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Ladies Own the Night: the Late Night

November 20th, 2009 by Jocelyn Matsuo Asst Video Editor

Each week, Hulu’s video editor, Jocelyn Matsuo, shares her latest finds from the Hulu vault.

The other day, I met Chelsea Handler and Chuy Bravo. Jealous? You ought to be. Chelsea Lately is apparently the choice late-night show. ¹

This funny gal kept it seriously real on Carrie Prejean’s interview on The Today Show.

¹According to the 2009 Teen Choice Awards²
²According to Wikipedia

I’d also like to give some play to a Saturday night newcomer, Wanda Sykes, whose show, The Wanda Sykes Show, airs Saturday nights. I thoroughly enjoyed it at a time when people actually watch TV, Monday afternoon. Check out the round table at the end and play along with “Know Your Asians” (at 35:29) in her “Inappropriate Games” segment.

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Video Editor

Hu-Listic: Awww, CUTE!

November 11th, 2009 by Jocelyn Matsuo Asst Video Editor

Each week, Hulu’s content editor, Jocelyn Matsuo, shares her latest finds from the Hulu vault.

DogTown has all things adorable rolled neatly into one program: kittens, bunnies, ponies, piglets and puppies who need care, and the nice guys who volunteer to help them. This series just warms my little heart. Be prepared for your eyebrows to try to kiss each other and your bottom lip to stick out further than when you’re doing your fish impression.

This docu-series about the Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah, is just what it takes to cure a little case of SAD or cynicism.

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Video Editor & Lover of All Things Cute

Hu-Listic: Name Game

November 4th, 2009 by Jocelyn Matsuo Asst Video Editor

Each week, Hulu’s content editor, Jocelyn Matsuo, shares her latest finds from the Hulu vault.

Let’s experiment and little and play this actor/movie game (besides, I like getting comments, so please post your turns). You’ve probably done this before: 1) name a movie or TV show, 2) the next person responds with an actor from that movie or TV show, 3) the next person names a different movie or TV show that the actor has also been in. Then repeat.

I’ll start with a classic:

A show: Arrested Development
Starring Tony Hale (Buster).

Tony Hale also appeared in Andy Barker P.I.,
which also starred Andy Richter (Andy)

Andy Richter, of course, now appears on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.

The Tonight Show stars Conan O’Brien, who appeared on The Simpsons

That leaves it wide open. Now it’s your turn — bonus points if the show or movie is on Hulu, but don’t just cheat with the search function. Unleash your comments, and check some of the links out on the way — I limited it to worthwhile suggestions.

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Hulu’s Name Game Champion

Hu-Listic: Place Your Bets

October 28th, 2009 by Jocelyn Matsuo Asst Video Editor

Each week, Hulu’s content editor, Jocelyn Matsuo, shares her latest finds from the Hulu vault.

NBC Sports’ National Heads-Up Poker Championship has all the head-game of regular televised Poker, but the format has the fierce, one-on-one battle of the minds that makes for a good spectator sport, even over an entire season. You get to know the pros in style, personality and tells. In fact, you already know some of the competitors from your favorite 90’s sitcoms: Jason Alexander and Brad Garrett get invites, as well as Don Cheadle and Jennifer Tilly.

This series is especially good for poker novices. Heads-Up greatly simplifies the odds and the commentary is clear, while giving player-history that is actually interesting. And with Hulu’s continuous play feature, you can watch episodes back-to-back, just like you’re in the tournament. Here are the starts of the 2008 and 2009 championships to get your started.

2008

2009

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Hulu’s Card Shark

Hu-Listic: Viral Videos a la Carte

October 24th, 2009 by Jocelyn Matsuo Asst Video Editor

Each week, Hulu’s content editor, Jocelyn Matsuo, shares some of her favorite finds on Hulu.

Fifty years from now, I hope to tell my grandkids this: Back in the day, we watched web video in a player, surrounded by ads, low quality, in our basements as a party started to wind down. The only way you could find the funnies was to be in the same room, taking turns showing what you could play if you got really good at the ukulele.

Those times have already changed. I find that as a yuppie, I don’t have time to surf around through sub-par web video to find some viral cat that eats its own booger. Good thing I found G4’s Web Soup:

Web Soup serves up hilarious viral videos in our favorite, high-quality Hulu form.

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Content Editor

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