Season 8

Season 8

Oddity Archive

24 episodes11/07/2019

Episodes

Episode 1
S8 · E1 · 11/07/2019 · 35 min

How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019)

Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.

Episode 2
S8 · E2 · 25/07/2019 · 32 min

Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!)

A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.

Episode 3
S8 · E3 · 08/08/2019 · 36 min

The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style)

Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).

Episode 4
S8 · E4 · 22/08/2019 · 19 min

Scanimate

A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.

Episode 5
S8 · E5 · 05/09/2019 · 21 min

Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows)

…and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!

Episode 6
S8 · E6 · 19/09/2019 · 37 min

LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies)

Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.

Episode 7
S8 · E7 · 03/10/2019 · 28 min

Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention)

…or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.

Episode 8
S8 · E8 · 17/10/2019 · 39 min

Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom")

Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.

Episode 9
S8 · E9 · 31/10/2019 · 21 min

After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019)

It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…

Episode 10
S8 · E10 · 14/11/2019 · 23 min

Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children)

Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.

Episode 11
S8 · E11 · 28/11/2019 · 26 min

Top 10 Earworms (to date)

Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!

Episode 12
S8 · E12 · 19/12/2019 · 42 min

Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies)

Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.

Episode 13
S8 · E13 · 01/01/2020 · 19 min

Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's

Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.

Episode 14
S8 · E14 · 16/01/2020 · 22 min

History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's)

A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.

Episode 15
S8 · E15 · 30/01/2020 · 24 min

Theatrical Policy Trailers

Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.

Episode 16
S8 · E16 · 13/02/2020 · 32 min

VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale)

It’s a love obsession at the Archive!

Episode 17
S8 · E17 · 27/02/2020 · 40 min

Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...)

We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.

Episode 18
S8 · E18 · 12/03/2020 · 42 min

Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch

Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…

Episode 19
S8 · E19 · 26/03/2020 · 31 min

Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels)

No synopsis available.

Episode 20
S8 · E20 · 09/04/2020 · 28 min

Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3

A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!

Episode 21
S8 · E21 · 23/04/2020 · 26 min

History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C)

Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!

Episode 22
S8 · E22 · 07/05/2020 · 23 min

Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials)

…or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.

Episode 23
S8 · E23 · 21/05/2020 · 20 min

(Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites)

Some shows were pre-destined to land in the dumpster or collide with the ol’ bulk eraser…here are five of them that have (at least) somewhat cheated fate.

Episode 24
S8 · E24 · 04/06/2020 · 31 min

Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation)

…or, how an unlikely hit album launched an even more unlikely tidal wave of cash-ins and imitators. In a way, it’s the perfect Archivism.

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