Oddity Archive Season 5

July. 07,2016      TV-PG
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis

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.

Episode 24 : Video Magazines (or, Oddity Archive: Issue #126)
May. 25,2017
And welcome to the Oddity Ar-ar-ar-ar-ar-arc-arch-(SLAP)-Archive!
Episode 23 : Going (Proto-)Mobile! (Sony Data Discman & Apple Newton)
May. 11,2017
With all this talk of so-called “mobile devices” these days, it seemed worth taking a look into.
Episode 22 : Useless VHS Tapes
April. 27,2017
No, this isn’t about those 100 million (or more) copies of “Titanic” and “Jerry Maguire”—useless as they are.
Episode 21 : Ben's Random Reel-To-Reel Haul
April. 13,2017
A mere 5 years in the making! You’d never know it though…
Episode 20 : DBX Noise Reduction System
March. 30,2017
And welcome to the Oddity Archive…the show that rapidly contracts and expands—but clearly not rapidly enough.
Episode 19 : Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel
March. 16,2017
Oddity Archive®: Now with new Superlife® coating!
Episode 18 : Minidisc
March. 02,2017
It’s (100% showtune-free) Musical March (read: Audio Geek March, “Musical March” is just a lot catchier) in Archiveland! Let’s kick it off with a little reevaluation of a format that I’ve bashed in the past.
Episode 17 : Random Kiddie Records
February. 16,2017
Crank up the Fisher-Price turntable!
Episode 16 : VHS Vault Vol. 11(D-I-V-O-R-C-E)
February. 02,2017
‘Tis the season for love—and love gone down the garbage disposer.
Episode 15 : Local TV Vol. 5 (More Local Commercials)
January. 19,2017
Bargain Bennie is having his all-time biggest sale on local (and regional) TV commercials! Get ‘em before they’re gone!
Episode 14 : VideoGuide (+2 other early Interactive Program Guides)
January. 05,2017
Looking at the Interactive Program Guide’s especially awkward adolescence.
Episode 13 : Christmas Special 2016 (A Musical Masochist's Christmas)
December. 22,2016
The most deep-hurtingest Christmas ever!
Episode 12 : The Official Oddity Archive® Idiot’s Guide To A/V Transfer
December. 08,2016
The second (and hopefully final) installment in the Archive’s “Idiot’s Guide” how-to series.
Episode 11 : Top 10 Gaming Turkeys (of the 80's & 90's)
November. 24,2016
Another Thanksgiving episode? Must be time to unload some more proverbial turkeys (now more cynically than ever)!
Episode 10 : VHS Vault Vol. 10 (Learning With The Stars)
November. 10,2016
…because as we all know, learning is most fun with famous people.
Episode 9 : Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016)
October. 27,2016
This is your Civil Defense announcer speaking (er, typing) with a VERY important message. But first, this nearly 27-minute Oddity Archive episode. NOTE: Yes, I’m well aware that the LP’s discussed in the video have nothing to do with the Conelrad broadcasting stuff—just humor me, will ya?
Episode 8 : Betamax
October. 13,2016
The Archive takes it to the max--the Betamax, that is.
Episode 7 : The Official Oddity Archive Guide To Retro A/V
September. 29,2016
…because I haven’t REALLY opened myself up to mass criticism for a long time now.
Episode 6 : Talking House Transmitter Redux (or, Part 15 Microbroadcasting: The Final Chapter?)
September. 15,2016
Oddity Archive: Your home for absurd, costly and borderline-useless “broadcast” experiments since 2015!
Episode 5 : Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul
September. 01,2016
Oddity Archive®: Now in ULTRA lo-fi!
Episode 4 : LaserKaraoke Vol. 4 (+ VHS Karaoke Vol. 1)
August. 18,2016
Crank it up and sing along! The madness will naturally follow.
Episode 3 : Home Shopping Channels
August. 04,2016
Have your credit cards handy because we're about to launch our own Home-Shopping-type channel! What could possibly go wrong?
Episode 2 : Record Ripoffs Vol. 6 (98% 70's-free!)
July. 21,2016
…dragging the Record Ripoff concept kicking and screaming out of the 70’s. What the hell was I thinking?!?
Episode 1 : How I Spent My Summer III (Super Betamax/Software-Defined Radio/ Talking House Transmitter)
July. 07,2016
A little success, a little failure, a little intrigue, a little frustration. In other words, your standard between-season break for Ben.

Seasons

Season 6
Season 6 2017
Season 5
Season 5 2016
Season 4
Season 4 2015
Season 3
Season 3 2014
Season 2
Season 2 2013
Season 1
Season 1 2012

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