and i remember exactly what was going on in my world at that time and and and i and i i remember like ah how that show made me feel and all the different characters and the situations you know and like at least partially how how maybe that molded you a little bit and it made you the person you are today because you know all the stuff in the world that stimulates you through your life whatever books music art uh shows movies uh anything that you you see or do even just being out in the world the people you talk to uh your routines the places you go all these things are you know they make up who you are and so you know a small aspect of that and for some people a huge aspect of that are our shows and they hold on to them and especially you know if you have some sort of show where you know it's on regularly and uh it's it's not like a a written show uh and it's an actual just a person talking to you then it becomes easier to kind of uh connect with that person and to be like i i know that person kind of like you guys and and me like i feel like we're pretty close we're pretty tight like we've been through some serious stuff bumper podcast cateers and you know so if if you ever walked up to me on the street you could be like maddie how is doodle poodle doing and i'd be like that dog is crazy and you'd be like what about robot and i'd be like robot and then you'd be like well what about pig and i'd be like he's my best friend let's not get this twisted let's not get this twisted like his little pig tail he's my best friend so you know it's it's his connect connectivity thing that happens just from hearing people's voices hearing how they talk the cadence of what they say uh you know being able to infer the meaning behind what they're saying and in between the lines and you know recently i think we've we've had a lot of tv uh shows that have been going on for a long time go and they're just going away and and and it's made people sad and i've been i've been reading a lot of articles and watching a lot of clip packages which are just like little snippets of the tv show and uh you know you start to think you're just like wow i remember that show i don't watch it as much as i used to that always seems to be something that people say they always feel like you know i used to love that show back in the day i don't watch as much as i used to but i still love it and it's still a good show and you're like okay i got you uh but uh i was i was talking to somebody and i said man you know that show that's leaving and they were like yeah i was like are you sad about it they were like no no it's like not even a they're like i don't care i was like okay it's like not even from like a cultural standpoint like being in the zeitgeist you don't care about it at all from a nostalgia standpoint oh well from a nostalgia standpoint of course i care about it a little bit well all right that's confusing so you do care but you don't care no i don't care okay all right now i see where we are we're nowhere we're nowheresville we're on at the we're on the choo-choo straight to nowheresville population me no i um you know i i i used to watch that show a lot and you know i don't watch as much as i used to um but i i i'm nostalgic for it and i you know you feel like it's just something that's a constant that's always there every single night it's a talk show and you're talking directly to me and now it's just gonna be gone replaced by something else and maybe that'll be fine but maybe it won't be and does it even matter because i'm at a different point in my life and so you know i don't care as much about such things but i do care because you were talking to me and i was listening and i was watching and you were zany and fun and wacky and you know what i'm gonna miss you

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  • Bumperpodcast #222 – Management steps in …

    Bumperpodcast #222 – Management steps in …

    Bumpercar is back after his medical emergency – but – management steps in because it isn’t happy with the show. Why can’t we all just get along?!

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

    Comedian, Natty Bumpercar does some junk in today’s edition of the most ridiculous of all weekly podcasts, the Bumperpodcast.

    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 222, host Natty Bumpercar attempts to share a nostalgic childhood story about playing by the riverside and his mother's rhubarb pie, but is immediately interrupted by his manager Rufus T. Rufus. Rufus criticizes Natty for taking time off last week due to strep throat and complains that the rambling story won't attract podcast advertisers. The chaos escalates when Fire Plug (real name Tony McKay) arrives to defend Natty, leading to a heated confrontation with Rufus. The episode spirals into complete pandemonium as Doodle Poodle joins the fray, with Natty admitting he's never lost control of the podcast more than in this moment. This short but hilarious episode showcases the improvisational comedy and character dynamics that make Bumperpodcast entertaining.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You can't take a week off last week with your strep throat and come in here talking about rhubarb pie and hiding down in the river grass. Nobody wants to hear none of that.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “I feel like I've never lost control of the podcast more than I've lost control of the podcast right now.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I ain't no trash can. My name's trash come on man. Fire plug is what people call me right now my real name of course is Tony McKay.”

    — Fire Plug

    Topics: #childhoodmemories #podcastmanagement #arguments #chaos #nostalgia #rhubarbpie #control

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Doodle Poodle

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: so you have to understand when i was just a little boy i would go out by the riverside and i would look at all the deep grasses and i would wander about the pussy willows and my mama she would look for me and she would call from the kitchen window and she would call right over the the pie that was in the windowsill and she it was a rhubarb pie and she would say bumsy come on home bumsy bumsy come on home bumsy but i would never come home you on the first or the second or the third call out because i was playing hide and seek you understand hey rufus it's i was just well i don't understand i was doing like a little thing it's a new thing it's a new thing that's not a good enough exceptional excuse okay well but the thing is last you know i didn't as your manager yeah rufus t rufus i know who you are you i know who you are you can't take a week off last week with your i got my strep throat i didn't take a week off though come in here talking about rhubarb pie yes and hiding down in the in the river grass nobody wants to hear none of that they don't want to hear none of that they don't want to hear none of that they don't want to hear none of that you all right nobody's gonna pay i'm trying to get advertising on this podcast people don't pay for this nobody's a little queen uh about your mama looking for you and uh what what did you say all right well listen rufus t rufus i appreciate your feedback on this podcast and i'll see you next and i appreciate you you know being here for the podcast it would have been better if you were here last week because i actually couldn't talk and robot was away and pig had some sort of clue and so if you could have been here and talked and maybe you could have done some big sort of sales pitch for the podcast and then maybe we'd be in a better spot this week but hey boss this is a sudden belly coming here is he bothering you or something what's going on hey it's me fire plug what's going on not much i mean i'm here you're here it's good times i love listening to the bumper podcast thank you i appreciate that you're like a wordsmith which you're like thank you bubbly boobily boom rhubarb i don't mean i ain't never had no rhubarb pie you should have what kind of pie is a pizza pie at a pizza party that i once went to when i was a kid all right you're okay stop talking for a second over there mr jimberry south of the mason forget about stuff all right listen i don't understand who this tiny man is with this big attitude but listen i don't like to look at you i don't like to hear you so why don't you just skadoodle back to where all right where you came from down in the sewers i'm assuming because you look like maybe you're gonna go do some plumbing or something he's not a plumber headquarter come on might want to take out the garbage while you're at it because you guys trash can i ain't no trash can i've got guys my name's trash come on man fire plug is is what people call me right now my real name of course is uh tony mckay tony on all right so you you and me maybe we got some problems all right i feel like i've never lost control of the podcast more than i've lost control of the podcast right now

    Doodle Poodle: what's going on and see what's going on

    Natty Bumpercar: well you're the one who came in here to manage this you kind of bullied us into the whole thing so now you got to deal with it that's toodle poodle that's fire plug your rufus t rufus go

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