CheapShow - Ep 343: An Episode In A Box
Episode Date: July 27, 2023Some week’s Paul and Eli can afford to take it easy. After the exertions of last week’s epic Golden Quest, it’s probably for the best that they let someone else do the hard work of building an e...pisode. Thankfully, there is a PO Box delivery from listeners Karen and Adam that does all the heavy lifting. Inside (amongst other things) is a carefully curated mix of cheap eats and a pretty solid selection of Price of Shite items. What will they make of the Ketchup crisps, pretzel pieces and Blue Ball Bonbons is anyone’s guess, but the biggest question is who will reign victorious and get the most p’twings in the Price of Shite? The important thing to remember is that despite the open goal they’ve been given, Paul and Eli will find a way to ruin it for themselves. Typical! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-343-an-episode-in-a-box 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 (we’re not calling it X) @thecheapshowpod or @paulgannonshow & @elisnoid Now on Threads: @cheapshowpod Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Merch Shop: www.redbubble.com/people/cheapshow/shop www.cheapmag.shop Thanks also to @vorratony for the wonderful, exclusive art: www.tinyurl.com/rbcheapshow NEW ART: Get hold of Spunk.Rock’s exclusive new CheapShow Artwork: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/CHEAPSHOW-EST-2016-by-spunkrock/115961855.WFLAH.XYZ www.instagram.com/spunk__rock Send Us Stuff: CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ
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I'm just going to get my mouth ready.
Get your mouth ready.
Oh, God.
Every week, I think, I'm not going to do the cold open,
and I'm not going to immediately despise you as soon as you start doing something.
And then you do something.
He's double fingering me.
The bird.
I'm giving two birds.
I'm not double fingering him.
I don't know what you think that is, Eli.
But where I come from, a double finger is quite the aggressive act.
So what is the bird?
Well, everybody's heard about the bird.
Everybody's heard about the word.
A buck, buck, buck.
A buck, buck, buck.
A buck, buck, buck.
Cock, cock, cock.
Family guy on their phone.
Yeah?
They want their joke from like 20 years ago back.
Peanut butter jelly time.
Peanut butter jelly time. Peanut butter jelly time.
Peanut butter, peanut butter, up your butter jelly time.
Paul.
It's all helping me warm my mouth up.
I was trying to make a very serious point.
Yeah.
About what the bird represents.
Everyone's heard about the bird.
Don't do that.
All right, stop doing that.
What does the bird represent?
It's a finger up the arse, isn't it?
You're saying up yours?
No.
Yes, it is.
I've never in my time said,
oh, I gave her the bird last night, for example.
Or I gave him or her the bird last night.
You are next level stupiding this.
Which is a good way of putting it.
Yeah.
So you've just completely just taken the wind out of your own argument
by inventing a nonsense word.
What is that?
What does it represent, the bird?
As in putting the middle finger up?
What am I saying to you when I do? It's like, fuck off. the bird as in putting the middle finger up what am I saying to you
when I do
fuck off
yes as in up yours
yeah but the
if the finger going up the arse
everyone knows that's what it represents
no it's just
it's just what's about the two fingers up then
that's uh
that's different
I know that's meant to
but what's that
well that's the fist
we're doing the pump
fist pump
that's a sex act
I'll give you that
but the finger isn't
the finger isn't
the fist and the elbow
movement that's a that's up yours no that's a sex thing that's a sex act. I'll give you that. But the finger isn't. The finger isn't. The fist and the elbow movement, that's a...
That's up yours.
No, that's a sex thing.
That's a fucking game of the beans last night.
Suddenly came alive, ladies and gentlemen.
The Vs is just like whatever.
It's that victory thing, isn't it?
It's like a rude victory.
There's loads of reasons behind it.
They think it might have been the archers, don't they?
They think that.
Not the archers, the radio show.
Yeah, they were very rude cast members originally.
Do you remember Elbow that was on...
What was it?
No, I don't remember whatever it is you've just made up now.
No, Spanish Archer.
It was a TV programme.
It was like a cartoon animated detective show.
No, it was on like Channel 5 when it first came out
and it just filled out the whole of the runtime.
The bird is not a sex thing.
I don't think it's a sex thing.
I think it's just a V.
It means up yours.
It means finger up your arse.
That's why I said double fingering.
What does the bird consist of?
Well, then you just put two fingers up.
Then it's not a bird, is it?
Why would you use two hands
with two different fingers
to go up the one bunghole?
You wouldn't.
You would use two fingers in the one.
You wouldn't fucking do it
like you're dancing.
You want this one and that one one you might be dealing with two people
is that what the thing is?
the bird is a dance act now
no
everybody's heard about the word
the bird, why do you keep saying word?
you can't even do your own jokes
Paul
welcome to Cheat Show everybody
no, no
I've said it now
because that means the music has to come in
no, have you
this has been very enlightening for everyone,
but not for me.
But I just read the other day,
with The Bird,
they're changing it to The X now.
The X.
Oh, Eli, well done.
Cheap show, everybody.
Cheap show.
On the hot topic button pressing side of things.
Oh, you can press mine.
Nibble, nibble, nibble.
And remember, everybody's heard about The Bird. Oh, you can press mine. Nibble, nibble, nibble. And remember,
everybody's heard about the bird.
No, we're not putting that.
Welcome to Cheap Show.
No, I don't.
Well, it's tough now I've said it twice.
I just want to say to everyone,
that's not my gag.
Your thing with that thing,
the family guy thing.
That's not my gag.
That's not the kind of humour I'm into.
Hashtag not my gag.
Yes.
Which you can't do on...
I did the really topical bit
and didn't do anything about the bird.
Have you heard?
I mean, ma-mow-mow.
No, not ma-mow-mow, no.
Welcome to Cheap Show.
No, ma-mow-mow.
I hate you and your fucking noodle posse.
People love noodles. It's just a fact of Cheap Show you're going to have to learn to fucking accept. Go Jolly! Cheat Show
It's the price of shite
Paul Gannon
Eli Silverman
Welcome to Cheat Show
And I go and I nuzzle
Hello ladies and gentlemen, I'm Paul Gannon, that's Eli Silverman Welcome to Cheap Show. And I go and I nuzzle.
Hello ladies and gentlemen, I'm Paul Gannon, that's Eli Silverman,
and this is yet another episode of the economy comedy podcast, Cheap Show,
where we go for the bargains, the charity shops and pound lands of Great Britain,
and we bring back the treasure we find amongst that trash.
We do get that treasure amongst the trash, Paul. Yes, hi, Eli Silverman here. The English Stack Exchange website says this about flipping the bird.
But where did the bird come from?
I'm now going to read to you what is said on this website.
On some website.
We'll see if it's correct.
It's from the Online Etymology Dictionary.
All right.
All right.
The middle finger held up in a rude gesture,
slang derived from the 1860s expression,
giving the big bird, to hiss someone
like a goose, kept alive in vaudeville slang with a sense of to greet someone with boos, hisses and
catcalls, that's from 1922 and transferred in the 1960s to the up yours hand gesture, the rigid
finger representing the hypothetical bird to be inserted. Thank you. I think we can all agree I have been...
The gesture itself seems to be much older,
going back all the way to Latin bestiality.
No, bestiary.
What's...
A bestiary is a list of animals,
like a dictionary of beasts.
Which, in Cambridge,
which describes the middle finger
as that by means of which the pursuit of dishonour
is indicated
it goes back a long way
at no point
did you notice
at no point
did it mention
arseholes
bumholes
up yours it said
what does it mean
what is getting up
what of yours
do you possess
that I could get up
with a finger pulled
up yours
is basically saying
whatever you're saying
I ignore it
you go on stage and you say, up yours.
What does up mean?
And what is something, what do I possess amongst my many things?
A bum hole.
I possess a bum hole.
Yeah, you do.
And it's mine.
You say, that's your bum hole.
This is mine.
This bum is my hole.
That's yours.
That bum is your hole.
That is yours.
What other things that I might possess?
Nose.
Okay, up your nose. Up your nose. Or up your ear. You wouldn't go up your ear. Only your hole. That is yours. What other things that I might possess? Nose. Okay, up your nose.
Up your nose.
Or up your ear.
You wouldn't go up your ear.
Only your nose.
So you're saying it's up your nose is what I mean.
Or about your pee-pee pipe.
It said inserted.
Your pee-pee pipe.
Right up the pee-pee pipe.
That's sort of horizontally up yours, down yours, round yours.
Come round up here.
You could be lifting it up.
No, you know what I'm saying.
Up yours.
Well, let's let the listeners decide for themselves
who was on the right side
of history there
up yours
I'm double birding you
reverse skiing
reverse skiing
go uphill
Paul
I'm excited
for today's episode
why
I just am
I'm just a normal
cheerful guy
I just like doing things
hanging out
hanging out with you
all the listeners
I love it
you know what my bum hole
well as i i didn't listen to that sorry i really didn't um what's coming up on the show today we
have a show built by our supporters and we've had a po box to be fair we've had a few people
send us what they call an episode in a box which is a big box full of things we can't
possibly cover in just one episode.
Because, Paul, how many segments do we do?
We've fallen into this format regime.
We've got a few segments, but we don't want to get into...
On average, two segments per format.
We used to do three, didn't we? And that was too long.
And then I said, no. I'm going to have a
breakdown again. No, no, no, because basically
it was like three segments is too many. We keep
doing 90-minute episodes. We got rid of one and segments is too many. We keep doing 90 minute episodes.
We got rid of one
and we're still doing
90 minute odd episodes.
I think,
you know what I think
the actual average episode length is?
100 minutes.
It's about one hour 10.
No, it's not.
It's 70.
Oh, yeah.
Sorry.
110 is just short of two hours.
I think last week's episode
was close to that.
Yes.
And I didn't think
it had a lull in it.
Nice sound effects work, bro.
Thank you.
I quite like my sound effects.
Right.
Those crisps as well.
Worcester.
Tato Worcester.
I'm actually touching
myself through cloth now.
Yeah, he is.
He's touching his
bourbon.
I just had to have
a little cup
when I said Worcester.
Yeah.
He's putting his
acorn in the egg cup.
Worcester flavoured.
Woo, scoop it.
Sorry.
I've got nothing.
Anyway.
But you haven't answered.
You haven't literally given me enough time to form a sentence before you jump in
with what I like to call more of Eli's mad mouth hour.
All right, I'm going to try and cut down on the mad mouth hour this week, okay?
Oh, I want to mention this because I keep forgetting every week.
I did discuss this with you and we're bringing it up, not for this week, but a future week,
is that the Country Urban Noodle Test Lab kitchen will be getting a name change uh not
x but what it will be called is the country urban noodle test lab international cuisine kitchen
which now means when you spell it out it says cunt lick cunt lick so it will be now be doing
the cunt lick section therefore again building, cunt lick, cunt lick. So we'll now be doing the cunt lick section.
Therefore, again, building upon the shitification of this dear podcast.
I don't know if that's a shitification.
You've just, you're expanding the brand.
Shitification, ooh, shitification.
And shitification is what you need
when you want to take an asset
and strip it of all its resources.
Ooh, shitification's what you need
if you want to run a social network.
Yeah.
Paul, I'm fully revved for today's fucking episode in a box.
Anyway, the point I was trying to make
before you keep interrupting me
is that we've had a few PO boxes all sent to us.
We're going to be passing them out over the next few weeks.
Ooh, it's exciting.
Our first one this week, I just grabbed it on the way out the door it's from karen uh who sent us
uh the breakfast noodles so i'll read the letter out in the next segment but we're going to be
doing a price of shite and a cheap eats this week oh it you got it it's your usual lovely basic
cheap show content uh you really needed me to interrupt there, and I didn't.
No.
What it is, is I look into your eyes,
and it's like, I don't know,
it's like there's a weird thing you do.
A sentence comes out, like this sentence.
I went to the park yesterday and walked the dog.
And I look into your eyes,
and it's like, oh,
walk the park to the dog-arse biscuits.
It's something like you do.
Oh, look, it's Gannon.
Everyone, you just saw in the wild,
one of Gannon's favourite impro words.
In Paul's head, when he wants a word that
is random, he goes for
biscuits. Has anyone noticed
this? I've got another one.
Pork chop. It's not. You never
say pork chop. I'm bringing it in. You only say
biscuits. Oh, I'm Stuart Porkchop. How do you
think we got the character Jimmy Biscuits?
And Jimmy. Jimmy's and biscuits is what this whole show is formed on oh we saw one in the wild he said
biscuits when he thought tried to think of a random word i'll give you a random word you always
do velure velure that's pretty what's that mean it's a type of material oh velure velure no velour
yeah that's what i meant well then it's not fucking wank, wank, biscuit brain, pork chop cunt.
Paul, I need to say something.
You do.
Every week, you do.
I need to say something.
You need to say less.
All right.
But that less is still something.
Less of something is still something.
We're not going down to zero words here.
This is a zero word contract.
Am I on a zero word contract?
Can you please,
whatever it is you want to say,
please now say it.
Now, Paul,
this is our,
we had an episode in the box
from Come Tramps
for Squidgey.
Yes.
And we've got a few others
which we'll get to.
At least two more after this.
At least two more.
And we've still got
lots of Karen stuff
to get through
for another episode
down the line.
So are we going to say,
if you want to send an episode
in the box, base it around two segments.
Maybe one Price of Shy,
one Tasting Bit. One Vinyl Platter,
one Cheap Eats.
One Soda thing,
a Tales from the Shop. Please, we really
appreciate you sending us content.
Because my flat is drowning in random
shit. But event did us
an episode in a box as well. Suitcase.
That was brilliant. Yeah. Anyway
We're podding in a box baby
and we're podding in a cardboard box
and we're podding in a box. That's all he had
I saw him run out there. I saw
you make the decision of
shall I continue with this? No.
Because there's not much to that song to be fair.
I have something to say though and
I know I've been building this up.
Well, it's only been eight minutes, so please get to it.
You say these are episodes in a box.
Yeah.
I had an episode.
Now, for context, he pointed at his bottom.
Just so people know what's going on at this end of the conversation.
Because you don't get to see this and we don't film these bits.
I had an episode in my box.
In your box, yeah.
You had an episode in your box. In your box, yeah. You have an episode in your box.
And I'm just wondering.
I'm just wondering, Eli.
I'm just wondering if this means, you know, you're bummo.
Yeah.
And the episode, was that like the screaming shits or something?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So what you're saying is your episode in a box is basically just saying,
I had a... I had I had a filthy shit.
You shat your guts out the other day.
This morning.
This morning.
You're up to date.
It's 20 past
four and you're up to date. Now it's time
for traffic and travel. Oh, you've started
the snot going now. No, I haven't done
that. At no point have I done that
you've amused yourself
because you said episode in a box
to suggest having the screaming ab dabs
it's pretty good though as those things go
isn't it I had an episode in a box the other day
exactly
yeah I pointed at a front
part of someone's body
oh he's off
you go do that.
We'll just end this segment.
It's enough.
We've done enough here.
I've pressed the button.
All right, we've done enough.
I have to blow my nose.
It's an episode in a box.
So let's just get into the letter.
Hello, Paul and Eli.
Karen and Adam here
of the Breakfast Noodle
Fame Stroke Infamy.
They were the ones
who sent us that package
it was an interesting noodle
thank you very much
I've still got one left
I gave mine away
to a friend of mine
oh yeah
did you not keep another one
and he just went
oh it didn't taste
much of anything
I was hoping for like
a review
I will say this
when we had it on the show
we had a few bites
and thought
that's alright actually
it's not too bad
it's not horrible
but when you have one
by itself
by the time you get
towards the bottom
that syrupy flavour starts becoming more and more prominent it's almost horrible but when you have one by itself by the time you get towards the bottom that syrupy flavor starts becoming more and more permanent yes prominent and then it's almost
an artificial sweetener flavor it's more like it just becomes too much bite after bite to have to
take in the bit that may please that may please so yeah i don't know but a wonderful curio and
not it didn't shit the bed please uh nissan keep making or is it nissan i don't know nissan nissan
keep making funny old noodles.
Keep making them.
Anyway, they go on to say,
I think we've managed to put together a show in a box for you.
So there's a load of stuff there.
There's a Silverman's platters, cheap eats, two prices of shites.
We'll do another one at a later episode.
Did you say it was Karen and Adam?
Yeah.
Nice.
Karen Adam.
Oh, it's her surname is?
Yeah.
Karen's surname is Adam.
Adam, yeah.
Right, is this full disclosure? No, it's not. You just fucking listen. You just believe anything I say. Oh, it's her surname is... Yeah. Karen's surname is Adam. Adam, yeah. Right, is this full disclosure?
No, it's not.
You just fucking listen.
You just believe anything I say.
Well, what then?
Karen and Adam.
Yes, that's what I thought.
Hello, Adam.
Hello, Karen.
Here to fall.
He hadn't been mentioned to me.
You only mentioned Karen to me.
So, hello, Adam.
And hello, Karen.
Nice to meet you both.
Thanks for the noodles.
Okay?
Okay.
He's doing a Weetabix impression. That's Weetabix, yeah. Okay. Karen nice to meet you both thanks for the noodles okay okay so there's a mix of savory
and sweet and that's
it thank you so much for the many many many hours of
laughs and entertainment if you ever fancy
an excursion to sunny south Wales
we can accommodate you and give you a lift
or our local charity shops or a lovely walk now we're
alright
anyway no desire to go to Wales.
You went to university there.
And why would I go back?
No, it's a lovely part of the world,
but I don't know.
I don't know.
I'm a weird boy.
I like doing things
on my own terms
in my own time.
You really do.
You know what I mean?
That's the price of shite.
So we've got
four snackaroos
from Karen and Adam
and we're going to go through them
right now.
Do you want to start with savoury or sweet?
We've only got one sweet, so we'll have that for afters.
Let's have the sweet for afters.
I think we should start with these.
This is Lay's Sticks.
Ketchup flavoured.
Now, what is a stick?
I've never seen...
So, essentially, this is the same company as Walker's.
Yes.
Do they have a British market version of these?
Sticks?
I don't think so.
They must.
Well, sticks are just like...
Not chip sticks.
You know the ones we had a few weeks ago?
Which had the ketchup with them.
Which you did, yeah.
They had the ketchup.
Okay, so that's these again,
but now they're flavoured with ketchup
so you don't have to now pour a weird, dodgy,
overly sweet sachet of ketchup
in a see-through bag
of potato chips.
It's just a very weird concept.
It was a very strange thing
and I didn't eat much of it.
But, so yes,
now we know
from previous episodes, Paul,
that on the continent,
especially in middle Europe,
tomato ketchup is
the dominant flavour for crisps.
Yeah.
Ow.
That's that on me.
Pretzel bites. Careful. Yeah. Ow. That's that on me pretzel bite.
Careful.
Yeah.
Yes.
Tomato ketchup's a big flavour.
It's the equivalent of arse salt and vinegar and cheese and onion.
Arse salt?
Yes, I have arse salt.
It was part of the episode I had in my box.
And I have a pepper.
It all crusted over.
And I have a.
The rim of my arse hole is crusted over with salt crystals.
But that's funny because my penis.
Oh, it's all.
It's peppery. So because my penis is peppery.
So I could be a peppery.
You could what?
I'm going to edit that out.
I love tomato-flavoured, tomato ketchup-flavoured crisps.
I remember they tried to bring them out.
Heinz did a Walker's thing several years ago.
I loved those.
It was a gimmick though, wasn't it, right?
No, because they had them in the shops for a while.
Here's the thing.
Bollocks to ketchup.
How about we have like salad cream flavoured crisps or HP sauce flavoured crisps or what
other sauces are popular?
Mayo flavoured crisps.
Do we have those?
I have tasted those because my friend brought back from the Netherlands chips with mayonnaise.
You know, that's the way they do.
They pour mayonnaise all over their chips out mayonnaise. You know, that's the way they do. They pour mayonnaise all over their chips out there.
Famously mentioned in Pulp Fiction, of course.
There was a crisp they brought back.
They went on holiday there, my friends,
and they brought back a crisp that was mayo and chip flavoured.
So that's weird in two ways,
because it's a fried potato,
which has been flavoured as a fried potato.
Yeah, we've covered that on the
show didn't we we had the roasties roast potato flavored crisp i mean i'd love to weirdest yeah
it's like saying i don't know like banana flavored banana sundae yes but these did taste of chips
with mayonnaise anyway so they were a mayo flavored and stuff them can i just say i love
the idea of a hp sauce or no they cream. No, they have done HP sauce.
That Worcester sauce is essentially... It's not, is it?
It's not.
It's a completely different flavour profile.
But I think salad cream is long overdue for a crisp.
What the fuck's happening outside?
You know what it is?
It's the...
It's what?
The owner of the flat, the Mike Batt expert.
Yeah.
He once complained about the noise of helicopters.
It's like a holding pattern thing. We're in the epicentre
of... Is it traffic police hovering over?
Who knows? They just hang out here for hours.
Anyway, go on, huff the bag.
Sorry, everyone. It's even worse when you're trying to sleep
off a drug.
And they're like,
do you feel like you're in Apocalypse Now?
Do you feel like you're in Apocalypse Now?
Can I get out of the jungle?
Whatever. Sorry. It's funny, I've never heard Jimmy Savile in Apocalypse Now. Can't get out of the jungle. Whatever.
Sorry.
It's funny, I've never heard Jimmy Savile
in Apocalypse Now.
He's huffing.
Oh, I've got a shampoo note.
Weird soapy note coming off this.
Really?
Yeah.
I have to have a huff of that.
Yeah, and then you've got
the kind of paprika-y...
It's almost like a soap.
Oh yeah, you're right.
But then it gets into a spicy, more recognisable tomato.
Oh!
I might have to take all my words back about the shape and size of these crisps.
They're all flaky.
Ah, they're formed, aren't they?
These are slightly different, yes.
They're like...
Those aren't what we thought at all.
They're like V-strips.
Yeah, they're kind of unique.
They're formed.
So it's reformed potato, and it's sort of in a little V, a long V.
Strange.
Anyway, time to scoff them.
Now, having masticated them, do you have a kind of vomity afternote to these?
A kind of belly rennet kind of tang to it.
No, they're a bit smoky up front. It's a paprika smoke, isn't it? Yeah. A kind of belly rennet kind of tang to it.
No, they're a bit smoky up front.
It's a paprika smoke, isn't it?
And then the tomato ketchup does come in.
But then it's got this kind of bile kind of aftertaste.
It kind of evolves into a kind of slightly stomach acid-y thing.
Do you mean like the taste of Parmesan cheese?
Yes.
Kind of like that.
Yeah, I think there's some of that in there.
Yes.
But I, I didn't get it as a,
so it didn't make me feel repulsed.
I actually could completely demolish that.
Even I was thinking,
yeah,
they're not too bad.
Cause it's not like,
so like some ketchup crisps or,
um,
flavors like that can be very sharp.
They can be very kind of,
um,
like vinegary.
Yes.
In the way this isn't got any of that.
You mean like vinegary, like prawn cocktail? Yeah. That any of that you mean like vinegary like prawn cocktail
yeah that kind of yes what the fuck's going on outside i'm telling you mate they literally just
hang there for half an hour at least going around in a little tight circle right above my house
essentially it's never happened when we've recorded before but it does happen sometimes
it's like seriously it's like there's a war going on outside. Well, there is. Well, yeah, man.
Tell it to the streets.
Tell it to the streets.
Tell it to the streets.
Tell me I'm the only one.
Is it really love or just a game?
Tell it to my meats.
Hello, sausage.
There's a war going on.
Oh, blimey.
I can't do this, governor.
Right. I have zero inspiration.
I am Sergeant Bacon.
Private Porkchop at your service.
Hello.
We're going over, boys.
I'll just get me big good mate's banger, steak, mortadella, salami.
Don't forget private salami. I said salami just now. I know, I said don't forget him though. Okay, I Don't forget private salami
I said salami just now
Don't forget him though
We're going for the big push now
Governor
You'll be seeing that
As our new kids TV show
Meet Army
Starting next week on CITV
Cheap show
ITV
Right starting next week on CITV. Cheap show, ITV. Illu, illu, illu.
That's a placement.
Right.
Sergeant Truncheon.
No, Sergeant Luncheon's Truncheon.
Sergeant Luncheon's Truncheon.
Would you like to see my truncheon?
I've got a spare hammer for you, my love.
I'm going to thwap out the sliced roast beef onto the counter.
And by that, I mean get your fanny out and I'll let you off.
Oh, I'm Private Clam.
Oh, I've got a mungy clam.
Okay, so we're not really developing.
You started.
I did start it.
I did not.
I'm an innocent boy, I am.
We need some kind of indication for how much you like those crisps, Paul.
Let's do it out of five, like you always do.
I'll go for a...
Seriously, what the fuck's going on with this country?
It's been bad round here recently.
It's just madness.
There's the fucking choppers and beep beeps.
And I bet any minute a cop car goes by,
nee-nah, nee-nah.
Nee-nah, nee-nah.
Nee-nah, nee-nah, nee-nah. They don't say go, nee-nah, nee-na. Ni-na, ni-na. Ni-na, ni-na, ni-na.
They don't say go ni-na, ni-na.
Anyway, right.
They go woo, woo, woo.
They don't go ni-na, ni-na.
Anyway, Sergeant Luncheon Struncheon gets a 3.75 out of 5 for me.
I'd easily go 3.75.
Yeah.
On the destructor meter, I would destroy.
As in I would eat the lot in one sitting.
Yeah.
I think tomato ketchup flavoured crisps need to make a comeback in this country well they might be who knows who
knows when a trend will catch fire there'll be a tiktok about it won't there the ketchup crisp
challenge where you'll be like oh what's better a potato chip that smells of ketchup or a plain crisp with a dollop of ketchup on?
I've made the test.
Do you think?
Om, om, om.
Oh, I like it.
Om, om, om.
Oh, I like it.
I don't understand what you're doing.
Om, yum, yum.
You ever know that woman that was on Twitter all last week
because everyone was going, what's all that?
Boo, boo, boo.
Boo, boo.
Om, yum, yum.
I like it.
Whatever you say.
We could do that, Paul.
We could do that.
I don't know. You said people pay to use quotes. I thought. I like it we could do that you said like people
pay to use quotes
I didn't understand what it was I thought they were
really actually computer generated
things and someone is just
running
she was a real human being but she was
basically just bopping along and saying
things that people wanted her to say on cue
someone actually just build an actual
non-player character?
Yeah, but people don't want that because it's a real human being
and they're manipulating her to do what they want
and she gets paid for the opportunity to do so.
It's just...
You like it?
I don't know what she says.
I don't know.
We don't want to get into that shit.
Next, we're going to do a twofer.
We have pretzel pieces,
which we've had on the show before, various disguises.
Geysers. Geysers geysers
oh what's this
oh it's salt and vinegar
oh no it's really pretzel peas
oh
pretzel peas
you fuck disguiser
yeah came in dressed like a chub of pringles
a chub of pringles
oh yeah
that's the magic
that's an episode of The Box, isn't it?
I'm just thinking of putting my penis into a Pringle box now.
Oh, mate, I've got a chub of Pringles coming on.
Right, sorry, everybody.
Excuse me, sir.
Could you put on baggier pants?
I can see your chub of Pringles.
Oh, brilliant.
Right, so there are two pretzel pieces
we've had different types on the show before we've got we've got one pack called pretzel
peat buffalo blue and one called crack craxel c-r-a-c-k-z-e-l yes i think these are hungarian
or polish i've had these before these are cr essentially, right? They look like pretzel pieces, but effectively...
Oh, no, you might be right.
But these are garlic bread.
Garlic bread flavoured croutons.
They also do...
I can't read this.
We've had similar stuff before.
I literally have got to the point in my life
where I can't read this packaging now.
Can you read what those two other flavour things are?
I haven't brought my glasses.
God, we're getting old.
No, it's kind of dingy in here.
Yeah, but also that's small though, right?
That's small.
Packaging is getting smaller in general, right?
Okay, you got honey mustard.
Honey mustard.
Onion.
Onion.
Honey mustard onion.
Oh, like standard, yeah.
And?
And what?
Wasabi.
Oh!
Slightly less standard.
No, but I think we've had something like that before in the past.
Maybe these are pretzel pieces.
You're right, because they say pretzel pieces.
But this brand, oh no, it's not this brand.
I'm just mistaken.
This is a totally new brand to me.
Paul, can we just give a little bit of background about pretzel pieces?
The original company was Snyder's, right?
Are they?
Yes.
You know that for a fact?
It's big in the States.
Do you know that for a fact that they were the first company to do pretzel pizzas?
I do not,
but I think they were the first
to sell them in this country at least.
Okay.
And they were over in America
earlier this decade, basically.
You get the jalapeno one
and you get honey mustard.
But the best one that they ever did
was the buffalo wings.
Yeah.
Which they discontinued here.
They had hot and a sour. Well, these are buffalo blue. Yes. Do you reckon these are going to be wings. Yeah. Which they discontinued here. They had hot and a sour.
Well, these are buffalo blue.
Yes.
Do you reckon these are going to be similar?
Yeah, hopefully.
They're definitely my favourite flavour
of pretzel piece of all time.
Oh, fuck me.
The Snyder.
It's got a vinegary hit on the Nuff Nuff.
No, this smells like I've opened a tin of paint.
I'm going to take a pretzel piece out
and they're coated and dusted in this stuff.
That's it, like a buffalo wing.
That's the point.
Yeah, but they seem to be a classier make.
Snyder are a classier make.
Mate, smell that.
Bobbies do these now.
Yeah.
We've had them on the show.
Those are good value, aren't they?
You see what I see?
It's like acrylic paint.
Sort of cardboardy.
Anyway, let's bite them
because that's where the truth is.
So it looked like you liked them,
judging by your facial expressions,
but I never know with you.
I did like them, yes.
I didn't.
There wasn't enough flavour to it.
What flavour was there felt really synthetic and like off.
To me, they're a lovely balance between chilly heat.
There's a heat there.
True, but is it meant to?
And there's a tartness, like a turkey or something.
There's that sort of...
But is it meant to?
That citric acid sort of here yes that's
what buffalo wing
what's buffalo blue
blue is the blue
cheese and that's the
tang yeah yeah there
is no blue cheese oh
there was a cheese
note as well I
noticed a cheese
note that's what
they're trying to do
I don't think that's
a very I think the
other one we had was
far more flavorful and
just better because
that was just a
buffalo wing flavor
rather than this is trying
to combine the wing with the dip in one in one so buffalo wings are notoriously hot is that is that
no not notoriously hot buffalo what does buffalo mean it is a sauce consisting of spicy with
vinegar essentially and it so they are both those. A proper buffalo wing would be both tart
and have some chilli heat as well,
which I think that manages.
And there's a cheese note as well.
So I could pick out all three things.
Yeah, I got that.
I just thought the overall flavour
wasn't particularly impressive.
In fact, if anything,
it tasted too synthetic
for me to enjoy.
There is a slight cardboard-y
syntheticness,
but I enjoyed.
I have to say.
I would give that a 2 out of 5.
I would go for a 3.5 out of 5 on that one.
Go on to the other one.
These are the Craxels.
Pretzel piece.
Garlic bread.
Garlic bread.
What's the naff on that?
Smells like garlic bread.
That's nice.
I love the smell of garlic bread.
Depends on the mood.
Sometimes, yeah.
Sometimes I'm going to be sick in my mouth.
Really?
Yeah.
You're not a big garlic fan.
No, I am.
But sometimes if I'm not in the right mood. I don't know. It's a bit mouth. Really? Yeah, it's because sometimes... You're not a big garlic fan. No, I am. But sometimes,
if I'm not in the right mood,
I don't know,
it's a bit gross.
I can't explain it.
I'm getting...
Oh, my soap again here.
It's not a very strong garlic odour.
No, it's not a strong garlic odour,
but it's there.
To me, this has got more
of an artificial even
than those first ones.
I don't know about that.
Anyway, time to eat these
and find out.
Now, Paul,
were you getting a sort of
piney, almost rosemary sort of oregano-y thing?
There was elements of that in there,
but for me it was kind of like a sweet garlic creme kind of thing.
What?
Creme is a perfectly fine word.
It's not.
It's perfectly fine.
What on earth do you mean by a creme?
What is it?
Like a sweet syrup, like a condensed flavoured syrup.
Okay, fine.
I mean, I can make...
Do you want me to go further with the creme analogy?
I don't think creme has a definition.
I think that was a nice garlicky creme.
For me, they were distinctly underpowered
and almost hinting into a sort of floral herbiness.
Almost cheesy as well. And there's a cheesiness there, definitely. sort of floral herbiness. Almost cheesy as well.
And there's a cheesiness there, definitely.
An unwanted cheesiness.
You know, like your bell-end.
Like your bell-end before it quiveringly approaches a lady's opening.
And right before you insert yourself within her,
she gets a big snuff of gorgonzola.
Come here, way.
Gorgonzola guff-waffed.
Fucking penis tip. Looks like a dog-eaten
custard.
I don't know why you're cracking
me up. Weird. I'm loving
all these crisps and you're cracking me up.
Right. On to dessert.
On to dessert.
No, wait. We haven't rated these
I would give
The Petzl Preet
The Petzl
You didn't say Petzl
What did I say for that?
I didn't say anything
Oh, we didn't say
But we have said the garlic
Haven't we?
No, we've got to do that
Both right now
Let's do it now, yes
So, Petzl Preet
Buffalo Blue
What would you give it out of five?
I'd say it's a solid
3.5 for me
For me, I would just go
Three Okay Being kind Because I could demolish that bag You could give it out of five i'd say it's a solid 3.5 for me for me i would just go three okay being kind
because i i could demolish that bag you could okay but i wouldn't particularly right i think
i would prefer the other ones that we had all those years ago they were just they were so
fucking smash it in my mouth moorish you would the the buffalo the schneiders yeah yeah yeah
they've got a real tang it's a bit like those pickled Onion flavoured walkers
They had a real sharp tang
Balanced though
You know
I want some power
For my crisp flavours
You know
Some proper presence
I want length
I want that flavour to not like
Disappear the minute the crisp's gone
I want there to be a bit of
Lingering acetate
Yeah it's not much length
On either of these pretzel piece products
No we call that an Eli Silverman
Don't we
Why because I've got a tiny cock
Is that what you're saying
I have a small dick.
It's always been fine
for me.
That's because you've
got tiny hands.
It's always been fine
for people I've had
relations with.
No, it hasn't.
You ask them right
now and they'll be all
like, they shrugged
their shoulders.
What do you think of
Eli's penis?
Nah.
Jesus Christ.
What do you think of
it?
Nah.
It's always been fine
for me and, you know,
people don't complain. Just you and your crow. Me and my crow's beak. That's think of it? Yeah. It's always been fine for me and, you know, people don't complain.
Just you and your crow.
Me and my crow's beak.
That's not making it in, everyone.
It might have done.
I don't know.
Until we get here.
I might have left it in.
Let's pursue my dead.
I would like a mark from you for the garlic bread pretzel pieces.
Ooh, well.
Made by Craxer.
Craxel.
Craxel.
Craxel.xel Craxel
Yeah weird name
I don't like it
I would probably give those 2.5
I would go yeah
A 2.5 for those
Fine
You'd eat them
But I don't think I'd ever buy a bag again
Off the back of that
They weren't as nice as the Buffalo Blues
Were they?
No
No
There you go
We're going to move on to our
Final piece
Nom nom nom nom nom
Dessert
Dessert.
Karen and Adam have sent us dessert, and these are Tango Blue Raz Bon Bons.
But, what's this?
Blue Balls?
No, he can't bring him back,
because he's part of the whole universe thing.
I'll do what the fuck I like.
Won't I?
Juicy Jeremy has...
Captain Blue Balls.
Who are? I've come out of Oiden since our last adventure I'll do what the fuck I like. Won't I? Juicy Jeremy has... Captain Blue Balls.
Who are?
I've come out of hiding since our last adventure on the Cheap Show podcast.
Who are?
Ask him questions.
Get him involved.
Hello, Captain.
Oh, hello there, Eli.
My favourite of the Cheap Show hosts.
You're my favourite.
Who are?
Thank you.
That's nice of you to say.
You know what?
The reason why I like you so much is when my balls are bluest and bulgiest and at their most explosive, I think of you and the pain subsides.
So what?
Because I have my blue balls, don't I?
That's my gimmick.
We've got some sweets you might want to try, so hang out.
Why?
Because he's got your namesake.
Let's have a look.
Oh, blue balls. You think that's funny, do you?
Do you think that's funny?
Do you think that's funny?
Are you going to pop my blue balls in your mouth?
That's the joke, is it? That's the joke, yeah.
You thought it'd be funny to have me come along
and make fun of my medical
condition just so you could have some
bonbons, do you?
I didn't invite you. I think Paul sprbons, do you? I didn't invite you.
I think Paul sprang this on me.
I'm sorry.
I thought it'd be a nice surprise for him to put bonbons.
Did you book him on Hermes?
Yeah.
What did you get him to deliver?
Bag of eggs.
Oh, a bag of eggs.
A bag of eggs.
One of those bag of eggs.
Old Mrs. Old Grady in Hammersmith.
Oh, you are Mrs. Old Grady.
No.
Shh, I'm not.
What does she look like?
No, she's an old lady.
She's in her 70s. Perhaps that will help Captain with his... Are you into that? Shh, I'm not. What does she look like? No, she's an old lady. She's in her 70s.
Perhaps that will help
Captain with his...
Are you into that?
Oh, I don't know.
I've never really thought
about geriatrics.
Well, maybe you've got
to look down all these
avenues to help.
Do you think I should...
Do you have any websites
you can recommend
with old people
doing that?
Yes.
Doing that?
I've heard,
just through a friend.
Yeah? Grand Flange, Grand Flange.
Grand Flange.
Oh, oh God.
Oh no.
You set him off.
And there's also Jerry Hattrick.
Is it Hairy Hattrick?
What is that?
Hairy Hattrick, Jerry Hattrick.
I'll be going to that one later.
Of course, there's always, you know, you can get on the M25.
Yeah. I think it's to that one later. Of course, there's always, you know, you can get on the M25. Yeah.
I think it's exit 15 or something.
Yeah, it is.
You've got Big Ron's Dog Fuck Farm.
Oh, I don't do that no more.
I went there once.
It was a bit of a letdown.
Just the one dog.
They've only got the one dog?
Only got the one dog.
And I don't think it was a dog.
What was it?
I don't know.
It looked like a small man when they put a mask on him.
Because he would go woof woof.
But he wasn't like a bar. He was just a man saying woof woof but he wasn't he wasn't like a bar
he was just a man
saying woof woof
he was dressed in brown
and you didn't achieve
ejaculation then
no I can't
I can't do it
now
what about your crew
though
don't you have some
kind of loyalty to them
they're out there
on the high seas
without you
they're looking after the boat
yeah no they're doing that
but they're just doing
office party stuff
out there now
office party stuff
office comes over
and land on the boat.
They get to be pirates
for a day.
Ah.
And then they go home
and they've got a team
building exercise.
I see.
That's what I've got
that going on.
Captain Blue Bull's
office building work.
That's what it's called,
is it?
No, I didn't work on that.
You sprang it on me,
didn't you?
Captain,
if you want to,
I have to get on
with this podcast
and try these
sweets. Oh, alright.
Do you have a bucket of cold water? Go in the
ante room. There's all sorts of stuff there.
It's basic. Oh, there's a little bucket
of water there. I'm just going to put my
big old bowls in it.
Ooh.
They may be blue, but they're red hot in
temperature. Oh, hell yeah.
They really are steaming up.
There's steam filling the whole of...
Mate, close the door.
There's a tang.
There's a tang of the ocean on that steam.
There's a seaweed-y, saltwater tang.
I call it fruit of the loo.
Close the door.
This is the longest improvisation we've done in years.
It's good, isn't it?
It's our best.
I'll be cutting most of it out, to be fair.
All the stuff about running over kids, that's gone.
Blue Razz.
Of course, Tango, get on the new thing and it's Blue Razz.
Yeah, but this is some old bullshit company.
Oh, it's even a company called Rose Sweets.
And they've bought the Tango license because when I think of Tango,
as a soft drink company, I think of raspberry bonbons don't you what has happened to tango because they seem
to be selling their uh license to loads of stuff like this now yeah but it's like vimto and and uh
slush puppies yeah but coca-cola don't do that do they coca-cola don't need to when you think
about it isn't tango like owned by one of these PepsiCo or Coke
or something?
Tango maybe.
I can't remember
off the top of my head
right now.
It's just a UK thing
Tango isn't it?
Oh it's Unilever.
Unilever.
They're huge obviously.
Oh no sorry
I take it back.
Britvic.
Right.
They're huge aren't they?
I don't know
because Britvic used to be
like the fruit juice people.
Schweppes is Britvic as well
isn't it?
I believe.
Yeah I think they're a big
sort of...
The thing is we know what these are going to taste like just by looking at them.
You know what I mean?
I'm hoping they have quite a bit of a sherbet fizz to them, Paul.
They won't, though.
Oh, it says tongue painter.
Do you know what bugs me about this?
That is not a...
That's not a feature.
That's a glitch.
What they've done is they've gone,
the fucking chemicals we use in this...
Make your mouth blue.
Blue.
But let's make it a little bit of fun.
Children like that.
I guess so.
Tango is going with its whole
sort of slightly dangerous image,
which it had since
those famous ads,
You've Been Tangoed.
Yeah, that 90s edgelordy shit
they were doing.
Which was somewhat similar
to the way that
Pot Noodle marketed themselves.
Because that was the lad culture
of the 90s, wasn't it?
It was.
In a nutshell.
Right, this is a very sorry bonbon, but it's a blue bonbon.
Did you get a niff-naff-naff on the bonbons?
Get the niff-naff-naff.
It's not much.
No? A bit of a sugar smell?
There's a little bit of that.
Oh, I'm getting quite a strong blue-raz flavour.
Yeah, but there's also a kind of weird paint smell again.
Yes, underneath it all there is the paint smell.
But I do like that smell of blue-raz, I have to say.
Yeah.
It's kind of familiar.
All right, well, let's pop a blue ball in our mouth.
Don't bonbons usually have a sort of toffee centre,
a harder toffee centre?
I think that depends on the company.
Maybe.
I don't know.
But they were so unremarkable.
They were extremely middle of the road.
It's just this dense, chewy...
They were almost identical to the slush puppy ones.
Maybe they're manufactured in the same company
probably
it's probably a great
big fucking
shitty big factory
choffing them out
now
do they
yes
they've painted your tongue Paul
oh yeah and yours
yeah yeah
it's blue
that's what it says on the packet
I see you like to chew
on the west side of your mouth
I do because I've got
a tooth missing
on the other side
oh
there you go
because I noticed
that your tongue gave it away there's all blue on one side yeah yeah yeah was my tongue no you've got a tooth missing on the other side. Oh, there you go. Because I noticed that your tongue gave it away.
It was all blue on one side.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was my tongue.
No, you've got it quite centred.
Yeah, nice spread.
All your teeth are working there.
I can usually get a nice spread on my tongue.
I shouldn't favour it so much
because it just means the other side will rot as well.
It's all going to rot, isn't it?
Tough times.
And then we'll die.
Yeah, hopefully.
With a little bit of luck.
You seem to be able to mention that every week these days.
It's getting closer, isn't it?
I mean, this is a diary of our march towards death, this podcast.
Oh, good.
I'm glad the tone's been lifted, though, in the last few moments.
It's because the fucking bonbons were so...
One of the most underwhelming things we've ever done.
Yeah, one out of five for me for the bonbons.
Sorry.
The smell was nicer than the taste.
And you wouldn't want to eat any more than one or two of them before going,
Bin?
Yeah, going in the bin. Yeah, terrible thing. What a horrible thing. And you wouldn't want to eat any more than one or two of them before going, bin? Yeah.
Going in the bin?
Yeah, terrible thing.
What a horrible thing.
And Tango shouldn't do that, because Tango, I quite like their orange soda, yeah.
Yeah, I quite like Tango, back in the day.
Here's the thing, though.
If you're going to get bonbons, would you get one bag of one flavour of bonbons,
or would you rather have a nice mix?
I would have a mix, yeah.
You know what I mean?
There's the police. I was right, though, wasn't I? And it was a woo-woo. It I would have a mix, yeah. You know what I mean? There's the police.
I was right, though, wasn't I?
And it was a woo-woo.
It was a woo-woo rather than a no-no.
A me-ma.
Me-ma-ni-na.
Well.
No, but Paul.
Yeah.
We're done here.
Yeah.
We're done here.
That was it.
So.
That was that.
One out of five.
Well, thank you for our cheap eats.
But let's take a quick break.
And we're going to come back with a hopefully more exciting
A Price-O-The-Shite-O.
A Price-O-The-Shite-O.
Why, Eli, what time is it?
A Prick-A-Prick-A-Pronty Price-O-Shite.
A Prick-A-Prick-A-Pronty Price-O-Shite.
A Prick-A-Prick-A-Pronty Price-O-Shite.
Oh, it's the fucking Price of Shite.
And that's right.
Thank you.
Much better.
And it is time for
the Price of Shite,
the world-famous game
that Eli and I play
week in, week out,
where we find,
in some cases,
items in a charity shop
and the other person
has to guess them
based on the quality
of said item.
And can I ask a question, Paul?
Why, of course you can,
good friend.
I wonder who will be precise on the night for the Price of Shite. Well can I ask a question, Paul? Why, of course you can, good friend. I wonder who will be
precise on the night
for the price of shite.
Well, let's find out.
Who will be most precise
on the night
for the price of shite?
Let's find out who's got it.
Is it going to be Paul Gannon?
Or me, Eli Silverman?
We just don't know
until we start the game.
Prick-a-prick-a-pronty,
price of shite.
So this is a price of shite,
and that's right,
from Karen and Adam.
It says it's from
various charity shops in South Wales.
Okay, nice.
Like a little bit of background.
A little bit of background there.
We're going to get two betwings for getting the price on the nose.
Now, a betwing is what we call in this podcast a point.
A point is a betwing, and a betwing is a point.
But points are meaningless.
Betwings are the thing.
Betwings, I enfold them in my golden wing.
So if we get the price exactly right we're going to get two
betwings if we get the price within 25p either way the correct price well that's only one between
but it's just as valid a between i mean these are most betwings you get uh when are those ones aren't
they they're by and large yeah by and large common betwings they're easier betwings they're they're
what makes this game dependable solid good, good old-fashioned British between.
Right.
However, there is a wild card.
Ooh, I love it.
One item of these five was free.
Ah, again, this. So we're going to have to find which of these is an item of free purchase.
Which costs nothing.
Which costs nothing.
What is the word?
Of free purchase.
We live in a world of free purchase.
No one's ever said that.
I've just said it.
Yes, but no one knows what you mean.
At some point, someone has to say a phrase.
That becomes common parlance later on.
So that was a free purchase.
I will bet you £100.
Yeah, that what?
That doesn't become a thing that a lot of people say.
Yeah, I'm not saying it's going to become a thing.
I'm just saying all common parlance is start with someone saying a thing which catches on.
Yeah.
Like up yours.
Like bum bum finger. Bum yours. Like bum bum finger.
Bum bum finger, bum bum finger.
Here he comes, he will not linger.
Bum bum finger.
Who's that man?
Who is he over there?
Bum bum finger.
He's coming over closer.
Oh, beware.
It's bum bum finger.
Hello, I'm bum bum finger.
What do you do if you don't know what he's going to do to you
if you bend up with your bot?
Bot, bot, bum bum finger man. he's coming in to get your gland.
I think we should start again.
Bumfinger, bum, bumfinger.
Don't bend down when he's around.
You'll find his finger.
Touch the ground.
It's bum, bumfinger.
Bumfinger, what does he do if you linger?
All you'll feel is frosty finger.
Bumfinger.
Bumfinger. Hello, hello, hello.
I'm looking for a certain gentleman in this establishment.
I will have a...
Yeah?
Don't know you mean, mate.
Well, I would like a drink first.
Are you on duty, sir?
Well, I might be.
I'm just making some inquiries.
Then I won't serve you a drink, will I, Gav?
Well, you have to.
I know, because you could be breaking the law if I serve you a drink.
Also, I'll have half a Guinness.
I don't have anywhere called half a Guinness.
I've noticed on the chalkboard your specials.
Yeah.
Some nice dishes there, but I think I will...
Oh, no, he's lost it.
I don't know what he's doing, by the way.
I'm trying to go along with this.
I think I will like a plate of number three Irish stew.
Oh, we haven't got any Irish stew.
Irish stew's off.
Have you dropped a penny on the floor?
Just there?
Well, I don't believe I have.
Bend down.
I think you've dropped a quid.
Oh, it's a quid.
Pick that up.
It's a quid.
It's yours.
Oh, it's a quid then.
What?
Bum, bum, finger.
He strikes again.
Bum, bum, finger.
God damn you, bum, bum, finger.
Whether you're a criminal or cop, he'll put his finger up your butt.
It's Bomb Bomb Finger.
Bomb Bomb Finger.
Oh, naughty Bomb Bomb Finger's come to town.
I'm Henry Bixson of the squad.
Bomb Bomb Finger.
Bomb Bomb Finger and him are enemies.
Yes, they are. Yes, of course.
Yeah, Gav, you know.
Oh, Bomb Bomb Finger, that's my name.
Or is it? I don't know. I'm just a bloke.
I thought you were the bomb tender. Yeah, I'm not you know. Oh, Bum Bum Finger, that's my name. Or is it? I don't know. I'm just a bloke. I thought you were
the bar tender.
Yeah, I'm not Bum Bum Finger
at all, mate.
Okay, good.
I love your Irish shit.
I'm not Bum Bum Finger
at all, mate.
Oh, no.
I'm not Bum Bum Finger.
Bum Bum Finger.
Bum Bum Finger.
And it was at that point
that Paul and Eli realised
they couldn't go on
with the podcast
anymore.
Goodbye.
It's five minutes.
Here we go.
Five items.
Here's the first.
Say what you see.
Okay, Paul.
First item on the Price of Shite.
This is an item I've seen in many guises.
Many moons.
In many charity shops.
This is a staple of charity shops because
it's a useless thing.
Is it though?
Yeah.
I could see old
people using it if
they have bad hands.
No, because you have
giant face cards for
people who have got
bad sight.
No, but normal
sized hands.
Like arthritis or
something.
Maybe they need
bigger cards for that. Anyway, these are jumbo playing cards. Big bad hands, like arthritis or something, maybe they need bigger cards for
that.
Anyway, these are
jumbo playing cards.
Can you imagine the
cruelty of forcing an
old person with
arthritis to shuffle
a pack of cards?
You wouldn't, you'd
get them at one of
those electronic
shufflers.
Yeah, don't try to
laugh over the phrase
electronic shuffler.
I am electronic
shuffler.
Oh, can I put you
in my pants?
Bum bum finger.
He's back.
So yeah, it's a big pack of jumbo playing cards, everybody.
Quite nice clown on a ball design,
which is obviously the back of the card design.
Or you could play a card right with them.
Oh, it's not on the back of the card.
That's disappointing.
No.
It's much more standard sort of.
Standard.
Is there a phrase for that kind of design on the back
of a playing card because they all have that kind of look i'm sure there is that symmetrical
well it's to pattern it's so that you can't distinguish them it has to be symmetrical if
you think about it yeah no of course it's better because you can see which way up a card is so
they're symmetrical in every way cards aren't they you've got the king's head on both ends yeah
that's the idea isn't it we all know how cards work. Did you know that it was only invented,
the innovation of putting the rank in the corner of the card
was only invented in the late 1800s?
For poker.
And they were called, yes,
so that you didn't have to expose the whole of your card.
You could squeeze up the corner.
And they were known as squeezers.
Oh.
Yes.
So they were invented.
Before that, there was no number on the card. You just had the pips. Oh. Yes. So they were invented. Before that,
you just had,
there was no number on the card.
You just had the pips.
Oh, so okay.
So it was all by sight.
Yeah.
How funny.
And how difficult would that be?
Okay, so why would you use a big jumbo card?
You wouldn't.
It's a pure novelty item.
Oh, okay.
Maybe at a kid's party
or if you're doing a TV show or something.
But Eli,
what is the price of these jumbo playing cards?
Now they're from
charity shops
in South Wales.
We haven't been given
a ceiling or any
structure to the building.
I've looked,
there is no ceiling.
Okay.
We'd never really
played with a ceiling
before in the past
but I think it's because
we knew the prices
because we were
buying them a lot more.
We used to play it
with a window,
didn't we?
You insisted on a window
and then a ceiling
makes more sense.
A ceiling is a bit
better than a window.
Or at least a foundation.
Any analogy works in that instance. A floor. It's a floor you need to guess first if you'd like to go first i'll go first i'm going to go ahead and say that those things
buying large when i've seen them on sale go for like one pound or 150 i'm going to split the
difference and say 125 on those 25 because 25 is the magic number. What you'll notice listener
is that
a lot of our guesses
will be multiples
of 25
and that is because
of that rule
we mentioned before.
Those common
betwings you get
for being 25p
either side.
And also you don't
tend to get complicated
prices in charity shops.
It's not like you're
going to get 399
or 275.
They tend to be
one quid,
50,
£2.50,
fiver.
What I happen to have
inside knowledge of,
certain charity shops do use the 99p tactic.
Oh, okay.
Okay, I've never really come across that,
but I'm sure it's there.
They do sometimes.
And sometimes in smaller sort of chains of charity shops,
you just get weird prices, don't you?
Yeah, weird.
But again, depends on where you go and what it is.
So I'm going to say £1.25 for jumbo cards. £'re saying 125 for the giant playing cards yes they're quite nice uh not much use you can
pretend to be bruce for so i can play play your cards right you could do that but there's not
much else is there because if you're on a you know if you're trying to play a game of cards on a
train they're no use or maybe they are for smaller children to play card games with yeah some sort
that that would work for kids little kids who have trouble gripping the card.
Yeah, something like that.
You're saying £1.25.
What are you going to say?
Are you going to up it or down it?
I'm going to down it.
I think it's more likely to be a quid or even less than a quid.
I had this figure come to mind.
75p came to my mind.
All right, put it in.
75p is being locked in as I bring up the second item.
And this second item is a card game again,
but this is called Bali.
B-A-L-I.
Is it solitaire or a crossword puzzle or a card game?
Bali.
Bali.
The ultimate card stroke word game.
Fiercely competitive action for one, two, three,
or four players.
The object, to create words of three or more letters for maximum point totals this is
very similar to a lot of other games i've seen in terms of that play structure it kind of feels like
it's boggle meets solitaire grams is similar as well isn't it i do like banana grams oh i like
this i like this i like the design of it it's got this nice 70s brown made by Aladdin apparently
are they a big
company Aladdin
I don't know
it's just on the side
it says Aladdin Bali
oh this is quite nice
it's a lovely little thing
again reeks of 70s
everything's bronze
and brown in its design
again
pictures on our website
thecheapshow.co.uk
oh this has got nice
it's got the rules
in there with it
I think it looks complete
yeah it does
two packs worth.
Is that a blank?
Me and my friend may play this.
Okay, cool.
My friend likes card games, Paul, and he likes checking out card games.
This seems like a nice one.
What's on the other side?
Because on the back, obviously, you've got this weird...
What is that artwork?
It's like, it's Balinese, isn't it?
But do you know what it looks like to me when I look at that figure?
It looks like Easter Island.
That kind of Easter Island sculpture sort of thing.
Head.
Think Stormtrooper, and then look at it. Wow. See what I mean? It looks like a Star me, when I look at that figure... It looks like Easter Island. That kind of Easter Island sculpture sort of thing. Head. Think Stormtrooper and then look at it.
Wow.
See what I mean?
It looks like a Star Wars Stormtrooper.
But it's supposed to be sort of Balinese indigenous art, isn't it?
Which is fine.
I mean, it's weird, isn't it?
It's like Tiki or something.
Yeah, but that's weird because this is obviously a Western invention, this card game.
It must be.
And yet they've given it like an exotic name to make it sound, what, older or like it has a bigger lineage or something?
It's just exoticism, isn't it?
It's making it exotic.
It's exactly like Tiki, you know.
There was a lot of that in the 70s, though, where a lot of very boring things were given very exciting, extravagant, exotic names.
Yeah.
It looks very basic.
Like, cards have a letter in either corner.
Yeah.
Again, they've gone to...
It's a nice design.
Is that a V or an A?
That's a V.
What's the three for?
I guess that's the point you get for using the word.
Yeah, some of them don't have, though.
See, that has you with no number on it.
Probably because it's a vowel, so they're going to be commonly used.
Maybe.
I'd have to read the rules.
But I have to say, for me, I like these sort of things.
That is a nice item.
It's not for me, but I like its heritage.
Yeah, it's got a nice kitschy design thing and
obviously you wouldn't go for that now because they call it cultural appropriation and indeed
it is in a way i guess but it's also kind of like ignorantly so so even if you didn't care about it
you just go oh fancy game of bali bali bali bali um what it might be is it could be based on some
kind of game that someone saw when they were a tourist in bali what
do you think often that often they have that kind of origin don't they someone finds something when
they're abroad and then they try and sort of uh bring it over western thing you know a western
version but how much do i think it costs how much do you think it costs i think it's quite unusual
i think it could be there are different rules for one, two or three player versions
which is something innit
I'm going to say £1.50
Alright, whereas weirdly
my brain's gone the opposite direction
and I'm going to say
90p
Oh, you've gone cheaper, I thought you were going to go more expensive
No, I think for some reason that seems
it could be a cheap sell, I'm going to say 90p
90p for you, Paul.
Okay, let's go on to item number three, please.
So this is something that's quite pretty to look at.
It's a puzzle.
It comes in a box.
But I have the horrible feeling that if you try to undo this
to get the puzzle of elements working,
it would become a living fucking nightmare.
It would all go in the bin pretty quickly.
No, I've had one before and they're cool.
I've done it before.
Have you?
Yeah.
Tell them what it is. It is called a cyclone puzzle. Into the bin pretty quickly. No, I've had one before and they're cool. I've done it before. Have you? Yeah. Tell them what it is.
It is called a cyclone puzzle.
Into the mic as well, which is always good.
A cyclone puzzle.
And it is sort of a modular three-dimensional puzzle
with all these exact same pieces
that have little hinges almost.
Pieces of plastic.
They're thin strips of plastic.
Flexible plastic with hinges built in
that interlock and join into
a a ball shape essentially well imagine like the letter i in italics and like that's what the
strips look like a big thick i and they all form together to form a kind of orb you're right and i
don't know for me the minute that comes apart is the minute i lose interest in it. I like the way it looks as is. It's got an objet jar sort of...
Objet jar...
Objet dar.
Objet dar sort of vibe.
Objet dar.
For sure.
And I like sort of abstract things like this.
It's very light.
It's very nice.
It's adorable.
But without taking it apart,
it becomes pointless.
It's not really a puzzle.
No, I mean, it is.
Because the puzzle is,
how does that all fucking stick together?
How do you have the patience and tolerance?
There's a skill to it, isn't there, obviously.
I wouldn't have the tolerance for that.
I really wouldn't.
I'd get upset trying to hold it half together while I put another slip in.
You know what I mean?
I have to say, this and the barley, quite nice, above-the-rim sort of items from Karen.
It's very much a 90s kind of men's kind.
It's a puzzle, but it's also verging into an executive toy or, like you say in Object R.
Jigsaw.
It's like a kind of 3D jigsaw thing as well.
But all the pieces are the same.
What it is, though, weirdly, I just don't find it satisfying as a puzzle or a piece of art, I guess.
Yeah, it is interesting because some of these hinges have more pieces on them, more interlocking elements than others.
And then it's figuring out how all that sticks together.
I don't know.
Funny.
Seems like a waste of the planet's resources, that, frankly.
Sort of, yeah.
You know?
Sort of, yeah.
It's not bad looking.
I've seen lampshades that are almost constructed exactly like this.
It's like the lampshade looks like that.
Fucking spot on.
Excellent.
Maybe you could put a little fairy light in it and dangle it.
Ooh.
Project.
Yeah.
Make a little fairy light. I've got some fairy lights Ooh. Project. Yeah. Make a little fairy light
dangle it.
I've got some fairy lights
in the House of Pickles.
Well, let's see if we can do that
at a later date.
Not now.
Okay, fine.
I wasn't going to say now.
How much...
Is it your turn
to go first or mine?
Oh.
Ooh.
I don't know about this.
It's a cyclone puzzle.
Because it looks 90s
or certainly early 2000s.
This is a tough one.
They say on the pack, just to...
Sorry.
They say it's difficult.
Yeah.
Because it is.
Because it's fiddly.
It's dexterous, isn't it?
I'm not going to take it apart and try it.
Bollocks to that.
I'm going to say £1.75 for that.
Ooh, it's going higher.
A lot higher than the Bali cards.
Because I think people just look at it as cards and they want to get rid of it.
Whereas that, I think people think is a it as cards and they want to get rid of it whereas that I think people think is a
classier product
yeah
yeah
and so £1.75
is classy
in charity shop parlance
is he going to go
higher or lower
I'm going to say
two quid for that
I think
I'm going to say
two quid
I'm going to say
two quid for that Paul
alright fair enough
I nearly went with
two quid myself
but I thought I'd
nip it in the bud
well
now this one though this item I think is more for me.
It's the kind of thing that tickles Paul Gannon's tonsils.
How does it do that?
By chugging itself into your mouth?
You shove it in and you just go like that and you shake it.
And then your tonsils get tickled?
I mean, I don't have any tonsils actually.
They got taken out.
When I was 14.
You could still tickle them if you had them in a box somewhere.
I could.
Or you could do it remotely because you could have some kind of phone device next to your amputated
tonsils.
Anyway, guess what?
I don't have them
so it doesn't matter.
We can move on
from this tonsil toy.
You could have a
little app on your
phone, tickle tonsils
and then across the
world your tonsils
would be tickled.
What I would have
done is if I had
my tonsils taken
out, I would have
kept them.
Why do they call
them tonsils?
It's one thing,
isn't it?
Tonsil.
It's one dick shape.
No, that's not the one you're thinking of. That's not your tonsils? It's one thing, isn't it? Tonsil. It's one dick shape. No, that's not the one
you're thinking of.
That's not your tonsil.
That's the uvula or whatever
it is you're thinking of.
It's your uvula.
The tonsil at the side of your throat.
Ah.
Yeah.
See?
Uvula is what you're thinking of.
Uvula.
Uvula.
So show us what you fucking know
about the inside of your gob.
Right.
What was I going to say?
Shut up, you prick.
Put me off.
What are we talking about?
I don't know.
Oh, no. I would get my tonsils and put it in one of those tomy water toys so i could just press the button and squirt it out and float
around and put it in pat man's mouth you'd have to preserve them with some kind of rubberization
project you'd have to well maybe just put like some kind of vinegar or something no
a tomy water embalming tomy tons Tomy tonsil embalming game. Yeah.
You've got to get the tonsils, press the button and squirt it into...
Into some bloke's gob.
Why would you squirt your own tonsils into someone else's mouth?
Because they need their tonsils.
It makes much more sense to me to have a little bumhole that you can fire the tonsils in.
Oh, we always return to the bumhole.
We always return to the bumhole.
It's a place where the toffee is born.
A lovely brown loaf.
It drops out your both.
Both.
It drops out my both, Paul.
Just stop.
Eli, I am very sorry for that.
I know.
Next item is this.
It's a games to go thing.
So it's one of those big board games shrunk down to a little plastic travel size one.
And this one's a Parker game called Payday.
Have we played that before?
We haven't, and we could.
Maybe not right now, but this is basically a board game where...
Sorry, I'll just read what it says on the back of the box.
It sounds to me, without knowing, like a Monopoly sort of variation type game.
Ish.
I haven't looked at this yet, actually.
It's a nice little travel...
Little plastic case.
Case, which is the board as well. It's these things these travel versions it's actually quite cheap when
you open it up because i think see here the board game part is just this plastic uh plastic sheet
sheet and then that is quite cheap on there and it's all been rumpled isn't it you need to iron
that to get it to work yeah it's all crumpled up not really but it's not really lovingly
one second because effectively i think it's just like you've got to go around around around
around the ball but every time you keep making money there are days when it's like bills pay
this rent pay that it's monopoly no but there's no investment or building of assets or mortgages
and so it's basically make money lose money make money lose money so it's sort of a simplified
monopoly if that's even possible it's more like game of
it's more like
game of life
I would argue
so it says here
where does all the money go
play this classic game
and you'll soon find out
journey through the calendar
because the board game
is made up to look like
a kind of calendar
they're all dates
and fly through the calendar
and see how far
your salary stretches
play as many months
as you want
but be careful
as your luck can be
can change in any day
you can face a mammoth bill or be celebrating a big lottery win all in the same week collect your
pay at the end of every month and don't let it slip away take out loans invest deals do whatever
it takes to manage your money the winner is to play with the most money or the least debt by the
end of the game now i've said this before board games built around financial securities always
fucking bore
the shit out also there's something sort of distasteful about it you know it's sort of fetches
i don't know why it's almost like fetchesizing the the rat race the the grind of having to you
know but to me this extends to things like it's like saying it's funny isn't it the way we all
are wage slaves yeah you know isn't it funny that the daily, monthly grind... And you never have enough.
You know?
Yeah.
Except...
Why would you...
If you had a job, a day job,
why would you want to play this?
It just reminds you.
But this is, again,
this weird thing within gaming full stop.
Monopoly.
A game about fucking managing properties
and rent and getting a monopoly on something.
Which was invented as an anti-landlord...
Yeah.
...satirical game. Yeah. It was invented as an anti-landlord satirical game.
It was meant to be a protest almost against landlordism or whatever.
Yeah, and then you've got games like Payday.
There have been other Monopoly-type spin-off games.
Even a game that I love, actually, called Go For Broke.
Well, that's like... It's the opposite of this.
That's like Brewster's Millions, isn't it?
Yeah, it's like here's a mill.
First person to lose a mill wins.
And that is kind of fun.
We played that. Very early days, yeah, a mill. First person to lose a mill wins. We played that.
We played that.
Very early days.
Yeah, we did.
So I don't know about this.
We haven't played it.
We don't know.
It might be more fun in practice.
But right now it's like,
do I really want to play a game where every step of the way
I'm reminded about my financial insecurities and problems?
No, not really.
It's like when people play The Sims on computers.
Why would you come home from a day at work
and then log on and play a game where you play a boring person in a flat who has a job and has to have relationships? It's just when people play The Sims on computers. They're like, why would you come home from a day at work and then log on and play a game where you play a boring person
in a flat who has a job and has to have relationships?
It's just weird to me.
I don't think it's that.
I think it's the sort of voyeurism and the sort of being able to be God.
Well, the God Sims stuff, isn't it?
Yeah.
Like, yeah, all those kind of like Sim City and stuff.
Ah, but in Sims, you are God as well.
All those games are kind of like you are God.
You build a world.
I think it's more about the control
than just sort of reliving the dreary reality.
For me, it's like I want my board games and games
to be as much escapism as possible from reality.
I mean, I've been really enjoying Super Mario 3D World
on my Switch Lite,
and it's like being in control of a little cartoon.
That's what I like about it.
It's a bit of fun.
I don't want to play a game.
I don't want to turn on my Switch and play Financial Management Diary Land 3D.
Woo-hoo!
You're in debt!
I have to...
It's a mortgage!
You know?
Yes.
Very good.
Thank you.
I'll have to...
Who's going first with the price?
Me.
All right. This is the last item
isn't it
no no it's not
one more
one of these is free
oh yeah
we'll get to that
at the end
I think what we should do
is get through all of it
and then stop
and then go through a price
and pick one of ours
to take out as a free
good idea Paul
so I'm going to say
for this
quid on the nose
I'm desperate for betwings
I think I've lost
both last games to you.
Yeah, I don't know.
It's all nebulous, mate.
Pick a price quick.
I'm saying quid on the nose
because that often is one of the prices.
You can choose the same price as me.
I'm going to say two quid.
But it's unplayable.
It's not unplayable.
It's just whether you want to play it.
No, look at the board.
It's all crumpled.
It won't sit still.
You can't put anything on that. No, it's not a very good quality one. It's like unplayable. Whether you want to play it. No, look at the board. It's all crumpled. It won't sit still. You can't put anything on that.
No, it's not a very good quality one.
It's like when they bring out Cluedo or Monopoly
or whatever as more board games,
Hasbro tend to do it with a little bit of more class.
What was that one I got for you,
which was a mini Cluedo,
which was all like a moulded...
But it looked like a suitcase, didn't it?
It was fucking great, that.
Yeah.
Okay, last item.
You're right.
Cheap, nasty nasty that last one
okay item number five
any of these might be zero
alright think about it this way
just to go on that last
that last thing a bit right
think about it
if you want a cheap
dirt board game
it's all there
it's just made of
lower quality bits
you'd buy that in
WH Smith
for the kids
when you're on a long
train journey
wouldn't you
yeah car journey
train journey
plane whatever
however
why would you get them
that to play?
Why not get them
fucking Game of Life?
It's distasteful
the way it's sort of,
yeah, it's weird.
It's weird.
Oh, isn't it terrible
how we're all wage slaves
and we all toil away
and then we never
have enough money?
Let's make a fun board game
about the drudgery of life.
Yeah.
Right, here's the last one.
You're going to love this one.
London Architecture book.
I opened it up in the middle
and just out of nowhere, Trellis Tower.
Where's that then?
Where's Trellis Tower?
It's by Kilburn, isn't it?
It's in Knitting Hell, is it?
What did I say?
Trellis?
Trellick.
Trellick Tower, yeah.
Right, Trellick Tower, anyway.
Get it right, mate.
Near Kilburn.
It's not.
It's in Notting Hill.
Is it?
Yes.
Why do I see it when I go through Kilburn? Which is nearer to Kilburn than here. You have to go through Kilburn. It's not. It's in Notting Hill. Is it? Yes. Why do I see it when I go through Kilburn?
Which is nearer to Kilburn than here.
You have to go through Kilburn to get there.
Yeah.
So not too far off.
But it's not in Kilburn.
Ah, fuck off.
Anyway.
You've got everything wrong.
It's a book about fucking architecture.
Architecture.
Yes, a lot of these buildings are...
Architecture.
Oh, this is quite good.
Architecture.
Architecture.
Architecture. Architecture. Architecture. I was saying architecture. of these buildings i architecture oh this is quite good architecture architecture architecture
architecture i would say architecture architecture texture hello i'm archie texture hello i'm
architecture paul can i have a character no not this week you've you've overdone yours i have not
i have a every time we do a narrative episode it's like you talking for 75 minutes and i go
i'm lady flaps and that's it i want well it's like you talking for 75 minutes and I go I'm Lady Flaps
and that's it
I want more characters
well there's a lot coming up
for Lady Flaps
etc
Whitechapel Art Gallery
oh yeah the wedding
oh
the wedding's happening in September
yeah
yeah
have you been invited
no one's said anything to me
I got an invite
it's a plus one
so you can come with me
everyone's going to be there apparently
why am I the plus one
am I your plus one
yeah
well did you get an invite
no well then you're my plus one okay everyone's going to be there all the cheap show characters everyone it's going to be there, apparently. Why am I the plus one? Am I your plus one? Yeah. Or did you get an invite? No.
Well, then you're my plus one.
Okay.
Everyone's going to be there.
All the cheap show characters, everyone.
It's going to be nice.
This is quite a good reference book.
A lot of buildings in here.
Arnest Grove Underground Station.
Understandgation.
Yeah, you're right.
It's great.
That's one of my favourite places.
Your mouth.
Get it right, Paul.
Get it right.
Oh, zippy you bundle.
Why do you do the actual...
Zippy hands?
I don't know.
When you do my voice.
I don't know.
This is great.
I just wish you were Zippy.
Rudolph Steiner House.
Yeah.
I went to a Steiner school.
I know that building.
I went to a Steiner school.
I'm a special boy.
What's this?
Former Lex Garage.
Where's that?
Come on, mate.
Price me.
Price it.
Am I going first with this one?
Yeah.
Oh.
Oh.
150.
Haywood Gallery.
That's also brutalist. Yeah. Nice. 150. 150, Iward Gallery, that's also brutalist.
Yeah.
Nice.
150.
150, I say for that.
I'm going to say 125.
Well, then write that down and we can lock these prices in.
Okay.
150, say aye.
125, say Eli.
I say more.
What did I say?
125.
Okay.
It is now time for the prices to be revealed.
But before we do, we have to pick one of our items off our prices
that we have to take out as a free purchase.
Which one of those was a free purchase?
So what did we have?
We had the giant playing cards.
Jumbo cards, ballet card game, cyclone puzzle, payday travel game,
London architecture book.
One of those was a free item.
Who guesses first?
Who guessed the price first?
Last, me.
So you can guess which one is free this time.
I think that the payday...
Payday is free.
Yes, because I think it's been rendered unplayable
by the state of the board.
And I think for that reason, they said,
we'll just give it away.
So I'm saying free item.
I'm going to say the free item was the jumbo playing cards.
That's what I'm going to say.
So can you put a circle
around that?
That would have been
my second choice there.
Yeah, because they're...
All right.
But I think I might get...
Do I get Petwings?
I get two Petwings.
It doesn't say actually
what you get for a wild card.
Because it'd be the exact...
That'd be the same price,
wouldn't it?
That'd be the exact right price.
Yeah, so two Petwings
for getting the wild card.
You know, we think
of who the logic is.
No, I'm definitely
on your board with this.
I'm definitely on your way there.
All right, I've noted
our guesses for free items
here on the pad. Okay, Eli.'ve noted our guesses for free items here.
Right.
Okay, Eli, the first one, jumbo playing cards.
I said free.
I've changed that now to free.
Yeah.
Or I will say the price is not free.
I want to get the betwings for that.
You see what I'm saying?
You don't get the betwings for that.
They haven't made this clear, have they?
We haven't really thought about this full stop.
I've said a price.
However, if it's free, and I've said free, I'll get two betwings. However, if it isn't free and there's a price however if it's free and i've said free i'll get
two betwings however if it isn't free there's a price if my price is spot on shouldn't i still
get the between i mean i'm not i'm not it doesn't seem fair that doesn't seem fair because you've
already committed to it being no money a free purchase as you say so if we i have started
saying free purchase yeah see it's catching. Now, however, to mitigate that thought, I like betwings.
I like people getting them.
I don't mind if it's me or you.
They're fulfilling and nutritious.
There's more chances with betwings.
If we get it wrong on the free guess, we still get to have a guess with our original.
How about this then?
Because we've done the work.
We've made the guess.
So we might as well get betwings.
Get betwings either way.
Yeah.
I can't do an agreement. Okay. given we've done the work we've made the guess yeah we might as well get between things either way yeah so okay we're in agreement okay so i said free or what one pound 25 i wasn't trying to do a thought my leg muscles was aching and i was stretching my leg really yeah because i was
getting it looks so much like you did i promise you okay because actually mate if i'm being honest
if i let one go i might push through a little brown matter as well.
So we're not going to do that today.
Okay.
Prices, 150.
What did you say?
Just say them again.
You said.
Yeah.
Free.
But you said £1.25.
That was your guess.
It's not free, yeah.
And you said.
75p.
For the giant playing cards.
50p.
Ooh, I get a between.
You do.
Sweet, sweet between. Sweet, sweet between. I don a per twing. You do. Sweet, sweet per twing.
I don't know why you said £1.25.
I don't know. Did I?
Hang on, no. Didn't I say 75p?
No, you did not, Paul.
No, you didn't.
Don't pay attention to me.
Well, look, if you listen back whilst you're editing and you find that,
I'll accept it.
It's too late in the day.
I have one per twing. Ooh, I'm liking this now all right feels like i'm so one between for eli
next item is the what barley card game what did you say barley card game and for that i said one
pound 50 paul i think it's in that range okay and i said 90p okay so that's where i think it went
uh the price was 50p oh So no betwings either or.
Zero betwings there.
Cheap, cheap, cheap.
Cyclone Puzzle.
You said £1.75.
Yeah.
And I went for two.
Two on the nose for me there.
£1.
Ooh.
Ooh, indeed.
Ooh.
I'm going to...
It looks like I'm going to get a big win.
I bet that's the free item now that that's not.
Payday Travel Game. What did you say? You said a big win. I bet that's the free item now that that's not. Payday travel game.
What did you say?
You said two.
Yeah.
I said three.
It was free.
Yes!
So that's two for Twins Real Life.
I'm on three for Twins Up.
You're doing well.
Maybe.
And I'm donutting the bitch to hell.
You are.
London Architecture book.
You said £1.50.
Yeah.
And I said £1.25.
Can you retrieve a per twing?
No, but you can.
It was one quid.
Bang!
4-3-0 for Paul.
Woo!
I'm back in the game, baby.
Well done, Mr Silverman.
Thank you.
I'm going to give you now four petwings.
Petwing.
Petwing.
Petwing.
Petwing.
Thank you very much.
I hope you enjoy them.
Good items, Karen and Adam.
Nice shite.
What was your favourite item, you think?
Can I say none of them?
Yes, you can.
None of them?
You can say that, but no one likes you when you say things like that.
A payday is not a board game that's ever enticed me into its world.
And it was free because of those reasons.
So good logic wins.
You think that was the reason it was free?
She doesn't say. Logic wins. She doesn't actually say why it was free. It those reasons. So good logic wins. You think that was the reason it was free? She doesn't say.
Logic wins.
She doesn't actually say why it was free.
It must be because it's damaged.
That's where you get a discount in this game.
Maybe.
Either way, well done, Karen.
Well done, you.
Well done, Adam.
Karen and Adam.
Adam and Karen.
And Adam.
I don't like the fact that they've got too many
ah sound vowels in their name.
It puts me off.
They can't make choices like that.
They should not be together.
Find someone else to be with who doesn't share a vowel-sounding name. Or can me off. They can't make choices like that. They should not be together. Find someone else to be with
who doesn't share a vowel-sounding name.
Or can Adam change his name to Scott?
What is a non-vowel-sounding...
Karen and Scott.
Karen and Scott is great.
Karen and Adam is...
I can't even say it.
Karen and Adam.
It's just an effort.
You've really been off the boil this week, Paul.
No, that's not true.
I know I say that a lot, but God.
It's not true.
That's not true.
I've been off the boil for about seven years.
Yes, thank you. Oh, well, that's nice. A little win for me. An update, everyone. I've been off the ball for about seven years. Yes, thank you.
Oh, well, that's nice.
A little win for me.
An update, everyone.
I did do a fart in the end
and I'm choking on it.
So we're going to wrap this up.
Don't make me look for it, man.
Mate, I'm not going to push it your way.
I'm trying to keep the breeze
going this direction.
All I will say is
it's slightly chocolatey
which I don't quite understand.
I don't know how you do
a chocolatey boff. You know how you do a chocolatey boff.
You know how you do a chocolatey boff?
What?
You scoff a lot of chocolate off.
Chocolatey boff, chocolatey boff.
Chocolatey boff, chocolatey boff.
I've scoffed a chocolate off,
but I've done a chocolatey boff.
Chocolatey boff.
Shut up.
Well, that's it
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end of another
episode for another
week thank you so
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eight fucking years just take that again your one-stop shop is cheap show.show. yeah fuck me
seriously i give you the one moment to just pretend you're somewhat fucking semi-professional. I did sound alright up till then.
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Chocolatybuff.coff.
Have you... What? I can't fucking
believe this. What? Have you not
seen this? Have you not seen this?
Seen what? Have I not seen what?
Someone just sent me a fucking link on Twitter.
Or X.
What?
Thrift Pod.
Have you heard of this?
What?
Listen to this.
What?
Every week, Saul and Levi go through the charity shops
and look for the best in the worst.
What?
With a strange cast of characters and produced by Brandovsky Podcasts,
FriffPod is a unique and original comedy idea
mixing surrealism and scatology
as they investigate charity shops around the world.
What the fuck?
Who's this?
It's just probably some kind of AI rip-off thing.
No, no, no, it's good.
It's been mentioned in Podbible.
It's been fucking mentioned,
Apple, new and upcoming. How many episodes are there?
Spotify have put up as new.
Two or three,
not that many.
With Arthur Point as guest.
What?
And what's all these
fucking characters?
Can't come, John.
Don McNubbin.
Yeah, they're all there.
It's literally a knock-off
of Cheap Show.
But they're fucking getting
all the...
You can't do that.
But they're getting
all the fucking attention.
Guardian's giving
them a review.
The Times says,
a vulgar but fun
weekly exercise.
More like this,
please.
I can't believe it.
We never got a
Times review.
No, we've never
had that.
We've always been
fucking ignored.
Available on all
good podcasts,
charting in the top
50 in the UK
right now.
There's Thirsty
Phil in it as well.
Yeah, he was on
last week, Thirsty Phil.
Fuck's sake.
And his fizzy pop brigade.
Oh.
Mate, we're going to have to check this fucking out.
When did this start?
Yeah, only two weeks ago.
Well, we can't tell Brandoff and fucking Jimmy Biscuits about this now.
They're all fucking in the wind because of what happened at Red Knob Day.
I think they just went back to the...
Roundabout.
Yeah.
I think they're all in the fucking roundabout.
They've built, they've extended that roundabout
vertically.
And they've built a big fence
around it as well.
Yeah, with like barbed wire.
You can't get in there anymore.
I can't get in.
Well, I don't know
what to do now.
Well, let's just...
That's really bummed me out.
Well, we just have to
distinguish ourselves.
They're doing better than us.
What's their Patreon?
You can't see how much
their Patreon is, can you?
No, it doesn't have Patreon,
but they are funded
by Brandovsky Industries.
They've got advertising from, like, Lego.
I don't understand.
And they've got advertising from Coke.
Casper Mattresses are doing adverts for that.
Tenor Men.
Yeah, Tenor Men.
We never got any of that money.
What are we going to do?
Mate, this could be a fucking problem for us
if they end up taking our space.
We've got the wedding.
Maybe we just hype the wedding.
You know, people love weddings. Yeah, people love a wedding. We'll hype the wedding. Maybe we just hype the wedding. You know, people love weddings.
Yeah, people love a wedding.
We'll hype the wedding.
But I'm not going to tell Brandoff about this
because he'll go fucking mad.
You have to invite him to the wedding.
Right, well, fucking bollocks then.
Bollocks.
There's no...
Thrift Show can suck a chode.
Suck it.
Suck it down.
They can suck my tube of fucking sphincters.
Pringles.
Tude of Pringles.
Chub of Pringles. Tude of Pringles. Chub of Pringles.
Tudor Pringles.
I know,
I'm Tudor Pringles.
And I am
Chodney Hoffboff.
We'll see.
I'm Chocolaty Boffhole.
I'm Chocolaty Boff.
Oh,
I've got scuffy marks
on my boffhole.
That's right,
Eli.
Let's keep the old
gold going and that's
what gets us all
these good reviews.
on my choffy hole.
Chuff,
chuff,
chuff.
This is it for
Cheap Show,
mate.
We're done for
unless we can figure out a plan for all this.
No, I think we just, we rebrand.
We can't rebrand.
Eli's Mouth Madness Hour.
We'll just call this podcast, I don't know, Dublier.
Dublier?
Yeah.
Double Dish, Double Dish, Dub, Dub, Dub.
You know what?
We won't call it that.
We're going to just move.
Let's call it Double Dish Boys.
No, we're not going to call our podcast the Double Dish Dish Boys.
That's even better.
Double Dish Dish Boys. No, Double Dish Dish Boys. That's even better. Double Dush Dush Boys.
No, Double Dush Dush Boys sounds more like an up your situation.
Don't be uncouth.
Listen to Double Dush.
Don't be uncouth.
Come into my booth.
Hello.
I've bunked up your booth.
Let's work this shop.
Let's workshop this.
You know what?
This is all over.
This is the worst episode we've ever done.
No, we can't say that anymore.
We're not allowed to say that anymore.
I think it is, though.
It's mostly maybe our most mediocre,
but sometimes they can all be gold.
I've just been unwell the whole way through the episode,
slightly damp and just underperforming.
And let's all just remember that I completely slap-pulled down
with four clear-per-twings in the lead,
and he got the donut.
The donut which he can stick his finger into.
Yeah, double-douche your donut. The flesh donut. I'm going to double-douche your donut. Double-dou he got the donut. The donut which he can stick his finger into. Yeah, double douche
your donut.
The flesh donut.
I'm going to double douche
your donut.
Double douche my flesh donut.
Double douche my flesh donut
and it's pink and it's
pink and it's brown
and it's round.
It's a double douche
donut.
You almost got it.
Almost got it.
Double douche.
Double douche.
Oh, double douche.
We're done now here.
We're done now here.
Say goodbye.
Dunk your dish
in my double douche donut.
Bye everyone. Bye bye. We're done now here. Say goodbye. Dunk your dish in my double dash. Bye everyone. Bye everyone.
Bye bye.
Bye everyone though, really.