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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: Selected programming for June 8-14, 2024
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 15:37:21 -0700
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On 6/9/2024 9:04 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 6/9/24 6:39 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> 
>> On 6/8/2024 11:09 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 6/8/24 8:43 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>>> On 6/8/2024 8:46 AM, Robin Miller wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          Thursday, June 13
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      Streaming:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brats        (documentary)      (12:01 am, Hulu)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andrew McCarthy directs a documentary about a subject he knows 
>>>>>>> all too
>>>>>>> well: the group of young film actors known as the "Brat Pack" who 
>>>>>>> lit up
>>>>>>> the screen in the 1980s. The film finds McCarthy reuniting with 
>>>>>>> stars
>>>>>>> like Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, and Ally Sheedy, as 
>>>>>>> well as
>>>>>>> sitting down for an interview with journalist David Blum, who 
>>>>>>> originally
>>>>>>> coined the "Brat Pack" term in a 1985 article. 1h 32m.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVNQkRM5Qw
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15823728/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is not fair.  I don't have Hulu!
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have Disney+?
>>>>
>>>> That's not how it works - you have to have the Duo (or Trio) plan to 
>>>> get
>>>> Hulu via Disney+. If you just have Disney+, you don't get access to 
>>>> Hulu
>>>> content.
>>>
>>> Ah. I somehow get both Disney with Hulu as well as Hulu Ala carte and 
>>> the
>>> two Hulu accounts don’t seem to know about each other, though they 
>>> use the
>>> same username and password. It’s all free so I don’t pay much 
>>> attention to
>>> where it comes from. I didn’t realize Disney without Hulu still existed.
>>
>> I just got an email from Hulu yesterday with a promotion.  I think I 
>> might be eligible for it since I got the email.  But I headed over to 
>> my Disney+ account this morning and there was no option I could find 
>> to even add Hulu or anything else to it.  I'm sure it must be there 
>> somewhere if I dig deep enough.  But the problem has never been I 
>> couldn't add Hulu, it was there was no option to add it to the annual 
>> plan, and I don't want to downgrade to monthly.
> 
> When I did it, I had to use chat assistance for help. But my case was 
> complicated as in order to sign up for the (new) Duo plan, I had to 
> cancel my Hulu sub and then sign up through Disney+ to get the Duo plan 
> with Hulu. It was a pain.
> 
> BTW, this is the page for the Duo/Trio plans:
> 
> https://www.disneyplus.com/welcome/disney-hulu-espn-bundle
> 

I clicked the link and saw the plans but when I clicked the plan it just 
logged me into my Disney+ account.  I was able to pull up the pricing 
and I compared what I'm currently paying, or paid, it would be more. 
This is one of the reasons I don't want to go monthly, the annual plan 
is a better deal, at least when it's Disney only.  My Disney plan is up 
in November.  I'll check out the options then.  I know there's also a 
plan in the works that includes Netflix and all three may finally be a 
better deal.

With luck there might be a deal at this year's D23 Expo.  When I 
originally signed up it was at a D23 Expo before Disney+ went live.  I 
got a ridiculously good multiyear deal on it.  But at the last Expo they 
didn't have any promotions.

> But, like I said, you canNOT activate this on the Hulu side, only on the 
> Disney+ side. And I'm not sure they ever offer "special deals" on these.
> 
>> Most of my streaming service plans are either annual so I pay once and 
>> forget about it or free through cable.
> 
> My Peacock and Prime are annual - I will renew Peacock annual soon, but 
> I have to decide what to do about Prime since they changed my plan on me 
> halfway through.
> 
> Max and Pee+ I get ("free") through my cable. And I don't have Netflix 
> right now, and have no real incentive to get it, even during summer...
> 
>