Season 6
Episodes • 2017
1. How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)
28 min12 inches of Archivian goodness!
▶ Watch Episode2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)
36 minWhat’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!
▶ Watch Episode3. Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)
35 minA King-sized episode for a King-sized anniversary. Of course, we can't play any actual Elvis, so let's look at some of the cash-ins based around the man.
▶ Watch Episode4. Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)
34 minA cooking show—Archive style.
▶ Watch Episode5. LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)
42 minNew from Sing Alone Video!
▶ Watch Episode6. Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)
27 minI was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.
▶ Watch Episode7. As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)
27 minThis offer will expire without notice! Order now!
▶ Watch Episode8. Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)
28 minA double (if not triple) dose of failure. You know you love it.
▶ Watch Episode9. "Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)
31 minThe scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!
▶ Watch Episode10. VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)
29 minLet’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.
▶ Watch Episode11. The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)
21 minThe Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).
▶ Watch Episode12. Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)
28 minOddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!
▶ Watch Episode13. Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)
38 minBroken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.
▶ Watch Episode14. Phoney Nostalgia
21 minNo fees! No contracts! No service! Dial 1-800 ARCHIVE and save 0%!
▶ Watch Episode15. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2
39 minMore hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.
▶ Watch Episode16. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1)
39 minBring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).
▶ Watch Episode17. Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
19 minThis is what happens when Benny-boy’s control-freak tendencies get the best of him. Honestly, it’s not too terrible. Shame the product is mediocre.
▶ Watch Episode18. Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs
22 minThe Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.
▶ Watch Episode19. VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)
27 minNo Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.
▶ Watch Episode20. Silent-Era Talking Pictures
22 minThese talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.
▶ Watch Episode21. Vinyl Potpourri
27 minFunny how a little kiddie music, a little commercialism and a heaping helping of Easy Listening stewed in someone’s garage for 40+ years equals such a lovely sonic bouquet.
▶ Watch Episode23. Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)
22 min…because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.
▶ Watch Episode24. Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)
30 minThe Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.
▶ Watch Episode25. Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)
33 minLet’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).
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