
Episodes List

Ep.1 Bicentennial Fever
Air Date: 2013-07-04
Because nothing says "Happy 200th, America" like crappy "collectibles", Up With People and bizarre Government films.

Ep.2 Record Ripoffs
Air Date: 2013-07-18
Featuring such great (non-)hits from the likes of Hairy Nielsen, BAAB, William Turkey and many, many more! Order today!!!

Ep.3 VHS Vault Vol. 2 (Fashion Videos)
Air Date: 2013-08-01
What do you mean Ben is fashion-challenged?

Ep.4 Archive LaserKaraoke Party! (LaserKaraoke)
Air Date: 2013-08-15
Seeing as the Archive somehow managed to hit the 30 episode mark, it seemed like a good time to throw a nice, little (tax-deductible) party. Plus, Ben sings a viewer poll-selected song (a move that was instantly regretted by all who voted).

Ep.5 Number Stations (And Other Radio Oddities)
Air Date: 2013-08-29
Covert broadcasts...and how to decode them (your results may vary).

Ep.6 The EAS Zombie Hoax of 2013
Air Date: 2013-09-12
Or, as Ben likes to call it, the Max Headroom Incident's annoying, less creative little brother.

Ep.7 8-Tracks (or, The Care & Feeding Of Your 8-Track)
Air Date: 2013-09-20
And Ben thought it would just be another cool toy for his collection. How naive...

Ep.8 VHS Vault Vol. 3 (Gambling Videos)
Air Date: 2013-09-26
Learn to gamble--Archive style! God help us...

Ep.9 Kiddie Disco Records
Air Date: 2013-10-14
Come visit the Archive Children's Disco before it's condemned!

Ep.10 Halloween Special 2013 (Italian Dance Party/Son of Halloween Riffs)
Air Date: 2013-10-24
Forced to discuss his fourth knockoff Disco record in a row, Ben has a slight meltdown.

Ep.11 Format Wars Vol. 2 (Pre-Betamax)
Air Date: 2013-11-07
VHS vs. Beta? How 1977...

Ep.12 VHS Vault Vol. 4 (VCR Games)
Air Date: 2013-11-21
Ben's still having nightmares about being forced to play charades with Rich Little.

Ep.13 QUBE Interactive TV
Air Date: 2013-12-05
An interesting, but (unsurprisingly) failed, early attempt at multimedia interactivity.

Ep.14 A Bargain Bin Christmas (or, Ben's Holiday Hits!)
Air Date: 2013-12-19
Five forgotten holiday albums that will...more than likely remain forgotten.

Ep.15 Infomercials
Air Date: 2014-01-02
Have you ever wanted to make "melons" in real estate? If so, you've come to the right place!

Ep.16 Industrial Musicals (or, The Archive Sells Out!)
Air Date: 2014-01-16
...because salesmen need the comfort of knowing that their product is truly the answer to all problems (consumerist OR existential).

Ep.17 Educational Film Salute (or, The Stock Footage Special!)
Air Date: 2014-01-23
Don't screw with Jam Handy!

Ep.18 Teknikel Diffikultees (Technical Difficulties)
Air Date: 2014-02-06
The Archive is currently experiencing technical difficulties...LOTS of them...and Ben refuses to take responsibility. So there.

Ep.19 PSA's (or, The More You Know, The Less You Understand)
Air Date: 2014-02-20
If V.D. really is for everybody, why don't I have it?

Ep.20 Interstitials
Air Date: 2014-03-06
...because only Ben would be stupid enough to devote an entire regular Archive episode to between-show filler.

Ep.21 A Tour of the Archive (or, roll up for the Magical, Mysterious Archive Tour)
Air Date: 2014-03-20
Alternate Title: Why Ben should never make a full "behind-the-scenes" episode. Alternate Title #2: Ben stammers for 38 minutes. Alternate Title #3: Why Ben will never get a date.

Ep.22 More Record Rip-Offs
Air Date: 2014-04-03
The Archive gathers together all your favorite '70's hits--then realizes that the major labels, the RIAA, etc. would have our nuts in a sling over it. More ripoff records it is then! All 70's edition!

Ep.23 Test Cards (and Patterns)
Air Date: 2014-04-17
Wait, there's a logic to all this?

Ep.24 Going Analog
Air Date: 2014-05-01
It's time for a few changes in Archiveland.

Ep.25 Weather Warnings
Air Date: 2014-05-08
***THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A ***SEVERE FALSE NOSTALGIA WARNING*** FOR YOUR AREA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE***

Ep.26 VHS Vault Vol. 5 (Y2K Apocalypse Party!)
Air Date: 2014-05-29
Alternate Title: How to Survive an Unprovoked Attack From Your Electric Mixer.