{"id":1044092,"date":"2010-11-07T09:20:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T09:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/oddities-obscura-antiques-and-oddities-discovery-channel\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T17:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T21:10:36","slug":"oddities-obscura-antiques-and-oddities-discovery-channel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/oddities-obscura-antiques-and-oddities-discovery-channel-2.php","title":{"rendered":""Oddities," Obscura Antiques and Oddities, Discovery Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yes, the rumors, bizarre as they are, are true. Obscura Antiques and Oddities<\/a>--my absolute favorite store in the world, see images above--is now the base, inspiration, location, and cast-provider for \"Oddities,\" a new reality TV show (sic) that will be shown on The Discovery Channel starting next Thursday. The show stars not only friends and friends-of-the-blog Evan Michelson (Morbid Anatomy Library scholar in residence<\/a>) and Mike Zohn--the proprietors or the inimitable Obscura Antiques--but also an array of other fascinating friends and collectors who travel in their circle.<\/p>

With this cast, setting, and array of possible situations, \"Oddities\" will doubtless make unusually compelling reality television. I, for one--and please note, I generally HATE reality TV!--can't wait to see it!<\/p>

More about the show--which premieres next Thursday, November 4th--from today's New York Post<\/a> (which, although it seems to miss the point somewhat, provides a good description of the action):<\/p>

Manhattan's own Obscura Antiques & Oddities and its owners, Mike Zohn and Evan Michelson, are the focus of a new series, \"Oddities,\" premiering Nov. 4 at 9:30 p.m. on Discovery Channel. It'll air Thursdays at 9 p.m. thereafter.<\/p>

The shop, located at 280 East 10th (between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) has a cornucopia of just-plain-weird stuff, like human gallstones, late 19th century poison bottles and bizarre medical instruments. And Zohn and Michelson seem just as colorful (he's a \"creative taxidermy\" winner; she's into Victorian mourning jewelry and was in a \"Goth fetish band,\" whatever that is).<\/p>

In the first episode, Mike finds a mummified cat in the private collection of \"an eccentric artist\" (ya think?) but worries it might be putrefying. Yeeeccchh. He also informs a customer, who thought he had a collection of musket balls, that they're actually something else entirely. I won't spoil it for you.<\/p>

The second episode finds Evan encountering a puppeteer who's looking for a prosthetic limb, and a customer who has what appears to be a dead body in the trunk of his car.<\/p>

Good times.<\/p><\/blockquote>

The show premieres Nov. 4 at 9:30 p.m. on Discovery Channel; after the launch, it will air Thursdays at 9 PM. You can find out more about Obscura Antiques and Oddities by clicking here<\/a>; you can see a recent MA Post on the story by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>

Thanks to Lord Whimsy for alerting me to the official announcement<\/a>.<\/p>

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