Season 3

episodes

E1
1.U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)
Jul 10, 201424m

So much for taking a break...

E2
2.The Great Archive Treasure Hunt
Jul 24, 201435m

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.

E3
3.Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)
Aug 7, 201436m

We've only just begun...to hurt.

E4
4.Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
Aug 21, 201415m

Copying this video may cause your computer to randomly burst into flames. The Archive assumes no liability.

E5
5.LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)
Sep 4, 201453m

Is there really such a thing as too much LaserKaraoke? Let's find out with this special double (if not triple) length episode!

E6
6.Laserdiscs (and their children)
Sep 18, 201424m

For all the time we've spent with this format, a full look at it (and its offshoots) seemed only natural.

E7
7.Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)
Oct 2, 201419m

WARNING: This episode is coated in a new, ultra high-tech substance that may cause colorful sparks to emit from your computer. Also, <<

E8
8.Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)
Oct 16, 201420m

The most headache-inducing Archive episode to date. Guaranteed.

E9
9.Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
Oct 23, 201415m

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.

E10
10.Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)
Oct 30, 201427m

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".

E11
11.Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)
Nov 13, 201429m

Well, that only took a year-and-a-half to follow through with another Local TV installment. No, this wasn't painful at all.

E12
12.Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses
Nov 27, 201416m

Ben reviews the Archive (and then the world imploded).

E13
13.Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
Dec 11, 201426m

And welcome to the Oddity Archive, the show that isn't afraid to piss off VHS fetishists.

E14
14.Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)
Dec 23, 201428m

This episode is dedicated to----you, Amber.

E15
15.Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)
Dec 31, 201414m

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).

E16
16.1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)
Jan 15, 201525m

You asked, we gave. $683.43 will now be added to your next phone bill.

E17
17.VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)
Feb 12, 201524m

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.

E18
18.The DuMont Network
Jan 29, 201535m

Maybe all those DuMont jokes in all the 50's-centric Archive episodes will make sense now. Maybe.

E19
19.Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)
Feb 26, 201546m

Q: y u no duvide gams? A: Because I'm not that kind of girl--er, wait. Did you mean "Video Games"? I guess...

E20
20.Audiocassette-Based Board Games
Mar 12, 201520m

Because, you know, VIDEOcassette board games went so well...

E21
21.Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
Mar 26, 201532m

How many times do I have to tell you, China Cabinet? The money is NOT in the fishtank!

E22
22.Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)
Apr 9, 201535m

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"...

E23
23.3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Apr 23, 201532m

An (unintentional) almost-three years in the making...

E24
24.Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)
May 7, 201537m

It's a computer! It's a home video unit! It's a video game console! It's...a little underdeveloped.

E25
25.WebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover)
May 21, 201515m

boxes Boxes. BOXES!!!

E26
26.The Death of Analog TV
Jun 4, 201524m

The Archive has been deemed obsolete. Irony noted.