Ben Minnotte
Director
Oddity Archive (2012)
Season 6
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.
Released July 5, 2012
Episode 28 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, History
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.cardboard-box, tmdb.hidden-face, tmdb.technology, tmdb.broadcasting
Network: YouTube
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S6E1 - How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)
12 inches of Archivian goodness!
July 6, 2017, midnight
S6E2 - Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)
What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!
July 20, 2017, midnight
S6E3 - Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)
A King-sized episode for a King-sized anniversary. Of course, we can't play any actual Elvis, so let's look at some of the cash-ins based around the man.
Aug. 3, 2017, midnight
S6E4 - Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)
A cooking show—Archive style.
Aug. 17, 2017, midnight
S6E5 - LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)
New from Sing Alone Video!
Aug. 31, 2017, midnight
S6E6 - Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)
I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.
Sept. 14, 2017, midnight
S6E7 - As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)
This offer will expire without notice! Order now!
Sept. 28, 2017, midnight
S6E8 - Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)
A double (if not triple) dose of failure. You know you love it.
Oct. 12, 2017, midnight
S6E9 - "Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)
The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!
Oct. 26, 2017, midnight
S6E10 - VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)
Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.
Nov. 9, 2017, midnight
S6E11 - The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)
The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).
Nov. 22, 2017, midnight
S6E12 - Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)
Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!
Dec. 7, 2017, midnight
S6E13 - Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)
Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.
Dec. 21, 2017, midnight
S6E14 - Phoney Nostalgia
No fees! No contracts! No service! Dial 1-800 ARCHIVE and save 0%!
Jan. 4, 2018, midnight
S6E15 - Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2
More hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.
Jan. 18, 2018, midnight
S6E16 - Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1)
Bring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).
Feb. 1, 2018, midnight
S6E17 - Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
This is what happens when Benny-boy’s control-freak tendencies get the best of him. Honestly, it’s not too terrible. Shame the product is mediocre.
Feb. 15, 2018, midnight
S6E18 - Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs
The Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.
March 1, 2018, midnight
S6E19 - VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)
No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.
March 15, 2018, midnight
S6E20 - Silent-Era Talking Pictures
These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.
March 29, 2018, midnight
S6E21 - Vinyl Potpourri
Funny how a little kiddie music, a little commercialism and a heaping helping of Easy Listening stewed in someone’s garage for 40+ years equals such a lovely sonic bouquet.
April 12, 2018, midnight
S6E22 - Loudness Wars
Finally! An Archive episode with true A E S T H E T I C S!
April 26, 2018, midnight
S6E23 - Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)
…because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.
May 10, 2018, midnight
S6E24 - Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)
The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.
May 24, 2018, midnight
S6E25 - Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)
Let’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).
June 7, 2018, midnight
Network: YouTube
Episode Runtime: 28 min.
Season Runtime: 8240 min.
Released: July 5, 2012
Last Air Date: Nov. 27, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR / 10+
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