Season 9
2020 · 23 episodes
Episodes
1. How I Spent My Summer VII (A Change of Plans)
July 16, 2020 · 34m
Well, my (working) Summer Vacation turned into a (working) Summer Staycation…
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 10 (A Tribute To...)
July 30, 2020 · 32m
Featuring some of the genuine leg ends of Rock N’ Roll!
3. Oddity Archive: Behind The Box (A Documentary)
August 20, 2020 · 35m
A film made especially for the occasion by Swedish documentarian Hans Krullitzer.
4. Early Color Film (but not Technicolor)
September 3, 2020 · 22m
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)
September 17, 2020 · 26m
It’s not just VHS…it’s SUPER VHS!
6. Cheesy Logos
October 1, 2020 · 26m
Just when you thought the Archive couldn’t possibly get any more tacky…
7. Pioneer Promotional Laserdiscs
October 15, 2020 · 30m
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)
October 29, 2020 · 33m
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
November 12, 2020 · 26m
You’re not getting older. Just crazier…
10. OA Lost Classics (or, The Ones That Got OA)
November 26, 2020 · 26m
Spending Thanksgiving with some prime, succulent, deep cuts of…the Archive.
11. The Ballad of Raymond Rohauer
December 10, 2020 · 19m
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)
December 24, 2020 · 36m
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)
January 7, 2021 · 30m
Myasthenia is better than Yourasthenia. So there.
14. Prehistoric Videotape (The Road To Quadruplex)
January 21, 2021 · 22m
…or, how Bing Crosby’s golf game launched a technological revolution.
15. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 5 (Minn-Knot/The End?)
February 4, 2021 · 48m
Benny-boy’s unintentional swan song…or is it?
16. Ben Vs. The Space-Race Tapes
February 18, 2021 · 40m
Uh-oh. Benny-boy's playing preservationist again...
17. Ben Vs. The Wheel Of Fortune TV Play-Along
March 4, 2021 · 35m
18. Cheap Radio Thrills
March 25, 2021 · 27m
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)
April 8, 2021 · 35m
The Oddity Archiveland Service (OAS) has issued a WEATHER WARNING…warning.
20. KeyFax Rides Again (Teletext in the U.S.)
April 22, 2021 · 29m
Teletext: Not just for Europeans anymore! Well, not really…
21. VHS Vault Vol. 18 (So You wanna Be A Rock N' Roll Star)
May 6, 2021 · 34m
…well, listen now to what the Archive says!* *Apologies to The Byrds
22. Gag Reels
May 20, 2021 · 26m
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)
June 3, 2021 · 29m
All good things must come to an end…or must they?