Season 9
Episodes • 2020
1. How I Spent My Summer VII (A Change of Plans)
34 minWell, my (working) Summer Vacation turned into a (working) Summer Staycation…
▶ Watch Episode2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 10 (A Tribute To...)
32 minFeaturing some of the genuine leg ends of Rock N’ Roll!
▶ Watch Episode3. Oddity Archive: Behind The Box (A Documentary)
35 minA film made especially for the occasion by Swedish documentarian Hans Krullitzer.
▶ Watch Episode4. Early Color Film (but not Technicolor)
22 minEither the all-time most beautiful or most psychedelic episode of the Archive…we’re not sure.
▶ Watch Episode6. Cheesy Logos
26 minJust when you thought the Archive couldn’t possibly get any more tacky…
▶ Watch Episode7. Pioneer Promotional Laserdiscs
30 minLooking at a trio of (slightly misguided) discs touting Pioneer Laserdiscs and Home Theater gear…
▶ Watch Episode8. VHS Vault Vol. 17 (Vampires & Pumpkins) (Halloween Special 2020)
33 minLife has gotten so tangled lately. As such, let’s roll things back to the absolute (commercial) basics of Halloween…
▶ Watch Episode10. OA Lost Classics (or, The Ones That Got OA)
26 minSpending Thanksgiving with some prime, succulent, deep cuts of…the Archive.
▶ Watch Episode11. The Ballad of Raymond Rohauer
19 minWith (backhanded, insincere) apologies to Hunter S. Thompson: Film Preservation is a cruel and shallow nitrate ditch, a long celluloid hallway where good films rot. That’s just the negative side.
▶ Watch Episode12. Christmas Special 2020 (Chunks of Christmas Coal)
36 minIt’s a Vinyl and VHS Christmas! It’s not anywhere near as cool as it sounds…
▶ Watch Episode13. PSA's Vol. 2 (or, Only You Can Prevent PSA's)
30 minMyasthenia is better than Yourasthenia. So there.
▶ Watch Episode14. Prehistoric Videotape (The Road To Quadruplex)
22 min…or, how Bing Crosby’s golf game launched a technological revolution.
▶ Watch Episode15. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 5 (Minn-Knot/The End?)
48 minBenny-boy’s unintentional swan song…or is it?
▶ Watch Episode16. Ben Vs. The Space-Race Tapes
40 minUh-oh. Benny-boy's playing preservationist again...
▶ Watch Episode18. Cheap Radio Thrills
27 minOddity Archive®: Where the thrills are cheap as radio, and radio is cheap as thrills…
▶ Watch Episode19. Weather Warnings Vol. 2 (Looks Like We're In For Nasty Weather)
35 minThe Oddity Archiveland Service (OAS) has issued a WEATHER WARNING…warning.
▶ Watch Episode20. KeyFax Rides Again (Teletext in the U.S.)
29 minTeletext: Not just for Europeans anymore! Well, not really…
▶ Watch Episode21. VHS Vault Vol. 18 (So You wanna Be A Rock N' Roll Star)
34 min…well, listen now to what the Archive says!* *Apologies to The Byrds
▶ Watch Episode22. Gag Reels
26 minA serious dissertation on the dangers of workplace stress and how to cope with it…using pure silliness.
▶ Watch Episode23. History of VHS, Vol. 4 (D-VHS/Demise & Resurrection)
29 minAll good things must come to an end…or must they?
▶ Watch Episode