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- wSerie
- TV Shows
- Oddity Archive
- Season 4
- Episode 18
Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)
Oddity Archive - S4 - E18
...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?
Oddity Archive: Season 4 - 24 Episode s
4x1 - Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15)
July 16, 2015
The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.
4x2 - Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test)
July 30, 2015
Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?
4x3 - Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)
August 13, 2015
Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21
4x4 - LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1)
August 27, 2015
The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!
4x5 - CB Radio (or, Breaker, Breaker 1-9! Mercy Sakes, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)
September 10, 2015
Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?
4x6 - VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To)
September 24, 2015
Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.
4x7 - Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over)
October 8, 2015
Recently, we came into a small jackpot of Pickwick albums. Given this label's long-standing history with the Archive, it only seemed appropriate to devote an entire episode to the king of all "drugstore" labels.
4x8 - Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015)
October 22, 2015
Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!
4x9 - VCR Ephemera
November 5, 2015
VCR Ephemera, or, Oddity Archive for beginners.
4x10 - Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)
November 19, 2015
I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”
4x11 - Prehistoric Pay-Per-View
December 3, 2015
You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.
4x12 - Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015)
December 17, 2015
Some of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.
4x13 - VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)
December 31, 2015
The donations were multiplying like, well, rabbits. I figured y'all were trying to tell me something. (Did I really just type "y'all"? Heaven help me.)
4x14 - Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)
January 7, 2016
Movies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).
4x15 - VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games)
January 21, 2016
Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.
4x16 - Prevue Channel(s)
February 4, 2016
The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.
4x17 - Airline Safety Videos
February 18, 2016
Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.
4x18 - Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)
March 3, 2016
...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?
4x19 - Calibration & Test Laserdiscs
March 17, 2016
The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?
4x20 - Adult Party Albums
March 31, 2016
The most risque episode of the Archive since...the last one.
4x21 - Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay)
April 14, 2016
The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.
4x22 - Commodore 64
April 28, 2016
It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.
4x23 - VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)
May 12, 2016
Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?
4x24 - VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & View Master Interactive Vision)
May 26, 2016
It’s been a long and difficult season. Let’s end it with something fun (if I can figure out how to assemble these toys, that is).