Oddity Archive: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Oddity Archive Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
How I Spent My Summer VIII (Ben Vs. The Sony AV-3600 Videocorder)
Jul 22, 2021 · 45 min
...because cassettes are for poseurs.
Record Ripoffs Vol. 11 ('80's Hits: Woodgrain & Neon)
Aug 12, 2021 · 34 min
Some of the most grody tunes we’ve ever covered fer sure, fer sure.
USA Networkisms (A Willfully Premature Eulogy)
Aug 26, 2021 · 26 min
Let us take an all-night flight to remember why USA once was “America’s Favorite Cable Network”…
Random CD's
Sep 16, 2021 · 35 min
Whatdaya do when you’ve had your fill of analog media? Start hittin’ the ones and zeros…
Silent Treatment (A Celebration of Silent Movie Day)
Sep 29, 2021 · 41 min
Benny-boy celebrates the first annual Silent Movie Day by…talking at great length about the silents. Nobody ever accused him of being sharp…
Dodgy Demo DVD's
Oct 14, 2021 · 26 min
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…
Benny M.'s TV Party (Halloween Special 2021)
Oct 28, 2021 · 22 min
“Benny & The Bot”…coming this fall to KLAK…whether Ben likes it or not. NOTE: Just consider this a 20-minute art film.
Bad '80's Syndicated Sitcoms
Nov 11, 2021 · 19 min
Benny the Script Doctor makes a housecall regarding some bad sitcoms.
OA's Greatest Commercials
Nov 25, 2021 · 32 min
10 ads (or series thereof) selected by viewers. Any turkeys in this Thanksgiving episode are purely coincidental.
FBI Film Raids & Betamax Blues
Dec 9, 2021 · 24 min
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…
Christmas Special 2021 (A Good Ol' Archive Christmas)
Dec 23, 2021 · 42 min
Archivisms roasting on an open fire…
PCM Audio on Videotape (Betamax, VHS & U-Matic)
Jan 13, 2022 · 26 min
Hey buddy, wanna hear my (horribly impractical) mixtape?
Overplayed Commercials (1960's - 2001)
Jan 27, 2022 · 31 min
100% pure, shameless, unfettered nostalgia, courtesy of the Oddity Archive®
Valentine's Day Special 2022 (It's A Love Thing)
Feb 10, 2022 · 34 min
Learn all about the fine art of meeting Ben!
Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 3 (Gimmick Records)
Feb 24, 2022 · 31 min
Vinyl Potpourri is back! It’s a (1,885 second) miracle!
Prehistoric UHF (Early UHF TV in the U.S.)
Mar 10, 2022 · 24 min
A solid-state tuner is recommended for the viewing of this OA episode…in some way we haven’t figured out yet.
Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 2 (Sinister Cinema & Vestron Video)
Mar 24, 2022 · 27 min
Another (belated) salute to the bottom of the Mom-and-Pop video rental store barrel!
VHS Vault Vol. 19 (Business Scams)
Apr 7, 2022 · 26 min
It’s time for the New $25,000 Pyramid…scheme.
Radio Stunting
Apr 21, 2022 · 34 min
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…
Ben Vs. The Massey-Ferguson Tapes
May 5, 2022 · 35 min
Taking a leisurely, country stroll through the (cowpie-laden) great audiovisual pasture…
Early MP3 Players (Diamond Rio & RCA Lyra 2)
May 26, 2022 · 35 min
Oddity Archive®: Now available in 64kbps mp3!
CX Audio Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
Jun 9, 2022 · 30 min
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.