Saturday, April 05, 2008

Hulu

I've been reading a lot recently about Hulu and decided to check it out. I can definitely see how these premium quality clips would be addictive.

I was thrilled to find a selection of hundreds of SNL clips dating back to the first season, including two of my all-time favorites: Celebrity Jeopardy with French Stewart, Burt Reynolds and Sean Connery; and the NPR Delicious Dish Holiday Show with Alec Baldwin (ranked by E! as the second funniest SNL sketch ever).

In recent years, SNL has also been exceptionally good at sneaking things past the censors. While I couldn't find the Cork Soakers sketch on Hulu, I did find Colonel Angus and the Sofa King commercial. When I saw this last one on television live, it took me almost til the end of the sketch to figure out the gag which then had me ROTFL.

(Luckily, I did find Cork Soakers here and while I was looking for it, also found More Cowbell here. Note to NBC and Hulu - make high quality vids of these two classics available.)

Lastly, Hulu also features the uncensored version of the SNL digital short, D**k in a Box and for those of a certain age (as young'ns just might not appreciate it), Alec Baldwin in SNL's The Tony Bennett Show with guest Anthony Benedetto.

Enjoy!

UPDATED!!! They must have listened to me as the Cork Soaker sketch is now available on Hulu. Now, how about More Cowbell guys?

UPDATED!!! More Cowbell is now available on Will Ferrell's Funny Or Die site here!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ah, to check in on your musings. Sadly being an exec, I'm not allowed to blog. Such is life at the middle. Very funny stuff. Loved the Stone Cold Bakery.