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Friday July 14, 2006
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In2TV has become the cure for my boredom. AOL's free classic TV shows service called In2TV added eight more shows this month. Most of these are short-lived shows, such as Jesse (starring Christina Applegate), The Jamie Foxx Show, Tom (starring Tom Arnold). Others include Animaniacs, Monkey'd Minutes, Against the Grain (starring Ben Affleck), Presidio Med, and Prince Street (starring Mariska Hargitay).
You'll also find a refresh of more than 500 hours of current programming with ten new episodes each from: Lois and Clark, Welcome Back Kotter, Growing Pains, Wanda at Large, The George Carlin Show, and ElimiDate.
Plus, fans of Welcome Back Kotter can now play the KOTTERIZER. Just upload a photo and drag Kotter's frizzy hair, mustache or sideburns onto the photograph. Then e-mail your creation to friends! (Sounds like the twenty-first century version of Wooly Willy, doesn't it?)
Visit www.aol.com/In2TV now!
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July 14, 2006 4:12 PM
You've completely cured me of any and all productivity in the office! And I thank you! Seriously though, I'm curious at AOL's little take on IPTV, rather than try to forge ahead in the arena with new programming (leave that to the folks producing content like CommandN, Rocketboom, and of course, DL.TV!) they're bringing old well loved television to computer screens, which I think will really start to get people comfortable with the idea of watching long-form content on their computers. I think everyone is happy with the occasional 30 second or 2 minute YouTube clip, but once a clip is starting to get over 7-10 minutes, we kind of cringe. This is probably a good way to get people used to looking at their computer screens and laptop screens for a half an hour or more, and to be completely entertained by it in the process!
July 14, 2006 4:22 PM
zomg. Animaniacs! Miss Flamiel: Yakko, can you conjugate? Yakko: Who, me? I've never even *kissed* a girl! Miss Flamiel: No no no. It's easy. I'll conjugate with you. Yakko: Goodnight, everybody! Went completely over my head at the time, of course...
July 14, 2006 4:35 PM
You're right Phoenix. In2TV has made me "bear" the whole Internet TV-watching experience. So has ABC with its free episodes of Lost. I can't tell you how handy that came in since I don't have a Tivo and I didn't want to miss American Idol (which aired at the same time as Lost). Still, there's nothing like watching your favorite shows on your TV (unless of course I had a souped up PC with a huge LCD monitor)!
July 14, 2006 4:46 PM
Pinky and the Brain was fine, but finally Animaniacs! Yakko: "Citizens of Anvilania, I stand before you because if I was behind you, you couldn't see me." Classic!
July 17, 2006 4:32 PM
It would be rather nice if AOL would make their site compatable for mobile viewers on Windows Mobile 5, running the outdated Internet Explorer with no ability to run real flash player stuff.