The Walcha Episode. Ruttsy interviewed Anthea Macpherson, Manager of Walcha’s weekly newspaper The Apsley Advocate, organiser of the Walcha Cup & TSG’s #1 fan. We covered the history of Walcha, the Ohio farmstead, the role of the Advocate in keeping the town connected, The Walcha races, the infamous Widow of Walcha & other assorted fun facts and figures. Thanks for chatting Anthea!
The World Has Gone Mad… Scotty & Ruttsy took a light-hearted look at our mad, mad world. Mad Monarchs, the Crazy things people eat & some of the Craziest laws from around the world. Plus, some mad songs: Insane in the Brain, Where is my Mind?, Psycho Killer, Crazy, I Wanna be Sedated & Madness.
Scotty & Ruttsy return from a break with Crazy World Leaders & Political Parties in mind. Think Turkmenbashi, the deceased ruler of Turkmenistan who banned ballet, circuses, beards & gold fillings in teeth and made a national day for horses & melons. He and many other loonies get a run. Also getting a run are some political parties around the world such as The Official Monster Raving Loony Party, The Rhinoceros Party, The Church of the Militant Elvis Party & The Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party to mention just a few. Throw in some chicken facts and some text abbreviations and you have a typical Two Smokin’ Guns podcast. Songs to finish the theme were God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols), World Leader Pretend & Exhuming McCarthy (REM), Nelson Mandela (The Specials), I’m Henry the 8th I Am (Herman’s Hermits), There’s No One As Irish as Barack Obama (Corrigan Brothers) & Dear Mr. President (Pink).
Today’s podcast was all about Words – such as, Combobulous, Gobbledygook, Apricity, Limerence, Petrichor, Pogonotrophy, Clinomania, Defenestration, Susurrus, Bibliopole, Ultracrepidarian & Zugzwang. Plus Homophones, Homographs, Heteronym’s, Portmenteau’s that I didn’t know, Fave Oxymorons, Corporate Jargon and Slang words my daughter taught me such Sigma, Skibidi, Rizz, Cap, Gyat & Mogging. Funny names for sportspeople, plus, some songs about Words.
To celebrate the upcoming Bathurst 500, Scotty & Ruttsy discussed some Fun Facts about cars, Famous car chases in movies, Car movies, Car TV shows, The Stig, Brocky’s Polariser, Fastest, Shortest, Hottest, Coldest races, some Australian Grand Prix history, and some Bathurst facts. We finished with a bunch of Car Songs; Jump in my Car (TMG), Drive my Car (Beatles),Fast Car (Tracy Chapman), Brand New Cadillac (the Clash), Little Red Corvette (Prince), Car Wash (Rose Royce), I’m in Love with my Car (Queen), Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car (Billy Ocean), Drive (The Cars), Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin), Hot Rod Heart (John Fogerty), Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Lucinda Williams), Big Red Car (The Wiggles), Pink Cadillac (Bruce Springsteen), Cars (Gary Numan) & Mustang Sally (The Commitments).
Blue was the theme, so we had lots of fun facts about Blue, including the percentage of blue eyed people, emotions associated with the colour blue, Blue as Aussie slang, Blue zones, Things that are blue, famous Blues singers and 20 great songs with Blue in the title. Here’s the playlist for the Top 20 Blue songs. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4RV7iRcCBA6MKm2zKZJtRL?si=08cc53775e5f4fef
Gold theme, so Ruttsy took us through his golden moments from TV & Film, including “Succulent Chinese Meal”, Chopper “No Cash Here”, The Castle, Kenny, Bob Hawke, Kerry Packer & “Did you expense the Lap Dancers?’. Scotty gave us some Golden Rules to live by, Golden things you should do for yourself, Some fun facts about Gold & people who have won the most Gold medals. Ruttsy then played snippets from his Top 12 “Gold” songs, Gold-Spandau Ballet, Gold-John Stewart, Gold on the Ceiling-The Black Keys, Heart of Gold-Neil Young, Goldfinger-Shirley Bassey, Golden Brown-The Stranglers, Band of Gold-Freda Payne, Fools Gold-The Stone Roses, Golden Years-David Bowie, Sister Golden Hair-America, Gold Dust Woman-Fleetwood Mac & Fields of Gold-Eva Cassidy.
The Winter Show. Scotty & Ruttsy discussed fun facts about Winter, including coldest temperatures, people called Winter, Favorite winter-warmer meals, Winter Olympic sports & the best Winter songs. Stay warm!
Another wine chat with Lachie. This time about some of the cult wineries in Margaret River, Yarra Valley, Gippsland, Barossa & Clare, including Bacchus, Serrat, Mount Mary, Bass Phillip, Wendouree, Sevenhill & Sami-Odi. Recorded at the Ministry of Art gallery. Cheers.
A show about Wine. Ruttsy spoke with Lachie McDonald from Simply Wines about his business journey, relationships with boutique wineries, how he discovered wine, his favourite wine regions in Australia & overseas and some underrated grape varietals. Ruttsy was then put through his paces with a blind tasting. How did he fare? Listen to find out…
The Tassie Edition: This episode we focussed our attention on Tasmania. Top 10 places to visit, favourite Wineries & Gin Distilleries, and Famous Tasmanians. Footy players, cricketers, sportspeople, authors, royalty, woodchoppers and actors. Then Scotty explored the life & times of Errol Flynn. We finished with the song Tangles from a Tassie band called Luca Brasi.
It’s AO week in Melbourne, so Scotty & Ruttsy took on the History of Tennis. From Royal tennis, Henry VIII, French Monks, Jeu de Paume, Davis Cup, Cash & Carry Pyle, Tennis Scoring, Howard Head, Bob Slazenger & Great tennis deaths. Then we went through most tournaments, fastest serves & Tallest & Shortest players. We finished with a Roger Federer tribute song.
Fresh from a round of golf, Scotty & Ruttsy took on the History of Golf. Racing tips early & then we moved through; Why 18 holes?, 13th century Dutch ‘Kolf’, Lots of dodgy Dutch pronunciation by Scotty, Golf/Drinking through the ages, the History of Par, Mulligan golf & a Golf joke to finish.
Scotty & Ruttsy are back with the Two Smokin’ Guns podcast in 2024. In this episode we explored great Australian Larrikins including, Shane Warne, Warwick Capper, Mark Jacko Jackson, cartoonist Bill Leak, 1920’s criminal Kate Leigh, Paul Hogan, Alby Mangels, Steve Irwin, Bob Hawke, Dawn Fraser, Noelene Brown, Barry Humphries, Ned Kelly, Chips Rafferty, Errol Flynn & the late great Keith Miller. Finished with a song called Bogans by Old Nick Uni Revue – very amusing tale of Tassie bogans sung to the tune of Royals by Lorde.
headspace centres and services operate across Australia, in metro, regional and rural areas, supporting young Australians and their families to be mentally healthy and engaged in their communities. The Ministry of Art is organising an art charity event on 14th September 2023 in support of headspace.
Scotty & Ruttsy bemoaned the loss of Fantales and discussed their favourite lollies, Submersible implosions & Chappelli versus Beefy. Ruttsy described his Pentridge Prison experience, which lead to some prison songs including Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders. We then took on Vlad’s mutiny, his favourite rock band Lyube & the Cost of Dating. We then unpacked the work of Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, the singing dentist turned dictator of Turkmenistan, and his attempts at banning smoking in the country. Then onto the Chinese bloke and his 27th attempt at a University entrance exam, Chinese big holes, Food that tastes better the day after, and finally a segment called “Eat whatever you like because…”
The SXSW festival debuts in Sydney from 15th to 22nd October 2023. Ruttsy sat down with Andrew Watt to discuss all things SXSW Austin & SXSW Sydney. What is SXSW? When did it start? How did it evolve? If you attend what will you experience? How can you get involved?
Ruttsy left alone in the studio to play his fave Australian Indie bands – Bad Dreems epic song Jack, Beddy Rays great song Sobercoaster, The Pretty Things song Serve Yourself & Bad Dreems song By My Side. I’m acting like Lee Simon at this point! Ruttsy chatted with Kirstan Corben, Executive Director of the Danny Frawley Centre. We covered what the Centre is, what it offers & how it is helping improve physical & mental health outcomes across the community. We discussed the features of the facility, Kirstan’s background & that of her team, the aims & objectives of the Centre & how the DFC engages into the community. Finished off the show with The Smith Street Band playing Young Drunk, Violent Soho with Covered in Chrome & the mighty Hives with the TSG theme song.
Scotty & Ruttsy on The Week That Was discussed Tina Turner, The Big Freeze slide, How to order in Chinese Restaurants & the Caulfield racecourse redevelopment (including knife sharpening techniques!). Then we discussed the most relaxing song in the world, Musk’s brain implant proposal, Strange Leunig poems & the meaning of SOG’s. We introduced a new segment called Dumb Ways to Die with a great intro song. Wine time was about Spanish Rioja & Goon Sacks. Our food segment was all about fun Burger facts.
Ruttsy spoke with Kirstan Corben, Executive Director of the Danny Frawley Centre. We covered what the Centre is, what it offers & how it is helping improve physical & mental health outcomes across the community. We discussed the features of the facility, Kirstan’s background & that of her team, the aims & objectives of the Centre & how the DFC engages into the community.