About this episode

Matt and Jordan evaluate the free streaming platform Tubi across various categories and provide recommendations.

Matt and Jordan deep-dive into the free, ad-supported streaming platform Tubi. They evaluate the platform across five distinct categories: library; playback/interface; reliability; originals; and price. Plus, recommended titles to watch on Tubi, and a recommendations for a listener who is looking for a hangout comedy like semi-obscure 2005 comedy. And Producer Sam hosts this week’s game: Tubi or Not Tubi. The State of Streaming: Tubi (00:00:00–00:49:36) Rec Seg: Watch on Tubi (00:49:37–01:01:23) Listener Request Recs: Hangout Comedies (01:01:24–01:17:23) Game: Tubi or Not Tubi (01:17:24–01:38:35) New to Streaming / Credits (01:38:36–01:45:49) Show Notes Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive ⁠ https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/⁠ Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th): ⁠ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/⁠ Alissa Quart’s “Hyperlink Cinema” in Film Forum…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Jordan

Topics covered

• streaming platforms
• Tubi
• comedy recommendations
• film analysis
• game segment

Keywords

• Tubi
• streaming
• comedy
• film
• recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tubi, Film Forum, Letterboxd, Bazooga

Books & works: Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever, Hyperlink Cinema, Hangout Comedies

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