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  • Bumperpodcast # 159 – At a loss

    Bumperpodcast # 159 – At a loss

    Continuing in my sporadic spiral of crumbling … I present to you a new Bumperpodcast that has a guest host who needs to learn a thing or two about not touching the microphone.

    And – with that … I digress.

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

    People should not be distressed about a digress!

    About This Episode

    In this chaotic and heartwarming episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar attempts to record with an unusual guest host – a very young child who doesn't quite grasp podcasting yet. With headquarters overrun by children and Producer absent (stuck in the computer), Natty struggles to maintain control as his pint-sized co-host learns about microphones and windscreens. Between managing the energetic toddler and explaining podcast basics, Natty shares updates about the new baby in the house using his signature absurdist humor, including a memorable riff about a baby drinking his "milkshake" (his life). The episode captures the beautiful mess of parenting meeting podcasting, with Natty gamely comparing his young helper's hosting skills to previous Bumperpodcast guests like Robot and Moth the Sheep.

    Memorable Quotes

    “My life was a milkshake the baby had a straw he was across the room and he was eating it up… he intimidated me with his straw and said something along the lines of daddy i'm going to drink your milkshake”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You even with the silly talk sound better than robot ever did so that's that's a plus you're not as good of a host as moth the sheep but you're you know you're right in there right in the middle”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #parenting #babies #chaos #family #podcasting #children #humor

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

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  • Bumperpodcast #156 – Spiraling

    Bumperpodcast #156 – Spiraling

    I think that we get stuck in a peanut butter circle of a whirlwind on this episode of the Bumperpodcast.

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

    Because we are the master of the circle!

    About This Episode

    In episode 156 of the Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar enthusiastically greets his listeners and contemplates a major change to the show. Natty playfully muses about turning the podcast into a daily program starting in 2013, though he quickly second-guesses whether that might be too much work or cause him to repeat himself. He teases an upcoming mailbag segment featuring listener correspondence, encouraging fans to write in to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com with their thoughts about the show and its characters. The episode showcases Natty's characteristic rambling, friendly style as he expresses how much he misses his audience between episodes and considers Wednesdays a personal holiday because of the podcast.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Maybe i should just do a daily show and that way i'll get over the whole missing you thing because i'll be here every day and you'll be here every day and then it'll be like we're never apart ever”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You like the show you don't like the show you like pig you don't like pig no one likes robot we get that”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “For me every wednesday is like a holiday because it's the bumper podcast and i get to hang out with you guys”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #podcasting #listenermail #comedy #dailyshow #holidays #friendship #rambling

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well if it isn't my old friend my old pal my old buddy my old chum the bumper podcast hi it's me natty bumper car how are you guys doing i've missed you i always say i missed you maybe i should just do a daily show and that way i'll get over the whole missing you thing because i'll be here every day and you'll be here every day and then it'll be like we're never apart ever how much fun does that sound like a whole mountain full of fun i agree okay it is settled then starting sometime in 2013 i'm guessing we're gonna start really every single day oh man that sounds like work it sounds like a lot of work i don't know will you guys get sick of me will i just keep repeating myself over and over again what well well well if it isn't my old pal my old buddy my old chum the bumper podcast i've missed you wait do you guys miss me too um i should start doing i can't remember how it went i thought i was gonna like actually repeat the whole thing and then i got confused and i stopped repeating and here we are babbling babbling brook maybe i should change my name to book book wow doing well today doing good doing fine how are you are you excited about the holidays is it even the holidays where you are uh for me every wednesday is like a holiday because it's the bumper podcast and i get to hang out with you guys and we get to chit chat about what you want to chit chat about uh i've actually i've got a stack of mail that's been coming in not gonna do it today just wanted to you know get you excited and i'm gonna do it today so i'm gonna do it today about the mail get you thinking about the mail and maybe make you wonder why you're not in this pile of mail like why haven't i wrote in anything to the bumper podcast is he gonna even mention me no well no if i if you haven't written anything then i i won't be mentioning you that's kind of part of the process you know you send me uh some sort of correspondence you like the show you don't like the show you like pig you don't like pig no one likes robot we get that uh and then i maybe i'll read it off i don't know uh what's the emails bumper podcast at nattybumpercar.com pretty simple you know and we love to hear from you it makes our day makes our week makes our year makes our month you know why well well well it's because you you guys are my buddies you guys are my pals you guys are my chums and and it's you know because i miss you what i was thinking is that maybe we should start doing a daily show deja vu

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  • Bumperpodcast #135 – Yay, Robot!

    Bumperpodcast #135 – Yay, Robot!

    Oh joy! Robot is back in town … How legitimately exciting! I wonder what he’ll talk about?!

    Have you ever wondered what you’d talk about? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we can write a script!!

    And live in Hollywood!!

    About This Episode

    In episode 135 of the Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar welcomes back Robot after a long absence from the show. What starts as an exciting reunion quickly turns into a hilarious roast session as Robot reveals his true feelings about Natty's recent mobile broadcast episodes. Robot shares a mundane story about his boot falling off, while Natty desperately tries to bring energy and excitement to the show. The two engage in comedic banter about what makes good podcast content, with Robot suggesting he should host instead. The episode features the classic improvisational humor and character dynamics that Bumperpodcast fans love.

    Memorable Quotes

    “those shows were terrible what i mean they were on the verge of being are you kidding… i was just like really this is what he's doing this is the bumper podcast really”

    — Robot

    “i was in a car one day one day i was walking down a like a really busy road and almost got runned over… and i got beat up by a butterfly”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #robot #podcasting #metahumor #criticism #friendship #banter

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey everybody it's me natty bumper car and you're listening to the bumper podcast but i'm not gonna bore you with my stuff today because we haven't done something in a while and i think you're gonna be pretty excited about it because i know for some reason i have convinced myself to be pretty excited about it if you could sit on the edge of your seats and get excited and say hello to my friend robot

    Robot: is it really oh come on robot that's not fair

    Unknown: oh you just made a robot day well okay robots oh come on here

    Natty Bumpercar: all right well i'm thrilled that i made your day robot but as you know the bumper podcast is not a lot of time and you really haven't been invited here for quite a while and if you want you should probably if you want to be on the show you should really maximize your time you should really okay okay do something like i do a lot of stuff on the show i sang about a bear last week you did all right yes it's fine okay well fine this is me

    Robot: robot and i'm sure you're all been wondering what i've been doing well i got a new boat last week because one of my boats had fallen off while i was walking down the

    Natty Bumpercar: stairs and so what happened was this is the worst i story yeah i thought that they would be no they're not no no robot what i'm telling you is if you're going to be on the bumper podcast you podcast you really have to like bring it the fire the flames the excitement that you know like the last couple of weeks we were doing like mobile broadcasts because we didn't want people to miss out on the awesome right am i right bumper podcast listeners bumper podcast kateers if you will

    Robot: those shows were terrible what i mean they were on the verge of being are you kidding you know i listen every week but i would and i even live here but i would put those shows on and i was just like really this is what he's doing this is the bumper podcast really why

    Natty Bumpercar: not just take a break let robot do a show i don't know are you serious are you even kidding like they were that bad that you couldn't even listen to them like i was in a car one day one day i was walking down a like a really busy road and almost got runned over i almost got runned over and i got beat up by a butterfly

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  • Bumperpodcast 124 – Missed Opportunity

    Bumperpodcast 124 – Missed Opportunity

    This is officially the first “What could have been” Bumperpodcast of the year … You see – we were going to talk about kittens and squirrels – and then the big computer broke – and then the little computer wouldn’t accept the audio doo-hickey – and then I went and took a long bath.

    I think that something was recorded … I am considering just making vinyl records of all of these and mailing them to listeners …. Or – writing everything out with ghost ink.

    Have you ever made a vinyl record or written in ghost ink? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and maybe we’ll hire you.

    You could live in a cave!!

     

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    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar battles technical difficulties after recording what he claims was a phenomenal episode about kittens that was lost to corrupted audio. The recording sounded like garbled computer noises instead of his stories about kittens playing with rainbows and eating honey. After witnessing the magical performance, Robot, Reindeer, and others left depressed when the recording failed. Natty desperately troubleshoots by unplugging wires and switching computers, eventually recording on a laptop in his lap. He laments missing the chance to share his kitten and squirrel stories, joking about mobile podcast recording and police officers becoming unwitting stars of the show.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I literally i took the headphones off and i said it's gold and i walked out of the room and everyone just stared at me and they were just like we just witnessed something that was magical”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I was like oh kittens are awesome kittens play with rainbows kittens love to eat honey i don't know you know i was just talking about kittens”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The police pulled me over several times to tell me hey no more recording your mobile bumper podcast and then I say but officer now you're a star”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #technicaldifficulties #kittens #recordingproblems #comedy #metahumor #technology #podcasting

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: all right so this is supposed to be the dawn of a new age remember we were having audio problems a couple of weeks ago and so then today i went to record the bumper podcast and i actually recorded this phenomenal one about kittens so you're missing that and i feel bad because i recorded it and i literally i took the headphones off and i said it's gold and i walked out of the room and everyone robot was here at the time reindeer was here uh the baby was here like everyone they just stared at me and they were just like he we just witnessed something that was magical like i was effervescent i was on i was on top of my game i was over the top it was phenomenal and so then i went back to listen to it and here's how it sounded me

    Robot: me me me and i was like

    Natty Bumpercar: i'm pretty sure that i because i have a memory that lasts for at least five minutes and i remembered that when i recorded the podcast that it didn't sound like that that i wasn't speaking in computer ease i don't i don't speak it i can understand i you know it's one of those things where if i'm like oh and then i can be like oh no that's on a computer i know what they're you know i know they're at least oh they're talking about me because i can tell because they're pointing and laughing but i don't necessarily know what they're saying but i know i don't yarn are saying but i didn't sound like that i was like oh kittens are awesome kittens play with rainbows kittens love to eat honey i don't know you know i was just talking about kittens like me was the saddest thing ever me that's why no one's here right now because everyone left because they were so depressed so i know they couldn't do it right now i'm like i'm like yeah i'm loves a can軍 straight as fuck well so i'm not going to give up the song because army is deadindi on the egy dragon just to say all right there was going to german and then they all're gone but for me so then I go and I start messing with wires and unplugging and plugging and all that stuff and then I don't even think my computer can do it anymore I think it's so sad and old that it can't even record the bumper podcast so then I moved this other computer and it's in my lap and that's weird it's a it's a whole it's a different thing that we're doing I guess with this lap computer so I don't know it's a little different it's certainly not a it's not the kitten day it was supposed to be and not only that there was a story about squirrels I was literally talking about kittens and squirrels and now all I've done for the past two and a half minutes is meank about uh wires and microphones I thought I was gonna go have to buy new stuff I can't buy new stuff new stuff is expensive and then we would have just had uh mobile bumper podcasts for a while and nobody likes those especially the police you they've pulled me over several times to tell me hey you no more recording your mobile bumper podcast and then I say but officer now you're you know you're a star

  • Bumperpodcast 78 – Doodle-Poodle!

    Bumperpodcast 78 – Doodle-Poodle!

    Doodle Poodle is in the house because he received a membo telling him to come in and do a radio show … too bad that Robot comes in and spoils all of the fun.

    Will Doodle Poodle be sent to a farm for panting on the microphone?

    You will probably have to listen to the Bumperpodcast to find out!

    Don’t forget to email me your questions, musings and whatnot at bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Hooray!

     

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    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Robot confronts an unexpected intruder breathing on the microphone in the podcast lab. Doodle Poodle insists he received a memo inviting him to do a radio show, much to Robot's dismay. The situation escalates as Robot claims he's the only one qualified to send memos and suggests sending Doodle Poodle to a farm. Host Natty Bumpercar arrives to find both characters where they shouldn't be, attempting to restore order while Robot and Doodle Poodle continue their comedic bickering. The episode showcases the improvisational chaos and character conflicts that make Bumperpodcast entertaining.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You're breathing on the microphone. You're not even saying anything. How did you get in here? Do you have a key?”

    — Robot

    “I got a letter. Didn't it say? Hey, doodle-poo, do you want to come and do a radio? And I said, well, of course we do, because I love to talk to everybody.”

    — Doodle Poodle

    “Is there a farm? Is there a farm somewhere where we can put him?”

    — Robot

    Topics: #podcasting #workplaceconflict #memos #microphoneetiquette #chaos #miscommunication

    Featuring: Robot, Doodle Poodle, Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Unknown: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, what are you doing in here?

    Robot: You're not supposed to be in here. You're breathing on the microphone. You're not even saying anything. How did you get in here? Do you have a key? Do you? No. Do you have a key? I don't have. Do you get in here? No. I don't think you do. I don't think you do at all. I don't think you should be in here all day.

    Doodle Poodle: Listen here, robot. I don't know. I was told I got a memo. I got a, uh, voice man gave me a, I got a letter. No. Didn't it say? Hey, doodle-poo, do you want to come and do a radio? Do you want to come and talk on, do you want to do a show on this radio? And I said, well, of course we do, because I love to talk to everybody. Everybody loves when I talk to people.

    Robot: Sometimes.

    Doodle Poodle: No.

    Robot: No. Are you done? Are you quite finished? Because I'm the one who sends the letters around here. The memo. Because I think you must have called it. And I only send memos out to people who are qualified to talk on the microphone. Myself, for instance. Oftentimes, Maddie Bumpercar will let me.

    Natty Bumpercar: Hey, everybody. What? Oh, boy. Uh-oh, indeed. I see two people who were not supposed to be in the room. The lab. In the lab. In the lab room where we fix up and make up and break up and take up the bumper podcast. That's nice rhyme.

    Doodle Poodle: I thought I was supposed to. I don't. I don't want to. It doesn't matter. I got a memo. A memo? I don't know. I got it in my mailbox, and I thought I was supposed to come in and talk to everybody. And I got all excited. Calm down. And I wrote down words. Okay. And I made some doodles for everyone to see, too. Okay. No one can see.

    Robot: Oh, jeez. He's doing it again. He's doing it again. He's breathing on the microphone, and I told him not to breathe on the microphone. I don't think he should even be in headquarters. We should buy him. We should. I don't know. Is there a farm? Is there a farm somewhere where we can put him? No, there's not a farm. I don't think he should be. That's what I'm saying. What do you think? What do you think? I know.

    Doodle Poodle: I like farms. Nope. I kind of like farms. Kind of.

    Natty Bumpercar: Nobody's going to a farm. And, Robot, you have to stop fighting with everyone.