Tag: Standup

  • Bumperpodcast #231 – Contractual Issues

    Bumperpodcast #231 – Contractual Issues

    Rufus T. Rufus takes the Bumperpodcast over and declares that the show is at an end. That this is the last show. Can it be true?!

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


    About This Episode

    In this chaotic episode of Bumperpodcast, manager Rufus T. Rufus storms in with shocking news: the show is cancelled forever! Host Natty Bumpercar and Aloysious J. Pig are blindsided when Rufus reveals that Pig has breached his contract by doing a show on Periscope. As Rufus waves around legal documents claiming Pig signed away exclusive rights to the Bumperpodcast, confusion ensues—especially since Pig admits he can't actually read. The episode captures the improvisational comedy chaos as the characters try to understand how Pig's daily Periscope adventures might have doomed their beloved podcast. Will this really be the end of the Bumperpodcast?

    Memorable Quotes

    “The Bumper Podcast is absolutely, inequivocably, totally, totally done. You can put your computer radios on the shelf, and you can walk away.”

    — Rufus T. Rufus

    “Did you read it before you signed it? I can't read, bro.”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “This is your only, we're your only client, and why would you take away the only show that we got?”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #contracts #legaltroubles #periscope #podcastcancellation #comedy #chaos #breachofcontract

    Featuring: Multiple speakers – diarization error

    Full Transcript

    Multiple speakers – diarization error: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Rufus T. Rufus. I am the manager around this establishment, and I'm here to tell you that the Bumper Podcast is absolutely, inequivocably, totally, totally done. Listen, you can stop listening right now if you want, you can put your computer radios on the shelf, and you can walk away, because again, I will say it, in totality, I have the legal language here. What is, Rufus, what are you doing? You're not supposed to be, you can't, you're not allowed to start the podcast. Well, my friend, you need to understand. I don't need to understand. Well, you need to understand. No, you are the manager, sure, but I'm Natty Bumpercar, and this is the Bumper Podcast, and I don't- Why don't you bring your little piggy friend in here, then, and we can have a little discussion. Okay, I don't know what you're talking about, but yeah, sure, I want to- Hey, Peg, come here for a second, Rufus is just, he wants to talk to you. I want to set him straight is what I want to do. Hey, everybody, it's me, Peg, what's going on, how you doing, Bumpercar, Rufus? What are you doing in here? You know you ain't supposed to be in here, it's the Bumper Podcast, you're just hanging out, I don't know what you're doing. I don't know what he's doing here, I don't know. How you guys doing, anyway? Well, I'm not doing well at all, because- Doing fine. Just like, you just, I mean, Rufus is in here, and I don't know why he's in here, but- Get my money, is what I'm going to do. What were you even talking about? You were saying the Bumper Podcast is over, it's done? Yeah, exactly. I don't, what do you mean? What does that even mean? How can it be done? Well- It's not even, it's my show. Boys, boys, boys, I thank y'all both for coming in here, and I figured it was appropriate to your listeners to do this on the air, but what I am telling you again, emphatically, totalitarian, and stupidably, is that the Bumper Podcast is over and done with, zero more coming. No. Ever. This news to me- No. Dun-ska-doodle, dun-ska-deedle, dun-ska-goodbye Bumper Podcast. I don't understand why you, what you doing, Rufus? This is your only, we're your only client, and why would you take away the only show that we got? Don't, don't even listen to him, he doesn't, Rufus, just stop. I don't mean, I don't know what you're coming in here for, and I don't know what you're talking about, but- My friend, this is what we call a- What's that? Contract right here. I didn't, do we have a, we have a contract? You have a contract. Okay, I didn't know we have a contract. Did I sign that? You signed it. Yeah, you did. What's it say? What do you know? Well- All right, tell me. According to this legal document, you're in breach of contract. I know, I have a pig. Specifically because your little friend, Pig, there- That's me. Signed on the dotted line, Aloysius J. Pig. That's my name, yeah, yeah. Now, he would be doing the Bumper Podcast. I guess, as his show, and no other shows at all, my friend, so thank you, Case Closed. Have a wonderful day. But I don't understand, I mean, like, this is the show, this is the podcast that we do. This is the podcast, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, obviously, it's the Bumper Podcast that we do all together, and I don't know what he's talking about, Bumsy. You figure it out. You're the one who can read. Wait, Pig, so did you, I mean, I'm looking at your, your signature is on there, and you did you, did you sign it? I think I might have signed it, yeah. Right now. Okay, well- With my paw. Did you read it before you signed it? I can't read, bro. I don't care. All right, I don't remember. I don't think, do you have, I don't, do you have one with my name on it? Because I just see the one contract here. Hey, well, I don't, I don't, I don't matter one bit. This is- No, but- Signed in perpetuity for all of y'all. That's a good legal word. So, Rick includes robot, that includes doodle poodle, that includes y'all. Y'all little babies, that includes- Everybody? Every single character that's ever been on this show- Everybody. Forever, from the tip of time to the tip of mind. That doesn't make sense. Y'all, in your mind is what I'm saying. Okay, all right. Because you signed the contract- Pig did. Only Pig. You're in Dutch, my friend. All right. Double time Dutch. So, what show did Pig do? How did he breach the contract? In a periscope, I believe. Periscope. Periscope. I'm periscoping every day. Periscope. I'm always pig show. Yeah. What do you know? Periscope got us in trouble. What? Go, go. And so for that, he is done. What do you know? It's a song. Huh? No more bumper podcast ever. Ever? Oh, boy. What are we going to do?

  • Bumperpodcast #230 – Buying a car

    Bumperpodcast #230 – Buying a car

    Bumpercar talks about the process of buying a car – and one of the bad experiences that he has had along the way.

    You are my friend? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. 


    About This Episode

    In episode 230 of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar flies solo to share his latest adventures and misadventures. He riffs on the pronunciation of "230" and how it sounds like a bear growl at the dentist's office, leading to confusion about appointment times. Natty discusses his love of simply sitting outside in gorgeous weather, struggles with pronouncing the word "envelope," and updates listeners on his busy show schedule ahead. The highlight of the episode is his frustrating experience at a car dealership where a manager became aggressive and refused to honor advertised pricing, turning what should have been a simple transaction into an adversarial encounter. It's a relatable, humorous solo episode showcasing Natty's improvisational storytelling style.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I don't want to play outside, I don't want to run around outside, I certainly don't want to work outside or exercise outside. I just want to sit in a chair and let the outside just envelop me.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “This guy tried to bully me, like tried to be aggressive with me, and I guess I was supposed to just lay down and be like here's all my money, just give me a car. But no, that's not how it works, mean car salesman.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #carbuying #dentist #weather #cardealerships #customerservice #pronunciation #liveshows

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: what's going on bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car just me all by myself natty bumper car doing the bumper podcast doing what i love to do every week i'm talking talking to you and this is episode 230 which is more fun than anything because when you say 230 it sounds like you're saying 230 it's what i say when i go to the dentist i'm like bro why are you here and he's just like oh wait he says that to me and then i'm like well you know 230 and he's like well that's strange you're supposed to be here at 3 15 you're early and i'm like 230 and he's like stop growling at me sir i am not a bear dentist i went to school for human dentistry and i will not be growled upon by someone who is 45 minutes early for their appointment anyway um so i mean it's we're having a it's gorgeous weather outside i all i want to do is sit outside i don't want to play outside i don't want to run around outside i certainly don't want to work outside or exercise outside i just want to sit in a chair and let the outside just envelop me envelop and my mouth did not want to say envelop envelop that's a tough word to say envelop because you try to say it really fast envelope envelop and then you hit that p hard huh all right envelope envelope envelope envelope envelope maybe it's just good talking to a microphone i don't know what's going on anyway what's news around here um i'm trying to work on my website i'm trying to work on patreon i got like four shows next week which is gonna totally freak my wife out um because i didn't do anything this week and that's weird for me i like doing shows every week because then otherwise i get crazy um trying to get a car that's been the worst ordeal ever i went into a place so the here's my story for the week i had an email that said hey we're a competitive we like to match any prize you'll give us for a car and i was like you will and we'll beat it by five hundred dollars and i was like what all right and i called him even to confirm this is this true you'll match meet and beat my price all right so then i i went in and i printed out the emails because that's what they asked me to do and it had like here's this prize boom it's the lowest price ever hey and we're gonna give you an additional five hundred dollars off boom and i was just like this is the greatest prize ever and then these people are gonna beat it by another five hundred it's a bidding war who wants my money well i sit down with a young gentleman and i'm showing him all this and he gets kind of odd skittish nervous and he's like let me go get my manager now i was like sure thing go get your manager we're good and the manager comes back he's like an older guy he sits down he pulls the papers out from in front of me doesn't ask for him just reaches over and takes him which is weird and he goes hey you know what we like to be competitive uh dealership however we can't do that puts the papers down as he says with fake numbers boom as if i manufactured made up the numbers and i was just like what do you mean okay well then how much would it be well um and he wouldn't tell me like four times i was like all i'm trying to do is find out how much this car is gonna be well you know we uh we can give you numbers you know and then uh we got this number we got that number and he got really like aggressive he's like listen when do you figure that you're gonna uh be coming back when you're gonna be buying a car and i got really mad i got riled and i was like i don't know maybe next week maybe next month maybe next year all i'm trying to do today is find out how much a car is gonna cost and you evidently won't tell me and he pushes away from the desk and he goes well thank you for your time and walked away and i was just like what just happened this guy tried to bully me like tried to be aggressive with me and i guess i guess i was supposed to just lay down to be like here's all my money i just give me a car but no that's not how it works mean car salesman you gotta be nice to me you gotta butter me up and give me sweet treats in order for me to buy a car from you cars are expensive crazy expensive god that's what makes people don't want to go to car dealerships i guess because it's like it's not as happy adversarial it's just just like hey this is a process let's go through it let's be friends i mean you guys are my friends right

  • Bumperpodcast #229 – Waking up from a long nap

    Bumperpodcast #229 – Waking up from a long nap

    Bumpercar is back at Headquarters – where nothing works and everything is a mess. Strap in for chaos on this week’s Bumperpodcast – with Pig, Robot, some pirate, and Doodle Poodle!

    Chaos? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com


    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar returns to the Bumperpodcast after taking a week off for travel, reflecting on their recent interview episode with Mad from Homestar Runner. The episode quickly descends into controlled chaos as Aloysious J. Pig, Doodle Poodle, and Rufus T. Rufus (as Parrot Orange Beard the pirate) interrupt with their own agendas. Pig wants to talk about rain, Robot malfunctions and talks to himself, and a dog appears causing allergic concerns. What starts as Natty's attempt at a structured comeback episode transforms into a hilarious disaster that has the characters wondering if this might be the worst Bumperpodcast ever. It's a perfectly imperfect example of the show's improvisational comedy style.

    Memorable Quotes

    “you've been gone a week and this is what you come back with”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “listen if you guys are gonna come on the show and interrupt which is fun because i do like it when i have more people on you gotta bring something to the”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “is this the worst bumper podcast ever oh no we started from the top and now we're all the way down here in a well”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #chaos #podcasting #travel #improvisation #homestarrunner #rain #pirates #dogs

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

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: yay this is natty bumper car and we are back after last week we took a week off because we were traveling and there's a lot of stuff going on and you know we're just trying to put the pieces back together that's what we're always trying to do here um if you listen to the last episode it was our first interview episode ever we had my friend mad on from homestar place runtime runtime homestar to runville you tire popper lationer home strong but i don't know and and it was great and it was fun and uh hopefully we'll be doing more interviews at some point because uh even though i didn't have any of my equipment uh it's i it was fun i had fun i i miss i miss my pals i was in atlanta where i'm originally from kind of originally not really originally originally i'm from someplace else but let's not get into that

    Aloysious J. Pig: long story uh we were visiting friends and hey bumsy what's going on hey how you doing it's me yeah it's me peg what's going on oh you know i was just gonna do some periscoping and people are like hey pig what are you doing i'm gonna be on the podcast

    Doodle Poodle: to be on the bumper all right i'm sure everybody loves the would love to hear from you guys and i would love to hear what

    Natty Bumpercar: you did on vacation oh really this is too much

    Doodle Poodle: i almost said my name was peg that's so silly but clearly not okay robot robot stop all right are you just talking to yourself what

    Natty Bumpercar: somebody hit him he's broken some he's okay he turned off all right whoa yeah sorry about that everyone yeah man i'm sorry

    Aloysious J. Pig: right this is crazy anyway so this is pig and i'm here on the bumper podcast and you know today we're gonna talk about i don't know like what do we talk about today rain what do you so does

    Natty Bumpercar: rain a lot here are you serious and stuff so you're just gonna come on to my show now and talk about nothing you have nothing to talk about and you're talking about rain it's not even raining today and then you just and stuff listen if you guys are gonna come on the show and interrupt which is fun because i do like it when i have more people on you gotta bring something to the

    Rufus T. Rufus: bumper car oh it's me parrot on parrot on parrot orange beard the parrot coming here to the bumper podcast wanting everyone to know that i've got plenty to talk about oh hi you brought your dog with you did you come here well i'm afraid of dogs because i'm allergic

    Doodle Poodle: get the dog away from me i'm hypoallergenic i don't think there's anything for you to be nervous or allergic to i don't have any doggy candor or nothing and i think it's okay for me because i live here you're just a mean pirate who is i just want to go and draw

    Natty Bumpercar: listen here bumper car okay what's up i ain't here to tell you your business yeah i'm sure but

    Aloysious J. Pig: i mean like i got i do the thing i do my show yeah yeah and this is a disaster oh come on like yeah i i you you've been gone a week and this is what you come back with all right well i'm just saying yeah maybe if you let me talk about rain a little bit seriously we would have had some sort of

    Natty Bumpercar: structure really rain structure really or something well at least anything right okay well i will contend i will contend i will agree that today was kind of a mess it was a bit of a disaster but you know i think it was probably good for everyone to at least come to the mic and talking to the mic and say something that made sense to them i mean it was good in some way right i'm sure it had to be good in any way is this the worst bumper podcast ever oh no we started from the top and now we're all the way down here in a well

  • Bumperpodcast 227 – Ants

    Bumperpodcast 227 – Ants

    Headquarters has been overrun by ants … and Bumpercar is at the end of his rope. What will happen?!

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

  • Bumperpodcast 226 – Periscope

    Bumperpodcast 226 – Periscope

    Pig has entered the world of Periscope – and Bumpercar talks all about it … Then, Pig shows up to brag and boast a bit.

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