Oddity Archive - Season 3
1 - U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)
Air Date: July 10, 2014
So much for taking a break...
2 - The Great Archive Treasure Hunt
Air Date: July 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)
Air Date: August 7, 2014
We've only just begun...to hurt.
4 - Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
Air Date: August 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)
Air Date: September 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)
Air Date: September 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)
Air Date: October 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)
Air Date: October 16, 2014
The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.
9 - Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
Air Date: October 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)
Air Date: October 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)
Air Date: November 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
Air Date: November 27, 2014
Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).
13 - Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
Air Date: December 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!)
Air Date: December 23, 2014
This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.
15 - Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)
Air Date: December 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!)
Air Date: January 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)
Air Date: February 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
Air Date: January 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)
Air Date: February 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
Air Date: March 12, 2015
Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...
21 - Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
Air Date: March 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)
Air Date: April 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
Air Date: April 23, 2015
An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...
24 - Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)
Air Date: May 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)
Air Date: May 21, 2015
boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!
26 - The Death of Analog TV
Air Date: June 4, 2015
The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.