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. How I Spent My Summer VII (A Change of Plans)
2020-07-16 · 34m
Well, my (working) Summer Vacation turned into a (working) Summer Staycation…
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2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 10 (A Tribute To...)
2020-07-30 · 32m
Featuring some of the genuine leg ends of Rock N’ Roll!
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3. Oddity Archive: Behind The Box (A Documentary)
2020-08-20 · 35m
A film made especially for the occasion by Swedish documentarian Hans Krullitzer.
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4. Early Color Film (but not Technicolor)
2020-09-03 · 22m
Either the all-time most beautiful or most psychedelic episode of the Archive…we’re not sure.
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5. History of VHS, Vol. 3 (S-VHS)
2020-09-17 · 26m
It’s not just VHS…it’s SUPER VHS!
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6. Cheesy Logos
2020-10-01 · 26m
Just when you thought the Archive couldn’t possibly get any more tacky…
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7. Pioneer Promotional Laserdiscs
2020-10-15 · 30m
Looking at a trio of (slightly misguided) discs touting Pioneer Laserdiscs and Home Theater gear…
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8. VHS Vault Vol. 17 (Vampires & Pumpkins) (Halloween Special 2020)
2020-10-29 · 33m
Life has gotten so tangled lately. As such, let’s roll things back to the absolute (commercial) basics of Halloween…
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9. Benny's Birthday Bash
2020-11-12 · 26m
You’re not getting older. Just crazier…
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10. OA Lost Classics (or, The Ones That Got OA)
2020-11-26 · 26m
Spending Thanksgiving with some prime, succulent, deep cuts of…the Archive.
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11. The Ballad of Raymond Rohauer
2020-12-10 · 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.
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12. Christmas Special 2020 (Chunks of Christmas Coal)
2020-12-24 · 36m
It’s a Vinyl and VHS Christmas! It’s not anywhere near as cool as it sounds…
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13. PSA's Vol. 2 (or, Only You Can Prevent PSA's)
2021-01-07 · 30m
Myasthenia is better than Yourasthenia. So there.
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14. Prehistoric Videotape (The Road To Quadruplex)
2021-01-21 · 22m
…or, how Bing Crosby’s golf game launched a technological revolution.
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15. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 5 (Minn-Knot/The End?)
2021-02-04 · 48m
Benny-boy’s unintentional swan song…or is it?
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16. Ben Vs. The Space-Race Tapes
2021-02-18 · 40m
Uh-oh. Benny-boy's playing preservationist again...
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17. Ben Vs. The Wheel Of Fortune TV Play-Along
2021-03-04 · 35m
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18. Cheap Radio Thrills
2021-03-25 · 27m
Oddity Archive®: Where the thrills are cheap as radio, and radio is cheap as thrills…
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19. Weather Warnings Vol. 2 (Looks Like We're In For Nasty Weather)
2021-04-08 · 35m
The Oddity Archiveland Service (OAS) has issued a WEATHER WARNING…warning.
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20. KeyFax Rides Again (Teletext in the U.S.)
2021-04-22 · 29m
Teletext: Not just for Europeans anymore! Well, not really…
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21. VHS Vault Vol. 18 (So You wanna Be A Rock N' Roll Star)
2021-05-06 · 34m
…well, listen now to what the Archive says!* *Apologies to The Byrds
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22. Gag Reels
2021-05-20 · 26m
A serious dissertation on the dangers of workplace stress and how to cope with it…using pure silliness.
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23. History of VHS, Vol. 4 (D-VHS/Demise & Resurrection)
2021-06-03 · 29m
All good things must come to an end…or must they?