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  • Bumperpodcast #460 – Season 3 – Game of Love

    Bumperpodcast #460 – Season 3 – Game of Love

    In this episode of the Bumperpodcast, there is a song. A nifty song. Then everyone is distracted when Rufus falls for an internet scheme … of love?

    You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening!


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic morning recording of Bumperpodcast episode 460, Rufus T. Rufus is determined to continue his story from the previous episode about being in love—a rarity for this typically non-serialized show. The early 7 AM recording time has left host Natty Bumpercar struggling with his speech and energy, while Producer battles a frog in his throat. As the minutes tick by with endless banter about who will talk about what, Rufus finally reveals he met someone special named "RNBW" (rainbow with numbers and an upside-down cat emoji) through a mobile game's chat feature. Despite Natty's skeptical tone—which everyone keeps calling out—Rufus enthusiastically describes his budding digital romance with this mysterious gamer who always seems to log in right after he does. The episode showcases the show's improvisational comedy style as the characters struggle to stay on track while producer and Natty can't help but question Rufus's new relationship.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I'm a romantic everybody didn't know that but now you do. I'm a man about flowers, I'm gonna give you chocolates, I'm gonna hold your hand at the beach and make fun of seagulls.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “We have already wasted almost four minutes of this podcast, four minutes of everyone's life who is listening that they'll never get back.”

    — Producer

    “Her name was rainbow but there was no vowels in there so R N B W rainbow and some numbers and somehow she put one of them emojis in there, a little upside down smiling kitty cat.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    Topics: #love #onlinedating #mobilegames #relationships #morningroutines #podcasting #skepticism

    Featuring: Rufus T. Rufus, Natty Bumpercar, Producer, Robot

    Full Transcript

    Rufus T. Rufus: now as i was saying last episode i was talking about being in love and i can't wait to tell y'all all about it that's right i rufus yeah t rufus

    Natty Bumpercar: and finally in love okay that's great and amazing that you actually are remembering what we did in the last episode and you've decided to continue it because that's not something we normally do we are not very good at being a serialized podcast um normally we record an episode and then uh by the time we walk out of the studio uh everybody's forgotten everything what and

    Rufus T. Rufus: hold on you're okay but that you wait no i know yeah you don't know your voice sounds insane today like uh and you you had like a weird lisp now i'm doing it what's going on is it is it catching is it is it hey producer can you look up is this some sort of a lisp uh lisp all right that's that's rough lisp thing going around

    Producer: sorry sorry i am all right something in my throat is probably a frog

    Rufus T. Rufus: it's not a frog in my throat all right well you know uh evidently uh let's see here that little froggy producer over there he's got a little bit of a uh a cough a little tickle in his throat uh nutty you're up there i heard you with having a problem with your s's uh now listen to me i'm the only one here who can speak i can say lisp with no problem whatsoever okay i can say sally's selling seashells down by the studebaker at the seashore no problem but you know so i guess it's gonna be my episode today finally we're gonna focus on some real issues uh and and that's me my life and and me being in love no i'm fine i just it's we've never recorded an episode

    Natty Bumpercar: this early in the morning and i do i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know feel like i've properly woken up it is and it's not really that early but it's it's seven o'clock in the morning and uh normally that we're not recording a podcast at this time but that's what we're doing today because we have so many cool things to talk about and yeah so we got to talk

    Rufus T. Rufus: about my me being in love no i'm pretty sure that that's not on the uh docket i'm pretty sure that's not on the whiteboard it's we are not that's not what we're doing today um but natty take it away

    Natty Bumpercar: okay yeah uh and if i if i'm to be honest the stuff i'm going to talk about now feels kind of weird and boring and uh i mean it's cool uh i mean but you know rufus is in love so it feels like that's kind of important too and i don't know if that i just i mean the stuff we're taught i don't know producer what do you think yeah well i um sorry

    Producer: i had a little drink and my throat feels better the water is good for me i'm i think that we have already wasted almost four minutes of this podcast four minutes of everyone's life who is listening that they'll never get back and they're oh my goodness this is my for me you know and uh we could have already probably talked about the rufus whole situation and been done right and then you could talk about whatever it is you want to talk about but uh instead you know we just kind of keep going back and forth rufus is in love natty's good stuff to talk about and then everybody is on their bicycle or run their train whatever they however they listen to this and they're going well i don't know it's gonna talk about it are they gonna talk about anything at all i don't know it's kind of going back and forth and you know they're doing that in their in their head i'm hoping maybe they're looking around at other people if they're on a train and they're saying they're listening to this maybe that maybe maybe she's listening maybe that she's frustrated i can see her brow is furrowed but maybe she's frustrated because she's now listening to this and and she's at the same part maybe i am randomly you know and and she's like well they're gonna talk about anything and nobody knows because nobody they don't ever know if they're gonna talk about can we just i'm just i'm struggling you're struggling yes you're struggling

    Rufus T. Rufus: uh natty over there he's being strictly business and what i'm talking about is is is is is i'm stuck in an is loop there is a matter of the heart it's a matter of the soul it's it's it's i'm not doing it again all right maybe i'm a little bit emotional maybe that's why i keep getting stuck now normally i come on here and i talk about the law right as i'm a lawyer but right now we're talking about a little bit we're getting a little bit deeper in with rufus little we're going past the skin we're taking back a few layers and we're looking at what makes him tick his heart right i'm a romantic everybody didn't know that but now you do i'm a i'm a man about flowers i'm gonna give you chocolates i'm gonna hold your hand at the beach and and we're gonna uh make fun of seagulls whatever you do at the beach i don't really go to the beach i'm afraid of it uh the water i don't this is gonna come get me i have dreams uh but i'm i'm what i'm saying is i'm here for you and i'm i'm ready to talk about my my relationship okay so uh natty producer has a point we were at uh when were we we were at four minutes now we're at six minutes and uh so we're really burning through the podcast and ain't talked about nothing and so uh let's i say we let rufus say his thing yeah and then we'll move on we can talk about your stuff at the end we'll give it a

    Natty Bumpercar: good good segment all right that's fine i i don't even remember what i was i was excited to talk about some stuff and now i don't even remember what it was um i kind of checked out on the podcast a while ago um yeah okay go rufus go ahead and tell us whatever you i don't i'm excited to hear about it i'm excited to hear about it i'm excited to hear about it i'm excited to hear about it i know it doesn't you don't hear it my voice but i'm gonna blame it on being tired and um having a plan and that being just thrown away so let's focus on what we're doing and rufus t

    Rufus T. Rufus: rufus you're in love i can't tell us about it yeah well natty i can tell by the tone of your voice that you was not sincere you was insincere right there and that's fine because you're a man who doesn't know about love you're a man who doesn't know about the magic of a relationship you know and uh that's that's unfortunate for you but that's a you problem and for me i'm gonna talk about what makes me happy and everybody out there who's listening they're gonna maybe it's gonna put a little pep in this step today all right so um well let's see here yeah instead of you just rambling i'll do that uh where did where did you meet where where's this where's who is this person where are they from yeah i like this this is good we're

    Producer: gonna interview you okay here we go and where are they from rufus well remember last last time we

    Rufus T. Rufus: was talking about the applications and the uh on my telephone and uh there's the games i like to play there's the one with the little jewels one that looks like candy candy but candy that's jewels but that it attacks you and there's a monkey i think and there's a it's in space i should mention that uh underwater space just go okay it's uncharted yeah sorry yeah anyway um so there's

    Natty Bumpercar: a chat feature in these games and uh oh okay okay okay i remember we were talking about the games and you were giving them your credit card you're giving all the information and um oh oh um is this is this where you met the love of your life rufus now you know natty sometimes we had a problem

    Rufus T. Rufus: where people don't like you right and and i think that's the problem i think that's the problem i think it's because of your tone i can normally i can't hear it but when it's directed towards me i can i can actually i understand where the people are coming from like you're saying words but there's something in them something under them right and and and and and uh i don't i don't i don't appreciate it and i don't like it all right yeah i met her on a game and and she had a cool name i think it was uh rainbow but there was no uh no vowels in there so r n b w rainbow and and then some numbers and uh and somehow she put one of them emojis in there little there's like a little uh upside down smiling kitty cat right now it's just that's just who she is she's just an individual she's perfect right and uh so we got to chatting oh boy i think this is an issue no no no no yeah we told you to stay away from the games because of stuff like this okay no no no this is completely different all right this is this is a real person rainbow numbers and then smile that uh i have i've built and fostered a real kinship with right we just started out we was on the same team and uh playfully you know talking back and forth yeah uh we share a lot of interests okay how did you share or yeah i would say stuff i was interested in and and she would say that she

    Natty Bumpercar: very much interested as well okay that made me happy did she ever like initiate that like what she was interested in or was it just mostly coming from you and then she would agree well

    Rufus T. Rufus: a lot of it did come from me because uh so she was on the uh front lines of the game the offense right the right out right out there in the fringe so she couldn't chat as much as me i was what they i was in the defense i was back i was crouched right back in the bushes but nobody could see me and so i would you know chat it up a lot and she would respond pretty short but it's always very

    Producer: sweet and uh uh and and and hold on is this uh the person i remember you were saying you could the language you could uh start without you could blink at people or something or little lines or whatever so i don't really know how you would strike up a conversation with that kind you know but you know maybe you play a lot and maybe you just got a little inside jokes i

    Rufus T. Rufus: don't know how you know right so what i noticed is that every time i would stop playing uh usually you know within i don't know uh for a short amount of time i would log in stop playing and then but a loop she would log in as well almost like we were on the same schedule right and and she was she would just a bit loop and then and then we you know chat and then we play the game and uh oh it just every time i played but loop there she is i was and i would say that too i would say well there she is and i'd send a little you can send you a little the whatever funny little line or whatever yeah okay um and i realized the tone of

    Natty Bumpercar: my voice you were hearing was again because i'm very tired and i'm now i'm see i'm awake i had a sip of tea and i'm i'm ready to go uh nobody

    Rufus T. Rufus: believes that natty everybody knows everybody's heard it everybody knows it there's a tone so just

    Producer: let's you know keep going yeah there's absolutely a tone everybody agrees we actually sometimes we people listen to the podcast and they put a you can see they make videos and they put a little line to go okay there's the tone you know just like oh there's another and they do like um betting to see how many times well first off how many times you're going to talk in the episode because a lot of times you just don't hear at all and then the other times is how many times is he gonna have the time okay well then

    Natty Bumpercar: i'll i have something to work on great now let's can we just keep talking about rufus and figure

    Rufus T. Rufus: out what's going on with him please you see that was it again every time you talk now i hear it i feel like it's every time you speak there's a little bit of undertone a little bit of uh a little bit of something there yeah i hear it too now how do i get in on this betting thing because that does sound kind of fun it makes the show more interactive no

    Natty Bumpercar: i don't like can we just focus on rufus please and leave me alone

    Robot: the bumper podcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp with natty bumper car and some of his pals it is family friendly clean and ridiculous thanks a bundle for listening if you love our show and you'd like to help support the podcast check out our patreon page at https colon forward slash forward slash www.patreon.com forward slash natty bumper car also pretty please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts share it with everyone everywhere post about it on all of the social medias or leave a rating and review the bumper podcast is produced at headquarters in coffee can alley it's recorded mixed and produced by producer the bumper podcast features contributions from aloysius j pig rufus t rufus doodle poodle robot trunks and a gag all of other silly rascals our head talker is probably natty bumper car we also have an absurd newsletter check it out and subscribe at natty bumper car.com slash subscribe also you can follow me on instagram and twitter at natty bumper car hugs and hearts see you soon

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  • Bumperpodcast #207: Somebody has hurt feelings

    Bumperpodcast #207: Somebody has hurt feelings

    Natty Bumpercar talks about getting his feelings hurt – and is (unsurprisingly) joined by some of his pals from Headquarters. Check in to see if they help the situation – at all.

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


    About This Episode

    In episode 207 of the Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar opens up about having his feelings hurt by someone he considered a friend. The conversation takes an unexpected turn when Aloysious J. Pig, Robot, and Doodle Poodle all assume they are the ones who hurt Natty's feelings. What starts as a heartfelt moment quickly devolves into classic Bumperpodcast chaos, with Pig proudly claiming he lives to offend Robot, Doodle lamenting about sleeping in a crate, and everyone misunderstanding Natty's actual point. The episode explores friendship dynamics, hurt feelings, and the complications of living and working together in the Bumpercast headquarters.

    Memorable Quotes

    “No offense robot but I actually live to offend you and make you feel horrible about yourself… I'm just doing my job and my friendship.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “You walk away and you're just like, I mean are we friends? Are we even friends at all? And it gets a little bit sad.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “They don't let me on their podcast all the time. They make me sleep in a crate.”

    — Doodle Poodle

    Topics: #friendship #hurtfeelings #communication #relationships #livingtogether #misunderstandings #emotionalhonesty

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

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey everybody it's me natty bumper car and this is the bumper podcast of course and today i i want to open my heart a little bit to you i want to i want to tell you i have you guys ever had have you ever had your feelings hurt like by someone you considered a friend like you you went into a situation and you weren't expecting it to happen like just went not the way you were expecting and then all of a sudden you're like standing there like whoa i i thought i thought we were friends and and it and it stinks and it hurts really bad and you kind of walk away and you're like all right well i guess that we're maybe not as much of friends as i as i thought that we were it's me it's not fun at all uh yeah hey bumper car oh

    Aloysious J. Pig: hey pig what's going on yeah you know uh yeah i got my feelings hurt a few times really by somebody that i consider to be a friend i'm okay uh what happened you know well i run a podcast with him oh he's living in the same

    Rufus T. Rufus: headquarters yeah okay i get what you're doing now yeah it's me yeah it's it's you it's you

    Aloysious J. Pig: you can be a little bit stringent i don't think that's the word i could use i don't know if it's

    Natty Bumpercar: a word i could use it doesn't make a lot of sense stringent like maybe you're trying to say salty something i don't i don't know what you were hey oh geez it's me robot hey robot i was listening

    Robot: to the podcast and i decided to run into the studio all right hey tell my story okay oh i see what you're doing

    Rufus T. Rufus: is it is it is it me is it me right you know yeah well i because i see what you're doing

    Robot: yeah what's oh it's definitely you yeah perfect it's 100 percent you what about me huh

    Aloysious J. Pig: yeah i was hoping so because no offense robot but i actually live to uh offend you and make you feel horrible about yourself and what you know everything about your world so if you really want to get down to brass tacks i'm just doing my job and my friendship i'm just doing what i'm supposed to do uh so how are you feeling yeah thanks that's like a compliment it's like you just gave me a gold star it's like you're just like hey pig you all goes on the mount rushmore of uh hurting friends feelings it's you thanks for that i got a statue now a whole mountain of a statue of me pig making fun of you bucking a pulse oh hi everybody that's not a little me

    Doodle Poodle: hey no why are you are you crying what's the matter it's a good analogy

    Natty Bumpercar: huh it's a good analogy

    Doodle Poodle: you know they don't let me do it all the time oh i mean they don't let me on their podcast all the time oh come on make me sleep in a crate you like the crate

    Natty Bumpercar: oh yeah i do like sleeping in a crate yeah you actually said i want to sleep in a crate and so you can't then point at that and say that someone's done something bad to you when all right listen all three of you yeah what's up yeah yes all three of i want i am sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i love you guys all three of you you know what you learned the best thing i've want i am sorry if i ever sometimes in the heat of the moment on the bumper podcast we get into you know craziness and and we start yelling or whatever but this isn't even what i'm really

    Aloysious J. Pig: talking about oh well would you please edify us with your with your big brain and edify would you please just yeah exactly just get on

    Natty Bumpercar: okay well so here's what i'm talking about not i mean just everyday living together stuff we're gonna get under each other's uh skin we're gonna or yes metal and that happens but i'm talking about like you know you if you have people that you consider friends and you do something nice for or or whatever and maybe it's your fault because you've got expectations like oh they're gonna react this way or they're gonna react that way and then they totally don't or you know whatever happens and you walk away and you're just like i i mean are we friends are we even friends at all and it gets a little bit sad

    Aloysious J. Pig: let me keep living here i i guess i am too