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Oddity Archive Season 3

July. 10,2014
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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.

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Oddity Archive Season 3 Full Episode Guide

Episode 24 - Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)
First Aired: May. 07,2015

It's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.

Episode 23 - 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Episode 22 - Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)
First Aired: April. 09,2015

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"...

Episode 21 - Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
First Aired: March. 26,2015

How many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!

Episode 20 - Audiocassette-Based Board Games
Episode 19 - Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)
First Aired: February. 26,2015

Q: y u no duvide gams? A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...

Episode 18 - The DuMont Network
First Aired: January. 29,2015

Maybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.

Episode 17 - VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)
First Aired: February. 12,2015

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.

Episode 16 - 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)
Episode 15 - Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)
First Aired: December. 31,2014

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).

Episode 14 - Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)
Episode 13 - Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
First Aired: December. 11,2014

And welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.

Episode 12 - Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses
Episode 11 - Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)
First Aired: November. 13,2014

Well, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.

Episode 10 - Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)
First Aired: October. 30,2014

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 tutorial videos. Given that it's Halloween, it seemed only natural to discuss the most nightmare-inducting product sold via infomercials: the "Rejuvenique Facial Toning System".

Episode 9 - Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
First Aired: October. 23,2014

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.

Episode 8 - Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)
Episode 7 - Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)
First Aired: October. 02,2014

WARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer. Also, <<

Episode 6 - Laserdiscs (and their children)
First Aired: September. 18,2014

For all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.

Episode 5 - LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)
First Aired: September. 04,2014

Is there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!

Episode 4 - Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
First Aired: August. 21,2014

Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.

Episode 3 - Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)
Episode 2 - The Great Archive Treasure Hunt
First Aired: July. 24,2014

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 frame display function to the ON position.

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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.

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