Tag: technical difficulties

  • Bumperpodcast 75 – Weekend Fun!

    Bumperpodcast 75 – Weekend Fun!

    Since the website is more than moderately broken, we decided to treat you with a special early in the week edition of the Bumperpodcast!

    We even have a new weekend reporter – and – maybe Robot shows up as well … on today’s Bumperpodcast!

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    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar launches a new Monday morning format, but things immediately go off the rails. The website is broken and Snowflake is malfunctioning, but that doesn't stop Natty from introducing his new weekend reporter, Aloysious J. Pig. When both Pig and Robot start talking over each other in the cramped studio, chaos ensues. Pig waves around a contract while Natty desperately tries to maintain control by turning off microphones. The episode captures the hilariously chaotic energy of too many personalities in one small space, with tensions rising over who's really on whose team and who deserves to be heard.

    Memorable Quotes

    “everybody stop talking i'm talking right now it's me”

    — Aloysious J. Pig

    “this is supposed to be our first monday show it's no there's no reason for people to what for people”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “who's who's on your team oh we're on teams now is it pig or is it me”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #mondays #workplacechaos #contracts #friendship #studiocomedy #technicaldifficulties

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: so it's monday obviously to me it might not be obvious to you because i don't know when you're listening to this we've been over this before i have no control over that but the website's totally broken and you might not even realize it but it is like look snowflake's all screwed up we can't even really make a new snowflake so what we decided to do was we were going to give you this fun monday morning bumper podcast and it's like it's a whole new fun thing it's got different music it's monday for me let's not dwell on that maybe and what i did was i decided i'd bring in my new weekend reporter so do i do i just start talking yeah that's right hey it's me you may not know but he's big around headquarters ladies and gentlemen let's meet it's pig you it's hard everybody stop talking i'm talking right now it's me yeah well i'm talking too it's me pig okay fine it's pig yeah there i am so hey bumps hey would you stop talking you don't invite somebody into your studio i understand it to be your studio headquarters is yours well i was talking a robot yeah oh good maybe what we need around here is a little bit more oh i don't know sharing hey robot what do you know what's a shaking what are you doing huh this is just perfect exactly bumper car perfect no i'm just saying it's perfect indeed all right both of you i just turned your microphones off this is supposed to be our first monday show it's no there's no reason for people to what for people

    Aloysious J. Pig: wait i turned

    Natty Bumpercar: i thought i had turned your microphone off well maybe you didn't turn mine off yeah i'm back now it's you yeah it's me pig you have the floor mr pig well okay perfect because what i've got here bumper car is a whole stack it's a con contract remember when you had me signed this contract as your weekend reporter first off first off first off there's absolutely no reason to throw things like it's a very tight space yeah i understand and very expensive equipment as well come on oh come on so i'm looking at you robot you're very expensive i don't want you to get broken what's that we'll pig through something so i'm just saying who's who's on your team oh we're on teams now is it pig or is it me i don't that's right i'm your best friend

  • The Know Show Episode 9

    Look! Look! Look!

    It’s a new episode of “The Know Show” – – and – – it’s 20 minutes long.

    Listen it – and – love it!

    What is the “magic future” ? Listen up! It’s number nine and you’ve got a one-way ticket to ride. Our treat. This time, we talk about summer vacation, holding down the fort, social-not-working trends, as well as get some valuable listener feedback.

    Extra special thanks to our talented audio engineer, Steven Reines, for keeping us on track.

    Additional thanks to @annmarietv for asking all the right questions.

    E-mail us or call us at (707) 901-SHOW with any questions or just to say “hi!” We just might reply on the next show!

  • The Know Show Episode six — “The digital error”

    Is ours a predictable era or an era of predictable error? Expect the unexpected as we cloud your head with worldly thoughts of weather forecasting, critters and digital innovation.

    Special thanks to this week’s sponsor, Hohumdai Motors.

    Additional thanks to Steven Reines.

  • The Know Show Episode four – “Slack to the future”

    Happy New Decade, you!

    ****wait – isn’t it february?!****

    Things haven’t changed that much – we still love to gripe and talk back.

    ****like a bunch of chickens in a coop.****

    Showing that knowing a little about a lot is a very dangerous thing, it’s a frightfully winterized Know Show!

    ****oh! well then listen i shall.****

  • Bumperpodcast #16 – Mea Culpa

    Bumperpodcast #16 – Mea Culpa

    This is a Bumperpodcast first. Two shows in one week. Two shows in two days. Too bad this one is just asking for forgiveness.

    Please bear in mind that Headquarters is under attack.

    These are serious times.

    Mea Culpa.

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    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 16, host Natty Bumpercar delivers a frantic apology after yesterday's technical failures with the phone system. Things spiral as Natty threatens to fire staff members, only to realize no one has actually been let go and the phones still don't work. Adding to the chaos, an anonymous listener has faxed in a request for the show to stop entirely. Between searching for missing producer Mott and hinting at mysterious attacks on Bumperpodcast headquarters, Natty struggles to maintain control of this rapid-fire follow-up episode. It's pure improvised comedy chaos as the host tries and fails to get the show back on track.

    Memorable Quotes

    “There were some heads rolled around the bumper podcast office last night. I can't have that kind of show going out.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “We've gotten rid of old people on the team… I think we're my executive producer. I don't know anymore. We actually haven't gotten rid of anyone yet.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “The place where the bumper podcast is made, that's what's actually under attack but I can't talk about that right now because they're listening.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #apology #technicaldifficulties #workplacechaos #telephones #faxmachines #metacomedy #listenerfeedback

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh hi bumper podcast i bet you didn't expect to hear from me especially not so so soon i you know here's the thing i yesterday we got a we tried to do some telephones and we tried um to call people and you know i got frustrated i was angry i'm not gonna lie there were some heads rolled around the bumper podcast office last night i can't have that kind of show going out so i mean you're listening and i appreciate that and i need to put on a good show and so i need to i need to let you know the repercussions there's some people around here that aren't gonna be they're not a role they're not gonna they're not around here anymore and so what we're doing is this is my mea culpa to you you know maybe we didn't get the phones working yesterday but you know i'm saying hi this is a bumper podcast you love to listen i love to talk so it's you know we're like you can't see my hands right now but they're interwoven they're interweaving like right now you can i if i hold them like no you still can't see them probably but here's the thing bumper podcast i also got the facts and it struck me deeply it was from an anonymous listener and he asked me to stop doing the bumper podcast we're under attack here people want us to go away well what we've done is we've gotten rid of the more get rid of old people on the team and i think that uh it's gonna work out really well i just looked around because i thought mott was gonna be here for a while maybe he's not here maybe he's taking a coffee break during a recording of a show mott no sir no sir sheep you i think were my executive producer i don't know anymore i don't we actually haven't gotten rid of anyone yet and we also don't have telephones but we evidently have a fax machine where we take angry faxes and you know we i thought i was gonna be on better footing today and i'm not at all um maybe it has something to do with a lot of things maybe it has something to do with the fact that headquarters the place where the bumper podcast is made that's what's actually under attack but i can't talk about that right now because they're listening two bumper podcasts one week all right

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