Episodes (22)
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Ep 1
How I Spent My Summer VIII (Ben Vs. The Sony AV-3600 Videocorder)
2021-07-22•45m
...because cassettes are for poseurs.
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Ep 2
Record Ripoffs Vol. 11 ('80's Hits: Woodgrain & Neon)
2021-08-12•34m
Some of the most grody tunes we’ve ever covered fer sure, fer sure.
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Ep 3
USA Networkisms (A Willfully Premature Eulogy)
2021-08-26•26m
Let us take an all-night flight to remember why USA once was “America’s Favorite Cable Network”…
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Ep 4
Random CD's
2021-09-16•35m
Whatdaya do when you’ve had your fill of analog media? Start hittin’ the ones and zeros…
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Ep 5
Silent Treatment (A Celebration of Silent Movie Day)
2021-09-29•41m
Benny-boy celebrates the first annual Silent Movie Day by…talking at great length about the silents. Nobody ever accused him of being sharp…
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Ep 6
Dodgy Demo DVD's
2021-10-14•26m
As of this posting, we’re right on the edge of the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the DVD. Guess it’s finally ripe for Archivedom…
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Ep 7
Benny M.'s TV Party (Halloween Special 2021)
2021-10-28•22m
“Benny & The Bot”…coming this fall to KLAK…whether Ben likes it or not. NOTE: Just consider this a 20-minute art film.
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Ep 8
Bad '80's Syndicated Sitcoms
2021-11-11•19m
Benny the Script Doctor makes a housecall regarding some bad sitcoms.
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Ep 9
OA's Greatest Commercials
2021-11-25•32m
10 ads (or series thereof) selected by viewers. Any turkeys in this Thanksgiving episode are purely coincidental.
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Ep 10
FBI Film Raids & Betamax Blues
2021-12-09•24m
Ah, the good, old days. Back when owning a 16mm film or recording something off the TV could get you a visit from the Feds. Good times…
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Ep 11
Christmas Special 2021 (A Good Ol' Archive Christmas)
2021-12-23•42m
Archivisms roasting on an open fire…
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Ep 12
PCM Audio on Videotape (Betamax, VHS & U-Matic)
2022-01-13•26m
Hey buddy, wanna hear my (horribly impractical) mixtape?
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Ep 13
Overplayed Commercials (1960's - 2001)
2022-01-27•31m
100% pure, shameless, unfettered nostalgia, courtesy of the Oddity Archive®
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Ep 14
Valentine's Day Special 2022 (It's A Love Thing)
2022-02-10•34m
Learn all about the fine art of meeting Ben!
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Ep 15
Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 3 (Gimmick Records)
2022-02-24•31m
Vinyl Potpourri is back! It’s a (1,885 second) miracle!
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Ep 16
Prehistoric UHF (Early UHF TV in the U.S.)
2022-03-10•24m
A solid-state tuner is recommended for the viewing of this OA episode…in some way we haven’t figured out yet.
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Ep 17
Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 2 (Sinister Cinema & Vestron Video)
2022-03-24•27m
Another (belated) salute to the bottom of the Mom-and-Pop video rental store barrel!
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Ep 18
VHS Vault Vol. 19 (Business Scams)
2022-04-07•26m
It’s time for the New $25,000 Pyramid…scheme.
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Ep 19
Radio Stunting
2022-04-21•34m
Times are changing and KLAK-AM needs to keep up. As such, let’s look at some gimmicks (stunts) used by other radio stations to plug their new formats…
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Ep 20
Ben Vs. The Massey-Ferguson Tapes
2022-05-05•35m
Taking a leisurely, country stroll through the (cowpie-laden) great audiovisual pasture…
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Ep 21
Early MP3 Players (Diamond Rio & RCA Lyra 2)
2022-05-26•35m
Oddity Archive®: Now available in 64kbps mp3!
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Ep 22
CX Audio Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
2022-06-09•30m
Four months, three countries, two-hundred-plus dollars all in the name of…meh. Or, what Dolby was to cassette, CX was (supposed to be) for vinyl.