Season 11
Episodes • 2022
1. In Search of AM Stereo (or, How I Spent My Summer IX)
34 min…or, the OA’s (slightly-belated) 10th Anniversary Special.
▶ Watch Episode2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 12 (Gon' Country)
30 minThe Archive finally presents some 100%-pure, down-home musical manure!
▶ Watch Episode3. Bad(?) '90's Syndicated Sitcoms
23 minThis episode is dedicated to those that say we don’t do TV stuff anymore. Maybe we shouldn’t…
▶ Watch Episode4. The Ballad of Peter Lemongello
32 minSlim Whitman? Blech. Boxcar Willie? Poseur. Only the original TV album guru will do.
▶ Watch Episode5. The Warped Afterlives of Metropolis & Phantom of the Opera (Silent Movie Day 2022)
33 minJust how close are we to seeing what moviegoers saw in the 1920’s? In these two cases, as it turns out, not very.
▶ Watch Episode6. 8mm (& Super 8) Souvenir Films
37 minWe’re all goin’ on a…(quiet, mellow) Autumn Holiday…
▶ Watch Episode7. The Phantom of the Archive (Halloween Special 2022)
27 minWatch horror films, keep Archiveland strong, keep Benny-boy (in)sane.
▶ Watch Episode8. VHS Vault Vol. 20 (High-Concept Videos)
29 minIt’s a friend! It’s a companion! It’s a lifestyle! It’s…supremely annoying…
▶ Watch Episode9. Oddity Archive's Greatest Hits (according to YouTube)
29 minAfter 10 years, I guess it’s time for the inevitable “Greatest Hits” package…
▶ Watch Episode10. Ben Vs. The Elmo Super 8 Camera (or, Super 8 Film in 2022)
41 minSuper Oddity Archive®: Now with 50% MORE image than Standard Oddity Archive®! Which is 95% LESS image than HD Oddity Archive®…
▶ Watch Episode11. Christmas (C)Rapping (Christmas Special 2022)
48 minChristmas wrapping is so lame—we’re into Christmas Rapping around here!
▶ Watch Episode12. (Bad) Movie-Based Sitcoms
20 min…because (as we know) what works for 90 minutes once will ALWAYS work for 30 minutes on a regular basis.
▶ Watch Episode13. Weather Warnings Vol. 3 (Winter Edition)
36 minSnowbound. Let’s sleep in today…and tomorrow…and the day after…and the day after that…
▶ Watch Episode14. Pointless Products (or, As Seen On TV Commercials, Vol. 2)
32 minThe new & improved Oddity Archive®! Now cracks those pesky filberts!
▶ Watch Episode15. Laserdisc Video Magazines (or, Video Magazines, Vol. 2)
38 minA true horror show—just not in the way you’d expect.
▶ Watch Episode16. Disco Beaver From Outer Space (& other Early Cable TV-isms)
25 minFinally (partially) fulfilling that long wished-for Archivism—beavers—specifically, disco beavers.
▶ Watch Episode18. Mad Magazine...'s Forays Into Other Media
27 minThe Archive drops some MAD flava in your ear…
▶ Watch Episode19. VHS Vault Vol. 21 (How To Outwit THE MAN)
28 minDon’t let THE MAN bring you down. That’s what Oddity Archive® is for…
▶ Watch Episode20. The Early Betamax (& others) Subculture
22 minPourin’ one out (er, unraveling a tape) for our vidiot homies…
▶ Watch Episode21. American Forces Network (AFN) TV Ephemera
30 minThe OA celebrates Memorial Day with some genuine WTF from the AFN (AFRTS). Presented on the DL of course, ‘cause we gotta think OPSEC.
▶ Watch Episode22. Ben Vs. The Quasar Great Time Machine
94 minEver wonder what it would’ve been like if Rube Goldberg designed a VCR? Neither did I.
▶ Watch Episode23. The Quasar Great Time Machine (VX Video Format)
33 minYou’re in for a “great” time! Would you believe “good” time? How ‘bout “adequate” time?
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