VHS Recording - Road to Avonlea Disney Intro
Channel: Holy Khan
Date: 2021-03-11

0:46 is when the actual intro begins. The rest is random crap for archivists who might find it interesting.

Why did you post this?

My father, may he rest in peace, loved the 90s productions of Anne of Green Gables etc. and so recorded them straight off of Disney when they broadcast them.  My mother wanted me to preserve this series for her.  I have no burning desire to watch 48 hours of Edwardian era family dramas, so I wanted to check to see if this was available somewhere for her to buy or download instead. 

Unfortunately, all 24+ of the tapes my dad made of this series are only labelled "Avonlea"; googling that didn't narrow things down. Even the Anne of Green Gables wiki (of which much of SE is a spin-off) couldn't narrow it down. So I watched a bit of it to see if I could.And as it turns out, I was able to match it to a production by Sullivan Entertainment (SE), who already have all the episodes of all the seasons of every Avonlea-themed production they've ever made available for rental or purchase, digitally or on DVD. Thank the Lord I don't have to watch 6 weeks' worth of mollycoddling drama in order to rip my dad's tapes for my mom.

But the title intro on the on the tapes I have are indeed "Avonlea". And as you will see if you have the DVDs or have seen the current releases from SE, the title is very different. Different enough to warrant archiving, in my opinion. Again, I only looked this far on the tape to identify what it was. I noticed it. It was cool. The title SE uses for this series is "Road to Avonlea". That's all I know about this series and all I care to know. But that is why I posted it. 

TL:DR, this is a variant intro of a show I don't care about but noticed it because of boring family crap I'm doing and I thought it worth posting. 

RIP Richard Loveless, my father. Thank you for Shining Time Station. Thank Kevin Sullivan for preserving Avonlea so I don't have to.