Ben Minnotte
Director
Oddity Archive (2012)
Season 11
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.
Released July 5, 2012
Episode 28 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, History
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.cardboard-box, tmdb.hidden-face, tmdb.technology, tmdb.broadcasting
Network: YouTube
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S11E1 - In Search of AM Stereo (or, How I Spent My Summer IX)
…or, the OA’s (slightly-belated) 10th Anniversary Special.
July 21, 2022, midnight
S11E2 - Record Ripoffs Vol. 12 (Gon' Country)
The Archive finally presents some 100%-pure, down-home musical manure!
Aug. 11, 2022, midnight
S11E3 - Bad(?) '90's Syndicated Sitcoms
This episode is dedicated to those that say we don’t do TV stuff anymore. Maybe we shouldn’t…
Aug. 25, 2022, midnight
S11E4 - The Ballad of Peter Lemongello
Slim Whitman? Blech.
Boxcar Willie? Poseur.
Only the original TV album guru will do.
Sept. 8, 2022, midnight
S11E5 - The Warped Afterlives of Metropolis & Phantom of the Opera (Silent Movie Day 2022)
Just how close are we to seeing what moviegoers saw in the 1920’s? In these two cases, as it turns out, not very.
Sept. 29, 2022, midnight
S11E6 - 8mm (& Super 8) Souvenir Films
We’re all goin’ on a…(quiet, mellow) Autumn Holiday…
Oct. 13, 2022, midnight
S11E7 - The Phantom of the Archive (Halloween Special 2022)
Watch horror films, keep Archiveland strong, keep Benny-boy (in)sane.
Oct. 27, 2022, midnight
S11E8 - VHS Vault Vol. 20 (High-Concept Videos)
It’s a friend! It’s a companion! It’s a lifestyle! It’s…supremely annoying…
Nov. 10, 2022, midnight
S11E9 - Oddity Archive's Greatest Hits (according to YouTube)
After 10 years, I guess it’s time for the inevitable “Greatest Hits” package…
Nov. 24, 2022, midnight
S11E10 - Ben Vs. The Elmo Super 8 Camera (or, Super 8 Film in 2022)
Super Oddity Archive®: Now with 50% MORE image than Standard Oddity Archive®! Which is 95% LESS image than HD Oddity Archive®…
Dec. 8, 2022, midnight
S11E11 - Christmas (C)Rapping (Christmas Special 2022)
Christmas wrapping is so lame—we’re into Christmas Rapping around here!
Dec. 22, 2022, midnight
S11E12 - (Bad) Movie-Based Sitcoms
…because (as we know) what works for 90 minutes once will ALWAYS work for 30 minutes on a regular basis.
Jan. 12, 2023, midnight
S11E13 - Weather Warnings Vol. 3 (Winter Edition)
Snowbound. Let’s sleep in today…and tomorrow…and the day after…and the day after that…
Jan. 26, 2023, midnight
S11E14 - Pointless Products (or, As Seen On TV Commercials, Vol. 2)
The new & improved Oddity Archive®! Now cracks those pesky filberts!
Feb. 16, 2023, midnight
S11E15 - Laserdisc Video Magazines (or, Video Magazines, Vol. 2)
A true horror show—just not in the way you’d expect.
March 2, 2023, midnight
S11E16 - Disco Beaver From Outer Space (& other Early Cable TV-isms)
Finally (partially) fulfilling that long wished-for Archivism—beavers—specifically, disco beavers.
March 16, 2023, midnight
S11E17 - Philips CD-I Vol. 2 (More Revelations)
You won’t believe your CD-I’s!!!
March 30, 2023, midnight
S11E18 - Mad Magazine...'s Forays Into Other Media
The Archive drops some MAD flava in your ear…
April 13, 2023, midnight
S11E19 - VHS Vault Vol. 21 (How To Outwit THE MAN)
Don’t let THE MAN bring you down. That’s what Oddity Archive® is for…
April 27, 2023, midnight
S11E20 - The Early Betamax (& others) Subculture
Pourin’ one out (er, unraveling a tape) for our vidiot homies…
May 11, 2023, midnight
S11E21 - American Forces Network (AFN) TV Ephemera
The OA celebrates Memorial Day with some genuine WTF from the AFN (AFRTS). Presented on the DL of course, ‘cause we gotta think OPSEC.
May 25, 2023, midnight
S11E22 - Ben Vs. The Quasar Great Time Machine
Ever wonder what it would’ve been like if Rube Goldberg designed a VCR? Neither did I.
June 8, 2023, midnight
S11E23 - The Quasar Great Time Machine (VX Video Format)
You’re in for a “great” time! Would you believe “good” time? How ‘bout “adequate” time?
June 15, 2023, midnight
Network: YouTube
Episode Runtime: 28 min.
Season Runtime: 8240 min.
Released: July 5, 2012
Last Air Date: Nov. 27, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR / 10+
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