The Two Smokin' Guns Podcast

Ruttsy sat down with Harry Hill, Senior Captain of Old Brighton, to discuss last season’s successes, the pre-season under new coach Dan Donati, his leadership group, the strong connection between the school, U19’s & the Senior team, the importance of the women’s football program to the Club’s culture & some exciting new faces to look out for in 2023. Go Tonners!

Ahead of the 2023 VAFA Football season, Ruttsy spoke with the President of Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club, Tom Clarke, about the changes since last season, the ambitions for 2023, the new coaching groups at the Club & the great spirit of the OBGFC community. Go Tonners!

Scotty & Ruttsy discussed Footy, Transistors, Coronation dinner menus from bygone eras, the new Australian province of Jimland, old mate Donald Trump, Camel beauty contests & cloning, Gwyneth’s day in court, AC/DC’s comeback, Mick Gatto’s charity lunch & Fish in deep water. We outro’d with Highway to Hell by AccaDacca.

Scotty & Ruttsy discussed the world of Electric Bikes, What’s on in Melbourne, Lewd names on Boats, Funny boat names, the many flavours of Hot Cross Buns, Dougie Hawkins lightning strike, more Harry/Sparkle gifts, the new Elvis chapel of love in Abbotsford & a confusing tale of ChatGPT, Bots, Online praying & Saints (we are still confused). We played the new single See You Tomorrow by Adelaide ban...

On this weeks episode, Ruttsy spoke with Dave Wassell to understand all about the phenomenon that is Pickleball, and also spoke with Sally Hillman to learn more about the wonderful world of Champagne. Cheers.

Scotty & Ruttsy unpacked Spag Bol, Dinners in Flats, Powdered Beer, Karens 2.0, Aussie Cardboard Drones in Ukraine, Overdue library books, Elle McFeast’s Chopper Read interview, Orca’s killing sharks, Narco-tourism, Garages for sale, Magician’s abused on ships & Poor Harry who now wants an apology.

Scotty & Ruttsy chatted cricket, Titus O’Reilly tipping guidelines, the Chappelli versus Beefy feud, Harry & Megan on South Park, the banning of Delilah at Welsh rugby games, Wedding facts & Drug sniffing Squirrels. We also interviewed local identity, David Wassell, on the Pickleball phenomenon.

Scotty interviewed Ruttsy about his big road trip which took in Canberra, Bateman’s Bay, Sydney, Walcha, Mudgee, Bowral, Mollymook & Lakes Entrance. Ruttsy walked through Walcha Cup race weekend and all fun, frivolity & colourful characters involved. We also covered country Greyhound tracks, famous greyhounds and the most Apt/Appropriate names in sport. We finished with the song Barely Losing by R...

Scotty & Ruttsy discussed Melbourne summers,  Vegemite Pizza’s, Low alcohol beer, the phenomena of Chat GPT and the Two Smokin’ Guns song that it produced, Some of Ruttsy’s favourite Oxymorons, plus Scotty read out his Letter to the Editor rant about Pup’s public spat. We played Helplessly Hoping to honour the passing of David Crosby.

Scotty & Ruttsy reviewed the National Jigsaw Puzzle Championships, Belarus's Macca's exit, Pickleball investors, the Potato Chip shortage, Prince Harry's book Spare, the 65 year-old wig shop, the Nepo babies of Louis Vuitton, some good and bad shopping experiences over the summer break & some of the dumbest and best business ideas of all time.

2022 Best Songs by Ruttsy My 2022 best songs in no particular order: Shedding My Velvet - Jack White God's Gift - Johnny Marr Beautiful James - Placebo I Don't Live Here Anymore - The War On Drugs Castles - Freya Ridings Empty Nest - Silversun Pickups There's A Moon On - Pixies Pictures of You - Drugdealer Jackie Down The Line - Fontaines DC Malk Mirri Wayin - King Stingray Watching Strangers Smil...

Scotty & Ruttsy unpacked the 2026 Commonwealth Games venues, a Robot called Sparrow, 30 Jobs that no longer exist, Giant Snails, A slight at the Opera, Dead politician’s re-elected, Royal’s Egging, Compostable food packaging, Lucky bets, How music influences wine tasting & the dish of the day – pork belly. We also played Snail Shell by They Might be Giants.

Ruttsy chatted about his recent Whitsundays boating holiday & shared some fun facts about the region. The Guns then ran through a menagerie of content, from Maggots in medicine to the US Mullet Championships (google mulletchamp.com), Paris hearses on wheels, Selfie deaths, Seagull sickies, Giant goldfish, the Eye-popping Guinness World Record, the ‘barely there’ dress code at Flemington & some odd...

In a show that was totally random with little in the way of segues, Scotty & Ruttsy discussed Chess Cheats, Where have all the Bogongs gone, Fart Cows, Banned Books Week, Xmas without glitter, the Chocolate Bunny War, Who & what are “Eshays”, the Brickman’s Shed, Fizzy versus non-fizzy Champagne, the Flinders Street Station potential demolition, the latest doco’s on the streaming services & which...

Scotty asked Ruttsy a load of questions about his Italian Trip – Trip planning, Travel diaries, Barolo the epicentre, the food experiences, the different wine varieties, the prices, language barriers, the people, the culture, the traffic, accommodation. Then we examined what cuisines Melbourne are eating by suburb & a bit about the Queens life, including what she would eat in a typical day. Some s...

We discussed the drastic reduction in the wine grape crush for 2022 and its impacts, Four’n Twenty pies in Japan, Weird flavoured ice-cream in England, Petrol stations going electric, some Odd Spots and the sale of Coopers Creek township in Gippsland, which inspired a chat about our very own sustainable township called Ruttsville or Scottytown. We played a snippet of Grown Ass Woman by Chapel Hart...

Scotty & Ruttsy unpacked the Parma versus Parmi debate, Sicilian bacon & eggs, Drones & Submarines, a Leunig poem, the fake IPL game, teenage chewing gum heists, the new world record for pushing a peanut up a mountain with your nose & the mystery UFO light in Mildura that turned out to be a cannabis crop. For no reason whatsoever we played No Cars Go by Arcade Fire.

Scotty & Ruttsy discussed the cold comfort of a Melbourne winter, the ‘Eat the Rich’ popsicles, There’s a Bear in There – a reversal of the Goldilocks fable, “La Grande Penurie de Moutarde” aka The Great Mustard Shortage in France, The Clash of the 98 year old Tennis players, the new song written by the band Double Happiness called Smoking Gun (we’ll claim it!), plus a great yarn about the nuisanc...

Scotty & Ruttsy said farewell to Larry Storch (Corporal Randolph Agarn from F-Troop) and James Cann (Sonny Corleone in The Godfather), unpacked the Pig Imitation Festival in France, Bison risky selfies, Chinese Spies & the origin of Hell’s Angels. Scotty took us through his educational session on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, we discussed some Bad Soup that kills you & the newest kitchen g...

Scotty & Ruttsy discussed ‘Always Live’, the new Victorian major events initiative, Martin Cooper who invented the mobile phone in 1973 and is bemused by how much time we now spend on them, Radio hosting as craft, the longevity of Roy & HG, the wine gang selling dodgy Bordeaux wines, the guy who bought a Napoleon Bonaparte marble bust in a craft market & just sold it for $220,000, Eco plastic wine...

Scotty & Ruttsy celebrated the 100th episode of Two Smokin’ Guns. How on Earth have we flown under the radar this long? We began the show with lots of sound effects and 15 minutes talking about wine…go figure!! Because Ruttsy did a wine course and learnt something about appellations & Chateau’s (Castles),  we played our favourite Castle songs: so you get Castles in the Air (Don McLean), Castles (F...

Scotty & Ruttsy back together again after Jubilees, Swimming controversies, The Logies, Stockmarket wobbles, the Energy price crisis, LIV golf power battles, Saints wobbles & AFL players mucking up in Bali. We covered the World Fireworks Championships, the World Mermaid Championships, the House you can eat, Human skin robots, Soldier bones as fertiliser, Hugh Jackman’s Huge House, Last straw plast...

Ruttsy was flying solo on this episode of the Two Smokin’ Guns, so he built an eclectic music soundtrack based around Bands that have the word “Band” in their name. So, you get KC & the Sunshine Band (That’s the Way), Average White Band (Pick up the Pieces), Band of Skulls (We’re Alive), Band of Horses (Warning Signs), Steve Miller Band (Take the Money and Run), Tedeschi Trucks Band (Midnight in H...

Scotty & Ruttsy chatted about Top Gun, Weather, Vegemite, The new Karen, Courses for change, Goldy’s dancing academy & New Wine varietals. Our theme today was “Dogs”, so we discussed the best Dog movies and played our favourite songs about Dogs, including songs from; Procol Harum, Neil Young, John Hiatt, Lobo, The Monkees, Patti Page, Luke Bryan, Led Zeppelin, Dr. John, Iggy Pop, Rolling Stones, C...

Scotty & Ruttsy discussed kaleidoscopes, sea monkeys & boomerangs, Bingeing of shows, the Election results for the Red, Blue, Teal & Yellow corners, the “Super Cold”, the Monkeypox, Crypto & Sexpo. We took a journey through some of the most memorable movie theme songs (Chariots of Fire, Rocky, Pink Panther, James Bond, Superman, Star Wars, Godfather, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Good, the Ba...