CheapShow - Ep 255: Dear Jason
Episode Date: November 5, 2021It's all been a bit hectic, the last few months or so, hasn't it? It's about time that Eli and Paul get back to basics and deliver some solid economy comedy... Just as soon as Eli stops complaining ab...out his new eyes. In fact, it's a bit of a roller coaster for Eli this week as he also receives some good Cup Noodle news and some bad Cup Noodle news. Is this the reason Paul needs to finally pull the plug on all this instant noodle nonsense? There is also a big grab bag of quality tat in this week's "Price of Shite" full of weird and not very wonderful things. Before all that though, Paul wants to express his love to his new celebrity crush. Eli definitely does not want to hear about it! Join us, if you dare, to find out more! See pictures and/or videos for this episode here: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-255-dear-jason And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want to, follow us on Twitter @thecheapshowpod or @paulgannonshow & @elisnoid And thanks also to @vorratony for the wonderful, exclusive art Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Merch Shop www.redbubble.com/people/cheapshow/shop Www.cheapmag.shop www.tinyurl.com/rbcheapshow Send Us Stuff CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ Oh, and you can NOW listen to Urinevision 2021 on Bandcamp... For Free! Enjoy! https://cheapshowpodcast.bandcamp.com/album/urinevision-2021-the-album
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Oh, Paul, I've got new eyes.
Oh, I've noticed.
Fucking suck.
Straight in.
You know, they don't look too bad.
Fuck off.
It doesn't look too bad.
They don't fucking work properly.
What do you mean they don't work properly?
They're someone else's eyes.
Whose eyes are these that you got for me that I'm being very calm about because I have much puffiness around the skin.
Yeah, it's very puffy.
It looks like you've had a big fight, but the eyes are settling in. I mean, one
is brown and one is blue, but
it's fine. It's a bit of a David Bowie look.
It's a bit of a David Bowie look for
Eli. Two-tone eyes
on the night of tomorrow.
That could be a lyric. I wouldn't know.
Two-tone eyes, she came
down the morrow. Look, the bottom
line is, who are you? You've got
pantry girl. You've got new eyes.
Pantry girl with your milk ladle.
I've got two eyes in me head, yo, baby.
Is that the Happy Gnome phase of his career?
Pantry girl.
Pantry girl.
Where's your undercarriage poultice at your heart's soul?
Wait, shut up, because this episode is not Eli Silverman performs this David Bowie.
No, it's time for me
to perform
before we move on
whose fucking eyes
are these
I know one of them
they're making me feel funny
I know one of them
is John Cunney holes
I know one of them
is the John Cunney
they're two
I have Frankenstein eyes
I don't know where
the second one
I've got two different eyes
from two different people
the problem is
after being this left
with your eyes last week
I had to call Brandoff
to get the operation
sorted on the cheap you bought eyes from Brandoff so that's how you got your eyes last week, I had to call Brandoff to get the operation sorted on the cheap.
You bought eyes from Brandoff.
So that's how you got your eyes.
I fucking...
Listen, we've got patrons.
Can't you spend some fucking decent money?
I thought you were going to say, we've got patrons.
Can we take their eyes instead?
No, I would never say that.
All right, I'm just saying.
I'm just saying you could have spent a few pounds more, Paul,
to get me decent eyes that at least came from the same corpse.
This cost £400 just to get me decent eyes that at least came from the same corpse. This cost £400
just to get you those two eyes
and a slapdash back alley eye operation.
Who put the eyes in?
It was Biscuits, wasn't it?
Put the eyes in.
He's trying his hand at anything, that guy.
I know he has been for a while
practising as a surgeon.
Dr Biscuits.
Dr Biscuits?
Fuck you.
Him and Brandoff have got this kind of new scheme going on
where they do like, you know, cheap operations.
Well, I tell you what, Paul,
I'm getting some weird effects with these eyes.
Oh, yeah?
I can see stuff.
Yeah?
But I also can see, I mean, stuff that's actually there.
Yeah.
Like the real world, I assume.
Yeah.
And, but there's...
It's like the eyes of Laura Marsh.
There's other stuff.
Is that what the film's called?
The Eyes of Laura Marsh or something?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Where she can see the serial killers' actions through her eyes.
Well, I can see what John Cunninghall did day to day.
Is it mostly wanking?
No.
Is it?
What is it?
He's working in some small place in the Netherlands.
Well, he was until he was shot in the head.
Stationery company or something.
Yeah, but until he was shot in the head.
I can't remember what he used to do. So it's hard for me to do this bit he was a character what was his thing
maybe we could come up with it right now he was in an episode he goes hello i'm john connor that
was it that was the sentence right so him so famous did you know paul and that's why i had
him shot in the head in our die hard episode you know what john i can see his past life coming through my eyes. Yeah. He used to be a middle-level manager
in a stationary manufacturer.
So what?
You can see pencils.
Hello, my name's Eli Silverman
and I can see pencils.
I can see a lot of ledgers.
Yeah?
Yeah, ledgers and like...
Hello, Cheap Show listener.
Do you think Eli's comedy idea is going anywhere?
I don't.
Fuck you.
Right, I'm going to sing a song about a pantry girl and her poultice.
No, we're not.
We're going to get on with the show.
Poultice tray in the moonlight.
We've got the cliffhanger from last week sorted.
Bring it out on the shelf.
We don't need anything else.
The poultry girl in the moonlight pantry.
The cold open is now done and now it's time for titles.
All right.
Titles, please.
I hate you
and your fucking noodle posse.
Go get it!
People love noodles.
It's just a fact of Cheap Show you're gonna have to learn to
fucking accept.
Cheap Show.
Off-ramp ramp off-ramp It's the price of shite. Paul Gannon.
Eli Silverman.
Welcome to Cheap Show.
And I go and I nuzzle.
Welcome to Cheap Show. I'm Paul Gannon. That's... Can we do it again? The whole beginning again.
Hello, my name's Paul Gannon and that's...
Oh, Paul, I don't know about this anymore. Eli. I've got to say my name! I hello my name's paul gannon and that's oh paul i don't know about this anymore
eli i've got to say my name i say my name when you point at me listen i can say my name it's
intros like this that put off potential new listeners well let's welcome them in here's
such a selection you listed the episode for the first time and you hit with a barrage of
lost eyeballs and you decided to do the bit with the lost eyeballs may i remind you get to the episode for the first time and you're hit with a barrage of lost eyeballs you decided to do
the bit with the lost eyeballs
may I remind you
to get up the cliffhanger
from the cliff episode
I felt very uneasy
about even portraying
someone whose eyes
are scooped out
because it's a thing
in literature
like James Joyce
his whole thing
was about losing his sight
it was this whole
sort of yeah
it's a weird thing
when you compare
in Cheap Show
to James Joyce
and also in
fucking Rosemary's Baby.
That's what happens to the guy that Don Cassavetes' character replaces in the play, isn't it?
Is it?
He goes blind.
It's been a while since I've seen that.
It's really satanic and weird, all right?
Yeah.
And I'm looking at that fucking pumpkin we did, and its eyes are all filled with grey, fungoid pus growth.
The eyes of John Cunneyhole.
I wonder what joys they will bring in future episodes,
like the idea I had about my severed arm from a year ago.
That paid off tenfold.
Now, Paul, in a serious way, I'm Eli Silverman.
This is Cheap Show.
Thank you and welcome.
Thank you for being on the show, Paul.
Can I just say that?
Economy Comedy Podcast, where Eli and I go for the bargain bins,
charity shops and power lands of Great Britain,
and we pick out the treasure amongst the trash.
And abroad abroad sometimes.
Sometimes when we get...
For instance, how we're starting off this week's show
is from a little package from abroad.
I've never been abroad with you.
No.
No.
Problem is you hate France and the French.
That's not the reason why I never leave the country.
I mostly never leave the country because I can't afford to leave the country.
So, woo, Eli.
Tell it to the judge. Tell it to the judge tell it to the
judge tell it to the lord we've got something international coming up on the show straight in
we're going straight in okay no fucking about nice simple episode this week no plots no exaggerated
characters no uh sfx heavy segments just me and you top bands made okay but will there be can I
do more songs like improvised songs?
Please.
Yeah, no, this can be your thing this week.
You can do improvised songs that I will quickly tire of
and regret allowing you to do.
And cut out of the episode?
Yes.
Right, this is a package that has been sent to us.
I'll tell you what, that's not a package, mate.
Yeah, go on.
This is a package.
I'm not looking at that.
Come on.
I'm not looking at your daft little mound.
I'm double scooping it.
You have a daft penis.
You've never seen it.
I've imagined it
many times in my head.
I don't know if you
should be saying that.
It looks like a goblin's nose.
Just acknowledge
the double scoopage action
going on when I say
that's a package.
Yeah, grab that
and mostly your thigh
where there is no cock.
Listen.
Just put it reaching.
I can reach down
between my legs
with both hands.
Yeah, but then say package.
Hang on.
Package.
All right.
Package.
What's in this fucking package?
Package.
Package.
Oh, he's wanking.
Actually wanking.
Package.
Oh.
Package.
Let's see the vinegar face.
Package.
Package.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I started that now. You know. Package. Yeah. Package. Oh, I'm sorry. I started that now.
Package.
Yeah, Splunk.
Splunk a Splunk.
Spunky, spunky, spunk.
And that's how,
ladies and gentlemen,
you defuse an Eli situation.
You take his idea
and you ruin it.
Pick up the letter.
So this comes from...
What does?
A package, yes.
Yes, we've had a lot
of packages sent to us
recently in the PO box
and because of the way
Cheap Show's been
with our 200th
and the Halloween
and all the specials,
we've got a backlog to get through.
So we will get to them in time if you send stuff.
I've got a backlog of packages.
Yes, you've got a backlog of hard packages to deal with.
This package this week, I wanted to get it out of the way because it's something really delightful.
I think it will cheer you up after your eye situation.
This comes from Chris, who lives in...
Fukuoka.
Fukuoka
in Japan.
How's it written down?
It's
F-U-K-U-O-K-A
but phonetically
Fukuoka.
Phonetically
it's F-U-K-U-O-K-A
phonetically.
So Chris
who lives in
Fukuoka.
Fukuoka.
Fukuoka.
Dear Paul and Eli
in no particular order you'll see how he's kind of got his cake and eaten it with that opening statement. It'soka. Fukuoka. Dear Paul and Eli, in no particular order,
you'll see how he's kind of got his cake and eaten it
with that opening statement.
It's fine, it's fine.
You know what, Paul?
I've realised in my soul
that I am superior.
I don't need to, like, you know,
name order.
I'm past that.
I don't need to be named first
to know about my supremacy.
Finish this off.
I don't...
Finish this off
and I'll get on with the letter.
Just go on.
It's done.
You've deflated me.
I'm on full deflation mode today.
I know, you really are.
Right.
I've been a big fan of
Cheap Show for some time now,
but this is the first time
sending anything into the podcast.
Knowing Eli's undying love
for the original
Nissan Cup noodle,
I couldn't not pick up
this item
when I saw it in a convenience
store i'm getting a bit of a tinge now i'm gonna get this out for you now and i think you're gonna
enjoy this i'm getting a noodle i do at this point want to state that uh the recent noodle special
which is brilliant we had a lot of fun with was our lowest viewed episode listened episode to date
proving my point that noodle content is not where we're going and I'll be stamping down on that
pretty severely
over the coming weeks and months.
That's weird.
There's some kind of conspiracy there.
We've been muted by someone.
You think that's what it is?
There must be some reason.
Noodles are the very bedrock, Paul.
I think you've overestimated
the poodle.
The poodle?
The noodle poodle.
You've overestimated
the noodle...
What's the word when you're apathy?
What if you had like a ladle that you used to pick up...
Noodle ladle.
Dog poo.
And you could call it a poodle.
A poodle noodle ladle.
A poodle noodle ladle from the planet who I want to get down, baby, with you.
Here's the item that Chris has sent.
Close your eyes, actually.
It's not horrible.
I'm not out to trick you
I just want you to see it
you know
brand new in your hand
here we go
I'm passing the item to him
now
and Eli will then tell you
what's in his hand
ooh
ooh
what is it
this is a
it's a 50th anniversary
product for Nissan
yeah
a cup noodle
is it a model noodle
no
it's a real noodle
read the front what it says there.
Here.
On the front.
That's not...
Special package version for the 50th anniversary.
Yeah, look at the actual plastic front.
With the fucking front.
The opposite of the bit you're reading now is the front.
You're looking at the back.
You've tracked every side but on the front.
Oh, here.
Special package version.
That's not...
Read that.
Pouch.
It's a pocket.
It's a purse.
Oh, I can see it.
It's fucking...
I can see that it's made of leatherette now.
Fabric.
Oh, mate, this is fucking excellent.
Open it up.
I don't want to destroy it.
Well, just be careful then.
Oh, it's got a tab.
Oh, it's got a nice tab.
I can cut all the bits out where you fiddle
with your big, dumb sausage hands over the packaging.
Fucking shut up
this is
oh I
should I keep it
in mint on card
in box though
oh I don't know
no I mean
I don't think
it's going to be
a collector's thing
because you're going
to want that
for all of your days
aren't you
oh yeah
right he's now
got the Swiss Army knife
carefully cutting
the plastic tab
holding the pouch
within
that's the scent
of Japan.
It's got a lovely scent, man.
Lovely new, almost...
Can I have a sniff now?
I didn't want to, but now I do.
New car sort of smell to it.
Oh, yeah, it does.
Do you know what I mean?
It's got that kind of, you know,
water wings that you have in school
when you're swimming smell.
Yeah, that plastic sort of...
Quite nostalgic, do you know what I mean?
Look at that.
This is a fantastic thing.
So, just in case we haven't made it clear,
it is a cup noodle pot, but it's not a real one.
It's a little purse pouch type thing made of plasticized leather.
What fabric is that?
Sort of fake leather, I believe.
But it's got the texture of leather.
It's got the cat ears.
And the zip goes around the top.
It's got the two cat ears peelers.
And it's got the little cat face inside
oh look at that
that is so good
and the bottom of it
inside
yeah what's in
has the little
pictures of the little
bits that you get
the little dehydrated bits
yeah little bits of
prawn and tofu
should I take this
as well
oh it's got a little
stiffener in it
yeah that
you know keeps the
oh that means the
whole sides there
it's a lovely thing illustrated like but what do you use it well I don't know, keeps the... Oh, that means the whole side's there. It's a lovely thing.
Illustrated, like,
but what do you use it?
Well, I don't know.
I guess it's a pouch.
It's probably mostly for,
let's be honest,
girls to keep things in,
like, you know.
Shut up.
What are you talking about?
Well, it just looks like
it's a more feminine product
than a male.
Why is it feminine?
It's a fucking cup noodle.
You're saying boys
aren't allowed to eat cup noodles?
You know what?
I shouldn't have
fucking said anything.
Why is it feminized?
How is it feminized?
It's a purse? No. Is that what you're't have fucking said anything. Why is it feminised? How is it feminised? It's a purse.
No.
Is that what you're trying to fucking say, Paul?
Is it, though?
So what is your suggestion, then?
Because all I said was,
it might be more aimed towards a female market.
Yes, because it's a...
Show me the little paper on the inside.
See if it gives me any more information.
There is a picture of a lady holding it.
Holding it.
Cup noodle, 50th anniversary, special package ver.
Oh, look, it's got loads of information inside.
It's all in Japanese.
It's a fantastic thing.
It's probably about the history.
Oh, there's some...
There's a...
Wow.
Do you know what they've got in here which you can buy?
It's a cup noodle.
Party popper.
So it looks like one of those, but a cone.
And you pop it and fake noodles come out and stuff. Oh, my've got all the products in here mate child oh look at that t-shirt
yeah oh there's all sorts of stuff there's a tie they've come full out haven't they there's a big
bag she's got a big shopping tote do you think they gave like look at the size of that they gave
the creative people at nissan like all the crack and went come up with merch that's what they must
have yeah but it is a very loved brand i think yeah isn't it yeah yeah yeah look this is like
the timeline i wish i could read japanese man i'm gonna cut it so it just says i wish i could read
oh that's the whole timeline talking to the mic the mic. Fuck me. Sorry, I'm just looking at it.
I tried another two of those.
Oh, yeah.
So let's do a quick update of that then.
I'll just grab them, okay?
Oh, right.
Well, then I'll look into this then.
So, yeah, this dangles from like pockets.
Someone's dangling this little cup thing from their belt pocket.
It's kind of weird.
And in it, it looks like they've just got a collection of rubbers and pencils.
So maybe it's
like a pencil case maybe i don't know but there are others available there's a seafood one bigger
ones i don't know there's a fucking load of stuff in here do it now i don't know what that means but
there's a man with a micro microscope i don't know what that's all about so it looks like there's a
range of these little pouches and like some of them someone's got um um what was it
gonna say there's a range yeah there's a range of them of different sizes of those kind of pouches
this is the original design but the original flavor with it looks like yeah um pullers it
looks like someone's use it as a pencil case so maybe it's a kind of pencil case that's what i
think it really is it's dangling from someone's belt loop which is good it's got which didn't
mention it has a a little key ring loop
on the zip
I fucking love that
it's like the original
cup noodle design
so it's the classic
cup noodle design
but
we did have
for the 50th anniversary
noodle episode
we did
if you remember
you left a bunch of them
with me to try
and I did eat a couple
do a quick review of those
while I do some of that
well I need you to
fucking translate these
for me
spicy pork is that one.
Miso.
Ah, okay.
So you've got...
Spicy pork and miso.
Yes, spicy pork.
They were very similar, actually, Paul, these two.
They were delicious, let me say.
They really have the best of these style.
The pot noodle style, we'd call them in Britain, I guess.
The pot noodle style noodle in a container.
I think they're the best at it.
And both of these had sort of these sort of bits of dehydrated bits of meat bits,
you know, like the soya bits you get in a pot noodle, those kind of things.
But they do those so much better.
And there's a load of dehydrated like cabbage and stuff that really regains
some proper texture when it takes on the hydration.
Yeah.
Do you know what I mean?
And they're much better at that, it seems,
getting those things in.
But they were similar tasting, delicious broth,
like not completely clear broth,
but much sort of less floury than a pot noodle again.
And the bits were just sort of delicious.
God, I'm getting hungry thinking about those.
So you'd give them what out of five?
I'd give them both four and a half at least.
They were really good. Now let's move on move on also flavors i've never seen before noodle content
is our least popular content now people just want to make that clear that we're moving on now
can i say thanks to chris again it's good to know actually that chris thank you thank you chris i
will treasure that honestly i think it's a beautiful beautiful thing and the back i've
just translated the back of this thing and it says you can use it for cosmetics makeup or uh small bits of like stationery and things noodles no it doesn't
say noodles in fact one of the things it says is do not put noodles in it or sharp objects so i
guess it's quite a thick fabric it'll get cut um before we move on i just wanted to say there's
also a big bag of candy in here as well we're not going to get into it now we can save it for a
froth shop because i think we're going now i'm quite i think we're going now because it's all candy we'll save
for the froth shop next week there's loads of things in here there's yogurt sugar tablets
jelly beans soda jelly lemon sugar tablets marble chocolates i like a banana coffee they're all kind
of a range of uh we'll go into it next week but they're all kind of little packets of sweets and
candy yogurt sugar and then there's a and then we's a... And then we've got all... Yogurt.
And then we've got all the grape and soda flavoured stuff.
There's melon soda,
pineapple soda,
cola sodas,
orange soda.
There's chewing gum,
soft chews,
mint,
grape and orange salted bubble gum.
There's also some rice crackers in here.
Can I look at those?
We'll have a look next...
Can I just have a look?
They're in the box.
But we're going to go into it next week
where we can give it
the proper time and attention.
I'm starving. Yeah, well, don't eat them now because that's just candy. We'll save it for the fr into it next week where we can give it the proper time and attention. I'm starving.
Yeah, well, don't eat them now
because that's just candy.
We'll save it for the froth shop next week.
Okay.
Because we're due a visit, aren't we?
Aren't we?
To the froth shop?
You know what?
I'm fucked off with you today.
I don't know why you've pissed me off.
How have I pissed you off?
I'm just trying to be...
You're just belligerent.
I gave you a nice present.
Jason gave you a nice present.
Chris.
Chris as well gave you a nice present.
Who's this Jason?
Shh.
What do you mean, shh?
Donovan.
I've been having an affair with Jason Donovan.
Oh, yeah?
Together forever and never to part.
Together forever, it's true.
That's what he sings to me.
And don't you know I would move heaven and earth
to be together forever with you, Paul.
How would you move heaven and earth, though?
It's a metaphor, isn't it?
Yeah, for what?
Trying really hard and failing.
Why are you attacking the art of making a love song now?
I'm attacking that metaphor.
It's lazy.
I would move heaven and earth.
There are lazier metaphors.
Oh, he's moved heaven and earth.
What does it fucking mean?
In much more successful songs that you like.
He's moved two different fucking things.
You couldn't move the earth.
You've heard the expression,
I'd move heaven and earth.
Yeah, but I've just only realised
how absurd it is, Paul.
Yes, it is absurd.
How utterly absurd it is.
Absurdity is the point of the message,
isn't it?
No, it's not.
I would do something unsurmountable
for your love.
How would you do it?
You'd fail then.
If it's unsurmountable,
you couldn't do it.
I hate you.
And he said I would do it.
He said I would move heaven and earth.
Have you ever written a love letter? Yes, I have. Have you ever written a love letter? I have it here. I hate you. And he said I would do it. He said I would move heaven and earth. Have you ever written a love letter?
Yes, I have. Have you ever written a love letter?
I have it here. I have it here.
Who'd you write it to? Myself.
You wrote a love letter to yourself? Dear Eli,
I know
times are troubling for you now. It's not a
love story, is it? But I... It's not
negatively, it's not good, is it? I love you.
Yeah. And I would
move heavy but movable and realistic
objects for you like a rock love eli that's awful there's no emotion in there it's a funny
shaped letter give me the letter it's a very l-shaped i'll read you my letter now instead
i'll read you my letter here's what's your letter to me no dear jason donovan ever since i saw you in neighbors
my heart soared like a seagull cast its wings upon this ocean floor shadow
nonsense i'm sorry there was nonsense out your mouth now there young man don't interrupt my
love letter i didn't interrupt yours yeah at least mine had actual sentences not cast what the fucking going on with this seagull now when i saw you sing with kylie minogue i cast myself as the
role of kylie when you kissed her upon the lips my heart was yours from that moment dear jason
i went to see you in multi-colored swap shop coat whatever that fucking whatever that musical's
called did you hear me shout your name?
Did you, Jason?
I love you, Jason.
Anyway, Jason, I know you're not as successful as you are now,
so maybe that will mean you'll lower your standard.
I know you are not successful as you are now.
Yes.
That's what you just said.
I wrote this ages ago.
You wrote it when you were stupid, did you, Paul?
Yes.
And semi-illiterate and unable to improvise a letter.
Anyway.
I've written a letter to you.
Now that you're not as famous anymore, Jason, why can't you kiss me and be mine?
I love you, Jason.
I don't even know what love is without your name in my life.
Come to me.
Come to me.
Come to me, Jason.
At the end, I love your dick.
Can I read my letter now?
Yes.
Dear Jason.
Yes.
I'm sorry about Paul.
He's a cunt.
And his mouth garbage must be very taxing for you
with your busy schedule of 80s revival shows.
Love, Eli.
Dear Jason, I'm sorry for Eli's letter.
He doesn't understand the concept of love.
Love to him is like a foreign language,
something he won't learn and refuses to understand.
So with that in mind, forgive his bitterness
because I have to work with his bitterness.
But my love for you keeps me soaring every week like a seagull's wings across the ocean floor.
Dear Jason, I must apologise again for Paul's behaviour.
Paul is unable to feel the emotion of love and simply destroys those around him with his vitriol and...
Sark, I truly do love you.
Eli.
Dear Jason,
I'll show you love
with my package.
My package. Dear Jason, I've got a great
big knob on for you.
Dear Jason, I want to cover your face
with my gooey image. Dear Jason, I'm going to put
thick stripes and fucking
three inch enameled wank juice over your fucking beard. Dear Jason, I'm going to put thick stripes of fucking three-inch enameled wank juice over your fucking beard.
Dear Jason, I want to cover you with lashings and lashings of my love.
I'll eat different fruits on different days so my cum's different flavours,
so it's like a rainbow of different flavoured cum.
I'll open you like a celebrity would open a supermarket by taking scissors.
You know what, I'm just going to...
That almost got real bad. You'd snip his ring by taking scissors. You know what? I'm just going to... That almost got real bad.
Let's just stop.
You'd snip his ring
with your scissors.
Bye, everyone.
Next week,
we're cacking on now.
Bye.
Bye.
The girl came in the pantry
with the poultice tray already
and she said to me,
yes, Eli, your coloured eyes are going astray. the poultice tray already and she said to me yes Eli
your coloured eyes are going
astray
it's time for the Price is Right
yeah do you like the new take on the Price is Right
Paul? Do you like it?
it's a funny old game
you know when you're playing
with fire and prices
I am giving you ices
of creamy love
tonight. Oh, spunk, is it?
Is it back on the spunk? No. Creamy ices
of love. Yeah, like lolly ices or milk
bars. Are you putting your spunk in the fridge
and then taking it out and
fucking crumbling it in a drink?
My name is David Bowie
and I want you to know
that I've got an episode
of Price of Shite for you.
Come down to the Goblin Farm
where we make Goblin Pie.
It's the Price of Shite, Paul.
I'm trying to say that to you.
Yes.
I feel like I haven't had a petwing
in me pocket.
We haven't dealt out petwings
in a while, have we?
I haven't had a petwing
in my folded golden wing
in a while, Paul.
And it's time to offer you again
the chance. Now, we can both play this, actually. And it's time to offer you again the chance.
Now, we can both play this, actually,
because it's sealed in an envelope, the answers.
Oh, it's a versus episode.
It's a P.O. Box edition of The Price of Shite.
Shall I do the scorecard?
Yes, why not?
I'll read this out.
Again, I just wanted to mention that
we had a load of P.O. Boxes come through.
Some we might do for the Patreon episodes.
However, we have got a backlog
and we will get through them.
So thank you for sending them in.
We'll get to them in due course.
We've got a very tough backlog of packages.
This comes from Rob Wright,
who is at Unlucky Dip on Twitter,
should you want to follow him
based on his selection of items
we're about to investigate.
This is his bespoke Price of Shikes.
Should we just give a little explanation
in case anyone is coming to the podcast? We should always do it. Well, do it then. Price of Shite. Should we just give a little explanation in case anyone is coming to the podcast?
We should always do it.
Well, do it then.
We've gone on about the twings.
People are going to think we're deranged or something.
No, I think us doing the Dear Jason segment shows that we are clearly deranged.
Well, explain what this segment that we're about to embark on is, please.
Right.
The Price of Shite is our game show segment of the show
where we bring along some items we found in charity shops
and then we have to guess how much those items were
It really is as simple as that
Now, it doesn't matter on the number of items
that varies from game to game
but one important thing is the petwings, our point system
Now, if you get the item price correctly on the nose
well, that's two petwings, isn't it?
Two petwings
Two petwings on the nose Do you want to just make people what tell people what that sound like between between
thank you uh if you're out by 25p either way of the actual price well you're only going to get
one between well not exactly 25p in the range of 25p yeah between forwards or backwards over the
price yes any price a margin of error of 25p
on either side
of what the price is
above or below
above or below the price
25p
up to the 25th p
limit
in either way
yes
how many did you get for that Paul
just the one per twing
just the one per twing
now based on the game
and the rules
there are more per twings
available
but for now
we're going to keep it
simple pimple
well we don't know
what he might
well I'm going to tell you
now aren't I well how many items are there firstly please uh because i'm
taking the notes five it's all in the letter so let me let me read the letter then so this is what
rob says dear eli and paul love listening to cheap show and thought i'd quite like to put
together a price of shite for you so here it is enjoy fantastic these five items were all purchased
from a Beacon Centre
for the Blind charity shop
located on the Wolverhampton
Dudley border.
For the blind Paul
the eyes thing
is coming through mate.
I'm telling you
you've opened up
some weird shit.
I bet my eyes
start failing now.
We don't know.
They were working
when we put them in
and you can see
so that's alright.
They are still working.
No I meant in real life
stepping back
from the stupid story
that you've put in.
You might lose your eyes.
You'll fall on the floor and there'll be two nails poking out of the ground.
Like the omen or something.
Yeah.
Or you'll walk into a ladder.
Something.
Or a woman hits you with her stiletto heels.
Why would walking into a ladder blind me?
I only have nails coming out of it.
Less like the ladder's legs flip up and you walk in.
That'd be worse than just going blind, wouldn't it?
Or a lady attacks you with stiletto heels and manages to get both heels in each eye.
Right, because she could fly through the air.
No.
Well, think about how she'd actually do it if she was trying to do both at once.
She'd come at you forward, wouldn't she?
She wouldn't leap.
No, she'd be like that.
No, she wouldn't.
Look, can you see?
No, why would you jump at anyone's legs first?
Oh, you can see, can't you?
Look at me. Oh, God. I'm coming through. No. You wouldn't. Look, can you see? No, why would you jump at anyone legs first? Oh, you can see, can't you? Look at me.
Oh, God.
I'm cutting through.
No.
You don't know
how physics works.
The only people
who jump like that
are anime characters.
No one jumps
legs forward.
I'd quite like to see
the gooch of an anime character.
Right, well,
we're moving on.
So, these were bought
at a charity shop
on the Wolverhampton-Dudley
border.
The total cost
of all the items
combined was a mere £8. £8 on the nose combined. The total cost of all the items combined
was a mere £8.
£8 on the nose combined.
So we've got the number of items.
We'd like to have a ceiling.
It helps us.
So we know in the ballpark,
in the range,
what we should go for.
It's £8 just to make sure.
A mere £8.
The answers can be found in the answers envelope
included in the item box.
I have that thus.
Best of luck, says Rob.
You've got the answer box. Answers in the sealed envelope. You didn't thus. Best of luck, says Rob. You've got the answer, boss.
You didn't say anything about extra points
if you can score.
So it's just flat out per twing. So potentially
there are ten per twings on offer here.
For each of us, yes. I mean, has anyone
ever got all the maximum per twings available?
I don't know. I lose track.
I don't care also.
I'm going to put the letters on the table.
Do you want to protect it with the pot? Or do you want to get Poindexter out? I don't know where Po um i'm gonna put the letters on the table do you want to protect it with the pot
oh or do you want to get poindexter out i don't know where poindexter is he's probably in hiding
yeah he's uh he's crawled under something so let's put it on the just for this episode because
i'm so pleased with my new cup noodle pouch pouch um do you think you can get your garbage in that
yeah i could get two gubba jason donovan's and yours i could just see his bony chin this cup noodle pouch will be standing in for point dexter
who i just want to say clearly listens to the pod and you are valued point dexter okay especially
by me especially when we have our private little time devaluedued. It will be on the envelope of answers there
and protecting it.
No one will get in or out.
No, this is all above board.
Because you know what, people?
Betwings mean a lot to me and Paul.
You know, we like to joke.
We like to say, you know,
it doesn't mean anything.
It's meaningless.
He doesn't care.
I know you said he didn't care there
about something.
But we do care. We care deeply. We care there about something, but we do care.
Shut up now, Eli. Shut up.
We care deeply about betwings.
And my, I tell you what,
my golden wingeth inside-eth space
where the betwings lie underneath the wings.
Shut up!
It feels so empty.
Please shut up.
It feels so empty these days.
It hasn't had a betwing in it.
Shut up!
In my golden wingeth in it. Shut up! In my golden wing of Eli.
Shut up.
I know it's not very professional to say to your podcast co-host,
shut up.
But I wish you'd shut your fucking stupid mouth.
What?
Here's the first item.
Eli, regardé.
Oh, this is a Simpsons branded item.
Has Homer Simpson on it.
I'm just trying to work out what it is
It is a beer cosy, Paul
I hate the idea of it
Does it keep your beer cool?
What do they do?
I don't understand it
It's a bottle for a beer bottle rather than a can
It's bottle shaped
Yeah, so you can put a nice Heineken in there
Or an Ashanti
Heavily Simpsons branded
It has a label on it
Is a beer Ashanti?
A beer is not Ashanti
Ashanti is a song sung by sailors in labels. Is a beer a shanty? A beer is not a shanty.
A shanty is a song sung by sailors
in oldie times.
No.
A shanty.
A shanty?
Yeah.
Or was that a pop musician?
No, you're thinking of Asahi.
Asahi, thank you.
Is that Japanese beer?
I was just trying to think
of various different bottles
of beer you could put in.
This is basically
a grey thermal coat
for a beer.
Let's see if it says anything.
Why do you need it?
Keep it cool
or also it helps
to distinguish
at a barbecue
whose beer is whose i guess really is it what's it say on the top says beer something at the top
beer jacket that says nothing as well it is to keep them cool that's weird to me i don't see
the point of that that's that's such a dad christmas stocking filler gift you can see why
it turned up in a charity shop because some dad got it on christmas day yeah i'll never use that
it's a piece of absolute crap.
World-killing crap, as I like to say.
Christmas Day, daddy opens that and he goes,
is this funny?
I quit drinking a few months ago because of the problems and now you give me this.
And it says on it, it's got a picture of Homer
with a big frothy beer and it says,
we'll work for Duff.
And Duff is obviously the beer brand in The Simpsons.
So there you go, that's the first item.
A little detail there, Paul, I've noticed,
on the label it's got on it,
it has the 20th Century Fox logo.
Do you think it would have
Disney if they'd
manufactured this now?
Probably these days,
yeah, probably.
That's kind of an interest to me.
Probably, yeah.
It does have the label,
you know,
it's an unused item.
If you want to see
these objects,
they'll be on our webpage
for this episode
on our website,
thecheapshow.co.uk.
I've never felt the need
to have a jacket
for my beer.
No.
It's like,
I just put it in the fridge
if it's cold enough,
it's cold enough.
Yeah, job done,
you know,
waste of time.
You don't need that.
Right,
who wants to go first
with the guessing
on that one then?
Well,
I think you should start
this week, Paul.
Didn't I start last week
because I remember
I was saying something
about the factors.
You always complain that
you go first
and I end up winning
and blah, blah, blah,
even though I never
end up winning,
so it doesn't really matter.
Well, look,
there's an uneven...
Should we toss for it? I think we should, we need to. I haven't got a coin, I've just realised.. So it doesn't really matter. There's an uneven... Should we toss for it?
I think we should.
We need to.
I haven't got a coin, I've just realised.
Well, we can toss something else.
Shut up, Eli.
You've got no coin?
There's got to be a coin somewhere.
You know what?
I'll go first because I can't deal with this.
Yeah, you fucking go first, mate.
Right.
Okay.
So that is Charity Shop.
It's going to be cheaper because it's not London prices,
which we've discovered is really a thing.
It's on the border of Dudley and Wolverhampton.
Dudley, Dudley.
Okay, the Midlands we're talking about.
Yeah.
Midlands.
Birmingham sort of environment.
Birmingham, Midlands.
Nice accent, Paul.
I'm enjoying it.
Could you say, I'll say to you,
is £10 enough?
And then you go from there, yeah?
All right.
Hello, is £10 enough? Is £ go from there yeah alright hello is ten pounds enough
is ten pounds enough
for the noshing
you're not sure
could you not talk
I once saw a porn film
years ago
that was a British porn
oh only years ago
it was a British porn
for research only
no it's because
I wanted to wank
so I watched this porn film
it was a British one
but I do remember
I couldn't enjoy it
because it was a British one because you know when you I couldn't enjoy it because it was a British one.
Because you know when you watch American porn and it's kind of like all glitzy and stuff like that?
Or, you know, fake.
British stuff just looks like it's been filmed around the back of Safeways.
And this one guy was all, you like that, don't you, love?
Do you like that?
Do you like that all the way in?
Yeah.
Anyway, that was a long time ago.
How much for a Homer-branded beer jacket?
I'm going to say
65p. We've got an eight-quid
ceiling on all these items.
Five items, four more to come. 65p.
65p for Paul.
What do you say?
I think it's probably a bit more than that.
I'm going to say 120.
120? That's very
rambunctious. I think it's around there.
Traditionally, Paul has been the victor on these contests we have.
No, that's not true. That's not true.
I think you've got more betwings.
I don't know.
We've never really kept a ranking system, because why would we?
I know, but...
It's a very spoddy thing to do.
And that's what it's not about. It's about the fun.
It's about the little bits of fun in between, Paul.
It's about exploration, the stories that we learn along the way
from the items that are presented to us,
the memories they conjure, the stories they can tell.
It's much more about the game, Eli.
It's much more than just a game.
Yes.
It's a life.
If you had a really big flonger, you could get it in this.
I could put two of those in there.
Right, here's the next item, Mr Silverman.
He's handing it to me.
It's in a box.
There you go.
It's coming to my hand, and it's Rock Happy Families,
the traditional game with a musical twist, Paul.
Great fun for the whole family, someone has said.
Someone has said.
There's a quote that doesn't say it's from anyone.
Yeah, which I hate.
It's got tape on.
You might need to cut it again.
Oh, why?
Everything.
Well, no, because it saves more spilling out or whatever.
So, Happy Families is a card game. Very old classic game.
Of course.
I've never played it.
But I presume it's something a bit like, you know, like it's like 21 or it's like, you know.
Isn't it a, you have to get a family.
So, it's like Rummy or something.
Yeah, it's like Rummy.
It's like a child-friendly version of Rummy.
So, you have to get little families.
Yeah.
Instead of getting four fours or whatever, you'd get four.
It's like Mr. Bob the Baker and his Baker family.
You have to collect the whole things.
You have to get one. you have to get a family
yeah
and they're all
who knows
so yeah
shall we try
shall we try
and have a little game
so it'll be interesting
to see
so will the cards
be split up into
rock band members
it'll be bands
yeah
yeah
I'm trying to get
into it now
he's having real trouble
because again
once again
his weird
shut up
don't
his weird
don't say it
I'm in.
Dumbo-cluffed fingers.
Dumbo-cluffed.
Here we go.
Rock happy families.
Featured artists.
The Clash.
Yeah.
The Darkness.
I believe in a thing called
Lou.
Fun Fighters.
Foo Fighters.
Fucking hell.
I don't like them.
Doesn't matter.
You can still get the name
right.
Whatever.
Otherwise you sound like
me grandad.
The Faf Fighters.
I don't know what they're
called.
Led Zeppelin. Metallica. Queen. I don't like Metall right. Whatever. Otherwise you sound like me grandad. The Faf Fighters. I don't know what they're called. Led Zeppelin.
Metallica.
Queen.
I don't like Metallica.
Queen.
Slade.
The Who.
The Killers.
I would have preferred to see, probably for copyright reasons, they're not there, but
Beatles are the kinks in there.
Yeah.
They're rock, aren't they?
Yeah.
Let's have a look at the box.
Have the rules.
Object of the game.
Do the first play with the most sets of cards.
Rules.
One person shuffles
and deals out all the cards.
All right.
You ready?
No, I'm not going to play this
because I fucking hate card games.
Players take their cards
and arrange them into sets.
If they have sets of four cards,
they place them
up on the table
in front of them.
The dealer starts the game
by asking any other players
for a particular card
to add to their members
of a set they already hold.
If the player has the card,
it must be surrendered
to the dealer.
The dealer has another go.
God, this is terrible. If the player does not have the card, it must be surrendered to the dealer and the dealer has another go. God, it's terrible.
If the player
does not have the card,
it is that player's turn
to ask any other player
for a card.
It's a bit like Cluedo as well
when you think about it.
Yes.
You know, have you got that?
No.
Yeah, you have to tick them off.
Yeah.
So it's a bit like
Swap meets Rummy
meets Cluedo.
Dave Hill from Slade.
Classic look.
Yeah.
Yeah, do you know
when you think about... Do you know what's bad about these?
They don't have the instrument.
Well, no, because you're just building up the team in it.
Yeah, but they should have, just for purposes of knowing
who's who, they should have the instrument.
Doesn't it say on the card? No, it doesn't.
It says on the cards on here. I see there's writing on the cards on there.
Oh, and does it have the musician there?
Yeah, it has the name and their position.
There's one there as well. Look, it says here.
It doesn't have the instrument, though, Paul, does it?
Oh, no, sorry.
You're right.
It just has...
Okay, but what it does say is what card you have
and what other members of the band you need to get.
Yeah.
So you can go, oh, I need a noddy holder.
Shouldn't it just have up there bass or something?
Yeah.
Shouldn't it?
Drummer.
Then you'd learn something about who played what in the band.
Do you know what I mean?
They're not very good.
It's a paint job, isn't it, of a card game?
It's just bullshit.
No one could have fun playing this.
No, bad.
Don't like it.
Don't like it.
But what's the price?
I need to guess a price for that.
There's a lot of box for that as well
when you think about it.
There's a lot of box, yeah.
It's a very small deck of cards, really.
And it doesn't need all that plastic around it.
There's a brochure for their other games.
They're called Music Games, apparently.
Oh, so they basically palm off shit. Pop the Question, that's a pop trivia for their other games they're called music games apparently oh so they basically
palm off
pop the question
that's a pop trivia
there's lots of
pop the question
so it's just
they've just literally
taken all the
50s and 60s
70s 80s
they just do sort of
all the most
trivia packed
about decades
all the most
rote ideas
and slap on the
IP
soul funk and hip hop
yeah
all together that
is it
yeah
fiddle sticks
right
how much is it because I'm Fiddle sticks. Right.
How much is it?
Because I'm bored of talking about this.
I think that's probably... Probably.
Because it's complete and it's relatively new.
I mean, it's been untouched again, like the other item.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, you're going first this time.
I've got my price in my head, though.
It's hard to know with the eight quid ceiling.
Yeah.
Because I don't know what's coming up.
There might be some more expensive items.
Do we have a chance to change our answers at the end?
We always do, don't we?
We always do.
Okay, I think.
I like to just lock mine in because I'm inherently lazy and don't care.
I just feel it's like £1.50 if it's a day.
So I'm going to say £1.50.
You know what?
I was going to say the same, but I'm going to go ahead and say £2.
Because that looks like it's a price because of the size of the box.
You know, like they'll put £2 in it because they'll think it's a proper thing. All right. So I'm going to say £2 say £2 because that looks like it's a price because of the size of the box. You know like they'll put £2 in it
because they'll think it's a proper thing. Alright. So I'm going to say
£2 and you're saying £150.
I think you're probably right. I'm saying
£150, you are saying £2
and let's see the third item Paul.
And here is the third of five
items. This looks like you've got to be careful with
it so be careful with it. Oh I can hear it clanking.
It's in bubble wrap. I can hear
it jangling. Sounds like it clanking. It's in bubble wrap. I can hear it jangling.
Sounds like it's glass.
Yeah, it might be glass.
There's no list of what the items are,
so we're left to interpret the purpose.
It just has a number and a... No, there's just five items and then the box.
Okay.
Are we doing it in the right order?
I'm just doing it in kind of order in size.
Oh, this is going to bite us in the arse, Paul.
We're not going to be able to know.
Well, no, I know, because I know what the items are,
because I see them when I put them in the bag.
It's all new for you.
Oh, wow.
What is it?
Oh, no, it's one of those terrible things that scare me.
It's a teapot which has a sort of anthropomorphised...
Ear of corn.
Ear of corn with a face.
Not an ear of corn.
What is it?
A cob.
A cob of corn.
Is it called an ear when it's still on the stalk?
Oh, I don't know.
Or is the ear each kernel? I don't know. Or is the ear each kernel?
I don't know.
It is an ear, isn't it?
Either way, it's one of those 60s, 70s porcelain teapot.
Can I keep this?
You can definitely have that because those things give me fucking nightmares.
And it's got little hands.
You know what?
It's the face I don't like.
That cheruby plump.
But what about the little hands coming out?
Out of his head.
It's a little child corn cob with the leaves.
The leaves form the handle on one side and the spout on the other side.
And it's in very good condition.
If you think about these little pointy fingers it has,
they always break off, don't they, on these things.
So this has a kitsch charm for me.
It's very of its time.
It's like a Toby Jug horror type thing.
It's only small, though.
That's why I like it.
Does it have a brand maker on the bottom or anything? No brand. No. Nothing on the bottom. Cheap piece of shit. It's like a Toby Jug horror type thing. It's only small though. That's why I like it. Does it have a brand maker
on the bottom or anything?
No brand.
No.
Nothing on the bottom.
Cheap piece of shit.
It is.
But it's typical
good old cheap show stuff.
It's not a terrible
sort of mould or paint.
No, it's basic.
But it's not that bad.
It's been fired.
What, from its job?
It's like a demon corn child.
It's only a small cup of tea
like that. You could maybe get half a cup cup of tea like that you could maybe get it's
ornamental it's not for making tea with is it really no i like it that's satisfying you like
that noise i like that noise but i'm as enjoyable as that may be for you paul i do need he's trying
to play it like a flute now people wow. Wow, the creativity. Can you make it a hat as well?
Yeah, he's made it into a hat.
And what else is it for?
I'm a fine improv person.
What else is it?
Here's the next one, Eli.
Oh, he's crying into it.
Oh, my tears.
It collects his tears.
And then he's snotting it.
He's snotting into it. And then you can pour it out the nose,
just like that egg separator thing.
Remember that?
You could probably use that
as an egg separator, couldn't you?
Here comes the egg separator murderer. Yeah you could probably use that as an egg separator couldn't you here comes the
egg separator
murderer
yeah he's made
his penis now
that's good
he's now
shitting in it
I'm actually
enjoying this now
with you
you could
that and the
nose slime
egg cup
a little family
of horrible
porcelain
I like it
I'm going to
put it on my
shelf
but how much
is it
thank you very
much Rob
for getting that but how much is it that's what I need you to guess to put it on my shelf. But how much is it? Thank you very much, Rob, for getting that.
But how much is it?
That's what I need you to guess.
Oh, yeah, it's my turn now.
You're going first, Paul.
So I'm going to say that that is £1.50.
I'm going to go £1.50 for that.
£1.50.
He's going £1.50.
It's a very popular price.
I want to say £1.75, and I don't know why, but I'm going to stick with £1.50.
£1.50 for you, yes?
£1.50 for me.
What are you saying, Mr. Silverman?
I am going to go for two pound 30
oh the dentist's favorite time of day 230 it's my it's a great gag that is a really not good item
number four it's a big one and it's really horrible i kind of like it it's a stainless
steel party set uh it looks to date from the early 80s,
from the font used.
Or very late 70s.
It's that weird.
Seven-piece pickle and party set, Paul.
It's that American sitcom font.
It's like the Hill Street Blues font, isn't it?
Yeah.
It's got that look.
With lipped bowl for easy holding and six picks.
Look at the side.
These are pickle picks.
Yeah.
Look what it says.
That's what I just said.
Seven piece pickle party set.
It's a pickle party set, Paul.
Seven piece pickle party set.
And I am tenting
in the double package area
because I like things
to do with pickles
and I will use this.
Are you going to use that?
I like that teapot.
This has been the greatest
price of shite of all time.
I'm opening it.
I will say this.
I think the last item
is a doozy.
This is really well preserved
It looks like a dog bowl though
It does look like a dog bowl
It's like a little stainless steel dog bowl
But you've got the little
Pickle sticks
Those are the things that end up
At the bottom of your drawers
In the
In your cutlery drawer
In your cutlery drawer
In your kitchen don't they
Hundreds of them
Straws that you never use
Little pickle pick
But useful
Also
Claw on the cob
Paul
It's not just to show with me
I do actually eat
Quite a lot of pickles, olives,
and other sort of preserved things like that.
As someone who's spent time in your bedroom and in your close proximity,
I can vouch for the stench coming off you from a pickle-rich diet.
Listen, you know what?
You have a ripe flavour.
I'm going to be 50, Paul, in a few years' time.
I need to attract a partner at some point.
You're not going to do that in that fucking room.
Well, it's not about the room.
I don't just...
How is she meant to fall in love?
I don't smell of pickles in my person.
How are you meant...
My balls are clean.
Everything's fucking clean.
Your bed looks like a rat's nest.
Your room...
You can't expect a woman to be in the mood romantically
if she's too busy being sick.
I'll take her to a hotel.
Fine.
Right. You've really fucked me off now. Good. That's what you being sick... I'll take her to a hotel. Fine. Right.
You've really fucked me off now.
Good.
That's what you get for... You stink.
I can smell your dirty balls.
I don't stink,
because I don't live in a room full of curry tins,
ashtrays,
wasted food,
tears,
spunk-laden,
crispy,
funky,
crispy,
spanky,
crispy bed sheets,
and more dust
than a fucking Victorian ghost house.
So don't come at me with your, oh, my balls are clean.
So, so.
Isn't that what's most important?
No, because if you take him back to a room that smells worse than balls.
No one's going in there.
It doesn't matter in there, does it?
No one's going in there.
You should just think about cleaning your room.
I'm sorry to get real, like an intervention.
But you need to sort that room out.
For your own mental health, a spring clean could do you the world of good.
Wouldn't you love to walk into your room
without stepping over things
and wading through clothes
and the ongoing sweat mound that is Mount Grotpants?
Anyway, I think that is...
Three pounds, I'm saying.
Yeah, three pounds.
I'm going to go with 250.
We should get those home improvement people to come in.
The TV show works like... I'm going to go 275. We've been invited like, you know, home improvement people to come in. The TV show works like...
I'm going to go 275.
We've been invited
along to Eli Silverman
this week to give
his bedroom a makeover.
You're saying 250, yeah?
Yes.
What did you say?
Three.
275.
Oh, you changed it.
You said three.
I changed it.
You just said
we're allowed to change it.
Have you stopped
with the realness now?
I'm just saying,
you didn't say it
onto the podcast
so therefore it doesn't
hold weight. You can't just write it down. I'm just saying, you didn't say it onto the podcast, so therefore it doesn't hold weight.
You can't just write it down.
So I'm glad you said it out loud.
When you were ranting just now.
Yeah, but I wasn't listening to you.
I changed it.
If you'd been listening, you would have heard it.
Are you ready for the fine lighting?
I don't know, man.
I feel quite deflated.
I think this fine lighting might actually help us.
Can we get some light in here?
Yeah, stick the big light on.
Oh, now I look like I'm in a poker room.
Got this light over the top of me.
A poker room? Yeah, you know a poker room where poker happens. Poker room now I look like I'm in a poker room. Got this light over the top of me. A poker room?
Yeah, you know a poker room where poker happens?
Poker room.
You've never even been in one.
No.
It's a place for losers.
Oh, he's got the biggest item for the last here.
Here's the biggest item, and it might help us with our quandaries.
Not just today, but in life.
Really?
Eli, what do you say to this?
Answer me, Jesus.
It's an answer me, Jesus.
It's a big plastic pink Jesus
with, look at the bottom.
Find out what Jesus would do.
No, I have to go through this again.
The bottom of the box,
the opposite of the top,
and it's surrounded by sides.
There's an eye hole at the bottom.
Yes, because it's effectively
a magic eight ball.
Oh.
But instead of it being a magic...
It's hard to see from the light.
Can I take him out?
Whip Jesus out. Excuse me while I whip Jesus out. it's a big long this is terrible it's got a real
weight to it because it is a it's full of liquid isn't it no it's not it's like the bottom's got
yes it is full of liquid in i don't think the whole thing's filled with it i think it's mostly
plastic little section at the bottom yeah answer me jesus the lord works in mysterious ways and
now he will speak to you through this inspired plastic likeness.
This is awful.
It's hip and holy and it possesses the power to amuse and offend.
Never again will you have to wonder what will Jesus do when you hold the answer in the palm of your hand.
Funny and fun, this answer me Jesus is a blessed way to declare your love or faith or add a touch of holiness to any decor.
Not intended for any use by the closed minded.
Warning, Holy Spirit not included.
And it's broken.
Is it?
Yeah, the water's sort of evaporated,
so you don't get an answer, and it's hard to read.
Oh, it's all blobby and leaked out.
Is it okay if I don't go to church on a Sunday?
Is it wrong to slash my ex's tires?
And then he'll give you a statement like,
resist the devil, have faith.
This is a disgusting novelty item.
When I think of the resources...
I died for this.
That's what it says.
This is just a disgusting waste of everyone's life.
It's horrible.
It's got some fucking weight to it.
Do you know what I mean?
You could kill someone with that really easily.
Imagine if I became a seal.
Not really easily,
but you could bludgeon someone quite effectively
is what I'm saying.
It's one of those Jesus models that looks like
the kind of Brazilian Catholic kind of style almost. Do you know what I'm saying? It's one of those Jesus models that looks like you know the kind of Brazilian Catholic
kind of style almost.
You know what I'm saying?
Yes.
The more Spanish
way of representing Christ
with the flaming heart
on his chest.
That's right, yeah.
Which is a tip-tapping
like this.
It's just more Catholic
in general is it?
Right, I'm going to ask
him something as best as I can.
No, you won't be able
to read it.
You can.
What I'll do is I'll roll it
and then rest it against
the glass to get an answer
because you're right
the blue liquid doesn't go to the top.
That's what I mean.
But if I hold it upside down, then it does and it can.
But then it floats to the top.
Yeah, it's broken.
Let's just see if I can get an answer out of it.
You can't.
Jesus.
You won't be able to.
This is useless bit.
I'm gone.
This is really shit.
Jesus.
I would like...
Should I...
Should I...
I've got nothing to hope for.
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Oh, come on, man.
I just had a really sad moment where I was like,
oh, no.
Let's not get extensive.
No, it just means you're content.
There's nothing, you know,
that you're worried about.
That's good.
No.
Will digitiser series two be a huge success?
It says, the nearest one to the top says... This is working.
I actually couldn't even read it.
Yeah, that's what I tried to explain to you,
that it's broken.
You just, you don't listen, Paul.
You know that?
No, you're going to hell.
Okay, there you go.
But Paul, what I need for you from this thing,
which you are taking out of my house.
You're taking this away with you today.
Oh, yeah, I know.
I'm going to put it in a charity shop as soon as possible.
Please.
It's so heavy.
It kind of disgusts me, the amount of resources for something that is so useless to begin with,
when it even functions.
And it's not functioning.
Do you know what I mean?
How much plastic was used in making?
A lot of plastic.
How many of those did they use?
This is the worst kind of shit shit because it's made with spite.
It's a one-joke premise.
We're like, what if Jesus was a magic eight ball?
And then it's made so badly, even the joy of it is pointless.
It's just disgusting.
Do you know what I mean?
Some things are charming, but it just overwhelms.
It's overwhelmingly just wrong.
It's a horrible novelty item.
This one says, I think the holy water will sting
it's so bad that but i need a price from you paul i think because of the size of this and the fact
that it's heavy the charity shop worker went this is a value so i'm gonna say uh how much have i
done so far one two give us a quick rundown of the price you've spent so far seven pounds and
15 pence oh shit So you've only got
£75.
£85.
I guess I'm not going
to get most of these
right.
I want to make this
£3.
Okay.
And then I want to
make the board game
Happy Family Rock
thing.
Which was item
number two.
No, it wasn't.
Well, this is the
problem we're going
to have.
Yes, it was.
You didn't write it
down, did you,
dickhead?
Well, I thought
that it'd be there
in the fucking thing.
But when I do the
points, I always write the item down.
So you didn't do it.
I have recall.
Oh, chinny chinny.
You don't have recall because you just said.
And I quote, I don't know.
I do know.
I don't know.
I know exactly.
What order was it?
It was Homer, Rock Family.
Yeah, then the cup. The kettle fish.
Fish, corn, kettle, pot.
What is it?
Pot.
Tea pot.
Tea pot.
And then the cutlery set.
The pickle set.
Yes.
And then the Jesus.
That's right, yeah.
Yeah.
So, Homer Rock Corn Bowl Jesus.
Yes.
Yes.
You want to change the price of one of yours?
To the Happy Family Rock.
I want to make that one quid.
Okay.
And then I want this to be three.
Yeah, I've given you three for that.
Now, what do you think?
What have you got so far?
I'm going to put two for that.
One, 75 for that.
Oh, Jesus.
Will I win this game, Jesus?
All right, what's it saying?
It's saying...
And I'm going to change the corn thing to...
I still love you.
Two pounds.
Oh, Jesus.
Jesus loves me.
Jesus, he loves me
and he knows I'm right.
And I'm going to change...
I've been talking to Jesus
all my life.
I'm going to change
what families to one pound.
I've been talking to Jesus.
Okay, you ready?
I'm singing Genesis.
It's time for the betwings
to be awarded, Paul.
Jesus, he knows me
and he knows I'm right.
I've been talking to Jesus all my life.
Bravo.
I've been talking to Jesus all my life.
I can't walk.
I can't dance.
He's gone into a medley.
The only thing about me is the way I walk.
Shut up.
This is the land of illusion.
Lovely medley. These are the songs we're up. This is the land of illusion. Lovely medley.
These are the songs we're singing.
These are the...
No, you meant to go,
Oh, these are the hands we're giving.
Can you shut up, please?
Oh, what would Jesus sing?
He'd sing Genesis.
He would.
Because of Bibles.
He didn't come along to one whole book after.
He read the book.
Do you think Jesus read the book?
He read the book.
Stop waving the pink Jesus at me.
I'm waving pink Jesus at Eli threateningly.
Yeah, it's very hard.
Imagine if I came at you in the dark with this.
I hate that thing.
From a distance, it does look like a big cock, though.
Let's just be completely honest about that.
Yes, it does.
And I won't make the obvious joke about putting it up my arse.
Right, okay.
But, Paul, I'm ready for Gits and Petrings.
Please.
Oh, yeah.
Answers.
Yes, we need the answers.
We'll move the pouch.
We are moving the pouch.
The cup noodle pouch.
Here we go.
I'm opening the envelope now.
Careful.
Look across the top.
Look at your big sausage fingers, mate.
Come on, bring it.
Here we go.
All important answers in no particular order.
The sweet corn jug is what he's called it,
whereas we like to call it the corn teapot.
Is it a teapot or is it for gravy, maybe?
Pouring gravy up.
It could be like a...
You put gravy in?
Corn gravy.
Corn gravy.
Corn gravy. Corn sauce. Oh, that well-known... You put gravy in? Corn gravy. Corn gravy. Corn gravy.
Corn sauce.
Oh, that well-known...
You could put that
corn sauce in
that we tasted.
God, that was rough.
Corn gravy.
What did we say
for the corn jug?
Which was...
Item number three.
No, fuck this.
I'm not doing it
like this, Paul.
All right, let's do it
in order of what we did.
So Homer, yeah?
Homer was first.
The Simpsons beer cover.
That was the first item.
What did you say?
I said £1.20
you said 65 pence
ah
and the answer is 50p
so I get
a lovely per twing
for that
because I'm out by
25
well I'm out by 15p
but the point still stands
one per twing for you
Paul well done
thank you very much
that bodes well for you here
I think
right
rock happy family
is the next one right
we both said a quid
that was 150
ah I changed my answer so no per twings for either there I would have said 150 Rock Happy Family is the next one, right? We both said a quid. That was 150.
I changed my answer.
So no betwings for either there. I would have said 150.
I would have had two betwings.
I know, but unfortunately, you crossed it out.
So now it's a no betwing situation as we go into our third item,
the Sweet Corn Jug.
I'm going to score no betwings this week.
Sweet Corn Jug.
How much did we say for Sweet Corn?
For the Sweet Corn Jug, which was the third item.
Is that right, Paul?
Yes.
You said £1.50 and I said two on the nose.
The answer is £1 on the nose.
So we are both out there.
It's going to be one between you and the whole fucking thing, mate.
What's the next one?
The pickle party set.
The pickle party set.
How much did you say?
£2.75.
How much did I say?
£2.50.
It is.
£2.
£2.
Oh.
So, no points there.
I'm not going to score anything.
Finally then, the Answer Me Jesus,
the potentially most fun and yet ultimately most disappointing item on the list.
It wasn't potentially the most fun.
I could have had a lot of fun asking Jesus shit.
No, it would not, because it would just be stupid things.
Answer Me Jesus, will we ever visit by aliens?
Oh, I'm Jesus.
Look at my hair.
I do not know.
Yeah, fantastic.
I hate magic eight balls anyway.
I hate them as well.
I fucking hate them.
That's a hateful thing.
I like having them on a shelf, but you never really want to use one unless you're in your darkest hour and you're out of all the options in your life.
It's total shit.
Friends have let you down.
Family, business,
enterprise, council,
government.
Enterprise, council?
You know,
everyone's let you down.
Friends, family.
Really?
You really don't
half talk some shit
and you don't even
know who else to turn to.
You can't go to therapy,
counselling, doctor,
Well, you still wouldn't do it.
You still wouldn't
use the eight ball.
A prime minister,
self-help line.
You're probably more likely to fucking pierce it
and try and drink the fluid inside,
see if it got you off.
What is that blue made of?
It gets you right off.
Yeah, but is it?
Is that the secret to magic eight balls?
If you break them open and drink it,
they give you the answer.
Yeah, then you actually get the answer
arriving through a dream state.
Yes.
Let's break open.
Just bust Jesus open.
I'm not going to break that open.
I'm not having Jesus.
Let's bust Jesus wide open
and get all the answers from his blue juice.
Jesus's blue juice will give you the answer.
I need the final item's price, Paul.
You said for the fucking stupid cunt Jesus thing.
Yeah.
Three pounds.
And I said one pound 75.
The answer is three pounds on the nose.
Are you joking?
No, because why would I win that is the right answer.
Fuck off!
I'm so angry with this!
I got fucked over hard!
How many betweens did you get?
This is what I mean!
No betweens!
How many did I get?
Three.
Three betweens.
That's a good innings.
That's not a great innings, but it's enough to win.
And fundamentally, isn't that the point?
Wow, I've had such a great time ladies and gentlemen this week
on winning this price of shite so thank you very much fuck that you've given up now you upset
yourself oh you didn't win no i didn't win i totally donutted out thank you rob for making
this day gone right good for me and you sang fucking stupid genesis this has been a great
episode for me i've given you an
intervention i've written a love letter to jason donovan and eli lost considerably poor performance
on the price of shite although eli don't get too upset you did get a cup noodle out of this as well
there is a lot of so there's a lot of joy in your life there Salve. There's a lot of... I'll salve. I'll use some salvent. I'll use a poultice of salvent, Paul.
It's a nice balm.
A balmy poultice.
A pit poultice.
Slap the pit poultice up the armpit, matron.
Get it round, matron.
Is that another David Bowie track?
Slap the pit poultice up the armstring.
No, now you're just talking like fucking mad people.
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I am at Paul Gannon's show
and Eli is
Eli Snoidy
L.I.S.
and I do
I'm not going to put
any effort in
because I was told
to be quiet.
Well you make me sad.
Why?
Said there'll be
no more noodles
on the show.
It's been proven.
You've been
called my fingers fat
again twice.
It's statistically proven
that it's unpopular
format noodles.
No that's some kind
of anomaly.
That's the anti-noodle
people.
A noodle-omany.
And a noodle-omany.
There was something
up with that Paul.
No it's just it's proven that people aren't interested in noodles.
Listen, listeners, if you're interested in noodles,
and if anything, it's proven that my vision of this show
to the noodle posse is the purest of them all.
Please get in touch and tell this man.
It's not me.
Noodles are essential.
It's in the fucking theme track.
The theme tune, Paul.
I will be changing that.
You'll be taking the noodle mention.
I'll be taking that out based on the obvious audience feedback we've had.
I don't say this.
No, there was no...
I look at the stats,
and I see people...
Oh, I've seen the comments as well, mate.
What?
Noodle episode, boring Eli.
He always goes on about noodles.
He hasn't got anything else in his life.
You're lying now.
You're gaslighting me.
You are gaslighting me.
is Eli Silverman.
What a loser.
You've done it three times in this episode.
Have I?
Or have I just spoken truth?
And you did a whole thing about my eyes getting gouged out last week.
Stop with this violence!
That was a deal I made with Biffo and Venus,
which, again, just to say, didn't go anywhere.
There was no apocalypse.
So Venus was wrong.
Your eyes being ripped out was for nothing.
I know.
It was a bit of fun, though, wasn't it?
No.
A bit of fun.
It wasn't fun.
A bit of fun to have your eyes popped out.
I'm going to eat a noodle now yeah
is that good
yeah
good
I'm just saying that
thanks everyone
and especially the noodle
aficionados out there
well we'll be back next week
and I think next week
we're going to do some
froth shoppy goodness
aren't we
we are
and soda jerky fun
we've got some things to taste
next week Paul
yes
can't wait for that
why don't you join us
next
I can't
I'm trying to keep this professional
and what we've done is talk about Spofford and Jason Donovan.
I love you, everyone.
I'm trying to be fucked by a big pink Jesus.
Sorry I was a bit shit this week, everyone.
Hey, don't worry, Eli.
You're shit every week.
Oh, you've said that before.
I know.
Because it's consistent.
It's consistent.
It's round and round.
It's Technicolor Dreamcoat.
You spin me right round, baby, right round.
Like a record, baby, right round. Knobbing off. Like a record, baby, right round. Jason Donovan, knob off.
You josh me.
Jason Donovan.
Josh me right off.
Jason Donovan.
Josh off Donovan.
I've joshed off Jason Donovan.
You've joshed him off.
I've joshed him off.
Josh, Josh, Josh, Josh.
That's not how we're ending, isn't it?
Because I want it.
Just end it then.
All right, bye then.
Bye, everyone. isn't it because I want it just end it then alright bye then bye everyone