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Oddity Archive is a documentary TV series that premiered on YouTube on July 5, 2012. It has 15 seasons and 308 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 15 Episode 4 "The Copyright "Wild West" (Silent Movie Day 2026)", aired on September 24, 2026.
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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308 episodes · 15 seasons
2012 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 13 years ago
Ever wanted to know the absolute root of the Oddity Archive? Well, it involves a creepy guy in a Hamster costume...
Things have gotten so dire at The Archive that Ben's been forced to take a "real" job. Join him as he takes a look at his potential employers' training videos.
Can pure rock sound really hard-boil an egg? Of course not. It does make for some wicked "deviled" eggs though.
What is it about end logos and FBI Warnings that scared so many children of the VHS era?
Because you can (apparently) never have enough nukes...
It's the feel-good episode of the year as Ben discusses the (in)famous British Nuclear War preparedness campaign.
Temporarily exiled from the big leagues of Internet TV, Ben (again, temporarily) sets up camp at his local Public Access outlet.
Join Ben as he discusses some of the Dating Services of the 1980's to present. And, if you're good, maybe Ben will let you join him in his own quest for a date.
?segassem lanimilbus tahW ?huH Everyone knows there are no subliminal messages in music...(!slatrom nwod wob ,woN)
Given how much we discuss TV on the Archive, a history lesson seemed in order.
It's movie day at the Archive! Unfortunately, due to copyright issues, you're not invited. But, at least you can join us for an intermission reel (conveniently containing all Public Domain footage!).
Ceefax and Keyfax, Nite-Owl and Cable Chuckles, oh my...
All Ben wanted for Christmas was a silent night...
The 13th episode is a very unlucky one for Ben as he discusses some (all too often, rather off) U.S. Kiddie Show hosts from the early 1950's through the late 1990's.
Because we always like to go the extra mile (at least, when it's convenient), the Archive tackles TWO lists of the worst of the (19)90's: The top 4 Trendy Turkeys and the top 4 Technological Turkeys of the (again, 19)90's.
The Oddity Archive will now be switching to scrambled mode. Please turn on your (preferably, circa 1984) decoder box now.
An Archive double header: The two most famous occurrences of Broadcast Signal Hijacking (well, save for the Max Headroom Incident) are discussed here.
We still get a lot of flack for this episode (did you really think there were 37 minutes of odd VHS endings out there?). Nonetheless, it's still a favorite.
Join Ben as he launches his own 1-900 number. What could possibly go wrong?
VHS or Beta? Laserdisc or CED? What the hell is a CED anyway? These burning questions (amongst others) answered in this episode!
Meet the artists that made the likes of Joan Baez and Pete Seeger fear for their careers.
The Archive's most infamous episode--for some reason.
Interested in seeing a clown so laid-back, he forgets he's on camera? Now about a Hawaiian teen idol with a pen fetish? Maybe an American Bandstand ripoff with an evil spirit hosting? If you answered yes to any of these questions, watch this episode--then seek immediate professional help.
Remember when TV stations used to go off the air late at night? Anyone?
An informal (not to mention, loose) history of Civil Defense Broadcasting in the U.S.
On the night of Sunday, November 22nd, 1987, a mysterious figure in a Max Headroom mask hijacked two Chicago TV stations. Spoiler alert: The perpetrators were never found.
2013 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 12 years ago
Alternate Title: How to Survive an Unprovoked Attack From Your Electric Mixer.
***THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A ***SEVERE FALSE NOSTALGIA WARNING*** FOR YOUR AREA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE***
It's time for a few changes in Archiveland.
Wait, there's a logic to all this?
The Archive gathers together all your favorite '70's hits--then realizes that the major labels, the RIAA, etc. would have our nuts in a sling over it. More ripoff records it is then! All 70's edition!
Alternate Title: Why Ben should never make a full "behind-the-scenes" episode. Alternate Title #2: Ben stammers for 38 minutes. Alternate Title #3: Why Ben will never get a date.
...because only Ben would be stupid enough to devote an entire regular Archive episode to between-show filler.
If V.D. really is for everybody, why don't I have it?
The Archive is currently experiencing technical difficulties...LOTS of them...and Ben refuses to take responsibility. So there.
Don't screw with Jam Handy!
...because salesmen need the comfort of knowing that their product is truly the answer to all problems (consumerist OR existential).
Have you ever wanted to make "melons" in real estate? If so, you've come to the right place!
Five forgotten holiday albums that will...more than likely remain forgotten.
An interesting, but (unsurprisingly) failed, early attempt at multimedia interactivity.
Ben's still having nightmares about being forced to play charades with Rich Little.
VHS vs. Beta? How 1977...
Forced to discuss his fourth knockoff Disco record in a row, Ben has a slight meltdown.
Come visit the Archive Children's Disco before it's condemned!
Learn to gamble--Archive style! God help us...
And Ben thought it would just be another cool toy for his collection. How naive...
Or, as Ben likes to call it, the Max Headroom Incident's annoying, less creative little brother.
Covert broadcasts...and how to decode them (your results may vary).
Seeing as the Archive somehow managed to hit the 30 episode mark, it seemed like a good time to throw a nice, little (tax-deductible) party. Plus, Ben sings a viewer poll-selected song (a move that was instantly regretted by all who voted).
What do you mean Ben is fashion-challenged?
Featuring such great (non-)hits from the likes of Hairy Nielsen, BAAB, William Turkey and many, many more! Order today!!!
Because nothing says "Happy 200th, America" like crappy "collectibles", Up With People and bizarre Government films.
2014 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 11 years ago
The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.
boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!
It's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.
An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...
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"...
How many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!
Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...
Q: y u no duvide gams? A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...
Maybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.
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.
You asked, we gave. $683.43 will now be added to your next phone bill.
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).
This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.
And welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.
Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).
Well, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.
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".
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.
The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.
WARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer. Also, <<
For all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.
Is there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!
Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.
We've only just begun...to hurt.
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.
So much for taking a break...
2015 · 24 episodes · Last episode: 10 years ago
It’s been a long and difficult season. Let’s end it with something fun (if I can figure out how to assemble these toys, that is).
Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?
It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.
The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.
The most risque episode of the Archive since...the last one.
The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?
...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?
Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.
The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.
Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.
Movies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).
The donations were multiplying like, well, rabbits. I figured y'all were trying to tell me something. (Did I really just type "y'all"? Heaven help me.)
Some of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.
You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.
I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”
VCR Ephemera, or, Oddity Archive for beginners.
Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!
Recently, we came into a small jackpot of Pickwick albums. Given this label's long-standing history with the Archive, it only seemed appropriate to devote an entire episode to the king of all "drugstore" labels.
Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.
Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?
The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!
Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21
Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?
The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.
2016 · 24 episodes · Last episode: 9 years ago
And welcome to the Oddity Ar-ar-ar-ar-ar-arc-arch-(SLAP)-Archive!
With all this talk of so-called “mobile devices” these days, it seemed worth taking a look into.
No, this isn’t about those 100 million (or more) copies of “Titanic” and “Jerry Maguire”—useless as they are.
A mere 5 years in the making! You’d never know it though…
And welcome to the Oddity Archive…the show that rapidly contracts and expands—but clearly not rapidly enough.
Oddity Archive®: Now with new Superlife® coating!
It’s (100% showtune-free) Musical March (read: Audio Geek March, “Musical March” is just a lot catchier) in Archiveland! Let’s kick it off with a little reevaluation of a format that I’ve bashed in the past.
Crank up the Fisher-Price turntable!
‘Tis the season for love—and love gone down the garbage disposer.
Bargain Bennie is having his all-time biggest sale on local (and regional) TV commercials! Get ‘em before they’re gone!
Looking at the Interactive Program Guide’s especially awkward adolescence.
The most deep-hurtingest Christmas ever!
The second (and hopefully final) installment in the Archive’s “Idiot’s Guide” how-to series.
Another Thanksgiving episode? Must be time to unload some more proverbial turkeys (now more cynically than ever)!
…because as we all know, learning is most fun with famous people.
This is your Civil Defense announcer speaking (er, typing) with a VERY important message. But first, this nearly 27-minute Oddity Archive episode. NOTE: Yes, I’m well aware that the LP’s discussed in the video have nothing to do with the Conelrad broadcasting stuff—just humor me, will ya?
The Archive takes it to the max--the Betamax, that is.
…because I haven’t REALLY opened myself up to mass criticism for a long time now.
Oddity Archive: Your home for absurd, costly and borderline-useless “broadcast” experiments since 2015!
Oddity Archive®: Now in ULTRA lo-fi!
Crank it up and sing along! The madness will naturally follow.
Have your credit cards handy because we're about to launch our own Home-Shopping-type channel! What could possibly go wrong?
…dragging the Record Ripoff concept kicking and screaming out of the 70’s. What the hell was I thinking?!?
A little success, a little failure, a little intrigue, a little frustration. In other words, your standard between-season break for Ben.
2017 · 25 episodes · Last episode: 8 years ago
Let’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).
The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.
…because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.
Finally! An Archive episode with true A E S T H E T I C S!
Funny how a little kiddie music, a little commercialism and a heaping helping of Easy Listening stewed in someone’s garage for 40+ years equals such a lovely sonic bouquet.
These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.
No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.
The Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.
This is what happens when Benny-boy’s control-freak tendencies get the best of him. Honestly, it’s not too terrible. Shame the product is mediocre.
Bring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).
More hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.
No fees! No contracts! No service! Dial 1-800 ARCHIVE and save 0%!
Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.
Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!
The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).
Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.
The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!
A double (if not triple) dose of failure. You know you love it.
This offer will expire without notice! Order now!
I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.
New from Sing Alone Video!
A cooking show—Archive style.
A King-sized episode for a King-sized anniversary. Of course, we can't play any actual Elvis, so let's look at some of the cash-ins based around the man.
What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!
12 inches of Archivian goodness!
2018 · 22 episodes · Last episode: 7 years ago
Recorded not-live at the fabulous Archive Theatre!
In the name of commercial appeal, the Archive cheapens itself to toilet humor.
About a year ago, I came across a pair of unmarked, somewhat damaged 8mm films. Since they both needed some repair, it seemed like a good time for an educational OA episode.
Like in sports, sometimes musicians need a rebuilding season. I promise, it starts resembling "real" music this time…
Search Frame 30609. Then, add in 29,000. Then, multiply by .84. Then, write down your findings (in order). You are now ready to begin watching this episode of Oddity Archive.
A genuine(ly twisted) labor of love from your friends at the Oddity Archive®.
A massive dose of hissy, sticky goodness that should never be degaussed after midnight!
Our trucks are currently scouring your neighborhood with sophisticated equipment to detect anyone watching our show illegally. Don’t you dare question how we do it. Punks.
Let us take another dip into the well of televised municipal culture…
New year, old hindrances…
Some Christmas oddities (and one not-so-oddity) with a real bang to them!
The Archive finally acquires some genuine off-air U.K. tapes…complete with some genuine U.K. mold (er, mould).
Another fragrant bouquet of dusty, musty, moldy slabs of wax!
The future of the common audiocassette is (er, was) here!
IT’S BA-ACK!
Well, I kinda killed the Archive’s old LaserKaraoke machine…and I’d been threatening to upgrade the main Laserdisc player. Upgrade time!
More 8 frames-per-second at 1,800 revolutions-per-minute goodness from the darkest pits of the Archive!
We haven't had a good roast in awhile, have we?
Attempting to realize a viewer’s vision of an old-school, drive-in theater—at home.
By (inexplicably) popular demand, the Rock N’ Roll equivalent to “American Movie” rolls on.
Archive HQ Version 2.0. Was it worth it?
2019 · 24 episodes · Last episode: 6 years ago
…or, how an unlikely hit album launched an even more unlikely tidal wave of cash-ins and imitators. In a way, it’s the perfect Archivism.
Some shows were pre-destined to land in the dumpster or collide with the ol’ bulk eraser…here are five of them that have (at least) somewhat cheated fate.
…or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.
Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!
A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!
Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…
We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.
It’s a love obsession at the Archive!
Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.
A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.
Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.
Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.
Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!
Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.
It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…
Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.
…or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.
Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.
…and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!
A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.
Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).
A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.
Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.
2020 · 23 episodes · Last episode: 5 years ago
All good things must come to an end…or must they?
A serious dissertation on the dangers of workplace stress and how to cope with it…using pure silliness.
…well, listen now to what the Archive says!* *Apologies to The Byrds
Teletext: Not just for Europeans anymore! Well, not really…
The Oddity Archiveland Service (OAS) has issued a WEATHER WARNING…warning.
Oddity Archive®: Where the thrills are cheap as radio, and radio is cheap as thrills…
Uh-oh. Benny-boy's playing preservationist again...
Benny-boy’s unintentional swan song…or is it?
…or, how Bing Crosby’s golf game launched a technological revolution.
Myasthenia is better than Yourasthenia. So there.
It’s a Vinyl and VHS Christmas! It’s not anywhere near as cool as it sounds…
With (backhanded, insincere) apologies to Hunter S. Thompson: Film Preservation is a cruel and shallow nitrate ditch, a long celluloid hallway where good films rot. That’s just the negative side.
Spending Thanksgiving with some prime, succulent, deep cuts of…the Archive.
You’re not getting older. Just crazier…
Life has gotten so tangled lately. As such, let’s roll things back to the absolute (commercial) basics of Halloween…
Looking at a trio of (slightly misguided) discs touting Pioneer Laserdiscs and Home Theater gear…
Just when you thought the Archive couldn’t possibly get any more tacky…
It’s not just VHS…it’s SUPER VHS!
Either the all-time most beautiful or most psychedelic episode of the Archive…we’re not sure.
A film made especially for the occasion by Swedish documentarian Hans Krullitzer.
Featuring some of the genuine leg ends of Rock N’ Roll!
Well, my (working) Summer Vacation turned into a (working) Summer Staycation…
2021 · 22 episodes · Last episode: 4 years ago
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.
Oddity Archive®: Now available in 64kbps mp3!
Taking a leisurely, country stroll through the (cowpie-laden) great audiovisual pasture…
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…
It’s time for the New $25,000 Pyramid…scheme.
Another (belated) salute to the bottom of the Mom-and-Pop video rental store barrel!
A solid-state tuner is recommended for the viewing of this OA episode…in some way we haven’t figured out yet.
Vinyl Potpourri is back! It’s a (1,885 second) miracle!
Learn all about the fine art of meeting Ben!
100% pure, shameless, unfettered nostalgia, courtesy of the Oddity Archive®
Hey buddy, wanna hear my (horribly impractical) mixtape?
Archivisms roasting on an open fire…
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…
10 ads (or series thereof) selected by viewers. Any turkeys in this Thanksgiving episode are purely coincidental.
Benny the Script Doctor makes a housecall regarding some bad sitcoms.
“Benny & The Bot”…coming this fall to KLAK…whether Ben likes it or not. NOTE: Just consider this a 20-minute art film.
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-boy celebrates the first annual Silent Movie Day by…talking at great length about the silents. Nobody ever accused him of being sharp…
Whatdaya do when you’ve had your fill of analog media? Start hittin’ the ones and zeros…
Let us take an all-night flight to remember why USA once was “America’s Favorite Cable Network”…
Some of the most grody tunes we’ve ever covered fer sure, fer sure.
...because cassettes are for poseurs.
2022 · 23 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago
You’re in for a “great” time! Would you believe “good” time? How ‘bout “adequate” time?
Ever wonder what it would’ve been like if Rube Goldberg designed a VCR? Neither did I.
The OA celebrates Memorial Day with some genuine WTF from the AFN (AFRTS). Presented on the DL of course, ‘cause we gotta think OPSEC.
Pourin’ one out (er, unraveling a tape) for our vidiot homies…
Don’t let THE MAN bring you down. That’s what Oddity Archive® is for…
The Archive drops some MAD flava in your ear…
You won’t believe your CD-I’s!!!
Finally (partially) fulfilling that long wished-for Archivism—beavers—specifically, disco beavers.
A true horror show—just not in the way you’d expect.
The new & improved Oddity Archive®! Now cracks those pesky filberts!
Snowbound. Let’s sleep in today…and tomorrow…and the day after…and the day after that…
…because (as we know) what works for 90 minutes once will ALWAYS work for 30 minutes on a regular basis.
Christmas wrapping is so lame—we’re into Christmas Rapping around here!
Super Oddity Archive®: Now with 50% MORE image than Standard Oddity Archive®! Which is 95% LESS image than HD Oddity Archive®…
After 10 years, I guess it’s time for the inevitable “Greatest Hits” package…
It’s a friend! It’s a companion! It’s a lifestyle! It’s…supremely annoying…
Watch horror films, keep Archiveland strong, keep Benny-boy (in)sane.
We’re all goin’ on a…(quiet, mellow) Autumn Holiday…
Just how close are we to seeing what moviegoers saw in the 1920’s? In these two cases, as it turns out, not very.
Slim Whitman? Blech. Boxcar Willie? Poseur. Only the original TV album guru will do.
This episode is dedicated to those that say we don’t do TV stuff anymore. Maybe we shouldn’t…
The Archive finally presents some 100%-pure, down-home musical manure!
…or, the OA’s (slightly-belated) 10th Anniversary Special.
2023 · 16 episodes · Last episode: 2 years ago
Hey, you said you wanted more Oddity Archive…After Dark. Be careful what you wish for.
The episode where cardboard boxes and BoxCars collide…at last!
The chocolate and peanut butter of the Archive, together at last in the same episode!
Oddity Archive® lights up your TV’s* with the ads that please!** *A computer screen will also suffice. **As long as your expectations are suitably low.
Today’s Oddity Archive® may be taped (analog only) for classroom use until December 31, 2024. After December 31, 2024, all copies must be wiped or destroyed…and don’t think we don’t have the means of finding out if you didn’t.
An episode that’ll make you want to yell “TB-Yes”!
‘Twas a few days before Christmas and all through the Archive/A Benny-boy was stirring, to madness he’ll drive…
Learn all about the ins and out of SCMPF (Simply Can’t Muster Proper Functionality) for your newfangled VCR thing!
You’ve heard of turkey coma, right? This one’ll give you Archive coma.
Even the comedy gods (and goddesses) have their off days…
Everybody loves a trilogy…and here’s the last piece of it.
Public Domain stuff, VHS, weird music, surrealist humor--your Oddity Archive® bingo card should be 80% full from this one episode alone!
Time to fill up on bratwurst and get down to that fonky, fonky, meut-sick!
The Archive does a little home video archaeology…
The Archive finds itself caught in a celluloid jam…
Quite possibly the ultimate “headphone” episode of OA…for realsies this time.
2024 · 9 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago
This is it. My own personal “ground zero” for Archivedom…
It’s new! It’s today! It’s now! It’s…recycled.
Let’s celebrate comedy on cable TV…with only the barest minimum of humor.
Four stereotypically inedible fruitcakes…and one semi-digestible one for your holiday.
A 8-course feast of Vertical Helical Schlock for your Thanksgiving!
When this episode was first released, it was an (actual) off-air copy. Thing is, a lot of detail was lost in the microbroadcast. As such, here’s what an “in-house feed” of the proceedings looked like.
Let’s get real! Surreal, that is… (er, sur-reel?)
Record Ripoffs gets back to its roots…man.
“Fun” Project. “Fun” Time.* *According to the uber-cheap DIY FM transmitter I bought.
2025 · 14 episodes · Last episode: 5 months ago
Corporate shuffling at its most entertaining!* *Your mileage may vary.
When one more day…turns into four years.
The first OA episode to be THX-certified! Ten Hungry Xylophones, that is.
Time to get lucky! In the financial sense, that is…
It’s the 300th “regular” OA episode. Let’s make some noise…albeit not necessarily PLEASANT noise.
Yes, teenaged Benny-boy managed to blindly stumble into the “digital music revolution” circa Y2K. No, he did NOT turn into a cyberpunk warrior—he just became a prematurely grouchy old man.
Another round of classic local TV bliss delivered in easy-to-digest 30-second bites…
Well, it’s Oscar season. Let’s pretend current Hollywood doesn’t exist.
…because three hours a night of late 80’s primetime TV lameness just wasn’t enough!
The Archive takes the high road…to a dead-end.
The Archive serves up some true Christmas Hams…with a side of Duck A La Wronge.
The OA equivalent of popcorn, pretzel sticks and jellybeans as a Thanksgiving feast…
KLAK has had to take on a few advertisers*. Tough times, ya know… *Yes, YouTube, this is a joke. This is NOT a sponsored video.
Consider this a “soft-launch” of Season 14 of OA. I’m finally off the sidelines and…things are as dusty as ever.
2026 · 4 episodes · Last episode: 1 month ago
The ol’ Archive Saloon is open for business…and is servin’ up some fire water that’ll get ya sued (er, stewed)!
The Archive takes you to heaven*…TV Heaven, that is. *Don’t we always take you to heaven?
The Archive finally grows some funk…maybe we oughta consider showering.
Yes, this is where it all began. Yes, there’s still a bit of a stench in the air…
Created by Ben Minnotte
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)
Fred Berry
Fred "Rerun" Stubbs (archive footage)
Shirley Hemphill
Shirley Wilson (archive footage)
Martin Lawrence
Maurice Winfield (archive footage)
Larry Saltis
Larry Saltis (archive footage)
Jared Chandler
Jared Chandler (archive footage)
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The most recent episode of Oddity Archive, Season 15 Episode 4 "The Copyright "Wild West" (Silent Movie Day 2026)", aired on September 24, 2026.
Oddity Archive has 15 seasons with 308 episodes in total.
Oddity Archive first aired on YouTube on July 5, 2012.
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