

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.


Jul 16, 2020 - 34m
Well, my (working) Summer Vacation turned into a (working) Summer Staycation…

Jul 30, 2020 - 32m
Featuring some of the genuine leg ends of Rock N’ Roll!

Aug 20, 2020 - 35m
A film made especially for the occasion by Swedish documentarian Hans Krullitzer.

Sep 3, 2020 - 22m
Either the all-time most beautiful or most psychedelic episode of the Archive…we’re not sure.

Sep 17, 2020 - 26m
It’s not just VHS…it’s SUPER VHS!

Oct 1, 2020 - 26m
Just when you thought the Archive couldn’t possibly get any more tacky…

Oct 15, 2020 - 30m
Looking at a trio of (slightly misguided) discs touting Pioneer Laserdiscs and Home Theater gear…

Oct 29, 2020 - 33m
Life has gotten so tangled lately. As such, let’s roll things back to the absolute (commercial) basics of Halloween…

Nov 12, 2020 - 26m
You’re not getting older. Just crazier…

Nov 26, 2020 - 26m
Spending Thanksgiving with some prime, succulent, deep cuts of…the Archive.

Dec 10, 2020 - 19m
With (backhanded, insincere) apologies to Hunter S. Thompson: Film Preservation is a cruel and shallow nitrate ditch, a long celluloid hallway where good films rot. That’s just the negative side.

Dec 24, 2020 - 36m
It’s a Vinyl and VHS Christmas! It’s not anywhere near as cool as it sounds…

Jan 7, 2021 - 30m
Myasthenia is better than Yourasthenia. So there.

Jan 21, 2021 - 22m
…or, how Bing Crosby’s golf game launched a technological revolution.

Feb 4, 2021 - 48m
Benny-boy’s unintentional swan song…or is it?

Feb 18, 2021 - 40m
Uh-oh. Benny-boy's playing preservationist again...

Mar 4, 2021 - 35m
No overview available.

Mar 25, 2021 - 27m
Oddity Archive®: Where the thrills are cheap as radio, and radio is cheap as thrills…

Apr 8, 2021 - 35m
The Oddity Archiveland Service (OAS) has issued a WEATHER WARNING…warning.

Apr 22, 2021 - 29m
Teletext: Not just for Europeans anymore! Well, not really…

May 6, 2021 - 34m
…well, listen now to what the Archive says!* *Apologies to The Byrds

May 20, 2021 - 26m
A serious dissertation on the dangers of workplace stress and how to cope with it…using pure silliness.

Jun 3, 2021 - 29m
All good things must come to an end…or must they?