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Hulu.com - Watch Free Online TV Programs & Movies
04.18.08 (9:26 pm)   [edit]

A while back I told you about a music website that I thought was fantastic (and free). Here is a link back to my article on Pandora which I still highly recommend. Pandora is basically a streaming radio station that is customized specifically towards your musical tastes. Best of all it is absolutely free and I really love it.

You may have heard about this already, but I have found a television/movie website that I also think is fantastic and, best of all again, it is also free. It is called Hulu and here is a link to the website so you can check it out for yourself. Hulu logoThis site allows you to watch a selection of streaming television episodes and movies.

The movie selection is pretty limited right now, but seems to be growing every day. Some of the full length movies available to watch for free at Hulu include: The Big Lebowski, Fever Pitch, Ice Age, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Point Break, Sideways, Some Like it Hot, The Usual Suspects and Weekend at Bernie's among many more.

The television program selection is much more impressive and also seems to be growing quickly. This selection includes current programs where you can watch this week's episode, but also includes many older programs which is very fun. You can watch some of my favorite current series like The Office, Family Guy, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, Inside the Actors Studio and Psych among dozens more. You can catch up on outstanding shows that should have a larger audience than they did like Arrested Development and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. There are lots of classic series available including The A-Team, Fame, In Living Color, WKRP in Cincinnati, Welcome Back Kotter, What's Happening, I Dream of Jeannie and so many more. You really need to just go to the website and browse around for yourself.

One of the slick things about Hulu is that you can stream either entire episodes/movies or just selected clips, or even make your own clips. The library of clips is even more impressive and hours of entertainment. The video and sound quality are both good enough. Did I mention it was free??? Hulu logoI really see this as the future of online video and has the potential to be quite revolutionary.

Hulu is owned by NBC/Universal and News Corp, so you see the majority of the programs and movies are from those companies. Here is a link to an interesting article from Entertainment Weekly that discusses this new phenomenon and answers some of the more obvious questions you might have. I hope I have persuaded you to check it out for yourself, but if not I would expect this article will.

It's not often that something comes along that impresses me this much. Like Pandora, when it is FREE, it makes it that much more impressive to me. With Hulu, I truly feel we are getting a glimpse of where that industry is heading. We are becoming a more "on demand" society that is less patient and wants to watch what we want when we want. This is a big step in that direction and I am sure it will continue to evolve and improve further. In the meantime, we have one more outlet to provide us with entertainment. I am already getting addicted and I am sure you will realize the same thing if you give it a try.

That wraps up another issue of Kickin' it Old School. As always, thanks for reading and please continue to spread the word. Please be sure to click on the Archive buttons in the upper left hand column to make sure you have not missed any past issues. Have a great weekend! Peace and much love.

Check this out: Did Mr. Obvious post the sign below? All I have to say is... No, Really???

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Quote of the day: "Love isn't love ‘til you give it away" -Michael W. Smith from his song titled "Give It Away"

Download this: "I Wish It Would Rain" by The Temptations - This was a hit in 1968 that still sounds just as great today

 

 


posted by: kurtmaddox (reply)
post date: 04.18.08 (8:06 pm)

I'm pretty darn immersed in the "On-Demand Economy" at this point. My main professional role will soon be Regional Sales Manager for an "On-Demand" CRM company and I'm also involved in a re-vamped social networking / blogging service that will be announced soon. So, I'm paying pretty close attention to all these developments.

Hulu is as interesting as anything else happening and you are right on to see it as the future of On-Demand Content that will be offered as an extended experience from major traditional media companies. TV and Movies will be a just another major piece of the experience instead of being the entire experience.

I'm always impressed with your blog and with you take on things!



posted by: bipolarexpress (reply)
post date: 04.18.08 (10:16 pm)

very interesting.. i will have to check them out in the morning (its 1:15am). Thank you so much.



posted by: LadyG (reply)
post date: 04.19.08 (12:31 am)

Thanks for this info, meeVee is another site for watching IV.



posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 04.19.08 (5:39 pm)

Wow... Cool site. Thanks.



posted by: mimi (reply)
post date: 04.20.08 (2:20 pm)

i have been using pandora for some time now and i love it!
i was going to download the temptations, but it doesn't seem to be linked or whatever...
: ( thanks for some continuing great information, os...keep us out of the dark ages! xoxo

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