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