In this awesome little viral (who doesn’t love The Simpsons?), Lisa takes on Mapple (no prizes for figuring out who they are really talking about) in an effort to promote the free Hulu website.

Hulu is an American website that offers ad-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC and FOX among other networks. Basically, it is the networks’ answer to the increasing popularity of YouTube and is an attempt to get shows in front of an Internet audience by capitalising on the promotional potential of video-sharing sites.

Where does this clip from a Simpson’s episode fit in you may ask? Well, the show belongs to Fox, so they can pretty much do what they like with it. And what could be better than a ready-made ad not only slating the competition, but promoting your own product through a well-known and loved character? The ad even makes clever use of Apple’s (*ssshhh, you didn’t hear it from me) slogan “Think Different”. Think differently and use Hulu…

Pretty smart if you ask me. Let’s just hope that everyone is awake enough to figure out that MyTunes is really…