Oddity Archive - Season 8

1. How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019)

Aired: 7/11/2019

Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!)

Aired: 7/25/2019

A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.

3. The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style)

Aired: 8/8/2019

Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).

4. Scanimate

Aired: 8/22/2019

A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.

5. Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows)

Aired: 9/5/2019

…and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!

6. LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies)

Aired: 9/19/2019

Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.

7. Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention)

Aired: 10/3/2019

…or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.

8. Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom")

Aired: 10/17/2019

Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.

9. After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019)

Aired: 10/31/2019

It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…

10. Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children)

Aired: 11/14/2019

Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.

11. Top 10 Earworms (to date)

Aired: 11/28/2019

Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!

12. Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies)

Aired: 12/19/2019

Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.

13. Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's

Aired: 1/1/2020

Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.

14. History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's)

Aired: 1/16/2020

A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.

15. Theatrical Policy Trailers

Aired: 1/30/2020

Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.

16. VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale)

Aired: 2/13/2020

It’s a love obsession at the Archive!

17. Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...)

Aired: 2/27/2020

We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.

18. Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch

Aired: 3/12/2020

Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…

19. Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels)

Aired: 3/26/2020

20. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3

Aired: 4/9/2020

A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!

21. History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C)

Aired: 4/23/2020

Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!

22. Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials)

Aired: 5/7/2020

…or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.

23. (Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites)

Aired: 5/21/2020

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.

24. Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation)

Aired: 6/4/2020

…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.