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Emergency Broadcast Salute
EBStest
Season 1, Episode 2
Information
Air date July 19, 2012
Written by Ben Minnotte
Directed by Ben Minnotte
Music
Opening Theme Senses Working Overtime by XTC
Ending Theme EBS Jingle by WHEN Syracuse, NY
Episode guide
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"Emergency Broadcast Salute" is the second episode of Oddity Archive.

Summary[]

Ben discusses Civil Defense Broadcasting in the United States (Including CONELRAD, the EBS, and the EAS), and as a bonus, he yells at a EAS Warning he made. He also discusses the EBS false alarm of 1971.

Running Gags[]

  • Company Name: Worse Than Coleman Francis Productions
  • Very End Clip: Max Headroom and the EAS Duck Fart sound.
  • The Show That: "Dares to ask hard hitting questions as:" (The 5 Neat Guys sing "Who made the egg salad sandwiches?")

Trivia[]

  • Max Headroom appears again.
  • This episode is one video on YouTube (the 2016 re-edit).
  • This is the first episode are Ben does the "The Show That" gag.
  • The 5 Neat Guys gag is taken from the Canadian sketch comedy series SCTV.

Videos[]

Oddity_Archive_Episode_2_-_Emergency_Broadcast_Salute_(Part_1)

Oddity Archive Episode 2 - Emergency Broadcast Salute (Part 1)

Oddity_Archive_Episode_2_-_Emergency_Broadcast_Salute_(Part_2)

Oddity Archive Episode 2 - Emergency Broadcast Salute (Part 2)

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