The Bullwinkle Show
Jay Ward's squirrel and moose, which began as Rocky and His Friends and was renamed for the character who talked more.
The Bullwinkle Show opens with a main title sequence of 25 seconds.
At 25 seconds, it opens well under the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on ABC in 1959, when Truth or Consequences, American Bandstand and Search for Tomorrow were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
25sFan upload.
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