It's a new era for the economy comedy podcast as Mr Biffo and Sanja take over the reigns from Paul & Eli. Following last week's shocking development, the show is now in the hands of the hosts of Digitiser and that means you can expect brand new segments, brand new characters and brand new DON'T PANIC EVERYONE - PAUL AND ELI HAVE THIS UNDER CONTROL - WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN - WE HAVE A PLAN - JUST PROMISE NOT TO TELL MR BIFFO WHAT WE'VE DONE - MR BIFFO IS A CONTENT THIEF AND WE WANT OUR SHOW BACK - IT'S OURS - KEEP THE FAITH DEAR CHAPSHOW LISTENERS - STAY STRONG - WE'VE GOT SO MANY DELIGHTS FOR YOU - WE HAVE HOT SAUCES - TALES FROM THE SHOP FLOOR - CHEAP EATS - SNACKS - ALL THE GOOD STUFF - CHEAPSHOW WILL BE OURS AGAIN and you can expect some big laughs when Biffo's Bibliography reveals more peculiar page turners! So join Biffo and Sanja for a new era of CheapShow!
250 - A NIGHT AT THE GRAND FLANGE
It's episode 250, Baby! And we are going BIG! This week, to celebrate this historic CheapShow milestone, Paul & Eli have been invited along to visit a very, very fancy casino... Out in the middle of nowhere! But they won't be there alone, as a lot of very familiar voices will be there to help or hinder during the night's events. And who's this? Why, it's Mr Biffo (Paul Rose) of course, joining the cheap chaps for a night of risky gambles, top class entertainment and free booze! Paul and Eli have never known such wonders! In fact, with all this money, alcohol and decadence flying about, what could possibly go wrong?
Nothing.
Nothing is going to go wrong.
It's going to be fantastic.
So join us, for a night at the Grange Flange...
249 - GAME OF STRIFE
Special Guest: Tom Mayhew
With episode 250 just one week away, Paul & Eli haven't got any major plans to celebrate this special occasion! However, it looks as though fate has a plan of its own! Until then, it's business as usual for the economy comedy podcast as the Cheap Chaps dive into a fizzy mound of cheap soft drinks and dig up a rather odd parody of The Game of Life. This week, CheapShow is happy to welcome comedian Tom Mayhew (BBC Radio 4's Tom Mayhew is Benefits Scum) onto the podcast to wade through the usual mucky delights. Can he survive the onslaught of Mambo Number 5 facts, wrestling fantasies, bull semen theories and Paul's new toilet routine? More importantly, Tom achieves something of a CheapShow first, even if Eli has major reservations about it!
248 - SLAPDASH SAFARI
The 1st generation CheapShow characters have been blown up, stored in a bubble universe, discovered in a mysterious box, buried in a paranormal forest and then escaped from a puzzle packed suitcase... and now they are roaming South London! What's going on? This is meant to be a podcast about celebrating the treasure amongst the trash, not a lore heavy quasi-sitcom? Paul & Eli need answers and decide to go on a safari to hunt these characters down and get some answers! Using an app Paul has made to track them, they wander along a river and head to Beckenham Place Park. However, one quick drinking session later and it all goes out the window and descends into loud arguments, an impromptu Gannon's Golden Games, a pathetic snack taste test and a long climb up a small hill. But where are the characters? Only one has the answers, but will Paul & Eli like what they hear? Do they ever?
247 - WHAT DREAMS MAY CUM
Special Guest: Ethan Lawrence
CheapShow is back at Soho Radio Studios to record another episode with a lovely new guest. Although he's been a fan of the pod for a while, we can't help but feel he isn't ready for the "real thing" and he soon finds himself caught in a torrent of rants, arguments and impromptu new characters. The poor guy!
Ethan Lawrence, from TV shows such as the award winning Afterlife on Netflix and C4's Bad Education finally joins the economy comedy podcast for games, chat and horrors. He's also brought with him his own curated Price of Shite! Paul & Eli are pitted against each other for high stakes p'twing action, but will they get ANY p'twings at all? Paul has a fun new Gannon's Golden Games that asks a simple question... What Came First? It's not as easy as you may think, and certainly not as easy as Eli thought it was going to be. And speaking of Eli... If he ever offers to tell you his dreams, decline politely and move on with the conversation. Ethan and Paul definitely regret asking him. But how bad can it be?
246 - THE SUITCASE
A few weeks ago, CheapShow received a mysterious package. Upon opening the box, Paul was surprised to find a black suitcase with the CheapShow logo cut into it. It came with a letter and a code breaking gadget and the secret sender challenged Paul and Eli to simply open the suitcase... It's now time to see what's inside! Recorded in real time with barely any editing, The Cheap Chaps are going to use all their mental strength and thrifty skills to unravel this mystery! Who sent the suitcase? Why? What is inside? Can Paul and Eli even get it open? Find out this week in a thrilling, shocking, emotional and deeply chaotic edition of the economy comedy podcast! Dare you learn the truth?
245 - SAUCY BOYS
Special Guests: Nick Helm & Nathaniel Metcalfe
Every now and then there comes an episode of the podcast that we just don't know how to describe to you. Oh sure, Paul and Eli have a sauce report planned and a nice and nerdy Price of Shite, but that structure goes out the window very quickly. Joining the Cheap Chaps this week are comedians Nick Helm (Uncle, BBC 3) and Nathaniel Metcalfe (BBC R4, Fubar Radio) to hunt for more charity shops treasures! Prepare yourself for an episode packed with gross sauce, Top Trumps, cult movies, Tomy toys, geeky trivia and more. There is also plenty of room for Nick's exhaustive pun work, Nathaniel’s knowledge, Eli's passionate outbursts and Paul's dying soul. Brace yourself, this goes off the rails before the credits kick in!
244 - CREAMED
For a show known for its in-depth investigative reporting, even Paul and Eli decide to dig deeper this week to get to the bottom of one of life's biggest mysteries... Why are Cream Crackers called "Cream Crackers"? The answer may surprise you. Unless you know already. Obviously. It's another back to basics episode this week when the Eli reveals his latest Tales from the Shop Floor, but he isn't the only DJ with a few stories to share! Has Eli been usurped? There is also a bumper batch of sauces to investigate too! It's time for a Sauce Report that delights and confounds. Elsewhere in the episode, Paul has people popping out of his penis, takes a trip to the CheapShow psychologist and Eli is back on full mouth noise duties. Enjoy!
243 - THAT 70S EPISODE
It's been a while, but Paul & Eli have managed to trick... Sorry, convince a guest to join them for another edition of the economy comedy podcast! This week, comedian and actor Imran Yusuf visits CheapShow to wade into the sticky swamps of nostalgia. A strange charity shop discovery unearths an item that overindulges in the good old days of the 1970s. It's a bag of reproduced 70s ephemera that allows the cheap chaps and co the chance to ask was it really all that good in the past? The answer is no. Elsewhere, Paul has tailored a Price of Shite to suit Imran's love of video games, but can he guess the correct costs of these weird and wonderful pieces of tat? Eli is on hand to help and offers a top prize!
242 - OPERATION SODA POP
You're the Doctor declared the advert for classic board game Operation, but this week on CheapShow Paul and Eli are the Doctors instead, and it's not going to end well for poor old Cavity Sam! In a heart pounding Gannon's Golden Games segment, the Cheap Chap battle to become the very best at removing small plastic pieces from a toy with a tweezer! It's thrilling stuff. We promise! Meanwhile, around the back of the Willy Wanka's Candy Shop, Juicy Jeremy is waiting for you at the secret Soda Jerk Store. He's got some cheap and tasty new drinks to share and some of them are even quite nice! Willy, however, seems to have revealed a new, disgusting side to his character! With all this going on, it's no surprise that Paul is finally losing his mind. Will Eli behave himself for just one episode? For Paul's sanity, we hope so!
241 - HR GUFF AND STUFF
Sometimes it's nice to have a nice and chilled episode of the podcast, isn't it? After the heat induced madness of last week, the Cheap Chaps are in a much more reflective and incisive mood. After a tat packed edition of Price of Shite, the boys also take a look at more strange and wonderful novelty pieces of music. It all sounds absolutely lovely. They reflect on Morecambe & Wise, the joys of Spam, try to figure out what Monopoly Deal is supposed to be and listen to the charming middle-class wit of impressionist Rory Bremner. Eli and Paul also listen to an 80s deep cut track that spoofs self-help gurus and comes backed up with an impressive amount of talent. You see? Lovely stuff, all sourced from charity shops. At no point does Eli kick off and go to the CheapShow HR department to complain about Paul. Even though Paul runs HR. And everything else. It's a nice show. Honest.
240 - THE FISH SHOP SONG
It's another HOT day in the House of Pickles and, predictably, Paul and Eli aren't coping with it very well. Even after deciding to keep this episode very simple, it soon careens into heat induced nonsense. This week, Paul brings along an intriguing Tales from the Shop that keeps them both guessing until the bitter end. The Cheap Chaps also return, finally, to the “Froth Shop” and find a few changes since their last visit. It's under new management and Eli could not be more disappointed! Finally, it's only fair to warn you that one particular “Froth Shop” item creates an earworm that Paul & Eli milks for everything it's got. It may be their mental breaking point. With Eli melting in the heat and Paul in full on tinker mode, it's another unhinged edition of CheapShow...
239 - BOWERY SOUNDS
It's a time hopping edition of the economy comedy podcast this week as Paul and Eli take a trip back to the 1970s and the 1990s. One ends up being far more troubling than the other... In Paul's Page Turners, Paul brings along a book that is both a fascinating insight into lad culture of the 1990s and a depressing deep dive through a book designed to teach you how to be a bloke. It's all a bit grotty, really, but that's what you get when you buy FHM's Little Book of Bloke. We apologise in advance. In Silverman's Platter's this week, we hop back to 1970's New York City, specifically the area known as the Bowery. Paul & Eli listen to the New York City album that tries to capture the sounds and atmosphere of a colourful and complicated part of the city. If nothing else, it's eye opening! Join us on a cheap trip through time! It's going to be a bumpy ride!
238 - EGGS!
Finally. You asked for it, Eli begged for it and Paul eventually decided to let it happen. This week, we tackle... EGGS! A few months ago, Eli heard that no matter what the cost of the eggs you buy, there is literally no difference in taste. Apparently, a food expert said that, but the Cheap Chaps decide to test that claim for themselves in a vigorous and exciting Off Brand Brand Off egg special. This is what we have become! The thrills don't stop there either! In a curious twist on the usual Price of Shite formula, Paul & Eli go head-to-head once again in a high stakes edition of the popular CheapShow game of games. Who will win? Well, it's a very close one. It's thrills all round, how will you actually cope?
237 - THE RENDLESHAM FOREST DECEPTION!
It's another epic CheapShow adventure, and this week, Paul & Eli are facing the unknown as they investigate the mysterious Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, UK. In December 1980, two American soldiers based at an US Air Base saw a UFO land in the Forest and their story became one of the most fascinating tales of extra-terrestrial contact in history. In 2021, Paul and Eli join Digitiser's Mr Biffo, Sanya and special guests Ryan Livermore (Barshens) and Ashens himself Stuart Ashen in a hunt into the unknown! However, the Cheap Chaps are also out to expose Biffo for the fraud that he is whilst Paul has his own nefarious reason for the trip! What will it be? Has everyone lost their mind? Who is Viv Sparklefish? In fact, who is ANYONE this week? It's a journey you won't want to miss! You should maybe try though, as it may addle your mind!
236 - A MASSIVE P.O.S
When Paul & Eli receive a massive Price of Shite package in their PO Box, it becomes quickly apparent that it's way too large to use in just one segment of the show... So let's make it the whole show! There is so much to wade through that the pressure begins to show, especially when there is a chance to gamble to grab some BIG P'twings. Eli gets carried away, Paul almost rage quits and someone forgot the P.O.S answers which makes things awkward. It's a show that veers from charity shop tat, football World Cup anthems, magic eye images, kid's comic annuals and a board game that makes Paul WAY TOO excited! Who will win in this epic edition of CheapShow? Find out, why don't you?
235 - ABSOLUTE DOG'S DINNER
It’s official, the recent heatwave in the UK has finally gotten to Paul and Eli. This week, it's going to be tough for the Cheap Chaps to make it through with their sanity intact, especially when they have to wade through one of the most disgusting Tales from the Shop Floor in recent memory. In fact it could be the last! Eli is on the rampage in this episode’s Price of Shite. He’s hungry for p'twings and it opens the door for more than his fair share of idiotic rants. Keen listeners will also be able to hear the moment Paul's will to live evaporates. It's not obvious at all! It's not all doom and gloom though, as Paul gets excited about his new advertising campaign and Eli hopes to join the Mustard Club! All the fun of the fair!
234 - THE CHEAPSHOW TREASURE HUNT NIGHTMARE
It's another rambling adventure on CheapShow this week as the Cheap Chaps head onto Hampstead Heath for a curious adventure. Paul's been dragged to the heath by Eli to help him make sense of a terrible dream he had. When Eli awoke, he scrawled down four riddles that Paul must make sense of and navigate the Heath to see where all this is leading to. Where does it lead to? It's something that could be very troubling indeed! As Paul goes full "Treasure Hunt with Anneka Rice”, Eli tries to make sense of his troubling vision. Along the way there are usual spats, laughs, tangents and a strange chap called Tallywacker Jones, who is NO help at all. However, there is a dark cloud hanging over their sunny day and it doesn't bode well... at all!
233 - THE BLACK BIN BAG EDITION
Are you brave enough for our newest CheapShow format? This week, Gannon presents a new idea to Eli and it's a rollercoaster of a premise. It's our new Black Bin Bag episode, where Paul stuffs all the PO Box overflow, odd charity shop trinkets and long forgotten snacks in to a black bin bag and Eli has to randomly pull out an item for review. Will it be edible? Something to listen to? Perhaps it will be something to play with? We just don't know until it's pulled out the bag! So sit back and let the cheap chaps take you on a magical mystery tour of what lurks at the bottom of a bin bag. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
232 - URINEVISION 2021
It's CheapShow biggest show to date and it's packed with amazing/frightening music, littered with celebrity judges and full of disastrous calamities. Yes, it's Urinevision 2021, the best and only international podcast song contest in the world… As far as we know, we haven't checked.
In this epic 3 hour adventure, you'll hear 13 weird and wonderful songs, sent in to Cheapshow by our global audience. We received over 70 entries and whittled them down to these final 13 tracks. Before we hand over to the judges for the all important votes, Paul and Eli take you to the Country Urban Noodle Test Lab Kitchen for a Europop flavoured noodle pimping! There is also a brand new song from last year's winner, Chris Weatherill which is sure to please. Finally, the judges. We have found some of the best funny people in an attempt to grade the tracks. We have Nick Helm, Ria Lina, Ashley Storrie, John Rutledge (Eggsy, GLC), Brian Wecht, Ethan Lawrence, Imran Yusuf, Sooz Kempner, Stuart Ashen, Tom Mayhew, Gareth Berliner & Paul Putner. We are spoilt for talent. Those poor idiots. Joined by Mr Biffo (Paul Rose) and fair-weather co-host Ash Frith, the night spirals into catastrophe with arguments, allergic reactions and possibly death. Typical.
On with the show!
Featuring the tracks:
Your Man of the Jungle by Devastating Macho Charisma
Watching Shit Old Daytime TV by Electric Chair Orchestra
Towards Perfection by Gordon Brown
Don't Get Mad by Jake Posner
Irish Jimmy's Jig by Jonathan Foster
Nostalgia's Gonna Get You by Leigh Spence
Piss Crystals by LJ Goody
I Just Had A Poo by Star Night Light
The Old Man Cometh by Josh Triska
Come Round Here by The Spoff Rockets
Beware, The Witch Mouth of Keith's Anus by Tom Chapman Experience
Down At The Spoff & Pickle by Ukulele Jon
Feel My Heart by V Nessy
And watch the whole DAMN thing on YouTube (in 3 parts!)
The Songs: https://youtu.be/dHaM2nN5_lQ
The Interval: https://youtu.be/-q_daAc5QXA
The Voting: https://youtu.be/0DyHxXHMlgM