Oddity Archive: Episode 281.2 – Ben Vs. The Cursed U-Matic Tape (+ Annex Posts & Livestream) (Patreon)

Well, admittedly, this week's video was supposed to be a quick filler (on cleaning a single moldy U-Matic tape) to lead into this month's Archiveland Public Domain Livestream, but, as you'll see, it quickly spiraled out of control into a documentary of sorts (complete with a flash flood diversion). Guess I could've almost labeled this as a regular OA episode.

Otherwise, join me tomorrow night for the aforementioned livestream. We'll kick off the Summer of Arch Hall Jr. with...not "Eegah", but a trashy juvenile delinquency pseudo-drama called "The Choppers" (we'll save the ever-infamous "Eegah" for next month). The show starts at 8 P.M. Central Time, with a pre-show of assorted bits from the Archive Annex collection starting at 7:30. http://youtube.com/live/3lbCSO7FGZc

Speaking of Archive Annex, here's this week's round of posts--three rounds of commercials and one home movie:

WHEC (CBS - Rochester, NY) Prime Time Ad Breaks (Mon. 2/29/1988) – http://youtu.be/nRCBc_lyOTA

WDZL (then-Ind. - Miami, FL) Ad Breaks (Sun. 9/25/1988) – http://youtu.beLNe0dvSP4

WOR (Ind. - NYC/Secaucus, NJ) Ad Break (probably Fri. 3/28/1986) – http://youtu.be/lvL-8e_ATSM

Dead Guy Day 1986 (Doug Norwine--remember him?) (An extremely loose tour of Forest Lawn Cemetery) – http://youtu.be/EOY71y6A42I

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P.S. Next week will be the first Archive Thrifting video of 2024!