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Season 8 • Episode 14 • History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's)

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Oddity Archive Season 8, Episode 14: History of VHS, Vol. 1 (the '70's)

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Episodes

24 episodes
1

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

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

35 min
2

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

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

32 min
3

The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style)

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

36 min
4

Scanimate

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

19 min
5

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

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

21 min
6

LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies)

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

37 min
7

Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention)

…or, Ben enters the Loss Prevention Protection Program.

28 min
8

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

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

39 min
9

After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019)

It takes a LOT of sacrifice to maintain the Archive…

21 min
10

Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children)

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

23 min
11

Top 10 Earworms (to date)

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

26 min
12

Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies)

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

42 min
13

Future Oddities 2: A Kissoff To The 2010's

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

19 min
14

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

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

22 min
15

Theatrical Policy Trailers

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

24 min
16

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

It’s a love obsession at the Archive!

32 min
17

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

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

40 min
18

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

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

42 min
19

Jukebox Network (& other UHF Music Video Channels)

31 min
20

Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3

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

28 min
21

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

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

26 min
22

Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials)

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

23 min
23

(Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites)

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.

20 min
24

Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation)

…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.

31 min