"Family Matters" (end credits)

[Beltzer0072]

Guest Starring Barry Jenner as Lt. Murtagh? Was Danny Glover out of reach?

[ncjuppiter]

this is beautiful... wish they still made em like this

[MultiSanchez1995]

i raped the shit out of the replay button

[AndrewsOpinion15]

i miss 80 and 90s !!!

[the1212redeagle]

I love this ending credit music, takes me to a very happy place lol

[LogoMan8888]

@the1212redeagle I don't see how the music relates to the opening theme. Usually, that's the standard protocol (at least it was on "Step by Step", "Full House", and "Perfect Strangers"). I really don't here "As Days Go By" in this.

[VaultMasterDBT]

That's because the original theme song was a truncated cut of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World". Jesse Frederick's "As Days Go By" replaced it after about six episodes. It wasn't until season five, however, that a closing version of "As Days Go By" was composed.

[Robynw143]

Luv it

[Heegoop]

This outro had the best episodes of Family Matters.

[TheMufflicks]

why is this on youtube??? why did i search it??? why is me watching???

[heartofmusic27]

@TheMufflicks Because I think you like Family Matters.

[iLiveMusic90]

As a little kid I used to LOVE this theme song!!! Especially the orchaestral ending!!!

[LogoMan8888]

@iLiveMusic90 It's kind of scary when you play it back in your mind. That's how awesome it is. Reginald VelJohnson's VO kind of intensifies it.

[TheClownmenfoolish]

Wow looking at the ending credit almost puts me too tears, I watched this everyday after school now I'm 29 and still watch it. Thumbs up if you like

Family Matters

Full House

Saved By The Bell

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Wonder Years

Doogie Howser M.D

[tamster225]

This really brings me back :)

[erika2012vsu]

I was randomly humming this around the house. lol

[sarahlewisx]

I don't think the 80's could of got any better.everything seemed great:)

[jaymitra95]

@sarahlewisx : yeah the 80's and 90's I used to watch this show on Nick @ Nite

ahh the good times. I love Chicago because its such a lively city and Perfect Strangers another good show was filmed there

[tamster225]

@sarahlewisx errr.... 90s......

[Macday000]

I wish this song was a place, so i could live there

[springert19]

Indiana sux 

[notahater554]

i am a 12 year old kid... and i miss this show.... it was the only thing that made me laugh during bad times

[notahater554]

im a 12 year old kid... and i miss this show.... it was the only thing that made me laugh during bad times

[heartofmusic27]

Does anyone know what the Winslows are doing when the camera pans out from inside their house? It would be neat if Carl Winslow came out of the house just to do the voice over for the end logos.

[leaderkee90]

@heartofmusic27 It's from the pilot episode. They're by the piano. Notice on that episode before the end credits that the camera pans out a little fast.

[mbenzsl2000]

the 90s was like the last ditch effort for good family oriented...yet cool, and entertaining tv shows....and it succeeded. family matters (early seasons), home improvement, full house(cheesy...but you still loved it) etc. plus that decade had shows like seinfeld and freinds, 3rd rock ...and nickelodeon was still cool too.

[sanyo51]

the house is still there tho

[Rugratsfan]

I can only think of one reason why this show was cancelled prematurely: JUDYANN ELDER.

[Motorcyclephil]

I remember watching this go off and thinking, "It looks like they live in a neat neighborhood, because there is a park right across the street.

[FutureNewsAnchor]

Good news! Season 1 of Family Matters will FINALLY be released on DVD June 8!

[aero398]

@FutureNewsAnchor about time lol been waiting for years

[IsmaelandLugi21]

who said this? 00:33-00:41

[Rugratsfan]

@IsmaelandLugi21 Reginald VelJohnson. He was Carl on the show

[IsmaelandLugi21]

@Rugratsfan why did he said this?

[Rugratsfan]

for promotional reasons

[FutureNewsAnchor]

@IsmaelandLugi21 Reginald VelJohnson.

[MizzWendyGirl]

Went on here looking for just this & I found it! ^_^ This is my most memorable/ favorite song theme from my childhood.

[isp10man]

Wrightwood Park on W. Wrightwood and N. Ashland, Chicago Illinois, i grew up around there...

[clearwhitecrystal]

fuck u anythonythemen more like anythony the nigger since you wanna joke i got a joke for all u niggers why does beyonce sing to the left becuase blacks has no rights hahah nigger!!!!!!!!

[SchnuffelB]

@clearwhitecrystal sorry but what a bad racist joke

[anthonytheman14]

if you look through the window it looks like shes giving carl a head

[visionimagify]

@anthonytheman14 ROFL, It does. lol

[anthonytheman14]

@visionimagify now me and my cousins call the show blowin the family matters!

but i love this show!

[Motorcyclephil]

@anthonytheman14 I thought you were crazy at first, so I watched it a few times, and you are right. That looks really bad. I never noticed that before.

[relimes]

The ending credits look alot like the ones on Perfect Strangers.

[yasmeen1617]

I love the way this gos off.

[Motorcyclephil]

@yasmeen1617 I can't agree more. When you watched this go off, you knew if was Friday evening, and the weekend was upon us.

[JMinnie912]

I've never watched more than 10-20 episodes of "The Jeffersons", I've only watched around 20-40 episodes of "Steve Harvey", and I loved "Living Single" and "Fresh Prince". Now, of the sitcoms I've just stated, of which portray enough values or teaches as many lessons as "Family Matters"? I'm not knocking you or your sitcoms, I mean no disrespect. I'm just saying...

[ninetiesbaby10]

@JMinnie912 thats fine yo have a right to ur opinion but u must consider that once Family Matters jumped teh Shark and became all about Urkel it was no longer about values it was completely ridiculos...great show in the beggining....and ur right the other shows did not portray values but all of them except the Jeffersons came after Family Matters and by then trends in television were changing...audiences didnt want morals thrown at them by that time which is why FM changed

[JMinnie912]

This will ALWAYS be the ONLY GOOD African-American sitcom!!!!!!!!! This show was the staple for all Black sitcoms that precede it! This theme song, much like the show, is legendary!

[ninetiesbaby10]

really??what about The Cosby Show??The Jeffersons??The Steve Harvey SHow?/Living Single??The Fresh prince??Martin??...there were many great balck sitcoms now granted save cosby the families in all of teh oether shows were crazy but they were still classic shows that represented an array of black people

[mbenzsl2000]

@ninetiesbaby10 ya the jeffersons was underated...great show...too bad they got screwed over. But then again, the times were different.

thats up there with some of my fav sitcoms of all time. that cast had such good chemistry

[eugene680]

I love how the camera pans out from the Winslow's house and out into the neighbourhood during the sunset. Beautiful.

[tnafever]

I say it is 2nd to the king, The Cosby show.

[Aandunno]

@tnafever Nah...Fresh Prince of Bel Air Crushes this show...and almost beat Bill Cosby.

actually, technically it did do better, as they were on the same network

[osaji922]

@Aandunno Fresh Prince was a very good show but it never came close to Cosby. Cosby was #1 for 5 straight seasons and when it wasn't in the top 10 it was in the teens (only for one season). Fresh Prince may have done better than Family Matters and the verdict would probably put Fresh Prince above Family Matters but Fresh Prince highest rating had probably only reached the top 30 at best which isn't bad but not in Cosby's league

[osaji922]

@Aandunno I just checked and you're right that Fresh Prince did get close but it didn't ever beat Cosby. IN Cosby's last season they were #14 and Fresh Prince was #20 in its second season

[Aandunno]

@JMinnie912 your an idiot and know Absolutely nothing..Your readiness to spout that pretty ignorant statement is amazing. roots Fresh Prince of Bel Air the bill Cosby Show sister Sister ...um...whats that)...Everybody loves Chris. That show with Denzel Washington on t. Mr Cooper The Chapelle Show The Ed Harvey Show. ...even Cedric the entertainer was good before it was cancelled.

[miamivicepastels83]

@JMinnie912 uh uh there were other good AA sitcoms as well. TONS during this time...i can start naming em if u need it

[bfnfamily]

@JMinnie912

The only good AA sitcom? Man, please! I mean please! I love FMs, but please watch more shows. It was not the only good black sitcom. Jesus Christ.

[VaultMasterDBT]

Only good black sitcom? Have you not heard of, say, The Jeffersons?

[MrFreshprince216]

@VaultMasterDBT And The Cosby Show

[jayro006]

Did anyone ever notice that the end credits song from Family Matters sounds oddly similar to the instrumentals at the end of David Bowie's song, "Life on Mars"?

[sethypoo2000]

cool

[MichalkaManiac]

This is from episode 2-21, "Taking Credit" (15-Mar 1991). How I know Look at the production code at 0:27. Above the Lorimar copyright, the production code reads "#446472". I googled it, leading me to this episode's title

[gm1990ss]

it's copyrighted as 1991.

[samuraiyao]

This song is played as soon as I'm about to climax with my girlfriend... She came on my face...

[EngleSackJus]

Man all I know is that if I had a receiding Hairline like Carl Winslow, I'd Kill myself.

[scorpioeddie84]

I've always loved the background during the closing credits for this show and I also love the music! When I see the re-runs on Nick @ Night it always takes me back to when I watched the show as a kid!

[RoyJohnMorris]

this sax is fantastic!!

[Vig83]

I love that tune.

[telxon04]

Thats a great ending. I remember when they played this and I thought it was great then and now. No wonder in '91 this show was getting weekly ratings of #5 or higher

[frankfantastic001]

the background is so beauitful

[myanthony1]

if you key in family matters s0203 you can find a version without Reginald's voice over.

[livinlarge18]

I have that version I'll post it soon

[xavier12fromroblox]

Damn  Lopez & other shows have the time the shows come on & i can't here this music

[GilbertsonDerick]

I wish they had done something like the Simpsons. Instead of seeing the family at the dinner table, show something different every episode. Maybe have like blood splash on the window, or show some hairy naked white dude taking a hit from a 5 foot long bong on the kitchen table. What evvv, ya know?

[GetReadyTV]

Not every time in the 4th season 92 - 93 they started goin off by the conclusion of the ep would be showing the end credits you can see this on Nick at Nite or BET and UPN .

[am14ke15]

this music is so sad and then came those jonas bro fags to ruin good music

[emoviebuff87]

this theme is so sad, because its so good that its a reminder of the past. right now there are so many tv shows that focus on sex and thats it. why can't we just have the shows from the eighties and ninties?

[SaMatta87]

I would have to agree. It's one of those shows you could watch and enjoy with your family on a Friday night. Now, shows are geared towards the teenage generation that cares nothing but for sex and meaningless crap. I sure miss the 90s.

[nolacsco]

@SaMatta87 and early 00s

[sonicman2500]

warner bros rules!

[blockfrog]

haha i've been waching this and george lopez since the last couple days

[chitasha116]

these days were the best. i would do almost anything to go back in time. BETTER TV SHOWS, BETTER MUSIC, BETTER MOVIES, BETTER EVERYTHING.

[fujifrontier]

i completely agree

[h445]

@chitasha116 The great part about life is that in ten years, people will be saying that about the shows that are currently on. Circle of life, friend! What we think was awesome then will only be an afterthought and what we think can't compare to the nineties others will think can't compare to the '10s. Having said that, I agree!

[iLiveMusic90]

@h445 Exactly...ppl lack perspective...each generation feels that the pop culture of their youth cannot be exceeded in quality by future generations.

[iTrevor10]

I remember seeing this ending on WPIX 11

[murbro86]

sounds like the end of a long era?

[demeola88]

Ive always loved the opening and ending credits to this show. Ive lived in Chicago my whole life and the views of the city are really beautiful!

[Alexandertheinventor]

I just notice something that was weird i was watching family matters on Nick at Nite. One of the episode called:steve science project. steve made an atom bomb and then he made rocket. Carl told steve maybe you can get in it and take off to outer space.

guess what on the last season or episode of family matters steve went to outer space on a rocket. how weird is that?

[amisra]

Yeah that is pretty ironic

[gumper]

The view of Chicago is beautiful.

[PsychedelicGuy]

Would anyone happen to know what street that is, you can see the buildings near Wrigley Field in the background so its definitly in Chicago somewhere just cant pin point it.

[PsychedelicGuy]

Haha nvm thanks to wikipedia..its 1516 W Wrightwood..cool thats not that far from me :) One of the best shows ever!

[MizuruTakagi]

best show ever

[campsports3]

hey do u have that same closing but with the alternate music from the later seasons from like 1994-95

[megamanj2004X]

if you mean the hip-hop like closing theme, that actually started in the 1993-94 season ep. called "Hell Toupee," which was also the same year that all shows that were produced by Lorimar Television by fall 1993 no longer featured the Lorimar logo. The shows produced by Lorimar TV in existence prior to fall '93 were: Family Matters, Step by Step, Full House, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (one of the last shows produced by Lorimar TV), and Sisters.

[livinlarge18]

Reginald VelJohnson's announcing really ruins the music

[stndrds79]

that it does!

[livinlarge18]

They should reprint the episodes with just the music add TELEPICTURES productions logo and WBTV 2005

[lolmetaknight]

best video evar

[LadybugGamer]

This would sound pretty nice on a stereo

[Blacklist94]

could you post up the second ending credits theme from the later seasons?

[gfivefour]

i agree with "firmup33". I also wish I could go back to the 90s sometimes... good times..

[Rucks90]

makes me cry a lil....no lie

[gfivefour]

i know wat u mean... it brings back good memories... its not like the crap that they show on tv now.

[Rucks90]

shoot. Shows today are not creative. You have curse/take extreme level nowadays to have success on your shows.

U can watch this old school with your whole fam!

[radix9523]

I miss those days. Nothing else mattered.

[trueplaya20]

lool why??

[firmup33]

Wow what a classic theme song/show. For Some reason I like the closing credits theme songs more than the actual opening credits theme songs to many shows (ie: Family Matters, Fresh Prince)! I wish I could go back to the 90s sometimes!

[gfivefour]

i love this show so much. it reminds me of the 90s. good shows and good memories of my childhood. they dont have shows like this anymore....

i love the ending when they zoom out so much as well. its so nice to see the neighborhood and the sun is setting. its kinda cozy

[vzeu019j]

This is the Season 3(1991-92), And the season 4(1992-93)ending credits, because in the first two seasons, The Ending theme was a little slower, and you could hear the background instruments a little bit more than you can on here.(Especially at 3:00.)

[SensuiShinobu]

what is this ending music called?? as days go by is the beginning theme, so what is this one?

[stndrds79]

I dont know but steven chesne does the music and he's got website. Id like to get the music in the series

[ekkostar]

After watching it last night I realized that the ending sounds similar to the Paramount Pictures fanfare.

[wilkes85]

HOLY FUCK YEAH!!! This gave me goosebumps!! I was so used to seeing it back in the day, but now it feels so wierd. you know what i mean?

and this is one of the best closing credit sequences ever. Most shows play shitty ass music and let the credits roll against a black screen. But this closing sequence is so cool, that you could watch right to the end.

[ekkostar]

I think the shot of the Winslows in the window is a little bit strange and the pan-out of the Chicago skyline reminds me of Trapped In The Closet Part I.

[stndrds79]

i always htought it was rather cool that u see people inside actually, i dont know if its really Carl or not, but that adds realism

[leaderkee90]

They show this on the first episode of the first season, It's really him.

[ekkostar]

The most sweeping end score in any TGIF show. F'n epic. Still gives me chills after all these years.

[stndrds79]

i agree

[leaderkee90]

I wish somebody would upload all of the versions of this end theme. Seasons 2 & 4 are my faves.

[stndrds79]

I LOVE this ending them, always have! Didnt care much for the intro, but always loved these kind of ending music themes...

[Modigy4Lyf]

I've got nostalgia over this theme. Good thing they show this at Nick at Nite.

[bluejackets1985]

I love the voiceover Reginald Does and It 32 when It goes into a sad style theme kinda makes me get a Homely feeling with my family.

[italianman1992]

I know what you mean--I love that part too! :) I never really heard the end credits music before until I saw it on Nick at Nite.

[BlaKSTaRZeYe]

Hey man, I'm glad you put this in. This is a damn fine blast from the good TV past :)

[fullhouselover212212]

tHANKS! :)

[fullhouselover212212]

No spam intended, but you can see the original season 1 version of the end theme that was on here a while back at Retrojunk.

[vhsrobot]

fullhouselover212212 is right. Very cool. Check it out over there! It also has no voiceover at the end, either--likely do to it appearing to be from an international broadcast which is probably unedited.

[churlyryan]

I like it better with the VO

[livinlarge18]

Nick at Nite airs this uncut ABC Family edited it

[stndrds79]

I hate nick at night! I was so excited when they started airing this, but often at the end, they shrink the show down during credits!

[livinlarge18]

If the rerun the same episode two times a week they leve the credits alone I think you mean chop credits however underneath the advertisements you can hear the theme if you listen closely

[gfivefour]

yeah i know wat u mean. they always advertise stuff after minimizing the credits. i just watched an episode and they did it again. its sooo annoying!!!

[Surf951]

There is a slight and noticeable difference in the orchestration of this ending music than earlier seasons (1 and 2). This version sounds so watered down and less grandiose because they gutted the full orchestral brass, and keyboard synthesizers that were in the original.

A Season 1 closing credits video was here on YouTube for about a year and a half before it disappeared, and if you were able to compare the two, you could probably tell the difference. It sounded way better than this.

[LukeVanFan]

Yep. I remember that version too. I liked both of them.

[stndrds79]

interesting? Id like to listen to season 1. I really like this theme!

[LukeVanFan]

Wow...watching that takes me back to my childhood. TGIF in the 80's, early 90's. Good times, good times!

[FreshGalaxy]

AWESOME.

[cbsteffen]

I used to be very sensitive to Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution voiceovers. I had the desire to mute the TV when they would talk.

[Surf951]

I hated it too. It was totally pointless and stupid in my opinion.

[leaderkee90]

I know that this is from season 2 (1990-1991). The 3rd-9th seasons shows the Bickley-Warren Productions logo and Lorimar Television's Time Warner bylines appear in seasons 3 & 4's end credits.

[Gabrielkat]

You're correct on season 3 having the superimposed Lorimar Television logo with Time Warner byline, but on season 4, that logo had the Time Warner Entertainment byline.

Also, this is definitely from a syndicated print, because of Reginald Vel Johnson's voiceover and the Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution logo at the end.

[megamanj2004X]

By S5 (1993-94), the Lorimar logo was gone for good, b/c Lorimar went bankrupt that year and WBTV bought Lorimar and also by S5, the new hip-hop-sounding end theme debuted in the ep. "Hell Toupee."

By S8 and S9, Bickley-Warren and M/B became stand-alone animated logos. The Bickley-Warren logo came when someone turned off the TV and the M/B had the words coming in from sides of the screen, accompanied by a nice, soft piano music melody.

[Partier29]

Lorimar didn't go bankrupt. Time Warner had already bought it in '89 and simply folded it into WBTV in '93 because "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" was going to be produced by Lorimar, but since Warner Bros. owned the rights to Superman, it was easier to just merge the two brands completely.

Hope that clears it up.

[leaderkee90]

I've been looking for this! Thanks a lot!