Oddity Archive S0E91 - Ben's Junk: Vtech Socrates Educational Video System
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(conversation overheard at VTech, 1988)
Boss: What’s a name that sounds good and smart for our quasi-educational video game console? Engineer: Um, Socrates! Boss: Is he smart?
Engineer: Yeah.
Boss: Perfect! What’s for lunch?
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- Donny Osmond - Soldier of Love (Michael Bay Salute)
- National Anthem Conspiracy Theory
- Everlasting Love
- The Max Headroom Incident of 1987 (Commentary)
- Sounds to Make You Shiver
- TV Sign-Offs (Commentary)
- Emergency Broadcast Salute (Commentary)
- Freedom is a Hammer (Album Review)
- American EXXXtasy (Commentary)
- Greetings From the Stars (Sort Of)
- Ask the Archive
- Archive Riffs: Petaluma Chicken
- Local TV Special (Commentary)
- Archive Riffs: Greedy Humpty Dumpty
- VHS Vault Vol. 1 (Amvest Video) (Commentary)
- Archive Riffs: Say No to Strangers
- National Anthem Conspiracy Theory (Redux)
- Halloween Special 2012 (Commentary)
- Hallmark Presents: Spooky Sounds
- Archive Riffs: Dining Together
- Christmas Special 2012 (A Fair Use Christmas) (Commentary)
- Archive Riffs: A Christmas Fantasy
- TV DX-ing
- Archive Riffs: Live & Learn
- Archive Riffs: Cigarette Commercials
- Backwards Masking (Commentary)
- A Nice Pair (of early, European VCR's)
- Blooper Reel
- VHS Vault Vol. 5 - Y2K (Commentary)
- Archive Riffs: Atomic Alert (Elementary Edition)
- Ben's Junk: Sony Super Betamax
- Ben's Junk: VideoNow PVD Player
- Format Wars 2 (COMMENTARY)
- Ben's Junk: VHS Camcorder (RCA CC285)
- The Great Archive Treasure Hunt (Commentary)
- Ben's Junk: Tascam Cassette Portastudio
- Halloween Special 2013 (Commentary)
- Ben's Junk : 8-Track/Cassette "Adaptor"
- Ben's Junk: Multi-System VHS VCR (Hitachi VT-M768EM)
- Ben's Junk: JVC S-VHS VCR (S7600U)
- Ben's Junk: LaserKaraoke/Laserdisc Player (Pioneer CLD-S304)
- 1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Commentary)
- The DuMont Network (Deleted Game Show Segment)
- Ben's Junk: Handheld Electronic Games
- Ben's Junk: B-Movies & cult Classics
- Ben Tries Finnish Candy
- Ben's Junk: WebTV Box
- The Death of Analog TV (Commentary)
- Ben's Junk: Super 8 Sound Projector (Sears Sound II - Model 9258)
- Archive Riffs: Self-Conscious Guy
- Oddity Archive: Episode 78.4 - VHS Vault Vol. 6 (How's Your Sex Life?) (COMMENTARY)
- (Unofficial) Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I (model 220)
- Ben's Junk: 8-Track (and related) Oddities
- Ben's Junk: Sony DT-30 (External VCR Timer)
- Ben Tries Bonomo's Turkish Taffy
- Ben's Junk: Rejuvenique Revisited (plus Contest!)
- Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique) (Commentary)
- An Overly Nostalgic Halloween (or, For The Want of a Pail)
- For The Want of a Pail (Conclusion)
- Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder
- Ben Tries (Thanksgiving Edition) (or, Ben tries Australian Stuff)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
- Archive Riffs: A Christmas Dream
- Ben's CED Collection (Deleted Segment from CED Episode)
- Ben's Junk: Guitars! Guitars!! Guitars!!!
- Ben's Junk: Ben's Philips CD-I Collection
- Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I Peacekeeper Revolver
- Ben's Junk: Ben's (Incomplete) Comedy LP Collection
- Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Movie Viewer
- Ben's Junk: Commodore 64 (& Peripherals)
- Ben's Junk: Sony TT-100 Tuner/Timer (for U-Matic)
- Commodore 64 (Commentary)
- Ben's Junk: VCR Co-Pilot
- Archive Riffs: Fox Hour Promotional Reel
- Record Ripoffs (Commentary)
- Ben's Junk: Magnavox Odyssey 2 (Video Game Console)
- Ben's Junk: Colecovision Video Game Console
- Ben's Junk: (Some Of) Ben's Vinyl Collection
- "The Voice" Module (for Magnavox Odyssey 2)
- Flexplay Disposable DVD Update
- Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Star Station Sing-Along Machine
- Fisher-Price PXL-2000 Camcorder (Commentary)
- Ben's Junk: bob (Another Nanny Box)
- Ben's Junk: DVD Recorder (Panasonic DMR-E55)
- Ben's Junk: Gemmy Douglas Fir Talking Christmas Tree
- Ben's Junk: Ben's Comic Book Collection
- Ben's Junk: Learn To Solder Kit
- Ben’s Junk: MD Walkman (Minidisc Addendum)
- Ben's Junk: RCA Selectavision CED Player (SGT 250)
- Ben's Junk: Ben's Audiophile Albums
- Ben's Junk: Vtech Socrates Educational Video System
- Ben's Junk: Videocipher II Plus/Manhattan Cable TV Box
- Ben's Junk: go reader (Audiobook Device)
- Archive Riffs: Dear Miss Gloria
- DBX Noise Reduction System (Commentary)
- Ben's Junk: Las Vegas Vacation (1997)
- Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 1)
- Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 2)
- Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Tape (Azimuth Alignment Cassette)
- Ben's Junk: DBX Cassettes (DBX Addendum)
- Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Disc (Turntable Cartridge Alignment Tool)
- Ben’s Junk: (New) Speed Calibration Cassette
- Ben's Junk: CVS One-Time-Use Video Camcorder
- Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016) (Commentary)
- Ben’s Junk: The World of Yesterday (Classic Hollywood Fanzines)
- Ben's Junk: Realistic Phono Pre-Amp (Model 42-2109)
- Ben's Junk: Vidicraft Vidimate Video Enhancer (Model VDM300S)
- Ben's Junk: Star Shower Laser Light
- Ben's Junk: Sankyo Dualux Dual8 Projector (Model 2000H)
- Ben's Junk: Allsop 3 Orbitrac Record Cleaning System
- Ben's Junk: JVC KD-A6 Cassette Deck
- Ben's Junk: Discwasher Compact Disc Cleaner
- Ben's Junk: Royal Disc Repair System
- Ben's Junk: The Archive HQ Bookshelf
- Ben’s Junk: MP32C64 Adapter (Commodore Datasette Substitute)
- Archive Thrifting #1: Impromptu Investigations
- Archive Thrifting #2: Arc of a (Dumpster) Diver
- Ben's Junk: K-Tel Record Selector
- Ben's Junk: Teac V-770 Cassette Deck
- Discovision Dead Sides
- Ben's Junk: ABC Talking Monday Night Football (Board Game)
- Archive Riffs: Selling Your Home?
- Archive Thrifting #3: Beautiful Downtown Aurora's Last Stand
- Ben's Junk: Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit
- Ben's Junk: Audio Technica AT-LP120 Turntable (Early Thoughts)
- Ben's Junk: Ben's Makeshift Bedroom Stereo System
- Ben's Junk: Ramsey FM Transmitter (Further Experiments)
- Ask The Archive Live (9/14/2018)
- Archive Thrifting #4: Elvis Sightings
- Archive Thrifting #5: Low Money Hu$tla
- Sounds of Terror! (Halloween Album Review)
- Ben's Junk: Pac-Man Fever (Pac-Man Mini Arcades)
- Archive Riffs: Thanksgiving Commercials
- NES Classic Edition (The Last Word?)
- Christmas LaserKaraoke (Deleted Segment)
- Ben's Junk: Nagaoka MP-110H Phono Cartridge
- Ben's Junk: Sega Pico ("Edutainment" Console)
- Ben's Junk: SNES Classic Edition (Belated) First Impressions)
- Ben’s Junk: Tyco VideoCam (Another Kiddie Camcorder)
- Archive Riffs: Valentine’s Day Commercials (A Semi-Romantic Tale)
- Archive Thrifting #6: Frostbite Falls
- Ben's Junk: Ronco Mr. Microphone
- Ben’s Junk: GAF 3100S Super 8 Film Projector
- Ben's Junk: The Big Reel (Film Collector’s Magazine)
- Discovision/Laserdisc Quirks (An Informal Discussion)
- Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 2
- Ben’s Junk: VGA Converters/Public Domain CD-ROMs
- Ben’s Junk: Innovative Technologies ITNS-500 Slide “Scanner”
- Archive Riffs: Clutch Cargo (Big “X”, Pts. 4 & 5)
- Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm (Commentary)
- Archive Thrifting #7: Wii, Wii, All The Way Home
- Record Ripoffs Commercial Parodies (Vols. 1–9)
- Ben's Junk: Video Action Magazine (Issue #1: December, 1980)
- Bennytronics Guitar Noise Experiment (Analog, Circa 1980-style) (COMPLETE SEGMENT)
- Ben's Junk: Ben's Laserdisc Collection (2019 Edition)
- Fostex X-14/Ben's Music "Career": The Gear
- Ben's Junk: Whippany Rhythm Master (Circa 1972 Drum Machine)
- Ben's Junk: Burns Theremin
- Archive Thrifting #8: Break IT You Pay For IT
- Haunted House (Halloween SFX Album Review)
- Telesound 13 (Moog/Realistic Concertmate MG-1)
- Ben's Junk: Realistic Concertmate (Moog) MG-1 Synthesizer
- Ben's Junk: Sony DCR-TRV320 Digital8 Handycam (Video8 Addendum)
- Ben's Junk: Archer Video Processor/Stabilizer (Model 15-1272A)
- Algorithmic Audio Mastering (CloudBounce Review)
- Archive Thrifting #9: Christmas Confidential
- Archive Riffs: Boxing Day Commercials (er, Adverts)
- MovieCD
- Ben's Junk: Cult VHS (& A Few DVD's) (2020 Edition)
- Ben's Junk: Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD Audio Interface
- Ben's Junk: Behringer neutron (analog, Monophonic) Synthesizer
- F.D.G. (Oddity Archive Sign-Off Muzak)
- Ben's Junk: Industrial Laserdiscs/ Anderic (Reproduction) Service Remote
- Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 4.5: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch Multitracks (An Addendum)
- Enhanced CD's (& other multimedia CD's) (an informal chat)
- Ben's Junk: The OA (semi-)Supercomputer/OA Recording Studio Redux
- Ben's Junk: Sony SLO-325 Industrial Betamax
- Ben's Junk: 1953 & 1956 Hoffman Television Catalogs
- Ben's Junk: Tiger Quiz Wiz
- Ben Minnotte - Switched-On Pavanned (Moog Instrumental)
- Ben Minnotte - The Happy Moog (Gets Stuck In Rush Hour) ("Moog" Instrumental)
- Ben's Junk: First Alert FTR-960R Time-Lapse VCR (+ Time-Lapse Tape)
- Archive Riffs: Moving Up To Amateur Radio
- Archive Thrifting #10: Before We Were SO Rudely Interrupted
- Ben's Junk: Sony U-Matic & Industrial Betamax Wired Remotes
- The Battle At Elderbush Gulch (2020 Redux)
- Archive Thrifting #11: This Can Not Be The Right Price Deal
- Ben's Junk: Pioneer RH-65 8-Track Deck
- Ben's Junk: Denon UD-M30 CD Receiver
- Pavanned (Documentary Style) (Vaporwave?)
- In Your Hands (Violin & "Mellotron" Thing)
- Ep. 200 Rebuttal & Deleted Scenes
- Nitrogené (Synth Instrumental)
- Ben's Junk: JVC HR-S7600U S-VHS ET VCR (REVISITED)
- Ben's Junk: Buster Keaton Video Collection
- Archive Thrifting #12: (Not-So) Scary Deals
- Ben's Junk: (New) Polaroid 600 Film (& old camera(s))
- Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's Audiocassette Collection
- Ben's Junk: (New) Dubreq Stylophone
- Archive Thrifting #13: Deck The Hauls
- Ben's Junk: (some of) Ben's Vinyl Collection Vol. 2
- Ben's Junk: Sega Genesis Mini (Miniature Game Console)
- Home Video Recording, 1972-Style (or, Ben's Complete U-Matic Rig)
- Ben's Junk: Toshiba 20AF43 CRT TV
- Archive Thrifting #14: (Non-)Luck of the (Non-)Irish
- Phonies (Answering Machine Greetings)
- Archive Riffs: A Taxing Set of Commercials (Tax Day Special)
- Ben's Junk: GPX Digital TV Tuner + Recorder
- A Geeky Evening With Benny-Boy
- Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance Box Pro (Video Capture Device)
- Ben's Junk: JVC HM-DH30000U & Mitsubishi HD-HS2000u D-VHS VCR's
- Episode 200 (Behind The Box) (Commentary)
- Archive Thrifting #15: Out Of This World Deals
- Ben's Junk: Akai GX-220 Reel-To-Reel Audiotape Deck
- History of VHS (COMPLETE SERIES)
- Ben's Casino Travelogue (Deleted Segment From How I Spent My Summer VIII)
- Archive Thrifting #16: La Cage Aux Thrifting
- VCR Cleaning (A Public Service Video)
- Channel Update (9/2021) (Sony AV-3600 Update, Sencore VA62, etc.)
- VCR Rabbit Revisited
- Ben's Junk: Video Store Regulars (& Memories)
- Ben’s Junk: Wolverine Moviemaker Pro 8mm & Super8 Film Scanner
- Archive Thrifting #17: Spooktacular Savings
- Thereminiature/Pavanned (Version 6.66)
- Ben's Junk: Sony Digital Mavica (Model MVC-FD73) (Floppy Disk Digital Camera from 1999)
- Ben's Junk: Coolmusic Ring Modulator (& other FX) ("Max Headroom" Hijacker Voice)
- Ben's Junk: Christmas TV VHS & DVD's
- Archive Thrifting #18: Shortwave Santa
- Ben’s Music “Career” (The Complete Saga)
- Ben's Junk: Keyfax Update/Pioneer GGF1381 Laserdisc Service Remote/Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 3
- The Wire (via Sony PCM-701ES, Betamax)
- Ben's Junk: VuPoint Digital Video Converter (or, the circa 2010 YouTube video device)
- Ben's Junk: The Clapper
- Laserdisc Laser Rot
- Ben's Junk: Magnus Chord Organ
- Ben's Junk: Blonder-Tongue BTX-111 "Ultraverter" (& ONTV Box Update)
- Ben's Junk: Prog & Metal VHS, Beta & Laserdiscs
- Ben's Junk: Newtek Calibar (A Pen-Sized Test Pattern Generator)
- A BENefit for a new computer…or a loose Ask The Archive
- Ben's Junk: Hotronic AP41 (Frame Synchronizer & Time Base Corrector)
- The “Can I Remember It?” stream (or, a smaller BENefit)
- CD Frustrations & Easter Eggs
- A Tour of the New OA Computer Rig (OA Computer Tour 2022)
- Ben's Junk: Sony CVM-51UW and Panasonic WV-BM990 CRT Monitors
- The Eraser Laserdisc Experiment
- Archive Thrifting #19: Radios, Radios
- Archive Riffs: Hey, Stop That!
- Ben's Junk: Midland WR400 NOAA Weather Radio (& other Radio Ramblings)
- Ben's Junk: Sony SRF-A100 AM/AM Stereo/FM Portable Radio
- Archive Thrifting #20: Fair(mont) (St.) Clouds over Mankato
- Ben Repairs: Radio Shack Executive Stress Eliminator
- Sony Videocorders Update (CV-2100 & AV-3600) (8/2022)
- Ben's Junk: Tyler Portable TV (model TTV701-7)
- Ben's Junk: Sears Whisper-Matic IV (& Victorian-Era Theater Slides)
- Ben's Junk: Ben's Blackhawk Films Collection (minus the videotapes)
- Ben's Junk: Sony Trinitron PVM-1343MD (Professional Video Monitor)
- Archive Thrifting #21: We Already Have Halloween At Home
- Benny M.'s TV Party (Commentary)
- Halloween Special 2022 Blooper Reel
- Ben's Junk: Telemeter Pay TV Box (Circa 1960)
- Ben's Junk: Favorite (and/or Notable) Christmas Albums
- Archive Thrifting #22: Christmas In Elbonia
- Archive Thrifting #23: Holiday Hangover
- Magna-Guard (or, Copy-Protection, Vol. 3)
- Ben's Junk: RCA BW003 (1978 Home Video Camera)
- Ben's Junk: Forbidden KLAK (via the Archer Multiple Video Distribution System)
- Ben's Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) FM Wireless Lavalier Microphone System (Circa 1988)
- Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's TV-on-DVD Collection
- Ben's Junk: Hitachi Visionbook Pro 7560 Laptop (or, My 1st, failed attempt at a Windows 98 Rig)
- Ben's Junk: Ben's Mad Magazine Stash
- Noelle's Mystery Tapes (& Channel Update - 4/2023)
- Ben's Junk: 80's Music Videos (on Laserdisc)
- Ben's Ugly A/V Rack
- Betacam SP (1st Test...From A Newbie's Perspective)
- Christmas Morning on a June Evening (or, Mail Day From Tyrone)
- Archive Thrifting #24: The Delicate Sound of Thrifting
- Ben's Junk: X-10 Videosender (another VCR Rabbit-esque device)
- Revenge of the Sony AV-3600 Videocorder (1st Test)
- Archive Thrifting #25: 3M (Moderate Minnesota Madness)
- Fix It or Forget It? (NEC S-VHS Deck)
- Ben's Junk: 1966 (partial) Zenith Phonevision Pay TV Box
- Ben's Junk: SelecTV Pay TV Box
- Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance ViewLite AV (Video Capture Device)
- Ben's Junk: Sears Du-All Eight (8mm Viewer/Editor)
- Archive Thrifting #26: Indian Summer
- Ben's Junk: Sharp VL-E47 "Viewcam" (Video8 Camcorder, circa 1995)
- Archive Thrifting #28: Scandalous Santa
- Archive Thrifting #29 (Christmas Leftovers)
- Ben's Junk: Ben's Rifftrax DVD & Blu-Ray Collection
- Ben's Junk: Denon RCD-N10 CD Receiver
- Ben's Junk: Magnavox H2160MW9 (or, Exploring Someone's Old Personal DVR)
- Ben's Junk: Wometco Home Theatre (WHT) Pay TV Decoder Box
- Ben’s Junk: ClearClick Video2USB/ A Tour of Ben’s Livestream Setup
- How To Unstretch Video (via HandBrake)
- Ben's Junk: Laser Video File Laserdisc Catalog (Mid-1992)
- Ben's Junk: Some More of Ben's Audiocassette Collection (Mystery Box!)
- Magnavox H2160MW9 Personal DVR/DVD Recorder UPDATE (A Failure)
- Ben's Junk: Videolok (VCR Anti-Theft Device)
- Ben's Junk: Rhoades Teledapter (TV Stereo Simulator)
- Windows 98 Laptop Update (4/2024)
- CD Rot Rant
- Ben A.'s Mystery Tapes (A Not-So-Livestream)
- Windows 98 Laptop Update (5/2024) (She Lives!)
- Ben's Junk: Whole House FM Transmitter 3.0
- Ben Vs. The Cursed U-Matic Tape
- Archive Thrifting #30: Wet Fireworks
- Ben's Junk: A Tower of Vidicraft
- Quasar Great Time Machine (Round 2?)
- Ben's Junk: My First DVD's
- Ben's Junk: JamC@m Digital Camera
- Archive Thrifting #31: Summer's End
- More Fun With Moldy U-Matic Tapes
- Ben's Junk: :CueCat Barcode Scanner
- Ben's Junk: Sencore "Little Huey" Test Pattern Generator
- Ben's Junk: Casio CMD-10 watch
- Ben's Junk: Laserviews Laserdisc Magazines
- Archive Thrifting #32: Halloween Hootenanny
- Halloween Special 2023 (Season of the Wince) (Commentary)
- Ben's Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) Astronaut 8 Radio
- Ben's Junk: Down Beat Magazine (10/23/1975)
- Ben’s Junk: Thanksgiving Traditions (and not-so-traditions)
- Ben’s Junk: VHS is Life Mold Cleaning Rig REDUX
- Archive Thrifting #33: Christmas Clutter
- Ben’s Junk: Epiphone ED-100NS Acoustic Guitar
- Ben’s (Failed) Gimmick CD (A Rant)
- Ben’s Junk: NuReality Vivid 3D (Mock Surround Sound Processor)
- Ben's Junk: Optoma PK320 Pico Pocket Projector
- Albums I Love (That I’m Supposed To Hate)
- Monkeeing Around
- Ben’s Junk: Sony eMarker (SoundHound before SoundHound)
- DiscoVision Dead Sides Vol. 5
- Ben’s Junk: RCA RC5230Z DIVX/DVD Player (More “Deadware”)
- 25 Pounds of Laserdiscs (Mail Day From Paul C.)
- Ben's Junk: Half A Halloween Movie Collection
- Ben’s Junk: APF TV Fun (“Sportsarama” Model)
- Pre-Recorded SuperBeta (and some minor mythbusting)
- Ben’s Junk: Sears Tele-Games Pinball Breakaway (Atari Video Pinball)
- State of the Archive Address/General Chat/Q&A (5/30/2025)
- Ben’s Junk: (Some of) Ben’s Vinyl Collection Vol. 3
- A Lot of Cartrivision (A Prelude?)
- Thrifting Delivery (Mail Day From Nick S.)
- Ben's Junk: The Worst (and Ben's First) Portable TV
- State of the Archive Address (7/2025)
- OA Update (7/28/2025)
- Ben’s Junk: Sony Color Watchman (FDT-5BX5)
- Ben's Junk: Boyalink Wireless Lavalier Microphone
- OA Update (8/18/2025)
- These DVD-R’s are JUNK!/Another Cursed Tape?
- Ben’s Junk: Laserdisc Acquisitions (2019-2025)
- Ben’s Junk: Robins Cassette Erase-Tab Remover
- Ben's Junk: Casio LCD Handheld TV's
- YouTube A.I.-Generated Episode Topics
- Ben’s Junk: Behringer Solina String Ensemble (ARP Synth Clone)
- Archiveland Public Domain Theatre: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) (Silent Movie Day 2025)
- Ben’s Junk: e-kara Handheld Karaoke
- Ben’s Favorite Halloween TV Episodes & Specials
- Archive (Half-)Thrifting #35 Wicked Wanderings
- Mystery Betamax From Denver
- Ben’s Junk: Tascam Guitar & Vocal “Trainers”
- Albums I’ve Owned…Too Many Times
| Released | Jul 05, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 30min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Actor | Ben Minnotte |
| Director | Ben Minnotte |
| Production | N/A |
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