Oddity Archive - Season 4
1 - Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15)
Air Date: July 16, 2015
The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.
2 - Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test)
Air Date: July 30, 2015
Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?
3 - Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)
Air Date: August 13, 2015
Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21
4 - LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1)
Air Date: August 27, 2015
The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!
5 - CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)
Air Date: September 10, 2015
Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?
6 - VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To)
Air Date: September 24, 2015
Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.
7 - Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over)
Air Date: October 8, 2015
Recently, we came into a small jackpot of Pickwick albums. Given this label's long-standing history with the Archive, it only seemed appropriate to devote an entire episode to the king of all "drugstore" labels.
8 - Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015)
Air Date: October 22, 2015
Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!
9 - VCR Ephemera
Air Date: November 5, 2015
VCR Ephemera, or, Oddity Archive for beginners.
10 - Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)
Air Date: November 19, 2015
I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”
11 - Prehistoric Pay-Per-View
Air Date: December 3, 2015
You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.
12 - Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015)
Air Date: December 17, 2015
Some of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.
13 - VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)
Air Date: December 31, 2015
The donations were multiplying like, well, rabbits. I figured y'all were trying to tell me something. (Did I really just type "y'all"? Heaven help me.)
14 - Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)
Air Date: January 7, 2016
Movies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).
15 - VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games)
Air Date: January 21, 2016
Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.
16 - Prevue Channel(s)
Air Date: February 4, 2016
The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.
17 - Airline Safety Videos
Air Date: February 18, 2016
Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.
18 - Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)
Air Date: March 3, 2016
...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?
19 - Calibration & Test Laserdiscs
Air Date: March 17, 2016
The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?
20 - Adult Party Albums
Air Date: March 31, 2016
The most risque episode of the Archive since...the last one.
21 - Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay)
Air Date: April 14, 2016
The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.
22 - Commodore 64
Air Date: April 28, 2016
It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.
23 - VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)
Air Date: May 12, 2016
Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?
24 - VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision)
Air Date: May 26, 2016
It’s been a long and difficult season. Let’s end it with something fun (if I can figure out how to assemble these toys, that is).