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Bumperpodcast #155 – Mouse Powered

It is one of those whisper episodes where Bumpercar is hearing some sort of broadcast and is trying to figure out where it is coming from.

Now, we use mouse power.

Do you power devices by mouse? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

Because mice are the future!

About This Episode

In Bumperpodcast episode 155, host Natty Bumpercar finds himself driven to distraction by a mysterious broadcast sound echoing throughout headquarters. Unable to locate the source, Natty explores various theories including the urban legend about dental fillings picking up radio signals. Even his dog Irving Brown Socks can't help identify where the noise is coming from. The episode takes a hilarious turn as Natty discusses the universal frustration of tracking down dying smoke detector batteries and reveals his unconventional solution: powering all devices with mice and cheese instead of batteries.

Memorable Quotes

“I've heard of people who when they get fillings sometimes they can hear radio stations in their teeth and then I'm like I don't know I don't think I got fillings that I can remember.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“He does this thing where one ear goes up straight and the other ear kind of flops down and that's his confused look like he's like hey boss I don't know you know what you're talking about I'm kind of a dog.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“What I've ended up doing is making sure that everything is mouse powered now. You just slip a little piece of cheese in there the mice run around they're happy no more chirps no more noises.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #mystery #sound #radio #dogs #batteries #householdproblems #absurdisthumor

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: quiet everybody it's me natty bumper car and i'm whispering because it's the weirdest thing all day around headquarters i can hear like i don't know it's like a broadcast we'll say if it's like a radio or a television or i don't know what it is but i can't find it and it's driving me bonkers like i you can't hear it but it's it's just like in the air i can hear and then i was like i've heard of people who um when they get fillings sometimes they can hear radio stations in their teeth and then i'm like i i don't know i don't think i got fillings that i can remember and so i started wandering around the house just like looking like trying to pinpoint i tried to uh triangulate where the noise was coming from but i couldn't figure it out and uh so then and i didn't know how to i told the dog irving brown socks i was like dude you've got to find where this is coming from because it's driving me insane and he does this thing where one ear goes up straight and the other ear kind of flops down and that's his confused look like he's like hey boss i don't know you know what you're talking about i'm kind of a dog and i i understand what he's saying but i mean i can hear i've got headphones on and there's music in the background for the bumper podcast and i can still hear it oh too much too much gotta stop go away noise that's not gonna listen to me i'm gonna stop whispering you know why because if i talk louder and pretend like it's not there then maybe it'll just go away right probably not because that's not how things work in reality shoot oh well how are you guys doing do you have weird noises in your house sometimes that you can't find like i don't know are uh sometimes you ever have one of those where there's like something a battery is dying and you you you lay down to go to sleep and then all of a sudden you chirp and you what what was that chirp and it happens infrequently and so it it takes you the better part of i don't know a month to find out what's chirping and what's out of batteries uh that happens around here sometimes and so what i've ended up doing is making sure that everything is mouse powered now you're saying how do you do that well you do have to check the devices more often by but you just slip a little piece of cheese in there the mice run around they're happy no more chirps no more noises

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November 28, 2012
Bumperpodcast #154 – Thanksgiving

It is officially Thanksgiving – and Natty Bumpercar is visited by his pal Turkey.

Do you love talking birds? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – Because sometimes – they make us nervous!

About This Episode

In this Thanksgiving episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar welcomes back Turkey, who made memorable appearances the previous year. Turkey has returned with something special to share—a traditional Thanksgiving turkey song that turkeys supposedly sing to express their gratitude during the holiday season. Despite some comedic interruptions and mic mishaps, Natty attempts to facilitate Turkey's musical performance instead of his usual Thanksgiving gratitude segment. The episode features the playful banter and improvisational chaos that Bumperpodcast fans have come to expect, building up to Turkey's much-anticipated song about what turkeys are thankful for.

Memorable Quotes

“This is a real coup. I a little joke. Sorry.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I'm going to turn your mic back on because you being off mic just sounds even more terrible somehow than you being on mic.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #thanksgiving #gratitude #music #tradition #holidays #comedy

Featuring: Turkey, Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Turkey: Oh

Natty Bumpercar: Hi there turkey, what's going on? How you doing buddy buddy pal? Uh-huh And how's the family? Wonderful, that's phenomenal Okay. Well, hey everybody. It's me Natty bumper car. And this is my pal turkey. Maybe you remember from last year We had a few episodes of excitement. What's gonna happen to Turkey? Exactly, that's what happened. That was a very good Recap of what happened. It was very quick very succinct. I think people like that All right, well they had perfect so thanks for stopping by Turkey Are you wanting to stick around? All right. I figured you were just gonna drop in and say hi. No You really have a lot to say I was good, no, I was gonna All right Turn your mic off Exactly gone. Thanks, Turkey. Hey, so Natty bumper car bumper podcast. It's our big Thanksgiving episode and Oh Are you serious? Are you just going to? All right. Really? Rethinking the whole pardon that I gave you last year, turkey. All right. Okay, get back. I'm going to turn your mic back on because you being off mic just sounds even more terrible somehow than you being on mic. Perfect. You're back. All right. Can I? All right. Oh, you have a song you want to sing? Is it like a traditional turkey song? A traditional Thanksgiving turkey song where you tell everyone what turkeys are thankful for at the Thanksgiving season. I didn't even know that existed. Okay. Do I need to set anything up? I mean, it's just that. It's a song that turkey. Sing at Thanksgiving to show everyone what they are thankful for. Well, this is this is a real coup. I a little joke. Sorry. Yeah. Okay. So I guess if everyone's ready, I'm going to skip ahead. I'm not going to do my normal bumper podcast Thanksgiving thing where I tell everybody what I'm thankful for. I even ask what you guys are thankful for or, you know, point some things out in the world that maybe we should be thankful for this year. We're going to do something slightly different. We're going to sing a song. Turkey is going to sing a song. All right. Here ready it goes. A one a two a one two three.

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November 21, 2012
Bumperpodcast #153 – Cranky Old Man

The Bumperpodcast is invaded by a cranky old man who rants and raves about how the deer have eaten all of his tomatoes …

Also, Bumpercar has gone bananas.

Do you eat tomatoes with deer? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – Because deer are fun to eat with!

And tomatoes are tasty!

About This Episode

In this hilarious episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar wakes up with frozen toes, prompting Rufus T. Rufus to launch into an extended, rambling complaint that sounds like a curmudgeonly old man. Rufus rants about everything from potholes in his lawn and deer eating his tomatoes to his congressman, year-round schooling, and nighttime baseball. His ever-shifting accent and stream-of-consciousness grievances create a comedic tour de force as he threatens to move to another island where accents aren't questioned. This improvised character work showcases the show's signature absurdist humor and spontaneous puppet comedy.

Memorable Quotes

“i woke up this morning and wiggled my toes but i couldn't quite wiggle them because they was frozen”

— Natty Bumpercar

“last night a deer came up and ate all of ethel and eyes you tomatoes and so now you know we're supposed to be having salad”

— Rufus T. Rufus

“i'm gonna move to another island one where people's accents aren't questioned and don't change repeatedly over the course of three minutes or so”

— Rufus T. Rufus

Topics: #complaining #oldmancharacter #deer #tomatoes #baseball #improvisation #charactervoices

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Rufus T. Rufus

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: whoa i woke up this morning and wiggled my toes but i couldn't quite wiggle them because they was frozen

Rufus T. Rufus: oh bumper podcast if we're gonna call that a new character if we're gonna call that a new character we're gonna call that one the one uh that makes uh bumper cars throat hurt a lot in fact it makes me sound like this and i feel like i should be complaining about the potholes in front of my lawn and uh last night a deer came up and ate all of ethel and eyes you tomatoes and so now you know we're supposed to be having salad the doctor said that it would make us feel better and i can't eat just a lettuce salad i need a tomato in it a ripe juicy plump tomato guess what the deer came onto my lawn around the potholes and ate up all of my tomatoes and so what am i saying what am i supposed to do? i ask you congressman that i voted for that i put into office i am going to ask the poems that i wrote for these this reading is not for the questioning i just don't want to wait for any goings versusいます are you a color? right i mean that was your lie yeah you are just aXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX5XXXXXXXpekt matter only as opposed to it to my doorstep every morning i'd appreciate it and i think that school should be uh year round and i think that baseball should never be played at night because i get very worried at night when i can't see the moon so if there's a full moon then i'll go outside and i can watch baseball and eat a tomato sandwich but if there's not then i suppose i'm gonna have to just stay here under my blankets wondering what everyone else is making a ruckus about when i know in fact that the ruckus that they're making is because there are deer that are on my lawn walking around the potholes and eating up all my tomatoes i tell you what it's too much for me to handle i can't live like this i'm gonna move to another island one where people's accents aren't questioned and don't change repeatedly over the course of three minutes or so

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November 14, 2012
Bumperpodcast #151 – Super-stormed out

Headquarters and all of the lands around Headquarters were attacked by a vicious storm this week and we are just now getting to a place where we have power and heat and a chance to record this ridiculousness.

We really hope that you were not touched by the tumult of Super-storm Sandy – as – she was particularly unpleasant.

Were you in the storm? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we want to bond with you.

That storm was a bear.

About This Episode

In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar recounts his harrowing experience surviving a major storm that knocked out power at Bumpercar headquarters for nearly a week. Natty describes the chaos of flying shutters, broken windows, mysterious crashes in the night, and exploding transformers that lit up the sky like fireworks. After frantically checking his vehicles in the dark by tapping each window, he and his wife endured three days without power before finally evacuating north to safety. This exhausted but relieved episode gives listeners a firsthand account of weathering a serious storm and the confusion that comes with it.

Memorable Quotes

“The shutter flew off the house and then flew back into the house and crash smash bang clang cling glass everywhere broken glass everywhere.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I ran around each car and I would just tap each window tap tap tap tap as I was running in circles around the car to make sure that the windows were intact.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“It sounds like there's trains going by your house and the explosions was the craziest part—those were the transformers, not like the big hollywood production movies.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #weather #storms #poweroutage #homedamage #survivalstory #naturaldisasters

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: whoa bumper podcast this is natty bumper car and i am exhausted i don't know if you heard but we had a little touch of the weather here in the area around headquarters and by the area around headquarters i mean everywhere all around up and down here and there it was miserable uh been without power for a week now or five days i don't even know what today is uh i had to decamp and move further north uh it's very exciting time uh headquarters made out pretty well lost a few shingles had a storm window break which i guess is appropriate since it was a storm had a shutter fall off the house and uh that's what actually broke the window somehow the shutter it flew off the house and then flew back into the house and uh crash smash bang clang cling glass everywhere broken glass everywhere uh we heard broken glass we thought oh no the vehicles have been trounced by some uh tree a limb maybe maybe something flew into them so i ran out because i didn't know what else to do you know figured i'd have to put a garbage bag is that what i don't know what you do when your car window breaks but i figured that's what i was going to have to do and i went out and i couldn't really see because it was really dark and so i ran around each car and i would just tap each window tap tap tap tap as i was running in circles around the car uh to make sure that the windows were intact and they were all fine and i and i couldn't see any broken glass so i ran back in and i was like there's no broken glass i don't know what's happening and and she was like uh wifey was like no there was broken glass and i was like i don't know and then you know i ran back in and i was like there's no broken glass you know you're uh so we went to bed early because he lost power pretty early and um you're just kind of laying in bed and it's there's it's it's it sounds like there's trains going by your house like it's very loud and uh then the explosions was the craziest part uh and it turns out those were the uh the transformers they're called not like the you know big hollywood production movies but like i guess they're boxes that do things with electricity that help me to have lights and heat and such and uh but they were through the night like it was crazy and if you looked out in the clouds it was it was like a light show it was like a firework show and um we tried we stayed three days with no power and then finally uh it was too much to bear we gave up and we had to wait for the roads to be cleared and we traveled north and we're fine and we're safe and we're exhausted and weary and we hope that you are doing well as well

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November 2, 2012
Bumperpodcast #150 – Hooray

Holy cans of beans and greens! It is the official one hundred and fiftieth episode of the Bumperpodcast – and – it comes with a fun co-host that we haven’t heard in awhile … How fun is that?!

Do you like fun? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we totally love fun!

We love it!

About This Episode

In this milestone 150th episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar attempts to celebrate the achievement but faces constant interruptions from an uncooperative co-host who wants to watch cartoons and needs an ice pack. Natty struggles to maintain focus while the co-host repeatedly leaves and returns, eventually settling in a corner to watch TV instead of participating in the recording. Despite the chaos, Natty perseveres and calculates that 150 episodes equals over 450 minutes of content. The episode humorously captures the improvisational and absurd nature of the show as Natty tries to give the milestone episode the celebration it deserves while dealing with an extremely distracted companion.

Memorable Quotes

“I don't even know what an ice pack is i need some help bumper podcast if i'm gonna make it to the 150th thousandth episode”

— Natty Bumpercar

“Do you realize that if you added up every single bumper podcast from the beginning assuming that we're coming in at about three minutes a turn that means that we've recorded upwards of 450 minutes of awesome”

— Natty Bumpercar

“Co-host is in the corner watching cartoons evidently this is not interesting enough for me”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #milestone #celebration #chaos #comedy #behindthescenes #frustration #perseverance

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: hello bumper podcast it's me netty bumper car and my co-host for that's exactly right i need to do it it's the 150th episode of the bumper podcast wow you are a wordy co-host i didn't know you were going to come in here and take over the whole show what are you talking about i want to watch piggy well we're not watching pig right now thank goodness we're doing we're recording the bumper podcast no yes why not you don't want it but it's 150th episode everyone's been waiting for weeks you want the ice pack here's the ice pack okay okay you leaving yeah you were a great host can you say goodbye to everybody bye everybody thanks a lot see you later co-host wow hey bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car i'm gonna come with you in just a second literally two minutes i'm gonna come with you but for right now i'm gonna do this okay can you wait please pretty please but that bumper podcast has been waiting for us emerson oh i don't even know what to do it's the 150th episode and we're so excited and this is the kind of rigmarole we're putting out there i know bumper podcast have you ever woken up two weeks has gone by and you realize that you haven't recorded your 150th episode and then you finally get a chance to record it and your co-host who you were so excited to introduce to the whole world uh wants an ice pack here's the thing i don't even know what an ice pack is i need some help bumper podcast if i'm gonna make it to the 150th thousandth episode 150 a thousand i don't think that's an actual uh oh boy i see what's happening now co-host is in the corner watching cartoons evidently this is not interesting enough for me to you know what i think i'm gonna have to find a different co-host here's the thing bumper podcast this is exciting it's a momentous mon momentous momentous day 150 episodes do you realize that if you added up every single bumper podcast from the beginning assuming that we're coming in at about three minutes a turn that means that we've recorded upwards of 450 minutes of awesome that's more awesome than that i'm gonna have to find a different co-host here's the thing bumper podcast than you could carry around and it went up in a satchel that's more awesome than you would ever want to put in a refrigerator because it wouldn't fit it's more awesome than it would take to go to the moon and back and you know why it's awesome because of you

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October 25, 2012