King of Kensington
A Toronto corner-shop owner in the Kensington Market, and the sitcom a fifth of the country watched.
King of Kensington kept one opening title sequence, 61 seconds long, across season 2.
At 61 seconds, it opens well above the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on CBC in 1975, when Mr. Dressup and The Beachcombers were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 2
61sArchive upload dated 15 March 1977, which falls in the second season counted from the September 1975 launch.
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