Oddity Archive

1. The Max Headroom Incident of 1987

Air Date: 2012-07-05

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.

2. Emergency Broadcast Salute

Air Date: 2012-07-19

An informal (not to mention, loose) history of Civil Defense Broadcasting in the U.S.

3. TV Sign-offs

Air Date: 2012-08-02

Remember when TV stations used to go off the air late at night? Anyone?

4. Local TV Special

Air Date: 2012-08-16

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.

5. American EXXXtacy (and other C-band nastiness)

Air Date: 2012-08-30

The Archive's most infamous episode--for some reason.

6. Conservative Folk Music

Air Date: 2012-09-13

Meet the artists that made the likes of Joan Baez and Pete Seeger fear for their careers.

7. Format Wars

Air Date: 2012-09-27

VHS or Beta? Laserdisc or CED? What the hell is a CED anyway? These burning questions (amongst others) answered in this episode!

8. 1-900-ARCHIVE

Air Date: 2012-10-11

Join Ben as he launches his own 1-900 number. What could possibly go wrong?

9. Halloween Special 2012 (Strange VHS Endings)

Air Date: 2012-10-25

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.

10. Captain Midnight / Vrillon

Air Date: 2012-11-08

An Archive double header: The two most famous occurrences of Broadcast Signal Hijacking (well, save for the Max Headroom Incident) are discussed here.

11. Pay TV (but not Cable or Satellite)

Air Date: 2012-11-15

The Oddity Archive will now be switching to scrambled mode. Please turn on your (preferably, circa 1984) decoder box now.

12. Top (Thanksgiving) Turkeys of the (19)90's

Air Date: 2012-11-22

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.

13. Local TV vol. 2 (Kiddie Show Hosts)

Air Date: 2012-12-06

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.

14. Christmas Special (A Fair Use Christmas)

Air Date: 2012-12-20

All Ben wanted for Christmas was a silent night...

15. Teletext Heaven (or Hell)

Air Date: 2013-01-03

Ceefax and Keyfax, Nite-Owl and Cable Chuckles, oh my...

16. Intermission

Air Date: 2013-01-10

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!).

17. Prehistoric Television

Air Date: 2013-01-17

Given how much we discuss TV on the Archive, a history lesson seemed in order.

18. gniksaM sdrawkcaB (Backwards Masking)

Air Date: 2013-01-31

?segassem lanimilbus tahW ?huH Everyone knows there are no subliminal messages in music...(!slatrom nwod wob ,woN)

19. Valentine's Day Special (Dating Services)

Air Date: 2013-02-14

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.

20. Local TV vol. 3 (Public Access)

Air Date: 2013-02-28

Temporarily exiled from the big leagues of Internet TV, Ben (again, temporarily) sets up camp at his local Public Access outlet.

21. Protect & Survive

Air Date: 2013-03-14

It's the feel-good episode of the year as Ben discusses the (in)famous British Nuclear War preparedness campaign.

22. Duck & Cover

Air Date: 2013-03-28

Because you can (apparently) never have enough nukes...

23. Scary Logos (and other Nostalgic Video Terrors)

Air Date: 2013-04-11

What is it about end logos and FBI Warnings that scared so many children of the VHS era?

24. Hell's Bells (The Dangers of Rock and Roll)

Air Date: 2013-04-25

Can pure rock sound really hard-boil an egg? Of course not. It does make for some wicked "deviled" eggs though.

25. Employee Training Videos

Air Date: 2013-05-09

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.

26. VHS Vault vol. 1 (Amvest Video)

Air Date: 2013-05-23

Ever wanted to know the absolute root of the Oddity Archive? Well, it involves a creepy guy in a Hamster costume...

1. Bicentennial Fever

Air Date: 2013-07-04

Because nothing says "Happy 200th, America" like crappy "collectibles", Up With People and bizarre Government films.

2. Record Ripoffs

Air Date: 2013-07-18

Featuring such great (non-)hits from the likes of Hairy Nielsen, BAAB, William Turkey and many, many more! Order today!!!

3. VHS Vault Vol. 2 (Fashion Videos)

Air Date: 2013-08-01

What do you mean Ben is fashion-challenged?

4. Archive LaserKaraoke Party! (LaserKaraoke)

Air Date: 2013-08-15

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).

5. Number Stations (And Other Radio Oddities)

Air Date: 2013-08-29

Covert broadcasts...and how to decode them (your results may vary).

6. The EAS Zombie Hoax of 2013

Air Date: 2013-09-12

Or, as Ben likes to call it, the Max Headroom Incident's annoying, less creative little brother.

7. 8-Tracks (or, The Care & Feeding Of Your 8-Track)

Air Date: 2013-09-20

And Ben thought it would just be another cool toy for his collection. How naive...

8. VHS Vault Vol. 3 (Gambling Videos)

Air Date: 2013-09-26

Learn to gamble--Archive style! God help us...

9. Kiddie Disco Records

Air Date: 2013-10-14

Come visit the Archive Children's Disco before it's condemned!

10. Halloween Special 2013 (Italian Dance Party/Son of Halloween Riffs)

Air Date: 2013-10-24

Forced to discuss his fourth knockoff Disco record in a row, Ben has a slight meltdown.

11. Format Wars Vol. 2 (Pre-Betamax)

Air Date: 2013-11-07

VHS vs. Beta? How 1977...

12. VHS Vault Vol. 4 (VCR Games)

Air Date: 2013-11-21

Ben's still having nightmares about being forced to play charades with Rich Little.

13. QUBE Interactive TV

Air Date: 2013-12-05

An interesting, but (unsurprisingly) failed, early attempt at multimedia interactivity.

14. A Bargain Bin Christmas (or, Ben's Holiday Hits!)

Air Date: 2013-12-19

Five forgotten holiday albums that will...more than likely remain forgotten.

15. Infomercials

Air Date: 2014-01-02

Have you ever wanted to make "melons" in real estate? If so, you've come to the right place!

16. Industrial Musicals (or, The Archive Sells Out!)

Air Date: 2014-01-16

...because salesmen need the comfort of knowing that their product is truly the answer to all problems (consumerist OR existential).

17. Educational Film Salute (or, The Stock Footage Special!)

Air Date: 2014-01-23

Don't screw with Jam Handy!

18. Teknikel Diffikultees (Technical Difficulties)

Air Date: 2014-02-06

The Archive is currently experiencing technical difficulties...LOTS of them...and Ben refuses to take responsibility. So there.

19. PSA's (or, The More You Know, The Less You Understand)

Air Date: 2014-02-20

If V.D. really is for everybody, why don't I have it?

20. Interstitials

Air Date: 2014-03-06

...because only Ben would be stupid enough to devote an entire regular Archive episode to between-show filler.

21. A Tour of the Archive (or, roll up for the Magical, Mysterious Archive Tour)

Air Date: 2014-03-20

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.

22. More Record Rip-Offs

Air Date: 2014-04-03

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!

23. Test Cards (and Patterns)

Air Date: 2014-04-17

Wait, there's a logic to all this?

24. Going Analog

Air Date: 2014-05-01

It's time for a few changes in Archiveland.

25. Weather Warnings

Air Date: 2014-05-08

***THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A ***SEVERE FALSE NOSTALGIA WARNING*** FOR YOUR AREA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE***

26. VHS Vault Vol. 5 (Y2K Apocalypse Party!)

Air Date: 2014-05-29

Alternate Title: How to Survive an Unprovoked Attack From Your Electric Mixer.

1. U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)

Air Date: 2014-07-10

So much for taking a break...

2. The Great Archive Treasure Hunt

Air Date: 2014-07-24

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.

3. Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)

Air Date: 2014-08-07

We've only just begun...to hurt.

4. Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)

Air Date: 2014-08-21

Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.

5. LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)

Air Date: 2014-09-04

Is there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!

6. Laserdiscs (and their children)

Air Date: 2014-09-18

For all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.

7. Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)

Air Date: 2014-10-02

WARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer. Also, <<

8. Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)

Air Date: 2014-10-16

The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.

9. Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween

Air Date: 2014-10-23

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.

10. Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)

Air Date: 2014-10-30

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".

11. Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)

Air Date: 2014-11-13

Well, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.

12. Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses

Air Date: 2014-11-27

Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).

13. Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)

Air Date: 2014-12-11

And welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.

14. Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)

Air Date: 2014-12-23

This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.

15. Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)

Air Date: 2014-12-31

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).

16. 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)

Air Date: 2015-01-15

You asked, we gave. $683.43 will now be added to your next phone bill.

17. VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)

Air Date: 2015-02-12

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.

18. The DuMont Network

Air Date: 2015-01-29

Maybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.

19. Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)

Air Date: 2015-02-26

Q: y u no duvide gams? A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...

20. Audiocassette-Based Board Games

Air Date: 2015-03-12

Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...

21. Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)

Air Date: 2015-03-26

How many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!

22. Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)

Air Date: 2015-04-09

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"...

23. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Air Date: 2015-04-23

An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...

24. Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)

Air Date: 2015-05-07

It's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.

25. WebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover)

Air Date: 2015-05-21

boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!

26. The Death of Analog TV

Air Date: 2015-06-04

The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.

1. Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15)

Air Date: 2015-07-16

The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.

2. Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test)

Air Date: 2015-07-30

Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?

3. Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)

Air Date: 2015-08-13

Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21

4. LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1)

Air Date: 2015-08-27

The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!

5. CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)

Air Date: 2015-09-10

Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?

6. VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To)

Air Date: 2015-09-24

Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.

7. Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over)

Air Date: 2015-10-08

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.

8. Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015)

Air Date: 2015-10-22

Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!

9. VCR Ephemera

Air Date: 2015-11-05

VCR Ephemera, or, Oddity Archive for beginners.

10. Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)

Air Date: 2015-11-19

I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”

11. Prehistoric Pay-Per-View

Air Date: 2015-12-03

You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.

12. Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015)

Air Date: 2015-12-17

Some of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.

13. VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)

Air Date: 2015-12-31

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.)

14. Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)

Air Date: 2016-01-07

Movies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).

15. VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games)

Air Date: 2016-01-21

Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.

16. Prevue Channel(s)

Air Date: 2016-02-04

The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.

17. Airline Safety Videos

Air Date: 2016-02-18

Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.

18. Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)

Air Date: 2016-03-03

...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?

19. Calibration & Test Laserdiscs

Air Date: 2016-03-17

The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?

20. Adult Party Albums

Air Date: 2016-03-31

The most risque episode of the Archive since...the last one.

21. Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay)

Air Date: 2016-04-14

The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.

22. Commodore 64

Air Date: 2016-04-28

It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.

23. VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)

Air Date: 2016-05-12

Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?

24. VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision)

Air Date: 2016-05-26

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).

1. How I Spent My Summer III

Air Date: 2016-07-07

A little success, a little failure, a little intrigue, a little frustration. In other words, your standard between-season break for Ben.

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 6 (98% 70's-free!)

Air Date: 2016-07-21

…dragging the Record Ripoff concept kicking and screaming out of the 70’s. What the hell was I thinking?!?

3. Home Shopping Channels

Air Date: 2016-08-04

Have your credit cards handy because we're about to launch our own Home-Shopping-type channel! What could possibly go wrong?

4. LaserKaraoke Vol. 4 (+ VHS Karaoke Vol. 1)

Air Date: 2016-08-18

Crank it up and sing along! The madness will naturally follow.

5. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul

Air Date: 2016-09-01

Oddity Archive®: Now in ULTRA lo-fi!

6. Talking House Transmitter Redux (or, Part 15 Microbroadcasting: The Final Chapter?)

Air Date: 2016-09-15

Oddity Archive: Your home for absurd, costly and borderline-useless “broadcast” experiments since 2015!

7. The Official Oddity Archive Guide To Retro A/V

Air Date: 2016-09-29

…because I haven’t REALLY opened myself up to mass criticism for a long time now.

8. Betamax

Air Date: 2016-10-13

The Archive takes it to the max--the Betamax, that is.

9. Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016)

Air Date: 2016-10-27

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?

10. VHS Vault Vol. 10 (Learning With The Stars)

Air Date: 2016-11-10

…because as we all know, learning is most fun with famous people.

11. Top 10 Gaming Turkeys (of the 80's and 90's)

Air Date: 2016-11-24

Another Thanksgiving episode? Must be time to unload some more proverbial turkeys (now more cynically than ever)!

12. The Official Oddity Archive® Idiot’s Guide To A/V Transfer

Air Date: 2016-12-08

The second (and hopefully final) installment in the Archive’s “Idiot’s Guide” how-to series.

13. Christmas Special 2016 (A Musical Masochist's Christmas)

Air Date: 2016-12-22

The most deep-hurtingest Christmas ever!

14. VideoGuide (+2 other early Interactive Program Guides)

Air Date: 2017-01-05

Looking at the Interactive Program Guide’s especially awkward adolescence.

15. Local TV Vol. 5 (More Local Commercials)

Air Date: 2017-01-19

Bargain Bennie is having his all-time biggest sale on local (and regional) TV commercials! Get ‘em before they’re gone!

16. VHS Vault Vol. 11(D-I-V-O-R-C-E)

Air Date: 2017-02-02

‘Tis the season for love—and love gone down the garbage disposer.

17. Random Kiddie Records

Air Date: 2017-02-16

Crank up the Fisher-Price turntable!

18. Minidisc

Air Date: 2017-03-02

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.

19. Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel

Air Date: 2017-03-16

Oddity Archive®: Now with new Superlife® coating!

20. DBX Noise Reduction System

Air Date: 2017-03-30

And welcome to the Oddity Archive…the show that rapidly contracts and expands—but clearly not rapidly enough.

21. Ben's Random Reel-To-Reel Haul

Air Date: 2017-04-13

A mere 5 years in the making! You’d never know it though…

22. Useless VHS Tapes

Air Date: 2017-04-27

No, this isn’t about those 100 million (or more) copies of “Titanic” and “Jerry Maguire”—useless as they are.

23. Going (Proto-)Mobile! (Sony Data Discman & Apple Newton)

Air Date: 2017-05-11

With all this talk of so-called “mobile devices” these days, it seemed worth taking a look into.

24. Video Magazines (or, Oddity Archive: Issue #126)

Air Date: 2017-05-25

And welcome to the Oddity Ar-ar-ar-ar-ar-arc-arch-(SLAP)-Archive!

1. How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)

Air Date: 2017-07-06

12 inches of Archivian goodness!

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)

Air Date: 2017-07-20

What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!

3. Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)

Air Date: 2017-08-03

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.

4. Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)

Air Date: 2017-08-17

A cooking show—Archive style.

5. LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)

Air Date: 2017-08-31

New from Sing Alone Video!

6. Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)

Air Date: 2017-09-14

I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.

7. As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)

Air Date: 2017-09-28

This offer will expire without notice! Order now!

8. Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)

Air Date: 2017-10-12

A double (if not triple) dose of failure.  You know you love it.

9. "Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)

Air Date: 2017-10-26

The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!

10. VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)

Air Date: 2017-11-09

Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.

11. The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)

Air Date: 2017-11-22

The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).

12. Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)

Air Date: 2017-12-07

Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!

13. Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)

Air Date: 2017-12-21

Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.

14. Phoney Nostalgia

Air Date: 2018-01-04

No fees! No contracts! No service! Dial 1-800 ARCHIVE and save 0%!

15. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2

Air Date: 2018-01-18

More hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.

16. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1)

Air Date: 2018-02-01

Bring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).

17. Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)

Air Date: 2018-02-15

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.

18. Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs

Air Date: 2018-03-01

The Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.

19. VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)

Air Date: 2018-03-15

No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.

20. Silent-Era Talking Pictures

Air Date: 2018-03-29

These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.

21. Vinyl Potpourri

Air Date: 2018-04-12

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.

22. Loudness Wars

Air Date: 2018-04-26

Finally! An Archive episode with true A E S T H E T I C S!

23. Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)

Air Date: 2018-05-10

…because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.

24. Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)

Air Date: 2018-05-24

The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.

25. Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)

Air Date: 2018-06-07

Let’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).

1. How I Spent My Summer V: The New Frontier

Air Date: 2018-07-26

Archive HQ Version 2.0. Was it worth it?

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 8 (‘80’s & ‘90’s Hits!)

Air Date: 2018-08-09

3. Ben’s Music “Career” Vol. 2 (The Outsider Years, Pt. 2)

Air Date: 2018-08-23

By (inexplicably) popular demand, the Rock N’ Roll equivalent to “American Movie” rolls on.

4. The Archive Drive-In Movie Theater (or, more fun with Part 15 microbroadcasting)

Air Date: 2018-09-06

Attempting to realize a viewer’s vision of an old-school, drive-in theater—at home.

5. VHS Vault Vol. 14 (Be Cruel About Fire Safety)

Air Date: 2018-09-20

We haven't had a good roast in awhile, have we?

6. LaserKaraoke Vol. 6 (Repeat Offenders)

Air Date: 2018-10-04

More 8 frames-per-second at 1,800 revolutions-per-minute goodness from the darkest pits of the Archive!

7. Pioneer CLD-D605 (or, Laserdiscs, Vol. 2)

Air Date: 2018-10-18

Well, I kinda killed the Archive’s old LaserKaraoke machine…and I’d been threatening to upgrade the main Laserdisc player. Upgrade time!

8. Emergency Broadcast Salute, Vol. 2 (Halloween Special 2018)

Air Date: 2018-10-31

IT’S BA-ACK!

9. Philips DCC (Digital Compact Cassette)

Air Date: 2018-11-15

The future of the common audiocassette is (er, was) here!

10. Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 2 (Deeper Cuts)

Air Date: 2018-11-29

Another fragrant bouquet of dusty, musty, moldy slabs of wax!

11. Ben Vs. The Mo(u)ldy Mystery PAL VHS Tapes

Air Date: 2018-12-13

The Archive finally acquires some genuine off-air U.K. tapes…complete with some genuine U.K. mold (er, mould).

12. Christmas Special 2018 (Ben's Christmas Crackers)

Air Date: 2018-12-20

Some Christmas oddities (and one not-so-oddity) with a real bang to them!

13. DBX Noise Reduction Revisited

Air Date: 2019-01-17

New year, old hindrances…

14. Local TV Vol. 6 (More Public Access)

Air Date: 2019-02-07

Let us take another dip into the well of televised municipal culture…

15. Ben's ONTV Box/ Non-Cable Pay TV Vol. 2

Air Date: 2019-02-21

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.

16. The Care & Feeding of Audiocassettes

Air Date: 2019-03-07

A massive dose of hissy, sticky goodness that should never be degaussed after midnight!

17. Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 1 (Something Weird & Rhino)

Air Date: 2019-03-21

A genuine(ly twisted) labor of love from your friends at the Oddity Archive®.

18. Laserdisc Games (but not LaserActive or Arcade)

Air Date: 2019-04-04

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.

19. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 3 (The Transitional Years)

Air Date: 2019-04-18

Like in sports, sometimes musicians need a rebuilding season. I promise, it starts resembling "real" music this time…

20. Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm

Air Date: 2019-05-02

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.

21. VHS Vault Vol. 15 (Potty All The Time)

Air Date: 2019-05-16

In the name of commercial appeal, the Archive cheapens itself to toilet humor.

22. The Branson Tapes

Air Date: 2019-05-30

Recorded not-live at the fabulous Archive Theatre!

1. How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019)

Air Date: 2019-07-11

Ben gets far more than he bargained for…and it was hardly a bargain.

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!)

Air Date: 2019-07-25

A special limited addition—because we don’t think this’ll sell too well.

3. The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style)

Air Date: 2019-08-08

Oddity Archive®: On the cutting edge of amateur, home recording (as of 1965).

4. Scanimate

Air Date: 2019-08-22

A banquet of oversaturated and generation-lossy goodness from the Archive! Fill-in-the-blankwave fans will love it.

5. Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows)

Air Date: 2019-09-05

…and the jackpot goes up to 178…episodes, that is!

6. LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies)

Air Date: 2019-09-19

Our seventh annual marathon of soft rock and mullets…lots and lots of mullets.

7. Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention)

Air Date: 2019-10-03

…or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.

8. Random Reel-To-Reel Tapes Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom")

Air Date: 2019-10-17

Another batch of (no more than) 7.5ips goodness…straight from the hea-a-a-arrt.

9. After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019)

Air Date: 2019-10-31

It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…

10. Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children)

Air Date: 2019-11-14

Getting the History of Home Video train back on track with the first great (albeit rather dull) camcorder format.

11. Top 10 Earworms (to date)

Air Date: 2019-11-28

Guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days…er, weeks…er, months…er, years after viewing!

12. Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies)

Air Date: 2019-12-19

Would you please make welcome to the Archive…tap-dancing Christmas trees, teddy bears that can wipe out entire armies and…Dennis.

13. Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's

Air Date: 2020-01-01

Saying goodbye to the decade that brought us selfies, Alexa, and fidget spinners…and not a minute too soon.

14. History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's)

Air Date: 2020-01-16

A history lesson so big, it’s gonna have to be its own subseries.

15. Theatrical Policy Trailers

Air Date: 2020-01-30

Please silence your phones, mobile devices and other electronics…actually don’t. You won’t be able to hear this episode otherwise.

16. VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale)

Air Date: 2020-02-13

It’s a love obsession at the Archive!

17. Special Bulletins (or, we Interrupt This Archive...)

Air Date: 2020-02-27

We interrupt this episode of Oddity Archive to bring you…a bunch of other interruptions.

18. Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 4: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch

Air Date: 2020-03-12

Time to leave the ol’ cassette 4-tracker behind…

19. Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels)

Air Date: 2020-03-26

20. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3

Air Date: 2020-04-09

A springtime-fresh bouquet of ferric (or chrome) goodness!

21. History of VHS, Vol. 2 (Format Wars & VHS-C)

Air Date: 2020-04-23

Oddity Archive®: Now in our exclusive EP (Endless Play) Mode!

22. Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials)

Air Date: 2020-05-07

…or, the Archive’s idea of nocturnal delight.

23. (Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites)

Air Date: 2020-05-21

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.

24. Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation)

Air Date: 2020-06-04

…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.

1. How I Spent My Summer VII (A Change of Plans)

Air Date: 2020-07-16

Well, my (working) Summer Vacation turned into a (working) Summer Staycation…

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 10 (A Tribute To...)

Air Date: 2020-07-30

Featuring some of the genuine leg ends of Rock N’ Roll!

3. Oddity Archive: Behind The Box (A Documentary)

Air Date: 2020-08-20

A film made especially for the occasion by Swedish documentarian Hans Krullitzer.

4. Early Color Film (but not Technicolor)

Air Date: 2020-09-03

Either the all-time most beautiful or most psychedelic episode of the Archive…we’re not sure.

5. History of VHS, Vol. 3 (S-VHS)

Air Date: 2020-09-17

It’s not just VHS…it’s SUPER VHS!

6. Cheesy Logos

Air Date: 2020-10-01

Just when you thought the Archive couldn’t possibly get any more tacky…

7. Pioneer Promotional Laserdiscs

Air Date: 2020-10-15

Looking at a trio of (slightly misguided) discs touting Pioneer Laserdiscs and Home Theater gear…

8. VHS Vault Vol. 17 (Vampires & Pumpkins) (Halloween Special 2020)

Air Date: 2020-10-29

Life has gotten so tangled lately. As such, let’s roll things back to the absolute (commercial) basics of Halloween…

9. Benny's Birthday Bash

Air Date: 2020-11-12

You’re not getting older. Just crazier…

10. OA Lost Classics (or, The Ones That Got OA)

Air Date: 2020-11-26

Spending Thanksgiving with some prime, succulent, deep cuts of…the Archive.

11. The Ballad of Raymond Rohauer

Air Date: 2020-12-10

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.

12. Christmas Special 2020 (Chunks of Christmas Coal)

Air Date: 2020-12-24

It’s a Vinyl and VHS Christmas! It’s not anywhere near as cool as it sounds…

13. PSA's Vol. 2 (or, Only You Can Prevent PSA's)

Air Date: 2021-01-07

Myasthenia is better than Yourasthenia. So there.

14. Prehistoric Videotape (The Road To Quadruplex)

Air Date: 2021-01-21

…or, how Bing Crosby’s golf game launched a technological revolution.

15. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 5 (Minn-Knot/The End?)

Air Date: 2021-02-04

Benny-boy’s unintentional swan song…or is it?

16. Ben Vs. The Space-Race Tapes

Air Date: 2021-02-18

Uh-oh. Benny-boy's playing preservationist again...

17. Ben Vs. The Wheel Of Fortune TV Play-Along

Air Date: 2021-03-04

18. Cheap Radio Thrills

Air Date: 2021-03-25

Oddity Archive®: Where the thrills are cheap as radio, and radio is cheap as thrills…

19. Weather Warnings Vol. 2 (Looks Like We're In For Nasty Weather)

Air Date: 2021-04-08

The Oddity Archiveland Service (OAS) has issued a WEATHER WARNING…warning.

20. KeyFax Rides Again (Teletext in the U.S.)

Air Date: 2021-04-22

Teletext: Not just for Europeans anymore! Well, not really…

21. VHS Vault Vol. 18 (So You wanna Be A Rock N' Roll Star)

Air Date: 2021-05-06

…well, listen now to what the Archive says!* *Apologies to The Byrds

22. Gag Reels

Air Date: 2021-05-20

A serious dissertation on the dangers of workplace stress and how to cope with it…using pure silliness.

23. History of VHS, Vol. 4 (D-VHS/Demise & Resurrection)

Air Date: 2021-06-03

All good things must come to an end…or must they?

1. How I Spent My Summer VIII (Ben Vs. The Sony AV-3600 Videocorder)

Air Date: 2021-07-22

...because cassettes are for poseurs.

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 11 ('80's Hits: Woodgrain & Neon)

Air Date: 2021-08-12

Some of the most grody tunes we’ve ever covered fer sure, fer sure.

3. USA Networkisms (A Willfully Premature Eulogy)

Air Date: 2021-08-26

Let us take an all-night flight to remember why USA once was “America’s Favorite Cable Network”…

4. Random CD's

Air Date: 2021-09-16

Whatdaya do when you’ve had your fill of analog media? Start hittin’ the ones and zeros…

5. Silent Treatment (A Celebration of Silent Movie Day)

Air Date: 2021-09-29

Benny-boy celebrates the first annual Silent Movie Day by…talking at great length about the silents. Nobody ever accused him of being sharp…

6. Dodgy Demo DVD's

Air Date: 2021-10-14

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…

7. Benny M.'s TV Party (Halloween Special 2021)

Air Date: 2021-10-28

“Benny & The Bot”…coming this fall to KLAK…whether Ben likes it or not. NOTE: Just consider this a 20-minute art film.

8. Bad '80's Syndicated Sitcoms

Air Date: 2021-11-11

Benny the Script Doctor makes a housecall regarding some bad sitcoms.

9. OA's Greatest Commercials

Air Date: 2021-11-25

10 ads (or series thereof) selected by viewers. Any turkeys in this Thanksgiving episode are purely coincidental.

10. FBI Film Raids & Betamax Blues

Air Date: 2021-12-09

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…

11. Christmas Special 2021 (A Good Ol' Archive Christmas)

Air Date: 2021-12-23

Archivisms roasting on an open fire…

12. PCM Audio on Videotape (Betamax, VHS & U-Matic)

Air Date: 2022-01-13

Hey buddy, wanna hear my (horribly impractical) mixtape?

13. Overplayed Commercials (1960's - 2001)

Air Date: 2022-01-27

100% pure, shameless, unfettered nostalgia, courtesy of the Oddity Archive®

14. Valentine's Day Special 2022 (It's A Love Thing)

Air Date: 2022-02-10

Learn all about the fine art of meeting Ben!

15. Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 3 (Gimmick Records)

Air Date: 2022-02-24

Vinyl Potpourri is back! It’s a (1,885 second) miracle!

16. Prehistoric UHF (Early UHF TV in the U.S.)

Air Date: 2022-03-10

A solid-state tuner is recommended for the viewing of this OA episode…in some way we haven’t figured out yet.

17. Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 2 (Sinister Cinema & Vestron Video)

Air Date: 2022-03-24

Another (belated) salute to the bottom of the Mom-and-Pop video rental store barrel!

18. VHS Vault Vol. 19 (Business Scams)

Air Date: 2022-04-07

It’s time for the New $25,000 Pyramid…scheme.

19. Radio Stunting

Air Date: 2022-04-21

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…

20. Ben Vs. The Massey-Ferguson Tapes

Air Date: 2022-05-05

Taking a leisurely, country stroll through the (cowpie-laden) great audiovisual pasture…

21. Early MP3 Players (Diamond Rio & RCA Lyra 2)

Air Date: 2022-05-26

Oddity Archive®: Now available in 64kbps mp3!

22. CX Audio Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)

Air Date: 2022-06-09

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.

1. In Search of AM Stereo (or, How I Spent My Summer IX)

Air Date: 2022-07-21

…or, the OA’s (slightly-belated) 10th Anniversary Special.

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 12 (Gon' Country)

Air Date: 2022-08-11

The Archive finally presents some 100%-pure, down-home musical manure!

3. Bad(?) '90's Syndicated Sitcoms

Air Date: 2022-08-25

This episode is dedicated to those that say we don’t do TV stuff anymore. Maybe we shouldn’t…

4. The Ballad of Peter Lemongello

Air Date: 2022-09-08

Slim Whitman? Blech. Boxcar Willie? Poseur. Only the original TV album guru will do.

5. The Warped Afterlives of Metropolis & Phantom of the Opera (Silent Movie Day 2022)

Air Date: 2022-09-29

Just how close are we to seeing what moviegoers saw in the 1920’s? In these two cases, as it turns out, not very.

6. 8mm (& Super 8) Souvenir Films

Air Date: 2022-10-13

We’re all goin’ on a…(quiet, mellow) Autumn Holiday…

7. The Phantom of the Archive (Halloween Special 2022)

Air Date: 2022-10-27

Watch horror films, keep Archiveland strong, keep Benny-boy (in)sane.

8. VHS Vault Vol. 20 (High-Concept Videos)

Air Date: 2022-11-10

It’s a friend! It’s a companion! It’s a lifestyle! It’s…supremely annoying…

9. Oddity Archive's Greatest Hits (according to YouTube)

Air Date: 2022-11-24

After 10 years, I guess it’s time for the inevitable “Greatest Hits” package…

10. Ben Vs. The Elmo Super 8 Camera (or, Super 8 Film in 2022)

Air Date: 2022-12-08

Super Oddity Archive®: Now with 50% MORE image than Standard Oddity Archive®! Which is 95% LESS image than HD Oddity Archive®…

11. Christmas (C)Rapping (Christmas Special 2022)

Air Date: 2022-12-22

Christmas wrapping is so lame—we’re into Christmas Rapping around here!

12. (Bad) Movie-Based Sitcoms

Air Date: 2023-01-12

…because (as we know) what works for 90 minutes once will ALWAYS work for 30 minutes on a regular basis.

13. Weather Warnings Vol. 3 (Winter Edition)

Air Date: 2023-01-26

Snowbound. Let’s sleep in today…and tomorrow…and the day after…and the day after that…

14. Pointless Products (or, As Seen On TV Commercials, Vol. 2)

Air Date: 2023-02-16

The new & improved Oddity Archive®! Now cracks those pesky filberts!

15. Laserdisc Video Magazines (or, Video Magazines, Vol. 2)

Air Date: 2023-03-02

A true horror show—just not in the way you’d expect.

16. Disco Beaver From Outer Space (& other Early Cable TV-isms)

Air Date: 2023-03-16

Finally (partially) fulfilling that long wished-for Archivism—beavers—specifically, disco beavers.

17. Philips CD-I Vol. 2 (More Revelations)

Air Date: 2023-03-30

You won’t believe your CD-I’s!!!

18. Mad Magazine...'s Forays Into Other Media

Air Date: 2023-04-13

The Archive drops some MAD flava in your ear…

19. VHS Vault Vol. 21 (How To Outwit THE MAN)

Air Date: 2023-04-27

Don’t let THE MAN bring you down. That’s what Oddity Archive® is for…

20. The Early Betamax (& others) Subculture

Air Date: 2023-05-11

Pourin’ one out (er, unraveling a tape) for our vidiot homies…

21. American Forces Network (AFN) TV Ephemera

Air Date: 2023-05-25

The OA celebrates Memorial Day with some genuine WTF from the AFN (AFRTS). Presented on the DL of course, ‘cause we gotta think OPSEC.

22. Ben Vs. The Quasar Great Time Machine

Air Date: 2023-06-08

Ever wonder what it would’ve been like if Rube Goldberg designed a VCR? Neither did I.

23. The Quasar Great Time Machine (VX Video Format)

Air Date: 2023-06-15

You’re in for a “great” time! Would you believe “good” time? How ‘bout “adequate” time?

1. In Search of AM Stereo REDUX (or, How I Spent My Summer X)

Air Date: 2023-07-27

Quite possibly the ultimate “headphone” episode of OA…for realsies this time.

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 13 (At The Movies)

Air Date: 2023-08-17

The Archive finds itself caught in a celluloid jam…

3. Random (Video) Reel-To-Reel

Air Date: 2023-08-31

The Archive does a little home video archaeology…

4. Odditytoberfest (A Smorgasbord of Musical Meatballs)

Air Date: 2023-09-14

Time to fill up on bratwurst and get down to that fonky, fonky, meut-sick!

5. VHS (& Betamax) Public Domain Oddities (Silent Movie Day 2023)

Air Date: 2023-09-28

Public Domain stuff, VHS, weird music, surrealist humor--your Oddity Archive® bingo card should be 80% full from this one episode alone!

6. Season of the Wince (Halloween Special 2023)

Air Date: 2023-10-31

Everybody loves a trilogy…and here’s the last piece of it.

7. Great Comedians (Not-So-Great Sitcoms)

Air Date: 2023-11-16

Even the comedy gods (and goddesses) have their off days…

8. Ben's Favorite OA Episodes

Air Date: 2023-11-23

You’ve heard of turkey coma, right? This one’ll give you Archive coma.

9. VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 22 (Meet Your New VCR)

Air Date: 2023-12-07

Learn all about the ins and out of SCMPF (Simply Can’t Muster Proper Functionality) for your newfangled VCR thing!

10. Cruel Yule (Christmas Special 2023)

Air Date: 2023-12-21

‘Twas a few days before Christmas and all through the Archive/A Benny-boy was stirring, to madness he’ll drive…

11. TBS Networkisms

Air Date: 2024-01-11

An episode that’ll make you want to yell “TB-Yes”!

12. Cable In The Classroom/Channel One News

Air Date: 2024-02-08

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.

13. Local TV Vol. 9 (Commercials, Go Fourth)

Air Date: 2024-03-07

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.

14. Random Audiocassettes Vol. 4 (Cheese N' Sleaze)

Air Date: 2024-04-04

The chocolate and peanut butter of the Archive, together at last in the same episode!

15. TV Record Offer Greats (Slim Whitman & Boxcar Willie)

Air Date: 2024-05-02

The episode where cardboard boxes and BoxCars collide…at last!

16. TV Sign-Offs Vol. 2 (Nocturnal Emissions)

Air Date: 2024-06-06

Hey, you said you wanted more Oddity Archive…After Dark. Be careful what you wish for.

1. How I Spent My Summer XI (Sold(i)ering On...)

Air Date: 2024-07-25

“Fun” Project. “Fun” Time.* *According to the uber-cheap DIY FM transmitter I bought.

2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 14 (The 70's Strike Back)

Air Date: 2024-08-29

Record Ripoffs gets back to its roots…man.

3. Surréalist Sinéma (Silent Movie Day 2024)

Air Date: 2024-09-29

Let’s get real! Surreal, that is… (er, sur-reel?)

4. Halloween Special 2023 (Season of the Wince) ("In-House" Feed)

Air Date: 2024-10-31

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.

5. OA’s Greatest VHS Tapes

Air Date: 2024-11-28

A 8-course feast of Vertical Helical Schlock for your Thanksgiving!

6. Stocking Stinkers (Christmas Special 2024)

Air Date: 2024-12-19

Four stereotypically inedible fruitcakes…and one semi-digestible one for your holiday.

7. Prehistoric Comedy Central (The Comedy Channel/Ha!/CTV: The Comedy Network)

Air Date: 2025-02-13

Let’s celebrate comedy on cable TV…with only the barest minimum of humor.

8. The All-New “Bad” 80's Syndicated Sitcoms

Air Date: 2025-04-18

It’s new! It’s today! It’s now! It’s…recycled.