This version is nefarious. This man isn’t just Midwestern cheap- he’s Midwestern bachelor fresh out of college cheap.

The way he used the streaming password as a recurring motif and then brought it all together at the end: that’s good writing.

The entire Midwest all watching Hamilton on the same Disney plus account

To be fair, a _lot_ of effort went into that gift.

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.

He was like a stock trader with those streaming accounts 😝

The water jug weights aren’t even cheap. That’s just a good idea.

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.

Are you telling there exist people who DON’T water down their soap/shampoo/conditioner at least 3 times before throwing it out?

Oh the whipped cream bowl Tupperware...😂😂😂 always makes me think of my Gramma.

Ok, the hillbilly free weights are genius.

“Saw it on Pinterest once” is da cheap midwesterners catch phrase

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.

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

I hope my Dad doesn't see this or else he'll disown me and adopt you.

kind of sad that i’ve actually used the water bottle shower head

The ziplock bag moment hit me hard

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'

Tip: wrap presents in fast food bags. People think it’s an ingenious joke, you save money and the planet. Win win win

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!"

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 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 😁

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.

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?

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.

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.

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 😆

“There’s no such thing as cheap, just smart money saving.”- Literally my Mom

"Midwest Cheap" could be my nickname

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

I can always count on Charlie to cheer me up after a heartbreaking loss. Mr Berens, you are a scholar and a gentleman.

If you don't save Cool-Whip containers there is something legitimately wrong with you.

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

Drawing a mustache on the card had me rolling!!! 😂

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. 😂

Saving Cool Whip containers is the newer form of saving Cookie Tins like our Grandma's did.

Ah yes America. Don't forget saving every plastic cups and bowls from restaurants and stores😂

Hey Charlie, say hey to your folks and watch out for deer.

I love this man, he breaks me up with his innocent act.

I grew up washing plastic bags, reusing cool whip and other containers... feels like home.

I haven't lived in Michigan in years and still feel attacked.

What did Aaron Rogers say when he broke up with his girlfriend? Go pack.

You got to be careful so you don't cut off your swear finger 🤣😂😅🤣🤣😭. Love it

Lol "looks like someone clipped a deer. Looks fresh. Ill be right back."Oh the times ive heard this growin up lol

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.

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 can confirm this is accurate

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 🤣🍻

I use like 50% of those...

I feel like I’m watching a rerun of my life...😂

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!

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!

That birthday card could make its way onto a shelf at your local store, brilliant.

“Art” 😂😂

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.

Nice timing, I just watched Midwest Cheap part 1 time today 😂

"I lost my netflix passwords can I borrow yours for the night?"

Lmao, I really lol’d at the mustaches on the card. Not gonna lie, this man’s resourcefulness is sexy.

That the Disney plus on our TV having profiles of 3 different households is the usual is nice to know.

I feel so attacked right now

Solo cups in the dishwasher had me cracking up

I started tearing. Joy's of tear. Bravo! I laughed every minute

These ‘Cereal Os’ are really somethin special. I love him

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

I have tons of fast food cups and bowls filling my dishwasher as well. Plus a whole crisper drawer filled with sauce packets.

The way that all came together at the end! Absolutely brilliant!

Totally haven’t parked in the McDonald’s parking lot just to steal the WiFi 😅😳🤭🤫🤥

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.

This is too accurate ahahaha I swear that you're one of the funniest guys I've ever seen

gota sign my art work on the wall

Living in the apocalypse before the apocalypse, now that’s what I call super prepared

omg the reused cool whip containers is just so accurate😂😂

We always write on cardboard. Lists, passwords, grocery list, essays, everything!

Lowkey one of the best channels on youtube right now

🤣🤣🤣 love the wall art! Had me laughing so much!!!

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.

Some part of me had no problem with the water bottle showerhead. For that, I am ashamed 🤦🏾‍♀️ lol

Lol - “be careful to cut off your swear finger”! So good!

I know about washing zippy bags. I stretched a 12 pack of zippy bags for my entire senior year in college.

A true midwesterner would have ordered extra ketchup packets and napkins for his biscuit.

Honestly shows good resourcefulness and good sportsmanship to clean a hit deer. Good on you dude.

It took this video for me to subscribe. Keep keeping up the great content.

I've done six of these . . .

Yeah, this sounds about right. And Andy got the best gift you can get cuz it's the thought that counts

The 2017 ziplock bag is my MN grandparents

Finally! The long awaited sequel!

I've learned so much.

This is more than just the Midwest. 😂

that end move was the clincher der guy, too funny, time for a 2 tree beers maybe... thanks, love from Canada eh..😘

This is the best one yet!!! I've washed out freezer bags and reused them!

In a pinch the “notepads “ can also be used as paper plates, or cutting boards. I’ve heard cereal boxes work great :)

I mean, hes not wrong.

He's checking off the things on the to-do list so fast!

Where have you been all of my life? I adore you. So funny.

Btw, in Canada we call it “ getting two birds stoned at once”, as coined by the famous Trailer Park Boys🤪

My mom was always saving those ziplocks growing up

A true gem

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.

The cool whip containers being reused infinitely, glad it's not just me