Unstoppable drum machine
Smith and Sniff
Jonny Smith and Richard Porter
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Jonny and Richard identify a problem during a Bonnie Tyler recording session. Also in this episode, confusion over the song Send Me An Angel, a strange beard in a rare Astra, getting tempted by an impractical jet boat, a sad-faced lorry, using Mekon and Tefal as insults, Miles Davis as Prelude man, Elaine Paige as Celica lady, a confusing Enya calendar, the wings of the KGM Rexton, cats at car shows, using a cat as a feather duster, the Renault Scenic, and another dip into the Car & Classic auctions.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Johnny Smith. |
| 0:02.4 | I'm Richard Porter. |
| 0:03.6 | And this is Smith and Sniff, a podcast in which two friends talk about cars and many other things. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm going to have to plug in an apology at this moment. |
| 0:16.7 | An official apology specifically aimed at German Band the Scorpions, I think, as well, for sure. |
| 0:24.8 | For me, this is a personal mistake. |
| 0:30.6 | Remember last podcast, I talked about this song that my Alexa just kept serving up to me. |
| 0:37.3 | I hope she didn't listen |
| 0:38.2 | and hear that. I mentioned her name, although she doesn't give a shit about me normally. |
| 0:43.6 | So, send me an angel, right? I described it, said it was a scorpion song. I lied. Well, I half |
| 0:52.7 | lied. Well, I half lied. No, you, There was a confusion. You didn't willfully mislead |
| 0:57.7 | people, but go on. Will you explain what happened? Well, it turns out, and once I said it on |
| 1:05.9 | the podcast and sent you the link to listen to it and all that kind of thing, I realized that this wasn't the |
| 1:12.0 | song that I'd heard and it wasn't the one I was describing. So consequently, we've had quite a few |
| 1:18.1 | letters from you, the listeners, saying, hang on a minute. Are you sure you don't mean |
| 1:23.5 | send me an angel by the Australian band called Real Life. |
| 1:29.1 | And that is the song that I was referring to. |
| 1:31.9 | Not, not the scorpions, no. |
| 1:35.7 | No. |
| 1:36.5 | So for me, this was a mistake. |
| 1:39.2 | And for me, this is a personal journey. |
| 1:42.7 | And I must say, |
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