Season 8
24 episodes
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E1 How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019)
unrated2019-07-11 · 35 min
Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.
E2 Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!)
unrated2019-07-25 · 32 min
A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.
E3 The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style)
unrated2019-08-08 · 36 min
Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).
E4 Scanimate
unrated2019-08-22 · 19 min
A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.
E5 Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows)
unrated2019-09-05 · 21 min
…and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!
E6 LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies)
unrated2019-09-19 · 37 min
Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.
E7 Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention)
unrated2019-10-03 · 28 min
…or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.
E8 Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom")
unrated2019-10-17 · 39 min
Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.
E9 After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019)
unrated2019-10-31 · 21 min
It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…
E10 Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children)
unrated2019-11-14 · 23 min
Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.
E11 Top 10 Earworms (to date)
unrated2019-11-28 · 26 min
Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!
E12 Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies)
unrated2019-12-19 · 42 min
Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.
E13 Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's
unrated2020-01-01 · 19 min
Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.
E14 History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's)
unrated2020-01-16 · 22 min
A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.
E15 Theatrical Policy Trailers
unrated2020-01-30 · 24 min
Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.
E16 VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale)
unrated2020-02-13 · 32 min
It’s a love obsession at the Archive!
E17 Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...)
unrated2020-02-27 · 40 min
We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.
E18 Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch
unrated2020-03-12 · 42 min
Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…
E19 Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels)
unrated2020-03-26 · 31 min
E20 Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3
unrated2020-04-09 · 28 min
A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!
E21 History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C)
unrated2020-04-23 · 26 min
Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!
E22 Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials)
unrated2020-05-07 · 23 min
…or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.
E23 (Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites)
unrated2020-05-21 · 20 min
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.
E24 Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation)
unrated2020-06-04 · 31 min
…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.