Hulu.com

[josemas]

Having recently upgraded my ISP after years of dial up service I've been checking out lots of vintage shorts and shows online and thought I'd mention that Hulu.com has quite a few 1950s and 1960s television shows available for watching. Sometimes whole series, sometimes selected seasons and sometimes selected episodes.

Here's some of them

1950s

Alfred Hitchcock Presents-4 seasons-
The Adventures of Robin Hood-3 seasons-
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-complete-
Bat Masterson-3 seasons-
The Buccaneers-complete-
The Cisco Kid-2 seasons-
The Donna Reed Show-2 seasons-
Father Knows Best-1 season-
Highway Patrol-1 season-
Man With a Camera-complete-
One Step Beyond-1 season-
The Roy Rogers Show-1 season-
Sea Hunt-1 season-
Tales of Tomorrow-40 episodes-

1960s

The Addams Family-
Adam 12-
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour-
Bewitched-
The Big Valley-
The Dick Van Dyke Show-
Dragnet-
Gigantor-
Green Acres-
I Dream of Jeannie-
Ironside-
Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot-complete-(my current guilty pleasure)-
Land of the Giants-complete-
Lost in Space-
McHale's Navy-
Milton the Monster Show-
Mister Ed-
My Mother the Car-complete-
Night Gallery-
The Outer Limits-
Prince Planet-
The Time Tunnel-complete-
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea-

Also fans of old serials may want to also check out The Mercury Men at Hulu.com it's a recent venture by someone to do a black and white, low budget chapter-play. Seems to be 10 chapters (I'm half way through it at this point) with chapters running 6-8 minutes. I believe that the Syfy channel is involved with the project.

Enjoy

Joe Moore

[Rob Farr]

Are these on Hulu Plus or are they freebies?

[LouieD]

Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot-complete-(my current guilty pleasure)-

NO WAY???!!!

[Roseha]

Are these on Hulu Plus or are they freebies?

I'm not sure about the answer to your question, but some of the shows listed on Hulu Plus are "internet only" and can't be streamed to your television with a Roku or other device, which is annoying to me as I don't enjoy watching TV shows on a computer.

[josemas]

Well all of the shows I've watched so far (Highway Patrol, Sea Hunt, The Mercury Men, Johnny Sokko, Man With a Camera, My Mother the Car) have been freebies on regular Hulu. You have to put up with a few commercials though.

I did not check to see if every title I listed was free though. Being new to online watching I wasn't really aware of the different tiers offered and that some of them might require a payment. Since every one I had gone to so far had been free I guess I just assumed that they were all free. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'll run through them again to see which ones are actually free and which aren't.

I don't think that you can transfer the freebies to a TV set so you do have to watch them on your computer. That did bother me a bit a first but I found out if I sat back a way from the screen it's wasn't so bad.

Gotta run, Johnny Sokko is calling.

Joe

[Frederica]

Well all of the shows I've watched so far (Highway Patrol, Sea Hunt, The Mercury Men, Johnny Sokko, Man With a Camera, My Mother the Car) have been freebies on regular Hulu. You have to put up with a few commercials though.
Joe

Does anyone have subscription Hulu? I've been watching a television episode here and there on it, but since I haven't had regular television reception in nearly 10 years I'm commercial-averse, and the every-five-minutes interruptions are driving me nuts. The subscription service isn't onerously expensive, but it has commercials, too...fewer, maybe? Is there any other advantage to the subscription?

[Michael O'Regan]

Alas...US only.

[Roseha]

I have Hulu for $8 a month and the commercials aren't as numerous or annoying as they are on regular television. I do think a lot depends on which shows interest you though. I have a Roku (they are pretty inexpensive) which connects to the TV and picks up the Hulu streaming from your network a la streaming Netflix. It works pretty well usually but I've found lately that some shows, even well known ones, can only be watched online. I'd suggest trying to browse the site for availability of shows.

They do show film also on Hulu though, seem to remember they have some from Criterion for example. I was watching F for Fake on it recently.

[Frederica]

I have Hulu for $8 a month and the commercials aren't as numerous or annoying as they are on regular television. I do think a lot depends on which shows interest you though. I have a Roku (they are pretty inexpensive) which connects to the TV and picks up the Hulu streaming from your network a la streaming Netflix. It works pretty well usually but I've found lately that some shows, even well known ones, can only be watched online. I'd suggest trying to browse the site for availability of shows.

They do show film also on Hulu though, seem to remember they have some from Criterion for example. I was watching F for Fake on it recently.

OK, I bit the bullet and signed up. There is a reduction in adverts (significant? you decide.) but the real advantage is that individual tv episodes hang around longer, and yes! I get access to Criterion release downloads! So far so good, it seems worth the $8.00.