Oddities (2010)
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.
Seasons & Episode
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.
Finding a new shop centerpiece weird enough to celebrate their new space.
An explorer convinces Mike he is no dummy; a customer touts a therapy device.
An odd flower vase is pitched to Ryan. Also: A photographer wants to use a skull-camera hybrid to shoot Mike and Evan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mike and Ryan hunt down Jack the Ripper items for a haunted house.
Mike and Ryan hunt down Jack the Ripper items for a haunted house.
Evan looks for an anniversary gift for her husband; a mentalist gets into Mike and Ryan's heads.
A wrestler wants an item to intimidate an opponent; Mike goes in search of a disturbing item.
Ryan makes a shrunken head replica; a couple attempts to sell Evan a skin grafter.
The gang goes to the Big Easy where Evan gets to meet the bassist for White Zombie.
A pro wrestler gets the shock of his life.
An artist recruits Evan to find medical instruments for his sculptures.
Mike and Evan are asked to bring life back to an old automaton.
An explosion shakes the shop when Mike gets a hold of an old detonator; Ryan is contracted to articulate the skeleton of a chimera.
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