Season 4
Episodes • 2015
1. Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15)
24 minThe Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.
▶ Watch Episode2. Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test)
24 minToday's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?
▶ Watch Episode3. Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)
19 minNaughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21
▶ Watch Episode4. LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1)
39 minThe 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!
▶ Watch Episode5. CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)
24 minBreaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?
▶ Watch Episode6. VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To)
25 minOddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.
▶ Watch Episode7. Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over)
27 minRecently, we came into a small jackpot of Pickwick albums. Given this label's long-standing history with the Archive, it only seemed appropriate to devote an entire episode to the king of all "drugstore" labels.
▶ Watch Episode8. Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015)
20 minOddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!
▶ Watch Episode10. Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)
20 minI got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”
▶ Watch Episode11. Prehistoric Pay-Per-View
20 minYou wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.
▶ Watch Episode12. Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015)
26 minSome of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.
▶ Watch Episode13. VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)
32 minThe donations were multiplying like, well, rabbits. I figured y'all were trying to tell me something. (Did I really just type "y'all"? Heaven help me.)
▶ Watch Episode14. Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)
23 minMovies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).
▶ Watch Episode15. VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games)
24 minLots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.
▶ Watch Episode16. Prevue Channel(s)
24 minThe Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.
▶ Watch Episode17. Airline Safety Videos
19 minDramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.
▶ Watch Episode18. Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)
23 min...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?
▶ Watch Episode19. Calibration & Test Laserdiscs
25 minThe Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?
▶ Watch Episode20. Adult Party Albums
23 minThe most risque episode of the Archive since...the last one.
▶ Watch Episode21. Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay)
29 minThe Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.
▶ Watch Episode22. Commodore 64
33 minIt’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.
▶ Watch Episode23. VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)
28 minCan you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?
▶ Watch Episode24. VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision)
29 minIt’s been a long and difficult season. Let’s end it with something fun (if I can figure out how to assemble these toys, that is).
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