Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
A North Philadelphia junkyard, with a moral at the end and a live-action introduction at the start.
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids opens with a main title sequence of 65 seconds.
It arrived on CBS in 1972, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and As the World Turns were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
65sThe 1984 opening alone, in place of the intro-and-closing pair.
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