Update Thing Aug 2021 (Patreon)

Hello all!

As CheapShow creeps up on our 250th episode, I wanted to just do a quick blog update to say a few lovely things.

First, no matter what you contribute to our Patreon, both Eli and I want to say thank you SO much. When we started doing the pod 6 years ago, i was just hoping we could get to 50! to get to 250 is kinda weird and delightful. I was never sure if we had the audience to keep us running and even if they would, in turn, want to support us on Patreon.

We probably gained the most traction off the back of Barshens, when Eli and I would bring our unique relationship to the calm that i think Stuart and Barry preferred! When we went from a couple of hundred downloads to a couple of thousand, it meant the world to us as we'd both been struggling to make anything of ourselves in comedy.

When Barshens ended, we thought that was it for the podcast too - but here we are. Eli and I have had help and support from folk like Ashens and Mr Biffo as well as our comedy friends, so we always try to appreciate the luck we have had over the years.

The fact you lot continue to support us, fly the flag, spread the world and enjoy our "special" podcast always amazes us.

So thank you. SO MUCH.

We hope we do what we can on Patreon to say thank you accordingly, but we do our best to make sure you are not unappreciated. I take on all the workload for cheapshow stuff, so i know i drop the ball a lot, so i hope (when we can) we can make up for it when we do.

So...

We're just about to publish the $30 Video Episode, which is a Price of Shite episode and we've got a video for ALL tier supporters at the end of the week.

This week's episode is going to be a bit different.

We were sent a suitcase a few weeks ago with mysterious origins - I know who sent it and a vague idea what to expect, but outside of that, it's going to be a proper mystery.

I am going to film it and will be a companion piece to the episode that will come out this week (we are recording tomorrow) - so god knows what will come out of it.

Ivenne also has a new edition of the CS mag coming out very soon - as ever, all Patreon peeps will get a digital copy. If you want to grab a physical copy (and you should, they are great!) go to https://www.cheapmag.shop/

We still have guests lined up towards the end of year - it won't be every 2 weeks, but whilst we could, we wanted to get guests back on to the show. After that, we'll slow down again. However, we do have some great people lined up, so hopefully you'll like what we have ahead.

What else?

Digi LIve - we'll be there! Eli will be doing the old meet and greet, but due to my health, i sadly won't be mingling afterwards. I hope you understand. When we get to do another proper live CheapShow, we'll mingle aplenty.

And 250!

So what we have planned is going to more like a "narrative" episode than something like 200. We don't want to end up repeating ourselves with "milestone" episodes and do too many "on cinema" style live stream eps BUT we do like playing around with our podcast. So for 250, it's going to be more like the Cheap Eats Express/Die Hard episodes. A bit of fact mixing with fiction with, we hope, some surprised on the way!

So that's kinda what's on our plate at the moment. As ever, thank you.

Just a quick update!

Hope you are all well and happy!

much love

Paul