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  • Bumperpodcast #16 – Mea Culpa

    Bumperpodcast #16 – Mea Culpa

    This is a Bumperpodcast first. Two shows in one week. Two shows in two days. Too bad this one is just asking for forgiveness.

    Please bear in mind that Headquarters is under attack.

    These are serious times.

    Mea Culpa.

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    In Bumperpodcast episode 16, host Natty Bumpercar delivers a frantic apology after yesterday's technical failures with the phone system. Things spiral as Natty threatens to fire staff members, only to realize no one has actually been let go and the phones still don't work. Adding to the chaos, an anonymous listener has faxed in a request for the show to stop entirely. Between searching for missing producer Mott and hinting at mysterious attacks on Bumperpodcast headquarters, Natty struggles to maintain control of this rapid-fire follow-up episode. It's pure improvised comedy chaos as the host tries and fails to get the show back on track.

    Memorable Quotes

    “There were some heads rolled around the bumper podcast office last night. I can't have that kind of show going out.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “We've gotten rid of old people on the team… I think we're my executive producer. I don't know anymore. We actually haven't gotten rid of anyone yet.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The place where the bumper podcast is made, that's what's actually under attack but I can't talk about that right now because they're listening.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #apology #technicaldifficulties #workplacechaos #telephones #faxmachines #metacomedy #listenerfeedback

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh hi bumper podcast i bet you didn't expect to hear from me especially not so so soon i you know here's the thing i yesterday we got a we tried to do some telephones and we tried um to call people and you know i got frustrated i was angry i'm not gonna lie there were some heads rolled around the bumper podcast office last night i can't have that kind of show going out so i mean you're listening and i appreciate that and i need to put on a good show and so i need to i need to let you know the repercussions there's some people around here that aren't gonna be they're not a role they're not gonna they're not around here anymore and so what we're doing is this is my mea culpa to you you know maybe we didn't get the phones working yesterday but you know i'm saying hi this is a bumper podcast you love to listen i love to talk so it's you know we're like you can't see my hands right now but they're interwoven they're interweaving like right now you can i if i hold them like no you still can't see them probably but here's the thing bumper podcast i also got the facts and it struck me deeply it was from an anonymous listener and he asked me to stop doing the bumper podcast we're under attack here people want us to go away well what we've done is we've gotten rid of the more get rid of old people on the team and i think that uh it's gonna work out really well i just looked around because i thought mott was gonna be here for a while maybe he's not here maybe he's taking a coffee break during a recording of a show mott no sir no sir sheep you i think were my executive producer i don't know anymore i don't we actually haven't gotten rid of anyone yet and we also don't have telephones but we evidently have a fax machine where we take angry faxes and you know we i thought i was gonna be on better footing today and i'm not at all um maybe it has something to do with a lot of things maybe it has something to do with the fact that headquarters the place where the bumper podcast is made that's what's actually under attack but i can't talk about that right now because they're listening two bumper podcasts one week all right

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  • Bumperpodcast #15 – Cease and Dismiss

    Bumperpodcast #15 – Cease and Dismiss

    Telephones have been brought to the bumperpodcast studio! And that would be great news – however – as things tend to do around these parts . . . Nothing goes quite as planned.

    Cease and Dismiss.

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    In Bumperpodcast episode 15, host Natty Bumpercar attempts to take live phone calls for the first time, but technical difficulties derail the plan when multiple phones start ringing simultaneously and no one answers. Natty expresses frustration that the preparation he thought had been done for the show hasn't actually happened. The chaos continues when Natty receives a blurry fax from a listener demanding he "cease and dismiss" the podcast. This short episode showcases the show's trademark improvisational humor and the lovable dysfunction of the Bumperpodcast crew as they struggle with basic technology.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I sat down today I was handed a sheet of paper here and it said today we are gonna make phone calls and I said that's amazing we're gonna talk to people finally.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “It says here, cease and dismiss. I think it's supposed to be cease and desist but it says here, cease and dismiss.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #phonecalls #technicaldifficulties #listenerfeedback #podcasting #chaos #improvisation

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey oh bumper podcast what do you know i know you know something but i don't know what it is i know a lot of things but i'm not allowed to tell them there's secrets i know a lot of secrets here's one of the secrets reset up the phones we're gonna take calls let's do one right now what do you think all right it's ringing so everybody ready should be uh we got a ringing telephone in uh oh wait there's another ring oh that's a ring okay wait okay too many phones too many phones too many phones too many phones what okay one of the phones has got to stop ringing because i don't no one's even answering who did we call does anyone know you made a couple of okay well we're still ringing no bumper podcast we evidently i thought we had set up the phones and we were gonna take calls today and uh it didn't work out okay that's that it's not even a real phone at that point it's not even who are we calling like it is my bell like who are we i don't understand podcast i apologize i thought i'd i was excited because i thought that some preparation had gone into the show i i sat down today i was handed a sheet of paper here and it said today we are gonna make phone calls and i said that's amazing we're gonna talk to people finally we're gonna get some people on live because really that's what you guys have been asking for and so we had the phone bank set up we had phone numbers i guess they dialed and nobody there was no one there and um i don't know oh no this is interesting look at this i was just handed this fax uh from a concerned listener mr natty bumper car i have been listening to your bumper podcast for quite some time now i do not like it i do not like it one bit i kind of wish that i was not even listening right now but i am and i have decided to send you this fax sorry it's very blurry fax to uh implore you to cease and just dismiss i think it's supposed to be cease and desist but it It says here, cease and dismiss.

  • Bumperpodcast #14 – Spooky Scary

    Bumperpodcast #14 – Spooky Scary

    Spooky Scary!

    I’m probably not afraid – But Maybe you should make sure to listen to this Bumperpodcast in a well lit room – during the day – surrounded by loved ones – because otherwise you may get a bit twitchy and itchy and nervous.

    It’s our Bumperpodcast October frightener. Hold onto your tour guide!

    Boo!

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    In this spooky October episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar shares a chilling ghost story from his former house in Decatur, Georgia. Natty recounts the mysterious appearance of messages scratched into his bedroom door and wood paneling, including the eerie warning "stay out my room" signed by someone named Lachisha, and the cryptic phrase "Bobby Brown is in the house." The terrifying tale leaves Natty so frightened that he pleads with listeners to come over for a sleepover. This short Halloween-themed episode blends Natty's signature storytelling style with supernatural comedy and nostalgic references.

    Memorable Quotes

    “scratched into the door is scrawled into the door it was a message stay out my room well that was my room at this point so i was horrified”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “on that wood paneling it said this message which was moderately less terrifying than stay out my room it was bobby brown is in the house”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “i'm all a shiver i'm all a quiver i'm all a quaking i don't know if i'll be able to sleep tonight”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #halloween #ghoststories #hauntedhouse #georgia #bobbybrown #spookytales #october

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: what did i promise you guys a couple of weeks ago i promised you that it was about to be ghost story time and since it's october i think now is a good time did you guys ever go to my house the one in georgia the one in decatur georgia well i lived there and so i have a tale to tell i used to when people came by the house give them the tour give them the nickel tour where they would give me a nickel and i would give them the tour and sometimes things would happen here is one of those things after this some people had a hard time staying in my house and i've been told through other people because the original people aren't talking to me anymore that it had nothing to do with me or the fact that at a party i made avocado dip guacamole dip we'll call it with bacon here's the story about the ghost one night i was walking around my house and the bedroom door was slightly ajar there was nothing there a few nights later i walked by that same door and what did i see scratched into the door is scrawled into the door it was a message stay out my room well that was my room at this point so i was horrified where did this come from it wasn't there before i you know i ran in i grabbed uh i grabbed my roommate little bird i said look at this and by the time i had done that in pink lettering lachisha who was this lachisha why was she telling me to stay out her room it was my room i bought the what i was party and parcel of buying the house and and it was terrifying and then i went upstairs where we had a wood panel and on that wood paneling it said this message which was moderately less terrifying than stay out my room it was bobby brown is in the house now i don't know about you bumper podcast but i'm all a shiver i'm all a quiver i'm all a quaking i don't know if i'll be able to sleep tonight what does anybody out there want to come i let's have a sleepover a slumber party because i am afraid of the ghosts

  • Bumperpodcast #13 – Apologetic & Apoplectic

    Bumperpodcast #13 – Apologetic & Apoplectic

    We get into some moderadelty hot waters with listeners – after some ill advised money grubbing schemes are brought to light.

    Apologetic and Apopleptic.

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    In episode 13 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar addresses a major crisis after last week's episode apparently crossed some serious lines. His lawyer, Mott the Sheep, has informed him that asking listeners for credit card information was completely inappropriate, and now Natty is in full damage control mode. Angry emails written in ALL CAPS have been flooding in from furious listeners who thought they were just being pals with the show. A flustered and apologetic Natty attempts to walk back his requests for credit cards and lakefront property schemes, admitting he didn't understand he was breaking the law. This hilarious episode captures Natty's innocent confusion about basic legal boundaries and his earnest attempts to make things right.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I thought we were all being pals I thought we were gonna get on the ground floor and all of those dreams have gone kapoofing”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “According to my lawyer Mott the Sheep that was totally and completely inappropriate”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Something that I also that I was I just learned this week is when people type in capitals that means that they're yelling”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #apology #creditcards #legaltroubles #crisismanagement #scams #misunderstandings #comedy

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: it has been brought to the bumper podcast's attention i am the bumper podcast well i mean i've you know natty bumper car but this is my bumper podcast that last week maybe we crossed some lines maybe we started asking people for money maybe we started asking for credit cards to be sent to us or credit card information and evidently according to my lawyer mott the sheep that was totally and completely inappropriate so what i'd like for us all to do is back up off the ledge calm down a little bit and don't send me your credit card information i didn't know that i was doing something terribly wrong but mott thankfully has my back and he says that we what we are in right now is crisis mode we're at code because things have gotten that bad people are people are emailing me furious they're writing things in all capital letters capital capital capital capital capital capital capital and they're they're evidently something that i also that i was i just learned this week is when people type in capitals that means that they're yelling it's if if i could yell at you through this email i'd be doing it in capital letters and so sir who asks me for my do you know that i feed my family with this credit card do you know that i put vacations on this credit card and sometimes the occasional uh dry goods i don't know you know beans um rice uh whole i don't uh granola mate i don't know if that's a granola like these things are the things that i put on my credit card not sir some sort of lakefront property where someone's gonna be staring at sheep uh goats on a mountain no sir i say well i again you can tell i'm bristled i am i am uh i am apologizing and i am apoplectic at myself for not knowing the lay of the land for not knowing the law the lay of the law the lay of the land the law of the law i didn't know i thought we were all being pals i thought we were gonna get on the ground floor and all of those dreams have gone kapoofing

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  • Bumperpodcast #12 – Inventions

    Bumperpodcast #12 – Inventions

    Ooh! It’s invention time . . . But – do we actually ever get to talk about the inventions?!

    Listen to find out.

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    In episode 12 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar excitedly announces plans to share groundbreaking invention ideas with listeners, promising to get them in on the ground floor of these opportunities. The episode takes a humorous turn as Natty gets sidetracked discussing the frustrations of buying too many hot dog and hamburger buns for barbecues, pondering the impracticality of grilled cheese on hot dog buns. The conversation meanders further into discussion of investment properties near a lake and mountain where goats frolic, which apparently helps Natty think better and develop inventions. Despite promising to reveal these amazing inventions, Natty never actually describes any of them, instead focusing on requesting listeners' credit card information and praising their productive "blue sky-in" and "spitball-in" session.

    Memorable Quotes

    “What are you going to do with a hot dog bun if you're not eating a hot dog on it? You can't do anything with it, is what I'm telling you.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “There's goats who live on the mountain. They like to watch the goats frolic. They'll start at the bottom of the mountain. And then they'll frolic up the mountain.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I mean, it can only get better from here, right?”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #inventions #businessideas #barbecue #rambling #investment #comedy #picnics #entrepreneurship

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hello there bumper podcast how do you do today pretty well i'm hoping well you should be well because today we here these papers are gonna do what we were gonna do last week i'm gonna tell you about some inventions i'm gonna get you guys in on the ground floor these are opportunities that you cannot miss out on because i'm well because i'm because i'm gonna tell you about them but what i'm saying is you're gonna know about them before anybody knows about them so let's talk about number one right here you're gonna go to a picnic maybe you pick you have a barbecue grill at your house that you like to barbecue on and you're sent out to the store go get some buns okay well we're eating hot dogs and hamburgers i but i don't want two packages of buns i don't it's too many buns and they're gonna go bad And, you know, what are you going to do with a hot dog bun if you're not eating a hot dog on it? You can't do anything with it, is what I'm telling you. You can't have a grilled cheese on a hot dog. Well, I guess you could. I wouldn't recommend it. Cheese could be everywhere. So what I'm going to be selling to you… No, wait. I'm not selling you anything. I feel… Okay. That's my fault. We're not selling things. Getting you in on the ground floor here. What I'm doing is just telling you about things. But if you… I mean, at the end of the episode, if you want to email me your credit card information, then that would be fine. And, you know, we were looking at some investment property at the lake. There's a mountain. We're looking at some investment properties where there's a lake. And there's a mountain near it. And there's goats who live on the mountain. And, you know… They like to watch the goats frolic. They'll start at the bottom of the mountain. And then they'll frolic up the mountain. And then they'll go to sleep in the sun. And… So it's not even just the lake that's making me want to go to this place and get this house. This investment property for the business. No. Well, yes. It is. And it's because I do better thinking there. And then I can come up with better inventions to bring your way to get you in what we're doing right now. We're spreading the wealth. So don't forget. What I need you to do is send me your credit card information. BumperPodcast at NattyBumperCar.com And really, I think with what we've talked about today, I think we're on the same page. You know, we did a little blue sky-in. A little spitball-in. And, uh… Wow. I mean, it can only get better from here, right?