Oddity Archive (Season 8)

How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019) (Episode 1)

Air date: 2019-07-11

Runtime: 35 min

Overview: Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.

Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!) (Episode 2)

Air date: 2019-07-25

Runtime: 32 min

Overview: A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.

The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style) (Episode 3)

Air date: 2019-08-08

Runtime: 36 min

Overview: Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).

Scanimate (Episode 4)

Air date: 2019-08-22

Runtime: 19 min

Overview: A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.

Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows) (Episode 5)

Air date: 2019-09-05

Runtime: 21 min

Overview: …and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!

LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies) (Episode 6)

Air date: 2019-09-19

Runtime: 37 min

Overview: Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.

Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention) (Episode 7)

Air date: 2019-10-03

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: …or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.

Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom") (Episode 8)

Air date: 2019-10-17

Runtime: 39 min

Overview: Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.

After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019) (Episode 9)

Air date: 2019-10-31

Runtime: 21 min

Overview: It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…

Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children) (Episode 10)

Air date: 2019-11-14

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.

Top 10 Earworms (to date) (Episode 11)

Air date: 2019-11-28

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!

Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies) (Episode 12)

Air date: 2019-12-19

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.

Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's (Episode 13)

Air date: 2020-01-01

Runtime: 19 min

Overview: Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.

History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's) (Episode 14)

Air date: 2020-01-16

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.

Theatrical Policy Trailers (Episode 15)

Air date: 2020-01-30

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.

VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale) (Episode 16)

Air date: 2020-02-13

Runtime: 32 min

Overview: It’s a love obsession at the Archive!

Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...) (Episode 17)

Air date: 2020-02-27

Runtime: 40 min

Overview: We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.

Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch (Episode 18)

Air date: 2020-03-12

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…

Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels) (Episode 19)

Air date: 2020-03-26

Runtime: 31 min

Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3 (Episode 20)

Air date: 2020-04-09

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!

History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C) (Episode 21)

Air date: 2020-04-23

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!

Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials) (Episode 22)

Air date: 2020-05-07

Runtime: 23 min

Overview: …or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.

(Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites) (Episode 23)

Air date: 2020-05-21

Runtime: 20 min

Overview: Some shows were pre-destined to land in the dumpster or collide with the ol’ bulk eraser…here are five of them that have (at least) somewhat cheated fate.

Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation) (Episode 24)

Air date: 2020-06-04

Runtime: 31 min

Overview: …or, how an unlikely hit album launched an even more unlikely tidal wave of cash-ins and imitators. In a way, it’s the perfect Archivism.