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 4)
Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15) (Episode 1)
Air date: 2015-07-16
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.
Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test) (Episode 2)
Air date: 2015-07-30
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?
Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters) (Episode 3)
Air date: 2015-08-13
Runtime: 19 min
Overview: Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21
LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1) (Episode 4)
Air date: 2015-08-27
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!
CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!) (Episode 5)
Air date: 2015-09-10
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?
VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To) (Episode 6)
Air date: 2015-09-24
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.
Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over) (Episode 7)
Air date: 2015-10-08
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: Recently, we came into a small jackpot of Pickwick albums. Given this label's long-standing history with the Archive, it only seemed appropriate to devote an entire episode to the king of all "drugstore" labels.
Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015) (Episode 8)
Air date: 2015-10-22
Runtime: 20 min
Overview: Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!
VCR Ephemera (Episode 9)
Air date: 2015-11-05
Runtime: 18 min
Overview: VCR Ephemera, or, Oddity Archive for beginners.
Action Max (VHS Video Game Console) (Episode 10)
Air date: 2015-11-19
Runtime: 20 min
Overview: I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”
Prehistoric Pay-Per-View (Episode 11)
Air date: 2015-12-03
Runtime: 20 min
Overview: You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.
Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015) (Episode 12)
Air date: 2015-12-17
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Some of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.
VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2) (Episode 13)
Air date: 2015-12-31
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: The donations were multiplying like, well, rabbits. I figured y'all were trying to tell me something. (Did I really just type "y'all"? Heaven help me.)
Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's) (Episode 14)
Air date: 2016-01-07
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Movies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).
VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games) (Episode 15)
Air date: 2016-01-21
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.
Prevue Channel(s) (Episode 16)
Air date: 2016-02-04
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.
Airline Safety Videos (Episode 17)
Air date: 2016-02-18
Runtime: 19 min
Overview: Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.
Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective) (Episode 18)
Air date: 2016-03-03
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: ...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?
Calibration & Test Laserdiscs (Episode 19)
Air date: 2016-03-17
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?
Adult Party Albums (Episode 20)
Air date: 2016-03-31
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The most risque episode of the Archive since...the last one.
Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay) (Episode 21)
Air date: 2016-04-14
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.
Commodore 64 (Episode 22)
Air date: 2016-04-28
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.
VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You) (Episode 23)
Air date: 2016-05-12
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?
VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision) (Episode 24)
Air date: 2016-05-26
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: It’s been a long and difficult season. Let’s end it with something fun (if I can figure out how to assemble these toys, that is).
Seasons
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Episodes 26
Episodes 26
Episodes 24
Episodes 24
Episodes 25
Episodes 22
Episodes 24
Episodes 23
Episodes 22
Episodes 23
Episodes 16
Episodes 8
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