Oddity Archive - Season 8
Browse all 24 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
Episode 1
How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019)
Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.
Episode 2
Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!)
A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.
Episode 3
The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style)
Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).
Episode 4
Scanimate
A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.
Episode 5
Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows)
…and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!
Episode 6
LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies)
Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.
Episode 7
Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention)
…or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.
Episode 8
Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom")
Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.
Episode 9
After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019)
It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…
Episode 10
Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children)
Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.
Episode 11
Top 10 Earworms (to date)
Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!
Episode 12
Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies)
Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.
Episode 13
Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's
Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.
Episode 14
History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's)
A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.
Episode 15
Theatrical Policy Trailers
Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.
Episode 16
VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale)
It’s a love obsession at the Archive!
Episode 17
Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...)
We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.
Episode 18
Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch
Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…
Episode 19
Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels)
TMDB has not published a written overview for this episode yet.
Episode 20
Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3
A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!
Episode 21
History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C)
Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!
Episode 22
Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials)
…or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.
Episode 23
(Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites)
Some shows were pre-destined to land in the dumpster or collide with the ol’ bulk eraser…here are five of them that have (at least) somewhat cheated fate.
Episode 24
Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation)
…or, how an unlikely hit album launched an even more unlikely tidal wave of cash-ins and imitators. In a way, it’s the perfect Archivism.