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  • Bumperpodcast #373 – Count On Me

    Bumperpodcast #373 – Count On Me

    On today’s Bumperpodcast, Natty tries to sing a song, and then he and pig discuss habitats …

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

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    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar and Aloysius J. Pig discuss the concept of habitats after Pig reveals he's been taking four or five bubble baths a day. Their conversation about whether habitats apply only to animals or also to inanimate objects like cheese and socks gets hilariously derailed when Rufus T. Rufus bursts in to promote his new counting business, "Count On Me." The gang workshops Rufus's questionable theme song before eventually giving up on their original habitat debate. This lighthearted episode features the characters' trademark improvisational humor and tangential conversations that somehow circle back to environmental awareness.

    Memorable Quotes

    “The habitat for cheese is my belly. You do love cheese you do love cheese a lot huh.”

    — Aloysius J. Pig

    “You can count on me, but you can't count on yourself. That's terrible.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “We're polluting our waters. Why would we do that? That's the animal's habitat. Oh, wait a minute. Now we're getting a thing where the habitats are fighting each other.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #habitats #environment #animals #bathing #businessideas #counting #songwriting #nature

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hey Aloysius what what are you doing what you doing I'm not whatever you're doing I'm not doing you're singing a song you're singing why are you singing a song that's what we do now but it's not we just talk remember come on man no I'm not gonna because that's not how we operate sing your part I don't have a part fine okay to just talk to the people the way you normally talk to the people okay this hand clapping thing it's weird I don't it's not I mean it was a good beat thanks I'm not gonna lie to you I like it so anything new Aloysius anything you're up to any uh any anything at all nothing I can think of off the top of my head um you know I did I did walk around the uh the yard the other day and I saw um some flowers coming up oh that means spring is gonna happen yeah it means spring is gonna happen yeah I saw some bumblebees oh the sun was up in the sky I took a nap in the hammock haha hammock good one yeah like because you're a pig and it's like a hammock like hey what is what did the pig take a nap in it was a hammock I get it yeah I guess you get it yeah get it so uh that's what I've been up to you know a lot of sleeping a lot of napping uh a bath like four or five times a day bubble bath uh moisturize I don't want to get dry skin uh drinking a lot of water yeah it's good that's healthy you gotta drink you gotta hydrate you gotta stay hydrated you gotta you gotta drink a lot of water I like that you're taking a lot of baths um I was wondering though why our water bill was so high but now I know here's the thing pig if you um just you can just wash your your little hooves your hooves your hooves your hooves no they're hooves your hooves they are hooves come on look at them look at them look at these what are these what are these my hooves those are your hooves um I think maybe that I mean taking a bath once a day is great uh but maybe four times a day that's we're gonna use up all the bubbles uh and it's you know it's not great for the environment the fish needs somewhere to sleep and if you're taking all your baths then the fish aren't gonna have a home so that's that's not nice kind of like the people next to us we had a nice wooded lot and uh somebody came and where all the deer lived there were families and families of deer who would wave at us every morning on their way to work I remember one time the daddy deer he went out he was holding his a cup of deer coffee and he was buying he was picking up his deer newspaper he's he was still wearing his little deer robe and uh I was I was in the driveway and he looked over at me and he just kind of raised his little mug as if to say good morning good morning and then uh but then they took all the woods away and now the deer they've moved on to somewhere else they didn't even leave like a forwarding address so if we get their mail we can we don't even know where to send it so I don't what's the I don't understand the connection okay well yeah the point is I'm saying the deer had a habitat which is where animals live like habitat is is is what you would call an area where things live so for instance uh the habitat for rhinoceros might be uh in Africa right or the habitat for um I'm trying to think of a good example mosquitoes is Florida um the habitat for cheese is my belly ah you do love cheese you do love cheese a lot huh uh so that's like hay's habitat is in my because that's where hay lives right yeah I mean I yes yes yes uh no I think habitat is more for animals and not as much for things so like for instance my sock drawer is not the habitat for my socks I don't think but maybe we should find some sort of an expert that could uh could tell us all this stuff oh no well I say I say I say I heard that you was looking for an expert in something and anytime I hear the word expert I realize that I Rufus T. Rufus am being called to answer some sort of a question because I don't know if you know this but I am not just a lawyer but I am also a whiz at knowledge of things and I'm not just a lawyer but I am also a whiz at knowledge of things and I'm don't know if you wouldn't believe a buncha more easy things than this you know the first thing I do is I talk about you know STEEL and esta and stuff I know all sorts of things if you understand what I'm saying you know he's got a good point there Nattie uh Rufus he one time he I dropped a whole uh box of toothpicks and he looked down and he said 7 14 and I said what is that and he said that's how many toothpicks no are on the floor that's so it's a guess he guessed it doesn't mean okay but he's an expert like counter is what I'm saying he's good at counting no and count on him No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Listen, I… He's not an expert. Did you actually count the toothpicks when you picked them up, or did you just take his word for it? Because he's been known to fib every so often, or all the time. I regret that indubitably, because I never make stuff up. I may twist the truth from here to yonder, but I would never, ever make up a facsimile of the truth. And I do remember that day, Aloysius, that the toothpicks fell, and I counted them immediately on the floor, and I started up a new business on top of my law firm, and it's called Count On Me, because I can count things quickly. So if you have, let's say, a stack of nails, I can look at it, and I'll tell you how many nails you have. So if you have a job, and you know you need 173 nails, I can tell you if you've got 173 nails, or maybe you have 145 nails. That's not enough. You need 173. You can count on me. We have a theme song, too. Hold on one second. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. Because you can't count on yourself. But wait. No, you can't. That's terrible. But you can always count. Count on me. Okay. I'm trying to be nice. I'm thrilled that you have your own business, and it's a very specific business where you count things for people. And I'm amazed that people pay you for it. And I'm really impressed that you came up with a theme song, but I don't like in a theme song where you say you can't count on yourself. That doesn't seem very nice at all. I don't like how it… What that says. I think it's just, I think he was just trying to be catchy. Cause it's just like, you can count on me. You can count on, but you can't count on yourself. Yeah. I don't like it either. It's not nice. How about we could switch it up? Let's make that our exercise for today. Let's think of a better way to frame the argument. Not, not that it's an argument. We're not fighting or nothing. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. But you can't count on yourself. Count on yourself. I was going right back to the same thing. Yeah, see, you was going right back cause it's just a natural progression. You can count on me, but why do you need to count on me? Why can't you do it yourself? Maybe you're too busy. Ooh. Busy. Busy. That's it, that's it. Hold on one second. See, you can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. Because, or when. It's when you. Aren't too busy. So, you can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. When you get too busy, you can count on me. That sounds much nicer. You know what? I'm glad we workshopped this. I'm glad that we talked this through. I appreciate you guys. And if you ever need to count anything, you know what? You can count on me. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. See you later, Rufus. Thanks for stopping by. Head on out. We'll see you later. Okay. We'll count on you. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. See you later. That was exciting. He didn't answer. The more exciting part. He didn't answer the question. You like said something and he appeared to give you some sort of knowledge and then he just disappeared, which means he's just kind of gone, which means we don't have to put up with him, which is amazing. Okay. That was a win-win for everything. What were we talking about before he came in here? I don't even remember. I don't even remember. I don't even remember. I don't even know. I think it had something to do with socks, environment, habitats. We were talking about habitats. That's what we were talking about. We were trying to figure out if habitats are just for living things like bears or pigeons, I guess, or if they can be for other things. Like, because I said cheese and then I said socks and you said hay for your sty. So he came, but he was talking about something completely different. And we never got even to ask him a question, and he left. So you know what? I think that we're just going to have to do some research and figure that out ourselves. What is a habitat? Who does it mean? Like, who does it stand for? Does it stand for animate objects, which are like living things or inanimate objects, too, which are like non-living things? Like, for instance, is the habitat for garbage? The, the, the, the landfill? I don't know. I know one place that is definitely not the habitat for garbage. That's the ocean. That's a big problem. We're polluting our waters. Why would we do that? That's the animal's habitat. Oh, wait a minute. Now we're getting a thing where the habitats are fighting each other. The garbage habitat versus the animal habitat. My mind is officially blown. Yeah, I'm going to go take a nap. My head hurts. This is too much thinking. We normally don't think quite this much on the Bumper Podcast. By the way, Natty, tell everybody who's new here, the Bumper Podcast-cateers, to go subscribe and like and rate the podcast because we love doing it, but we love to hear your feedback. And we take all your words very seriously, probably. That's me, Aloysius J. Pig. If you get bored on Facebook. If you go to Facebook. If you go to the official Natty Bumper Car Facebook page, we're going to be doing videos for the time being every day, little 15-minute videos, just to ease your boredom a little bit because, you know, we are kind of stuck inside, and so that'll be a fun thing to do. Maybe we'll learn something. I doubt it. Thanks, Pig. But maybe. It'll be fun. I promise. Good night, everybody. Night, Pig. So, yeah, I'm Natty Bumper Car. I'm a comedian. We make a family-friendly, fun podcast, and we want you to listen to it. You guys who listen, you're the Bumper Podcast Cateers, and I love you. You're awesome. Stay safe. Keep your hands clean. Get a lot of sleep. Drink a lot of water. Only take one bath a day. Okay? Okay. Perfecto. See you on the other side.

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  • Bumperpodcast #356 – Birthday

    Bumperpodcast #356 – Birthday

    It’s Natty Bumpercar’s Birthday – and, he wants to celebrate it with you in the worst way – and, what is the worst way? It’s song – of course!! Ollie is here to help, and – so is a little mouse!!! Birthday!! Birthday!! Birthday!!!

    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, or to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976. We’re here and we’re listening!

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    About This Episode

    In this special birthday episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar celebrates his birthday with impromptu musical performances from the entire puppet cast. Aloysious J. Pig kicks things off with memories of baby Natty, followed by Rufus T. Rufus reluctantly singing despite claiming it wasn't in his contract. Doodle Poodle joins in with his signature doodling style, mentioning a mysterious gift left on Natty's pillow. The episode features heartwarming moments as Natty receives birthday wishes and hugs from Oliver, and closes with Natty's touching birthday wish: asking listeners to go out and be kind to others as his present.

    Memorable Quotes

    “Oh, I remember when you was a baby then, you would cry and colic all of the time. Your diapers smelled, and we all said, well, one day you'll grow up and be just fine.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “Well, this wasn't in my contract. I didn't know I was going to have to sing, but I don't mind if I do, because my voice has a special ring.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “I want everybody to go out into the world and be nice to somebody today. If you see somebody that needs somebody to be nice to them, be nice to them.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #birthday #celebration #music #singing #friendship #kindness #family

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

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: Hey everybody, it's me, Matty Pumpercar, and this is a super special day, and this is a super special episode, because you know what it is? It's a birthday episode, and you know whose birthday it is? It's my birthday, and I think the only way that we can do this, the only successful, awesome, cool way that we can do this, is probably through song. But don't worry, because if I do it in song, it won't take very long, because I'll forget a lot of words, and they won't always rhyme. Take it, pig.

    Aloysious J. Pig: Oh, I remember when you was a baby then, you would cry and colic all of the time. Your diapers. Smelled, and we all said, well, one day you'll grow up and be just fine.

    Rufus T. Rufus: Take it, Rufus. Well, this wasn't in my contract. I didn't know I was going to have to sing, but I don't mind if I do, because my voice has a special ring. And it's nice. It's Natty Bumpergar's birthday, and that is a special thing. Rufus, you didn't sound like yourself today. Yeah, I know, son. It's hard for me when I'm singing and everything. But Natty Bumpergar's birthday is the most wonderful. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

    Unknown: Oh, my God. I got a good one. Santaf哈哈哈 Excuse me, son.

    Rufus T. Rufus: I got some contracts I gotta go sign. Doodle poodle.

    Doodle Poodle: Did you have something you wanted to say Well, of course I do. Because I like to sing, and I like to draw, and I like to doodle all of the time, and I like to make sort of the funny thing is the drawings and such and whatnot, and all of the time. Waaah! And Nami, you know what? I think I made for you a special little gift. I really hope you like it. It's up on your pillow slip.

    Natty Bumpercar: What are you saying, Doodle Poodle? What special gift did you leave on my pillow? And what's a pillow slip? Is that a pillow cover?

    Doodle Poodle: Yeah, I don't know. I was just trying to rhyme something and I got a little confused. I'm not normally much of a singing dog at all. I'm more of a doodle dog and what not. Hey, Oliver, did you want to sing anything or are you just going to hang out and listen?

    Natty Bumpercar: I think he's just going to hang out and listen today. Are you having fun listening though? He gave me a thumbs up. So it's Natty Bumperguy's birthday. Thank you to Pig and everyone. We had Aloysius songs. Oh, wait, that's Pig. Huh, how much fun. And Doodle Poodle and Rufus. Is there anyone else in the house? No, that's strange because I have in my pocket here this tiny little mouse.

    Unknown: Me and Sammy are here. Ah, although they're not in a mood today to sing. Well, Chat didn't say much. They're not singing? They're not. They're laughing. I just want to say thank you hehe. But hey, hey, it's Rufus, you're a интерاج guy. Thank you to everyone in the house. It's Rufus tipo my name. And I'm part of his family. Thank you for your love and for listening.

    Natty Bumpercar: levant home, though my Christmas card didn't sound too good, we mean everything. There are still luck left in this house. Well, it's the only little house we have and why are you interested in? nice of you to sing a song about me i've never met you before thanks for singing to me thanks to everyone well i remember the day i was born a hundred and so years ago and all of the puppets and all of the animals they all came out and said whoa look at that natty bumper car n a double t b-u-m-p-e-r-c-a-r it's natty bumper car n-a-t-t-y-b-u-m-p-e-r-c-a-r it's natty bumper exactly did you want to say anything what's a good thing to say to somebody on their birthday happy birthday that's a sweet thing to say what's another nice thing to say to someone on the birthday you know what i'll say to you i love you and you're awesome oh i got such a sweet hug from my ollie bean my ollie bear my ollie boo-boo cakes but listen bumper podcast just because it's my birthday here's what i want for my present from you i want everybody to go out into the world and i want everybody to be nice to somebody today maybe even multiple somebodies, especially somebodies that you don't even know. If you see somebody that needs somebody to be nice to them, be nice to them. If you see somebody that doesn't need somebody to be nice to them, be nice to them. Somebody needs help, help them, all right? Because that's how we make the world a slightly better place, even by just a little bit, even by just like one little iota, one little ounce, one little smidge, and that is what I want for my birthday. Is that a good present? You think you can get that for me for my birthday? You don't know? I think you can, because you're pretty awesome. You know who else is awesome, Bumper Podcast Coutures? You are!

    Rufus T. Rufus: Bump, bump, bump, bump, birthday. It's your birthday, and I want to celebrate it in the worst way, because you're older, and you are bolder, and it's your birthday, birthday, birthday, birthday, birthday, birthday, birthday, yeah, it's your birthday,

    Natty Bumpercar: and I want to celebrate it. And I'm going to celebrate it in the worst way. Yeah, we made up this fun little song for you. And we're going to sing it all day long. All day!

    Unknown: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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  • Bumperpodcast #288 – Dinos & Animals

    Bumperpodcast #288 – Dinos & Animals

    Today, we have one of our favorite guests on the show to talk about dinosaurs, and animals. It’s more fun than it should be on today’s Bumperpodcast!

    Do you listen? 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 this heartwarming episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar is joined by a special guest, Oliver, who's home sick from school with wobbly legs and a cough. The two dive into an adorable discussion about dinosaurs, covering sauropods, theropods, and omnivores while trying to remember which creatures eat what. They also chat about Oliver's recent dentist visit where he learned he has forty teeth, and transition into talking about meat-eating and plant-eating animals from lions to giraffes. The episode concludes with Oliver performing an impromptu song about all his favorite things, from dinosaurs to family members, making this a sweet and silly departure from the show's usual puppet-driven format.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I didn't know I had a million teeth! Oh, he said ten teeth on the hair and ten teeth on here.”

    — Oliver

    “Don't spit on my microphone with your little sick spit, and don't touch your mouth with your sick germs. Keep your germs away from me! Daddy's got shows this weekend!”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “That means I'm an omnivore. Yeah, because I eat anything.”

    — Oliver

    Topics: #dinosaurs #animals #family #children #education #beingsick #dentist

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh hey Bumper Podcast, it's me Natty Bumper Car and today I've got a little friend. Who is it?

    Unknown: Oliver.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oliver, why are you here? What's going on?

    Unknown: I don't know.

    Natty Bumpercar: Why are you at home today?

    Unknown: Because I don't have school.

    Natty Bumpercar: But I think you do have school. I don't have school because my head will hurt. Your head was hurting? Yeah. And what happened when you were going down the stairs? What happened to your legs?

    Unknown: They were wobbly.

    Natty Bumpercar: You had wobbly legs? Oh no! That's the saddest thing I've ever heard. Do you feel better now?

    Unknown: Yeah!

    Natty Bumpercar: That makes me happy. You slept a lot today. Uh oh. You have a big cough too, right?

    Unknown: I know.

    Natty Bumpercar: Why do you keep coughing? All the time.

    Unknown: I don't know.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, do you think you keep coughing because you're a frog?

    Unknown: Wah!

    Natty Bumpercar: Because if you're a frog, I need to know right now, my friend. Wah! Okay, you're not a frog. Hey Ollie, so when you were sleeping today, did you have any dreams or anything? Yeah! What did you dream about? I don't know! Secret dreams? No! You don't have to yell. You don't have to yell because people can hear you. Were they… Silly dreams, or funny dreams, or scary dreams?

    Unknown: They're not scary dreams.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah.

    Unknown: I'm scared of scary dreams!

    Natty Bumpercar: You're scared of scary dreams? Okay, I didn't know that. Let's stop touching everything, all right? Let's put our hands on our knees. That's good. We can hear you breathing. Breathing and coughing. That's going to be the name of this podcast. Breathing and coughing. And breathing and coughing. Breathing and coughing. Breathing and coughing. Ah. Um, so Ollie, what did you do this week that was fun? Did you go somewhere and lay down on a chair and they… I did…

    Unknown: Wait a minute.

    Natty Bumpercar: Wait a minute. Where did you go this week?

    Unknown: Uh, nowhere!

    Natty Bumpercar: Your brother was there too? He was in a different room?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Where'd you go?

    Unknown: We don't know. I don't know.

    Natty Bumpercar: And then afterwards they gave you a prize?

    Unknown: What is that?

    Natty Bumpercar: You're like a goldfish. You have no memory. This was…

    Unknown: Is that the dentist?

    Natty Bumpercar: That's it. You went to the dentist. Was it fun?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: What did you do there? Did they look at your teeth? Did they count your teeth? Yeah. How many teeth did you have?

    Unknown: A million? Oh, he said ten teeth on the hair and ten teeth on here.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, so you had ten teeth on that side. So you had twenty teeth? Ten. But ten on this side on the bottom. Ten on this side on the bottom. Ten on this side on the top. Ten on the bottom. 10 on the top, 10 on that side on the top, so that's 10, 20, 30, 40!

    Unknown: Oh, yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yep, yep.

    Unknown: I didn't know.

    Natty Bumpercar: And did they ask you any questions, like how many times did you brush your teeth?

    Unknown: Yep.

    Natty Bumpercar: And what did you say? Uh… You said twice, I think you said. But you don't. You actually only brush them once. Dirty little secret. But we need to start brushing them twice, right? Don't spit on my microphone with your little sick spit, and don't touch your mouth with your sick germs. Keep your germs away from me! Daddy's got shows this weekend! Bum, bum, bum. Hey, what is your, um, you want to talk about dinosaurs?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Dinosaurs or animals, what do you think is a better thing to talk about?

    Unknown: Dinosaurs.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, of course.

    Unknown: I don't know what all the dinosaurs are. Let's do them.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay. Uh, what is a sauropod?

    Unknown: Uh, stegosaurus?

    Natty Bumpercar: Stegosaurus is, isn't a sauropod the one that, that are on two feet? Yeah. Didn't we figure that out? Oh, T-Rex! T-Rex is, is a sauropod.

    Unknown: And Spinosaurus!

    Natty Bumpercar: Spinosaurus is a, I hope we're doing this right. I think a Spinosaurus, if, if, if two feet is a sauropod, then Spinosaurus. Spinosaurus is a sauropod. Yeah, he walks on two legs.

    Unknown: What about, uh, what's another one?

    Natty Bumpercar: Dimetrodon eats meat because he walks on four legs. Wait, Dimetrodon?

    Unknown: Yeah. Does he eat meat? Yeah, because he walks on four legs. But if he walks on four legs, isn't he a theropod and doesn't he not eat meat?

    Natty Bumpercar: I thought most theropods were plant eaters. Some theropods eat meat.

    Unknown: Oh. So if they eat meat, what kind of, what are they?

    Natty Bumpercar: Uh, are they omnivores? They're omnivores. They're omnivores. They're omnivores. Okay, so what kind of omnivores are they? They're omnivores. They're omnivores.

    Unknown: They're omnivores. They're omnivores. Are they? A troodon is an omnivore.

    Natty Bumpercar: A troodon is? Yeah. He's also the smartest dinosaur. Right? Yep.

    Unknown: That's what the book said. Do we read a lot of books about dinosaurs?

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah.

    Unknown: Uh, what are the kind that fly? I can't think of that. Uh.

    Natty Bumpercar: Uh. Uh. Uh. Uh.

    Unknown: Uh.

    Natty Bumpercar: Uh. Uh. Uh. Uh. Uh.

    Unknown: Uh.

    Natty Bumpercar: Uh. Uh. Uh. Uh. Uh.

    Unknown: Paracelophilus. Paracelophilus?

    Natty Bumpercar: Paracelophilus? Yeah. Is he a… Yeah, he's a plant eater. What is a distinguishing feature of a Paracelophilus? Like, what is something different about him? It's on his head.

    Unknown: He has a crest.

    Natty Bumpercar: He has a crest or does he have a horn?

    Unknown: Crest.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, he has a crest. Okay. And I thought, but isn't he the one who can make noises with the thing on his head?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay. Are there any… So let's say you talk about meat eaters. We talked about… Plant eaters. Are there any other kinds of dinosaurs? Yeah. What kind?

    Unknown: Swimming creatures.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, swimming creatures.

    Unknown: I know what it is. A plesiosaurs.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, I like plesiosaurs. What do the swimming creatures eat?

    Unknown: Fish.

    Natty Bumpercar: They eat fish? Okay. You know, I don't like fish.

    Unknown: A dinosuchus?

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, wait. What is a dinosuchus? You saw that on your show.

    Unknown: It's a crocodile. It's a big, big crocodile.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, it is? It sounds kind of scary.

    Unknown: Fish sticks or fish?

    Natty Bumpercar: Fish sticks or fish. Yeah. So a dinosuchus… I like to eat it. You like… You love fish sticks, don't you? Maybe for dinner we'll have some fish sticks.

    Unknown: Whether it be… Not chicken ones. I don't like the chicken ones.

    Natty Bumpercar: You don't like the chicken sticks? You like fish sticks?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: That's good to know. So does that mean you're a sea dinosaur? A water dinosaur?

    Unknown: I eat chicken nuggets or meat. And broccoli. Broccoli and peas?

    Natty Bumpercar: Broccoli and peas are your favorite vegetables.

    Unknown: Plants. Okay. That means I'm an omnivore.

    Natty Bumpercar: You're an omnivore?

    Unknown: Yeah, because I eat anything.

    Natty Bumpercar: You know what else is an omnivore? What? A wolf.

    Unknown: Why?

    Natty Bumpercar: Because they eat anything they can get their hands on. I think wolves are. And bears are, too. Right?

    Unknown: They both eat meat.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah, but they eat meat, but they'll eat… Bears will eat berries and stuff, too. And I think maybe roots and whatnot. Fish! They'll eat fish. I think they'll eat fish. They love salmon. They'll catch salmon right out of the river.

    Unknown: And we like some… I don't know.

    Natty Bumpercar: But do you think…

    Unknown: Let's talk about animals now.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, you want to talk about animals now? You're really driving the show. This is great.

    Unknown: Let's talk about meat eaters.

    Natty Bumpercar: Okay, we're back to meat eaters.

    Unknown: Lions!

    Natty Bumpercar: Lions are meat eaters. What about hyenas?

    Unknown: Yep.

    Natty Bumpercar: What about… Is a zebra a meat eater?

    Unknown: No. No, it's a plant eater.

    Natty Bumpercar: It's a plant eater.

    Unknown: And a tiger.

    Natty Bumpercar: Tiger is a meat eater. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What about an eagle?

    Unknown: Fish eater.

    Natty Bumpercar: Fish eater. Womp, womp.

    Unknown: That's all the meat eaters.

    Natty Bumpercar: That's all of them? There's got to be more than that.

    Unknown: I think there's one that I know.

    Natty Bumpercar: What about Irving Brownsox? Is he a meat eater?

    Unknown: He's a dog eater.

    Natty Bumpercar: Ew! He's not a… He is a dog. He's not a dog eater. Come on.

    Unknown: Socks is our pet.

    Natty Bumpercar: Socks is our pet. You're right. You're so right. How could I ever forget that? Oh my goodness.

    Unknown: Now let's talk about plant eaters.

    Natty Bumpercar: Plant eaters. Where my plant eaters at? Whoop, whoop, whoop. What's a plant eater?

    Unknown: A zebra.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, and what about a giraffe?

    Unknown: Yeah!

    Natty Bumpercar: Did you know that giraffe's necks are so long?

    Unknown: Yeah. With the blackish horses.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, you're very right. We're bringing it back around to dinosaurs. You're really good at this, Oliver. I had no idea. You're better at it than I am. Normally I just get on here and say a lot of junk for ten minutes. Do you think we should go pretty soon?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, we've got to go. Where are we going to go? What do we got to do? We got some errands? We got to go pick up some garbage?

    Unknown: No.

    Natty Bumpercar: What are we going to go pick up?

    Unknown: Emerson.

    Natty Bumpercar: Oh, no. Oh, we got to go pick Emerson up. That's right. Because he went to school today. You've been out of school. You were out of school yesterday. You're out of school today. You're probably, I don't even know. We're going to see about tomorrow. Because you are not getting much better. But you say you're feeling better. You just had that little fever yesterday.

    Unknown: Now can we go back upstairs, please?

    Natty Bumpercar: Before we go upstairs, can you sing me a quick song?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Well, let's hold on. Let's think about it. Do you want to hear a song?

    Unknown: Yeah. It was all my favorite.

    Natty Bumpercar: Yeah, do that one. One, two, three, go.

    Unknown: It was all my favorite. It was all my favorite. It's all the dinosaurs. It's all the farm animals. It's all the jellyfish. It's all the fishies. It's all the whales. It's all the polar bears. It's all the… Oh. Oh.

    Natty Bumpercar: Mommy and Daddy.

    Unknown: It's both an hours. It's Mommy and Daddy and Saxton.

    Natty Bumpercar: And Emerson.

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: And Gigi and Pop-Pop?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: And Keegan and Kam?

    Unknown: Yeah.

    Natty Bumpercar: Hooray. I love you, buddy.

    Unknown: Okay. Let's go.

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  • Bumperpodcast #280 – Christmas Kid Excitement

    Bumperpodcast #280 – Christmas Kid Excitement

    The kids are excited to join the Bumperpodcast to talk about Christmas. Until they aren’t! Then Bumpercar takes over to round out the cheer!

    Did you have any cheer left? 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 this festive episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar sits down with two special young guests, Emerson and Oliver, to discuss all things Christmas. The energetic duo shares stories about their household elf named Elfie the Snow Monster, decorating their Christmas tree, and even performs an enthusiastic rendition of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." The conversation takes hilarious turns as the kids reveal what they want from Santa (a toy car and a toy dinosaur) and Natty reflects on the exhausting yet wonderful chaos of the holiday season. Between managing excited children, pondering why Santa always loses his toy sack in every Christmas special, and joking about a fictional sponsor called "Sack Finder," Natty delivers a charming and chaotic holiday episode that captures the true spirit of Christmas at Bumperpodcast headquarters.

    Memorable Quotes

    “This is the worst podcast ever… oh no you sound like my reviews on iTunes.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Never work with children or animals. Except do, because it's nice.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “Every cartoon where Christmas is in danger of not happening, it's all because Santa has misplaced his sack.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #christmas #children #santaclaus #family #holidays #rudolph #elfontheshelf #singing

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh hi everybody it's me natty bumper car and i am sitting here with two of my favorite people in the whole entire world what is your name emerson and what is your name and what are we here to talk about today christmas we're here to talk about christmas that's right here you can listen into that one um so are we excited about christmas yeah do you guys think you're gonna get any presents for christmas yeah um has we had an elf in our house for like 25 days yeah what's

    Unknown: the elf's name oh um elfie the snow monster elfie the snow monster that's so scary yes you can put

    Natty Bumpercar: the headphones on okay guys now we're flying blind i don't have any uh way to monitor the sound i apologize so what has been your favorite part of the christmas season so far that's the only one snowy it's only snowed one little time though i know holly don't worry about the headphones all you're hearing is the same thing you're hearing out here the headphones are not exciting trust me yeah um they like to focus on the headphones sometimes when we should be focusing on christmas yeah let's focus on should we should we go get a tree today no we already have a tree we already have a tree in our house yes our elf is on it and oliver did you decorate the tree yeah what'd you put on it he broke some stuff uh-oh dun dun dun what he was kind of naughty oliver were you naughty this year yes ollie tell me tell me ollie how are you naughty because you're not naughty because you

    Unknown: were doing bad stuff mo mo mo emerson were you a little bit naughty too yeah did you have to go

    Natty Bumpercar: see the principal last week stop it let's stop last week but ollie i need you i need you to go

    Unknown: in out your Aw Roxo because he broke his stuff we're gonna have to give you a bad story oh how you are you gonna laugh all right when i'm in Algiers how thoughts do you have about it tag us on clapping your hand shows me a tie WEL Gateway that's the used car box in our home we're gonna saw try do something

    Natty Bumpercar: and you can dial I don't know why we're a little dizzy I care about irgendwie I think you're going to care over that

    Unknown: you for the big uh for the big you want to play you don't want to record we're gonna record some

    Natty Bumpercar: fun songs this is the worst podcast ever ollie this is the worst podcast ever but it was supposed to be oh no you sound like my reviews on itunes no this is supposed to be the best podcast ever hold on ollie stop yelling ollie i heard you had a special guest at your school did somebody come to your school one day who came to your school everybody came but didn't you have a special guest at your christmas party who came to your christmas party you know if you just nod they're not going to hear you something you don't remember who came didn't he have a red suit on and some bells or something who was it did santa claus come to your school and what did you guys do you sang songs that's well should we sing a song or two right now okay what song should we sing do you like rudolph the red-nosed reindeer you you can talk now i just want you to talk over him are you abstaining from talking now you guys are you guys are worked up this morning saw it you guys sing louder sing really loud sing as loud as you can one two three

    Unknown: yeah

    Natty Bumpercar: yeah

    Unknown: yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah like light double oh love the other

    Natty Bumpercar: start laughing call him

    Unknown: she gets a smell uh uh killed

    Natty Bumpercar: that's not nice

    Unknown: until here

    Natty Bumpercar: you got stuff 다

    Unknown: All right. And they shouted out with glee. You're not, you're not. All right. And Rudolph,

    Natty Bumpercar: the red-nosed reindeer, he'll go down in history. That was very good, Ollie. Yeah, sure. Can I ask you real quick a couple questions? What do you think Santa's going to bring you for Christmas? Or what do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas?

    Unknown: A toy car. A toy dino.

    Natty Bumpercar: A toy dino? That sounds kind of scary. It's not going to scare Santa Claus? Okay. Emerson, what do you want for Christmas? Nothing? You're going to be quiet? Oh, well, this didn't turn into the magical podcast that we were hoping it was going to turn into, did it?

    Unknown: Um, what do you want for Christmas? Eh, nothing?

    Natty Bumpercar: Nothing? I guess he doesn't want anything. Oh, well, this is going to be an easy year for Santa Claus, then.

    Unknown: Em.

    Natty Bumpercar: Emmy, Ollie's talking to you. If you don't want to talk to me, you want to talk to Ollie?

    Unknown: Em.

    Natty Bumpercar: Em. Okay. Emmy's going to go. Hold on. I got to, you guys are very difficult to hold on to. Here, give me the headphones. All right. Well, so that was the kids. They really didn't last very long. They were pretty excited about Christmas. They were pretty excited about podcasts. And then, oh, they're not. They're abstaining from their excitement for the podcast. So, that's how that works out. Oh, never work with children or animals. Except do, because it's nice. Uh, so, yeah, there's a lot of excitement here around headquarters. And, um, we have the, the tree is up. It's all decorated. The house is decorated. There's lights outside. There's, uh, bubbles and bits and bunions and doodads all over the place. Elfie the Snow Monster, this is his last night in the house. It's very depressing. It's very depressing. He's had quite the run this year. Elfie the Snow Monster, that's right. And, um, yeah, man. Whew. What an exhausting, what, it's the most fun time of the year, but it's also the most exhausting time of the year, because there's so much to do. There's so much you want to go to, like, there's, there's little parties. There's Christmas parties. There's, there's, uh, Hanukkah parties. We went to one. There's, I mean, there's so much going on. And, um, uh, and then there's a lot of, uh, there's a lot of work, because it seems like what happens with work is everyone kind of waits. I don't know, maybe after, like, they're like, oh, man, it's Thanksgiving. I'm just going to hang out and wait. And then Thanksgiving happens, and then they're like, oh, man, I'm going to hold out and wait for another week or so. And then, boom, out of nowhere, they're like, here's all the work in the world. You do it. And you're like, I don't want to do all the work in the world. And you're like, you're going to do all the work in the world. And then you're tired. I'm always tired, though. You know what I want in, uh, I want to do in my stocking. I want some, uh, vitamin B12. That's what I want. I think it's going to be a perfect present. Hey, Ollie, am I going to get anything in my stocking? What am I going to get in my stocking? Um, he's so far away from the microphone, so you're not going to hear him. Um, a telescope in my stocking? That sounds like the best I think ever. So I can see, wait, is that what telescopes are? They show you where stars are? What else show you? Um, where mountains are? Where mountains are? What about planets? Stars and planets and maybe even, I don't know, meteors and comets? Awesome. Can you, do you know the names of all the different reindeer? You know, Dasher and Dancer and Donner and Blitzen, Comet and Cupid and… Uh-oh. Donner and Blitzen. Oh, no! I got confused. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of them all? What's his name? That is his name! Which is kind of rough for the other reindeer, because they had this young Turk of a reindeer just show up on the scene and just because he has a red shiny nose, all of a sudden he's everybody's favorite. How do you think Donner feels about that? How do you think Blitzen feels about that? Do you think they like him? I do too. I think everybody probably loves him. Everybody loves Rudolph, because he, you know, he brings a little something to the table. A little something extra. A little something red, if you will. Uh, we were watching a Christmas special this morning and I can't remember, it was Winnie the Pooh, but here's what happens. Guess what happens? Santa loses his toy sack. It happens all the time. Paw Patrol. Santa's lost his sack. This sack gone. Every, every cartoon I feel like that I see where Christmas is in danger of not happening. It's all because Santa has misplaced his sack. Uh, and so that's where we bring up our first sponsor, ladies and gentlemen. Uh, it's, what is all this? I'm getting all kinds of messages. Buzz, buzz, buzz, boom. Uh, Sack Finder. Uh, you just put this, uh, this Bluetooth device onto your Christmas sack and then you can track it from this app in your phone. So if you are constantly losing your bag, please use Sack Finder. Okay, so that's our first sponsor we've ever had. It's very exciting. We're gonna start paying for things. It's not true. None of it's true. But yeah, I, uh, I was like, oh, this is the running through line in all of the, uh, the Santa stories. It's that he loses the magic bag. The magic bag that has all the toys in it so he can't then deliver them to all the girls and boys. Santa, keep track of the, like, maybe it should be in a case where you just open it Christmas Eve. Sir, what do you need? Somebody's saying something to me. I think someone's lost or trapped. I'm over here, buddy. You can come to me and I'll, I'll be, I'll be done in just a second, I swear. Uh, anyway, from all of us here in headquarters to all of you, merriest of Merry Christmases. Yeah, Merry Christmas. Uh, Merry Christmas to all of you. Merry

    Unknown: Christmas, everybody. Enjoy your Christmas.

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  • Bumperpodcast 242 – Wrangling Christmas kittens

    Bumperpodcast 242 – Wrangling Christmas kittens

    Bumpercar tries to wrangle kittens in this long awaited return to form … And – you get a whole extra minute and twenty-seven seconds (or something like that) – but – who’s counting, anyways?!

    Are you counting? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

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