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  • Bumperpodcast #414 – Season 2 – Funny Bone

    Bumperpodcast #414 – Season 2 – Funny Bone

    Natty saves some baby ducklings. It’s truly the sweetest story on the block!

    The Bumperpodcast with Natty Bumpercar is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals!

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

    Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!! Also, The Bumperpodcast can now be found on the https://non-productive.com/ network. Yay!!!! Also, also, we have a Patreon page now!!! https://www.patreon.com/nattybumpercar Another story about saving baby animals! A feel good story! Previous episode!

    [av_toggle_container faq_markup=” initial=’0′ mode=’accordion’ sort=” styling=” colors=” font_color=” background_color=” border_color=” toggle_icon_color=” colors_current=” font_color_current=” toggle_icon_color_current=” background_current=” background_color_current=” background_gradient_current_direction=’vertical’ background_gradient_current_color1=” background_gradient_current_color2=” background_gradient_current_color3=” hover_colors=” hover_font_color=” hover_background_color=” hover_toggle_icon_color=” size-toggle=” av-medium-font-size-toggle=” av-small-font-size-toggle=” av-mini-font-size-toggle=” size-content=” av-medium-font-size-content=” av-small-font-size-content=” av-mini-font-size-content=” heading_tag=” heading_class=” alb_description=” id=” custom_class=” template_class=” av_uid=’av-l3okc1u4′ sc_version=’1.0′ admin_preview_bg=”] [av_toggle title=’Show Transcript:’ tags=” custom_id=” av_uid=’av-l3okc0ct’ sc_version=’1.0′] Natty Bumpercar 0:04 It finally happened. There I was unsuspecting, naive, maybe even. My youngest nine year old, came down with the COVID. He got the COVID The COVID is in the house and we put him in his room. We said Your, your now, Rapunzel bumper car up here in the room. Here’s a bell. Ring it if you need to look niggling in the evening, if you need food, whatever, ring twice. It’s very hard because this child he likes he likes to hug. He’s a hugger. Every day, I love you and He gives you hugs. And we couldn’t hug him. He was just over there. It was just like Ah, just put those in like a dual hug bank and then when you’re done you can just deposit withdraw all the hugs and then and then give us all the hugs. Please. Sad child. He was fine though. Honestly. He was living his best life. He was in his up in his in his is parapet, I think is maybe where he was we live in a castle. And he was he you know, had food delivered. He had all of his beverages and we would take them up and then we would take them away. We would had multiple screens where he could watch things he could play thing. Like he was doing great. His brother couldn’t get to him to attack him. So it was really I said, How are you feeling? Are you okay? And he’s like, Dad, this is the best vacation I’ve ever had. And I was like, Oh, wow, that’s really bad. Okay. Oh, we’ve been to the beach. No, we’ve been to some mountains. No. Been to a lake. But this is we’ve been to the big city museums. But this is this is this is it. This is the pinnacle. All right. Good to know, good to know. You’re easy, it’s easy to accommodate. Now I want everyone was in their rooms. So he was in his room. My wife was in was in our room. I took the couch with the other child who has a hard time sleeping by himself and the dogs. So we really, we were the core of the house. There were a lot of us down there. And on Wednesday night, what I’ve discovered is the dogs wake up several times a night several times a night. And they Oh, I was exhausted. This was Wednesday night. I was just like, I don’t feel good. I am exhausted because they got up at like 1131 33 Like every two hours or so. Banjo gets up and he was like, I gotta go outside. I’m like, okay, sometimes I’m like no business. Sometimes I do say okay, because if you don’t, he’s he. I mean he’s licking your face. He’s put his pawn yet. Like, hey, hey, and everything and so we got to get him outside. And he runs around in circles, Giants. Would you stop with the yipping in the yapping Producer 3:06 a natty I hate to burst into your story here but your three minutes and hey, I want to welcome everybody. Hello Radio Free Montclair. We’re actually recording this for them. So perhaps you should ask. I know normally on the show. You just kind of jump into a story and everyone’s supposed to catch up. Oh, yeah. But oh, ketchup. fries, ketchup. Right. But right now we want to welcome Hello, Radio Free Montclair. Natty Bumpercar 3:31 You’re right and I apologize. I Radio Free Montclair. This is me Natty Bumpercar at the bumper podcast here at headquarters, and we’re recording this episode. I’ve had three weeks of COVID related shenanigans in my brain that don’t work like it used to. And I was just I wanted to relay my story. Producer 3:52 Okay, perfect. You’re laying is starting the podcast for the radio Freeman. Claire and this one the viral and it’s good like you doing it. But you don’t have to tell us every single little thing you know, just kind of move the story forward. Go quickly and stuff. Natty Bumpercar 4:06 Yeah, I agree. I’m sorry. So kid, got it. And then third went there Wednesday night up. Thursday, I says to positive, didn’t feel great. Call the doctor. She sent me to the urgent care. They did another test. Well, actually, first, the doctor said why are you here? And I was like, because my doctor told me to come here. I didn’t I didn’t know what to I didn’t know what to do. And that’s always weird to me when you go to a doctor’s office and like well, why are you here? And it’s not like hi, how can I help you? Why are you here? It’s why are you here? You’re like, I don’t know. And so they put me on this Madsen deal stuff had crazy dreams like crazy dreams. Rufus T. Rufus 4:44 Sorry. This is me. Rufus to Rufus and I was brought over here by Allah wishes to let you know we cannot discuss the dreams the dreams are dreams and that crazy but they could still implicate some things if you understand what I’m saying. If you get My poor Alright, yeah, fine. Let’s just move along with your story. Natty Bumpercar 5:04 So fine. So the story is I stayed downstairs sleeping with no, I was upstairs for a while for a few days. And then because they put the they like put me in the door and they put tape tape on it to keep the sickness in or something. And after four days or so I ended up on the couch again with a kid and the dog. Why? Well, because the kid tested positive as well. And so now the wife is has sequestered herself up in her tiny little room and the other child was fine at that point go back to school, which is great. But the other child who had tested positive was now home going crazy because the children when they got it, they seem fine. It was you know, you hear stories of people are like God COVID It’s nothing. It’s just a cold and you’re like, No, it hits people in different ways. Did different there’s so many variables if you’re a kid, if you have red hair, if you get it on a Tuesday, I’ve heard it’s especially rough. If you eat Limburger cheese and just lingam or OWL other kinds of cheeses are fine, but if you eat that while you have it Oh, you’re a big trouble. So sorry shout out to the lingo burger Cheese Company. Didn’t mean to call you out. Is that really Lincoln? Burger? Not doesn’t feel kind of cheese. So it feels like a made up cheese Linnaean burger. Producer 6:26 That’s not right as Lynn burger lamb burger. It’s a smelly cheese and a lot of times they use in jokes, like an old cartoons and stuff. Limburger cheese, not Lincoln burger. You’re thinking of Lincoln berries. And then you’re putting that into cheese, which I don’t I mean, it could be possibly Yeah, just but I don’t know. Also, not particularly germane to the story, right? Natty Bumpercar 6:47 Who’s German? I’m kidding. Who’s Jemaine? That’s a joke. So while I was in bed, just crazy fevers, crazy fever, dreams, aches. I developed vertigo, which is where the world feels like it’s spinning around and but for me, they were like it they there was very specific language. They were like that have they have to unlock like, it’s like an a video game. If you go up to the guy and you say, I’d like to scroll, please. And he’s like, there is no scroll and you’re like, ah, I’d like to scroll of Lindenberger. And he’s like, Well, of course he has this scroll of thinking bug that’s how it is with doctors where if you don’t say the exact words and they’re like well this this doesn’t sound like it checks the boxes sorry champ. And so I was trying to describe it I was like, oh I can come up with was my brain feels like wow, wow, wow. Wow. Where it’s going in all different directions and my body feels like it’s going into different directions. They’re like so the room is spinning. And I was like no, it’s more than that. So much more my brain my body has taken dizziness to the to the to the 2020 twos and really has made it so much more than just oh the room is spinning like the room is spinning. That sounds like fun. Now what I was going through was wow what Wow. And it’s just something that we should be copywriting while we’re while we’re while because it’s fit feels like it has legs like something that we could definitely market and brand and get out there. Oh, this isn’t just grandpa’s dizziness. This is now well Wow. Wow. Wow. No. Yeah, I understand. It’s it’s certainly an idea. I love I you know, I love ideas. I love imagination, let people come up with things. But I think probably branding, a new version of dizziness isn’t really what we’re going to be doing. We’re not going to focus on that right now. If that’s okay, Oh, speaking of focusing on things. While I was sick, I managed to I wrote a short story. Friend of mine edited it, edited, edited it in it. It’s just under 1000 words, and I submitted it and it got rejected. And that’s great. That’s fine. It’s very exciting to me. I’ve never, I’ve had all these words in my brain. And sometimes I just have a really hard time getting them on to document and then actually having a friend to edit stuff is I need to I don’t know what you do with people who edit your things. I guess I’m gonna lock her in some sort of the barn here and I’ll bring her bas because people everyone knows people who edit. They love getting A’s. Anyway, and so I submitted that and then I also I made an online store for the CGA thing that I that I do Cedar Grove artists Alliance, and I made all the shirts I think I made like six different shirt variations designs and and and so that exists and I had to go through all the whole process when I when I first was doing web stuff a million years ago, setting up a store was like I’m at a store now it’s like really like there’s a lot But it’s like do you have your this thing? Do you have that thing? We can connect to this? Would you like for us to do this? And it’s all just like, oh, everything was like a huge learning process. But it exists and I actually forgot to have to launch it. Today. I was supposed to do it Monday. But then guess what? This week COVID came back COVID came back. Producer 10:18 I guess so glad you didn’t. I thought you’re gonna do like a song like, the COVID came back and you really don’t feel good. Or something like, Hey, write the cover EVs back. Hey, the coffee. These are the coffee. These are your Natty Bumpercar 10:36 coffee. These are okay. There. I love that producer was so excited to jump in with the AI is that his microphone wasn’t even on and then he kind of clicked in in the middle of it. That was very exciting. Good job. So yeah, I, it was a couple days ago. And listen, I’ve been talking to virtual doctors and I made a virtual Doctor wince. At one point. He was like, ah, when I told her what had been going on, and I said it you just wins. Because you don’t want to see people you don’t want to see wins. You don’t want to see pilots wins. You don’t want to see doctors wins. And you don’t want to see Carson wins. Hell, it’s a football joke. I don’t know who he is, but I know that name. And it just popped into my head anyway. So basically, I ended up in the emergency room for the stuff I still have. They gave me fluids, they gave me medicine. They gave me something called an anti vert vertigo, and everything checks out. I had an EKG and they said that I sound great, which makes me happy. And when they tried to give me the anti vert I said Ooh, wouldn’t be funny if it was an anti Bert. And then they were like what and I was like Hooper. And they were like No, no. Producer 11:49 Yeah, doctors aren’t typically known for their senses of humor. They find your funny. Hey, oh, Natty Bumpercar 11:55 let’s wrap it up with a funny bone joke. Outro 12:09 The bumper podcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp with Natty Bumpercar 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 Bumpercar 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 jpg Rufus T Rufus doodle poodle, robot trunks and a gaggle of other silly rascals. Our head talker is probably Natty Bumpercar. We also have an absurd newsletter. Check it out and subscribe at Natty bumpercar.com/subscribe Also, you can follow me on Instagram and Twitter at Natty Bumpercar Hugs and hearts See you soon. NonPro 13:29 This has been a non productive media presentation, executive producer Franco Blaue. This program and many others like it on the nonproductive network is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution non commercial no derivatives license. Please share it but ask before trying to change it or sell it. For more information visit non dash productive.com Transcribed by https://otter.ai [/av_toggle] [/av_toggle_container]

  • Bumperpodcast #384 – All you can

    Bumperpodcast #384 – All you can

    Natty got stuck at an ‘All You Can Eat’ establishment. He is terribly sorry for his absence. He hopes that you are happy to hear from him. He understands if you are not. The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening! Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!! Also, The Bumperpodcast can now be found on the https://non-productive.com/ network. Yay!!!!

    About This Episode

    In this hilarious episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar returns after the longest absence in the show's history to explain his month-and-a-half disappearance. Natty spent weeks at an all-you-can-eat buffet, taking the restaurant's promise quite literally and exploring every food station from fruits to pancakes to a specialty corn bar. While the headquarters sat empty and his friends Aloysius J. Pig, Rufus T. Rufus, and Popcorn the dog wondered where he'd gone, Natty bonded with the restaurant staff and may have inadvertently contributed to their closure. Now back home to a messy house and an angry dog, Natty reflects on adult responsibilities, teases his upcoming Bumper Barn project, and shares plans for a local bookstore featuring his yogurt business Yum Yeah.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I said are there any limits they said no am i allowed to use the restroom they said yes and i said well then i am going to be here for a long time”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Did you know when you're an adult 93% of your life is straightening and cleaning and then the rest is taking care of keeping the children alive and keeping your job”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I was there all i could eat I was living up to exactly what they wanted me to do and i was also sadly leaving my responsibilities behind”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #restaurants #food #responsibility #friendship #businessventures #comedy #adulting #absence

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Producer

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: so a lot of people have been saying to me natty bumper car um what is going on where have you been the bumper pod this is the longest you've ever gone without doing a bumper podcast like your entire life up to when you started the bumper podcast and then the bumper podcast and then now this but even before because when you were a baby you recorded some episodes and those got lost obviously uh so this is now officially the longest time in my entire life that i have gone without recording an episode of the bumper podcast and i'm going to be honest to you bumper podcast i was at lunch and it was a very long lunch it was an all-you-can-eat buffet and i said you just wait and see what i'm gonna do you just wait and see what i'm gonna do to this all-you-can-eat buffet i said are there any limits they said no am i allowed to use the restroom they said yes and i said well then i am going to be here for a long time and they said okay well we do close at uh you know nine o'clock and i said you know my friend no you do not because all you can eat implies all you can eat forever and uh month and a half i was there eating just eating and eating and eating every hour of every day did i put on weight a little bit do i feel good about myself not really did i know everyone by name i did know the manager the owner the whole family they would come in and and and it was interesting because i was there for so long that they would initially they were confused and then they got kind of angry that i was still there still eating all the food and then we turned a corner and they started to cheer me on they were like go but i i had all i could eat so i moved on i came back to headquarters uh empty headquarters a big mess don't know where anyone is um door was unlocked and the the fridge was open which was disgusting because it was smelly messages and messages uh where are you hey help no one's we got bills to pay mortgages due you know uh problems there were a lot of problems is all i'm going to say so here i am recording an episode of the bumper podcast all by myself very full of food all kinds of food i went to there was a fruit station i started there a lot of the days uh and then if i didn't want that sometimes i'd go to the salad station maybe i'm gonna skip all of that and i'm gonna go to the pancake station oh no i'm making myself hungry again huh and there's no food here oh well they even had a cool corn station like an ear of corn and then you could get all kinds of stuff on it sweet or savory so one day i had had an ear of corn and they drizzled honey on it and it was very messy but it was very delicious one day i had an ear of corn just salt and pepper just plain just basic not even any butter i didn't need it the corn was sweet enough if i'm to be honest one day i went to the bread station and at that station it was great because at different points the day they had different things in the morning they had uh bagels they had croissant they had muffins they had uh just just everything you could imagine and then and later they would turn and would have rolls and little baguettes and uh even you could like they had like these little loaves of bread and little flour pots that you could take back to your table and it was delicious man i really miss this place this restaurant uh they're out of business now also by the way i should let you know that i feel horrible about it i'm pretty sure i don't have anything to do with it but i was there for a long time and at a point there were some health inspectors coming in and they were checking on me and i did hear some crying from the people and i was like oh my god i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry on the back room the office uh and i think i couldn't really make out what they said but it was something like he's he's putting us out of business he's killing our restaurant i don't know who they were talking about couldn't have been me because i was there all i could eat i was i was living up to exactly what they wanted me to do and i was also sadly leaving my responsibilities behind and forgetting to do the podcast forgetting to take popcorn the dog for a walk forgetting to hang out with my friend Aloysius J Pig forgetting to stay in touch with Rufus T Rufus that's okay they're gonna come back I'm sure of it now that I'm here the phone's been plugged in I can start reaching out to people checking in let's get the band back together let's get everybody back get over here you guys let's make some more wacky stuff did I tell you I uh while I was at the restaurant I was still able to do comedy uh just virtually of course and then my phone ran out and I had to stop but uh I could I could sit there and record myself as I was I was I was eating right and one day uh I was I was eating a uh a veggie burger as I was eating a veggie burger as I was eating a veggie burger as I was eating a veggie burger as I was telling jokes and it was it was a hoot um nah I'm just kidding I didn't do any comedy I did in my head I tried to do comedy for the people around me at the different tables and uh I was like hey table number seven over there looking good are you guys on a first date nice where did you meet oh that's a great place to meet hey Francois he was one of the waiters take care of table number seven because they're on their way to the restaurant their first date why don't you make some magic happen makes make a love connection and Francois he was always so funny because he was embarrassed by the whole thing and he uh he was just like no no no no and the couple was just like why is can we see a man why is this guy talking to us he looks like he hasn't showered or bathed in weeks he looks pretty rough and I will admit I did I was not my best that's okay because I was I was fulfilling to the letter of the law all I could eat and now back here guess we're gonna have a podcast again that's kind of fun I like doing the podcast I also see I mean I have to clean the house I don't like that I probably have to clean the yard it's a lot of cleaning I have to do a lot of straightening did you know when you're an adult and especially when you're an adult you have to do a lot of cleaning you have to do a lot of cleaning when you have kids 93% of your life is straightening and cleaning and then the rest is taking care of keeping the children alive and keeping your job that's a lot mathematically it does it doesn't work out because it's like there's like percentages and there's 20% 16% 80% yada yada yada I don't do math I eat I clean I straighten um popcorn the dog did come out I am now seeing her she looks angry at me she's looking what are you looking at me like that for I'm your I'm your pal Maddie bumper car I feed you my used to have you been eating I hope you have watch this I'm gonna pull I'm gonna reach into my bag here I actually uh in a napkin rolled up some rolls and uh rolled some rolls and some paper towels some napkins from the restaurant just in case I got uh peckish a little hunger on the way home you do you eat rolls popcorn you're not talking to me she won't even look at me treat I got a roll look at this roll oh nothing nothing all right that's fine sorry popcorn we'll figure it out I'll go get you some kibble dogs love kibble you're have you ever eaten kibble no I gotta look up what's kibble is it just the shape of the food is it this type of food is it just dogs that eat kibble I think cats eat kibble too but is there like hamster kibble fish kibble baby kibble I'm gonna start a business it's gonna be baby kibble speaking of starting businesses while I was in the restaurant you guys know about yum yeah right I make yogurt I'm the yum yeah king well I'm also working on opening a little tiny bookstore in my town that's right I wasn't just sitting there eating I was also thinking I was using my noodle and I was also eating noodles but listen it's gonna start off as a little free book stand and then at some point I'm going to figure out how to transition it into getting books in that we can sell local author books and then I'm gonna start a little free book stand and then at some point I'm gonna especially so then the authors are gonna come into the little bookstore and and and talk about their books and sign their books isn't that fun I think it's great and the free bookstore uh the shelf out front it's all you can read kind of like all you could eat but it's all you could read you get it um anyway so busy I'm a busy busy bumper car I'm working on getting uh the bumper barn set what's that it's a huge shed that's gonna be out in my yard that's gonna gonna gonna have all kinds of magic and mystery and fun the bumper barn when is it gonna be here 2020 that's all I could tell you fingers are crossed I don't know I had there were gentlemen who came and dug up my yard and made it flat and then I had to go to the town and I had to give them money and fill out papers it took me three tries to fill out the papers they were getting frustrated and I gave them money and they gave me a permit which means I'm allowed to do this so all I'm saying is now that I'm full of food I never need to eat again I'm gonna get popcorn food I'm gonna clean I'm gonna straighten and then we're gonna take over the world

    Producer: this has been a non-productive media presentation executive producer Frank Hablawi this program and many others like it on the non-productive network is distributed under a creative commons attribution non-commercial no derivatives license please share it but ask before trying to change it

    Natty Bumpercar: you

  • Bumperpodcast #313 – Shellfish Blues

    Bumperpodcast #313 – Shellfish Blues

    Here it is – the new podcast that everyone is talking about. The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! 

    Rufus is in the house with Doodle Poodle talking about litigation, and courtroom illustrations – when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, there are tears. We also get to rip the wrapping paper off of our new sponsor, and deliver an ad for an app called ‘Picniic’ on today’s episode of the Bumperpodcast!

    Picniic is a nifty organization app for families who have way too much going on. I started playing with it last week, and was immediately shocked at how many times I have triple-booked myself over the next two months. 

    To check it out, yourself, go to picniic.com/getstarted to set up your account and use promo code: PODPIC for 30 days of Picniic Premium free! (Repeat with emphasis on URL and promo code and SPELL P-I-C-N-I-I-C)

    Send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Don’t forget to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976.

     

    Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!!

     


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, Rufus T. Rufus and Doodle Poodle attempt to take over the studio for a courtroom drama special, but host Natty Bumpercar intervenes. What starts as a dispute over studio usage policies quickly devolves into an emotional confession when Rufus reveals he's having a terrible day. The lawyer puppet shares his unfortunate restaurant mishap involving confused weekdays, stuffed mushrooms, and a dangerous encounter with Tuesday's crab fritters that resulted in losing his beloved hat. Meanwhile, Doodle Poodle offers his artistic comfort, and the crew debates the merits of various shellfish before Aloysious J. Pig bursts in to reclaim his scheduled time slot.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I saw the T, and I saw the U. You know Thursday's got a U in it as well. And then the day. I saw T, and I saw U, and day. And, you know, they ain't got no stuffed mushrooms in the restaurant on Tuesday.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “Escargot, escar-no, that's been a high set. None of it. Just keep it away from me.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I sicked in my hat. My hat is now gone, and that is, in fact, why I am most sad.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    Topics: #restaurants #foodallergies #baddays #friendship #studiodrama #shellfish #hats

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

    Full Transcript

    Rufus T. Rufus: well well well this is rufus t rufus the residential uh uh lawyer here for the bumper podcast uh today we're going to be doing a little bit of litigation for some cases that have come to my attention here i will be the prosecutor i will be the defender i will be the judge i will also be the stenographer i will probably be drawing the pictures as well as the dog oh give it up it's me hi everybody it's me

    Doodle Poodle: i've been trying to decide what the best way to say my name is because sometimes when i say my name people look at me kind of funny but not funny in any kind of like ha ha ha way but more like funny in a what's this dog even talking about way and then i've been trying to decide what the best way to say my name is because sometimes when i say my I realize that they are looking at me funny because my name is Doodle Doodle and I'm not even making any drawings for them. So then I start to make some doodles and everything gets all better all the time.

    Natty Bumpercar: Right? Right. Right. Hey, guys. It is me, Natty Bumpercar, and I do not know what I've done. That's right. You're in the booth. I turned your microphone off. So you're just going to have to sit there for a second. Sorry, everybody. A little inside baseball there. This is Natty Bumpercar. It is my show, The Bumper Podcast. And evidently, Rufus T. Rufus, our lawyer, and Doodle Poodle snuck into the sound booth over there. And I don't know what they were about to do. Some sort of courtroom drama on The Bumper Podcast. But now that I'm here, I can kind of take charge and we can see, I think, what I'm going to do because I feel bad. Because they. They do have the studio blocked off right now. They are supposed to be here. But I was kind of listening in because I can do that from my office. And I didn't understand what they were doing. So I will let I will bring them back in. But then I will kind of mitigate whatever insanity happens. So in advance, I apologize. And hey, how you doing? I'm glad you're here. Thanks for being here. So without further ado, here is Rufus. Rufus T.

    Rufus T. Rufus: Yeah. Hi there. Thank you for cracking the microphone, Mr. Bumpercar. As you said, because we can hear what you're saying in there, as you can hear what we're saying in here, as well as what you say in there. We had the studio blocked off for this time. And I do not appreciate and I do believe that it breaks the terms of endearment that you have steadily stated for and placed upon the wording of the studio usage. And the policy is. And we will not be broken if you do understand what I'm saying. My friend, my friend, my friend.

    Doodle Poodle: I agree with everything that he said. And I think that I didn't actually read the words. And I don't even know if I ever got them. What? And so to be honest. They were in your cubicle. The fact that I didn't get them. No. I think I mean that you're breaking the rules. No. On that one.

    Natty Bumpercar: They were in your cubicle.

    Doodle Poodle: Two. Put them in there. Right. Sir. I thought so. I thought so.

    Rufus T. Rufus: Well, now, what my friend here, Mr. Poodle, is saying is that you never. In fact, got his signatory on the piece of preparatory. And so, in fact, you are broken all the rules from left to right, from front to center, Mr. Bumper Cop. So, if you interrupt us again, my friend. I'm not interrupting. I'm going to have to. It's my studio. Negate. Oh, really? You understand what I'm saying, sir? Yeah. I am going to have to take this junket to the junket.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay? I think you were trying to say you were trying to take this. You're going to take this junket to the trunk. Which doesn't even make sense. And the fact that I am now able to kind of figure out what you're trying to say kind of makes me terrified because I don't want to be able to speak Rufus. And now, a quick word from one of our sponsors. I'm so busy. But luckily, I discovered Picnic. It is an organizational app for my family. I can enter events into a shared calendar. We have to-do lists, shopping lists, and even recipes. So, you should totally go do it. Go get organized. Go to Picnic. Go to Picnic. Go to Picnic. Go to Picnic.com slash Get Started to set up your account and use promo code PODPIC for 30 days of Picnic Premium for free. That's Picnic. P-I-C-N-I-I-C dot com slash Get Started and promo code PODPIC. So, go and get organized today. We now return you to whatever in the world it was that you were listening to just before the commercial here on the Bumper Podcast. Good luck. You're probably going to need it.

    Rufus T. Rufus: I'm sorry. No, that's not a slander. That's a slander. That's a slight. That is abruptly inappropriate. And I, sir, do declare that my time here is done. I will be leaving and I do not know if I will be coming back. If you run into any issues revolving around the law, then I do so hope that you have coverage from some other lackey or whatever you desire. Because I, sir, will not. Don't do that. I will take this punishment from you. There's no punishment. I've had a rough day as it is. Are you? And I don't. Hold on a second. Are you okay? Hold on a second. I'm getting emotional. Is he crying? Yeah, he's crying. Oh, no. Rufus, I'm just going to turn your microphone off. Yeah, I'm going to turn it off. You turn that microphone off.

    Natty Bumpercar: Sir, just hold on. I'm pushing the button.

    Doodle Poodle: This is making me very, as a poodle who is normally very in touch with his emotions. Yeah. Very open to, you know, making sure that I express what I'm feeling. I don't really like being stuck in this room.

    Natty Bumpercar: No, okay.

    Doodle Poodle: This classroom with a microphone and this poor, sad man. I'm not a sad man.

    Natty Bumpercar: But you're like me. Rufus, you're back on the air. I'm sorry.

    Doodle Poodle: Because usually when I make drawings, it makes people smile.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, that's nice. That's a good.

    Rufus T. Rufus: I don't know if that's what's going to make me happy or not. Listen, here's what happened.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah, Rufus, can you just talk? I mean, I guess since we're here and we have the microphones and everything set up and we're this far in, I feel like you should just talk to us and, you know, let us know what's going on and we'll see if we can make it better. Okay. Does that make sense?

    Rufus T. Rufus: Yeah, that's a good idea. Now, here's what happened to me today.

    Doodle Poodle: Oh, are you going to tell us now?

    Rufus T. Rufus: You just hushed, puppy. Now, here's… Rufus, I was at my favorite Wolverine Hole slash restaurant food emporium extravaganza. I'm about to eat my favorite food. Now, I had gone there specifically because I wanted some stuffed mushrooms. You understand? It's what I always eat on Thursday.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, on Thursday? But it's not… Oh. Oh.

    Rufus T. Rufus: Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. It is not even Thursday in the least. It is Tuesday. I had looked at the calendar, and the calendar had said there was a T. I saw the T, and I saw the U. You know Thursday's got a U in it as well. And then the day. At the end, I saw T, and I saw U, and I saw day. And, you know, they ain't got no stuffed mushrooms. in the restaurant in Foodiborium on Tuesday. That is Crab Fritter Day. And, sir, I have to tell you, I am highly allergic to crab fritters.

    Doodle Poodle: I really, I love crab fritters. That's why I'm always there on Tuesday. They say, Tuesday crab fritters, toodle-poodles, food for days. It's like…

    Natty Bumpercar: You've never gone to a restaurant toodle-poodle. They don't let dogs in restaurants, first off. But second off, I am with you on the crab fritters. I do not like them. I'm not allergic to them, but I just, I don't like shellfish. But that's not true, because I do like shrimp. But here's the weird thing with shrimp. I do not, I like shrimp scampi. Like, it's over here by itself. You put that in pasta, you yuck. I like steamed shrimp with, like, some Old Bay. That's delicious. Or I guess that's boiled shrimp. I like shrimp on the barbie. Fan, I'm a big fan. Shrimp by themselves, yes. But you get a scallop near me, you get a lobster near me, you get a crab near me, you get any of that stuff. Escargot, escar-no, that's been a high set. None of it. Just keep it away from me. And even shrimp, I'm weird on.

    Rufus T. Rufus: So, as you were, keep talking. Okay, yeah, I'm gonna keep on going, as this was my story, and I'm not as sad as I used to be, because you kept talking. And now I feel like my emotional stake in the ground has been lucked out, and I don't have as much to talk about. It's just fine. So, I do not like this Tuesday meal. I'm allergic to it. I will go to the hospital. In fact, just being in the restaurant, the air, it was in the air. I thought I'd get a little sick. I have to tell you, sir, I sicked in my hat. My hat is now gone, and that is, in fact, why I am most sad. I did not get my stuffed mushrooms, and I lost my hat.

    Doodle Poodle: See, your hat is gone.

    Rufus T. Rufus: When you ask me why I'm having a rough day, that's why I'm having a rough day. We should draw you a new hat.

    Doodle Poodle: I'm going to draw a picture of you with your hat on.

    Aloysious J. Pig: It's going to be a great doodle. Guys, guys, guys, guys. I'm so sorry. It's me, Pig. I'm always just J. Pig. And I'm noticing on the schedule that your time is officially up, because I'm about to do my podcast, which is supposed to be called the Pigpen Podcast, but it's a kid's show. But it ain't happening right yet, because we've got to think of a new name. So, you guys skadoot. Sorry. Thanks for bringing it to the top. Sorry, everybody. It's Mike Darn, Aloysius J. Pig. Have a better day. Anybody got a good name for a pig's podcast? Send it in to Bumpercar.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah. Do that for me, okay? Please. What about Rude Pig, huh? That's not a good name for a podcast. Have a great day, guys, everybody.

  • Bumperpodcast #281 – History

    Bumperpodcast #281 – History

    Bumpercar and Pig talk about how the past can define you, if you let it. They also wish everyone a Happy New Year – and bring some songs and cheer!

    Did you like porridge? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! 


    About This Episode

    In episode 281 of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar starts the new year exhausted from the busy December holiday season. Aloysious J. Pig calls him out for complaining and shares his own philosophy about managing how others perceive you. The conversation takes an unexpected turn as Pig reveals his struggles with being labeled as messy at his favorite slop restaurant, leading to an insightful discussion about reputation, identity, and how past behaviors define us. The episode features a hilarious revelation about someone from their past named Porridge Pete who now runs the very slop restaurant Pig frequents. Natty and Pig decide to hit the mall together, with plans to revisit Natty's old "green pants" identity and grab some food at Pete's restaurant.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You're not stuck to that narrative. You control your own narrative, right? So what you do is you got to go back in, you got to flip the script.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “I wore green pants four times in my life, and you happen to be there for it, and so now I'm bumper green pants to you. Completely ignore the last 20 years of my life.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Porridge Pete actually held on to what he was doing when he was growing up, whereas you, bumper green pants, ain't never wear no green pants no more because you don't want to be known about the green pants.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    Topics: #identity #friendship #reputation #newyear #restaurants #nostalgia #self-improvement #socialperception

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh bumper podcast i am so tired i tell you what i am limping into this new year this year i am spent i am done with i am over it's so december is such a busy month i know it's a fun month you got a lot going on you got a lot you're doing a lot of stuff for people you're helping out you're doing this you're doing that you're over here you're over there you're moving you're shaking you're going to parties you're shaking hands you're kissing babies you're doing whatever you got to do but man it is unstoppable unflappable unrelenting is what it is uh but we made it i think you know it's a few days i guess to go maybe a day or two

    Aloysious J. Pig: but i'm i'm happy to uh hey hey bubs what's going on big hey buddy what are you doing i'm just hanging out what are you just complaining again a little bit a little going on with you i ain't nothing what are you always so upset about you always so Oh, I'm so tired. Oh, blah, blah, blah. Oh, I'm so popular. I got to go all the parties. Oh, I got to go shake hands and kiss babies. Come on, bro. Just be happy that, you know, people want you to come hang out and want to see you and stuff. That's a good thing.

    Natty Bumpercar: It's a good thing to be like you, bumper car. It's a good thing to do all the things that you, you know. I don't know the words to the song. I just made it up. Yeah, you just made it up. Okay, that's fine. I agree with you, pig. I am happy. I'm so happy. I have a great life. I'm thrilled. But I do, I get sleepy, sleepy tired. And here's what happens. I get super excited about this, that, and this, and that, and those, and this, and this, and that. And then I spread myself too thin, and then I get wah, wah, wah. And that's, you know, that's a good problem to have, that I'm so busy that I'm getting worn out. So if it sounds like I'm complaining. Which I'm sure it did sound like I was complaining because I was kind of. You were definitely complaining a little bit. Yes. That's what you do. I was kind of complaining. That's fine. Then I'm sorry. No. I apologize. That's a thank you. I shouldn't be complaining. I'm living the dream. I'm living the life. The dream, buddy. And I'm happy as a clam. I hope you're good. I'm so good. You never tell me about yourself, guys. You don't ask. And girls, and people, and whatnot. How are you doing? For a second, I thought. You're not answering. Oh, I thought you were talking to me, but then I realized, oh, you're talking to the bumper cop, papa. Buccateers. Yeah, that thing. Yeah. But it's fun. You can ask me how I'm doing, too. Pig, how are you? Oh, thank you. Yeah, of course.

    Aloysious J. Pig: I actually am doing, you know.

    Natty Bumpercar: You just kind of trailed off like you don't know what I'm doing. No, it's because I get self-conscious. Here's my thing. You like to complain a lot. That's like your thing. What I like to do is I like to keep things close to the vest. I like to keep the cards to the table. I like to keep everything that's going on internally, internal, if you know what I'm saying. And why is that? Because I get nervous. You know, I don't want people to, I had this problem with my friends, right, where I used to complain a lot, and then they just, they would take me there. They'd be like, oh, here comes the pig. He's going to complain. And then they put me over on that shelf, and I never got out of it, which is kind of sad because I want my friends to be like, oh, no, here comes the pig. Watch out, guys. It sounds like a party's about to start. It sounds like a party's about to start up in here. It sounds like a party's about to start up in here. Party up in here. We're pig. Party up in here. Well, but I think once you muddy those waters, it gets, people are like, oh, that's a dude who complains a lot, you know? And even if it ain't your fault, even if you're going through stuff and you're like, oh, you guys are my friends. I'm going to talk to you about this stuff. Then sometimes, sometimes that's just what happens. You end up dumping a lot of negative stuff on your friends, and then they're like, oh, well, here comes Mr. Negative Pig, and then womp, womp, there you go. It's a weird thing. Friendships are weird. I'm not going to lie to you. Not even friendship, but relationships in the whole wide world. For instance, I got this one place I go to for slop, right? The best slop in the whole town, the whole city, the whole state, maybe the whole coast. And I was going there for a while, and then the people started to recognize me, and a couple of times. A couple of times. I was down and out. I made a mess on the table, and all of a sudden, they're not as nice to me, because they're like, oh, here comes that messy pig. And I'm like, bro, I'm a pig. That's what I do. You run a slop restaurant, guess what's going to happen? It's going to get a bit messy, you know? So it's totally cool, though, man, because what you do, you're not stuck to that narrative. You control your own narrative, right? So what you do is you got to go back in, you got to flip the script. You got to rewrite it a little bit. So now when I go into that restaurant, I go in with cleaner, and I actually clean my table like all serious business. Like, I got to make it sparkle, and I got to make it shine. So, you know, here's the thing. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. You do you. But you got to understand how you act and how the wow reacts to you. Yeah, okay. It's all intertwined. It's all connected. Pig. You understand? Yeah, I do. But that was really insightful and really deep. And I feel like even though you said you want to keep internal things internal, I feel like maybe you just opened up a little bit. Like, maybe you just told us a little bit about the inner workings of pig, which is pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself. And I totally agree with you, too. It's the type of thing where if you go back to your hometown on the holidays or whatever, and people, you know, you haven't been there in 10 years or whatever, but you're seeing people from high school or college or wherever, you know, from a long time ago, and they see you, and they're like, hey, what's up, bumper car green pants, because you wore green pants 20 years ago for four days or something like that, and then that's who you are to them. They're like, yeah, what's up, you remember, man, you used to wear green pants all the time. Oh, bro, your green pants. And you're like, cool. I wore green pants four times in my life, and you happen to be there for it, and so now I'm bumper green pants to you. No, that's great. Completely ignore the last 20 years of my life. That's fine. That makes a lot of sense. Let's just scoot it on back to where I wore green pants a couple of times. And it's weird, because that's the stuff that defines who you are, and it's kind of in your history and in your lineage, and it might have directed, like, maybe I don't wear green pants anymore because I wore it four times, and I got the nickname Natty Green Pants, so maybe, you know, that stuff is definitely important because it happened, but, you know, again, just kind of take that guy to the side and be like, that's hilarious. What's up, porridge Pete, or whatever, you know, because he ate porridge when he was in pre-K, and, you know, but then you're doing the same thing to him, so don't do that. Let's see. Let's think this through. Let's think this through. Let's, uh… What?

    Aloysious J. Pig: You went to school with Porridge Pete? Bro, he used to make the best porridge I ever had in my whole life.

    Natty Bumpercar: As a matter of fact, and this is a weird connection that you just did to what I just did, but Porridge Pete grew up to open a restaurant that sells slop. That's the restaurant that I was talking about just a minute ago. What? Mind blown. Totally blown. Porridge Pete married this girl named Sally. Right? And then Sally and Pete opened up a little bitty restaurant somewhere far away. It did so well that they franchised that out. Boom, bam, boom. Right? They got all this money, but that wasn't what his dream was. Porridge Pete opened up slop. It's called slop. And he makes all kinds of stuff, like porridge, like stew, like grits, like corn cob soup. Soup? Like, I'm talking, like, all this… All this stuff that's, you know, kind of sloppy meals, right? It's so weird. It's so crazy. So here's the thing. Porridge Pete actually held on to what he was doing when he was growing up, eating the porridge, making the porridge, whereas you, bumper green pants, ain't never wear no green pants no more because you don't want to be known about the green pants. It's weird. He let his history define him. You ran away from your history. You know what I'm thinking, bro? Yeah, that makes sense. Here's the thing. What's the thing? What's the thing? Here's the thing. What's the thing? Tell me what the thing is. Tell me what the thing is. Also, it's really weird and cool that you know Porridge Pete. Yeah, I know. We're going to go… That's cool, too. We're going to go to the mall. We're going to go to the green pants store. We're going to use your gift card that Santa Claus brought to you, and we're going to buy you… Are you ready for it? Are you ready for this? Are you ready for it? Are you ready for this? A whole stick of green pants. 2017 bumper green pants is making his re-arrival upon the scene. He's going to make it crystal clean. He's going to show everybody what he means. He's bumper green pants. He's bumper green pants. Everybody look. It's Natty Green Pants. Go. Natty Green Pants. Natty, Natty Green Pants. Go. Natty Green Pants. Here he comes, y'all. I like the song a lot. I don't like the idea so much. I've got plenty of pants. I do have a gift card, which is kind of cool. We can go to the mall. I'm fine with that. Does Slop… Do they have any locations in mall food courts? Yeah, I think they definitely do. They do. They've got little kiosks. Really? Yeah, you can go. You can get it. No, it sounds interesting to me. All the food that they serve, it sounds pretty darn fascinating. No, it's not interesting or fascinating. I would love to try it if you're willing to go to the mall with me. You're going to buy for me? You're going to buy me some, huh? Of course I'm buying. Perfect. I'm always buying. You're always buying because I'm always selling. No, you're buying because you've got the money bags, all right? Money bags in your green pants and whatnot. All right, let me get my stuff together. Let me make myself pretty because if I'm going out in public, I've got to be like that pig. People are like, oh my God, is that that pig? And I'm like, yeah, of course it is. Hey, what's going on, bro? Like that. Yeah, yeah, no, okay. Okay, you finish this up and I'm going to get ready. I'm going to call Petey Porridge also and I'm going to… Porridge Petey? Porridge Petey, yeah. And we're going to see if he can hook us up. Okay. Okay. Bye, everybody. 2017. You know what I mean? It's me, Aloysius. Hugs and hearts. Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop. All right, good job. Thanks so much for hanging out, pig. You made me feel better. You actually made me feel a lot better about everything. And you know what? That's how I want to feel and that's how I want you to feel is better.

  • Bumperpodcast 117 – Draftsmans Disease

    Bumperpodcast 117 – Draftsmans Disease

    I don’t wear socks – because I’m notinto cruelty to sock animals … So – I constantly run the risk of catching Draftsmans Disease. You have been warned.

    I think that we sing a New Year’s song as well – maybe about Pig and Robot? I’m not entirely sure. Please tell us what the song was all about by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – and then we’ll all be on the same page.

    Wahoo!


    About This Episode

    In this New Year's Eve episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar kicks off 2024 with a rambling monologue about expired potatoes, restaurant policies regarding Aloysious J. Pig, and an impassioned rant against wearing socks. Natty introduces listeners to "draftsman's disease," a fictitious ailment caught from going sockless in drafty conditions. The episode features Natty's signature stream-of-consciousness comedy as he declares his anti-sock stance, arguing that wearing socks breaks up sock families. This short New Year's special showcases the absurdist humor that Bumperpodcast fans have come to love, ending with both a warning and a holiday greeting.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You know how many socks had to be put down in order for your feet to be warm? Well at least two if you've got two feet.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “If you've only got one foot then only one sock had to be put down but you know what happens then is that there's one sock who's lonely so you're breaking up sock families.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “If you do you run the risk of catching draftsman's disease. Happy new year!”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #newyear #socks #restaurants #friendship #comedy #absurdisthumor #holiday

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: should old potatoes be store-bought or should we just eat out there's probably some cheese in the fridge so yeah we should probably eat out but if we go to the restaurant then they won't let pig in and we will have to find somewhere else because we're his best friends so robot should look it up what place we'll let pig in so and we will go on to that place and we'll order and dig in how about that how about that how about that happy new year happy new year happy new year this is the last podcast that you're gonna hear of this year probably unless i get crazy or not i'm not gonna get crazier because this is the last one you're gonna hear deal with it right i mean you don't want anymore you're busy too it's a crazy time of year i just sang you a little song about disease do you know what that is that's the disease you catch when there's a draft all the time and i don't wear socks you know why because i'm anti socks because what they ever do to me that i'm gonna do you know how many socks had to be put down in order for your feet to be warm well at least two if you've got two feet if you've only got one foot then only one sock had to be put down but you know what that happens what happens then is that there's one sock who's lonely so you know you're it's you're breaking up sock families is what i'm telling you so you have to walk around sockless i don't usually get on my high horse or on my uh my my my box what kind of box is it i don't usually get on the kind of box that people get on where they're telling you what to do but in this case my friends my bumper podcast pals i'm gonna tell you what to do you you have to go sockless but be warned because if you do you run the risk of catching draftsman's disease happy new year