The Quick Draw McGraw Show
1959–1962SyndicationAnimation
A horse sheriff who cannot shoot, with Snooper and Blabber and Augie Doggie filling out the half hour.
The Quick Draw McGraw Show opens with a main title sequence of 36 seconds.
At 36 seconds, it opens well under the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Syndication in 1959, when Romper Room, Truth or Consequences and The Lawrence Welk Show were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
36sFan upload of the 1959 intro.
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