Jul 10, 2014 · 24m
So much for taking a break...


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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Jul 10, 2014 · 24m
So much for taking a break...
Jul 24, 2014 · 35m
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.
Aug 7, 2014 · 36m
We've only just begun...to hurt.
Aug 21, 2014 · 15m
Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.
Sep 4, 2014 · 53m
Is there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!
Sep 18, 2014 · 24m
For all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.
Oct 2, 2014 · 19m
WARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer. Also, <<
Oct 16, 2014 · 20m
The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.
Oct 23, 2014 · 15m
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.
Oct 30, 2014 · 27m
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".
Nov 13, 2014 · 29m
Well, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.
Nov 27, 2014 · 16m
Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).
Dec 11, 2014 · 26m
And welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.
Dec 23, 2014 · 28m
This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.
Dec 31, 2014 · 14m
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).
Jan 15, 2015 · 25m
You asked, we gave. $683.43 will now be added to your next phone bill.
Feb 12, 2015 · 24m
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.
Jan 29, 2015 · 35m
Maybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.
Feb 26, 2015 · 46m
Q: y u no duvide gams? A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...
Mar 12, 2015 · 20m
Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...
Mar 26, 2015 · 32m
How many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!
Apr 9, 2015 · 35m
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"...
Apr 23, 2015 · 32m
An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...
May 7, 2015 · 37m
It's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.
May 21, 2015 · 15m
boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!
Jun 4, 2015 · 24m
The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Oddity Archive Season 3 premiered on July 10, 2014.
Oddity Archive Season 3 has 26 episodes.
The season opens with Season 3 Episode 1, "U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)". It aired on July 10, 2014.
Go to Season 3 Episode 1