Oddity Archive - Season 3

First aired: 7/10/2014 26 episodes
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Episodes

1. U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)

Aired: 7/10/2014

So much for taking a break...

2. The Great Archive Treasure Hunt

Aired: 7/24/2014

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.

3. Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)

Aired: 8/7/2014

We've only just begun...to hurt.

4. Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)

Aired: 8/21/2014

Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.

5. LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)

Aired: 9/4/2014

Is there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!

6. Laserdiscs (and their children)

Aired: 9/18/2014

For all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.

7. Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)

Aired: 10/2/2014

WARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer. Also, <<

8. Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)

Aired: 10/16/2014

The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.

9. Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween

Aired: 10/23/2014

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.

10. Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)

Aired: 10/30/2014

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".

11. Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)

Aired: 11/13/2014

Well, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.

12. Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses

Aired: 11/27/2014

Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).

13. Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)

Aired: 12/11/2014

And welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.

14. Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)

Aired: 12/23/2014

This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.

15. Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)

Aired: 12/31/2014

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).

16. 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)

Aired: 1/15/2015

You asked, we gave. $683.43 will now be added to your next phone bill.

17. VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)

Aired: 2/12/2015

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.

18. The DuMont Network

Aired: 1/29/2015

Maybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.

19. Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)

Aired: 2/26/2015

Q: y u no duvide gams? A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...

20. Audiocassette-Based Board Games

Aired: 3/12/2015

Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...

21. Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)

Aired: 3/26/2015

How many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!

22. Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)

Aired: 4/9/2015

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"...

23. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Aired: 4/23/2015

An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...

24. Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)

Aired: 5/7/2015

It's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.

25. WebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover)

Aired: 5/21/2015

boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!

26. The Death of Analog TV

Aired: 6/4/2015

The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.