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Bumperpodcast 75 – Weekend Fun!

Since the website is more than moderately broken, we decided to treat you with a special early in the week edition of the Bumperpodcast!

We even have a new weekend reporter – and – maybe Robot shows up as well … on today’s Bumperpodcast!

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About This Episode

In this episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar launches a new Monday morning format, but things immediately go off the rails. The website is broken and Snowflake is malfunctioning, but that doesn't stop Natty from introducing his new weekend reporter, Aloysious J. Pig. When both Pig and Robot start talking over each other in the cramped studio, chaos ensues. Pig waves around a contract while Natty desperately tries to maintain control by turning off microphones. The episode captures the hilariously chaotic energy of too many personalities in one small space, with tensions rising over who's really on whose team and who deserves to be heard.

Memorable Quotes

“everybody stop talking i'm talking right now it's me”

— Aloysious J. Pig

“this is supposed to be our first monday show it's no there's no reason for people to what for people”

— Natty Bumpercar

“who's who's on your team oh we're on teams now is it pig or is it me”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #mondays #workplacechaos #contracts #friendship #studiocomedy #technicaldifficulties

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: so it's monday obviously to me it might not be obvious to you because i don't know when you're listening to this we've been over this before i have no control over that but the website's totally broken and you might not even realize it but it is like look snowflake's all screwed up we can't even really make a new snowflake so what we decided to do was we were going to give you this fun monday morning bumper podcast and it's like it's a whole new fun thing it's got different music it's monday for me let's not dwell on that maybe and what i did was i decided i'd bring in my new weekend reporter so do i do i just start talking yeah that's right hey it's me you may not know but he's big around headquarters ladies and gentlemen let's meet it's pig you it's hard everybody stop talking i'm talking right now it's me yeah well i'm talking too it's me pig okay fine it's pig yeah there i am so hey bumps hey would you stop talking you don't invite somebody into your studio i understand it to be your studio headquarters is yours well i was talking a robot yeah oh good maybe what we need around here is a little bit more oh i don't know sharing hey robot what do you know what's a shaking what are you doing huh this is just perfect exactly bumper car perfect no i'm just saying it's perfect indeed all right both of you i just turned your microphones off this is supposed to be our first monday show it's no there's no reason for people to what for people

Aloysious J. Pig: wait i turned

Natty Bumpercar: i thought i had turned your microphone off well maybe you didn't turn mine off yeah i'm back now it's you yeah it's me pig you have the floor mr pig well okay perfect because what i've got here bumper car is a whole stack it's a con contract remember when you had me signed this contract as your weekend reporter first off first off first off there's absolutely no reason to throw things like it's a very tight space yeah i understand and very expensive equipment as well come on oh come on so i'm looking at you robot you're very expensive i don't want you to get broken what's that we'll pig through something so i'm just saying who's who's on your team oh we're on teams now is it pig or is it me i don't that's right i'm your best friend

June 6, 2011
Bumperpodcast 74 – Yes indeedy do

What are we? A gang? A crew? A possee? A bunch of chickens? I think that we need to figure it out … stat!
We also talk a little about how chickens dress.
I think that the heat has melted our brain on today’s Bumperpodcast!

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About This Episode

In episode 74 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar tackles the important question of what to call the podcast's listeners. From "bumper podcast gang" to "bums" to mysterious "blah blah blah blahs," Natty explores naming options while discussing secret handshakes and listener merchandise. The episode takes an unexpected turn when Natty reveals that Google Analytics shows a surprising number of chickens listening to the show across the globe, from Slovakia to Uzbekistan. This leads to a philosophical discussion about whether chickens can wear t-shirts and pants, leaving listeners with plenty to ponder about poultry fashion choices.

Memorable Quotes

“On Google Analytics it lets you know like who's listening and I was looking at it the other day and it even has an icon for chickens.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I'm pretty darn positive that I haven't [seen a chicken in a t-shirt] and I'm trying to decide if it makes me uncomfortable.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #audiencenames #merchandise #chickens #analytics #fashion #community #absurdisthumor

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: my name is natty bumper car and i am looking at you all right my name here right now talking is natty bumper car and you are the bumper podcast audience you're the you're the bumper podcast we need a better name than audience if anybody wants to raise their hand give some suggestions if you want to be called something different than just the audience i think audience i mean you don't want to be like the bumper podcast gang that's too intimidating that's too scary you don't want to be the body do you want to be the the crew bumper no bumper crew cast bumper pod cast people bumper podcast bums bumper podcast maybe a word that begins with a b and that ends with hey it's me i listen to the bumper podcast yeah i got a shirt on it says blah blah blah i don't know i didn't even know how to spell it until i got my shirt in the mail now look at my shirt i wear it all the time so that everybody knows what i listen to yeah every wednesday you gotta come out you gotta tell everybody you know what you're doing because then maybe they're gonna do it too and then you're gonna have conversations you'll give each other the secret handshake the secret nod the secret handshake the secret handshake the secret handshake the secret handshake the secret wink the secret look they'll be like oh snap is that one of those blah blah blah blahs and they'll be like yes it is yes indeed it is they might even say yes indeedy do which means that they seriously mean it a lot anyway how are you guys and gals and chickens and goats and dogs and ducks and i already said chickens really a lot of chickens are listening so if i if i would have said chickens twice then it would have been understandable we have a huge chicken audience on google analytics it lets you know like who's listening and i was looking at it the other day and it even has an icon for chickens you can just you can break it out you can filter it down to you're like oh look there's a chicken in slovakia that's listening to the bumper podcast how wonderful four chickens in uzbekistan were listening to the bumper podcast phenomenal you know what they are even the chickens they're all part of the blah blah blah i don't have t-shirts for chicken though i don't know if i've ever seen a chicken wear a t-shirt that's another thing to file away to think about have you ever seen a chicken wearing a t-shirt you know what bumper podcast i'm pretty darn positive that i haven't and i'm trying to decide if it makes me uncomfortable you know what no no it doesn't because you know what does make me uncomfortable and i'm fine with it but in an uncomfortable kind of way is that i know that i've never seen a chicken wearing pants

June 1, 2011
Bumperpodcast 73 – Running out of juice.

On today’s episode of the Bumperpodcast … our intern, Bamboo, goes missing – and when Robot is brought in to help find her … he runs out of juice.

What a cavalcade of calamities … how will we ever get through all of this in one piece?

I guess that you’ll have to listen to the Bumperpodcast to find out!

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About This Episode

In episode 73 of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar welcomes spring and complains about his creaky joints while dealing with chaos at headquarters. Robot mysteriously keeps shutting down and turning back on, leaving Natty confused and calling for help. The situation escalates when intern Bamboo goes missing, only to reveal she was hanging out with Pig at the tool shed. This short comedy episode features Natty's signature rambling commentary about clams being happy in the mud and his attempts to manage the unpredictable puppet crew.

Memorable Quotes

“It's a hot spring which is great for my bursitis my joints are all you know creaking because i'm so old”

— Natty Bumpercar

“You're happy as clams which are evidently very happy i don't know why you would be sitting in the mud the silt”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I was down at the tool shed with pig”

— Bamboo

Topics: #spring #technologyproblems #interns #friendship #chaos #workplacecomedy

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: yes indeedy do it's me natty bumper car and i'm here and it's spring finally and it's nice weather because that's spring i mean it's hot spring but it's spring it's a hot spring which is great for my bursitis my joints are all you know creaking because i'm so old this spring i'm so old but it doesn't matter because you know what around headquarters here we we got it we have an intern we remember bamboo from last week she's well she's some hold on a second she was right here a second ago let me hey robot robot come here for a second i got a question to ask you robot seriously have a situation i don't need you to sit there and lollygag with your talking talking you're talking gagging is what you're lolly talking i don't need it i wasn't doing any lolly talking i don't even know what lolly talking is everybody i i think robot just ran out of juice i think he just broke robot robot no he's not waking up at all this is terrible we've lost i've lost the intern bamboo robot just turned off this is this is not a banner day at headquarters i don't even have anyone else to yell for i'm trapped here talking not trapped i love talking to you obviously you're a wonderful bumper podcast audience i can see you there bright and shining eyes happy as clams which are evidently very happy i don't know why you would be sitting in the mud the silt but you're very happy i don't know what to do i should talk about something else what were we talking about before spring i don't want to talk about spring anymore i've got a broken robot here lost intern what robot you're waking up you're waking up oh yay he's back i don't know what even happened you ran out of back oh no no no no no no no oh robot you were here for a second and then you're gone again this is terrible hey guys oh all right thank goodness gracious all right all right it's bamboo she came back bamboo where were you we were i was i didn't no one knew i was down at the tool shed with pig you were what down at the tool shed with pig that's crazy you first off robot you're back second off no i didn't pigs everybody's friend

May 25, 2011
Bumperpodcast 72 – Bamboo infiltration!

Today is the most thrilling day yet – here – at the Bumperpodcast …

Oh – are you wondering why?

Well, it’s because we have been infiltrated by bamboo … a fact that may make more sense after you listen to today’s installment of the Bumperpodcast!

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About This Episode

In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar introduces a brand new intern at Bumperpodcast headquarters. The episode follows their first day together, which involves sending out an email campaign that took two and a half hours to complete and was opened by exactly eight people. The intern also photographed items in the basement, added four people to the mailing list, and addressed letters for sticker requests. Much of the episode centers on the challenge of coming up with the perfect nickname for the intern, with options including "Buffy" (her existing nickname from friends) and Natty's suggestion of "Bamboo." The casual, improvisational conversation captures the behind-the-scenes reality of running a podcast.

Memorable Quotes

“We had an octagon of people who opened up the email.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I was gonna call you bamboo which is a weird nickname but it's a b name… it feels like it has an island feel to it.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #behindthescenes #intern #emailmarketing #nicknames #worklife #podcastproduction #friendship

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: all right you know what today is today's wednesday and on every wednesday what do we do we all gather around our little computers and our eye things and we listen to the bumper podcast because it's wednesday but today it's a super special exciting wednesday because there's somebody new who's not a baby who's not a dog who's not a puppet uh who's not a robot do you want to you should say hi hi yes exactly that is that is our new we have an intern here at headquarters at the bumper podcast but it's great we don't know her name uh we don't know what we're supposed to call her we're supposed to come up with a nickname for you today but instead we've just had you wandering around i don't even know what we did today we didn't do much didn't do much no uh uh i take the blame for that i feel like i should do you what how do you feel about that i mean i got all the photos done did some photos she did some photographing of very important items down in the basement uh oh you did the email we sent an email that's true but that took two and a half hours that was a very labor intensive process that we we put together an email uh yeah but we got i mean but it went out it went out and it lasted for like two and a half hours and we just did the email uh and it lasted for like glance how many people had looked at it eight eight people that's right we had an octagon of people who opened up the email we're happy to see it they said oh look at my mailbox look what's here now an email from natty bumper car i have to look at this um you also you did uh you mail list stuff i did four people yeah put four people on the mail list you hung out with i wrote four letters out oh that's right you addressed four letters for people who want stickers uh so we're having like a so we had four letters four people on the email list eight people opening the email it's like some sort of uh we're having a division kind of day but not a divisive kind of day i wouldn't think so we have 40 seconds what is what is your nickname my friends nicknaming buffy i nickname that's so they call you they call you that really buffy that's weird the nickname i had i had come up with last night i was gonna call you bamboo which is a weird nickname but i was like it made it i was it's a b name and so it's weird that your other one is buffy but i was gonna say hey bamboo like that because it feels like it has an island feel to it i like bamboo yeah so like you're downstairs i'm upstairs i could say hey bamboo what are you doing down there and i don't know what you would say back you would be like leave me alone or something and i'd be like hey bamboo stop hanging out with that dog because you've been hanging out with the socks a little bit fox is a little too cute he voiced is he cute or is he needy

May 18, 2011
Bumperpodcast 71 – Birds and Time Travel!

We do a little time traveling on this episode of the Bumperpodcast! Then we get a bit riled over the possibility that birds are squaking and talking about our business. Bunch of pot stirrers – those birds …

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In Bumperpodcast episode 71, Natty Bumpercar contemplates the nature of time, podcasting, and whether listeners exist in the future. His philosophical musings quickly spiral into a hilarious rant about birds and their potential gossip habits. Natty worries about birds spreading his secrets and getting involved in his business, while simultaneously respecting their privacy when they ruffle their feathers in puddles and dirt. The episode showcases Natty's stream-of-consciousness comedy style as he invents bird drama involving characters like Wilma Bird and Sheila Bird, ultimately admitting he makes more sense when Robot is around to keep him grounded.

Memorable Quotes

“Are you in the future? How's your world? Is it different from this one? Like is the sky still blue or is it nighttime maybe?”

— Natty Bumpercar

“Would you birds please keep my business to yourself… birds as a matter of fact stay out of my business entirely.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I usually when robots in here I make more sense right”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #birds #timetravel #philosophy #privacy #comedy #rambling #nature

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: ladies and gentlemen it's me natty bumper car and i am coming to you live except it's not really i mean it's live i never know if it's live or not are you where are you right now what are you doing are you listening to this right now because i'm i'm talking right now but you might not be listening to it right now it's a little bit like time travel but also not like that at all are you in the future you okay so yes okay i know that you're not in the past because there's no way that you're gonna be listening to this in the past because i haven't said it yet unless okay wait if you somehow take this and no there's no way for you to take this into the past you're listening to this in the future aren't you how's your world is it different from this one like is the sky still blue or is it nighttime maybe do birds are do birds talk about things do birds tell secrets and whisper in the night i hope not i have a hard enough time sleeping as it is without a bunch of birds flying around telling everybody my business would you birds please keep my business to your to yourself to you know what birds as a matter of fact stay out of my business entirely now that i think about it i got it i kind of hiccuped there for a second because i was kind of thinking you know i didn't ever do anything to these birds i didn't go into their business and start flying around squawking and talking squawking the squawk talking the talk so i i would kind of expect a little common courtesy birds you know you're adorable small birds you ruffle your feathers in puddles i've seen you do it i've even seen birds ruffle their feathers in uh like uh just dust like you know when it's dirt i guess it's more dirt than dust and it's kind of cute because it's like what are you doing you getting ready for a big date obviously but then that's the thing i don't ask the birds because i don't want to get all up in their business it's their business what they're doing and if they want to if they're getting ready to go you know out on the town maybe with a nice lady bird then that's what they're gonna do and that's fine but it's not it's i'm i'm not gonna be the one who goes up to them and who you know who's like oh well i hear wilma bird's back in town from college are you gonna go visit her you know does sheila bird know about this probably not so well that's the thing i'm not gonna stir the pot i'm not a bird business stop stop per hot stirrer what's a stopper god i usually when robots in here i make more sense right

May 11, 2011