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TLC Orders Extreme Cheapskates



Dumpster divers and penny pinchers, your time has come: TLC plans to turn its special Extreme Cheapskates into a regular TV series.


TLC has ordered eight half-hour episodes of Extreme Cheapskates, which will air sometime this summer. If you're proud of the unconventional ways you've managed to save a few bucks, the show is currently casting.


The one-hour Extreme Cheapskates special, which initially aired on Dec. 28, featured four misers who went out of their way to save a few bucks. One person trained her family to reuse toilet paper (saving $240 a year) and another asked restaurant patrons for their leftover portions.


According to TLC, the special attracted 1.6 million viewers and became a trending topic on Twitter. It's the latest in a line of TLC programs focusing on ways that Americans are going to great lengths to save money - including, most notably, the network's Extreme Couponing.


TLC launched Extreme Cheapskates in a similar fashion to Extreme Couponing; both started out as specials airing in late December before securing a full pickup. (The most recent all-star edition of Extreme Couponing just ended its season last month.) Stephen David Entertainment is the producer on Extreme Cheapskates.



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myxwill 24th-Feb-2012 12:38 am (UTC)
Ew that's so gross.
parisdiorchanel 24th-Feb-2012 12:39 am (UTC)
lol I read that as extreme cheesecakes. idek.
quidscipio 24th-Feb-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
shit i would be down for that. cheesecake is the SHIT
gaga 24th-Feb-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
mte and i was like "OOH!"

now im dry heaving
snow_cherries 24th-Feb-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
Now THAT would be my kind of show.
between_lights 24th-Feb-2012 12:47 am (UTC)
so did I. we need more extreme cheesecake posts imo!
beatlesluv 24th-Feb-2012 12:49 am (UTC)
MTE my body was so ready

Then I saw the goat head and remembered this dude lmao
degele 24th-Feb-2012 12:50 am (UTC)
me too. i was like "OMG I'M THERE" bwahaha
morewhimsy 24th-Feb-2012 01:01 am (UTC)
me too lmao
sylarsexypants 24th-Feb-2012 01:03 am (UTC)
omg thank god i wasn't the only one!!
roxiful 24th-Feb-2012 01:20 am (UTC)
I read cupcakes lol
ashleylouwho 24th-Feb-2012 10:01 am (UTC)
Same.
blackwidow 24th-Feb-2012 01:22 am (UTC)
lmao so did I, and I got excited for a moment.
tide_pools 24th-Feb-2012 01:28 am (UTC)
lmao same I was like yesssss!!
clockspiders 24th-Feb-2012 01:39 am (UTC)
Same! and it got me all excited.
coryrain 24th-Feb-2012 01:39 am (UTC)
lmao! I did the same thing and stared at that picture forever all confused.
demented_21 24th-Feb-2012 01:46 am (UTC)
lol irl
glowing_dragon 24th-Feb-2012 01:51 am (UTC)
Hahaha, yes!
bounded_woman 24th-Feb-2012 01:59 am (UTC)
Lol so did I, my mind went "Tell me more about extreme cheesecakes that I have never eaten..."
nemo_de_la_meer 24th-Feb-2012 02:06 am (UTC)
I thought I was the only one! I was like, FUCK, NEED.
kathrynfan 24th-Feb-2012 02:30 am (UTC)
i read it as Extreme Cupcakes an i got excited, i <3 cupcakes
stuffwithcandy 24th-Feb-2012 03:26 am (UTC)
that's why i entered the post
beans4bina 24th-Feb-2012 03:46 am (UTC)
ditto lol
sally_egan 25th-Feb-2012 01:43 am (UTC)
Lord. I didn't even notice I did the same thing until you said it.

I wouldn't been walkin' around thinking it was "Extreme Cheesecakes" if it weren't for you. LOLLLLL
quidscipio 24th-Feb-2012 12:39 am (UTC)
reusing toilet paper?

GR8 IDEA, GONNA START DOING THIS FROM NAO ON
missmonkeydust 24th-Feb-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
Oh my god.
scriptedending 24th-Feb-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
xtinkerbellax 24th-Feb-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
Ugh people who are extremely cheap, especially when they don't need to be, drive me crazy.
_underwhelmed 24th-Feb-2012 06:07 am (UTC)
yeah that goats head guy had a pretty nice looking kitchen! spring for some chicken breasts my friend
theratwhispers 24th-Feb-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
This reminds me of how my grandma tried to give me spoiled cereal that made the milk turn green. She told me it was good for me.
jack_rowen 24th-Feb-2012 12:46 am (UTC)
hey gurl how u doin

could i pick your brain about short stories?
theratwhispers 24th-Feb-2012 12:46 am (UTC)
Sure! Go head. :D
nene718 24th-Feb-2012 12:46 am (UTC)
lol irl
eclatez 24th-Feb-2012 12:47 am (UTC)
O_O

aphrodite5239 24th-Feb-2012 12:56 am (UTC)
hahaha oh my
i hope you didn't eat it!
amber_protocol 24th-Feb-2012 01:19 am (UTC)
Holy fuck dnw.
razetora 24th-Feb-2012 01:56 am (UTC)
my grandma grew up in fascist Italy so she values food very much. She tried to make me eat moldy bread once. I refused and she got angry. Bless her.
morgandee 24th-Feb-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
FUCK YES
gaga 24th-Feb-2012 12:41 am (UTC)
nasty
ugly_jacket 24th-Feb-2012 12:41 am (UTC)
NOOOOOOOOOO I SHOULD NOT HAVE WATCHED THE GOAT HEAD VIDEO
foxface 24th-Feb-2012 12:41 am (UTC)
Lmao the guy's mustache in that video is SLAYING me
quidscipio 24th-Feb-2012 12:41 am (UTC)
this is asian to the max, but whenever i go to eat anywhere with my dad, he steals all the napkins lmfao
yououghtaknow 24th-Feb-2012 12:43 am (UTC)
lol Its okay when I go to taco bell I get as much mild sauce as I can I love that shit and you can take as much as you want. I am not proud to admit it do the same with Ketchup better then buying it broke college student here.
marinade 24th-Feb-2012 12:46 am (UTC)
Maybe you should take your savings and invest in some punctuation.

j/k doll.
andthenwevomit 24th-Feb-2012 12:49 am (UTC)
lmao I used to save ketchup packets all the time tbh! They came in handy for the fries + burger emergencies where I didn't have an actual bottle!
quidscipio 24th-Feb-2012 12:55 am (UTC)
hell yeah! those packets are like the perfect amount tbh
missmonkeydust 24th-Feb-2012 01:04 am (UTC)
I do this with every condiment I can get a hold of.
violue 24th-Feb-2012 01:05 am (UTC)
dude i do that with the mild sauce too. i have a tiny pile on my kitchen counter r/n... it's good on so much stuff!
ugly_jacket 24th-Feb-2012 12:44 am (UTC)
i have a coworker (not asian) who saves all of his napkins because he eats fast food every morning and his stack of napkins is, to say the least, never going to get used completely unless maybe our building floods
heartstopper 24th-Feb-2012 12:45 am (UTC)
my mum does that. she takes everything tho, sauce, straws, napkins. anything she can get. it's so embarrassing.
xsnickerzzx 24th-Feb-2012 12:49 am (UTC)
that's all ppl. my mom takes straws, napkins and coffee stirrers from places.
misscrystal 24th-Feb-2012 12:51 am (UTC)
NGL, when I was a broke college student, I sometimes used fast food napkins when I was out of paper towels or toilet paper. Then I realized I could just steal them from school and started doing that.
thewadingegret 24th-Feb-2012 12:52 am (UTC)
My sister does that except she takes all the plastic forks, spoons, and knives.
aphrodite5239 24th-Feb-2012 12:57 am (UTC)
lol i do that
i even ask for more napkins, no shame
hoot 24th-Feb-2012 01:00 am (UTC)
lol when I go out to eat with my dad he basically makes me steal everything that's not pinned to the table. Rolls, ketchup packets, sugar packets, etc.
sweetlilcanuck 24th-Feb-2012 01:00 am (UTC)
Gurl, I could paper my walls with the Dunkin' Donuts napkins I've amassed over the years.
snapiphany 24th-Feb-2012 01:22 am (UTC)
My mom and I have a competition over who can surreptitiously score the most Splenda packets when we go to restaurants or places with coffee bars.
helethmiel 24th-Feb-2012 01:28 am (UTC)
That reason alone is why I have any napkins at all in my car lol
I nearly died laughing when my boyfriend took a roll of paper towels from his hotel room--that shit's drier than sandpaper!
boku_no_hanabi 24th-Feb-2012 01:30 am (UTC)
My friends steals so much Splenda from delis and coffee shops that the one near her house hides it from her.

True story.
roseparfum 24th-Feb-2012 01:32 am (UTC)
omg my brother (when we were REALLY poor for a while after my parents split up) went to Tim Hortons and got a giant container full of sugar packets. And we have a few stolen A&W mugs in our cupboard, and one from Boston Pizza... And whenever we get Chinese he grabs the most plum sauce he can fit in his hands. It's pretty funny, tbh.
another_grl 24th-Feb-2012 01:55 am (UTC)
my dad takes straws from Dunkin' Donuts. He asks me to grab straws for him when I go there, but I'm always too embarrassed.

Edited at 2012-02-24 01:56 am (UTC)
palmthejoker 24th-Feb-2012 03:53 am (UTC)
I'm not asian but I totally do that with mayo and hot sauce packets. And napkins actually.
chantonii 24th-Feb-2012 08:51 am (UTC)
LOL that's not that bad! My white father and uncle (douchebags to the max) would steal cutlery from restaurants or climb out of the windows in the bathroom to skip out on the bill.

As well as stealing watermelons and pineapples from Sizzlers.
gottasecret101 24th-Feb-2012 12:41 am (UTC)
So when I pee what am I suppose to do let it air dry and then use it again when I take a shit? And who the hell it's other people's leftovers you don't know what they did to their food and where their mouth has been.
grande_latte 24th-Feb-2012 12:42 am (UTC)
no you wipe your ass with a cloth that has shit strains on it.
xkyrie_eleisonx 24th-Feb-2012 01:09 am (UTC)
No she basically just has cloth strips that she washes when the bin gets full.
msbyn 24th-Feb-2012 02:25 am (UTC)
Similar to the concept of cloth diapers. I have a friend who does it they call it "Family Cloth" and I know there was a convo on poor_skills once and apparently its more common in other countries where they use the bidet(?)
jinkm 24th-Feb-2012 12:34 pm (UTC)
I don't think that's true
grande_latte 24th-Feb-2012 12:41 am (UTC)
I CANT WITH THIS SHOW

the guy getting dead flowers for his wife and asking for food at the restaurant was tooo much

OR the bitch who uses cloth TOILET PAPER? WTF get it at the 99cent store BITCH


but i bet Jason Mraz salutes her
quidscipio 24th-Feb-2012 12:47 am (UTC)
lol i was just about to say, she and jason would be bosom buddies
marinade 24th-Feb-2012 12:49 am (UTC)
What about women who have a DivaCup for their periods? The towel probably gets washed, just like the Cup does.

I don't suffer from menstruation.
heartstopper 24th-Feb-2012 01:01 am (UTC)
the divacup can be fully sterilised though, that shit does not have to go near your washing machine. plus her bacteria not surviving the temperature thing isn't really true unless she washes very hot (which probably uses more electricity than she'd spend on toilet paper).
violue 24th-Feb-2012 01:13 am (UTC)
man do not mention the DivaCup, the stans will be summoned
queensabo 24th-Feb-2012 01:21 am (UTC)
srsly comparing shit to period blood? i c
skunk 24th-Feb-2012 01:43 am (UTC)
divacup is medical grade silicone - it isnt porous like a cloth is. you empty it and boil it to sterilize. that and uh.. it holds menstrual blood, not shit. :|

Edited at 2012-02-24 01:44 am (UTC)
violue 24th-Feb-2012 01:09 am (UTC)
oh god that was the best fucking post ever

and it's GONE.
comalies 24th-Feb-2012 12:41 am (UTC)
I'm still waiting for TLC to make a show following incestual relationships tbh. With the success of Game of Thrones you'd think they'd be all over that shit.
ugly_jacket 24th-Feb-2012 12:45 am (UTC)
i would watch the fuck out of that show, that shit fascinates/horrifies me
aphrodite5239 24th-Feb-2012 12:59 am (UTC)
omg, i don't know if i can handle seeing irl incest
violue 24th-Feb-2012 01:10 am (UTC)
bet it would get a lot of views from Wincesters
xkyrie_eleisonx 24th-Feb-2012 01:11 am (UTC)
I'd watch it if they didn't choose the redneck white trash you know they would have, there's gotta be some otherwise average incest going on.
glass_houses 24th-Feb-2012 01:40 am (UTC)
Hell fucking no.
killmyunicorn 24th-Feb-2012 02:24 am (UTC)
a duggars spin off perhaphs?
brzerkpenguin 24th-Feb-2012 03:17 pm (UTC)
My sister is dating my step-cousin. They are not related by blood but I think its disgusting and just as gross as if they were blood related. My mom and step dad have been together since we were little so its no different than blood to me. Ugh She got pregnant and miscarried - I thought I was going to get sick knowing they might have a baby together. He is such a loser too.
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