Oddity Archive: Episode 166.5 - Archive Thrifting #6 (Frostbite Falls)

[@Footjones]

Thrifting! Perhaps my favorite of all your segments! Thank you!

[@RickinBaltimore]

Wait, Ben if you didn’t pick up The Chronic, does that mean you forgot about Dre?

[@jasonhaman4670]

I still remember the Media Home Entertainment opening on that original Day of the Dead release, and the Thorn EMI opening on the original Dawn of the Dead release. (I'm a HUGE Romero fan.) Somehow they had a foreboding to them that segued perfectly into the movies... or maybe it's that those (and IIRC a Media release of Night of the Living Dead) are the only movies I remember with those openings, and watched them many times, so that's the only association I formed to those openings.

[@jenbirdie7633]

This winter has been total shite! Im just north of Minneapolis, and even as a tough Minnesota girl...im over it! Keep doing what you do, I love your videos!

[@thekidfromiowa]

Yep my local Goodwill record selection is mostly religious, country, local, easy listening. Particularly the first two.

[@Vynncent]

The elementary school I attended made use of those TView boxes in every classroom. In all reality, you don't need the software for it at all. It basically just intercepts the VGA output to an external monitor and outputs over composite. They're plug 'n play and fairly quick to setup.

[@justjennie7394]

I am with you on winter sucking eggs. Thanks for another interesting and entertaining video. It's the perfect pick-me-up since I'm home today with pinkeye.

[@OddityArchive]

Liked for the Winter comment, not the pinkeye. Feel better. :)

[@justjennie7394]

@@OddityArchive Thanks Ben!

[@GregBoxOffice]

Great find on the King of Comedy soundtrack. It is a shame that Jerry did not do more roles closer to that as he got older.

[@edison700]

As someone who has lived in MN all my life, this winter does feel particularity brutal, I'm used to below 0 temps and snow, but it usually warm a bit for a while while it snows before going back to -20 t this time of year. instead it's been snow and almost instantly back to below 0 (or -40) which means the salt doesn't really work on the roads.

[@scudman51]

Hello, fellow Minnesotan!

[@bradjones1977]

Funny seeing Eastbourne written on a CD in one of your videos. It's got the reputation of being a bit of a retirement town. I like it there, when I visit. Plenty of charity shops.

[@VectraQS]

Hello from Omaha, where even further south of you it still sucks really, really bad. My street is a skating rink, the pipes are in perpetual danger of freezing, and the furnace has conked out several times. Oh, and the famous Omaha potholes are getting very, very bad.

[@Sabrina79]

Ooh those TV TUNES discs are so cool! I get those out of the library all the time! They're the original songs.

[@luisreyes1963]

Most of them are actually re-orchestrations.

[@bibberly]

I love the thrifting episodes! Our offerings here are not good, so I'm envious when I see what you find. I think I remember that exercise album from my elementary school, and it was bad. (My middle school had us do Sweatin' With the Oldies VHS instead.)

[@SherlockHoles2012]

I agree with this being a favorite segment of mine along with VHS vault and local tv!

[@JL-sm6cg]

I'm on a kick watching your archive thrifting episodes, since your new episodes schedule slowed down (for good [or bad] reasons, don't get me wrong), these are the next best thing to one. Fun to watch and see what you find and buy. 🙂

[@TheApoohneicie]

5:04 I think me and the hubs had a 300 disc CD player like that, and a 100 disc DVD player. My hubs worked at a pawn shop and got some killer deals.

[@justjennie7394]

I had the Smurfs All Star Show on cassette when I was 7. You didnt miss much unless you want elementary school music from the early 80's to drive you batcrap crazy.

[@TheApoohneicie]

Is that the one that had ‘Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey’ on it?

[@JL-sm6cg]

Well the Smurfs albums never had the actual voices in them. Just a bunch of high pitched singers.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Ben that creepy crawly album was featured on a late night with David Letterman record collection segment.

[@VectraQS]

Ben, those karaoke machines make great giant AV adapters. I used one years ago to go from 1/4" to RCA and from RCA to 1/8". Not to mention that they also make great video monitors as well. I believe that the speaker is integrated. I had an old Memorex, and I've been wanting to get another one ever since.

[@randypanthegoatboy7114]

Okay, tell me that Golden Throats CD has Shatner singing "She's a Rainbow"!

[@daveporter0217]

Clutch Cargo still sees the silent X in Sioux Falls.

[@OM19_MO79]

Now that's archive material. He should had picked it as a tribute to the Max Headroom incident that started it all. I won't be surprised a bit if in his next thrifting he sees the Merry Christmas Santa Claus single and he doesn't pick it.

[@daveporter0217]

@@OM19_MO79 One never knows with the weird, wonderful world of thrift stores. If he found that one and Paranoimia, that would be perfect.

[@OM19_MO79]

Yeah. Synchro Vox, Max Headroom and The Art of Noise are oddity overload.

[@eascec8374]

The *X* Could Strike His House, Any Moment By Now.

[@vwestlife]

TM Studios (formerly TM Century) still has that HitDisc in their database: members.tmstudios.com/members/searchresponse.asp?dt=h&mode=disc_srch&dnum=027A

[@Hogdriva]

That PC converter box is pretty interesting. It appears to be by Focus Enhancements, who did something similar for Apple, the "Apple Presentation System". Also hilarious to find a Dr. Dre vinyl in the dakotas By far my favorite series keep it up Ben.

[@VectraQS]

14:37 I'm curious to hear how the HBO Feature Presentation theme (track 62) turned out. BTW sorry about the triplicate comment!

[@Astolfo2001]

18:40 Fun Fact: East West Entertainment was also responsible for putting out a couple of Dingo Pictures movies in English on DVD.

[@trekaddict]

My dad still has his printing calculater because he can't find the Windows Calc ap and I got tired of explaining it three times a week.

[@kandigloss6438]

With the HitDisc and promotional A Current Affair stuff I'm guessing either a radio DJ or local radiostation offloaded some of their old stuff. I used to work at a recycling center and there was a local radio DJ that would come in once in a while and offload stuff like that. There was usually Rhino stuff galore, I wish I had saved more of it really. But yeah, I assume they would send them off to radio stations for exposure.

[@zeldajunkielol2]

8:13 I thought you were going to say exercise and children!

[@anotherguy2741]

What is it about thrift stores that you can't find a complete set of even half way decent speakers? You can find one that's decent sometimes, but the other matching one either won't be with it, or if it is a complete set one or both are bad. ???

[@nicholastosoni707]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN IN THE YEAR 2000! I have to get that one for my blog!

[@SeanDamonGreene]

"future plastic spoon thrower" lulz !

[@FTWOBR2000]

If you think Colorado (edit: South Dakota) is bad with snow, go to Minnesota.

[@bibberly]

He lives in South Dakota.

[@FTWOBR2000]

I forgot he moved :|

[@erichudson2195]

Looks like someone was cleaning out the radio station archives..

[@luisreyes1963]

Wish I could get my hands on that Victory At Sea soundtrack album.

[@mrmonty86]

I want that Comic Relief album.

[@BBC600]

2:10 A VeggieTales (albeit branded VeggieTunes) cassette tape. I grew up on that program and still enjoy some of the “Silly Songs” to this day. 12:49 is that “A Current Affair” related in any way to the programme on Channel 9 in Australia?

[@MrBrandonVegas]

BBC600 there was a US version too.

[@OfficialDJUnikittyYT]

2:36 My brother before he moved, Aaron has those Dragonball Z VHS cassette tapes, i will show you a picture later on your FB page.

[@NobodyImprintRecords]

Cowboby Bebop isn't really your thing?!?!? That's strike ONE ben

[@luisreyes1963]

Guess he prefers Clutch Cargo to anime. 😕

[@weasel2htm]

I'm surprised you passed on the Richard Simmons album, it could have been an "Archive Riffs" candidate. (For the record, I do have it, and have a digitized version if you want to hear it before you buy it.)

[@OddityArchive]

Richard Simmons has already been picked on more than enough.

[@OtroRedheadMas]

Those Sharp Vcr's from that era are actually not that bad; I have the next model up with Hi-fi audio and the picture quality is more than ok.

[@VectraQS]

Yeah, I was about to say that the mono model might be sacrificial, but in terms of picture quality it ain't half bad. Unfortunately you need the remote to adjust the tracking, but it might be doable with a universal remote.

[@OtroRedheadMas]

@@VectraQS Actually you can adjust the tracking while playing with the channel up and down buttons and if you press both at the same time, it engages auto tracking.

[@VectraQS]

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that! I was trying to keep my comment short, so I didn't mention that it was the channel up-down buttons. I actually threw mine out under the assumption that it didn't have tracking. Turns out it did. Unfortunately, it was the mono model.

[@kzerobkobrian8937]

First winter in the Dakota's, Eh Ben?

[@TheApoohneicie]

I WANT that Danny Kaye album!!!

[@Fluteboy]

6:34 - It is pronounced "Soof-yon".

[@mrmonty86]

I have that 70s-80s TV Tunes CD.

[@Astolfo2001]

18:25 I've also never liked Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus so this puts a smile on my face.

[@jessecoffey4737]

8:55 Guy who Don Corleone once instructed to "ACT LIKE A MAN".

[@randywatson8347]

16:00 "Convert your .... to Jpeg" 😁

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Ben your tearing me apart..

[@ViewpointProd]

Wouldent mind hearing a snipped of the seinfeld theme from that TV tunes CD benny boy.

[@Astolfo2001]

18:05 Lucky.

[@elineman4523]

Have you listened to the Famos Jose CD?

[@SonJWri]

Are you from around Sioux Falls?

[@luisreyes1963]

How in the blue hell did Sammy Davis Jr. & Mel Torme wound up in a "Golden Throats" CD? Those 2 happen to be accomplished singers.

[@OddityArchive]

Those were based on uncharacteristic/inappropriate choice of material.

[@luisreyes1963]

@@OddityArchive Welp, guess that clears things up. Thanks, Benny. 👍

[@FanCntrlNetwork]

Since you picked up some releases from the Television's Greatest Hits series, are you ever gonna do a Record Ripoffs on them?

[@OddityArchive]

One of the volumes is currently in the Record Ripoffs candidate bin.

[@kurzovarchives30]

Aaaaaaaa new Thrifting

[@robynstopped]

Please do a vhs camcorder episode. I am researching for that perfect retro feel and I love your y2k episode.

[@OddityArchive]

Already did. It was one of the first Ben's Junk videos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWKkon6PermVrNk

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Wow... That hit a nostalgic itch. My mom had both Jane Fonda Jazzercise and Richard Simmons sweatin to the oldies. On cassette. I'm not knocking her for exercising but. But those songs was so lame.

[@jwatterson69]

Spoons...lol

[@Astolfo2001]

14:10 Hey! Don't diss Cory in the House like that! That anime was a masterpiece! /s In all seriousness though, why did somebody put Cory in the House in the Chick Flicks section? They must've been joking when they did that.

[@CodaGardner]

That TV’s Greatest Hits volume is great! Almost all original songs. 90210 and Melrose Place are knock-offs. Quantum Leap has an issue where they left in the tape slowly starting up. I put up It’s Garry Shandling’s Show a while back: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KyYnuFbrujgtE

[@danielking1850]

That Sesame Street album had a Roosevelt Franklin cut on it which might be quite edgy in today's PC environment.

[@mrmonty86]

It was a product of its time, I mean who jive talks these days.

[@dorourke105]

Becker I hated that series, he was mean. Kinda on par with House

[@OM19_MO79]

Finally, a thrifting video in which you did buy stuff! An oddity in such a common and outdated KZbin trend. Still, this is not the kind of stuff I'm expecting from this channel. What's next? Annoyed retrogaming? Elsa and Spiderman videos?

[@OddityArchive]

Haven't we danced this dance before? A couple of times? At least?

[@OM19_MO79]

Sorry, is just that this is so not you. I love your channel but this is so out of place. It was better than the previous ones, though, this time you didn't pass too many items. I guess now that you moved, you regret leaving a lot of stuff back in Colorado. BTW, your wikia says that you are unemployed. Is that true? Is YT your full-time job?