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SNL: Phelps Gem
I've decided to add a new segment to my stagnant blog: SNL Gems!
On this first installment, I just had to be sure to hit 2 birds w/ one stone:
Hulu.com is fantastic, that is, it's a totally awesome service. You get to watch TV shows for free!
Now, the reason this is better than TV + TiVo (or at least in the same league as having both) is it's free, you can watch things
at any time, and if you're suffering w/ Crapcast and using TiVo IR emitters that cause u to frequently record the wrong channel
(b/c Crapcast refuses to give you cable boxes w/ serial ports on the back
anymore because they're evil and lame and stoopud and... u get the idea) , then
you may need an alternative. Hulu does make you watch commercials, but there are generally fewer of them than TV, and
they're only 15-30 seconds! As a free service I give Hulu top marks!
And, of course, the gem itself. For those living under a rock (or grad students) maybe you don't know that Michael Phelps just
got caught smokin' a bong... If you're really bad, maybe you don't know who Michael Phelps is. If the case is the latter, stop reading
this and go buy yourself a TV immediately. Anyway, I really don't like Phelps for a bunch of reasons, but even so, I think the media
"outrage" over this is a little overblown. And w/ that, I give you SNL's gem, please to enjoy:
SNL: Phelps Gem
