Oddity Archive
TV
Type
2012
Year
14 Seasons
Seasons
★ 8.0
Rating
Documentary
Genre
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.
Episodes
1. The Max Headroom Incident of 1987
2. Emergency Broadcast Salute
3. TV Sign-offs
4. Local TV Special
5. American EXXXtacy (and other C-band nastiness)
6. Conservative Folk Music
7. Format Wars
8. 1-900-ARCHIVE
9. Halloween Special 2012 (Strange VHS Endings)
10. Captain Midnight / Vrillon
11. Pay TV (but not Cable or Satellite)
12. Top (Thanksgiving) Turkeys of the (19)90's
13. Local TV vol. 2 (Kiddie Show Hosts)
14. Christmas Special (A Fair Use Christmas)
15. Teletext Heaven (or Hell)
16. Intermission
17. Prehistoric Television
18. gniksaM sdrawkcaB (Backwards Masking)
19. Valentine's Day Special (Dating Services)
20. Local TV vol. 3 (Public Access)
21. Protect & Survive
22. Duck & Cover
23. Scary Logos (and other Nostalgic Video Terrors)
24. Hell's Bells (The Dangers of Rock and Roll)
25. Employee Training Videos
26. VHS Vault vol. 1 (Amvest Video)
Cast
Ben Minnotte
Self - Host