Oddity Archive (2019) Season 8
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.
How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019) 01 Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.
7/11/2019
Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!) 02 A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.
7/25/2019
The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style) 03 Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).
8/8/2019
04 A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.
8/22/2019
Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows) 05 …and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!
9/5/2019
LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies) 06 Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.
9/19/2019
Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention) 07 …or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.
10/3/2019
Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom") 08 Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.
10/17/2019
After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019) 09 It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…
10/31/2019
Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children) 10 Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.
11/14/2019
Top 10 Earworms (to date) 11 Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!
11/28/2019
Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies) 12 Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.
12/19/2019
Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's 13 Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.
1/1/2020
History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's) 14 A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.
1/16/2020
Theatrical Policy Trailers 15 Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.
1/30/2020
VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale) 16 It’s a love obsession at the Archive!
2/13/2020
Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...) 17 We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.
2/27/2020
Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch 18 Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…
3/12/2020
Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels) 19
3/26/2020
Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3 20 A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!
4/9/2020
History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C) 21 Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!
4/23/2020
Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials) 22 …or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.
5/7/2020
(Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites) 23 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.
5/21/2020
Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation) 24 …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.
6/4/2020
