The Oddity Archive is a web series that revolves around the "cultural dustbin", especially as it pertains to media. The Archive also functions as an actual archive of sorts, with a modest collection of off-air Betamax and VHS recordings (about 400 total as of June, 2014). There's also a decent collection of ephemeral video, "ripoff" and "drugstore" LP's/cassettes/8-tracks, as well as (working) obsolete technology.
Oddity Archive (Season 10)
How I Spent My Summer VIII (Ben Vs. The Sony AV-3600 Videocorder) (Episode 1)
Air date: 2021-07-22
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: ...because cassettes are for poseurs.
Record Ripoffs Vol. 11 ('80's Hits: Woodgrain & Neon) (Episode 2)
Air date: 2021-08-12
Runtime: 34 min
Overview: Some of the most grody tunes we’ve ever covered fer sure, fer sure.
USA Networkisms (A Willfully Premature Eulogy) (Episode 3)
Air date: 2021-08-26
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Let us take an all-night flight to remember why USA once was “America’s Favorite Cable Network”…
Random CD's (Episode 4)
Air date: 2021-09-16
Runtime: 35 min
Overview: Whatdaya do when you’ve had your fill of analog media? Start hittin’ the ones and zeros…
Silent Treatment (A Celebration of Silent Movie Day) (Episode 5)
Air date: 2021-09-29
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Benny-boy celebrates the first annual Silent Movie Day by…talking at great length about the silents. Nobody ever accused him of being sharp…
Dodgy Demo DVD's (Episode 6)
Air date: 2021-10-14
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: As of this posting, we’re right on the edge of the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the DVD. Guess it’s finally ripe for Archivedom…
Benny M.'s TV Party (Halloween Special 2021) (Episode 7)
Air date: 2021-10-28
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: “Benny & The Bot”…coming this fall to KLAK…whether Ben likes it or not. NOTE: Just consider this a 20-minute art film.
Bad '80's Syndicated Sitcoms (Episode 8)
Air date: 2021-11-11
Runtime: 19 min
Overview: Benny the Script Doctor makes a housecall regarding some bad sitcoms.
OA's Greatest Commercials (Episode 9)
Air date: 2021-11-25
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: 10 ads (or series thereof) selected by viewers. Any turkeys in this Thanksgiving episode are purely coincidental.
FBI Film Raids & Betamax Blues (Episode 10)
Air date: 2021-12-09
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Ah, the good, old days. Back when owning a 16mm film or recording something off the TV could get you a visit from the Feds. Good times…
Christmas Special 2021 (A Good Ol' Archive Christmas) (Episode 11)
Air date: 2021-12-23
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Archivisms roasting on an open fire…
PCM Audio on Videotape (Betamax, VHS & U-Matic) (Episode 12)
Air date: 2022-01-13
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Hey buddy, wanna hear my (horribly impractical) mixtape?
Overplayed Commercials (1960's - 2001) (Episode 13)
Air date: 2022-01-27
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: 100% pure, shameless, unfettered nostalgia, courtesy of the Oddity Archive®
Valentine's Day Special 2022 (It's A Love Thing) (Episode 14)
Air date: 2022-02-10
Runtime: 34 min
Overview: Learn all about the fine art of meeting Ben!
Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 3 (Gimmick Records) (Episode 15)
Air date: 2022-02-24
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Vinyl Potpourri is back! It’s a (1,885 second) miracle!
Prehistoric UHF (Early UHF TV in the U.S.) (Episode 16)
Air date: 2022-03-10
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: A solid-state tuner is recommended for the viewing of this OA episode…in some way we haven’t figured out yet.
Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 2 (Sinister Cinema & Vestron Video) (Episode 17)
Air date: 2022-03-24
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: Another (belated) salute to the bottom of the Mom-and-Pop video rental store barrel!
VHS Vault Vol. 19 (Business Scams) (Episode 18)
Air date: 2022-04-07
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: It’s time for the New $25,000 Pyramid…scheme.
Radio Stunting (Episode 19)
Air date: 2022-04-21
Runtime: 34 min
Overview: Times are changing and KLAK-AM needs to keep up. As such, let’s look at some gimmicks (stunts) used by other radio stations to plug their new formats…
Ben Vs. The Massey-Ferguson Tapes (Episode 20)
Air date: 2022-05-05
Runtime: 35 min
Overview: Taking a leisurely, country stroll through the (cowpie-laden) great audiovisual pasture…
Early MP3 Players (Diamond Rio & RCA Lyra 2) (Episode 21)
Air date: 2022-05-26
Runtime: 35 min
Overview: Oddity Archive®: Now available in 64kbps mp3!
CX Audio Noise Reduction (The Hard Way) (Episode 22)
Air date: 2022-06-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Four months, three countries, two-hundred-plus dollars all in the name of…meh. Or, what Dolby was to cassette, CX was (supposed to be) for vinyl.
Seasons
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