Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Watching the classics online

In response to my post about Babylon 5, Melanie wrote:

"Did you know that you can watch most of them online?
http://television.aol.com/in2tv/about
DH and I always enjoyed B5. :-) "

I hadn't heard of this site before.

AOL Televsion has about a hundred shows from over the last fifty years. Here are a few that I'll be checking out:

Bugs Bunny
Fractured Fairy Tales
Gilligan's Island
Lois and Clark
Maverick
Mr. Peabody and Sherman
My Favorite Martian


I've had some trouble getting them to play.

It is pretty amazing that this kind of entertainment is now free over the internet.


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3 comments:

Idaho Dad said...

This is the future of entertainment, and I find it to be exciting.

We have a Netflix subscription, which allows us to watch unlimited hours of their online offerings. It's fun to bring up a documentary or Pink Panther cartoon for the kids at a moment's notice.

Henry Cate said...

I had missed that Netflix feature.

Yes, it is pretty amazing. It is amazing that there is such a wide variety of options, at our finger tips, and often at a low cost or even free.

Robert M. Lindsey said...

I found two of my favorite Looney Tunes there, Rabbit of Seville, and Robin Hood Daffy. They are free, but the picture quality is pretty low. Those WB cartoons had fantastic animation so something is lost there.