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  • Bumperpodcast #189: Hard to listen to

    Bumperpodcast #189: Hard to listen to

    Natty Bumpercar has some guests on this week’s show … Some guests that seem to be totally focused on breaking the Bumperpodcast.

    Do you break things? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    About This Episode

    In this chaotic and hilarious episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar attempts to interview two very young guests, Oliver and Emerson (Emmy), with unpredictable results. The children struggle to follow podcast etiquette, touching equipment, making potty jokes, and punching each other while Natty tries desperately to keep the interview on track. Emmy sings "Happy Birthday" and the kids attempt to tell jokes about pigs, cows, and alligators with varying degrees of coherence. What was meant to be a sweet interview with kindergarten-aged guests becomes a comedic disaster as Natty learns that interviewing small children is perhaps the most difficult challenge the Bumperpodcast has ever faced. The episode ends with Natty declaring it "unlistenable" and "untenable" while bidding farewell to the chaotic tiny guests.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I was told that this was going to go well these kids have been trained… is this unlistenable bumper podcast it's it's undoable i'm gonna tell you that right now”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “That was the quietest story ever i don't know about your future in broadcasting buddy”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “We've had punching in the Buffer Podcast today… Emmy, no hit. Ollie, no hit. Ollie, seriously. You're a brute.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #children #interviews #kindergarten #chaos #jokes #singing #podcasting #birthday

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: whoa wow hi everybody it's me natty bumper car and i got some guests today in the bumper podcast you gotta stand up now you gotta talk into there hello hello he says oliver can you say hello yeah man where's the hearing the hearing is in your ears don't worry it just sounds the same way as what why because your ears are your hearing parts where you hear but hi hey did you just start something what'd you just start where'd you just start going what's this that's a wire and it was in a microphone but what i'm asking you a question what did you just start doing in the mornings where do you go every day where do you go don't touch that no touching go to kindergarten you go to kindergarten what do you do there oh no why would you say that oliver what do you do can you say hi hi good job ollie where's the speak the speak is in the uh so it goes into the microphone through the cord and into the computer can you see these little lines down here those lines if you watch them if i get louder they get bigger and if i get quieter they get smaller so if i was a mouse it would be like this and if i was a dragon it would be like this crazy huh tell me a story that's too quiet that was the quietest story ever i don't know about your future in broadcasting buddy tell me your favorite thing a big butt no no potty talk we don't work that way i don't what you bake i baked what what did i bake i did not hey we don't have any sponsors that's too much too loud what you just did there is it's called over modulating and we try to avoid that in the business because it makes people's ears hurt now i thought you were going to tell me about kindergarten do you go to kindergarten every day oliver can you sing me a song guys we're not supposed to touch any of this you guys are a very difficult interview emerson you used to be an easy all right all right so you're not going to tell them anything about anything you don't have to touch that remember so what you do is those are just some wires for the microphone ollie stop trying to grab everything dear a bumper podcast i was told that this was going to go well these kids have been trained don't touch any of that no no no that's just the uh software that's recording us right now is this unlistenable bumper podcast it's it's undoable i'm gonna tell you that right now is this untenable is it unremarkable i think so emmy sing me a song

    Unknown: i'm

    Natty Bumpercar: I need it to be louder. I can't even hear you.

    Unknown: Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to Peter. Happy birthday to Peter.

    Natty Bumpercar: Is it Peter's birthday? I didn't know that.

    Unknown: My birthday. Happy birthday to you.

    Natty Bumpercar: It's not your birthday for a few weeks. Happy birthday, Ollie. Ollie. No punching, Ollie. That's right. We've had punching in the Buffer Podcast today.

    Unknown: Beep, beep, beep.

    Natty Bumpercar: Beep, beep, beep. Emmy, no hit. Ollie, no hit. Ollie, seriously. You're a brute.

    Unknown: Why did you… Oh, tell a joke. What did the pig say? Dang. What did the pig say?

    Natty Bumpercar: Emmy, no potty talk.

    Unknown: What did the pig say with a cow? The pig jumped over the cow like a deer.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, Emerson, Oliver said moo. Is that not correct? Okay. Well, I'm Daddy Bumper Car. These are the tiny Bum Pops.

    Unknown: Yeah, because Daddy told me… He told me a joke about an alligator. What did the alligator say with a mouse? Cuckoo. The alligator…

    Natty Bumpercar: What did the alligator say? Don't stare at the lines. I know it could be mesmerizing, but you want to keep talking. You want to keep going.

    Unknown: I have to do it all over.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay. What if we do this?

    Unknown: Knock, knock. Who's there?

    Natty Bumpercar: Cuckoo.

    Unknown: Cuckoo. Hi. Alligator. What?

    Natty Bumpercar: Ha, ha. Is that funny? I don't know if that was…

    Unknown: It's funny.

    Natty Bumpercar: Not even a little bit. Bumper Podcast. Run while you can. Yeah. Bye.

    Unknown: Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.

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  • Bumperpodcast #187: The balance

    Bumperpodcast #187: The balance

    Natty Bumpercar has a box next to him that is making a lot of noise – but – mostly, he talks about the balance of organization and creativity in his life.

    How is your life? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    About This Episode

    In episode 187 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar records from a noisy basement with a dehumidifier running, embracing the chaotic audio quality rather than doing test recordings. He explains his recent absence from podcasting, detailing the challenges of moving headquarters and dealing with the disorganization that followed. Natty shares his struggle to balance getting his life organized with his creative need to make content, comparing the process to spinning expensive plates overhead. He reflects on how he goes "crazy" and "verklempt" when he doesn't create regularly, and discusses the delicate equilibrium between life organization and his threshold for creative pain. The episode showcases Natty's signature rambling, improvisational style as he contemplates emotions, friendship, and the word "please."

    Memorable Quotes

    “A lot of podcasters would do something for you like run a test listen back see how it looks but where's the adventure in that where's the fun.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “When I don't make things I go crazy I go bananas I get verklempt I get I start spitzing these are all words that I learned on the subway.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “It's all a bunch of plates that are spinning over my head and plates are expensive and they break when they fall.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #podcasting #creativity #moving #organization #work-lifebalance #improvisation #basementrecording

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car how are you doing today i am in the basement and the uh there's a thing what is it the there's a dehumidifier yeah i was gonna say there's a box that makes noise that's next to me can you hear it it sounds like i'm in a wind tunnel at least to me i don't know how it's coming through in the audio feed a lot of podcasters would do something for you like i don't know run a test listen back see how it looks but where's the adventure in that where's the fun i'd rather make something go back listen to it after i've posted it and be annoyed that it doesn't sound the way i want it to we throw it to the wind and by it i mean adventure we throw adventure to the wind no we throw ourselves into the wind and let it the wind take us to the adventure that the wind will take us to wind adventure this month on windy channel you guys are gonna watch probably right i think you should it sounds like it's gonna be a great show especially if you love wind and adventure um so anyway there's a dehumidifier down here clearly something i need to figure out yet another hurdle that's coming in between you the bumper podcast kateers and me natty bumper car and this boat that we're living on right now the bumper podcast so people were asking me like people were annoyed they were like oh yeah we're glad you're back but you know why do you all you like every so often you just disappear and like this time it's like well i moved we moved headquarters and it was a big move and it was like it really just i don't deal with discombobulation and i don't deal with tumult very well like i need to uh i need to reorganize and reconfigure and and get stuff back together and to be honest like we're not back together there's the the i can't even my desk is in front of me my computer's on my lap uh the microphone is being held up by what is that like a coat hanger like it's we're not together yet we're trying to get together but we're not together um and but so what happened was basically like i was trying to get everything together as quick as i could and was failing miserably and um then finally there's like different levels like on the left hand side we'll say is the level to get everything ready so that i can then start making stuff again on the right hand side is my threshold for pain when i haven't made stuff that just grows and grows so when i don't make things i go crazy i go bananas i get verklempt i get i start spitzing these are all words that i learned on the subway and um so there's like i try to keep a balance between all right where is my life organization wise where's my life pain threshold haven't made stuff wise and i try to keep those as level as possible because i mean like if i start making too much stuff oh look all of a sudden life's getting better and better and better and better and better and better and better and better less less organized so it's all a balance it's all a bunch of plates that are spinning over my head and plates are expensive and they break when they fall and then when the plates fall you have to put them back together which just shoots the organization column all the way up to the sky and you know what happens then well i'm not making stuff that's what happens you know i hope that make sense to you it made sense to me a lot of things make sense to me though that don't make sense to a lot of other people for instance when i say there's a box next to me oh all right box how's it going i um want to know more about you though that look in your eyes tells me that tells me there's something there is it happiness is it sadness is it excitement is it sorrow is it sadness is it happiness is it sadness is it happiness is it sadness is it sadness is it is it please is it please that's not an emotion is it i don't know i'm gonna see how please i can act today please please listen to me please be my friend please oh please oh please does that work like if i walk around and today and i'm just like please listen to the nanny bumper car bumper podcast

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  • Bumperpodcast #185: Blibber. Blubber. Blabber!

    Bumperpodcast #185: Blibber. Blubber. Blabber!

    Natty Bumpercar is flummoxed to start the show and have guests show up … It’s a bit of a cacophony … Pig and Robot throw us immediately of of the rails. This show is already broken. Yay!

    Do you have any batteries? Let us know if you missed us by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Blibber. Blabber. Blubber!

    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar's plans for a structured comeback show are derailed when Robot unexpectedly returns after being stored in a closet with dead batteries. Robot reveals that someone gave him new batteries, much to Natty's dismay, as he had hoped Robot would stay powered down longer. Meanwhile, Aloysious J. Pig chimes in with his support, though he's dealing with a cold that makes him sound "husky like a dog." The episode devolves into classic Bumperpodcast chaos as the characters bicker about who should be on the show and what makes it entertaining, with Robot getting stuck in binary mode and everyone accusing each other of just doing "blibber blabber blubber."

    Memorable Quotes

    “robots do not sleep and robots do not dream maddie bumper car we are robots we are all binary all the time”

    — Robot

    “i left for a couple weeks hoping that by the time i got back your batteries would have been run down completely which they were”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “when pig is on the mic people know it's going to be right even if i don't sound exactly like myself”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    Topics: #robots #batteries #friendship #chaos #comeback #podcasting #improvisation

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: awesome so we're back what one week and all of a sudden robots back this is insane ridiculous silly come on we were on good foot we were gonna we were a bumper guy it's a mean pig i totally agree with everything that you've been saying all about a robot showing up on the bumper pocket when maybe he shouldn't even that's what i'm saying exactly no i didn't say anything and you you're not supposed to be here number one and number two you don't even sound like yourself you sound like some this is supposed to be eventually i was gonna get you guys back on the show and but it's too soon and i'm not ready really to have you on the show and we haven't discussed what we're gonna talk about and i i

    Robot: just but maddie do you remember the last time that i was here and my batteries were running out and you said you were gonna put new batteries in me and then you didn't put new batteries in me and then i've been sitting in the corner of the closet for so so so so long and eventually somebody came in and gave me new batteries and i have new batteries and i feel much

    Natty Bumpercar: better okay stop just stop talking just stop that was me thank you okay stop stop i can't stop talking stop okay no i yes i do remember the last time that i saw you and your batteries are running out and you know i said i was gonna go get you new batteries but i left for a couple weeks hoping that by the time i got back your batteries would have been run down completely which they were and then i stored you i didn't just throw you in the closets that's not how i operate you know that uh and uh i thought you were comfortable no i thought you were happier in there you know sleeping your robot sleep doing whatever robots do when their batteries run out um dreaming

    Robot: your robot dreams robots do not sleep and robots do not dream maddie bumper car we are robots we are all binary all the time we are all robots we are all robots we are all robots we are all robots one zero zero one one one zero zero zero one one one one one one one one one one zero zero one one one zero no three just numbers but don't you forget about me maddie i've known you for so long

    Natty Bumpercar: he's stuck i think he's stuck there he's better thank you you're welcome so anyway bumper car what i was saying about myself over here was uh you know it's great that you got the band back and you cracked the microphones which you know means you turned them on everyone knows that and uh it's just it's very fun it's not that fun and by the way yes i do have a cold that's why i sound like this i sound a little bit husky today like a dog yeah husky like a dog all right you get it yeah that's what they say husky but it's still just me pig this is what i guess what i sound like for right now i don't know okay well that's okay i mean that's fine and everything but like it's just hard because you know how it is i wanted to have the first show which was great come back and then i wanted to have the second show kind of build on that and kind of establish like some structure and like so you know this is what we're gonna do bumper podcast you know what it is you know how it works you know what to do boom boom boom bumper podcast whatever and uh bumper god father bumper podcast the tears

    Robot: you know and then you guys jump in and we make the show so awesome people listen when we're on the bumper podcast natty when you're honest

    Natty Bumpercar: alive it's more like it's awesome it's what pig is trying to say i mean i don't like to agree with the tin can alley over here but when pig is on the mic people know it's going to be right even if i don't sound exactly like myself people know that it's like oh there's big what's pick gonna do Pig and a bee, you know, like, yeah, blibber blabber, blabber blubber, blibber blabber. That's what I'm saying, blibber blabber blubber, that's all you guys do, blibber blabber blubber. I'm a robot. Yeah, thanks. Well, so I guess I'm Natty Bumpercar, that's Pig, that's Robot, and all we do is blibber blabber blubber.

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  • Bumperpodcast #184: So back, it hurts!

    Bumperpodcast #184: So back, it hurts!

    Natty Bumpercar is so back that it hurts … Hopefully not your ears – but – something. It definitely hurts something. We play a bit of catch up. Try to steer away from whining – and all is right in the world.

    You were missed. Let us know if you missed us by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Details. Details. Details!

    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar returns after a six-month hiatus to explain his extended absence from the Bumperpodcast. In this candid and humorous episode, Natty reveals the tumultuous year he's experienced, including moving to new headquarters, dealing with audio equipment issues, starting a new job, and surviving a devastating basement flood that destroyed his studio equipment. Despite the chaos of life with two young boys and boxes everywhere, Natty reconnects with his Bumperpodcast Kateers and promises that familiar puppet friends like Robot, Pig, and others will return soon. This heartfelt comeback episode showcases Natty's signature rambling style as he works through technical difficulties and stuffy nose troubles to bring joy back to his listeners.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Did I go camping and get lost in the woods? Did I fall down a crevasse? Did I just wander out of the house one day and get lost and forget where I lived? Kind of, that's actually kind of what happened.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The house flooded. Guess what was in the basement where the flood was? Two feet of water. My studio where I make everything. All my equipment, all my recording stuff, everything gone.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You know what's gonna make me happy? The bumper podcast. You know why? Because of my bumper podcast Kateers.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #comeback #podcasting #lifeupdates #moving #flooding #technicaldifficulties #behindthescenes #newbeginnings

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh my gosh bumper podcast where have you been where have you been where have you been where have you been where have you been i'm natty bumper and this is the bumper podcast and it has been so long how long so long way too long seriously where have i been did you hear that police siren well that's where i've been in jail no um i just fixed the microphone a little bit because i discovered that i was over modulating a little bit it's been a long time since i did this i forgot how it works i apologize it's been a big year bumper podcast i mean i've been gone i think it's like six months which is horrendous i i build up this wonderful thing on a weekly basis we get together we talk about things i tell you things i ask you things so much saliva in my mouth right now and then uh i don't know where poof i disappear where did i go i mean did i go camping and get lost in the woods did i fall down a crevasse did i just did i just wander out of the house one day and get lost and forget where i lived kind of that's actually kind of what happened we got a new headquarters brand new headquarters well it's not brand new it's like a 70 year old house but we we moved we moved we packed everything up it was very tumultuous i will get more into detail on these things in in the future but you know so uh the last year big year around here uh we had a new we had a new there's a new baby and then uh so that's two years ago we had a new baby and then uh so that's two years ago two of them uh two boys right and then we got this we've got a i got a big job big job where i don't get to sit at headquarters and work all day i have to go someplace and take showers and terrible things like that ah wear shoes talk to people face to face ah and then uh i don't know what else happened well we got the house i think i already said that that was very tumultuous things in boxes blah blah blah and then we get this house we're moving in i mean this is just gonna be a wine session but not really a wine session i'm just trying to tell you what happened i'm just trying to catch you up on everything so that you know so that you have a re you're like oh well now it kind of makes sense that he hasn't done a podcast in the last six months the house flooded we got a house two months later it flooded guess what was in the basement where the flood was two feet of water my studio where i make everything so ergo i don't know if that's how that works but all my equipment all my recording stuff all like everything gone so um i'm still trying to pick up the pieces and throwing things away and digging through boxes and and and then i was like what would make me happy and and then i you know what happened i said you know what's gonna make me happy the bumper podcast you know why because of my bumper podcast kateers my nose is so stuffy right now it wasn't stuffy all day but now that i'm talking to you guys my nose is deciding to revolt revolt nose the nose knows when to revolt follow the nose because he knows when to revolt um you know yeah so it's it's been it's been bananas bananas flambé bananas cray cray i'm natty bumper car this is the bumper podcast i have my uh i got my new microphone set up i got my little uh doodad to plug into the doodad so guess what we're back on track uh it makes me happy to sit here and talk to you so and that's what i'm i'm looking for right now you making me happy i do a little talking and then we're all a little bit happier together you know what i'm saying okay based on frames um you know exciting things to come hopefully now that we're back we'll start to unpack some boxes and find some old friends maybe robot maybe pig maybe uh we can talk about irving brown socks a little bit i mean there's a lot it happens at headquarters that i'm sure you've missed because i've missed it you know even if i'm the only one listening which i'm not because i've seen the numbers there's gonna be some happy people coming up you better bet

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  • Bumperpodcast # 161 – We’ve really lost it

    Bumperpodcast # 161 – We’ve really lost it

    Yay! It’s a new Bumperpodcast …

    Hold on to your britches.

    Do you wear britches? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Pants are awesome!

    About This Episode

    In episode 161, Natty Bumpercar records while driving hands-free and shares his stream-of-consciousness thoughts on everything from talking to oneself to the podcast boom. Fresh off a brutal winter at headquarters with sky-high heating bills and seemingly windowless offices, Natty celebrates the arrival of spring weather. He goes on entertaining tangents about ferocious animals, dinosaur taxonomy, and whether the plural of brachiosaurus might be "brachiosauri." This rambling, affectionate solo episode showcases Natty's spontaneous comedy style as he reconnects with listeners after some time away.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I'm assuming that everyone talks to themselves as much as I talk to myself, is this true or not? You'll have to let me know, but what I'm saying is you can record yourself, so that's good, and then you, look, you've got a podcast!”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I've missed you guys, and I don't even mean just missed you a little bit. I mean, ferociously. Ferociously like a badger. Ferociously like a wolverine. Ferociously like the most ferocious dinosaur to ever roam the land.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #spring #podcasting #dinosaurs #talkingtoyourself #winter #streamofconsciousness

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

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