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This is a list of all Oddity Archive episodes in the order of when they were released.

Season 1 (2012-2013)[]

Season 1 ran from July 5, 2012 to May 28, 2013.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
1 The Max Headroom Incident of 1987 July 5, 2012
2 Emergency Broadcast Salute July 19, 2012 (Original version)
April 21, 2016 (Re-Edit)
Original version was 2 parts, however the 2016 re-edit combines them into one video
2.5 Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love (Michael Bay Salute) July 26, 2012 First "minisode"
3 TV Sign-Offs August 2, 2012 The first episode to feature The Cardboard Box
4 Local TV Special August 16, 2012 (Original version)
February 25, 2016 (Re-Edit)
Original version was taken down due to copyright claims. Final episode to use "Senses Working Overtime" as the theme song.
4.5 National Anthem Conspiracy Theory August 23rd, 2012
5 American EXXXtasy (and other C-band nastiness) August 30, 2012 (on Blip)
November 8, 2013 (on YouTube)
6 Conservative Folk Music September 13, 2012 First episode to use "Pavanned" as the show's theme song.
6.5 Everlasting Love September 20, 2012
7 Format Wars October 1, 2012 (Original version)
February 25, 2016 (Re-edit)
8 1-900 ARCHIVE
9 Halloween Special (Strange VHS Endings)
9.5 Sounds To Make You Shiver
10 Captain Midnight/Vrillon
11 Pay TV (but not Cable or Satellite)
12 Top (Thanksgiving) Turkeys (of the (19)90's)
13 Local TV, Vol. 2 (Kiddie Show Hosts)
13.5 TV Sign-Offs (Commentary)
14 Christmas Special (A Fair Use Christmas)
15 Teletext Heaven (or Hell)
16 Intermission
17 Prehistoric Television
18 gniksaM sdrawkcaB (Backwards Masking)
18.5 Emergency Broadcast Salute (COMMENTARY)
19 Valentine's Day Special (Dating Services)
20 Local TV, Vol. 3 (Public Access)
20.5 Freedom Is A Hammer
21 Protect & Survive
22 Duck & Cover
22.5 American EXXXtasy (Commentary)
23 Scary Logos (and other Nostalgic Video Terrors)
24 Hell's Bells (The Dangers Of Rock And Roll)
24.5 Greetings From The Stars (sort of)
25 Employee Training Videos
26 VHS Vault Vol. 1 (Amvest Video)

Season 1.5 (2013)[]

Season 1.5 ran from May 30, 2013 to July 1, 2013.

Ep. no Episode Release date Notes
26.1 Ask The Archive May 30, 2013
26.2 Archive Riffs: Petaluma Chicken
26.3 Local TV Special (Commentary)
26.4 Archive Riffs: Greedy Humpty Dumpty
26.5 VHS Vault Vol. 1 (Amvest Video) (Commentary)

Season 2 (2013-2014)[]

Season 2 ran from July 4, 2013 to May 29, 2014.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
27 Bicentennial Fever November 8, 2013 (re-upload)
28 Record Rip-Offs April 28, 2014 (re-upload) The re-uploaded version restores clips from the Blip version.
28.5 Archive Riffs: Say No To Strangers April 1, 2015 (re-upload) "Minisode"
29 VHS Vault Vol. 2 (Fashion Videos)
30 LaserKaraoke (Archive Karaoke Party!)
30.5 National Anthem Conspiracy Theory (REDUX)
31 Number Stations (and other Radio Oddities)
32 The EAS Zombie Hoax of 2013
33 8-Tracks (or, The Care & Feeding Of Your 8-Track)
34 VHS Vault Vol 3. (Gambling Videos)
35 Kiddie Disco Records
35.5 Halloween Special 2012 (Commentary)
36 Halloween Special 2013 (Italian Dance Party) (Part 1 and 2)
36.5 Hallmark Presents: Spooky Sounds
37 Format Wars Vol. 2 (Pre-Betamax)
38 VHS Vault Vol. 4 (VCR Games)
38.5 Archive Riffs: Dining Together
39 QUBE Interactive TV
39.5 Christmas Special 2012 (A Fair Use Christmas) (Commentary)
40 Christmas Special 2013 (A Bargin Bin Christmas)
40.5 Archive Riffs: A Christmas Fantasy
41 Infomercials
41.5 TV DX-ing
42 Industrial Musicials (or, The Archive Sells Out!)
43 Educational Film Salute (or, The Stock Footage Special!) 
43.5 Archive Riffs: Live & Learn
44 Teknikel Diffikultees
45 PSA's (or, The More You Know, The Less You Understand)
45.5 Archive Riffs: Cigarette Commercials
46 Interstitials (or, The More You Know, The Lest You Understand)
47 A Tour of the Archive
47.5 Backwards Masking (Commentary)
48 More Record Rip-Offs
49 Test Cards (and Patterns)
49.5 A Nice Pair (of early, European VCR's)
50 Going Analog
51 Weather Warnings
51.5 Blooper Reel
52 VHS Vault Vol. 5 (Y2K Apocalypse Party!)

Season 2.5 (2014)[]

Season 2.5 ran from June 5, 2014 to July 3, 2014.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
52.1 VHS Vault Vol. 5 (Y2K Apocalypse Party!) (Commentary)
52.2 Archive Riffs: Atomic Alert (Elementary Edition)
52.3 Ben's Junk: Sony Super Betamax
52.4 Ben's Junk: The Rejected Pliot (VideoNow PVD Player)
52.5 Format Wars 2 (Commentary)

Season 3 (2014-2015)[]

Season 3 ran from July 10, 2014 to June 4, 2015.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
53 U-Matic (Or, How I Spent My Summer) July 10, 2014
54 The Great Archive Treasure Hunt July 24, 2014
54.5 Ben's Junk: VHS Camcorder (RCA CC285)
55 Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip Offs, Vol. 3)
56 Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
56.5 The Great Archive Treasure Hunt (Commentary)
57 Laserkaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)
58 Laserdiscs (and their children)
58.5 Ben's Junk: Tascam Cassette Portastudio
59 Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)
59.5 Halloween Special 2013 (Italian Dance Party) (Commentary)
60 Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)
61 Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
62 Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)
63 Local TV Special Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)
63.5 Ben's Junk: 8-Track/Cassette "Adaptor"
64 Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses
64.5 Ben's Junk: Multi-System VHS VCR (Hitachi VT-M768EM)
65 Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
65.5 Ben's Junk: S-VHS VCR (JVC S7600U)
66 Christmas Special 2014 (Santa IS Watching You!)
67 Future Oddities
67.5 Ben's Junk: LaserKaraoke/Laserdisc Player (Pioneer CLD-S304)
68 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)
68.5 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Commentary)
69 VHS Vault Vol. 6 (How's Your Sex Life?) (Valentine's Day Special 2015)
70 The DuMont Network
70.5 The DuMont Network (Deleted Game Show Segment)
71 Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)
71.5 Ben's Junk: Handheld Electronic Games
72 Audiocassette-Based Board Games
73 Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
73.5 Ben's Junk: B-Movies & Cult Classics
74 Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)
75 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
75.5 Ben Tries Finnish Candy
76 Philips CD-I (Compact Disc Interactive)
77 WebTV (and one other early Internet/TV crossover)
77.5 Ben's Junk: WebTV Box
78 The Death of Analog TV

Season 3.5 (2015)[]

Season 3.5 ran from June 11, 2015 to July 13, 2015.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
78.1 The Death of Analog TV (Commentary)
78.2 Ben's Junk: Super 8 Sound Projector (Sears Sound II 9258)
78.3 Archive Riffs: Self-Conscious Guy
78.4 VHS Vault Vol. 6 (How's Your Sex Life?) (Commentary)
78.5 (Unofficial) Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I (Model 220)

Season 4 (2015-2016)[]

Season 4 ran from July 16, 2015 to May 26, 2016.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
79 Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15)
80 Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Oddity Archive Stereo Test!)
80.5 Ben's Junk: 8-Track (and related) Oddities
81 Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)
82 LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1)
82.5 Ben's Junk: Sony DT-30 (External VCR Timer)
83 CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)
83.5 Ben Tries Bonomo's Turkish Taffy
84 VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party And I'll Sigh If I Want To)
84.5 Ben's Junk: Rejuvenique Revisited (PLUS CONTEST!)
85 Record Ripoffs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked Over)
85.5 Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique) (Commentary)
86 Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015)
86.5 An Overly Nostalgic Halloween (or, For The Want Of A Pail)
86.6 For The Want Of A Pail (Conclusion)
87 VCR Ephemera
87.5 Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder
88 Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)
88.5 Ben Tries: Thanksgiving Edition (or, Ben Tries Australian Stuff)
89 Prehistoric Pay-Per-View
89.5 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
90 Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (or, Christmas Special 2015)
90.5 Archive Riffs: A Christmas Dream
91 VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)
92 Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)
92.5 Ben's CED Collection (Deleted Segment From CED Episode)
93 VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games!)
93.5 Ben's Junk: Guitars! Guitars!! Guitars!!!
94 Prevue Channel(s)
94.5 Ben's Junk: Ben's Philips CD-I Collection
95 Airline Safety Videos
96 Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)
96.5 Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I Peacekeeper Revolver
97 Calibration & Test Laserdiscs
97.5 Ben's Junk: Ben's (Incomplete) Comedy LP Collection
98 Adult Party Albums
98.9 Ben's Junk: Fisher Price Movie Viewer
99 Disposable DVD's (DIVX and FlexPlay)
100 Commodore 64
100.5 Ben’s Junk: Commodore 64 (& peripherals)
101 VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)
101.5 Ben’s Junk: Sony TT-100 Tuner/Timer (for U-Matic)
102 VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision)

Season 4.5 (2016)[]

Season 4.5 ran from June 2, 2016 to June 30, 2016.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
102.1 Commodore 64 (Commentary)
102.2 Ben's Junk: VCR Co-Pilot
102.3 Archive Riffs: Fox Hour Promotional Reel
102.4 Record Ripoffs (Commentary)
102.5 Ben's Junk: Magnavox Odyssey 2

Season 5 (2016-2017)[]

Season 5 ran from July 7, 2016 to May 25, 2017.

Ep. no Episode Release date Notes
103 How I Spent My Summer Vacation III (Super Betamax/Software Defined Radio/Talking House Transmitter)
103.5 Ben's Junk: ColecoVision Video Game Console
104 Record Ripoffs Vol, 6 (98% 70's Free!)
105 Home Shopping Channels
105.5 (Some of) Ben's Vinyl Collection
106 LaserKaraoke Vol. 4 (+ VHS Karaoke Vol. 1)
106.5 Ben's Junk: (The) Voice Module (for Magnavox Odyssey 2)
107 Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul
107.5 FlexPlay Disposable DVD Update
108 Talking House Transmitter Redux
108.5 Ben's Junk: Fisher Price Star Station Sing-Along Machine
109 The Official Oddity Archive Guide to Retro A/V
110 Betamax
110.5 Fisher-Price PXL-2000 Camcorder (Commentary)
111 Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016)
111.5 Ben's Junk: bob (Another Nanny Box)
112 VHS Vault Vol. 10 (Learning with the Stars)
112.5 Ben's Junk: DVD Recorder (Panasonic DMR-E55)
113 Top 10 Gaming Turkeys (of the 80's and 90's)
114 The Official Oddity Archive Idiot's Guide to A/V Transfer
114.5 Ben's Junk: Gemmy Douglas Fir Talking Christmas Tree
115 Christmas Special 2016 (A Musical Masochist's Christmas
116 Videoguide (+2 Other Early Interactive Program Guides)
116.5 Ben's Junk: Ben's Comic Book Collection
117 Local TV Vol. 5 (More Local Commercials)
118 VHS Vault Vol. 11 (D-I-V-O-R-C-E)
119 Random Kiddie Records
119.5 Ben’s Junk: Learn To Solder Kit
120 Minidisc
120.5 Ben's Junk: MD Walkman (Minidisc Addendum)
121 Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel
121.5 Ben's Junk: RCA Selectavision CED Player (SGT 250)
122 DBX Noise Reduction System
122.5 Ben's Junk: Ben's Audiophile Albums
123 Ben’s Random Reel-To-Reel Haul
124 Useless VHS Tapes
124.5 Ben's Junk: VTech Socrates Educational Video System
125 Going (Proto-)Mobile! (Sony Data Discman & Apple Newton)
125.5 Ben's Junk: VideoCipher II Plus/Manhattan Cable TV Box
126 Video Magazines (or, Oddity Archive: Issue #126)

Season 5.5 (2017)[]

Season 5.5 ran from June 8, 2017 to June 29, 2017.

Ep. no Episode Release date Notes
126.1 Ben's Junk: go reader (Audiobook Device)
126.2 Archive Riffs: Dear Miss Gloria
126.3 DBX Noise Reduction System (Commentary)
126.4 Ben's Junk: Las Vegas Vacation (1997)

Season 6 (2017-2018)[]

Season 6 ran from July 6, 2017 to June 7, 2018.

Ep. no Episode Release date Notes
127 How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)
127.5 Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 1)
128 Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70’s!)
128.5 Ben’s 10 Favorite Albums (Part 2)
129 Elvis Has(n’t) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)
129.5 Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Tape (Azimuith Alignment Cassette)
130 Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)
130.5 Ben's Junk: DBX Cassettes (DBX Addendum)
131 LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)
131.5 Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Disc (Turntable Cartridge Alignment Tool)
132 Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)
132.5 Ben's Junk: (New) Speed Calibration Cassette
133 As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)
133.5 Ben's Junk: CVS One-Time Use Camcorder
134 Ben’s Palm PDA’s (& Camera “Spy” Glasses)
134.5 Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016) (Commentary)
135 “Telecine” Film Transfer (Halloween Special 2017)
135.5 Ben's Junk: The World of Yesterday (& other Classic Hollywood Fanzines)
136 VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)
136.5 Ben's Junk: Realistic Phono Pre-Amp (Model 42-2109)
137 The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)
137.5 Ben's Junk: Vidicraft Vidimate Video Enhancer (Model VDM3005)
138 Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)
138.5 Ben's Junk: Star Shower Laser Light
139 Christmas Special 2017 (Ben’s Christmas Clunkers)
139.5 Ben's Junk: Sankyo Dualux Dual8 Projector (Model 2000H)
140 Phoney Nostalgia
140.5 Ben's Junk: Allsop 3 Orbitrac Record Cleaning System
141 Ben’s Random Audiocassette Haul #2
141.5 Ben's Junk: JVC KD-A6 Cassette Deck
142 Ben’s Music “Career” Vol. 1 (The Outsider Years, Pt. 1)
142.5 Ben's Junk: Discwasher Compact Disc Cleaner
143 Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
143.5 Ben's Junk: Royal Disc Repair System
144 Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs
144.5 Ben's Junk: The Archive HQ Bookshelf
145 VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin’ Out)
145.5 Ben's Junk: MP32C64 Adapter (Commodore Datasette Substitute)
146 Silent-Era Talking Pictures
146.5 Archive Thrifting 1: Impromptu Investigations
147 Vinyl Potpourri
147.5 Archive Thrifting 2: Arc of a (Dumpster) Diver
148 Loudness Wars
148.5 Ben's Junk: K-Tel Record Selector
149 Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)
149.5 Ben's Junk: Teac V-770 Cassette Deck
150 Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)
150.5 Discovision Dead Sides
151 Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)

Season 6.5 (2018)[]

Season 6.5 ran from June 21, 2018 to July 5, 2018.

Ep. no Episode Release date Notes
151.1 Ben's Junk: ABC Talking Monday Night Football
151.2 Archive Riffs: Selling Your Home? (Talking House Transmitter Promo Video)
151.3 Archive Thrifting 3 (Beautiful Downtown Aurora's Last Stand)

Season 7 (2018-2019)[]

Season 7 ran fro July 26, 2018 to May 30, 2019.

Ep. no Episode Release date Notes
152 How I Spent My Summer V: The New Frontier
152.5 Ben's Junk: Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit
153 Record Ripoffs Vol. 8 ('80s & '90s Hits!)
153.5 Ben's Junk: Audio Technica AT-LP120 Turntable (Early Thoughts)
154 Ben's Music "Career" Vol. 2 (The Outsider Years, Pt. 2)
154.5 Ben's Junk: Ben's Makeshift Bedroom Stereo System
155 The Archive Drive-In Movie Theatre (Or, More Fun With Part 15 Microbroadcasting)
155.5 Ben's Junk: Ramsey FM Transmitter (Further Experiments)
156 VHS Vault Vol. 14 (Be Cruel About Fire Safety)
156.5 Archive Thrifting 4: Elvis Sightings
157 LaserKaraoke Vol. 6 (Repeat Offenders)
157.5 Archive Thrifting 5: Low Money Hustla
158 Pioneer CLD-D605 (Or, Laserdiscs, Vol. 2)
158.5 Sounds of Terror! (Halloween Album Review)
159 Emergency Broadcast Salute Vol. 2 (Halloween Special 2018)
159.5 Ben's Junk: Pac-Man Fever (Pac-Man Mini Arcades)
160 Phillips DCC (Digital Compact Cassette)
160.5 Archive Riffs: Thanksgiving Commercials
161 Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 2 (Deeper Cuts)
161.5 Ben's Junk: NES Classic Edition (The Last Word?)
162 Ben Vs. The Mo(u)ldy Mystery PAL VHS Tapes
163 Christmas Special 2018 (Ben's Christmas Crackers)
163.25 Christmas LaserKaraoke (Deleted Segment From Christmas Special 2018)
163.5 Ben's Junk: Nagaoka MP-110H Phono Cartridge
163.75 Ben's Junk: Sega Pico ("Edutainment" Console)
164 DBX Noise Reduction Revisited
164.5 Ben's Junk: SNES Classic Edition ((Belated) First Impressions)
165 Local TV Vol. 6 (More Public Access)
165.5 Archive Riffs: Valentine's Day Commercials (A Semi-Romantic Tale)
166 Ben's ONTV Box/Non-Cable Pay TV Vol. 2
166.5 Archive Thrifting 6: Frostbite Falls
167 The Care & Feeding of Audiocassettes
167.5 Ben's Junk: Ronco Mr. Microphone
168 Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 1 (Something Weird & Rhino)
168.5 Ben's Junk: GAF Super 8 Sound Film Projector
169 Laserdisc Games (but not LaserActive or Arcade)
169.5 Ben's Junk: The Big Reel (Film Collector's Magazine)
170 Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 3 (The Transitional Years)
170.5 Discovision/Laserdisc Quirks (An Informal Discussion)
171 Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm
171.5 Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 2
172 VHS Vault Vol. 15 (Potty All The Time)
172.5 Ben's Junk: VGA Converters/Public Domain CD-ROMs
173 The Branson Tapes

Season 7.5 (2019)[]

Season 7.5 ran from June 13, 2019 to July 4, 2019.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
173.1 Ben's Junk: Innovative Technologies ITNS-500 Slide "Scanner"
173.2 Archive Riffs: Clutch Cargo (Big "X", Parts 4 & 5)
173.3 Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm (Commentary)
173.4 Archive Thrifting 7: Wii, Wii, All The Way Home

Season 8 (2019-2020)[]

Season 8 ran from July 11, 2019 to June 4, 2020.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
174 How I Spent My Summer VI (The Great A/V Overhaul of 2019)
175 Record Ripoffs Vol. 9 (HITS on the '60's!)
175.5 Ben's Junk: Video Action Magazine (Issue #1: December, 1980)
176 The Right Way To Tape Record (1965-Style)
176.5 Ben's Junk: Ben's Laserdisc Collection (2019 Edition)
177 Scanimate
177.5 Fostex X-14 Cassette Multitracker/Ben's Music "Career": The Gear
178 Local TV Vol. 7: Dialing For Dollars (& other Franchised Game Shows)
178.5 Ben's Junk: Whippany Rhythm Master (Circa 1972 Drum Machine)
179 LaserKaraoke Vol. 7 (Golden Moldies)
179.5 Ben's Junk: Burns Theremin
180 Employee Training Videos Vol. 2 (Loss Prevention)
180.5 Archive Thrifting 8: Break IT You Pay For IT
181 Random Reel-To-Reel Vol. 2 (featuring "The Ballad of Tom")
181.5 Haunted House (Halloween SFX Album Review)
182 After Hours (Transmitter Maintenance) (Halloween Special 2019)
182.5 Ben's Junk: Realistic Concertmate (Moog) MG-1 Synthesizer
183 Video8 (8mm Video) (and its children)
183.5 Ben's Junk: Sony DCR-TRV320 Digital8 Handycam (Video8 Addendum)
184 Top 10 Earworms (to date)
184.1 Ben's Junk: Archer Video Processor/Stabilizer (Model 15-1272A)
184.2 Algorithmic Audio Mastering (CloudBounce Review)
184.3 Archive Thrifting 9: Christmas Confidential
185 Christmas Special 2019 (Ben's Christmas Kookies)
185.5 Archive Riffs: Boxing Day Commercials (er, Adverts)
186 Future Oddities 2 (A Kissoff to the 2010's)
186.5 MovieCD
187 History of VHS, Vol. 1 (The '70's)
187.5 Ben's Junk: Cult VHS (& a few DVD's) (2020 Edition)
188 Theatrical Policy Trailers
188.5 Ben's Junk: Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD Audio Interface
189 VHS (& Beta) Vault Vol. 16 (A (cautious) Romantic Tale) (YT-friendly)
189.5 Ben's Junk: Behringer Neutron (Analog, Monophonic) Synthesizer
190 Special Bulletins (or, We Interrupt This Archive...)
190.5 Ben's Junk: Industrial Laserdiscs/Anderic (Repro) Service Remote
191 Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 4 (Greetings From Elderbush Gulch)
191.5 Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 4.5 (Greetings Multitracks) (an addendum)
192 Jukebox Network (& other UHF music video channels)
192.5 Enhanced CD's (& other multimedia CD's) (an informal chat)
193 Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #3
193.5 Ben's Junk: The OA (semi-)Supercomputer/OA Recording Studio Redux
194 History of VHS, Vol.2 (Format Wars & VHS-C)
194.5 Ben's Junk: Sony SLO-325 Industrial Betamax
195 Local TV Vol. 8 (Even More Local Commercials)
195.5 Ben's Junk: 1953 &1956 Hoffman Television Catalogs
196 (Semi-)Lost TV Series (Personal Favorites)
196.5 Ben's Junk: Tiger Quiz Wiz
197 Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation)

Season 8.5 (2020)[]

Season 8.5 ran from June 18, 2020 to July 9, 2020.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
197.1 Ben’s Junk: First Alert FTR-960R Time-Lapse VCR (+ Time-Lapse Tape) June 18, 2020
197.2 Archive Riffs: Moving Up To Amateur Radio
197.3 Archive Thrifting #10: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
197.4 Ben’s Junk: Sony U-Matic & Industrial Betamax Wired Remotes July 9, 2020

Season 9 (2020-2021)[]

Season 9 ran from July 16, 2020 to June 3, 2021.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
198 How I Spent My Summer VII (A Change of Plans) July 16, 2020
198.5 Archive Thrifting #11: This Can Not Be The Right Price Deal
199 Record Ripoffs Vol. 10 (A Tribute To...)
199.5 Ben's Junk: Pioneer RH-65 8-Track Deck
199.75 Ben's Junk: Denon UD-M30 CD Receiver
200 Oddity Archive: Behind The Box (A Documentary)
200.5 Ep. 200 Rebuttal & Deleted Scenes
201 Early Color Film (but not Technicolor)
202 History of VHS Vol. 3 (S-VHS)
202.5 Ben's Junk: JVC HR-S7600U S-VHS ET VCR (REVISITED)
203 Cheesy Logos
203.5 Ben's Junk: Buster Keaton Video Collection
204 Pioneer Promotional Laserdiscs
204.5 Archive Thrifting #12: (Not-so) Scary Deals
205 VHS Vault Vol. 17 (Vampires & Pumpkins) (Halloween Special 2020)
205.5 Ben's Junk: (New) Polaroid 600 Film (& old camera(s))
206 Benny's Birthday Bash
206.5 Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's Audiocassette Collection
207 OA Lost Classics (or, The Ones That Got OA)
207.5 Ben's Junk: (New) Dubreq Stylophone
208 The Ballad of Raymond Rohauer
208.5 Archive Thrifting #13: Deck The Hauls
209 Christmas Special 2020 (Chunks of Christmas Coal)
210 PSA's Vol. 2 (or, Only You Can Prevent PSA's)
211 Prehistoric Videotape (The Road To Quadruplex)
211.5 Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's Vinyl Collection Vol. 2
212 Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 5 (Minn-Knot/The End?)
212.5 Ben's Junk: Sega Genesis Mini
213 Ben Vs. The Space-Race Tapes
213.5 Home Video Recording, 1972-Style (or, Ben's Complete U-Matic Rig)
214 Ben Vs. The Wheel Of Fortune TV Play-Along
214.1 Ben's Junk: Toshiba 20AF43 CRT TV
214.2 Archive Thrifting #14: (Non-)Luck of the (Non-)Irish
215 Cheap Radio Thrills
215.5 Phonies (Answering Machine Greetings)
216 Weather Warnings Vol. 2 (Looks Like We're In For Nasty Weather)
216.5 Archive Riffs: A Taxing Set of Commercials (Tax Day Special)
217 KeyFax Rides Again (Teletext in the U.S.)
217.5 Ben's Junk: GPX Digital TV Tuner + Recorder
218 VHS Vault Vol. 18 (So You Wanna Be A Rock N' Roll Star)
218.5 A Geeky Evening With Benny-Boy
219 Gag Reels
219.5 Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance Box Pro (Video Capture Device)
220 History of VHS, Vol. 4 (D-VHS/Demise & Resurrection) June 3, 2021

Season 9.5 (2021)[]

Season 9.5 ran from June 10, 2021 to July 8, 2021.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
220.1 Ben's Junk: JVC HM-DH30000U & Mitsubishi HD-HS2000u D-VHS VCR's June 10, 2021
220.2 Episode 200 (Behind The Box) (COMMENTARY)
220.3 Archive Thrifting #15: Out Of This World Deals
220.4 Ben's Junk: Akai GX-220 Reel-To-Reel Audiotape Deck July 8, 2021

Season 10 (2021-2022)[]

Season 10 began on July 22, 2021.

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
221 How I Spent My Summer VIII (Ben Vs. The Sony AV-3600 Videocorder) July 22, 2021.
221.1 Ben's Casino Travelogue (Deleted Segment from HISMS VIII)
221.2 Archive Thrifting #16: La Cage Aux Thrifting
222 Record Ripoffs Vol. 11 ('80's Hits: Woodgrain & Neon)
222.5 VCR Cleaning (A Public Service Video)
223 USA Networkisms (A Willfully Premature Eulogy)
223.1 Channel Update (9/2021) (Sony AV-3600 Update, Sencore VA62, etc.)
223.2 VCR Rabbit Revisited
224 Random CD's
224.5 Ben's Junk: Video Store Regulars (& Memories)
225 Silent Treatment (A Celebration of Silent Movie Day)
225.5 Ben's Junk: Wolverine Moviemaker Pro 8mm & Super8 Film Scanner
226 Dodgy Demo DVD's
226.5 Archive Thrifting #17: Spooktacular Savings
227 Benny M.'s TV Party (Halloween Special 2021)
227.5 Ben's Junk: Sony Digital Mavica (Model MVC-FD73, Floppy Disk Digital Camera From 1999)
228 Bad '80's Syndicated Sitcoms
228.5 Ben's Junk: Coolmusic Ring Modulator (& other FX) ("Max Headroom" Hijacker Voice)
229 OA's Greatest Commercials
229.5 Ben's Junk: Christmas TV VHS & DVD's
230 FBI Film Raids & Betamax Blues
230.5 Archive Thrifting #18: Shortwave Santa
231 Christmas Special 2021 (A Good Ol' Archive Christmas)
231.5 Ben's Junk: Keyfax Update/Pioneer GGF1381 Laserdisc Service Remote/Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 3
232 PCM Audio on Videotape (Betamax, VHS & U-Matic)
232.5 Ben's Junk: VuPoint Digital Video Converter (or, the circa 2010 YouTube video device) January 20, 2022,
233 Overplayed Commercials (1960's - 2001) January 27, 2022
233.5 Ben's Junk: The Clapper February 3, 2022
234 Valentine’s Day Special 2022 (It’s A Love Thing) February 10, 2022

Specials[]

Ep. no. Episode Release date Notes
0.1 CED Personal Discussion
0.2 Betamax Personal Discussion
0.3 Weathering The Blipocalypse (or, Bye Bye Blippie) (or, You Bet Your Sweet Blippy)
0.4 Ask The Archive (The Inferior Sequel)
0.5 Oddity Archive Channel Trailer (Version 2.0)
0.6 Rejuvenique Contest Winner Announcement
0.7 Oddity Archive is on Patreon!
0.8 Record Ripoffs Commercial Parodies (Vol. 1-6)
0.9 Ben Minnotte – Pavanned (Oddity Archive Theme Song)
0.10 Sergei's Catacomb of Classics September 13, 2016
0.11 Ben vs. the Storage Unit (A Mini-Documentary)
0.12 Sergei's Catacomb of Classics (Halloween Edition!) October 31, 2016
0.13 Christmas Edition) December 24, 2016
0.14 Sergei's Catacomb of Classics (Valentine's Day(-ish) Edition) February 9, 2017
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