Substitute the Internet for Your TV

I have fond memories of waking up early onworth a look is Ifilm ( that offers the
Saturday mornings and softly tiptoeing out to thelower-bandwidth streams of films for free. Be
family room to watch early morning cartoonsslightly wary here though as there is an
when I was in elementary school. Then in highuncensored section and occasionally some videos
school I became more interested in thewill show up on the main page that aren't entirely
action-oriented TV shows in the evening. A littlefamily-friendly. These two sites showcase
while later, I found that I just didn't have the timehundreds of short films, from animated to live
to dedicate an hour or so a day to sitting andaction, from musical to martial arts. They host
watching mindless entertainment at a given timemusic clips and film festival winners as well as
slot, and so I no longer watched TV at all. Gonesome non-professional but often still high quality
are my days of watching those humorouswork.For the action fans there are a number of
cartoons and ridiculous heroes every week.I'Stunt Crews' out there, risking life and limb for
recently discovered the online film scene, though,the sheer giddy thrill of looking really cool on tape.
and it's fantastic. Short films, up to about 20minsThey'll have you wishing you were just half as
in length, just posted online for all to download.talented as they are. One particularly active and
Many of them are better than the professionallytalented group goes by the name of The Stunt
produced, high-budget TV shows that stream soPeople ( They have a large number of videos
liberally to your TV box. Every one is a labor ofavailable online, most running for about 20mins and
love, so even when the production values aren'talmost all of them jam packed with martial arts
high you know that someone has pouredand tricking entertainment. Of similar style,
themselves into the product, which bringsalthough not quite as stunt-oriented, are Jabronie
satisfaction beyond that of watching some stalePictures ( These films all contain some violence
TV show now into it's 19th series and justand occasionally some coarse language, so you
churning out the money makers.Cartoons weremay want to screen them before showing them
my first port of call. It's been a long time sinceto younger children.There are those who claim
I've been awake and free early enough in thethat TV can be used to keep up with the events
morning to watch some animated entertainmentunfolding in the world, the people who watch the
(and besides that, the cartoons on TV now arenews when the 'Simpsons' is on the other channel.
largely trash). A friend introduced me to my firstFor those socially minded folks, a quick search for
online cartoon, the enormously popular and'News video streams' reveals a large number of
hilarious Homestar Runner ( This site is fantastic.pages, such as that contains a large list of
There are longish cartoons and games, with newstreams, providing news updates on demand.So if
ones being added every now and then, but theyou've got a little downtime and there's nothing
main reason to visit and continue to return is aon TV, try shifting on over to your computer and
lovably vicious character named Strong Bad. Thebasking in the wonderful entertainment provided
creators of the web site answer roughly oneby many talented people who just want to share
email a week using this character that basicallytheir creativity. Or, keep yourself current with
insults people in the most hilarious ways possible.happenings around the world. It's fun and free.
It's all quite family-friendly and is more than worthWhat more could you want?Daniel Punch
a bookmark.More animated wonders and filmed
entertainment can be found at Atom Films (Daniel Punch spends far too much time looking
which has become a free service recently. Alsofor free entertainment on the internet.