Oddities

2010
Oddities

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EP1 Return to Holly-Odd Feb 09, 2013

Mike, Evan and Ryan visit Los Angeles to try and uncover the weird side of the city; Ryan looks for a piece of bird taxidermy; Mike and Evan visit a bunny museum.

EP2 Mutant Mascot Feb 16, 2013

Finding a new shop centerpiece weird enough to celebrate their new space.

EP3 Dummy Drama & Internal Trauma Feb 23, 2013

An explorer convinces Mike he is no dummy; a customer touts a therapy device.

EP4 Skull Camera Obscura Mar 02, 2013

An odd flower vase is pitched to Ryan. Also: A photographer wants to use a skull-camera hybrid to shoot Mike and Evan.

EP5 Taking Life by the Ears, Nose & Throat Mar 09, 2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities an urban elf seeks a ouija board for her celluloid séance. Then Mike & Evan try to obtain an ear, nose & throat for a doctor who saved their customer's life, and Ryan learns why you don't stick your tongue out at strangers.

EP6 Heads, Kegels, Knees & Toes Apr 13, 2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities, gangrene attacks when a customer hires Mike & Evan to find something stranger than his scars. Then, a walking monster sees what it's like to be scared to death, and Ann exercises another dose of quack medicine.

EP7 Blood Suckers & Brain Eaters Apr 20, 2013

At Obscura lizards run wild when a reptile specialist adopts a new pet. Then Mike & Evan are hired by a TV producer to breathe life into the undead for his zombie hunter series and a customer gets a token for his friend's parasite of an ex-wife.

EP8 March of Pangolin Apr 27, 2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities bar and taxidermy owner Nic hires Mike & Evan to find him a unique stuffed animal. Then a patron goes nuts after realizing he did not grab the bull by its horns, and a customer catches Ryan's ear while playing with saws.

EP9 A Bugs Afterlife May 11, 2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities Mike bugs out seeking the ultimate insect for a customer's diorama project. Then Evan & Ryan pitch a TV host items that'll leave his audience cringing with glee & Ryan gives a steampunk captain a window to nether regions.

EP10 Slim Goodbody's Anatomical Adventure May 18, 2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities, anatomical blast from the past Slim Goodbody enlists Mike & Evan to find him an awesome educational prop. Then eyes pop when a customer seeks ocular inspiration, and Ryan braces for trouble as he meets a village idiot.

EP11 The Mummy Phallus Returns Jun 08, 2013

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EP12 Skull in the City & A Two-Headed Kitty Jun 08, 2013

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EP13 Vampires of PhilaHELLphia Jun 15, 2013

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EP14 Bat Man & Ryan Jun 15, 2013

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EP15 Obscura is Loved to Death Jul 13, 2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities, Mike encounters a customer who loves blowing his own horn and Evan gets a little heartburn in the shop with Dr. Dave.

EP16 Lights, Camera, Duck Impaction! Oct 05, 2013

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EP17 No Guts, No Gory Oct 29, 2013

Mike and Ryan hunt down Jack the Ripper items for a haunted house.

EP18 No Guts, No Glory Oct 26, 2013

Mike and Ryan hunt down Jack the Ripper items for a haunted house.

EP19 Evan's Odd Anniversary Oct 29, 2013

Evan looks for an anniversary gift for her husband; a mentalist gets into Mike and Ryan's heads.

EP20 Tongue Tied Jan 18, 2014

A wrestler wants an item to intimidate an opponent; Mike goes in search of a disturbing item.

EP21 Head Shrinking 101 with Ryan Jan 18, 2014

Ryan makes a shrunken head replica; a couple attempts to sell Evan a skin grafter.

EP22 New Oddleans Jan 25, 2014

The gang goes to the Big Easy where Evan gets to meet the bassist for White Zombie.

EP23 Don't Get Testis' Jan 25, 2014

A pro wrestler gets the shock of his life.

EP24 Elephant Skull in the Room Apr 27, 2014

An artist recruits Evan to find medical instruments for his sculptures.

EP25 Music to My Gears Apr 27, 2014

Mike and Evan are asked to bring life back to an old automaton.

EP26 Instant Chimera Apr 27, 2014

An explosion shakes the shop when Mike gets a hold of an old detonator; Ryan is contracted to articulate the skeleton of a chimera.
7.9| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 04 November 2010 Ended
Producted By: Leftfield Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.dsc.discovery.com/tv/oddities/
Synopsis

Oddities is a half-hour documentary/reality television program which follows the operation of an East Village, Manhattan shop which trades in antiques and other rarities. The show premiered on November 4, 2010, and airs on the Discovery Channel and its sister network, the Science Channel. Oddities focuses on the day-to-day operation of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, and stars co-owners Mike Zohn and Evan Michelson and buyer Ryan Matthew, with appearances by other employees and customers. The store's employees search flea markets, personal collections, auctions, and antique shows for unique and unusual artifacts. Odd items bought and sold by the shop or featured on the show have included a mummified cat, a Rhesus monkey skull, art made from nail clippings, and a straitjacket.

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miaexhibition What I find most objectionable and hard to grasp is why this series feels it's necessary to pass off heavy scripting as reality. Do they think their audience is made up of complete morons? They must, because they're constantly trying to pull the wool over the eyes of reality TV viewers. It's really bad enough that their business model is more of a modus operandi wherein they lie straight faced to customers about the monetary value of items they purchase. But it's WORSE that those 'customers'are, in reality, only shills and actors, friends of the cast and so on. They don't even own the antiques that they purport to be selling. It's absurd. And.totally unnecessary, as well. I'll stick with my Antiques Roadshow, now in their billionth season on PBS. They don't pee up my leg and tell me it's raining!
MartinHafer This show consists of folks coming into the Obscura antique store in the East Village in New York. Sometimes they come to sell something, sometimes to buy or sometimes in search of something illusive--but ALWAYS it's weird and often twisted.I've seen this show a few times already, but my daughter just saw it tonight. I think her reaction is the typical sort of reaction anyone would have if they give the show a chance. When the show began, almost immediately some sick and weird items began showing up in the Obscura antique shop. She said "Oh, my gosh!"--and was shocked. BUT, when I started to change the channel she told me to wait! She was hooked...almost like someone watching a train wreck! Fascinating and creepy, this is sort of like "Pawn Stars" for Wednesday Addams! Cool...really, really cool. Oh, and by the way, sometimes the people coming to the store are a lot weirder than the stuff the place sells!!
Kevin "I have a hard time trying to communicate with people...skateboarding's a way for me to communicate..." -Mark Gonzales, Professional SkateboarderEven though the above quote was written by an athlete, I think it fits the theme of the show quite nicely. "Oddities" is a series that centers around an antique store that buys and sells, just that, oddities. Strange medical equipment, and all other manners of macabre artifacts come into and out of the shop, and that alone is interesting, but what I think makes the show unique, and compulsively watchable are the people both in front of and behind the counter.The owners are passionate about their work, and it brings them into contact with many people. Whether it be authenticators, hobbyists, buyers or even the occasional lawyer, they're always treated kindly and professionally. They're not just buying and selling, they're communicating their passions.The show does the same thing. A lesser show would consider some patrons as eccentrics, but this show takes a higher stance and presents them as individuals, not making a point of their uniqueness, but not downplaying it either. I think the subtext is that, in a way, we're all "Oddities", along with the things we love.While I do have some reservations about this program (back-to-back episodes can get repetitive etc) I think this show is up there with a lot of the better Discovery Channel Series' (and general TV documentaries) and I really hope it gets the audience it so richly deserves.