Episode guide
Oddity Archive: Season 8
24 episodes · premiered Jul 11, 2019
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- Episode 1: How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019) Jul 11, 2019 · 35m Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.
- Episode 2: Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!) Jul 25, 2019 · 32m A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.
- Episode 3: The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style) Aug 8, 2019 · 36m Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).
- Episode 4: Scanimate Aug 22, 2019 · 19m A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.
- Episode 5: Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows) Sep 5, 2019 · 21m …and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!
- Episode 6: LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies) Sep 19, 2019 · 37m Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.
- Episode 7: Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention) Oct 3, 2019 · 28m …or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.
- Episode 8: Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom") Oct 17, 2019 · 39m Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.
- Episode 9: After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019) Oct 31, 2019 · 21m It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…
- Episode 10: Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children) Nov 14, 2019 · 23m Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.
- Episode 11: Top 10 Earworms (to date) Nov 28, 2019 · 26m Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!
- Episode 12: Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies) Dec 19, 2019 · 42m Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.
- Episode 13: Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's Jan 1, 2020 · 19m Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.
- Episode 14: History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's) Jan 16, 2020 · 22m A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.
- Episode 15: Theatrical Policy Trailers Jan 30, 2020 · 24m Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.
- Episode 16: VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale) Feb 13, 2020 · 32m It’s a love obsession at the Archive!
- Episode 17: Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...) Feb 27, 2020 · 40m We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.
- Episode 18: Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch Mar 12, 2020 · 42m Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…
- Episode 19: Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels) Mar 26, 2020 · 31m
- Episode 20: Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3 Apr 9, 2020 · 28m A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!
- Episode 21: History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C) Apr 23, 2020 · 26m Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!
- Episode 22: Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials) May 7, 2020 · 23m …or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.
- Episode 23: (Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites) May 21, 2020 · 20m 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: Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation) Jun 4, 2020 · 31m …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.