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 (14)
1. Archive Thrifting #34: Getting Back On The Horse
Aired 9 October 2025 • 18 min
Consider this a “soft-launch” of Season 14 of OA. I’m finally off the sidelines and…things are as dusty as ever.
2. KLAK Goes Commercial (Halloween Special 2025)
Aired 30 October 2025 • 21 min
KLAK has had to take on a few advertisers*. Tough times, ya know… *Yes, YouTube, this is a joke. This is NOT a sponsored video.
3. Random (Video) Reel-To-Reel Vol. 2 (Leftover Turkeys)
Aired 27 November 2025 • 38 min
The OA equivalent of popcorn, pretzel sticks and jellybeans as a Thanksgiving feast…
4. Christmas Hams (Christmas Special 2025)
Aired 23 December 2025 • 36 min
The Archive serves up some true Christmas Hams…with a side of Duck A La Wronge.
5. Prehistoric A&E
Aired 22 January 2026 • 25 min
The Archive takes the high road…to a dead-end.
6. The "Checkerboard" Sitcoms of 1987
Aired 5 February 2026 • 34 min
…because three hours a night of late 80’s primetime TV lameness just wasn’t enough!
7. United Artists Theatre Laserdiscs (1991-94)
Aired 19 February 2026 • 39 min
Well, it’s Oscar season. Let’s pretend current Hollywood doesn’t exist.
8. Local TV Vol. 10 (A Fifth of Commercials)
Aired 5 March 2026 • 23 min
Another round of classic local TV bliss delivered in easy-to-digest 30-second bites…
9. Ben Vs. Digital Music (Vol. 1: 1999-2001)
Aired 26 March 2026 • 22 min
Yes, teenaged Benny-boy managed to blindly stumble into the “digital music revolution” circa Y2K. No, he did NOT turn into a cyberpunk warrior—he just became a prematurely grouchy old man.
10. Emergency Broadcast Salute Vol. 3 (Changes)
Aired 16 April 2026 • 49 min
It’s the 300th “regular” OA episode. Let’s make some noise…albeit not necessarily PLEASANT noise.
11. Local TV Vol. 11 (Lottery Game Shows)
Aired 30 April 2026 • 32 min
Time to get lucky! In the financial sense, that is…
12. Building the Perfect Home Theater (for the 1990's, that is)
Aired 14 May 2026 • 29 min
The first OA episode to be THX-certified! Ten Hungry Xylophones, that is.
13. The All-Diamond Rio…Diamond Rio (+ RCA Lyra 2 Redux)
Aired 28 May 2026 • 26 min
When one more day…turns into four years.
14. TV Affiliate Switchovers (& some other switchovers)
Aired 11 June 2026