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Microsoft Goes Live on Hulu for Bingathon

 
With the recent rollout of Bing, the newest search engine from Microsoft, advertisements were to be expected... but just what is a Bingathon ? The Bingathon is an all day infomercial / live show that will be hosted by Olivia Munn (G4’s Attack of the Show! ) and Jason Sudeikis (NBC's Saturday Night Live ) on June 8th at 8:00 PM EST (5:00 PST) . Currently you can see commercials for the informercial running on certain Hulu videos. Will you tune in for the Bingathon? Tell us . Olivia Munn offers up the following description of the Bingathon courtesy of her blog ... Make sure to go to Hulu on June 8 all day long. I’m going to be hosting a very, ummm…crazy telethon comedy skit with Jason Sudeikis (plays Joe Biden on SNL). We’re going to be on all day making fools of ourselves and it’s gonna be awesome!!! If your like me, you might be asking yourself, how can an all day infomercial be awesome? No seriously, I want to know... how can ... (link)

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