TBS 8 Great Hours of Andy Marathon, January 1993

This tape is the full January 1993 TBS 8 Great Hours of Andy marathon. Eight hours of Mayberry, trivia cards between breaks, then the beginning of National Geographic Explorer because apparently nobody touched the stop button.

The tape is the complete 8 Great Hours of Andy marathon: episodes, TBS trivia cards during breaks, and an absurd amount of commercials. It rolls straight into the beginning of National Geographic Explorer. Eight hours of Mayberry, then polo and rattlesnakes. Television used to have range.

What’s on this tape

• TBS 8 Great Hours of Andy, approximately January 31, 1993
• The Andy Griffith Show episodes with TBS trivia segments
• The opening of National Geographic Explorer, including “Polo,” “Rattlesnakes and Squirrels,” “Canyon of the Deep,” and “Africa: Playing God with Nature”

Commercial inventory

• California Raisins
• Diet Dr Pepper
• Puffs Plus
• Drixoral
• Anacin
• Almay
• Miracle Ear
• Casablanca on VHS with Taster’s Choice
• Colorpoint Paintstitching
• Home Remedies Book
• Piano by Candlelight
• Red Lobster
• Coast Soap
• Pepto-Bismol
• Columbia House
• Rock Anthems
• 1-800-Flowers
• Sports Illustrated’s Secret NBA tape
• The Statler Brothers
• Growing Up Wild VHS tapes
• Soloflex
• Domino’s
• 2000 Flushes
• d-Con
• Liquid-Plumr

TBS promos

• Coogan’s Bluff
• Perry Mason
• Little House on the Prairie
• TBS Party Line
• Back-to-Back Bronson

Viewing notes

Streamed February 26, March 29, and September 15, 2026. The final session finished the marathon and reached the National Geographic Explorer intro.

About this tape

Format

VHS

Cassette

BASF T-120

Recording speed

EP

Recording

TBS, approximately January 1993

Archive ID: VHS-2026-344