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What the heck is a hulu?  Doesn’t matter (I’ll tell you later in this article), but what does matter is that Hulu.com is a joint venture designed to deliver content from at least a dozen TV networks and two major film studios.

This on-demand content works kinda like MySpace.com.  The difference is that you can watch full TV episodes and movies via the Internet (all at no charge to you).  The execs at Hulu say that this isn’t competitive with MySpace.com because, unlike myspace, they are only delivering premium produced content on Hulu.   You won’t go there to find “fat boy crying” or “man gets hit in balls with a football”.  You also won’t be uploading anything.  It is all provided by Hulu.com.

Since its launch on March 12th, Hulu already has a ton of premium content including TV episodes from the Simpson, Family Guy and some older stuff like the A-Team.  You will also find movies like the Three Amigos, 28 Days Later and The Big Lebowski.

The name Hulu comes from a Mandarin Chinese proverb, in which it means holder of precious things. 

You may be asking yourself…what is the catch? 

There really isn’t anything wrong.  The site provides the free content.  There are some ads built into the movies and TV shows, but nothing as bad as what you would find watching an episode of Lost live…

Will this replace TV?  Not likely, the content is very good, but watching HD TV is still better.  Even if you hook your HD TV up to your laptop to watch (like I did last night), regular TV quality is still better.  The net-net is that Hulu is higher quality then Myspace, but lower quality then regular TV (not that much lower).  But who cares?  This stuff is free and on-demand.  

I finally caught an episode of the new Discovery Channel series Smash Lab last night.  As one would expect, I started to compare it to Mythbusters immediately, since it became obvious that Smash Lab was nothing more then a clone of Mythbusters with a “save the planet” spin. 

There are four main characters, as the show puts it, The Designer, The Engineer, The Scientist and The “Ideas Guy”.   A couple of the guys are dressed in Metro-Sexual clothing and have two days of scruff.  They are clearly trying to look way “cooler” then they actually are.  In addition, the fact that the show labeled the characters in such a way, reminded me of cartoon style naming conventions….anybody remember Mr. Brainy, Papa Smurf….or how about Sleepy, Happy, or Dopey? 

In comparison, you really can’t find a less-trying-to-be-cool group of people then on Mythbusters.  They are a bunch of geeks, who are cool because of who they are, not what they are called or what they look like.   Do you think you would find the Jamie Mustache on the cover of GQ?

During the episode, I found myself becoming irritated as Smash Lab walked through their scenarios.  Without going into too much detail, the show simply tried to create drama and competition where there was none.  They did things that seemed contrived, and as I watched in disgust, it was simply very difficult to believe the scenarios or danger that the show tried to create. 

If Mythbusters approached the same issue, It wouldn’t have been this silly back and forth contrived drama exercise.

If nothing more, lets compare the two girls from the respective shows: 

Kari Byron on Mythbusters  versus  Deanne Bell on Smash Lab:

Don’t get me wrong, Deanne Bell is a semi-sexy scientist that uses math to figure everything out.  She also gets really excited when things work.  On the other hand Kari may not be as educated as Deanne, but….well….just look at the pic.  You decide….

Will Smash Lab make it?  Maybe.  They do blow stuff up.  They do try to save the world and all…..

Will I watch it again?  No.  Mythbusters is way better, and there are better things on then Smash Lab.

This is very similar to how I feel these days…

This is Whiplash.  He is a rodeo monkey that rides a dog.  This is the funniest thing I have ever seen. 

About Whiplash:

Whiplash the rodeo monkey is 18 years old.  He started riding dogs when he was 2 years old.  According to his website (www.whiplashrides.com) he is an international star who travels the world herding sheep. 

Whiplash is so famous that he is the spokesperson for Taco Johns.  There are three TV spots on the Taco Johns website.  You can find them by clicking here.

If you want, you can even buy Whiplash merchandise like T-Shirts and coffee mugs. I don’t know how I have made it this far in life without a Whiplash the rodeo monkey t-shirt…..

And now for the main event.  You can see Whiplash in action below:

We now have a new sizzling HOT Terminator that has joined the cyborg ranks - Summer Glau. 

Joining Kristanna Loken, who played TX in T3, Summer is the most recent installment of chicks sent back in time to get spanked.

During Fox’s season premier of Terminator: The Sara Connor Chronicles, Summer Glau, best known for her role in the short lived Firefly series, is introduced as the teenager with a metal skeleton and glowing eyes.  

Sent back in time to protect John Connor from a series of Bad-Guy Terminators, she has already shown a more human-like range of emotion not seen in previous Terminators cast.  Will she make it in this role?  Only time will tell.  In the mean-time, I’ll look forward to watching her blow some……..thing up.

Some of you may not remember the Animaniacs, but this is a classic song from the cartoon done live by voice talent Rob Paulsen…pretty amazing

The picture is a bit grainy, but the magic is still there.  The other night, SoItGoes and I had the pleasure of getting shit-faced with Santa.  Turns out, he is quite a simple man.  He likes his beer cold, his whisky straight up, and is not afraid to request some Willie Nelson even though it’s completely obvious that the DJ is only going to play shitty rap music. 

‘Tis the Season indeed

h/t  to Amber

I think Bruce Campbell did it better but this still looks like a pretty sweet flick

Ok, so we went to a live taping of the new Price is Right w/ Drew Carey yesturday.

 During one of the commercials, Ashley asked Drew what the strangest moment he’s had on the Price is Right has been.  His response:  one time a girl peed on the show.  He said that she peed when she won to get on stage, and she peed herself again while playing plinko.  He also mentioned that it was available on YouTube, so here it is:

(by the way, if we would have gotten on the show, I might have peed myself if I got to play Plinko….that game rocks!)