Season 3 episodes2014-07-10

Season 3

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.

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Episodes

Season 3

Episode 1

U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)

24m

Episode 2

The Great Archive Treasure Hunt

35m

Episode 3

Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)

36m

Episode 4

Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)

15m

Episode 5

LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)

53m

Season 3

Season 3

U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)

The Great Archive Treasure Hunt

Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-offs, vol. 3)

Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)

LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)

Laserdiscs (and their children)

Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)

Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)

Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween

Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)

Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)

Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses

Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)

Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)

Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)

1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)

VHS Vault Vol. 6: How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special 2015)

The DuMont Network

Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)

Audiocassette-Based Board Games

Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)

Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only)

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive)

WebTV (and one other early internet/tv crossover)

The Death of Analog TV