http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws6zba8sTVw&feature=related
Let's analyze the symbolism/implications of the intro sequence, shall we?
Reginald VelJohnson, aka Carl Winslow, comes down the stairs in a cop uniform, proudly embodying the "working class hero" and quintessential family man.
JoMarie Payton "Noble" (wtf she's cheatin on Carl?) aka Harriet Winslow, ruffles some flowers or something in the backyard, thus showing her "light, sweet, and breezy" side (but you just know if you fuck with one of her kids she'll murder you). She's also dressed in business attire - showing that she's definitely earning her peice of the pie.
Rosetta LeNore, aka "mother Estelle Winslow" just looks happy because she raised that working-class hero. If you look really closely she's reading 'Rolling Stone' magazine! Grannies everywhere aspire to be as cool as you, Estelle. Since nobody catches that she's reading RS mag, she's portrayed as a learned woman, which is quite remarkable for a woman of her time.
Darius McCrary, aka Eddie Winslow, is fixing some lights - a "handy" man to have around in a sticky situation! Eddie would NEVER knock up a 13 year-old...
Kellie Shaygne Williams is the insecure teenage girl, "do I look good in this dress?" Ah, remember the times? on the cusp of puberty when your breasts were budding, you'd barely had your first period, and you thought sex was making out? Yup, that's where Kellie, aka Laura Winslow, is right now. I think she's about to call Maxine to talk about Stephan Urquell.
Jaimee Foxworth, aka lost daughter Judy, and Bryton McClure, aka Rachel's son "Richie," are the token younger kids in the series that nobody pays much attention to. The former is just staring at her dollhouse and then flashes a carefree smile - probably masking her depression about her family forgetting she exists - and then, years later, she actually became a porn star. The latter is the token mulatto kid that probably gets made fun of a lot in school, "look at him! he's not white or black!" but you can tells Richie's a pimp - the way he rides in all cool on that bike, and I mean come on, with a name like "Bryton McClure?" He's probably a porn star, too!
And then there's Sean Harrison aka Waldo the token doofus - just playing basketball, oblivious to everything, until he gets hit in the head. He has a loveable and unsuspecting look on his face at that point, which in turn makes Waldo loveable and endearing to us all. And, on the side, he's nailin' Laura's friend Maxine. Go Waldo!
How about Michelle Thomas, aka Myra, who whispers sweet nothings into Steve's ear while he acts like he can afford what's on the menu!? She also always calls him by his full name, 'Steven Q Urquell,' which means he's almost surely getting laid (but if not definitely a hand job). I never got it, Myra was ALWAYS hotter and sweeter than than that cold-hearted bitch Laura, yet Steve sprayed his shorts for Laura and ONLY Laura! Love is blind, after all!
How about how they're all trying to hold the door closed so Steve can't get in - when in actuality, he could just walk around that little pathetic excuse for a front door, that little partition - apparently the Winslow's don't have a real house (or at least not one that would stand in high winds)
In conclusion: I have WAAAAY too much time on my hands.
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