A Sneaky Way to Watch Hulu Now
The good folks over at BuzzFeed have pointed out a backdoor way to watch the new Hulu video service — even if you don’t have a beta invite.
Just change the number at the end of this URL to any value between 1 and 1801:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/100
For instance:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/1500 brings up an SNL sketch featuring Alec Baldwin as Tony Bennett (always funny).
http://www.hulu.com/embed/700 is an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (dig that theme song).
and http://www.hulu.com/embed/1209 is an episode of Arrested Development.
Whether this is a glitch, lazy programming or intentional is irrelevant at this point, and I’m not going to be the one to call NBC or FOX for comment. So plug in a number and see what comes up!
Update: Could just be my Internet connection, but are the videos stopping part way through for anyone else?
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I watched these clips on a coffee shop’s wi-fi and didn’t have any problems. It looks like this work-around is still working.
Here’s a “WKRP in Cincinnati” episode:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/300
And an Alfred Hitchcock Hour episodie:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/555
The videos Played all the way through over here but i did not play MTM Even though she could turn the World on with her smile.
made a little page on my server that lets you scroll thru videos without typing it in…
http://premity.com/hulu.php
Won’t play in Canada. Same problem with some other TV sites (copyright/distribution reasons).
This is great. More WKRP, please!
They likely have their sites geo filtered cyclepromo. We do it at my place of employment at a major network. Mostly due to contracts about allowing the content into other regions that may have different rights for the media.
207 is master and commander- kiss your afternon goodbye!
Doogie Howser, MD!!!!!!
http://www.hulu.com/embed/100
any workaround on the location issue?
yea, any high speed proxy or something like that out there? geo locking sux