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  • Bumperpodcast #22 – Talk like a sailor

    Bumperpodcast #22 – Talk like a sailor

    Talking like a sailor.
    **or**
    Someone put some salt in my speech!

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    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar hilariously explores his concerns about using pirate and sailing terminology around his baby. Natty worries that his salty sailor talk – including phrases about swabbing the deck, keelhauling, and walking the plank – might be inappropriate for his young child. He shares funny moments of doing his Popeye impression and contemplates whether teaching his son about nautical knots and maritime language will cause problems at school. The episode delivers Natty's signature improvisational comedy as he navigates the challenges of parenthood while maintaining his colorful vocabulary.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Excuse me teacher but i'm going to have to ask you to walk the plank i don't want him to do that”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'll look to my wife and i'll say avast you squabbies get that baby out of the room before i keelhaul him”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Don't worry bumper podcast i would never keelhaul you you're my best friend”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #pirates #parenting #sailing #baby #popeye #nauticalterminology #familylife

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh bumper podcast remember last week that i promised you that we were gonna have some talk about pirates well here we go as you know i have a baby and let's just say that sometimes i talk a little bit salty and you know i try not to but sometimes it just slips out sometimes i'll walk around the house and i talk a little bit like a sailor i'm all like somebody forgot to squab the deck or i'll say something like who's gonna heel toe the witches which are devices that bring rope up onto the boat i say these things in front of my i used to in front of my baby or i would skip around the house and i go you oh who's the funniest little sailor around he has a tattoo of an anchor that was my popeye i was just being i was just being popeye whoa did you just hear my voice it went like that and that's not how pirates talk but now that i have a teeny tiny baby i just don't feel like it's appropriate to talk about rudders and aft and and um sails and stuff because he doesn't want i don't want him to go to school and start talking about people walking the plank excuse me teacher but i'm going to have to ask you to walk the plank i don't want him to do that i don't want him to show how many knots that he knows how to tie or maybe i do i don't know there's i'm still working all this out in my head it's a fluid situation because i'm talking of course about sailing fluid situation pirates you know all this stuff yes so sometimes if i'm in traffic or if i am nailing something and i hit my thumb with a hammer then i'll start to turn a bit red and my beard will get a little bit beardier and i'll look to my wife and i'll say avast you squabbies get that baby out of the room before i keelhaul him don't worry bumper podcast i would never keelhaul you you're my best friend

  • Bumperpodcast #21 – Kicked to the curb

    Bumperpodcast #21 – Kicked to the curb

    Kicked to the curb.

    **or**

    A walking we will go!

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    About This Episode

    In this mobile episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar and executive producer dog Urban Brown Socks take the show on the road after being kicked out of headquarters for being too rowdy. Walking through puddles and discussing conspiracy theories about "them" watching from above, Natty accidentally records 40 minutes of audio during their walk around the block. The episode features Natty's musings about creating a year's worth of content from one walk, puddle-averse dogs, and the importance of their friendship with listeners. It's a casual, experimental episode that showcases the improvisational and slightly chaotic nature of the Bumperpodcast.

    Memorable Quotes

    “He's a dog doesn't like puddles. We're going to meander a little bit bumper podcast because we've been kicked out of headquarters.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “That's an airplane they're following us they're above us they know where we're going we don't even know where we're going but they do.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I can't wait to not no no that's too sad I love the weekly bumper podcast. You're my pal we're pals pals pals.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #walking #dogs #conspiracytheories #friendship #podcasting #experimentation #outdoorrecording

    Featuring: Producer, Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Producer: hey bumper podcast how's it going we've just been kicked out did you hear that the door shut now we're going down the dangerous stairs they're not really that dangerous

    Natty Bumpercar: all right bumper podcast we're out on the streets we've been kicked out of headquarters we have nowhere to go but around the block just me natty bumper car and the dog urban brown socks doing what we do walking through puddles oh good job socks he's uh he's really walking through a big puddle he's not a fan of walking through puddles he always feels like he's going to fall in he's a dog doesn't like puddles we're going to meander a little bit bumper podcast because we've been kicked out of headquarters well really what happens we were asked to leave headquarters because we were being a little bit too rowdy you hear that that's an airplane they're following us they're above us they know where we're going we don't even know where we're going but they do this that's right we're talking about them the them the big them the big they they're everywhere and they know they know things they know things that i don't know it's our bonding time socks be bonding right now he's disgusted he's absolutely disgusted as executive producer dog of the show he is absolutely disgusted i you know what i'm not apologizing for anything it was an experiment we got some data and we're gonna go and we're gonna review it and we have so because we have results from the data and this is bumper progress wait a minute socks we got a new t-shirt bumper progress i've got kind of sniffles i've got kind of sniffles i'm wandering around and i've got kind of sniffles those are my sniffles somehow bumper podcast i've managed to record 40 minutes of sound unintentionally and it's all broken up into little little bitty little bitty bit chunks little bitty bites but i don't think i'm pretty sure you guys don't want to listen to 40 minutes of me walking around do you i think that's probably not going to be very enjoyable for anyone huh well then i guess what i've done is see three goes into 40 13.13 times then i think we've recorded the next year's bumper podcast just in this walk this is great for everyone i can't wait to not no no that's too sad i love the weekly bumper podcast do you i hope you do you should tell me or you don't have to tell me i can see it in your eye i know you'd love it come on you're my pal we're pals pals pals

  • Bumperpodcast #20 – Do you know

    Bumperpodcast #20 – Do you know

    Does anyone know what I am saying?!

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    About This Episode

    In this absurdist episode of Bumperpodcast, the puppet cast finds themselves in a hilarious spiral of confusion about communication itself. Aloysious J. Pig, Natty Bumpercar, Doodle Poodle, Turkey, and Rufus T. Rufus engage in a circular conversation where everyone asks if anyone knows what anyone is saying. The result is a comedic exercise in miscommunication, with Rufus T. Rufus declaring he's "pretty sure [he doesn't] like it" and Aloysious pointing out that nothing was actually said at all. This short, improvisational episode showcases the show's signature silly humor and absurdist style.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Well, I have no idea what's being said here today. But I'm pretty sure I don't like it. One bit.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “Nothing was said. How do I know what you're saying? You know what I'm saying? I don't know what you're saying.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “You knew what I was, um, saying. Because I was hoping you did. Because I don't.”

    — Turkey

    Topics: #communication #confusion #absurdisthumor #miscommunication #language #comedy

    Featuring: Aloysious J. Pig, Natty Bumpercar, Doodle Poodle, Turkey, Rufus T. Rufus

    Full Transcript

    Aloysious J. Pig: hey bumper podcast you know what i'm saying bumper podcast do you know what i'm saying hi bumper podcast do you have any idea what i'm saying

    Natty Bumpercar: hey bumper podcast do you know what i'm saying

    Doodle Poodle: oh oh bumper podcast any idea here what i'm talking about to you i mean oh any oh hey bumper podcast i'm saying some things to you

    Turkey: You knew what I was, um, saying. Because I was hoping you did. Because I don't.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, I don't know. Would you like to know what I'm saying? Do you know what I'm saying?

    Rufus T. Rufus: Well, I have no idea what's being said here today. But I'm pretty sure I don't like it. One bit.

    Aloysious J. Pig: Like, was there something? Like, I don't know what you're saying. Was I supposed to know what you were saying? Because you didn't say anything. Bumper Podcast. Nothing was said. How do I know what you're saying? You know what I'm saying? I don't know what you're saying. I don't know what you're saying.

  • Bumperpodcast #19 – Menu

    Bumperpodcast #19 – Menu

    Let’s make a menu!

    A confusing jumbled menu . . .

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    About This Episode

    In this festive episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar enthusiastically plans an elaborate holiday feast menu. From shrimp prepared multiple ways and scallops wrapped in bacon to stuffed mushrooms and creamed onions, Natty covers appetizers in delicious detail. The menu planning continues with turkey as the main course, accompanied by green beans, glazed carrots, and those famous toe-firkeys for vegan guests. Natty wraps up the culinary journey with dessert options including various pies, cookies, and light yogurt, plus a confused but charming discussion of tea varieties like "earl" and "earlette." This mouthwatering episode will leave listeners both hungry and entertained by Natty's stream-of-consciousness approach to menu planning.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I've heard that vegans only they don't like the toe part so they just eat the firkey and so you go to a vegan thanksgiving and they say do you guys have firkey”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “We could have a butter that looks like a turkey and we could have a butter that it's on the grill and you're almost too afraid to carve it”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “People say i would like to earl and then there's the earlette”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #thanksgiving #food #cooking #menuplanning #holidayfeast #vegetarian #turkey

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: shrimp shrimps shrimps shrimps and um shrimps with uh that red stuff which is the sauce shrimps uh you could have them sauteed in garlic and butter um and you could also have maybe i read a scallops wrapped in bacon um with a fig you could have figs that are baked you could have other things that are baked what could you also have stuffed mushrooms stuffed with what stuffed with peas stuffed with cheese stuffed with bread crumbs i made the baby cry oh no we're just trying to figure out a menu bumper podcast little salads little fingerling potatoes little onions that are creamed onions those little creamed onions um maybe some roasted garlic that's all soft and good and gooey with a crostini with um but uh tomatoes and onions what's that stuff called it's called good god and olive oil and um what else can we have for appetizers just cheese and crackers is boring but we could do it we could have brie we could have blue cheese we could have um some cheddar cheese because people like cheddar cheese and we could have parmesan cheese and oh man let's go to dinner let's get a turkey let's get a turkey and then we can have green beans and we can have peas with onions and mushrooms and we can have um carrots like glazed carrots like orange ginger glazed carrots and we could have um so hot and sir what are they called um toast and serve rolls with butter and just a vat of we could have a butter that looks like a turkey and we could have a butter that it's on the grill and you're almost too afraid to carve it and then there's the turkey hello turkey oh and then there's the toe firkey i've heard that vegans only they don't like the toe part so they just eat the firkey and so you go to a vegan thanksgiving and they say do you guys have firkey that's all i would like is some firkey please and then you could have for dessert you could have a cookie plate and you could have apple pie and banana pie and um pumpkin pie and just uh yogurt because that's that's a light dessert and people like light desserts and then people are gonna want teas and then what kind of teas do you want do you want your earl gray the earl people say i would like to earl and then there's the earlette and then there's well there's others there's orange pico and then there's coffee i don't know much about coffee because i don't drink it but i'm very excited it's gonna be a big day tomorrow and i am glad that i had this conversation with the bumper podcast i'm so excited i'm so excited i'm so excited i'm so excited i'm so because now I know what my menu is, and so I gotta go to the store.

  • Bumperpodcast #18 – Whispering about a Dragon

    Bumperpodcast #18 – Whispering about a Dragon

    Shhhhhh . . . The baby is sleeping . . . So we all need to whisper.

    I think I’ll whisper about a dragon – if I dare.

    Whispering about a dragon.

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    About This Episode

    In episode 18 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar attempts to record while a baby is sleeping nearby, resulting in an unusually hushed episode. Despite whispering throughout, Natty manages to share a dragon story he claims he's not telling—a tale involving a rampaging dragon, a catapult, and an unexpected banana-based defense strategy. The episode showcases Natty's improvisational comedy style as he navigates the challenge of being both entertaining and extremely quiet. Listeners get a rare glimpse of the improvised chaos at Bumperpodcast headquarters, where limited weapons supplies lead to creative problem-solving.

    Memorable Quotes

    “When you said yes you said it too loud. I know I understand you can hear me but I'm right here so you don't have to yell at me.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “We shot a big thing of bananas into his mouth and he's allergic to bananas which we were lucky because that's around here at headquarters right now we don't have a lot of weapons.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #dragons #whispering #improvisation #bananas #storytelling #comedy #naptime

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: it's finally happened i'm recording a bumper podcast when the baby is sleeping so i have to be so quiet can you even hear me i'm right here can you hear me okay shh don't don't when you said yes you said it too loud i i know i i understand you can hear me but i'm right here so you don't have to yell at me i'm not yelling at you i'm whispering i don't i said that strange whispering hi everybody it's the bumper podcast it's good to see you today oh so here's the thing the baby is asleep i have to do a bumper podcast because that's what i do you guys like to listen to bumper podcasts this week i had a story for you about a dragon and and it had it had lots of loud noises and bombast and uh things breaking and things getting you know dragoned it was a real dragon tale inside joke but i don't feel like it's the appropriate uh place to tell that story now because i'm having to whisper i will let you know though that this is a story that i'm not going to tell you about i'm not going to tell you that this is a story that i'm not going to tell you about i'm not going to tell you about this dragon who was on a rampage he well the only way he was stopped was we uh used a catapult and we shot uh a big thing of bananas into his mouth and he's allergic to bananas which we were lucky because that's around here around headquarters right now we don't have a lot of supplies weapons weapons speaking we don't you know we have well we have bananas and it was uh we had two plans with the bananas either make a big banana slick around the house so that the dragon would slip and potentially sprain his ankle when he came to attack or uh try to shoot him into his mouth and that's what we did and uh the dragon stopped breathing so win for us and win for you because you've had your weekly dose of the quiet bumper podcast