Squidbillies
2005–2021Adult SwimAnimation
Appalachian squids, with a theme song rerecorded by a different artist almost every season — one of the longest-running rotating title sequences on American television.
Squidbillies opens with a main title sequence of 33 seconds.
At 33 seconds, it opens well under the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Adult Swim in 2005, when Samurai Jack, 12 oz. Mouse and Aqua Teen Hunger Force were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
33sPosted by Animation Magazine. This is the Lynyrd Skynyrd version; the theme was also cut by Billy Joe Shaver, Unknown Hinson and others across the run, so this is one of a set rather than the version.
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