See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Photos Top cast Edit. Todd Bruce Self as Self Laura Bruce Self as Self Heather Bruce Self as Self Bailey Rumsey Self as Self Levi Bruce Self as Self Dylan Rumsey Self as Self Rex Rumsey Self as Self Whitney Rumsey Self as Self Danielle Rumsey Self as Self Bailey Dog Self as Self He is currently a seminarian in Diocese of Phoenix.
After graduating from high school, she went to cosmetology school and then moved to Las Vegas. After living there for awhile, she moved to Georgetown, Texas, which is just a half hour away from where her family lives.
Whitney works at Sephora and does special effects makeup. She does not sing anymore. Danielle Rumsey: The littlest Rumsey is now in high school! I hated to hear that they canceled your show. I truly enjoyed watching and learned a few ways to pinch pennies. I lost my job and was working 3 jobs just to pay my bills during this time.
The show really kept me from feeling so hopeless. May God bless your family. I would love to continue watching this show I loved it and miss seeing it on T v need to do a follow up season on them all!! Hope you are all doing well. We loved your show. It gave us ideas that helped us out financially. We were so sorry when it was canceled. You all should be proud of the good that you did. Best of luck in the future. Wish your show would be reinstated. Thanks for sharing your life with us.
Where is the loser dad, Dan Rumsey, that was mentioned in the show as having no real commitment to his kids? I noticed the son that is becoming the priest is standing away from the family in the picture.
He had already seen first hand there is more to life than money and is subconsciously already separating himself from it. I loved the show and the family too. Miss them a lot. Wish they could do another show to entertain us. It would be nice to see them all on TV again. English teacher? Teach your children and husband how to speak grammatically correct. Some teacher. Get em Max!
Btw, when shit goes downhill little things like grammar and impressing others go out the window. Besides, she is only teaching kindegarten where social skills, emotional intelligence and common sense are honed….. Also all the drama when the dad had to go Missouri how awful! And the mother making the girl quit gymnastics and the son sell the baseball glove — but I never saw her give up a thing. She was a disgrace! She gave her daughter a choice- cheer or gymnastics they could not afford both.
As far as the glove I believe that he sold that on his own. She gave a choice of cheer or theater camp. She had to take back and not let her do either. I think they only suspended for the show for the summer. I wish she had done some simple park district or school district program for the 10 year old.
Far cheaper and an alternative many could duplicate. The thing is they tried to maintain their standard of living despite having less income. I felt bad for laura. Always doing another job. Why could Todd wait tables or clean house? She is a saint.
Why was Todd all mad the son read a magazine after having a bad grade. Todd still finds time for him away from homework working for him on jobs. How sad. Hey middle class america!! Go cry a river to oprah yo…hahahaha…wow this show made me laugh. God bless america. Hey MsKenya I have lived that life all my life I am not now nore ever been a Parasite but I made my own way in life and did not put my kids to work as slave labor sorry saw that in one show he stood there giving orders wile the kids did all the work and then he complained about how much work it was he took away from the kids stuff they paid for because the family could not afford it all this man taught was how to be a lazy Dictator.
Struggle to feed there kids an still pay the light bill. I have watched it on and off between history channel commercials. I actually wanted to know if there was a way to help her — if so — please contact me. What I found refreshing was she was worried and concerned and knew she needed to go to college and so afraid of all the larger comments — tried in vain to talk to her mom about that while walking the dog.
The last time I saw a kid that intent on a parent was to borrow a credit card or buy clothes. She deserves good things to happen to her. I really wanted to like this show as I feel like my family and so many others can relate to everyday financial crunches. However I have to agree with an above post, on more than one episode I have noticed the kids wearing multiple Under Armour outfits.
That brand of clothing is expensive for what it is as I have three boys and have purchased it a few times here and there. Also seeing the mother make frequent trips to Starbucks absolutely infuriated me!
Starbucks and Under Armour IS NOT a necessity, especially when youre worrying how bills will be paid and how youre going to provide groceries for your family! That is a no brainer sorry. And to place themselves on national tv doing this under scrutiny lol blows my mind.
Needless to say I have not watched or will not ever again. They have very nice furnishings-better then mine that is for sure. They live in Anthem.. Hey I have a house 10 miles south of Anthem that I will rent to them half that price.
Oh wait the kids would have to sure a room, and Mom would spend the savings in gas. Sorry the reality of this show is these people simply have NO clue about being responsible for money. Good thing Brewer is reducing benefits-maybe they will have to cut back on the Starbucks. I love this show! The car was given to her by her Mother and is sentimental.
I feel like Todd sometimes going around turning off lights and timing showers! Also, most of the kids do have jobs and pay for their own cars, gas, and insurance. A lot of people are on assistance and drive nice cars but they are most making payments! You think your light bill is high, what do you think it would be with 9 in the household, or the medical insurance?! Everything is astonomical with a household of that size.
Paula do you normally talk to people rude and disrespectfully like you did in your post in your every day life? I bet not. Ohh the joys of being anonymous on the internet, it allows you to talk however you want with no repercussions.
Bet your post made you feel good about yourself? I have seen this show and it kind of makes me upset because its obvious that the mother is paying for tanning. Which is expensive!! I worked at a tanning salon for three years. This show disgusts me. I thought it would be about average people who have lost their shirts and were trying to rebuild from nothing, not Orange County-like housewives and families who are still clearing 5, a month. I never heard they were clearing 5, a month.
It is average america there. Have you been to the area? Selling the Mercedes could pay the rent for so many months, and ease the worry and tension in the house, especially for the kids. I dont understand how they are downsizing and they are still wearing name brand clothes.
Where is the down sizing. I love the concept dont understand how they are downsizing and still have luxuries of life. I see bunch of rich spoiled people whining, when they realized that they just may have to live like the rest of us for a little while…. Actually in order to be like most of working people, they would still have to lose the Mercedes Benz, Starbucks coffe and they would have to move into a 2 bedroom appartment in a bad neighbourhood….
There are people out there living on much less and having to overcome much more than these guys…. No they are just lacking in problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to a given situation. Laura has almost no housekeeping skills and she whines more than her kids! Get a sense of priorities. Yes the daughter needs braces but right now? If so, have you ever heard of dental schools?
Laura and Todd get resourceful!! Does he know he can get a job somewhere other than contracting instead o siting at thy computer all the time?? It seemed that he had an out of state job but laura whined so much about him being away that he dropped the ball. In the early 20th century many western men worked away from home on large construction projects.
My grandmother, a truly independent woman, was a wife who took the reins and ran the home while my grandfather was gone for months at a time. It is called necessary sacrifice. Give it a try. Not to mention they have a computer room and a couple of computers. This show is a joke. If the mom has her stupid earrings that cost probably more than what my mom makes in 4 months.
She makes her kid sell his baseball glove? We have to pay dollars of electricity because we live in Miami and the ac is from like the dinosaur age and it has to be turned down to 60 just to be cold. We have to buy food by the foodstamps and we were short so my mom had to spend 30 dollars on just some soda, bread, and pizza to bake. The house they lost to foreclosure was purchased with two mortgages no money down of any sort using a sub-prime lender. Prior to stealing Todd from his second wife they were next door neighbors and friends , Laura was a single mom who routinely begged her landlord for extensions inclduing shortly after her boob job.
Basically, the show is a how to for gaming the system. The family on Downsized does not know what its really like to be poor!!!! There are five of us who live in a 36ft travel trailer and we do not get any kind of government assistance. We work and pay our bills. Please show what a true working family that has true financial problems.
Why doesnt she sell her Mercedes, and paying a month rent is crazy, they dont look like they are truly sacrificing. Why not have a show of a real struggling family with say 2 kids, something more realistic! I grew up living in a house with my great grandma, grandparents, single mother, and younger brother because my dad was an addict and my mom couldnt support us on her own.
I am not accustom to fancy things or expensive food and jewelry. I recently moved to a very expensive city in Michigan to live in and this is how many people used to having money think.
Where I view clothes, food, and shelter as the bare necessities some people view starbucks, huge engagement ring, and eating out as the bare necessities. Except Mindy, they really only had money for about 2 years—and even then it was more middle class and credit than actual money. BUT there are ways to do that and spend waaay less money. Todd has handyman skills, he could be the manager of an apartment complex and get one two bedroom apartment rent free. This family is making money just by being on a reality TV show — so how strapped for cash can they really be?
They have to have a nice, roomy place to film in, after all. My problem with the show was that it is expensive to live in Anthem AZ. Also the girl with her own money bought a car and she and her friends can still afford to go out and enjoy pizza and whatever.
The boy with asthma knew better than to be shoveling dirt without protecting his respiratory system. Here in AZ the dirt is dry and asthma related problems from dust is extremely high out here. I feel that he put his whole families financial situation in danger simply because he did not take the extra precaution of protecting himself from harmful dust.
Here in AZ we also have Valley Fever from molds in the dust. Everyone who lives here knows that! It is especially dangerous for those with asthma. He also knew the risk of shoveling that dirt and ignored the first steps of safety. So could at least part of their problem be that they not thinking about consequences of their actions when they do things?
I live in an old house built in I do not feel poor or have drama due to money. I am not rich but I am not desperate either. This family still has NOT learned from their mistakes! My problem with the show is Laura. Todd should find someone with less baggage. I totally agree. I was wondering where the money went. But they did say that the money went toward some bills.
We have our own reality show! The scariest part of this show is that Laura is a school teacher! First of all Todd needs to get off his butt and get a job. I think he likes to think he has his own business but clearly it is not bringing in enough income. He could work nights and so could Laura. The older kids are certainly old enough to get part time jobs at the local fast food place or the mall. They all eat fast food and do nothing.
This is too much! I had suspected that this couple got together under less than honest circumstance and it seems that other posters confirm that to be true or at least true here in internet gossip land. Guess what cheaters—you reap what you sow, you reap more that you sow and you reap later than you sow. Your exes are better off without you. This show is the biggest load of crap ever created!
People we all know that reality shows are scripted, and we also know that all reality stars get paid…a lot of money I might add…to air their lives. There are so many families out there that know the TRUE meaning of what it is to struggle, including mine.
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Advertiser Disclosure. About Archives Contact. Posted by Madison on November 8, Saving even half of that instead of spending it would probably mean they would have a very different life right now.
Know How Much You Spend. Based on their income and lack of savings, I think if they went back and actually looked at how much they were spending, it must have been way more than that. Otherwise, where did the rest of the money go? The Bruce family admitted to using money to ease the transition after they got married and blended their families. Just think how much money they could have saved if they would have dealt with their emotions in another way. Emergency Fund.
Think about your own situation right now, if you became unemployed in January, would you wish you would have spent less on holiday shopping? Just something to think about. Make Energy Efficient Changes. The Bruce family installed a water saving device to cut down on their shower times for their seven kids. Consider some energy efficient changes now to save some money. Educate Your Kids on Money. The kids are obviously stressed when their parents tell them they are behind on rent.
The kids also talk about how they used to spend money and not care about it. Change Adds Up. Saving all of your extra change can really add up. Save on Groceries. Clipping coupons and watching sales can really put a big dent in your grocery bill.
Dumpster Diving. The kids went dumpster diving to gather recyclables to turn into cash. Sell Stuff. One of the kids sells his baseball glove for cash. We all have stuff laying around the house that you can sell on ebay. Did you watch the Downsized TV show? What do you think? Good catch Meg!
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