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 11)
In Search of AM Stereo (or, How I Spent My Summer IX) (Episode 1)
Air date: 2022-07-21
Runtime: 34 min
Overview: …or, the OA’s (slightly-belated) 10th Anniversary Special.
Record Ripoffs Vol. 12 (Gon' Country) (Episode 2)
Air date: 2022-08-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Archive finally presents some 100%-pure, down-home musical manure!
Bad(?) '90's Syndicated Sitcoms (Episode 3)
Air date: 2022-08-25
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: This episode is dedicated to those that say we don’t do TV stuff anymore. Maybe we shouldn’t…
The Ballad of Peter Lemongello (Episode 4)
Air date: 2022-09-08
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: Slim Whitman? Blech. Boxcar Willie? Poseur. Only the original TV album guru will do.
The Warped Afterlives of Metropolis & Phantom of the Opera (Silent Movie Day 2022) (Episode 5)
Air date: 2022-09-29
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: Just how close are we to seeing what moviegoers saw in the 1920’s? In these two cases, as it turns out, not very.
8mm (& Super 8) Souvenir Films (Episode 6)
Air date: 2022-10-13
Runtime: 37 min
Overview: We’re all goin’ on a…(quiet, mellow) Autumn Holiday…
The Phantom of the Archive (Halloween Special 2022) (Episode 7)
Air date: 2022-10-27
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: Watch horror films, keep Archiveland strong, keep Benny-boy (in)sane.
VHS Vault Vol. 20 (High-Concept Videos) (Episode 8)
Air date: 2022-11-10
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: It’s a friend! It’s a companion! It’s a lifestyle! It’s…supremely annoying…
Oddity Archive's Greatest Hits (according to YouTube) (Episode 9)
Air date: 2022-11-24
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: After 10 years, I guess it’s time for the inevitable “Greatest Hits” package…
Ben Vs. The Elmo Super 8 Camera (or, Super 8 Film in 2022) (Episode 10)
Air date: 2022-12-08
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Super Oddity Archive®: Now with 50% MORE image than Standard Oddity Archive®! Which is 95% LESS image than HD Oddity Archive®…
Christmas (C)Rapping (Christmas Special 2022) (Episode 11)
Air date: 2022-12-22
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Christmas wrapping is so lame—we’re into Christmas Rapping around here!
(Bad) Movie-Based Sitcoms (Episode 12)
Air date: 2023-01-12
Runtime: 20 min
Overview: …because (as we know) what works for 90 minutes once will ALWAYS work for 30 minutes on a regular basis.
Weather Warnings Vol. 3 (Winter Edition) (Episode 13)
Air date: 2023-01-26
Runtime: 36 min
Overview: Snowbound. Let’s sleep in today…and tomorrow…and the day after…and the day after that…
Pointless Products (or, As Seen On TV Commercials, Vol. 2) (Episode 14)
Air date: 2023-02-16
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: The new & improved Oddity Archive®! Now cracks those pesky filberts!
Laserdisc Video Magazines (or, Video Magazines, Vol. 2) (Episode 15)
Air date: 2023-03-02
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: A true horror show—just not in the way you’d expect.
Disco Beaver From Outer Space (& other Early Cable TV-isms) (Episode 16)
Air date: 2023-03-16
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Finally (partially) fulfilling that long wished-for Archivism—beavers—specifically, disco beavers.
Philips CD-I Vol. 2 (More Revelations) (Episode 17)
Air date: 2023-03-30
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: You won’t believe your CD-I’s!!!
Mad Magazine...'s Forays Into Other Media (Episode 18)
Air date: 2023-04-13
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: The Archive drops some MAD flava in your ear…
VHS Vault Vol. 21 (How To Outwit THE MAN) (Episode 19)
Air date: 2023-04-27
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: Don’t let THE MAN bring you down. That’s what Oddity Archive® is for…
The Early Betamax (& others) Subculture (Episode 20)
Air date: 2023-05-11
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Pourin’ one out (er, unraveling a tape) for our vidiot homies…
American Forces Network (AFN) TV Ephemera (Episode 21)
Air date: 2023-05-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The OA celebrates Memorial Day with some genuine WTF from the AFN (AFRTS). Presented on the DL of course, ‘cause we gotta think OPSEC.
Ben Vs. The Quasar Great Time Machine (Episode 22)
Air date: 2023-06-08
Runtime: 94 min
Overview: Ever wonder what it would’ve been like if Rube Goldberg designed a VCR? Neither did I.
The Quasar Great Time Machine (VX Video Format) (Episode 23)
Air date: 2023-06-15
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: You’re in for a “great” time! Would you believe “good” time? How ‘bout “adequate” time?
Seasons
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