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If you've been browsing Netflix lately, you may have noticed a recent influx of trashy reality TV shows.  While I normally avoid these like the plague, there was one that recently piqued my interest.  I've been reading the Mr. Money Mustache blog lately so I just HAD to watch Extreme Cheapskates .   Have these extremists used any of MMM's penny pinching tactics? Maybe there would be some useful tricks I could impress my wife with! I was not disappointed.  This show was a gold mine of hilarity, but it was rather inconsistent.  On one hand there are characters such as Jeff, a man who may out stash Mr. Mustache himself.  On the other, we have people like Vickie, John, and Abdul, who's money saving methods seemed about as real as an episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians . Lets meet the cast of characters that Extreme Cheapskates has lined up and see if we can filter out the real eagle squeezers.  I'll rate each one on a scale of 1 (Gucci hidden un...

Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead : The Most Genius Infomercial Ever Created By Andrew Glassman A Brevielle Juicer It's 3:30am, the late run of Die Hard has come to a conclusion, and John McClane comes out victor once again.  Next up on the schedule, "Paid Programming".  It's the crack-cocaine of late night television, the infomercial.  The testimonials are fake, the products are cheap, and when you wake up at noon the next day you wonder what you're doing with your life.  I was expecting more of the same when I flipped on ' Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead ' from the Netfilx Documentary section (this section is a guilty pleasure of many). The premise of the film is to follow Joe Cross, a middle aged Australian, on a road trip across America. Along the way, he participates in a juice fast. He consumes no food, only naturally created juice for 60 days.  At the end, we see Joe 100 pounds lighter, and looking healthier than a vegan training for an Ironman. Oh b...