Montclair Comedy Festival

Natty Bumpercar announced co-producing the Montclair Comedy Festival in Montclair, New Jersey, from November 13-15. The idea stemmed from his job loss and subsequent anxiety attack. Natty secured the festival’s URL, trademarked the name, and assembled a committee to review over 100 applicants. He built a website and an app for ticketing and show announcements. The festival gained support from venues and Eventbrite. Natty highlighted the importance of inclusivity and the role of his friend Suzanne in organizing the event. Despite challenges, the festival is on track, and Natty feels accomplished and excited. You should send us an email to [e-mail]. We’re here and we’re listening! Podcast: Download | Embed " onclick="javascript: this.select();" onfocus="javascript: this.select();" style="width: 70%;" readOnly/> Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | subscribe About This Episode In this special episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar shares exciting news about co-producing the Montclair Comedy Festival in New Jersey, scheduled for November 13-15. Natty recounts how getting laid off from his job sparked a whirlwind of creative energy that led to organizing an entire comedy festival in just months. He discusses his long history with Montclair comedy, including 15 years producing shows at Tierney's Pub, and how the late Pat Grillon inspired his comedy journey. Natty details the festival's development process, from securing the domain name and trademark to building custom apps for performers and managing over 100 applications. Despite Aloysious J. Pig's brief interruption at the end, Natty successfully shares his passion project with listeners before anyone can derail the conversation. Memorable Quotes “I got laid off on a thursday and i immediately just went into a shell inside myself in the corner and um i was kind of rocking back and forth in the corner and then i rocked too hard and the shell cracked open” — Natty Bumpercar “I have big, dumb ideas, but then she can use spreadsheets, and then she makes it make sense.” — Natty Bumpercar “Everything's going to be super smooth and super easy. What are you doing? We're recording an episode now? I didn't mean to talk over you.” — Aloysious J. Pig Topics: #comedyfestival #montclair #liveevents #showproduction #careerchange #mentalhealth #creativeprojects #stand-upcomedy Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig, Producer Full Transcript Natty Bumpercar: all right i'm gonna get to it right now i'm gonna get to the point we're not gonna doddle i have fun exciting news and i want to tell you about it before anyone even comes in the studio and bothers me or interrupts me or tries to tell me something silly hi this is natty bumper car with a bumper podcast and the cool news is that i'm helping co-produce the montclair comedy festival in montclair new jersey november 13th 14th and 15th and i am like so beyond excited i have wanted to do a festival type thing for a long time i've done benefits i produce shows uh we you know all kinds of stuff but finally like i don't know what happened but something in me just uh oh wait that's right i got laid off from my job and then i had an anxiety attack and i didn't sleep for like three days and that's not good but the good thing that came out of that was a festival which is strange but that's what happened i uh i got laid off on a thursday and i uh immediately just went into a shell inside myself in the corner and um i was kind of rocking back and forth in the corner and then i rocked too hard i and i bumped and i the shell cracked open and i was and there i was And I thought, I got to do something. I can't just sit here and be sad. Let's go. We got to figure this out. And so I started thinking, Montclair Comedy Festival. Montclair has Montclair Pride. They have the Jazz Fest. They have a literary festival. They have Montclair Film. The Walnut Street Fair. I don't know. That's different. But you get the point. There's a lot of stuff going on in Montclair. And there used to be a comedy club there, right there on Bloomfield Avenue. It was called Rascals, and it's not there anymore. And so I said, well, that's strange. Let me research this to see if it exists. And I looked up Montclair Comedy Festival, and there was nothing. So I got super excited, and I went and I got the URL, montclaircomedyfestival.com. And then I went and I got all the socials. And then what did I do? I went and trademarked the name. And I don't know if you know this, but I actually helped produce a show there for like 15 years. On every Sunday night for 15 years. Rain or sleet or snow, but not ice. And not big time sports games. Sports games? Yeah, sports games. And it was great. It was at a place called Tierney's Pub, and it's on Valley Road. And it was upstairs, and when the pandemic hit, it kind of went away. And I think everything went away. And I was kind of like, ...