Midwest Cheap Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2021
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Comedian Charlie Berens is back to his frugal ways in Midwest Cheap Part 2. Charlie has a cheap fix for everything on his to-do list including fixing the shower head, painting the living room, and even ordering extra napkins with his food delivery. 
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This version is nefarious. This man isn’t just Midwestern cheap- he’s Midwestern bachelor fresh out of college cheap.
Hey watch your motormouth. He is just SAVING MONEY. UNDERSTAND?
hes me
Ha ha ha, is that so?
@@visible_earth180 Ha ha ha
The only difference between him and I is that I was too cheap for college.
The entire Midwest all watching Hamilton on the same Disney plus account
true
I'm in WI. Can confirm this fact.
From Michigan, can Confirm
From ND. Can confirm this fact.
Indiana resident; can confirm
To be fair, a _lot_ of effort went into that gift.
It was shocking how the trilogy really came full circle
10 dollars worth of phone bill.
@@KrisLI1408 Free, either government phone or VOIP like textme or google voice.
TO BE FAIR
To save on the post stamp you can also do the following:
1. Write your address in the receiver field,
2. Write the address of the one who should get it in the sender field
3. Mark the letter as 'receiver payed'
4. When the letter 'arrives' you decline it
5. Letter should get sent back to the sender as not deliverable.
And so you can save ¢80 just by committing one measly federal crime.
@Gabriel Adonai
To the gentlemen I'm Miss Fortune
To the ladies I'm Sir Prize.
But call me by any name - anyway it's all the same
:D
ruclips.net/video/QxJrjV4PNXA/видео.html
@Gabriel Adonai either he got hacked in between posting the comment, or someone is putting way too much effort into a scam account
@Gabriel Adonai Maybe it's Maybelline
@@k_drop maybe it's methamphetamine 😭
@@hwithoutaname3629 no it's good, the link sends to a music.
The way he used the streaming password as a recurring motif and then brought it all together at the end: that’s good writing.
He was like a stock trader with those streaming accounts 😝
The water jug weights aren’t even cheap. That’s just a good idea.
That just shows how cheap you really are...
Cheaper than concrete even
For girls needing lighter, smaller weights... soup cans
it’s still cheap but it’s not ridiculously cheap
@@matthewstobbe3026 Hey, if I'm the only one who has to deal with the inconvenience, then it's not cheap, it's frugal.
I tell my kids, ya gotta grab at least an inch of napkins when getting fast food. BTW, Jasons Deli has the best with a tensile strength close to printer paper, yet as soft as a cloth diaper. One will last a couple two tree days easy. I have a plastic grocery bag full of em if you want to trade any for that Disney+ passward.
U being serious rn
@@lonnielonvick4760 Some people cant afford to waste things dude
Ah, how Covid has restored the barter system
My glovebox is 90% napkins
@@destroyanad8651 I think he meant if he’s really gonna trade, that’s an absolute deal!!
Ok, the hillbilly free weights are genius.
Excuse me?
Tape a couple uh water jugs to a broomstick and keep er movin! Bench press! 😆
@@hillbilly23 Don't fret young man, she's congratulatin' your ingenuity!
@@hillbilly23 Oh, hey der billy. didn't see ya der....
That’s actually an old prison trick :).
Using water and garbage bags or containers like he did here, actually works really well. A pair of Arizona iced tea jugs is multiple sets of dumbbells :).
Are you telling there exist people who DON’T water down their soap/shampoo/conditioner at least 3 times before throwing it out?
If you add water and suds come out, it's still soap!
Or cut dish sponges in half to double your quantity?
Reuse used paper towels to clean up floor grubbiness?
Save flat plastic food trays for roller painting?
Sub margarine containers for plant pot liners?
Collect condiment jars to hold screws, nails, etc?
(Canned chicken cans from Aldi, too?)
Save plastic frozen vegetable bags for small trash bits?
Scrub your sinks & toilets with stale fridge baking soda?
Tear off & reuse the big bendy twisty ties on bagged coffee?
Serve your cat wet food on junk mail envelopes?
(Because you're too cheap & lazy to buy paper plates or wash his dish. 😾!)
@Sean O’ Deli look at you over here with your dollar..
@@wantsanewvehicle Laughing...! 😄
yeah, me
Oh the whipped cream bowl Tupperware...😂😂😂 always makes me think of my Gramma.
Mine too!
Yep.
My oma (german) did the same thing
ghetto tupperware is the best
I'm a 35-year-old man who is eating cereal out of Cool whip containers in the Midwest going on 35 years If it ain't broke don't fix it
“Saw it on Pinterest once” is da cheap midwesterners catch phrase
What is pinterest?
@@alpha13dylan It's an image hosting website. People can also "host" an image on Pinterest while have it still appear on their own website
kind of sad that i’ve actually used the water bottle shower head
it's upcycling
it's brilliant!
Use the mini little half size water bottle. Currently my rv setup
Best is let it come directly out and if you need a spray just use your finger. Kind of like when using a garden hose.
Hey, you can make a hillbilly bidet out of a water bottle too! Who needs one of them fancy shmancy deals?
The dishwasher full of old food containers was my house growing up. Also, my mom was making Clorox bottle weights back in the 70's. Last year I found a coupon for Tylenol that expired in 1991 on her kitchen table. She has a drawer full of felt-tip pens with no caps on them. Can't throw those away....she'll find SOME use for them.
We always enjoyed the "Guess which butter dish has actual butter in it" game.
My brother in law brought Chili in a Cool Whip container to Thanksgiving one year ... my sister told him to grab the Cool Whip for the pumpkin squares ... he guessed wrong. We all laughed. My sister wasn't amused. ha.
@@golfnz34me omg- and heavens forfend if you found one that was of..... questionable age 🤣😂😬
Honestly, the felt pen thing is starting to sound more like hoarding than being frugal.
@@Viewer92136 tbf less to bring home
I hope my Dad doesn't see this or else he'll disown me and adopt you.
Just tell your dad these techniques and he will think you are a genius.
Also in the Milwaukee area, and so many of these are accurate... we recently did some dog sitting and washed and returned the zip-lock bag the dogs food came in. The look on the owner's face when we returned a clean bag was amazing. 'well...now you have one for next time, or we could hold it for ya'
Or we could hold it for ya 🥺
Hey at least that bag was not a reused poop bag.😁
I don't call it "cheap!" we call being thrifty, and thriftyness is next to godliness, don cha know!
So my mother went to Big Lots around 07, and she picks up these sparkling flavored waters because she likes the bottle. It's thin and good for storage she thinks. Anyway, she finishes the drinks and starts using the bottles for this and that, few bottle for storing cream, another has some cleaner under the sink, another one she's using for a water bottle. She's got a couple she shoves some of those, those tuna casserole noodles, I can't remember the damn name.
So she's cleaning up the kitchen one day after making a batch of lefse for Faith Lutheran, and she remembers that she forgot her vitamins that morning. She throws em back there and starts drinking from the bottle, to get em down. But she notices they feel funny in her mouth. They start to dissolve. At first, she thinks it's the pills. Bad batch, she figures! She looks at the bottle, and sure enough it's the kitchen cleaner. She and Dad run over to the urgent care over there by the old Stamart and explain the whole situation. And she's thinkin', that's it. That's just IT, ya know. So she's writing up the service on the back of a Kroll's kitchen coupon from her purse. She's trying to decide between "beyond the sunset" and "a mighty fortress is our God" when the doctor comes in. I don't know if you know her, she's ah, she's Turtle Mountain Chippewa or Metis, I can't remember. And Mom is from Bottineau, so she's asking if she knows so and so while that doctor tries to take her information, ya? Anyhow, she calls poison control about this cleaner. I think it's that Mean Green stuff, it's always on clearance at K-Mart it seems like. And wouldn't ya know it, it's just vinegar and this and that. She gets the all clear. Anyhow, we're having a Speghetti supper to cover the bill down at Northridge next week Friday about 7 o clock and you should come down for that if you can make it
This had me cracking up
Brilliant :-)
Dang, your mom almost ended up in a Chubbyemu video, I’m glad that she’s okay at least.
why does this hit so close to home? maybe because I drove past what used to be Northridge and it's a taco bell and Chinese restaurant turned funeral home.
Holy smokes, as soon as you said Turtle Mountain and Bottineau I realized you also come from North Dakota.
Someone driving my car called to tell me they clipped a deer, and the first thing I said after "are you ok?" was "make sure you bring back the deer!"
First words outta my mouth woulda been " did ya kill the deer🦌 and bring it back". They're talking on the phone so I know they are good. Besides when did a deer kill anyone or send em to the hospital. They're job is to make the insurance company rich. Like the insurance companies have a meeting with the deer everyday to make sure they screw up as many cars as possible. That would be a hilarious commercial.🤣😂🤣
@@sadnlonelywithoutmydaughter911 people crash all the time trying to avoid hitting an animal. Are you ok isn’t that dumb of a question
Lol, when I hit a deer the first thing outta my husband's mouth was..did you get in the jeep ok? He was more pissed the damn thing didn't have the decency to die than I hit it. He sent a search party for it, surely it couldn't have gotten far but no dice. Never did find it.
I was travelling in a little car once, and hit a deer. Didn't hurt the car, but I rolled over the deer. The car was too small to collect the deer, and I was in a hurry to get to a funeral in another state. I still regret leaving that deer behind!
One of my favorites is mixing 10% dish soap and the rest water into a foaming soap container. It works just as well as foaming soap!
I'll have to try that.
We just discovered this the other day! So awesome.
Thanks! You're good people!
And know you have an idea of the profit margins on foaming soap
What the hell is foaming soap
The ziplock bag moment hit me hard
My mother does this!!!!
Tip: wrap presents in fast food bags. People think it’s an ingenious joke, you save money and the planet. Win win win
Ngl, if I got a bunch of streaming services and a customized hand wrapped card I would love it.
You're supposed to reuse that wrapping paper forever, if you're careful, it can last a couple generations.
Wrap presents in comic books and the funnies.
@@deadcatbounce3124 Use gift bags. Costs a little more up front but it holds up better than wrapping paper and it's less obvious you're reusing them.
I have done this. No joke.
I can’t remember how many hotel soaps,shampoos and conditioners I had a one time. I didn’t even go to the hotels....people saved em for me 😁
They are complimentary. Help Yourself
well, its their loss
I have a plastic shoe box full of travel size toiletries for all of the out of town trips I'm going on some day.
@@ihadtosayit10 For all the vacations that you will never go on because you're frugal?
When my mom first moved to Shakopee, she used to be able to connect to the Panera several blocks away. We had free internet for months. 🤣
Plus all the free trials we did and then immediately canceled when we had to pay for them...
Cleaning and reusing plastic containers and bags is too real too.
I think you poor, mate.
"Midwest Cheap" could be my nickname
What Midwest cheap tips can you share with us?
Also could you show people devices you built that could save them money?
@@SurprisinglyDeep biggest tip is shop at goodwill, and check marketplace/craigslist often. I do have some videos on my channel where I build useful stuff out of repurposed materials.
@@JoelCreates @Joel Creates Okay. That's cool. However have you ever built anything to save people money like a DIY vacuum tube machine to suck the old power steering fluid out of people's cars or a homemade power washer? Thanks for the info.
Edit: Feel free to take those 2 ideas for free for your own if you want
Here's how broke i was once:
When i was in college i took a walk around town and got loads of free marketing magazines for grocery stores (ya know the type which says beef for 10.99 instead of 15.99 that kinda stuff), take a single sheet, make it into a ball then straighten it back to a sheet, then to a ball, repeat loads of times till the fibers soften. Then you got yourself something that resembles fabric. There ya go free toilet paper!
First lady of country music Tammy Wynette used to collect hotel soaps and shampoos while on tour and give them to her friends and family in a gift basket for birthday and Christmas presents
My mom always includes hotel soaps and shampoos in gift bags. Made sure to clean house every night (and use only one) to collect as many as possible during multi night trips....
Classy
As a Mexican it’s weird how much we share with midwesterners lmao. Also I always wondered, if we are that cheap, where the hell does the money go to?
Beer. But, you know that already. 😅✌️
Carne Asadas probably?
Bills
Scratch off tickets if you ask the guys that work at the golf course.
Trucks, guns, hunting and fishing licenses/gear, camping and camp accessories, beer, power tools, lawn equipment you know essentials
Legend has it that copper wire was invented by two of my husband’s ancestors fighting over a penny.
I’m inclined to believe it.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love it! But its me 😭
Then my ancestors scraps the copper wire
Scottish?
@@acmcbride-olson9320 got it in one.
I love this because for this year's staff holiday party I duct taped a small empty box and stuffed it full of napkin "tissue paper" to gift a scented candle that I got on sale. The key is to apply the duct tape wrapping paper with care so they get too distracted by your resourcefulness and craftiness to criticize your cheapness. That's why I taught myself how to make a duct tape bow.
@@sgvincent100 Things to consider:
-Price of duct tape changes depending on brand (you can find some cheap stuff for less than four bucks).
-I only needed the one bow. If I bought a bag of bows for let's say $7, I'd have a bow that I needed and 47 bows that just take up space until next season. That one bow would effectively cost me that 7 dollars.
-I was using stuff that was in my car. I could have run to a store to get a proper gift bag or box, but if I could use something I already had that would be money saved.
Since I only made a small dent in my roll of duct tape, I'd guestimate that I didn't use more than a quarter's worth of tape for the whole process. All in all, I saved money by making a bow out of duct tape rather than buying something from the store or online.
....Can you tell I'm procrastinating?
You think duct tape is really cheaper than just getting a ¢99 roll of paper? Or just save the wrapping paper whenever you open gifts.
I can always count on Charlie to cheer me up after a heartbreaking loss. Mr Berens, you are a scholar and a gentleman.
LOL at the "collector's item" zip lock bag...I actually wash and reuse mine all the time, and just tossed out some really old ones I had in the freezer - freon is not the new spice flavoring for your food, I decided. 😂
Freon has been banned for a long time. They use R134a
@@ericl8743 Maybe their freezer is from the 60's... LOL My across the street neighbor has an old olive green fridge in his yard with a free sign on it I bet it still has freon....
@@ericl8743 Well I'll be...so it is indeed! (just looked it up to see when). Regardless, some things in my freezer are just too freezery smelling. ;)
@@Ldybugsrus-Nadine LOL...it's actually a 2005 model, but our oven range dates back to the early 70's. ;) I quite like that old range, which still works...no one makes things like they used to.
“There’s no such thing as cheap, just smart money saving.”- Literally my Mom
I genuinely laughed out loud when I saw the plastic bag and his dishwasher. I'm a Southerner but my mom is from a third world country so I was raised to do the same thing 😆
Ziplock freezer bags are expensive and there is no point in throwing away something perfectly good :) A person wouldn't throw away a canning jar- although the ones I give my kids I dunno.... :)
Carolina girl here, can confirm the 2017 Ziplock in 2023 is 100% legit! Always dry the bags inside out on the kitchen sink knobs & faucet too, Looollll.
@@jessa1355 Hello fellow Carolina girl! Which one are you from? NC here. 👋
i can confirm this is accurate
77 trains which of Charlie's brother-sister are you?
I didn't know there was a part of USA that was so... Latin American
Do you have a bag full of bags too?
Good video, really funny, felt related even while being from another country XD
Bag full of bags, but for me usually only from Menard’s (Midwestern chain of big box hardware stores you’ve never heard of). Those bags are great for wastebasket liners and all sorts of stuff. I use one inside an empty cat litter pail and use it to toss out the clumps. 😅
Holy cow! A bag full of bags somewhere in your kitchen is how you know you're a fully functioning adult!
Charlie has a whole routine on the bag of bags.
@@ferretyluv
... and the box of boxes. 🔳
Absolutely a bag of bags. At least I had one before they banned plastic bags in my state. Pissed me off, those are very useful. And now people have to go and buy bags just to clean up after their dogs. 🤔
If you don't save Cool-Whip containers there is something legitimately wrong with you.
I dont eat cool whip
And country crock/butter/margarine
If you eat cool whip there is something wrong with you.
@@hotrodchevy4524 If you respond to 1 year old posts... there's something wrong with you.
@@SchnoogansMcDuff oh yeah God for bid I didn't see the post a year ago. Bad on me for not searching every single video and short on RUclips everyday to comment on. Almost like I have a life other then RUclips, unlike someone else. Lol
I love this man, he breaks me up with his innocent act.
Saving Cool Whip containers is the newer form of saving Cookie Tins like our Grandma's did.
I grew up washing plastic bags, reusing cool whip and other containers... feels like home.
Ah yes America.
Don't forget saving every plastic cups and bowls from restaurants and stores😂
My Kwik Trip fountain cup collection...☺🤫
@@Jenicide79 I feel called out
Yeah, but now you can pretend you're just being eco friendly. I mean, it's better than having it end up in the ocean, right ;)
@@Jenicide79 I came here to say that! Got two of the big blue ones on the shelf next to me lol. Fill those up with water and hit your thirsty houseplants with 'em too
Hey those itty bitty gravy containers from KFC are irreplaceable, nothing else that size. Just don't ask me why I'm keeping 2 bites of something
Hey Charlie, say hey to your folks and watch out for deer.
Such a sweet sentiment. Keep er movin
I use like 50% of those...
I have some of this explaining my grandmother, she uses old tubs like that for food leftovers. She was born in Winnona Minnesota and has done this her whole life. They tend to only last about 10 times of hand washing, no dishwasher but still.
What did Aaron Rogers say when he broke up with his girlfriend?
Go pack.
Help yeah, dude.
Go Pack. 👉 Go.
To soon dude
And f@$k da bears
Or he said “go wreck a few hundred more race cars without ever winning a single one”
I haven't lived in Michigan in years and still feel attacked.
Drawing a mustache on the card had me rolling!!! 😂
Best instructional videos ever. Keep em comin! haha. Getting extra napkins is always key.
Also, if you buy liquid hand soap in bulk and just refill one of the regular squirters, you get it from 18c an ounce to 12.5 cents an ounce or less (assuming you also dilute it with water 50%, but never more than 50% because then it's not really soap).
And always tear your paper towels in half, you usually don't need a full one.
So glad I'm not the only one tearing paper towels in half!
Even the select-a-size ones XD
This guy is one of the best, really gets into the character, if anyone wears a Jollygood T-shirt they have finally tuned their art, good job!
“Art” 😂😂
Lol "looks like someone clipped a deer. Looks fresh. Ill be right back."Oh the times ive heard this growin up lol
You got to be careful so you don't cut off your swear finger 🤣😂😅🤣🤣😭. Love it
These ‘Cereal Os’ are really somethin special. I love him
Wait there are other people who re-use zip bags?? Growing up all my friends coming over we’re horrified that we washed them and used the again. Waste not want not y’all
I do it, but only if the bag hasn’t held meat or anything greasy. Grease + plastic “baggies” bind together too strongly to break up with detergent & water.
@@Tina06019 oh god I hate pulling a greasy bag out of the drawer. I’m there with you on that one!
When I was growing up my mom and grandparents always washed the zip lock bags. They probably still do. Always thought it was gross.
I was at a friend's house one time cleaning up after a meal and I asked if she wanted to save the bag or not because I didn't know what her threshold was (growing up we didn't re-use bags that had had raw meat, but we washed everything else) and I figured it was the polite thing to do. Anyway she gave me this HORRIFIED look and said "I'm not *that* poor!" I felt so looked down on.
2-3 years ago I realized how much plastic I was adding to landfills by throwing them away after just one use. I've been reusing them ever since. I even bought a baggie-drying rack that works great.
I feel like I’m watching a rerun of my life...😂
when you're in a christmas pinch just look around the basement or some closets for items everyone has forgotten and boom, you've got your christmas gift shopping done!
My uncle lived with us for a while and he found an ugly purple glass bowl stashed in a cupboard and gave it back to us as a Christmas present.
I'm not sure how I didn't laugh at the beer can sliding off the table the first time I watched! Now that I watched this again, this is my favorite part 🤣🍻
That coaster/ beer sliding was the best. Ive done that more than once .
"I lost my netflix passwords can I borrow yours for the night?"
That would be Midwest nice😁😂
I guess part of being Midwest nice nowadays must be to:
a) Have 5 people create an unofficial shared payment plan (with 1 guy paying and being reimbursed for the other 4) for 1 premium account that lets 5 people use the same account at the same time
b) Share 1 basic account (that only lets 1 user use the account at a time) with friends and family by making it so that each household has 1 day a week they use the account on
I have tons of fast food cups and bowls filling my dishwasher as well. Plus a whole crisper drawer filled with sauce packets.
I started tearing. Joy's of tear. Bravo! I laughed every minute
Nice timing, I just watched Midwest Cheap part 1 time today 😂
What a coincidence, as have I and a new blood too.
That the Disney plus on our TV having profiles of 3 different households is the usual is nice to know.
That birthday card could make its way onto a shelf at your local store, brilliant.
There are never envelopes to match. I certainly have modified my share
Solo cups in the dishwasher had me cracking up
I feel so attacked right now
Growing up in southern IL, my mom once hit a deer and a guy in a pickup truck drove up and hauled off the deer after asking us if we planned to do anything with it. So you were spot on there.
Literally same thing happened to my mom in upstate NY when I was a kid. So many deer!
I've learned so much.
Lmao, I really lol’d at the mustaches on the card. Not gonna lie, this man’s resourcefulness is sexy.
Totally haven’t parked in the McDonald’s parking lot just to steal the WiFi 😅😳🤭🤫🤥
You mean "borrow".
@Nelson Ricardo ope you’re right 😅
This is too accurate ahahaha I swear that you're one of the funniest guys I've ever seen
The napkin thing had me dying because I do that all the time, but I get them in case I have to use a public toilet because public toilet paper is the worst lol
The 2017 ziplock bag is my MN grandparents
gota sign my art work on the wall
omg the reused cool whip containers is just so accurate😂😂
We always write on cardboard. Lists, passwords, grocery list, essays, everything!
Or the back of used envelopes. And, you write with a stub of a pencil, that was sharpened with a knife.
@@TheSwissHillbilly YEes!! 😂
@@TheSwissHillbilly Oh shit I almost forgot I never had a pencil sharpener at home when I was a kid! Lmao
Honestly shows good resourcefulness and good sportsmanship to clean a hit deer. Good on you dude.
Lol - “be careful to cut off your swear finger”! So good!
Yeah, this sounds about right. And Andy got the best gift you can get cuz it's the thought that counts
On (a budget) Wisconsin!
The way that all came together at the end! Absolutely brilliant!
🤣🤣🤣 love the wall art! Had me laughing so much!!!
A true midwesterner would have ordered extra ketchup packets and napkins for his biscuit.
No the money is in the honey packets... you need at least 6 per biscuit and the butter pats. I can get ketchup from anywhere but not honey
He's checking off the things on the to-do list so fast!
Some part of me had no problem with the water bottle showerhead. For that, I am ashamed 🤦🏾♀️ lol
I know about washing zippy bags. I stretched a 12 pack of zippy bags for my entire senior year in college.
I've done six of these . . .
it's a lifestyle
@@CharlieBerens No, it's more dan dat. It's a religion, even your reason for bein. Ya know, your raisin thing.
My dad writes all his notes (of which there are A LOT) on old mail and envelopes. His work van looks like a mail truck exploded in the cab. He also reuses plastic Gatorade and Ensure bottles to make ice packs for coolers then drinks the water when it melts. I'm not telling yous my personal midwestern cheap hacks.
We do the reused-plastic-water-bottle thing to make “freezer packs” for coolers, too.
In a pinch the “notepads “ can also be used as paper plates, or cutting boards. I’ve heard cereal boxes work great :)
This is more than just the Midwest. 😂
The cool whip containers being reused infinitely, glad it's not just me
The more of his videos I watched the more I am thinking I should live in the Midwest
Lowkey one of the best channels on youtube right now
Finally! The long awaited sequel!
I know that Starbucks... its the one by the stop n' go lights on Harmonee across from where I was baptized, I think it use to be a Little Caeser's or sumtin. Also I've done at least half of these.
that end move was the clincher der guy, too funny, time for a 2 tree beers maybe... thanks, love from Canada eh..😘
These are basically prison/jail hacks 😂 well not all but the weights, the water bottle shower head, the soap bit.
In business we call that “value engineering”
Food containers being used as Tupperware is so accurate xD
I have done all this stuff, from the showerhead to the netflix account switch, by god do I love doing it.
thank you for the belly laugh! "just keep 'er movin'!
I’ve seen the shorts version but never the punchline. This was too funny.