Season 3
26 episodes
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E1 U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)
unrated2014-07-10 · 24 min
So much for taking a break...
E2 The Great Archive Treasure Hunt
unrated2014-07-24 · 35 min
Another existential crisis in Archive-land? Get your head out of your ass, Benny boy! NOTE: If viewing this episode on a Pioneer VP-1000 unit (Serial #'s: 12467-21804), please turn your frame display function to the ON position.
E3 Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)
unrated2014-08-07 · 36 min
We've only just begun...to hurt.
E4 Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
unrated2014-08-21 · 15 min
Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.
E5 LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)
unrated2014-09-04 · 53 min
Is there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!
E6 Laserdiscs (and their children)
unrated2014-09-18 · 24 min
For all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.
E7 Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)
unrated2014-10-02 · 19 min
WARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer. Also, <<
E8 Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)
unrated2014-10-16 · 20 min
The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.
E9 Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
unrated2014-10-23 · 15 min
This year's (apparently now requisite) Halloween album review. This was actually meant to be just a minisode, but it ran really long. Consider it a "bonus" Archive episode.
E10 Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)
unrated2014-10-30 · 27 min
Test-driving a new, potential recurring concept, "Archive Wares". The idea is to look at items from the golden age of infomercials ('80's through early 2000's) and their ads and/or tutorial videos. Given that it's Halloween, it seemed only natural to discuss the most nightmare-inducting product sold via infomercials: the "Rejuvenique Facial Toning System".
E11 Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)
unrated2014-11-13 · 29 min
Well, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.
E12 Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses
unrated2014-11-27 · 16 min
Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).
E13 Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
unrated2014-12-11 · 26 min
And welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.
E14 Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)
unrated2014-12-23 · 28 min
This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.
E15 Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)
unrated2014-12-31 · 14 min
After being asked all year about what Ben thinks the next generation of oddities will be, a New Year's special seemed to be in order (somehow).
E16 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)
unrated2015-01-15 · 25 min
You asked, we gave. $683.43 will now be added to your next phone bill.
E17 VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)
unrated2015-02-12 · 24 min
Ladies' man that Ben and Ed are, they didn't really need this. This is really for all the lonely folks (especially the guys) that watch the Archive.
E18 The DuMont Network
unrated2015-01-29 · 35 min
Maybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.
E19 Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)
unrated2015-02-26 · 46 min
Q: y u no duvide gams? A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...
E20 Audiocassette-Based Board Games
unrated2015-03-12 · 20 min
Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...
E21 Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
unrated2015-03-26 · 32 min
How many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!
E22 Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)
unrated2015-04-09 · 35 min
Every now and then we get to thinkin' you'd like to hear somethin' from us done nice and easy. Well, lemme tell ya, we don't do NOTHIN' "nice and easy"...
E23 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
unrated2015-04-23 · 32 min
An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...
E24 Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)
unrated2015-05-07 · 37 min
It's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.
E25 WebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover)
unrated2015-05-21 · 15 min
boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!
E26 The Death of Analog TV
unrated2015-06-04 · 24 min
The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.