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Oddity Archive

2012 · 15 seasons

A genial, low-key ramble through forgotten media and dead tech, like flipping through a friend's dusty VHS collection.

Created by
Ben Minnotte
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ben Minnotte, Eric Gerstein, David A. Scott Jr.
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.

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Created by
Ben Minnotte
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ben Minnotte, Eric Gerstein, David A. Scott Jr.
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • technology
  • memory
  • obsession
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror1
Humour6
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Genres
documentary
Created by
Ben Minnotte
Written by
Ben Minnotte
Starring
Ben Minnotte, Eric Gerstein, David A. Scott Jr., Linda Evans, John Schuck, Lee Meriwether, Jason Marsden, Hilary Van Dyke
Length
15 seasons, 308 episodes, 30 min each
Network
YouTube, Blip
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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