Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Back To The Fonzie

If you were going to make a cartoon of the Fonz in the 1980s, you’d probably give him a time machine and strand him so he can’t get back to the 1950s too. Hang on, that sounds backwardsly familiar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kid7EG4SgfE

I’ve just found a fun archive of cartoon title sequences on YouTube called CartoonsIntros, and it’s well worth a look.

https://youtu.be/okSUZxPVeRc

I wish they showed this one more often …

https://youtu.be/B5iWRAg1Peg

And here’s one of those theme tunes that burrows into your psyche and never lets go.

https://youtu.be/_iPw5yf78Uc

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