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Ep 1 2012-07-05

The Max Headroom Incident of 1987

On the night of Sunday, November 22nd, 1987, a mysterious figure in a Max Headroom …

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Ep 2 2012-07-19

Emergency Broadcast Salute

An informal (not to mention, loose) history of Civil Defense Broadcasting in the U.S.

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Ep 3 2012-08-02

TV Sign-offs

Remember when TV stations used to go off the air late at night? Anyone?

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Ep 4 2012-08-16

Local TV Special

Interested in seeing a clown so laid-back, he forgets he's on camera? Now about a …

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Ep 5 2012-08-30

American EXXXtacy (and other C-band nastiness)

The Archive's most infamous episode--for some reason.

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Ep 6 2012-09-13

Conservative Folk Music

Meet the artists that made the likes of Joan Baez and Pete Seeger fear for …

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Ep 7 2012-09-27

Format Wars

VHS or Beta? Laserdisc or CED? What the hell is a CED anyway? These burning …

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Ep 8 2012-10-11

1-900-ARCHIVE

Join Ben as he launches his own 1-900 number. What could possibly go wrong?

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Ep 9 2012-10-25

Halloween Special 2012 (Strange VHS Endings)

We still get a lot of flack for this episode (did you really think there …

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Ep 10 2012-11-08

Captain Midnight / Vrillon

An Archive double header: The two most famous occurrences of Broadcast Signal Hijacking (well, save …

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Ep 11 2012-11-15

Pay TV (but not Cable or Satellite)

The Oddity Archive will now be switching to scrambled mode. Please turn on your (preferably, …

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Ep 12 2012-11-22

Top (Thanksgiving) Turkeys of the (19)90's

Because we always like to go the extra mile (at least, when it's convenient), the …

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Ep 13 2012-12-06

Local TV vol. 2 (Kiddie Show Hosts)

The 13th episode is a very unlucky one for Ben as he discusses some (all …

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Ep 14 2012-12-20

Christmas Special (A Fair Use Christmas)

All Ben wanted for Christmas was a silent night...

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Ep 15 2013-01-03

Teletext Heaven (or Hell)

Ceefax and Keyfax, Nite-Owl and Cable Chuckles, oh my...

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Ep 16 2013-01-10

Intermission

It's movie day at the Archive! Unfortunately, due to copyright issues, you're not invited. But, …

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Ep 17 2013-01-17

Prehistoric Television

Given how much we discuss TV on the Archive, a history lesson seemed in order.

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Ep 18 2013-01-31

gniksaM sdrawkcaB (Backwards Masking)

?segassem lanimilbus tahW ?huH Everyone knows there are no subliminal messages in music...(!slatrom nwod wob …

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Ep 19 2013-02-14

Valentine's Day Special (Dating Services)

Join Ben as he discusses some of the Dating Services of the 1980's to present. …

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Ep 20 2013-02-28

Local TV vol. 3 (Public Access)

Temporarily exiled from the big leagues of Internet TV, Ben (again, temporarily) sets up camp …

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Ep 21 2013-03-14

Protect & Survive

It's the feel-good episode of the year as Ben discusses the (in)famous British Nuclear War …

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Ep 22 2013-03-28

Duck & Cover

Because you can (apparently) never have enough nukes...

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Ep 23 2013-04-11

Scary Logos (and other Nostalgic Video Terrors)

What is it about end logos and FBI Warnings that scared so many children of …

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Ep 24 2013-04-25

Hell's Bells (The Dangers of Rock and Roll)

Can pure rock sound really hard-boil an egg? Of course not. It does make for …

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Ep 25 2013-05-09

Employee Training Videos

Things have gotten so dire at The Archive that Ben's been forced to take a …

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Ep 26 2013-05-23

VHS Vault vol. 1 (Amvest Video)

Ever wanted to know the absolute root of the Oddity Archive? Well, it involves a …

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First Air Date

2012-07-05

Last Air Date

2026-06-11

Status

Returning Series

Language

Seasons

Total Episodes

304

Episode Runtime

30 min

Rating

8.0 / 10

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Network

YouTube, Blip

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