Season 3 (2014)
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Episodes 26
U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)
So much for taking a break...
Read MoreThe Great Archive Treasure Hunt
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.
Read MoreReturn of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)
We've only just begun...to hurt.
Read MoreMacrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.
Read MoreLaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)
Is there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!
Read MoreLaserdiscs (and their children)
For all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.
Read MoreCopy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)
WARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer.
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Read MoreShortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)
The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.
Read MoreHallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
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.
Read MoreHalloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)
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".
Read MoreLocal TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)
Well, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.
Read MoreOddity Archive's Greatest Misses
Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).
Read MorePublic Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
And welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.
Read MoreChristmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)
This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.
Read MoreFuture Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)
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).
Read More1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)
You asked, we gave. $683.43 will now be added to your next phone bill.
Read MoreVHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)
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.
Read MoreThe DuMont Network
Maybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.
Read MoreVideo Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)
Q: y u no duvide gams?
A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...
Read MoreAudiocassette-Based Board Games
Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...
Read MoreElectronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
How many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!
Read MoreRecord Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)
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"...
Read More3DO Interactive Multiplayer
An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...
Read MorePhilips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)
It's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.
Read MoreWebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover)
boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!
Read MoreThe Death of Analog TV
The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.
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