It was recorded between Xmas and New Year. It was meant to go out before New Year. It didn't. It's here now though! A brand new "informal" off brand episode of CheapShow where Eli, Paul and Ash get to just talk their heads off. In this random stroll through the minds of the Cheap Chaps... Ash explains what "NerfGate" was all about. We discover the wonders of the Gooch. Eli gives us a noodle update, tells us of a altercation with a bus driver and also offers up a mini Tales from the Dancefloor! M...
Jan 05, 2018•1 hr 3 min
It's Christmas... Apparently! But don't expect anything special from CheapShow this year... It's just the usual cheap chat, odd tat, Bric-a-Brac and an unusual board game Paul found in a strange shop he'd never seen before... There is something VERY eerie about this game though! Something magical... Oh and Merry Christmas! And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow Share & Enjoy. Subscribe or Die! www.thecheapshow.co.uk If you want to get involved, email us at thecheap...
Dec 21, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Paul Gannon would like to use this podcast description to apologise for the ongoing antagonism and inappropriate contact between himself and his co-host Eli Silverman. Paul will be taking time to reflect on his actions and behaviour and he sincerely hopes this doesn't affect your enjoyment of Episode 61 of CheapShow. This episode features our very first "Tales from The Shop Floor" with some weird and wonderful Charity Shop stories, as suggested by listeners! It also contains a very generous "Me ...
Dec 10, 2017•1 hr 28 min
If you have ever wanted to cook noodles in Eli's kitchen (because you obviously must be demented), you finally get your chance as CheapShow finally takes you into a world of pure imaginoodles! Move over Nigella, get lost "Masterchef" and bugger off "Bake Off", this is the cooking show for you! Eli takes you on a journey through his noodle knowledge and he devours some interesting, and surprisingly hot, cheap treats! Elsewhere in the show, Paul finally gives up on sentence structure, we offer bad...
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Crisps! The final frontier. These are the continuing discussions of the USS CheapShow. It's ongoing mission to explore new snack ranking memes, to seek out potato based products and to boldly drone on where no pod has droned on before... As well as all that, CheapShow dabbles in some terrible role play as Paul tries to seduce Eli in order for the House of Pickles to get a proper wash down. They also tackle their brand new(ish) Reddit page and wade through the comments, critiques and many many No...
Nov 23, 2017•41 min
Has CheapShow crossed the line? You can only find out by listening to episode 58 of the Bric-A-Brac podcast that YOU adore! It's an episode that may upset, may offend and may make people shake their heads disappointingly! Eli nearly breaks Paul mentally with his revolutionary and innuendo packed "Tales from the Dance Floor". The CheapShow chaps put their taste buds to the test with a range of budget Colas that makes a liar out of Eli. Paul visits the "VHS Bottom Shelf" again with an almost coher...
Nov 15, 2017•1 hr 28 min
Let's get spooky! It's another Halloween special at CheapShow HQ and you're all invited along for another episode filled with ghosts, games and grumpy old men. It starts out typically rocky, as Paul & Eli have a very early blow out over Eli's silly voices, but things become a little more steady as the cheap chaps play a ghoulish edition of "The Price of Shite 2.0". Later, we play "Trick or Treat" as we mix Halloween candy with scary musical choices from Silverman's Platter. Paul also gets to...
Oct 30, 2017•1 hr 32 min
What a lovely episode 56 turned out to be! Not a single raised voice, not one moment of anger... nothing. At no point does Eli completely lose his mind and start talking utter random crap. There is never a moment when Paul nearly explodes with anger after Eli purposefully fixes a game. Even when the chaps play MB Games retro classic "Go For Broke" is there ever a time when Eli rubs a small victory in Paul's face or Paul gloats as a poor winner. No. This was a lovely show. One you can play to you...
Oct 20, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Once Upon A Time there were two naughty boys! Two wicked boys with nothing too. One lived in a happy halfway house, the other in a house built on pickles & despair. One night they spoke about such wondrous things. Things that would set your hairs standing on end and boggle your mind... Of naughty Noel Edmonds and his horrid house party... Of sexy adventures in a house made of fun... Of bizarre life hacks designed to make living easy... and of magical dice created to tell tall tales that you'...
Oct 13, 2017•54 min
CheapShow 54 aims its spotlight at the theatrical stage in an episode dedicated to the life and appalling acting talents of 19th century actor Robert Coates. But is Eli a worse actor? You can find out as Paul reads Eli another demented tale of low life larks. It's not just story time on CheapShow, the cheap chaps also present another "Mi Casa, Su Casa" segment which leaves both pretty offended and underwhelmed... And we jump into another pile of vile vinyl in "Silverman's Platter" that takes in ...
Sep 30, 2017•1 hr 30 min
You demanded that it returned. You wanted this. After long last, it's back... We are returning to the ugly world of "Don't Get Mad" and this may be the most demented, twisted, hilarious one yet... But don't say we didn't warn you! In this long awaited episode, Paul & Eli go back to basics with a classic Tales from the Dancefloor (one that manages to break Eli), a revamped "Price of Shite" that goes down very well indeed and a super sour "Cheap Eats" too! It's stuffed with the usual CheapShow...
Sep 20, 2017•1 hr 22 min
We venture onwards with our 5th trip to the House of Pickles, the supposed "mini" episodes that just keep on getting longer and longer! In this new audio adventure, Eli & Paul wax lyrical about the loss of the word "bastard", fail to create two new segments for the show, come up a cropper when they decide to pinch someone else's Life Hacks and Noel Edmonds is given yet more of a verbal beating. Also, Patreon donor Jordan Richards joins the Cheap Chaps for another chat where we discover Eli's...
Aug 31, 2017•52 min
This should not have been Episode 51. Noel Edmonds made us do this. We can only apologise profusely and hope you can forgive us... We watched "Cheap Cheap Cheap". For our sins we watched it, so you never have to. This episode begins as a commentary track for Ep01 of "Cheap Cheap Cheap" but quickly and horrifically devolves into something unforgivable. Eli was WAY too ill to sit through an hour of Noel Edmonds and it nearly breakes him. In turn, that nearly breaks Paul too. We will all be sorrier...
Aug 17, 2017•1 hr 28 min
This is it! This is the big one! Our BIGGEST one yet! To celebrate somehow reaching episode 50, we have gone big AND we've gone home. Back to the House of Pickles to record this mammoth pointless milestone of an episode! We are joined on this special occasion by two very special guests. Ash Frith comes out from behind a phone line to join us face to face and he is accompanied by Richard Sandling, who was there at the very beginning when CheapShow was stupidly called The Uncliqueables. So how are...
Aug 11, 2017•2 hr 33 min
Paul & Eli tackle more delightful and demented charity shop finds in an episode carefully entitled "Bum Eggs". Why? Well, why not find out? It's a bumper edition of the show to tide you over until the forthcoming "epic" 50th edition and the cheap chaps cram in lots of the usual features. Eli fields a new batch of noodle questions, much to Paul's annoyance... Can you tell the difference between brand and off brand snacks? Eli takes on the challenge to see if Aldi's range of bubbly chocolate a...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 38 min
It's time for a minisode, live from the House of Pickles! And this episode? Well, it's hardly bloody mini! We spoil you. In this loose and lively podcast, Paul & Eli take questions from the audience with the #askcheapshow hashtag thing. The questions are odd and the replies are just as shady. Also, for the first time, we speak to the first of our Patreon Donors who paid the top tier. As a result Steven Feary get the "honour" of being a small part of the show... Wanna be a guest on The House ...
Jul 13, 2017•46 min
Important Note: In this episode we accidentally give out some actual proper advice! We apologise wholeheartedly and promise never to knowingly do it again! With that out of the way, why not enjoy another hour of cheap tat, cheap tunes and cheap laughs. In this episode, Eli rummages through more of his weird and wonderful vinyl... Paul tries and fails to create a new exciting feature for Cinefiles... Gannon also looks into a collection of off brand candy AS WELL as knockoff BeanBoozled jelly bean...
Jun 28, 2017•1 hr 8 min
It's cheap gossip magazine time and, as it turns out, there is not too much humour you can derive from articles about domestic violence, harrowing illness and personality quizzes... and it doesn't help that Paul has just discovered a wacky sound effect app for his phone that he hopes will lighten the tone somewhat. He is wrong. Eli, in turn, brings the food for another delightful Cheap Eats segment. Despite the usual collection of bargain foodstuffs, the cheap chaps finally get their hands on th...
Jun 14, 2017•1 hr 22 min
Don't know CheapShow? Don't know where to start? Well, how about using this delightful teaser mini episode that sets the scene for the madness that is to follow! In each episode, Paul Gannon & Eli Silverman celebrate the cheap and tacky and try to find treasure in the trash. It's a little pop culture, it's a little nostalgic, it's manic, verbally violent and unlike any other podcast you know... potentially! And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow Share & Enjoy. ...
Jun 10, 2017•19 min
It's May so it must be another MCM Live Show on the Vidfest Stage... But never one this early!! 11.30am? As a result, this show is a little more, shall we say, "loose"? Either way, you can look forward to the usual rants and raves from Eli & Paul. Ash Frith delivers more astounded commentary and we are (eventually) joined by comedian and actor Tom Bell, who basically walks into an early morning car crash of a podcast. He ends up being brilliant anyway! In this episode, we tackle... The regre...
Jun 02, 2017•1 hr
Ever wondered how to lure a crackhead back to your house? Ever been curious as to who owned the dirtiest, weirdest millionaires mansion? Ever had a violently strong opinion on Iceberg Lettuce? Ever wanted to know Eli's favourite physical sensations? Do you think Paul can go a whole show without a wank joke? If any of those thoughts have ever bounced around your head, this podcast will not so much as answer them, but exploit them horrendously for personal gain! It's another podcast filled with br...
May 24, 2017•1 hr 13 min
It's boom bang-a-bang time as Paul, Eli and random co-host Ash Frith dive into the world of The Eurovision Song Contest in this Europop special. The chaps pick through some of the best and worst songs from the decades old songwriting crapfest to present the tracks that tickle their interest, from meta-music electro-pop all the way to singing turkeys! So join them as they wave a flag, debate some musical debacles and give "Nil Points" to this yearly musical contest. WARNING: It gets pointless and...
May 11, 2017•57 min
It's a good old fashioned, back to basics, episode! Just Paul and Eli chatting, shouting and occasionally finding common ground. In episode 42, find out what happens when Paul suggests a new "friendly" feature with the exchanging of gifts! Eli brings back some (not so) delightful snacks from America and he also delivers some choice and not at all annoying Tales from the Dance Floor. Finally, we dive head first into our latest vinyl discoveries. There is a whole host of odd tunes to hear, from si...
May 05, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Live! From The Bill Murray in London, Paul & Eli present a reasonably special episode of CheapShow with Mr Special Guest himself, Stuart Ashen! In another typically low rent, omnishambles episode, the Cheap Chaps deliver a solid collection of bric-a-brac, lousy tat and grimy snacks! Eli gets dissed by Paul in an epic slamdown... if only the music cue worked! The audience foist some lovely presents upon the hosts. Stuart regrets every minute and Paul and Eli have quite a few "falling outs"! S...
Apr 26, 2017•1 hr 5 min
It's time, yet again, to pit Eli and Paul against each other for another round of the TV Quiz Show Board Game challenges... Coming Up on the show today: 6.30pm: Bobby's Mucky Flat (Comedy) Bobby has ruined Barry's birthday and Vera isn't happy! 7.00pm: CheapShow Special (Game Show) Eli and Paul take on 3 popular TV game shows: Bullseye, Family Feud and Deal or No Deal, but who will be the victor? 8.30pm: The Review Review The venerable critics discuss the new edgy play "Horse Teeth" 9pm: The Kry...
Apr 13, 2017•1 hr 31 min
It's another mini episode, fuelled by YOU! This is a semi-special House of Pickles as 50% of it is coming from America. Eli Silverman is living the dream in Florida and Paul decides to check in to find out just how badly Eli reacted to a gummy bear dipped in drugs. #AskSilverman returns and the Cheap Chaps answer your carefully (and not so carefully) considered questions... Covering anything from Noodles to noodles, music and photography... and more bloody noodles! We also announce our forthcomi...
Apr 03, 2017•35 min
It's a slightly longer episode than usual, but Paul & Eli have so much to cram into this latest episode of CheapShow! In a bumper edition of your favourite economy comedy podcast we tackle Eli's lack of hair and beard, Paul has some pretty dark thoughts and more Noodle talk is had! In Cheap Eats, things get gross with some Japanese delights, one of which could've killed Paul and we put name brands and off brand biscuits head to head to see which is best. Finally, Paul & Eli go looking fo...
Mar 22, 2017•1 hr 16 min
With Special Guest Ash Frith It's time for another brief and bouncy CheapShow mini episode as we once again head into the House of Pickles for a chat with Paul & Eli. In this episode, we take reader's questions and find out that Eli doesn't take to bad grammar very well. Also, we find out what Eli's angriest moment is, what a tramp did on Paul's bus journey to work, discover Ash is too British NOT to take home a food order that isn't his own and reel in horror as Eli describes his ideal plan...
Mar 14, 2017•36 min
The CheapShow chaps have escaped! Instead of being cooped up in a recordng studio, Eli and Paul are now loose in London, on a quest to find the best bargains at a Car Boot sale with only £5! Along the way we discover where Eli was once mugged, how indecisive Paul is, just how weak Eli is when confronted with a table full of vinyl and contemplate the meaning of their own existance. Who will win this battle of the bargains bins? With only 30 minutes on the clock, who will find the best bric-a-brac...
Feb 28, 2017•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to the House of Pickles! Paul and Eli introduce a new series of "mini episodes" to help tide you over until you get the full fat editions. The cheap chaps talk about anything and everything, not necessarily based on their usual themes. In this first HoP, Paul & Eli are inspired by the legend of "Action Park" to talk about what a theme park based on their lives would be like, Paul talks about his varied accidents as a child and Eli is excited to find a vinyl record featuring a singing...
Feb 14, 2017•23 min
