Season 3
Episodes • 2014


2. The Great Archive Treasure Hunt
35 minAnother existential crisis in Archive-land? Get your head out of your ass, Benny boy! NOTE: If viewing this episode on a Pioneer VP-1000 unit (Serial #'s: 12467-21804), please turn your frame display function to the ON position.
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3. Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)
36 minWe've only just begun...to hurt.
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4. Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
15 minCopying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.
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5. LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)
53 minIs there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!
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6. Laserdiscs (and their children)
24 minFor all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.
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7. Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)
19 minWARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer. Also, <<
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8. Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)
20 minThe most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.
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9. Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
15 minThis year's (apparently now requisite) Halloween album review. This was actually meant to be just a minisode, but it ran really long. Consider it a "bonus" Archive episode.
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10. Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)
27 minTest-driving a new, potential recurring concept, "Archive Wares". The idea is to look at items from the golden age of infomercials ('80's through early 2000's) and their ads and/or tutorial videos. Given that it's Halloween, it seemed only natural to discuss the most nightmare-inducting product sold via infomercials: the "Rejuvenique Facial Toning System".
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11. Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)
29 minWell, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.
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12. Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses
16 minBen reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).
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13. Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
26 minAnd welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.
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14. Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)
28 minThis episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.
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15. Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)
14 minAfter being asked all year about what Ben thinks the next generation of oddities will be, a New Year's special seemed to be in order (somehow).
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16. 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)
25 minYou asked, we gave. $683.43 will now be added to your next phone bill.
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17. VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)
24 minLadies' man that Ben and Ed are, they didn't really need this. This is really for all the lonely folks (especially the guys) that watch the Archive.
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18. The DuMont Network
35 minMaybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.
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19. Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)
46 minQ: y u no duvide gams? A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...
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20. Audiocassette-Based Board Games
20 minBecause, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...
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21. Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
32 minHow many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!
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22. Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)
35 minEvery now and then we get to thinkin' you'd like to hear somethin' from us done nice and easy. Well, lemme tell ya, we don't do NOTHIN' "nice and easy"...
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23. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
32 minAn (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...
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24. Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)
37 minIt's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.
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