Oddity Archive 2012
★ 8.0/10 Documentary 14 seasons · 298 eps Returning Series
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Overview
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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Cast
☻
Ben Minnotte
Self - Host ☻
Eric Gerstein
Narrator (voice) ☻
David A. Scott Jr.
Himself
Linda Evans
Self (archive footage)
John Schuck
Herman Munster (archive footage)
Lee Meriwether
Lily Munster (archive footage)
Jason Marsden
Eddie Munster (archive footage) ☻
Hilary Van Dyke
Marilyn Munster (archive footage)
Howard Morton
Grandpa Munster (archive footage)
Ernest Lee Thomas
Roger "Raj" Thomas (archive footage)
Anne-Marie Johnson
Nadine Hudson-Thomas (archive footage)
Haywood Nelson
Dwayne Nelson (archive footage) Episode guide
Season 1 · 26 episodes
- E1 The Max Headroom Incident of 1987 Jul 5, 2012
- E2 Emergency Broadcast Salute Jul 19, 2012
- E3 TV Sign-offs Aug 2, 2012
- E4 Local TV Special Aug 16, 2012
- E5 American EXXXtacy (and other C-band nastiness) Aug 30, 2012
- E6 Conservative Folk Music Sep 13, 2012
- E7 Format Wars Sep 27, 2012
- E8 1-900-ARCHIVE Oct 11, 2012
- E9 Halloween Special 2012 (Strange VHS Endings) Oct 25, 2012
- E10 Captain Midnight / Vrillon Nov 8, 2012
- E11 Pay TV (but not Cable or Satellite) Nov 15, 2012
- E12 Top (Thanksgiving) Turkeys of the (19)90's Nov 22, 2012
- E13 Local TV vol. 2 (Kiddie Show Hosts) Dec 6, 2012
- E14 Christmas Special (A Fair Use Christmas) Dec 20, 2012
- E15 Teletext Heaven (or Hell) Jan 3, 2013
- E16 Intermission Jan 10, 2013
- E17 Prehistoric Television Jan 17, 2013
- E18 gniksaM sdrawkcaB (Backwards Masking) Jan 31, 2013
- E19 Valentine's Day Special (Dating Services) Feb 14, 2013
- E20 Local TV vol. 3 (Public Access) Feb 28, 2013
- E21 Protect & Survive Mar 14, 2013
- E22 Duck & Cover Mar 28, 2013
- E23 Scary Logos (and other Nostalgic Video Terrors) Apr 11, 2013
- E24 Hell's Bells (The Dangers of Rock and Roll) Apr 25, 2013
- E25 Employee Training Videos May 9, 2013
- E26 VHS Vault vol. 1 (Amvest Video) May 23, 2013
Season 2 · 26 episodes
- E1 Bicentennial Fever Jul 4, 2013
- E2 Record Ripoffs Jul 18, 2013
- E3 VHS Vault Vol. 2 (Fashion Videos) Aug 1, 2013
- E4 Archive LaserKaraoke Party! (LaserKaraoke) Aug 15, 2013
- E5 Number Stations (And Other Radio Oddities) Aug 29, 2013
- E6 The EAS Zombie Hoax of 2013 Sep 12, 2013
- E7 8-Tracks (or, The Care & Feeding Of Your 8-Track) Sep 20, 2013
- E8 VHS Vault Vol. 3 (Gambling Videos) Sep 26, 2013
- E9 Kiddie Disco Records Oct 14, 2013
- E10 Halloween Special 2013 (Italian Dance Party/Son of Halloween Riffs) Oct 24, 2013
- E11 Format Wars Vol. 2 (Pre-Betamax) Nov 7, 2013
- E12 VHS Vault Vol. 4 (VCR Games) Nov 21, 2013
- E13 QUBE Interactive TV Dec 5, 2013
- E14 A Bargain Bin Christmas (or, Ben's Holiday Hits!) Dec 19, 2013
- E15 Infomercials Jan 2, 2014
- E16 Industrial Musicals (or, The Archive Sells Out!) Jan 16, 2014
- E17 Educational Film Salute (or, The Stock Footage Special!) Jan 23, 2014
- E18 Teknikel Diffikultees (Technical Difficulties) Feb 6, 2014
- E19 PSA's (or, The More You Know, The Less You Understand) Feb 20, 2014
- E20 Interstitials Mar 6, 2014
- E21 A Tour of the Archive (or, roll up for the Magical, Mysterious Archive Tour) Mar 20, 2014
- E22 More Record Rip-Offs Apr 3, 2014
- E23 Test Cards (and Patterns) Apr 17, 2014
- E24 Going Analog May 1, 2014
- E25 Weather Warnings May 8, 2014
- E26 VHS Vault Vol. 5 (Y2K Apocalypse Party!) May 29, 2014
Season 3 · 26 episodes
- E1 U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer) Jul 10, 2014
- E2 The Great Archive Treasure Hunt Jul 24, 2014
- E3 Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3) Aug 7, 2014
- E4 Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle) Aug 21, 2014
- E5 LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition) Sep 4, 2014
- E6 Laserdiscs (and their children) Sep 18, 2014
- E7 Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends) Oct 2, 2014
- E8 Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs) Oct 16, 2014
- E9 Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween Oct 23, 2014
- E10 Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System) Oct 30, 2014
- E11 Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials) Nov 13, 2014
- E12 Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses Nov 27, 2014
- E13 Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview) Dec 11, 2014
- E14 Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!) Dec 23, 2014
- E15 Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts) Dec 31, 2014
- E16 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!) Jan 15, 2015
- E17 VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015) Feb 12, 2015
- E18 The DuMont Network Jan 29, 2015
- E19 Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective) Feb 26, 2015
- E20 Audiocassette-Based Board Games Mar 12, 2015
- E21 Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games) Mar 26, 2015
- E22 Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only) Apr 9, 2015
- E23 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Apr 23, 2015
- E24 Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive) May 7, 2015
- E25 WebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover) May 21, 2015
- E26 The Death of Analog TV Jun 4, 2015
Season 4 · 24 episodes
- E1 Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15) Jul 16, 2015
- E2 Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test) Jul 30, 2015
- E3 Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters) Aug 13, 2015
- E4 LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1) Aug 27, 2015
- E5 CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!) Sep 10, 2015
- E6 VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To) Sep 24, 2015
- E7 Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over) Oct 8, 2015
- E8 Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015) Oct 22, 2015
- E9 VCR Ephemera Nov 5, 2015
- E10 Action Max (VHS Video Game Console) Nov 19, 2015
- E11 Prehistoric Pay-Per-View Dec 3, 2015
- E12 Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015) Dec 17, 2015
- E13 VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2) Dec 31, 2015
- E14 Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's) Jan 7, 2016
- E15 VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games) Jan 21, 2016
- E16 Prevue Channel(s) Feb 4, 2016
- E17 Airline Safety Videos Feb 18, 2016
- E18 Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective) Mar 3, 2016
- E19 Calibration & Test Laserdiscs Mar 17, 2016
- E20 Adult Party Albums Mar 31, 2016
- E21 Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay) Apr 14, 2016
- E22 Commodore 64 Apr 28, 2016
- E23 VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You) May 12, 2016
- E24 VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision) May 26, 2016
Season 5 · 24 episodes
- E1 How I Spent My Summer III Jul 7, 2016
- E2 Record Ripoffs Vol. 6 (98% 70's-free!) Jul 21, 2016
- E3 Home Shopping Channels Aug 4, 2016
- E4 LaserKaraoke Vol. 4 (+ VHS Karaoke Vol. 1) Aug 18, 2016
- E5 Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul Sep 1, 2016
- E6 Talking House Transmitter Redux (or, Part 15 Microbroadcasting: The Final Chapter?) Sep 15, 2016
- E7 The Official Oddity Archive Guide To Retro A/V Sep 29, 2016
- E8 Betamax Oct 13, 2016
- E9 Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016) Oct 27, 2016
- E10 VHS Vault Vol. 10 (Learning With The Stars) Nov 10, 2016
- E11 Top 10 Gaming Turkeys (of the 80's and 90's) Nov 24, 2016
- E12 The Official Oddity Archive® Idiot’s Guide To A/V Transfer Dec 8, 2016
- E13 Christmas Special 2016 (A Musical Masochist's Christmas) Dec 22, 2016
- E14 VideoGuide (+2 other early Interactive Program Guides) Jan 5, 2017
- E15 Local TV Vol. 5 (More Local Commercials) Jan 19, 2017
- E16 VHS Vault Vol. 11(D-I-V-O-R-C-E) Feb 2, 2017
- E17 Random Kiddie Records Feb 16, 2017
- E18 Minidisc Mar 2, 2017
- E19 Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel Mar 16, 2017
- E20 DBX Noise Reduction System Mar 30, 2017
- E21 Ben's Random Reel-To-Reel Haul Apr 13, 2017
- E22 Useless VHS Tapes Apr 27, 2017
- E23 Going (Proto-)Mobile! (Sony Data Discman & Apple Newton) May 11, 2017
- E24 Video Magazines (or, Oddity Archive: Issue #126) May 25, 2017