2012-07-05 8/10
Overview
The Oddity Archive is a web series that revolves around the "cultural dustbin", especially as it pertains to media. The Archive also functions as an actual archive of sorts, with a modest collection of off-air Betamax and VHS recordings (about 400 total as of June, 2014). There's also a decent collection of ephemeral video, "ripoff" and "drugstore" LP's/cassettes/8-tracks, as well as (working) obsolete technology.
Director : Ben Minnotte
Writer : Ben Minnotte
Cast
Ben Minnotte
Seasons List
Specials
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1. Donny Osmond - Soldier of Love (Michael Bay Salute)
2. National Anthem Conspiracy Theory
3. Everlasting Love
4. The Max Headroom Incident of 1987 (Commentary)
5. Sounds to Make You Shiver
6. TV Sign-Offs (Commentary)
7. Emergency Broadcast Salute (Commentary)
8. Freedom is a Hammer (Album Review)
9. American EXXXtasy (Commentary)
10. Greetings From the Stars (Sort Of)
11. Ask the Archive
12. Archive Riffs: Petaluma Chicken
13. Local TV Special (Commentary)
14. Archive Riffs: Greedy Humpty Dumpty
15. VHS Vault Vol. 1 (Amvest Video) (Commentary)
16. Archive Riffs: Say No to Strangers
17. National Anthem Conspiracy Theory (Redux)
18. Halloween Special 2012 (Commentary)
19. Hallmark Presents: Spooky Sounds
20. Archive Riffs: Dining Together
21. Christmas Special 2012 (A Fair Use Christmas) (Commentary)
22. Archive Riffs: A Christmas Fantasy
23. TV DX-ing
24. Archive Riffs: Live & Learn
25. Archive Riffs: Cigarette Commercials
26. Backwards Masking (Commentary)
27. A Nice Pair (of early, European VCR's)
28. Blooper Reel
29. VHS Vault Vol. 5 - Y2K (Commentary)
30. Archive Riffs: Atomic Alert (Elementary Edition)
31. Ben's Junk: Sony Super Betamax
32. Ben's Junk: VideoNow PVD Player
33. Format Wars 2 (COMMENTARY)
34. Ben's Junk: VHS Camcorder (RCA CC285)
35. The Great Archive Treasure Hunt (Commentary)
36. Ben's Junk: Tascam Cassette Portastudio
37. Halloween Special 2013 (Commentary)
38. Ben's Junk : 8-Track/Cassette "Adaptor"
39. Ben's Junk: Multi-System VHS VCR (Hitachi VT-M768EM)
40. Ben's Junk: JVC S-VHS VCR (S7600U)
41. Ben's Junk: LaserKaraoke/Laserdisc Player (Pioneer CLD-S304)
42. 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Commentary)
43. The DuMont Network (Deleted Game Show Segment)
44. Ben's Junk: Handheld Electronic Games
45. Ben's Junk: B-Movies & cult Classics
46. Ben Tries Finnish Candy
47. Ben's Junk: WebTV Box
48. The Death of Analog TV (Commentary)
49. Ben's Junk: Super 8 Sound Projector (Sears Sound II - Model 9258)
50. Archive Riffs: Self-Conscious Guy
51. Oddity Archive: Episode 78.4 - VHS Vault Vol. 6 (How's Your Sex Life?) (COMMENTARY)
52. (Unofficial) Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I (model 220)
53. Ben's Junk: 8-Track (and related) Oddities
54. Ben's Junk: Sony DT-30 (External VCR Timer)
55. Ben Tries Bonomo's Turkish Taffy
56. Ben's Junk: Rejuvenique Revisited (plus Contest!)
57. Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique) (Commentary)
58. An Overly Nostalgic Halloween (or, For The Want of a Pail)
59. For The Want of a Pail (Conclusion)
60. Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder
61. Ben Tries (Thanksgiving Edition) (or, Ben tries Australian Stuff)
62. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
63. Archive Riffs: A Christmas Dream
64. Ben's CED Collection (Deleted Segment from CED Episode)
65. Ben's Junk: Guitars! Guitars!! Guitars!!!
66. Ben's Junk: Ben's Philips CD-I Collection
67. Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I Peacekeeper Revolver
68. Ben's Junk: Ben's (Incomplete) Comedy LP Collection
69. Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Movie Viewer
70. Ben's Junk: Commodore 64 (& Peripherals)
71. Ben's Junk: Sony TT-100 Tuner/Timer (for U-Matic)
72. Commodore 64 (Commentary)
73. Ben's Junk: VCR Co-Pilot
74. Archive Riffs: Fox Hour Promotional Reel
75. Record Ripoffs (Commentary)
76. Ben's Junk: Magnavox Odyssey 2 (Video Game Console)
77. Ben's Junk: Colecovision Video Game Console
78. Ben's Junk: (Some Of) Ben's Vinyl Collection
79. "The Voice" Module (for Magnavox Odyssey 2)
80. Flexplay Disposable DVD Update
81. Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Star Station Sing-Along Machine
82. Fisher-Price PXL-2000 Camcorder (Commentary)
83. Ben's Junk: bob (Another Nanny Box)
84. Ben's Junk: DVD Recorder (Panasonic DMR-E55)
85. Ben's Junk: Gemmy Douglas Fir Talking Christmas Tree
86. Ben's Junk: Ben's Comic Book Collection
87. Ben's Junk: Learn To Solder Kit
88. Ben’s Junk: MD Walkman (Minidisc Addendum)
89. Ben's Junk: RCA Selectavision CED Player (SGT 250)
90. Ben's Junk: Ben's Audiophile Albums
91. Ben's Junk: Vtech Socrates Educational Video System
92. Ben's Junk: Videocipher II Plus/Manhattan Cable TV Box
93. Ben's Junk: go reader (Audiobook Device)
94. Archive Riffs: Dear Miss Gloria
95. DBX Noise Reduction System (Commentary)
96. Ben's Junk: Las Vegas Vacation (1997)
97. Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 1)
98. Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 2)
99. Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Tape (Azimuth Alignment Cassette)
100. Ben's Junk: DBX Cassettes (DBX Addendum)
101. Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Disc (Turntable Cartridge Alignment Tool)
102. Ben’s Junk: (New) Speed Calibration Cassette
103. Ben's Junk: CVS One-Time-Use Video Camcorder
104. Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016) (Commentary)
105. Ben’s Junk: The World of Yesterday (Classic Hollywood Fanzines)
106. Ben's Junk: Realistic Phono Pre-Amp (Model 42-2109)
107. Ben's Junk: Vidicraft Vidimate Video Enhancer (Model VDM300S)
108. Ben's Junk: Star Shower Laser Light
109. Ben's Junk: Sankyo Dualux Dual8 Projector (Model 2000H)
110. Ben's Junk: Allsop 3 Orbitrac Record Cleaning System
111. Ben's Junk: JVC KD-A6 Cassette Deck
112. Ben's Junk: Discwasher Compact Disc Cleaner
113. Ben's Junk: Royal Disc Repair System
114. Ben's Junk: The Archive HQ Bookshelf
115. Ben’s Junk: MP32C64 Adapter (Commodore Datasette Substitute)
116. Archive Thrifting #1: Impromptu Investigations
117. Archive Thrifting #2: Arc of a (Dumpster) Diver
118. Ben's Junk: K-Tel Record Selector
119. Ben's Junk: Teac V-770 Cassette Deck
120. Discovision Dead Sides
121. Ben's Junk: ABC Talking Monday Night Football (Board Game)
122. Archive Riffs: Selling Your Home?
123. Archive Thrifting #3: Beautiful Downtown Aurora's Last Stand
124. Ben's Junk: Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit
125. Ben's Junk: Audio Technica AT-LP120 Turntable (Early Thoughts)
126. Ben's Junk: Ben's Makeshift Bedroom Stereo System
127. Ben's Junk: Ramsey FM Transmitter (Further Experiments)
128. Ask The Archive Live (9/14/2018)
129. Archive Thrifting #4: Elvis Sightings
130. Archive Thrifting #5: Low Money Hu$tla
131. Sounds of Terror! (Halloween Album Review)
132. Ben's Junk: Pac-Man Fever (Pac-Man Mini Arcades)
133. Archive Riffs: Thanksgiving Commercials
134. NES Classic Edition (The Last Word?)
135. Christmas LaserKaraoke (Deleted Segment)
136. Ben's Junk: Nagaoka MP-110H Phono Cartridge
137. Ben's Junk: Sega Pico ("Edutainment" Console)
138. Ben's Junk: SNES Classic Edition (Belated) First Impressions)
139. Ben’s Junk: Tyco VideoCam (Another Kiddie Camcorder)
140. Archive Riffs: Valentine’s Day Commercials (A Semi-Romantic Tale)
141. Archive Thrifting #6: Frostbite Falls
142. Ben's Junk: Ronco Mr. Microphone
143. Ben’s Junk: GAF 3100S Super 8 Film Projector
144. Ben's Junk: The Big Reel (Film Collector’s Magazine)
145. Discovision/Laserdisc Quirks (An Informal Discussion)
146. Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 2
147. Ben’s Junk: VGA Converters/Public Domain CD-ROMs
148. Ben’s Junk: Innovative Technologies ITNS-500 Slide “Scanner”
149. Archive Riffs: Clutch Cargo (Big “X”, Pts. 4 & 5)
150. Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm (Commentary)
151. Archive Thrifting #7: Wii, Wii, All The Way Home
152. Record Ripoffs Commercial Parodies (Vols. 1–9)
153. Ben's Junk: Video Action Magazine (Issue #1: December, 1980)
154. Bennytronics Guitar Noise Experiment (Analog, Circa 1980-style) (COMPLETE SEGMENT)
155. Ben's Junk: Ben's Laserdisc Collection (2019 Edition)
156. Fostex X-14/Ben's Music "Career": The Gear
157. Ben's Junk: Whippany Rhythm Master (Circa 1972 Drum Machine)
158. Ben's Junk: Burns Theremin
159. Archive Thrifting #8: Break IT You Pay For IT
160. Haunted House (Halloween SFX Album Review)
161. Telesound 13 (Moog/Realistic Concertmate MG-1)
162. Ben's Junk: Realistic Concertmate (Moog) MG-1 Synthesizer
163. Ben's Junk: Sony DCR-TRV320 Digital8 Handycam (Video8 Addendum)
164. Ben's Junk: Archer Video Processor/Stabilizer (Model 15-1272A)
165. Algorithmic Audio Mastering (CloudBounce Review)
166. Archive Thrifting #9: Christmas Confidential
167. Archive Riffs: Boxing Day Commercials (er, Adverts)
168. MovieCD
169. Ben's Junk: Cult VHS (& A Few DVD's) (2020 Edition)
170. Ben's Junk: Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD Audio Interface
171. Ben's Junk: Behringer neutron (analog, Monophonic) Synthesizer
172. F.D.G. (Oddity Archive Sign-Off Muzak)
173. Ben's Junk: Industrial Laserdiscs/ Anderic (Reproduction) Service Remote
174. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 4.5: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch Multitracks (An Addendum)
175. Enhanced CD's (& other multimedia CD's) (an informal chat)
176. Ben's Junk: The OA (semi-)Supercomputer/OA Recording Studio Redux
177. Ben's Junk: Sony SLO-325 Industrial Betamax
178. Ben's Junk: 1953 & 1956 Hoffman Television Catalogs
179. Ben's Junk: Tiger Quiz Wiz
180. Ben Minnotte - Switched-On Pavanned (Moog Instrumental)
181. Ben Minnotte - The Happy Moog (Gets Stuck In Rush Hour) ("Moog" Instrumental)
182. Ben's Junk: First Alert FTR-960R Time-Lapse VCR (+ Time-Lapse Tape)
183. Archive Riffs: Moving Up To Amateur Radio
184. Archive Thrifting #10: Before We Were SO Rudely Interrupted
185. Ben's Junk: Sony U-Matic & Industrial Betamax Wired Remotes
186. The Battle At Elderbush Gulch (2020 Redux)
187. Archive Thrifting #11: This Can Not Be The Right Price Deal
188. Ben's Junk: Pioneer RH-65 8-Track Deck
189. Ben's Junk: Denon UD-M30 CD Receiver
190. Pavanned (Documentary Style) (Vaporwave?)
191. In Your Hands (Violin & "Mellotron" Thing)
192. Ep. 200 Rebuttal & Deleted Scenes
193. Nitrogené (Synth Instrumental)
194. Ben's Junk: JVC HR-S7600U S-VHS ET VCR (REVISITED)
195. Ben's Junk: Buster Keaton Video Collection
196. Archive Thrifting #12: (Not-So) Scary Deals
197. Ben's Junk: (New) Polaroid 600 Film (& old camera(s))
198. Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's Audiocassette Collection
199. Ben's Junk: (New) Dubreq Stylophone
200. Archive Thrifting #13: Deck The Hauls
201. Ben's Junk: (some of) Ben's Vinyl Collection Vol. 2
202. Ben's Junk: Sega Genesis Mini (Miniature Game Console)
203. Home Video Recording, 1972-Style (or, Ben's Complete U-Matic Rig)
204. Ben's Junk: Toshiba 20AF43 CRT TV
205. Archive Thrifting #14: (Non-)Luck of the (Non-)Irish
206. Phonies (Answering Machine Greetings)
207. Archive Riffs: A Taxing Set of Commercials (Tax Day Special)
208. Ben's Junk: GPX Digital TV Tuner + Recorder
209. A Geeky Evening With Benny-Boy
210. Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance Box Pro (Video Capture Device)
211. Ben's Junk: JVC HM-DH30000U & Mitsubishi HD-HS2000u D-VHS VCR's
212. Episode 200 (Behind The Box) (Commentary)
213. Archive Thrifting #15: Out Of This World Deals
214. Ben's Junk: Akai GX-220 Reel-To-Reel Audiotape Deck
215. History of VHS (COMPLETE SERIES)
216. Ben's Casino Travelogue (Deleted Segment From How I Spent My Summer VIII)
217. Archive Thrifting #16: La Cage Aux Thrifting
218. VCR Cleaning (A Public Service Video)
219. Channel Update (9/2021) (Sony AV-3600 Update, Sencore VA62, etc.)
220. VCR Rabbit Revisited
221. Ben's Junk: Video Store Regulars (& Memories)
222. Ben’s Junk: Wolverine Moviemaker Pro 8mm & Super8 Film Scanner
223. Archive Thrifting #17: Spooktacular Savings
224. Thereminiature/Pavanned (Version 6.66)
225. Ben's Junk: Sony Digital Mavica (Model MVC-FD73) (Floppy Disk Digital Camera from 1999)
226. Ben's Junk: Coolmusic Ring Modulator (& other FX) ("Max Headroom" Hijacker Voice)
227. Ben's Junk: Christmas TV VHS & DVD's
228. Archive Thrifting #18: Shortwave Santa
229. Ben’s Music “Career” (The Complete Saga)
230. Ben's Junk: Keyfax Update/Pioneer GGF1381 Laserdisc Service Remote/Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 3
231. The Wire (via Sony PCM-701ES, Betamax)
232. Ben's Junk: VuPoint Digital Video Converter (or, the circa 2010 YouTube video device)
233. Ben's Junk: The Clapper
234. Laserdisc Laser Rot
235. Ben's Junk: Magnus Chord Organ
236. Ben's Junk: Blonder-Tongue BTX-111 "Ultraverter" (& ONTV Box Update)
237. Ben's Junk: Prog & Metal VHS, Beta & Laserdiscs
238. Ben's Junk: Newtek Calibar (A Pen-Sized Test Pattern Generator)
239. A BENefit for a new computer…or a loose Ask The Archive
240. Ben's Junk: Hotronic AP41 (Frame Synchronizer & Time Base Corrector)
241. The “Can I Remember It?” stream (or, a smaller BENefit)
242. CD Frustrations & Easter Eggs
243. A Tour of the New OA Computer Rig (OA Computer Tour 2022)
244. Ben's Junk: Sony CVM-51UW and Panasonic WV-BM990 CRT Monitors
245. The Eraser Laserdisc Experiment
246. Archive Thrifting #19: Radios, Radios
247. Archive Riffs: Hey, Stop That!
248. Ben's Junk: Midland WR400 NOAA Weather Radio (& other Radio Ramblings)
249. Ben's Junk: Sony SRF-A100 AM/AM Stereo/FM Portable Radio
250. Archive Thrifting #20: Fair(mont) (St.) Clouds over Mankato
251. Ben Repairs: Radio Shack Executive Stress Eliminator
252. Sony Videocorders Update (CV-2100 & AV-3600) (8/2022)
253. Ben's Junk: Tyler Portable TV (model TTV701-7)
254. Ben's Junk: Sears Whisper-Matic IV (& Victorian-Era Theater Slides)
255. Ben's Junk: Ben's Blackhawk Films Collection (minus the videotapes)
256. Ben's Junk: Sony Trinitron PVM-1343MD (Professional Video Monitor)
257. Archive Thrifting #21: We Already Have Halloween At Home
258. Benny M.'s TV Party (Commentary)
259. Halloween Special 2022 Blooper Reel
260. Ben's Junk: Telemeter Pay TV Box (Circa 1960)
261. Ben's Junk: Favorite (and/or Notable) Christmas Albums
262. Archive Thrifting #22: Christmas In Elbonia
263. Archive Thrifting #23: Holiday Hangover
264. Magna-Guard (or, Copy-Protection, Vol. 3)
265. Ben's Junk: RCA BW003 (1978 Home Video Camera)
266. Ben's Junk: Forbidden KLAK (via the Archer Multiple Video Distribution System)
267. Ben's Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) FM Wireless Lavalier Microphone System (Circa 1988)
268. Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's TV-on-DVD Collection
269. Ben's Junk: Hitachi Visionbook Pro 7560 Laptop (or, My 1st, failed attempt at a Windows 98 Rig)
270. Ben's Junk: Ben's Mad Magazine Stash
271. Noelle's Mystery Tapes (& Channel Update - 4/2023)
272. Ben's Junk: 80's Music Videos (on Laserdisc)
273. Ben's Ugly A/V Rack
274. Betacam SP (1st Test...From A Newbie's Perspective)
275. Christmas Morning on a June Evening (or, Mail Day From Tyrone)
276. Archive Thrifting #24: The Delicate Sound of Thrifting
277. Ben's Junk: X-10 Videosender (another VCR Rabbit-esque device)
278. Revenge of the Sony AV-3600 Videocorder (1st Test)
279. Archive Thrifting #25: 3M (Moderate Minnesota Madness)
280. Fix It or Forget It? (NEC S-VHS Deck)
281. Ben's Junk: 1966 (partial) Zenith Phonevision Pay TV Box
282. Ben's Junk: SelecTV Pay TV Box
283. Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance ViewLite AV (Video Capture Device)
284. Ben's Junk: Sears Du-All Eight (8mm Viewer/Editor)
285. Archive Thrifting #26: Indian Summer
286. Ben's Junk: Sharp VL-E47 "Viewcam" (Video8 Camcorder, circa 1995)
287. Archive Thrifting #28: Scandalous Santa
288. Archive Thrifting #29 (Christmas Leftovers)
289. Ben's Junk: Ben's Rifftrax DVD & Blu-Ray Collection
290. Ben's Junk: Denon RCD-N10 CD Receiver
291. Ben's Junk: Magnavox H2160MW9 (or, Exploring Someone's Old Personal DVR)
292. Ben's Junk: Wometco Home Theatre (WHT) Pay TV Decoder Box
293. Ben’s Junk: ClearClick Video2USB/ A Tour of Ben’s Livestream Setup
294. How To Unstretch Video (via HandBrake)
295. Ben's Junk: Laser Video File Laserdisc Catalog (Mid-1992)
296. Ben's Junk: Some More of Ben's Audiocassette Collection (Mystery Box!)
297. Magnavox H2160MW9 Personal DVR/DVD Recorder UPDATE (A Failure)
298. Ben's Junk: Videolok (VCR Anti-Theft Device)
299. Ben's Junk: Rhoades Teledapter (TV Stereo Simulator)
300. Windows 98 Laptop Update (4/2024)
301. CD Rot Rant
302. Ben A.'s Mystery Tapes (A Not-So-Livestream)
303. Windows 98 Laptop Update (5/2024) (She Lives!)
304. Ben's Junk: Whole House FM Transmitter 3.0
305. Ben Vs. The Cursed U-Matic Tape
306. Archive Thrifting #30: Wet Fireworks
307. Ben's Junk: A Tower of Vidicraft
308. Quasar Great Time Machine (Round 2?)
309. Ben's Junk: My First DVD's
310. Ben's Junk: JamC@m Digital Camera
311. Archive Thrifting #31: Summer's End
312. More Fun With Moldy U-Matic Tapes
313. Ben's Junk: :CueCat Barcode Scanner
314. Ben's Junk: Sencore "Little Huey" Test Pattern Generator
315. Ben's Junk: Casio CMD-10 watch
316. Ben's Junk: Laserviews Laserdisc Magazines
317. Archive Thrifting #32: Halloween Hootenanny
318. Halloween Special 2023 (Season of the Wince) (Commentary)
319. Ben's Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) Astronaut 8 Radio
320. Ben's Junk: Down Beat Magazine (10/23/1975)
321. Ben’s Junk: Thanksgiving Traditions (and not-so-traditions)
322. Ben’s Junk: VHS is Life Mold Cleaning Rig REDUX
323. Archive Thrifting #33: Christmas Clutter
324. Ben’s Junk: Epiphone ED-100NS Acoustic Guitar
325. Ben’s (Failed) Gimmick CD (A Rant)
326. Ben’s Junk: NuReality Vivid 3D (Mock Surround Sound Processor)
327. Ben's Junk: Optoma PK320 Pico Pocket Projector
328. Albums I Love (That I’m Supposed To Hate)
329. Monkeeing Around
330. Ben’s Junk: Sony eMarker (SoundHound before SoundHound)
331. DiscoVision Dead Sides Vol. 5
332. Ben’s Junk: RCA RC5230Z DIVX/DVD Player (More “Deadware”)
333. 25 Pounds of Laserdiscs (Mail Day From Paul C.)
334. Ben's Junk: Half A Halloween Movie Collection
335. Ben’s Junk: APF TV Fun (“Sportsarama” Model)
336. Pre-Recorded SuperBeta (and some minor mythbusting)
337. Ben’s Junk: Sears Tele-Games Pinball Breakaway (Atari Video Pinball)
338. State of the Archive Address/General Chat/Q&A (5/30/2025)
339. Ben’s Junk: (Some of) Ben’s Vinyl Collection Vol. 3
340. A Lot of Cartrivision (A Prelude?)
341. Thrifting Delivery (Mail Day From Nick S.)
342. Ben's Junk: The Worst (and Ben's First) Portable TV
343. State of the Archive Address (7/2025)
344. OA Update (7/28/2025)
345. Ben’s Junk: Sony Color Watchman (FDT-5BX5)
346. Ben's Junk: Boyalink Wireless Lavalier Microphone
347. OA Update (8/18/2025)
348. These DVD-R’s are JUNK!/Another Cursed Tape?
349. Ben’s Junk: Laserdisc Acquisitions (2019-2025)
350. Ben’s Junk: Robins Cassette Erase-Tab Remover
351. Ben's Junk: Casio LCD Handheld TV's
352. YouTube A.I.-Generated Episode Topics
353. Ben’s Junk: Behringer Solina String Ensemble (ARP Synth Clone)
354. Archiveland Public Domain Theatre: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) (Silent Movie Day 2025)
355. Ben’s Junk: e-kara Handheld Karaoke
Season 1
No description available.
1. The Max Headroom Incident of 1987
2. Emergency Broadcast Salute
3. TV Sign-offs
4. Local TV Special
5. American EXXXtacy (and other C-band nastiness)
6. Conservative Folk Music
7. Format Wars
8. 1-900-ARCHIVE
9. Halloween Special 2012 (Strange VHS Endings)
10. Captain Midnight / Vrillon
11. Pay TV (but not Cable or Satellite)
12. Top (Thanksgiving) Turkeys of the (19)90's
13. Local TV vol. 2 (Kiddie Show Hosts)
14. Christmas Special (A Fair Use Christmas)
15. Teletext Heaven (or Hell)
16. Intermission
17. Prehistoric Television
18. gniksaM sdrawkcaB (Backwards Masking)
19. Valentine's Day Special (Dating Services)
20. Local TV vol. 3 (Public Access)
21. Protect & Survive
22. Duck & Cover
23. Scary Logos (and other Nostalgic Video Terrors)
24. Hell's Bells (The Dangers of Rock and Roll)
25. Employee Training Videos
26. VHS Vault vol. 1 (Amvest Video)
Season 2
No description available.
1. Bicentennial Fever
2. Record Ripoffs
3. VHS Vault Vol. 2 (Fashion Videos)
4. Archive LaserKaraoke Party! (LaserKaraoke)
5. Number Stations (And Other Radio Oddities)
6. The EAS Zombie Hoax of 2013
7. 8-Tracks (or, The Care & Feeding Of Your 8-Track)
8. VHS Vault Vol. 3 (Gambling Videos)
9. Kiddie Disco Records
10. Halloween Special 2013 (Italian Dance Party/Son of Halloween Riffs)
11. Format Wars Vol. 2 (Pre-Betamax)
12. VHS Vault Vol. 4 (VCR Games)
13. QUBE Interactive TV
14. A Bargain Bin Christmas (or, Ben's Holiday Hits!)
15. Infomercials
16. Industrial Musicals (or, The Archive Sells Out!)
17. Educational Film Salute (or, The Stock Footage Special!)
18. Teknikel Diffikultees (Technical Difficulties)
19. PSA's (or, The More You Know, The Less You Understand)
20. Interstitials
21. A Tour of the Archive (or, roll up for the Magical, Mysterious Archive Tour)
22. More Record Rip-Offs
23. Test Cards (and Patterns)
24. Going Analog
25. Weather Warnings
26. VHS Vault Vol. 5 (Y2K Apocalypse Party!)
Season 3
No description available.
1. U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)
2. The Great Archive Treasure Hunt
3. Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)
4. Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
5. LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)
6. Laserdiscs (and their children)
7. Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)
8. Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)
9. Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
10. Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)
11. Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)
12. Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses
13. Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
14. Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)
15. Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)
16. 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)
17. VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)
18. The DuMont Network
19. Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)
20. Audiocassette-Based Board Games
21. Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
22. Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)
23. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
24. Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)
25. WebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover)
26. The Death of Analog TV
Season 4
No description available.
1. Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15)
2. Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test)
3. Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)
4. LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1)
5. CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)
6. VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To)
7. Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over)
8. Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015)
9. VCR Ephemera
10. Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)
11. Prehistoric Pay-Per-View
12. Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015)
13. VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)
14. Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)
15. VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games)
16. Prevue Channel(s)
17. Airline Safety Videos
18. Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)
19. Calibration & Test Laserdiscs
20. Adult Party Albums
21. Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay)
22. Commodore 64
23. VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)
24. VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision)
Season 5
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1. How I Spent My Summer III
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 6 (98% 70's-free!)
3. Home Shopping Channels
4. LaserKaraoke Vol. 4 (+ VHS Karaoke Vol. 1)
5. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul
6. Talking House Transmitter Redux (or, Part 15 Microbroadcasting: The Final Chapter?)
7. The Official Oddity Archive Guide To Retro A/V
8. Betamax
9. Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016)
10. VHS Vault Vol. 10 (Learning With The Stars)
11. Top 10 Gaming Turkeys (of the 80's and 90's)
12. The Official Oddity Archive® Idiot’s Guide To A/V Transfer
13. Christmas Special 2016 (A Musical Masochist's Christmas)
14. VideoGuide (+2 other early Interactive Program Guides)
15. Local TV Vol. 5 (More Local Commercials)
16. VHS Vault Vol. 11(D-I-V-O-R-C-E)
17. Random Kiddie Records
18. Minidisc
19. Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel
20. DBX Noise Reduction System
21. Ben's Random Reel-To-Reel Haul
22. Useless VHS Tapes
23. Going (Proto-)Mobile! (Sony Data Discman & Apple Newton)
24. Video Magazines (or, Oddity Archive: Issue #126)
Season 6
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1. How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)
3. Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)
4. Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)
5. LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)
6. Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)
7. As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)
8. Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)
9. "Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)
10. VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)
11. The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)
12. Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)
13. Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)
14. Phoney Nostalgia
15. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2
16. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1)
17. Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
18. Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs
19. VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)
20. Silent-Era Talking Pictures
21. Vinyl Potpourri
22. Loudness Wars
23. Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)
24. Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)
25. Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)
Season 7
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1. How I Spent My Summer V: The New Frontier
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 8 (‘80’s & ‘90’s Hits!)
3. Ben’s Music “Career” Vol. 2 (The Outsider Years, Pt. 2)
4. The Archive Drive-In Movie Theater (or, more fun with Part 15 microbroadcasting)
5. VHS Vault Vol. 14 (Be Cruel About Fire Safety)
6. LaserKaraoke Vol. 6 (Repeat Offenders)
7. Pioneer CLD-D605 (or, Laserdiscs, Vol. 2)
8. Emergency Broadcast Salute, Vol. 2 (Halloween Special 2018)
9. Philips DCC (Digital Compact Cassette)
10. Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 2 (Deeper Cuts)
11. Ben Vs. The Mo(u)ldy Mystery PAL VHS Tapes
12. Christmas Special 2018 (Ben's Christmas Crackers)
13. DBX Noise Reduction Revisited
14. Local TV Vol. 6 (More Public Access)
15. Ben's ONTV Box/ Non-Cable Pay TV Vol. 2
16. The Care & Feeding of Audiocassettes
17. Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 1 (Something Weird & Rhino)
18. Laserdisc Games (but not LaserActive or Arcade)
19. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 3 (The Transitional Years)
20. Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm
21. VHS Vault Vol. 15 (Potty All The Time)
22. The Branson Tapes
Season 8
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1. How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019)
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!)
3. The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style)
4. Scanimate
5. Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows)
6. LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies)
7. Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention)
8. Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom")
9. After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019)
10. Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children)
11. Top 10 Earworms (to date)
12. Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies)
13. Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's
14. History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's)
15. Theatrical Policy Trailers
16. VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale)
17. Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...)
18. Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch
19. Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels)
20. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3
21. History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C)
22. Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials)
23. (Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites)
24. Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation)
Season 9
No description available.
1. How I Spent My Summer VII (A Change of Plans)
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 10 (A Tribute To...)
3. Oddity Archive: Behind The Box (A Documentary)
4. Early Color Film (but not Technicolor)
5. History of VHS, Vol. 3 (S-VHS)
6. Cheesy Logos
7. Pioneer Promotional Laserdiscs
8. VHS Vault Vol. 17 (Vampires & Pumpkins) (Halloween Special 2020)
9. Benny's Birthday Bash
10. OA Lost Classics (or, The Ones That Got OA)
11. The Ballad of Raymond Rohauer
12. Christmas Special 2020 (Chunks of Christmas Coal)
13. PSA's Vol. 2 (or, Only You Can Prevent PSA's)
14. Prehistoric Videotape (The Road To Quadruplex)
15. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 5 (Minn-Knot/The End?)
16. Ben Vs. The Space-Race Tapes
17. Ben Vs. The Wheel Of Fortune TV Play-Along
18. Cheap Radio Thrills
19. Weather Warnings Vol. 2 (Looks Like We're In For Nasty Weather)
20. KeyFax Rides Again (Teletext in the U.S.)
21. VHS Vault Vol. 18 (So You wanna Be A Rock N' Roll Star)
22. Gag Reels
23. History of VHS, Vol. 4 (D-VHS/Demise & Resurrection)
Season 10
No description available.
1. How I Spent My Summer VIII (Ben Vs. The Sony AV-3600 Videocorder)
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 11 ('80's Hits: Woodgrain & Neon)
3. USA Networkisms (A Willfully Premature Eulogy)
4. Random CD's
5. Silent Treatment (A Celebration of Silent Movie Day)
6. Dodgy Demo DVD's
7. Benny M.'s TV Party (Halloween Special 2021)
8. Bad '80's Syndicated Sitcoms
9. OA's Greatest Commercials
10. FBI Film Raids & Betamax Blues
11. Christmas Special 2021 (A Good Ol' Archive Christmas)
12. PCM Audio on Videotape (Betamax, VHS & U-Matic)
13. Overplayed Commercials (1960's - 2001)
14. Valentine's Day Special 2022 (It's A Love Thing)
15. Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 3 (Gimmick Records)
16. Prehistoric UHF (Early UHF TV in the U.S.)
17. Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 2 (Sinister Cinema & Vestron Video)
18. VHS Vault Vol. 19 (Business Scams)
19. Radio Stunting
20. Ben Vs. The Massey-Ferguson Tapes
21. Early MP3 Players (Diamond Rio & RCA Lyra 2)
22. CX Audio Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
Season 11
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1. In Search of AM Stereo (or, How I Spent My Summer IX)
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 12 (Gon' Country)
3. Bad(?) '90's Syndicated Sitcoms
4. The Ballad of Peter Lemongello
5. The Warped Afterlives of Metropolis & Phantom of the Opera (Silent Movie Day 2022)
6. 8mm (& Super 8) Souvenir Films
7. The Phantom of the Archive (Halloween Special 2022)
8. VHS Vault Vol. 20 (High-Concept Videos)
9. Oddity Archive's Greatest Hits (according to YouTube)
10. Ben Vs. The Elmo Super 8 Camera (or, Super 8 Film in 2022)
11. Christmas (C)Rapping (Christmas Special 2022)
12. (Bad) Movie-Based Sitcoms
13. Weather Warnings Vol. 3 (Winter Edition)
14. Pointless Products (or, As Seen On TV Commercials, Vol. 2)
15. Laserdisc Video Magazines (or, Video Magazines, Vol. 2)
16. Disco Beaver From Outer Space (& other Early Cable TV-isms)
17. Philips CD-I Vol. 2 (More Revelations)
18. Mad Magazine...'s Forays Into Other Media
19. VHS Vault Vol. 21 (How To Outwit THE MAN)
20. The Early Betamax (& others) Subculture
21. American Forces Network (AFN) TV Ephemera
22. Ben Vs. The Quasar Great Time Machine
23. The Quasar Great Time Machine (VX Video Format)
Season 12
No description available.
1. In Search of AM Stereo REDUX (or, How I Spent My Summer X)
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 13 (At The Movies)
3. Random (Video) Reel-To-Reel
4. Odditytoberfest (A Smorgasbord of Musical Meatballs)
5. VHS (& Betamax) Public Domain Oddities (Silent Movie Day 2023)
6. Season of the Wince (Halloween Special 2023)
7. Great Comedians (Not-So-Great Sitcoms)
8. Ben's Favorite OA Episodes
9. VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 22 (Meet Your New VCR)
10. Cruel Yule (Christmas Special 2023)
11. TBS Networkisms
12. Cable In The Classroom/Channel One News
13. Local TV Vol. 9 (Commercials, Go Fourth)
14. Random Audiocassettes Vol. 4 (Cheese N' Sleaze)
15. TV Record Offer Greats (Slim Whitman & Boxcar Willie)
16. TV Sign-Offs Vol. 2 (Nocturnal Emissions)
Season 13
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1. How I Spent My Summer XI (Sold(i)ering On...)
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 14 (The 70's Strike Back)
3. Surréalist Sinéma (Silent Movie Day 2024)
4. Halloween Special 2023 (Season of the Wince) ("In-House" Feed)
5. OA’s Greatest VHS Tapes
6. Stocking Stinkers (Christmas Special 2024)
7. Prehistoric Comedy Central (The Comedy Channel/Ha!/CTV: The Comedy Network)
8. The All-New “Bad” 80's Syndicated Sitcoms
9. VideoSmarts (Ben’s 1st “Video Game” Console)
Season 14
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