Davey and Goliath
1960–1975SyndicationAnimation
A boy and his talking dog, stop-motion, funded by the Lutheran church and animated by the Gumby studio.
Davey and Goliath opens with a main title sequence of 43 seconds.
At 43 seconds, it opens well under the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Syndication in 1960, when Romper Room, Truth or Consequences and The Lawrence Welk Show were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
43sFan upload of the 1960 intro.
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