Theme song and opening credits Family Matters
the family matters house in chicago (depicted winslow family home) in 2010. structure left did not exist @ time show s exterior shots filmed.
the opening sequence begins shot of chicago lakefront (the john hancock center can seen in center), shot of winslow home. in opening titles, main characters shown around winslow home (though in shots featured characters in other places well, such rachel @ rachel s place restaurant during seasons 2–4 version or waldo @ vanderbilt high school gym during seasons 4–6 version). opening credits during first 3 seasons feature scene showing winslow family riding bicycles across irv kupcinet bridge on chicago river; allusion parent series perfect strangers, featured scene of balki , larry (played bronson pinchot , mark linn-baker), riding tour boat underneath same bridge, shot same angle, in own opening credits seasons 3–8 of series. clips of episodes shown after bike scene , before house shot in season 1 through 3 versions. house shown @ beginning , end of opening credits (as in establishing shots scenes set @ winslow house) located @ 1516 west wrightwood avenue in chicago (41°55′44″n 87°40′00″w / 41.92891°n 87.666779°w / 41.92891; -87.666779). closing shot @ end of credits winslow family @ piano (which shown during closing credits when there no tag scene), in shot pans outside house , camera zooms out showing neighborhoods , northside chicago skyline (wrigleyville) in background, used in pilot episode mama came dinner (though scene featuring winslows before pan redone twice in seasons 2 , five). role of richie baby credited being played joseph [and] julius wright in season 1, julius name made appear joseph s middle name in titles—the duo credited way because show s producers did not want audiences know richie played twins—the role of richie baby played 2 children because california state law regulates number of work hours young child, therefore common role of 1 baby in television or film production played twins (another miller-boyett series, full house, credited mary-kate & ashley olsen in same manner in opening sequences until show s seventh season, in olsen twins credited separately). in season five, after hopkins left show, white given special billing in response popularity earned steve urkel. appearing last in credits, credited , jaleel white steve urkel, starting in sixth season (hopkins credited , telma hopkins rachel prior season five). in season seven, opening theme song , credit sequence dropped entirely—though brought 1 episode: fa la la la laagghh, eleventh episode of same season—for other episodes during seasons 7–9, names of show s main cast members, co-executive producers , executive producers shown during each episode s teaser scene.
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