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    • Season 1 >
      • Ep. 1: The Max Headroom Incident of 1987
      • Ep. 2: Emergency Broadcast Salute
      • Ep. 2.5: Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love (Michael Bay Salute)
      • Ep. 3: TV Sign-Offs
      • Ep. 4: Local TV Special
      • Ep. 4.5: National Anthem Conspiracy Theory
      • Ep. 5: American EXXXtasy (and other C-band Nastiness)
      • Ep. 6: Conservative Folk Music
      • Ep. 6.5: Everlasting Love
      • Ep. 7: Format Wars
      • Ep. 8: 1-900 ARCHIVE
      • Ep. 8.5: The Max Headroom Incident of 1987 (COMMENTARY)
      • Ep. 9: Halloween Special 2012 (Strange VHS Endings)
      • Ep. 9.5: Sounds To Make You Shiver
      • Ep. 10: Captain Midnight/Vrillon
      • Ep. 11: Pay TV (but not Cable or Satellite)
      • Ep. 12: Top (Thanksgiving) Turkeys of the (19)90's
      • Ep. 13: Local TV Vol. 2 (Kiddie Show Hosts)
      • Ep. 13.5: TV Sign-Offs (COMMENTARY)
      • Ep. 14: Christmas Special 2012 (A Fair Use Christmas)
      • Ep. 15: Teletext Heaven (or Hell)
      • Ep. 16: Intermission
      • Ep. 17: Prehistoric Television
      • Ep. 18: gniksaM sdrawkcaB (Backwards Masking)
      • Ep. 18.5: Emergency Broadcast Salute (COMMENTARY)
      • Ep. 19: Valentine's Day Special (Dating Services)
      • Ep. 20: Local TV Vol. 3 (Public Access)
      • Ep. 20.5: Freedom Is A Hammer (Album Review)
      • Ep. 21: Protect & Survive
      • Ep. 22: Duck & Cover
      • Ep. 22.5: American EXXXtasy (COMMENTARY)
      • Ep. 23: Scary Logos (and other Nostalgic Video Terrors)
      • Ep. 24: Hell's Bells (The Dangers Of Rock And Roll)
      • Ep. 24.5: Greetings From The Stars (sort of)
      • Ep. 25: Employee Training Videos
      • Ep. 26: VHS Vault Vol. 1 (Amvest Video)
    • Season 1.5 >
      • Ep. 26.1: Ask The Archive
      • Ep. 26.2: Archive Riffs: Petaluma Chicken
      • Ep. 26.3: Local TV Special (COMMENTARY)
      • Ep. 26.4: Archive Riffs: Greedy Humpty Dumpty
      • Ep. 26.5: VHS Vault Vol. 1 (Amvest Video) (COMMENTARY)
    • Season 2 >
      • Ep. 27: Bicentennial Fever
      • Ep. 28: Record Rip-Offs
      • Ep. 28.5: Archive Riffs: Say No To Strangers
      • Ep. 29: VHS Vault Vol. 2 (Fashion Videos)
      • Ep. 30: LaserKaraoke (Archive LaserKaraoke Party!)
      • Ep. 30.5: National Anthem Conspiracy Theory (REDUX)
      • Ep. 31: Number Stations (and other Radio Oddities)
      • Ep. 32: The EAS Zombie Hoax of 2013
      • Ep. 33: 8-Tracks (or, The Care & Feeding Of Your 8-Track)
      • Ep. 34: VHS Vault Vol. 3 (Gambling Videos)
      • Ep. 35: Kiddie Disco Records
      • Ep. 35.5: Halloween Special 2012 (COMMENTARY)
      • Ep. 36: Halloween Special (Italian Dance Party/The Son Of Halloween Riffs)
      • Ep. 36.5: Hallmark Presents: Spooky Sounds
      • Ep. 37: Format Wars Vol. 2 (Pre-Betamax)
      • Ep. 38: VHS Vault Vol. 4 (VCR Games)
      • Ep. 38.5: Archive Riffs: Dining Together
      • Ep. 39: QUBE Interactive TV
      • Ep. 39.5: Christmas Special 2012 (COMMENTARY)
      • Ep. 40: A Bargain Bin Christmas (or, Ben's Holiday Hits!)
      • Ep. 40.5: Archive Riffs: A Christmas Fantasy
      • Ep. 41: Infomercials
      • Ep. 41.5: TV DX-ing
      • Ep. 42: Industrial Musicals (or, The Archive Sells Out!)
      • Ep. 43: Educational Film Salute (The Stock Footage Special!)
      • Ep. 43.5: Archive Riffs: Live & Learn
      • Ep. 44: Teknikel Diffikultees (Technical Difficulties)
      • Ep. 45: PSA's (or, The More You Know, The Less You Understand)
      • Ep. 45.5: Archive Riffs: Cigarette Commercials
      • Ep. 46: Interstitials
      • Ep. 47: A Tour of the Archive (or, Roll Up For The Magical, Myserious Archive Tour)
      • Ep. 47.5: Backwards Masking (Commentary)
      • Ep. 48: More Record Rip-Offs
      • Ep. 49: Test Cards (and Patterns)
      • Ep. 49.5: A Nice Pair (of early, European VCR's)
      • Ep. 50: Going Analog
      • Ep. 51: Weather Warnings
      • Ep. 51.5: Blooper Reel
      • Ep. 52: VHS Vault Vol. 5 (Y2K Apocalypse Party!)
    • Season 2.5 >
      • Ep. 52.1: VHS Vault Vol. 5 (Y2K Apocalypse Party!) (Commentary)
      • Ep. 52.2: Archive Riffs: Atomic Alert (Elementary Edition)
      • Ep. 52.3: Ben's Junk: Sony Super Betamax
      • Ep. 52.4: Ben's Junk: The Rejected Pilot (VideoNow PVD Player)
      • Ep. 52.5: Format Wars 2 (Commentary)
    • Season 3 >
      • Ep. 53: U-Matic (or, How I Spent My Summer)
      • Ep. 54: The Great Archive Treasure Hunt
      • Ep. 54.5: Ben's Junk: VHS Camcorder (RCA CC285)
      • Ep. 55: Return of the Son of Record Rip-Offs (or, Record Rip-Offs, Vol. 3)
      • Ep. 56: Macrovision (and one other nostalgic copy-protection hassle)
      • Ep. 56.5: The Great Archive Treasure Hunt (Commentary)
      • Ep. 57: LaserKaraoke Vol. 2 (Aqua Net Edition)
      • Ep. 58: Laserdiscs (and their children)
      • Ep. 58.5: Ben's Junk: Tascam Cassette Portastudio
      • Ep 59: Copy-Protection Vol. 2 (Odds and Ends)
      • Ep. 59.5: Halloween Special 2013 (Commentary)
      • Ep. 60: Shortwave DX-ing (or, Shortwave for Rank Amateurs)
      • Ep. 61: Hallmark Presents: The Sounds of Halloween
      • Ep. 62: Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique Facial System)
      • Ep. 63: Local TV Vol. 4 (Local Commercials)
      • Ep. 63.5: Ben's Junk: 8-Track/Cassette "Adaptor"
      • Ep. 64: Oddity Archive's Greatest Misses
      • Ep. 64.5: Ben's Junk: Multi-System VHS VCR (Hitachi VT-M768EM)
      • Ep. 65: Public Domain VHS Distributors (An Incomplete Overview)
      • Ep. 65.5: Ben's Junk: JVC S-VHS VCR (S7600U)
      • Ep. 66: Christmas Special 2014 (Santa Claus IS Watching You!)
      • Ep. 67: Future Oddities (Benny-boy Predicts)
      • Ep. 67.5: Ben's Junk: LaserKaraoke/Laserdisc Player (Pioneer CLD-S304)
      • Ep. 68: 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Operators Aren't Standing By!)
      • Ep. 68.5: 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Commentary)
      • Ep. 70: The DuMont Network
      • Ep. 70.5: The DuMont Network (Deleted Game Show Segment)
      • Ep. 69: VHS Vault Vol. 6 - How's Your Sex Life? (Valentine's Day Special)
      • Ep. 71: Video Games (A Non-Gamer's Perspective)
      • Ep. 71.5: Ben's Junk: Handheld Electronic Games
      • Ep. 72: Audiocassette-based Board Games
      • Ep. 73: Electronic Talking Oddity Archive! (Electronic Talking Board Games)
      • Ep. 73.5: Ben's Junk: B-Movies & Cult Classics
      • Ep. 74: Record Ripoffs Vol. 4 (For Vinyl Fetishists Only!)
      • Ep. 75: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
      • Ep. 75.5: Ben Tries Finnish Candy
      • Ep. 76: Philips CD-I (Comapct Disc Interactive)
      • Ep. 77: WebTV (and one other early Internet/TV crossover)
      • Ep. 77.5: Ben's Junk: WebTV Box
      • Ep. 78: The Death of Analog TV
    • Season 3.5 >
      • Ep. 78.1: The Death of Analog TV (Commentary)
      • Ep. 78.2: Ben's Junk: Super 8 Sound Projector (Sears Sound II - Model 9258)
      • Ep. 78.3: Archive Riffs: Self-Conscious Guy
      • Ep. 78.4: VHS Vault Vol. 6 (Valentine's Day Special 2015) (Commentary)
      • Ep. 78.5: (Unofficial) Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I (Model 220)
    • Season 4 >
      • Ep. 79: Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15!)
      • Ep. 80: Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Oddity Archive Stereo Test!)
      • Ep. 80.5: Ben's Junk: 8-Track (and related) Oddities)
      • Ep. 81: Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)
      • Ep. 82: LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1)
      • Ep. 82.5: Ben's Junk: Sony DT-30 (External VCR Timer)
      • Ep. 83: CB Radio (or, Breaker, Breaker 1-9! Mercy Sakes! Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)
      • Ep. 83.5: Ben Tries Bonomo's Turkish Taffy
      • Ep. 84: VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party--And I'll Sigh If I Want To)
      • Ep. 84.5: Ben's Junk: Rejuvenique Revisited
      • Ep. 85: Record Ripoffs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked Over)
      • Ep. 85.5: Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique) (Commentary)
      • Ep. 86: Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder
      • Ep. 86.5: An Overly Nostalgic Halloween (or, For The Want Of A Pail)
      • Ep. 86.6: For The Want Of A Pail (Conclusion)
      • Ep. 87: VCR Ephemera
      • Ep. 87.5: Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder
      • Ep. 88: Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)
      • Ep. 88.5: Ben Tries (Thanksgiving Edition) (or, Ben Tries Australian Stuff)
      • Ep. 89: Prehistoric Pay-Per-View
      • Ep. 89.5: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
      • Ep. 90: Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015)
      • Ep. 90.5: Archive Riffs: A Christmas Dream
      • Ep. 91: VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)
      • Ep. 92: Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)
      • Ep. 92.5: Ben's CED Collection (Deleted Segment from CED Episode)
      • Ep. 93: VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games)
      • Ep. 93.5: Ben's Junk: Guitars! Guitars!! Guitars!!!
      • Ep. 94: Prevue Channel(s)
      • Ep. 94.5: Ben's Junk: Ben's Philips CD-I Collection
      • Ep. 95: Airline Safety Videos
      • Ep. 96: Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)
      • Ep. 96.5: Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I Peacekeeper Revolver
      • Ep. 97: Calibration & Test Laserdiscs
      • Ep. 97.5: Ben's Junk: Ben's (Incomplete) Comedy LP Collection
      • Ep. 98: Adult Party Albums
      • Ep. 98.5: Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Movie Viewer
      • Ep. 99: Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay)
      • Ep. 100: Commodore 64
      • Ep. 100.5: Ben's Junk: Commodore 64 (& Peripherals)
      • Ep. 101: VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)
      • Ep. 101.5: Ben's Junk: Sony TT-100 Tuner/Timer
      • Ep. 102: VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & View Master Interactive Vision)
    • Season 4.5 >
      • Ep. 102.1: Commodore 64 (Commentary)
      • Ep. 102.2: Ben's Junk:VCR Co-Pilot
      • Ep. 102.3: Archive Riffs: Fox Hour Promotional Reel
      • Ep. 102.4: Record Ripoffs (Commentary)
      • Ep. 102.5: Magnavox Odyssey 2 (Video Game Console)
    • Season 5 >
      • Ep. 103: How I Spent My Summer III (Super Betamax/Software-Defined Radio (SDR)/Talking House Transmitter)
      • Ep. 103.5: Ben's Junk: Colecovision Video Game Console
      • Ep. 104: Record Ripoffs Vol. 6 (98% 70's-Free!)
      • Ep. 105: Home Shopping Channels
      • Ep. 105.5: Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's Vinyl Collection
      • Ep. 106: LaserKaraoke Vol. 4 (+ VHS Karaoke Vol. 1)
      • Ep. 106.5: Ben's Junk: "The Voice" Module (for Magnavox Odyssey 2)
      • Ep. 107: Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul
      • Ep. 107.5: Flexplay Disposable DVD Update
      • Ep. 108: Talking House Transmitter Redux (or, Part 15 Microbroadcasting: The Final Chapter?)
      • Ep. 108.5: Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Star Station Sing-Along Machine
      • Ep. 109: The Official Oddity Archive Guide To Retro A/V
      • Ep. 110: Betamax
      • Ep. 110.5: Fisher-Price PXL-2000 Camcorder (Commentary)
      • Ep. 111: Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016)
      • Ep. 111.5: Ben's Junk: bob (Another Nanny Box)
      • Ep. 112: VHS Vault Vol. 10 (Learning With The Stars)
      • Ep. 112.5: Ben's Junk: DVD Recorder (Panasonic DMR-E55)
      • Ep. 113: Top 10 Gaming Turkeys (of the 80's & 90's)
      • Ep. 114: The Official Oddity Archive® Idiot’s Guide To A/V Transfer
      • Ep. 114.5: Ben's Junk: Gemmy Douglas Fir Talking Christmas Tree
      • Ep. 115: Christmas Special 2016 (A Musical Masochist's Christmas)
      • Ep. 116: VideoGuide (+2 other early Interactive Program Guides)
      • Ep. 116.5: Ben's Junk: Ben's Comic Book Collection
      • Ep. 117: Local TV Vol. 5 (More Local Commercials)
      • Ep. 118: VHS Vault Vol. 11 (D-I-V-O-R-C-E)
      • Ep. 119: Random Kiddie Records
      • Ep. 119.5: Ben's Junk: Learn To Solder Kit
      • Ep. 120: Minidisc
      • Ep. 120.5: Ben's Junk: MD Walkman (Minidisc Addendum)
      • Ep. 121: Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel
      • Ep. 121.5: Ben's Junk: RCA Selectavision (SGT 250)
      • Ep. 122: DBX Noise Reduction System
      • Ep. 122.5: Ben's Junk: Ben's Audiophile Albums
      • Ep. 123: Ben's Random Reel-To-Reel Haul
      • Ep. 124: Useless VHS Tapes
      • Ep. 124.5: Ben's Junk: VTech Socrates Educational Video System
      • Ep. 125: Going (Proto-)Mobile! (Sony Data Discman & Apple Newton)
      • Ep. 125.5: Ben's Junk: Videocipher II Plus/Manhattan Cable TV Box
      • Ep. 126: Video Magazines (or, Oddity Archive: Issue #126)
    • Season 5.5 >
      • Ep. 126.1: Ben's Junk: go reader (Audiobook Device)
      • Ep. 126.2: Archive Riffs: Dear Miss Gloria
      • Ep. 126.3: DBX Noise Reduction System (Commentary)
      • Ep. 126.4: Ben's Junk: Las Vegas Vacation (1997)
    • Season 6 >
      • Ep. 127: How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)
      • Ep. 127.5: Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 1)
      • Ep. 128: Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)
      • Ep. 128.5: Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 2)
      • Ep. 129: Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)
      • Ep. 129.5: Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Tape (Azimuth Alignment Cassette)
      • Ep. 130: Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)
      • Ep. 130.5: Ben's Junk: DBX Cassettes (DBX Addendum)
      • Ep. 131: LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ Assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)
      • Ep. 131.5: Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Disc (Turntable Cartridge Alignment Tool)
      • Ep. 132: Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)
      • Ep. 132.5: Ben’s Junk: (New) Speed Calibration Cassette
      • Ep. 133: As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)
      • Ep. 133.5: Ben's Junk: CVS One-Time-Use Camcorder
      • Ep. 134: Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)
      • Ep. 134.5: Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016) (Commentary)
      • Ep. 135: "Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)
      • Ep. 135.5: Ben’s Junk: The World of Yesterday (& other Classic Hollywood Fanzines)
      • Ep. 136: VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)
      • 136.5: Ben's Junk: Realistic Phono Pre-Amp (Model 42-2109)
      • Ep. 137: The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)
      • Ep. 137.5: Ben's Junk: Vidicraft Vidimate Video Enhancer (Model VDM300S)
      • Ep. 138: Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)
      • Ep. 138.5: Ben's Junk: Star Shower Laser Light
      • Ep. 139: Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)
      • Ep. 139.5: Ben's Junk: Sankyo Dualux Dual8 Projector (Model 2000H)
      • Ep. 140: Phoney Nostalgia
      • Ep. 140.5: Ben's Junk: Allsop 3 Orbitrac Record Cleaning System
      • Ep. 141: Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2
      • Ep. 141.5: Ben’s Junk: JVC KD-A6 Cassette Deck
      • Ep. 142: Ben's Music Career, Vol. 1 (The Outsider Years, Pt. 1)
      • Ep. 142.5: Ben's Junk: Discwasher Compact Disc Cleaner
      • Ep. 143: Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
      • Ep. 143.5: Ben's Junk: Royal Disc Repair System
      • Ep. 144: Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs
      • Ep. 144.5: Ben's Junk: The Archive HQ Bookshelf
      • Ep. 145: VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)
      • Ep. 145.5: Ben’s Junk: MP32C64 Adapter (Commodore Datasette Substitute)
      • Ep. 146: Silent-Era Talking Pictures
      • Ep. 146.5: Archive Thrifting #1: Impromptu Investigations
      • Ep. 147: Vinyl Potpourri
      • Ep. 147.5: Archive Thrifting #2: Arc Of A (Dumpster) Diver
    • Ben's Junk
    • VHS Vault
    • Record Ripoffs
    • LaserKaraoke
    • Archive Riffs
    • Episode Commentaries
    • Sergei's Catacomb of Classics >
      • Sergei's Catacomb of Classics (9/13/2016)
      • Sergei’s Catacomb of Classics (Halloween Edition!) (KLAK-AM 10/31/2016 – 9-10 A.M.)
      • Sergei's Catacomb of Classics (Christmas Edition) (12/24/2016)
      • Sergei's Catacomb of Classics (Valentine's Day(-ish) Edition) (2/9/2017)
      • Sergei's Catacomb of Classics (6/1/2017)
      • Sergei's Catacomb of Classics (12/22/2017 - Christmas Special 2017)
    • Specials >
      • Ask The Archive (LIVE - Sept. 5, 2013)
      • Ask The Archive (LIVE - June 27, 2014)
      • Impromptu Review: Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
      • Rejuvenique Contest Winner Announcement (10/20/2015)
      • Record Ripoffs Commercial Parodies (Vol. 1-6)
      • Pavanned (Oddity Archive Theme)
      • Ben Vs. The Storage Unit (A Mini-Documentary)
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Episode 104:
Record Ripoffs Vol. 6 (98% 70's-free!)

Premiered July 21, 2016.

…dragging the Record Ripoff concept kicking and screaming out of the 70’s.  What the hell was I thinking?!?

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