Season 10
22 episodes
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E1 How I Spent My Summer VIII (Ben Vs. The Sony AV-3600 Videocorder)
unrated2021-07-22 · 45 min
...because cassettes are for poseurs.
E2 Record Ripoffs Vol. 11 ('80's Hits: Woodgrain & Neon)
unrated2021-08-12 · 34 min
Some of the most grody tunes we’ve ever covered fer sure, fer sure.
E3 USA Networkisms (A Willfully Premature Eulogy)
unrated2021-08-26 · 26 min
Let us take an all-night flight to remember why USA once was “America’s Favorite Cable Network”…
E4 Random CD's
unrated2021-09-16 · 35 min
Whatdaya do when you’ve had your fill of analog media? Start hittin’ the ones and zeros…
E5 Silent Treatment (A Celebration of Silent Movie Day)
unrated2021-09-29 · 41 min
Benny-boy celebrates the first annual Silent Movie Day by…talking at great length about the silents. Nobody ever accused him of being sharp…
E6 Dodgy Demo DVD's
unrated2021-10-14 · 26 min
As of this posting, we’re right on the edge of the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the DVD. Guess it’s finally ripe for Archivedom…
E7 Benny M.'s TV Party (Halloween Special 2021)
unrated2021-10-28 · 22 min
“Benny & The Bot”…coming this fall to KLAK…whether Ben likes it or not. NOTE: Just consider this a 20-minute art film.
E8 Bad '80's Syndicated Sitcoms
unrated2021-11-11 · 19 min
Benny the Script Doctor makes a housecall regarding some bad sitcoms.
E9 OA's Greatest Commercials
unrated2021-11-25 · 32 min
10 ads (or series thereof) selected by viewers. Any turkeys in this Thanksgiving episode are purely coincidental.
E10 FBI Film Raids & Betamax Blues
unrated2021-12-09 · 24 min
Ah, the good, old days. Back when owning a 16mm film or recording something off the TV could get you a visit from the Feds. Good times…
E11 Christmas Special 2021 (A Good Ol' Archive Christmas)
unrated2021-12-23 · 42 min
Archivisms roasting on an open fire…
E12 PCM Audio on Videotape (Betamax, VHS & U-Matic)
unrated2022-01-13 · 26 min
Hey buddy, wanna hear my (horribly impractical) mixtape?
E13 Overplayed Commercials (1960's - 2001)
unrated2022-01-27 · 31 min
100% pure, shameless, unfettered nostalgia, courtesy of the Oddity Archive®
E14 Valentine's Day Special 2022 (It's A Love Thing)
unrated2022-02-10 · 34 min
Learn all about the fine art of meeting Ben!
E15 Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 3 (Gimmick Records)
unrated2022-02-24 · 31 min
Vinyl Potpourri is back! It’s a (1,885 second) miracle!
E16 Prehistoric UHF (Early UHF TV in the U.S.)
unrated2022-03-10 · 24 min
A solid-state tuner is recommended for the viewing of this OA episode…in some way we haven’t figured out yet.
E17 Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 2 (Sinister Cinema & Vestron Video)
unrated2022-03-24 · 27 min
Another (belated) salute to the bottom of the Mom-and-Pop video rental store barrel!
E18 VHS Vault Vol. 19 (Business Scams)
unrated2022-04-07 · 26 min
It’s time for the New $25,000 Pyramid…scheme.
E19 Radio Stunting
unrated2022-04-21 · 34 min
Times are changing and KLAK-AM needs to keep up. As such, let’s look at some gimmicks (stunts) used by other radio stations to plug their new formats…
E20 Ben Vs. The Massey-Ferguson Tapes
unrated2022-05-05 · 35 min
Taking a leisurely, country stroll through the (cowpie-laden) great audiovisual pasture…
E21 Early MP3 Players (Diamond Rio & RCA Lyra 2)
unrated2022-05-26 · 35 min
Oddity Archive®: Now available in 64kbps mp3!
E22 CX Audio Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
unrated2022-06-09 · 30 min
Four months, three countries, two-hundred-plus dollars all in the name of…meh. Or, what Dolby was to cassette, CX was (supposed to be) for vinyl.