How To with John Wilson
2020–2023HBODocumentary
New York filmed on the street by one man with a camera, and titles assembled from the same accidental footage the series is made of.
How To with John Wilson opens with a main title sequence of 43 seconds.
It arrived on HBO in 2020, when Curb Your Enthusiasm, In Treatment and The Jinx were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
43sThe opening.
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