Kenan & Kel
1996–2000NickelodeonComedy
The All That double act given their own series, and "Who loves orange soda?"
Kenan & Kel opens with a main title sequence of 62 seconds.
At 62 seconds, it opens well above the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Nickelodeon in 1996, when Rugrats, All That and Are You Afraid of the Dark? were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
62sThe season one titles, posted by series creator Dan Schneider. Carries the Nickelodeon and DanWarp channel bugs.
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