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Oddity Archive (2012)Season 3
★ 8.0 · 1 votes15 seasons · 308 episodesDocumentary2012
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.
- Creator
- Ben Minnotte
- Writers
- Ben Minnotte
- Network
- YouTube, Blip
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- July 5, 2012
- Status
- Returning
Cast
- Ben MinnotteSelf - Host
- Eric GersteinNarrator (voice)
- David A. Scott Jr.Himself
Linda EvansSelf (archive footage)
John SchuckHerman Munster (archive footage)
Lee MeriwetherLily Munster (archive footage)
Jason MarsdenEddie Munster (archive footage)- Hilary Van DykeMarilyn Munster (archive footage)
Howard MortonGrandpa Munster (archive footage)
Ernest Lee ThomasRoger "Raj" Thomas (archive footage)
Anne-Marie JohnsonNadine Hudson-Thomas (archive footage)
Haywood NelsonDwayne Nelson (archive footage)
Fred BerryFred "Rerun" Stubbs (archive footage)
Shirley HemphillShirley Wilson (archive footage)
Martin LawrenceMaurice Winfield (archive footage)- Larry SaltisLarry Saltis (archive footage)
Jared ChandlerJared Chandler (archive footage)- Konstantinos KovasDino Kovas (archive footage)
- Marty RossMarty Ross (archive footage)
Episodes
0/26 watched- Episode 1: U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)24 min · Jul 10, 2014
- Episode 2: The Great Archive Treasure Hunt35 min · Jul 24, 2014
- Episode 3: Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)36 min · Aug 7, 2014
- Episode 4: Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)15 min · Aug 21, 2014
- Episode 5: LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)53 min · Sep 4, 2014
- Episode 6: Laserdiscs (and their children)24 min · Sep 18, 2014
- Episode 7: Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)19 min · Oct 2, 2014
- Episode 8: Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)20 min · Oct 16, 2014
- Episode 9: Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween15 min · Oct 23, 2014
- Episode 10: Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)27 min · Oct 30, 2014
- Episode 11: Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)29 min · Nov 13, 2014
- Episode 12: Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses16 min · Nov 27, 2014
- Episode 13: Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)26 min · Dec 11, 2014
- Episode 14: Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)28 min · Dec 23, 2014
- Episode 15: Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)14 min · Dec 31, 2014
- Episode 16: 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)25 min · Jan 15, 2015
- Episode 17: VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)24 min · Feb 12, 2015
- Episode 18: The DuMont Network35 min · Jan 29, 2015
- Episode 19: Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)46 min · Feb 26, 2015
- Episode 20: Audiocassette-Based Board Games20 min · Mar 12, 2015
- Episode 21: Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)32 min · Mar 26, 2015
- Episode 22: Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)35 min · Apr 9, 2015
- Episode 23: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer32 min · Apr 23, 2015
- Episode 24: Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)37 min · May 7, 2015
- Episode 25: WebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover)15 min · May 21, 2015
- Episode 26: The Death of Analog TV24 min · Jun 4, 2015
