My Mother, the Car Available for Free at Hulu

RGJ — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:18:31 +0000

I’m a big fan of Hulu, a website that streams television shows and movies for free (with limited commercials), and probably watch a few episodes a week online. There’s so much available that it’s actually a little daunting. Although newer shows often only have a handful of episodes online at any given moment, for classic shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Outer Limits or The Big Valley you can watch entire seasons or sometimes every single episode whenever you want. Moments ago I was quite literally shocked to discover that you can watch all 31 episodes of Jerry Van Dyke’s My Mother, the Car at Hulu.

Here are the opening credits in pristine condition:

Unfortunately, Hulu is only available to those within the United States. The only other relatively “obscure” show available at Hulu is Return to the Planet of the Apes, although there are plenty of recent one season wonders like Vanished, Surface and even all 7 episodes of The Return of Jezebel James, four of which never aired on television.

Given that a DVD release for My Mother, the Car seems unlikely, making the entire series available online for free in very nice quality is the next best thing. It doesn’t help fans outside the United States, but if it means we may see other obscure shows from the 1960s, I’m all for it.

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My Mother, the Car Available for Free at Hulu