Oddity Archive - Season 9

1. How I Spent My Summer VII (A Change of Plans)

Aired: 7/16/2020

Well, my (working) Summer Vacation turned into a (working) Summer Staycation…

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 10 (A Tribute To...)

Aired: 7/30/2020

Featuring some of the genuine leg ends of Rock N’ Roll!

3. Oddity Archive: Behind The Box (A Documentary)

Aired: 8/20/2020

A film made especially for the occasion by Swedish documentarian Hans Krullitzer.

4. Early Color Film (but not Technicolor)

Aired: 9/3/2020

Either the all-time most beautiful or most psychedelic episode of the Archive…we’re not sure.

5. History of VHS, Vol. 3 (S-VHS)

Aired: 9/17/2020

It’s not just VHS…it’s SUPER VHS!

6. Cheesy Logos

Aired: 10/1/2020

Just when you thought the Archive couldn’t possibly get any more tacky…

7. Pioneer Promotional Laserdiscs

Aired: 10/15/2020

Looking at a trio of (slightly misguided) discs touting Pioneer Laserdiscs and Home Theater gear…

8. VHS Vault Vol. 17 (Vampires & Pumpkins) (Halloween Special 2020)

Aired: 10/29/2020

Life has gotten so tangled lately. As such, let’s roll things back to the absolute (commercial) basics of Halloween…

9. Benny's Birthday Bash

Aired: 11/12/2020

You’re not getting older. Just crazier…

10. OA Lost Classics (or, The Ones That Got OA)

Aired: 11/26/2020

Spending Thanksgiving with some prime, succulent, deep cuts of…the Archive.

11. The Ballad of Raymond Rohauer

Aired: 12/10/2020

With (backhanded, insincere) apologies to Hunter S. Thompson: Film Preservation is a cruel and shallow nitrate ditch, a long celluloid hallway where good films rot. That’s just the negative side.

12. Christmas Special 2020 (Chunks of Christmas Coal)

Aired: 12/24/2020

It’s a Vinyl and VHS Christmas! It’s not anywhere near as cool as it sounds…

13. PSA's Vol. 2 (or, Only You Can Prevent PSA's)

Aired: 1/7/2021

Myasthenia is better than Yourasthenia. So there.

14. Prehistoric Videotape (The Road To Quadruplex)

Aired: 1/21/2021

…or, how Bing Crosby’s golf game launched a technological revolution.

15. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 5 (Minn-Knot/The End?)

Aired: 2/4/2021

Benny-boy’s unintentional swan song…or is it?

16. Ben Vs. The Space-Race Tapes

Aired: 2/18/2021

Uh-oh. Benny-boy's playing preservationist again...

17. Ben Vs. The Wheel Of Fortune TV Play-Along

Aired: 3/4/2021

18. Cheap Radio Thrills

Aired: 3/25/2021

Oddity Archive®: Where the thrills are cheap as radio, and radio is cheap as thrills…

19. Weather Warnings Vol. 2 (Looks Like We're In For Nasty Weather)

Aired: 4/8/2021

The Oddity Archiveland Service (OAS) has issued a WEATHER WARNING…warning.

20. KeyFax Rides Again (Teletext in the U.S.)

Aired: 4/22/2021

Teletext: Not just for Europeans anymore! Well, not really…

21. VHS Vault Vol. 18 (So You wanna Be A Rock N' Roll Star)

Aired: 5/6/2021

…well, listen now to what the Archive says!* *Apologies to The Byrds

22. Gag Reels

Aired: 5/20/2021

A serious dissertation on the dangers of workplace stress and how to cope with it…using pure silliness.

23. History of VHS, Vol. 4 (D-VHS/Demise & Resurrection)

Aired: 6/3/2021

All good things must come to an end…or must they?