Oddity Archive (2015) Season 4
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.
Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15) 01 The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.
7/16/2015
Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test) 02 Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?
7/30/2015
Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters) 03 Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22
Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21
8/13/2015
LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1) 04 The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!
8/27/2015
CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!) 05 Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?
9/10/2015
VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To) 06 Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.
9/24/2015
Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over) 07 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.
10/8/2015
Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015) 08 Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!
10/22/2015
09 VCR Ephemera, or, Oddity Archive for beginners.
11/5/2015
Action Max (VHS Video Game Console) 10 I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”
11/19/2015
11 You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.
12/3/2015
Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015) 12 Some of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.
12/17/2015
VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2) 13 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.)
12/31/2015
Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's) 14 Movies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).
1/7/2016
VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games) 15 Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.
1/21/2016
16 The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.
2/4/2016
17 Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.
2/18/2016
Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective) 18 ...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby
or, Ben cures the hams
or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?
3/3/2016
Calibration & Test Laserdiscs 19 The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?
3/17/2016
20 The most risque episode of the Archive since...the last one.
3/31/2016
Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay) 21 The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.
4/14/2016
22 It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.
4/28/2016
VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You) 23 Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?
5/12/2016
VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision) 24 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).
5/26/2016
