The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.

Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?

Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21

The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!

Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?

Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.

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.

Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!

VCR Ephemera, or, Oddity Archive for beginners.

I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”

You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.

Some of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.

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.)

Movies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).

Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.

The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.

Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.

...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?

The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?

The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.

It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.

Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?

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).