Oddity Archive
Season 14
Created by: Ben Minnotte
Network: YouTube, Blip
Season aired: 2025-10-09
Seasons
Overview
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.
Episodes · 14
Archive Thrifting #34: Getting Back On The Horse
Consider this a “soft-launch” of Season 14 of OA. I’m finally off the sidelines and…things are as dusty as ever.
KLAK Goes Commercial (Halloween Special 2025)
KLAK has had to take on a few advertisers*. Tough times, ya know… *Yes, YouTube, this is a joke. This is NOT a sponsored video.
Random (Video) Reel-To-Reel Vol. 2 (Leftover Turkeys)
The OA equivalent of popcorn, pretzel sticks and jellybeans as a Thanksgiving feast…
Christmas Hams (Christmas Special 2025)
The Archive serves up some true Christmas Hams…with a side of Duck A La Wronge.
Prehistoric A&E
The Archive takes the high road…to a dead-end.
The "Checkerboard" Sitcoms of 1987
…because three hours a night of late 80’s primetime TV lameness just wasn’t enough!
United Artists Theatre Laserdiscs (1991-94)
Well, it’s Oscar season. Let’s pretend current Hollywood doesn’t exist.
Local TV Vol. 10 (A Fifth of Commercials)
Another round of classic local TV bliss delivered in easy-to-digest 30-second bites…
Ben Vs. Digital Music (Vol. 1: 1999-2001)
Yes, teenaged Benny-boy managed to blindly stumble into the “digital music revolution” circa Y2K. No, he did NOT turn into a cyberpunk warrior—he just became a prematurely grouchy old man.
Emergency Broadcast Salute Vol. 3 (Changes)
It’s the 300th “regular” OA episode. Let’s make some noise…albeit not necessarily PLEASANT noise.
Local TV Vol. 11 (Lottery Game Shows)
Time to get lucky! In the financial sense, that is…
Building the Perfect Home Theater (for the 1990's, that is)
The first OA episode to be THX-certified! Ten Hungry Xylophones, that is.
The All-Diamond Rio…Diamond Rio (+ RCA Lyra 2 Redux)
When one more day…turns into four years.
TV Affiliate Switchovers (& some other switchovers)
Corporate shuffling at its most entertaining!* *Your mileage may vary.
