Oddity Archive Season 6, Episode 7: As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)

1

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

12 inches of Archivian goodness!

28 min

2

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

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

36 min

3

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

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.

35 min

4

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

A cooking show—Archive style.

34 min

5

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

New from Sing Alone Video!

42 min

6

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

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

27 min

7

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

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27 min

8

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

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

28 min

9

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

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

31 min

10

VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)

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

29 min

11

The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)

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

21 min

12

Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)

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

28 min

13

Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)

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

38 min

14

Phoney Nostalgia

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21 min

15

Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2

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

39 min

16

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

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

39 min

17

Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)

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.

19 min

18

Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs

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

22 min

19

VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)

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

27 min

20

Silent-Era Talking Pictures

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

22 min

21

Vinyl Potpourri

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.

27 min

22

Loudness Wars

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

23 min

23

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

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

22 min

24

Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)

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

30 min

25

Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)

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

33 min