Urinevision is on the way! As Paul & Eli dot the i's and cross the t's, they decide to take some time to chill before the big show and chill. In this more "relaxed fit" episode, the Cheap Chaps take in some of the slightly more offbeat sides to the Disco craze of the 1970s. Over the next hour, prepare for some Europop goodness with some Eurovision madness. There is also time to take a look at some of Eurovision's weirder moments, reflecting on those times you've sat back and thought "what were they thinking?". Urinevision is going to be a BIG show, so why not have a nice small one beforehand?
230 - EDIT POINT
It's a white hot blast of thick, hard nostalgia this week when Paul & Eli receive a PO Box delivery that is overflowing with joyous tat! This week, there's a rather colourful edition of Silverman's Platter that pitches an 80s edgy kids comic book flexidisc against the warm, familiar sounds of vintage pirate radio jingles! Elsewhere in the pod, a retro Price of Shite packs in all shades of pop culture oddities, from Garbage Pail Kids slime, He-Man storybooks and Ghostbusters 2 Topps trading cards to the absolutely brazen marketing strategies of The Care Bears. It's all very shocking. In other news, Paul tries to define the word "grumble" and Eli starts making lists. Absolutely pointless lists. All Paul can do is retaliate in kind!
229 - THE (NOT VERY) POOH PICNIC
As Eeyore once said “They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.” We think this best sums up this week's "epic" crossover episode with Mr Biffo's Digitiser. What begins as a gentle stroll through 100 Aker Wood, ends in poo play talk, retro gaming, arguments and a picnic jammed with weird and wonderful treats. Oh, and some gross stuff too! Join Paul, Eli, Mr Biffo and Sanya as they investigate the corners of Winnie The Pooh's neck of the woods... and try no to have sex with Eli's childhood teddy bear along the way!
228 - AURAL DADAIST NIGHTMARE
It takes a brave person to even attempt to bring back the Cut Price Life Hacks segment, it's takes an imbecile to try and cram it into a Gannon's Golden Games, but that's what Paul has done this week, and he may live to regret it. Elsewhere in the podcast, Eli is on a sauce and noodle mission and he is sick and tired of Paul's constant harassment, so he is taking it to HR. Again. In retaliation, Paul also goes to see the management... They may be losing their minds. Will an underwhelming Country Urban Noodle Testlab Kitchen segment make things all better? The answer is no. Not at all! Join us for another bargain basement podcast adventure!
227 - ACTION JAM NEWS
It's an episode of “firsts” this week. It's the first time you get to properly meet Margery Craddock and her “back alley machines” and it's the first time Paul tries to create a segment that directly competes with The Sauce Report. Both don't go very well. At all. Despite all this, there is still plenty of time for some CheapShow favourites. There is a sitcom flavoured Tales from the Shop Floor and a Price of Shite that's packed with random nonsense and P'twings. Will Eli be able to work his mouth? Will Paul lose his mind over his latest “extreme sports” creation? What does the shocking secret recording of Mr Biffo say? You'll find out this week!
226 - BACK TO THE THRIFT SHOP
Paul & Eli once again escape the House of Pickles to venture back on to the High Streets and investigate the newly opened Charity Shops. After months of endless, wistful window shopping, the Cheap Chaps can now go inside and see what treasures they can find amongst the trash. It's another simpler out and about episode (so soon?) where they challenge each other to find a strange vinyl record, a good gift for one another... and one bad gift. What will they discover? How many Clankerman locations can Eli find? Where will they eat their cheap eats? Is Paul going to be disappointed? What does Eli step in? Find out this week, because we're going back... Back to the Thrift Shop!
225 - WICKER BUNGLE
We're back in the House of Pickles for more scatological, economical red hot podcast action! This week we are gifted with another bespoke Price of Shite from our PO Box, and in a twist to the normal routine, these offerings have been sourced from the infamous wish.com! As a result, each item is more perplexing than the last! It's also time again to dive into Eli's dusty old record box for a Spotlight Edition of Silverman's Platter. The focus this week is on an album based on the hit UK kids TV show "Rainbow". Paul & Eli talk about the the characters, the songs, the rotating line up of musical acts and bust a few Rainbow myths at the same time. Finally, following an act of violence, Eli decides to report Paul to HR. It's just a shame that Paul is the head of HR...
224 - THE (NOT VERY) PAGAN PICNIC
Spring is in the air, there's more daylight and there are (hopefully) brighter days ahead! With all that said, it's up to Paul & Eli to ruin all that joyous potential with another of their occasional "walkabout" episodes! This week, CheapShow seeks renewal, rebirth or at the very least, a quiet picnic out of the way of other humans. Their journey, though short, will take them from a small park in Twickenham, via a famous island and on towards a surprisingly symbolic finale at Old Deer Park in Richmond! Along the way there are arguments, historical discoveries, a bit of Easter knowledge, a cunning plot to kidnap an elderly YouTuber and a plan to sacrifice Cheggers for the greater good. It's CheapShow, so expect the totally expected!
223 - THE MUSTARD HALL OF FAME
How can Paul & Eli possibly continue looking for cheap treats when everything they know is destroyed? Luckily Jimmy Biscuits has one last trick on his sleeve and it returns the bargain boys to a very familiar location to carry on delivering economy comedy content! This week, there is a packed bag of cheap eats, some delightful and some utterly frightful and Eli gets to slather himself in Sauce Report goodness. There's also a Price of Shite for the ages, with a truly upsetting collection of charity shop tat. We also learn a lot about mustard. Which is a surprise to everyone!
222 - DIE HARD... ON A PODCAST
Come out to the podcast, we'll get together, have a few laughs! This week is the thrilling climax to the many threads that have been dangling over the podcast for the past few weeks. Paul & Eli find everything they hold dear to be in danger when the terrifying Hairy Brothers and their goons violently take over the podcast. It's a race to find Bill Doughnut as he holds the secret to this whole nightmare, but will the Cheap Show Chaps and their characters make it out alive? There are double crosses, betrayals, sacrifices and explosions before the episode is done, and it's going to be a roller-coaster ride getting there.
Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Spoffer!
221 - GAME OFF!
Paul forces Eli to take a trip to Gannonland this week. Against his wishes, Eli is made to play two games that, when the dust settles, may have cost them their sanity. Do Paul and Eli Know Jack? and will a simple card game called Game Off! force them to make some very troubling decisions? There is a very good chance that it will bring out the very worse in both of them. Which is saying a lot. It's not all games though! We also make a much needed return to the world of Bobby's snacks as the cheap chaps try their new Pickled Onion Spirals. Will these crisps continue Bobby's strong showing on the show? You'll have to find out the hard way. By listening to it all... With that in mind, what are Bill Doughnut and Richard Brandoff up to? They're up to something troubling and it's going to cause a lot of potentially disastrous problems next week. Keep listening to the very end to see what they've gotten themselves, and the show, into. It's not going to end well…
220 - DIRTY DANIEL DANCER
We hope you have some soap and a towel nearby because we are getting extra mucky this week. Before we get to all the icky stuff, Paul and Eli somehow manage to cram in a Sauce Report and Cheap Eats segment. Once that's out of the way, be prepared. You may never be able to look at Doner Kebab meat the same way, ever again, after this week's Tales from the Shop Floor! The Cheap Chaps also open up the history books and take a deep, dirty dive into the grubby life of renown 18th century miser, Daniel Dancer. And yes, you may have heard that name before somewhere. Finally, please be warned that there are fake characters; trying to get on the show. Most of them are animal based. As we said Be Prepared!
219 - DIRTY RUGBY SONGS
What does a Bee sound like when ejaculating? What do Crisp Bag Collectors keep in their bags to fill them out and how will Paul cope with being told he has to pay Eli 50p per cum gag? The answer to all three is terrible and you'll soon find why in this week's economy comedy podcast. In a packed pod, the cheap chaps dive into some Polish wafer snacks of varying quality and finally take on the infamous Walker's Max KFC Flavoured Crisps! Will Eli deem them worthy? We also squeeze in a Paul's Page Turners segment, but soon wish they hadn't bothered. It's one thing to be raunchy, but when Paul & Eli read through a book called More Rugby Songs, even they are shocked by its contents! Warning: the pod may be starting up a cult too. So bear that in mind!
218 - BEANS!
It's was meant to be a podcast about beans. Could Eli possibly taste the difference between the classic Heinz Baked Beans and some cheap off brand alternatives? It should have been simple, but there is a shocking twist and a terrible reveal this week that could cause major problems for CheapShow later on down the line! In amongst the narrative carnage, the cheap chaps find time to roll out a pretty typical Tales from the Shop Floor and pack in a Gannon's Golden Games. It's... It's not one of his best, but if you want to hear Eli try to impersonate 6 different 80s UK Light Entertainers, then are you in for a treat!
Be Afraid, be VERY afraid!
217 - BUREAU DE SLODGE
Warning. This is not a drill. Brace yourself and prepare accordingly for a brand new NOEL WATCH segment. Yet again, Paul and Eli dive head first into another trough of juicy, hairy Noel Edmonds “goodness”. Donated to the PO Box this week was the second of the three Funny Phone Call albums that Noel made... But this time, is any of it any good and is Paul finally going soft on Mr. Edmonds? You'll find out the hard way this week on the podcast. However, don't worry if you can't deal with Noel, for there is also a much needed Tales from the Shop Floor segment. However, despite the mind boggling nature of the story, it instead inspires Paul & Eli to create a new, very sticky, business idea. Oh dear.
216 - STORAGE PHWOARS
It's all the hot, thrilling action of a big money, high stakes auction this week on the pod... squeezed down into a board game! Paul's got another Gannon's Golden Games and this one is based on the hit A&E TV Series Storage Wars. It's non-stop, thrill-a-minute bidding fury where the risks are huge and the rewards are even... hugher. And if you have ever listened to the pod before, you'll know that's a load of old nonsense. As usual, it's petty fighting, slurs, accusations and an unclear winner. Typical! It's not all fun and games though, some of this episode is about the NOODLES and Eli takes us to his secret 2nd noodle kitchen location where he finally gets to make the egg block noodle! Cheap and cheerful, that's us!
215 - SCRAGG THE COCK
Don't worry, the title of this show makes sense, honest guv'nor! It's not what you think. Or maybe it is, we don't know how your mind works! All you need to know is that it IS said and DOES make sense in context. Now that's out of the way, let's now apologise for our Bruce Forsyth gag. Actually no, you can find that one out for yourself. Apart from all those caveats, it's a reasonably measured episode. Paul and Eli dive into a particularly chunky Price of Shite, as donated via our PO Box, and there is a roller-coaster of a Cheap Eats too. We sift through the bric-a-brac to tale tales of Beanie Babies, bubble crisps and whether Eli is now officially losing his mind. The jury is still out. See what you think, in this week's episode!
214 - KRANKIES, DUCKS & GOALS
Football is a sport. It's something Paul & Eli know very little about, but here we are, talking about sport. Kinda. This week is a Silverman's Platter bonanza where we tackle 3 very different types of vinyl oddities. This week, we look into the odd musical career of 1980s comedy double act, The Krankies, we dive into the surprisingly deep history of The Birdie Song and end by exploring the weird popularity of the UK Football team pop single trend. It yields some very interesting facts and fancies. Remember, Paul and Eli know nothing about footy, so we apologise in advance for continuously calling the song Three Lions, Four Lions. It's a packed pod, but you also get a quick dose of noodle news, hear about Eli's new anxiety dream and find out what he thinks an old lady should do with a hot dog. So there's that. Join us!
213 - CARTOON AID
On CheapShow this week, Paul and Eli have a major case of the Do You Remembers? when they chance upon a big, thick book of cartoons. It's a whistle stop tour of British animation, comic book classic, lost gems and forgotten memories. We barely scratch the surface! If you half remember Dogtanian, Frank Sidebottom and whatever Action Gran is, have we got a trip down memory lane for you! Along the way, we also discover which 1980's celebrity likes which classic cartoon character (It's probably all made up though!) Elsewhere in the podcast, we have a bumper edition of The Price of Shite where Eli is gifted with another toy teddy bear. A truly upsetting moment in CheapShow history, as you will quickly find out. Lastly, there is a very good chance Eli's use of a Korean energy drink has fanned the flames of his Egg Special idea. God help us all!
212 - CREATE-A-CRISP
It's a new year and CheapShow keeps on truckin' on with more economy comedy goodness! And what a packed show it is, Guv'nor! This week, we eat some truly weird and wonderful snacks and open up the Crisp and Snack Lab; where we can experiment with some very unusual flavours. Thanks to the PO Box, we get to go full Frankenstein with a bag of "Create-A-Crisp"s and invent 3 new taste sensations! There is also a shocking tongue bashing in the form of Zombie Takis; and that's before we even dive into a bag of truly bizarre Kit Kat snacks. Oh there's also The Bash Street Kids, Hot Sauces, X Factor Top Trumps and a Dead Bat too. Nearly forgot about that stuff. See? It's packed... maybe too packed. We didn't even mention all the new characters. Apologies in advance.