Oddity Archive(2012)

Name: Oddity Archive
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-07-05
Rating: 8
Cast: Ben Minnotte

★ 8.0(1)30m304 episodesReturning Series

Documentary

The Oddity Archive is a web series that revolves around the "cultural dustbin", especially as it pertains to media. The Archive also functions as an actual archive of sorts, with a modest collection of off-air Betamax and VHS recordings (about 400 total as of June, 2014). There's also a decent collection of ephemeral video, "ripoff" and "drugstore" LP's/cassettes/8-tracks, as well as (working) obsolete technology.

Created by:: Ben Minnotte
First aired:: 2012-07-05
Country:: US
Network:: YouTube, Blip

Episodes

Season 1(26)Season 2(26)Season 3(26)Season 4(24)Season 5(24)Season 6(25)Season 7(22)Season 8(24)Season 9(23)Season 10(22)Season 11(23)Season 12(16)Season 13(9)Season 14(14)Season 15(1)

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1. In Search of AM Stereo (or, How I Spent My Summer IX)
2022-07-21 · 34m
…or, the OA’s (slightly-belated) 10th Anniversary Special.
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2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 12 (Gon' Country)
2022-08-11 · 30m
The Archive finally presents some 100%-pure, down-home musical manure!
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3. Bad(?) '90's Syndicated Sitcoms
2022-08-25 · 23m
This episode is dedicated to those that say we don’t do TV stuff anymore. Maybe we shouldn’t…
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4. The Ballad of Peter Lemongello
2022-09-08 · 32m
Slim Whitman? Blech. Boxcar Willie? Poseur. Only the original TV album guru will do.
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5. The Warped Afterlives of Metropolis & Phantom of the Opera (Silent Movie Day 2022)
2022-09-29 · 33m
Just how close are we to seeing what moviegoers saw in the 1920’s? In these two cases, as it turns out, not very.
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6. 8mm (& Super 8) Souvenir Films
2022-10-13 · 37m
We’re all goin’ on a…(quiet, mellow) Autumn Holiday…
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7. The Phantom of the Archive (Halloween Special 2022)
2022-10-27 · 27m
Watch horror films, keep Archiveland strong, keep Benny-boy (in)sane.
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8. VHS Vault Vol. 20 (High-Concept Videos)
2022-11-10 · 29m
It’s a friend! It’s a companion! It’s a lifestyle! It’s…supremely annoying…
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9. Oddity Archive's Greatest Hits (according to YouTube)
2022-11-24 · 29m
After 10 years, I guess it’s time for the inevitable “Greatest Hits” package…
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10. Ben Vs. The Elmo Super 8 Camera (or, Super 8 Film in 2022)
2022-12-08 · 41m
Super Oddity Archive®: Now with 50% MORE image than Standard Oddity Archive®! Which is 95% LESS image than HD Oddity Archive®…
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11. Christmas (C)Rapping (Christmas Special 2022)
2022-12-22 · 48m
Christmas wrapping is so lame—we’re into Christmas Rapping around here!
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12. (Bad) Movie-Based Sitcoms
2023-01-12 · 20m
…because (as we know) what works for 90 minutes once will ALWAYS work for 30 minutes on a regular basis.
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13. Weather Warnings Vol. 3 (Winter Edition)
2023-01-26 · 36m
Snowbound. Let’s sleep in today…and tomorrow…and the day after…and the day after that…
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14. Pointless Products (or, As Seen On TV Commercials, Vol. 2)
2023-02-16 · 32m
The new & improved Oddity Archive®! Now cracks those pesky filberts!
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15. Laserdisc Video Magazines (or, Video Magazines, Vol. 2)
2023-03-02 · 38m
A true horror show—just not in the way you’d expect.
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16. Disco Beaver From Outer Space (& other Early Cable TV-isms)
2023-03-16 · 25m
Finally (partially) fulfilling that long wished-for Archivism—beavers—specifically, disco beavers.
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17. Philips CD-I Vol. 2 (More Revelations)
2023-03-30 · 38m
You won’t believe your CD-I’s!!!
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18. Mad Magazine...'s Forays Into Other Media
2023-04-13 · 27m
The Archive drops some MAD flava in your ear…
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19. VHS Vault Vol. 21 (How To Outwit THE MAN)
2023-04-27 · 28m
Don’t let THE MAN bring you down. That’s what Oddity Archive® is for…
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20. The Early Betamax (& others) Subculture
2023-05-11 · 22m
Pourin’ one out (er, unraveling a tape) for our vidiot homies…
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21. American Forces Network (AFN) TV Ephemera
2023-05-25 · 30m
The OA celebrates Memorial Day with some genuine WTF from the AFN (AFRTS). Presented on the DL of course, ‘cause we gotta think OPSEC.
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22. Ben Vs. The Quasar Great Time Machine
2023-06-08 · 94m
Ever wonder what it would’ve been like if Rube Goldberg designed a VCR? Neither did I.
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23. The Quasar Great Time Machine (VX Video Format)
2023-06-15 · 33m
You’re in for a “great” time! Would you believe “good” time? How ‘bout “adequate” time?