Episode guide
Oddity Archive: Season 3
26 episodes · first aired Jul 10, 2014
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- 1 U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer) Jul 10, 2014 · 24m So much for taking a break...
- 2 The Great Archive Treasure Hunt Jul 24, 2014 · 35m 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…
- 3 Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3) Aug 7, 2014 · 36m We've only just begun...to hurt.
- 4 Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle) Aug 21, 2014 · 15m Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.
- 5 LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition) Sep 4, 2014 · 53m 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) Sep 18, 2014 · 24m 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) Oct 2, 2014 · 19m 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) Oct 16, 2014 · 20m The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.
- 9 Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween Oct 23, 2014 · 15m 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) Oct 30, 2014 · 27m 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…
- 11 Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials) Nov 13, 2014 · 29m 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 Nov 27, 2014 · 16m Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).
- 13 Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview) Dec 11, 2014 · 26m 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!) Dec 23, 2014 · 28m This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.
- 15 Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts) Dec 31, 2014 · 14m 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!) Jan 15, 2015 · 25m 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) Feb 12, 2015 · 24m 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 Jan 29, 2015 · 35m 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) Feb 26, 2015 · 46m 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 Mar 12, 2015 · 20m Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...
- 21 Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games) Mar 26, 2015 · 32m 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) Apr 9, 2015 · 35m 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 Apr 23, 2015 · 32m An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...
- 24 Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive) May 7, 2015 · 37m 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) May 21, 2015 · 15m boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!
- 26 The Death of Analog TV Jun 4, 2015 · 24m The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.