I may have mentioned before that I have had “issues” with TiVo. I may have mentioned that TiVo’s customer support is based somewhere in the fourth level of hell and staffed by demons who usually speak English, but not always. I may have mentioned that I would really really really love to have a DVR to record my favorite shows but I’ve given up on that impossible dream after two, yes two, attempts at buying a TiVo, each of which made a root canal look like winning the lottery.

I may have mentioned before that I can get kind of carried away with weird analogies when I’m trying to tell a story and get side tracked on barely related topics.

So anyway, I’ve been using NetFlix as my poor-man’s TiVo for a while now. I’ve caught up with all the available Office DVD’s and most of Monk. Unfortunately that still leaves me about two years behind what is currently being aired. But I’m not bitter… much.

Well, today all that changed. I stumbled across a link to Hulu. At first I thought it was just another YouTube knock off. They had some great SNL clips, really impressive video quality and, oddly enough, the clips were from the show that aired just a few days ago. Then I saw a link at the top of the page. “Browse TV”. Hmm. What could that mean.

Hulu hosts TV shows, on demand, over the interweb, for freeee!! They have the most recent episode of The Office! All of seasons 3 and 4!! GLEEEE!!! There are commercials, but they are tiny web commercials and only one per break! I can deal with that!! Oh, this may change my life forever. It also may completely ruin my career and get me fired for watching TV during business hours.

I guess that last part could be looked upon as a “con” rather than a “pro”, huh?

[Edit: Ok. I lied. I misread the listings. They don’t actually have all of season 3 of The Office, but they do have all of season 4. They have “clips” from season 3. Not as cool, but still, enough to be excited about.]