Modern Family is back!
Fall means a lot of things: the start of school, the color change in the leaves, baseball playoffs, and also the start of most tv shows. The best comedy on television, Modern Family, is back Wednesday on ABC from 9-9:30.
Last night's episode featured funny bits from all three families.
The Dunphys watched their clunker car roll down a hill after a family picnic. Claire was getting all choked up when Phil was trying to sell the car because it made her realize how quickly her kids are growing up.
Cam tried to keep Phil away from the power tools while they built a castle for their adopted daughter Lily. Phil ends up locking himself inside the castle and his stubborn pride prevents him from asking for help from Cam and his dad, Jay.
Gloria is hilarious acting as the clingy mom when Manny brings a girl over to the house. Gloria feels threatened and jealous of the attention the new girl is getting.
No wonder Gloria scores so well on ABC's polls of 13-25 year old males.
Modern Family is so funny because everyone can relate to at least one of the characters. For me, it's Phil Dunphy, the lovable nerd dad who's married to Claire and has three kids. I have an uncle just like Phil. he's slightly nerdy and tries way too hard to be cool and relate to kids.
Everyone can connect with Modern Family; kids can relate to the annoyances that are your parents and adults can relate to the annoyances that are your kids.
What's so impressive about Modern Family is how it's so funny while being completely family friendly. It seems like every tv show has to have at least a little raunchiness, violence, politically incorrect jokes or sexuality to be popular. Some examples are: Family Guy, Southpark, How I Met Your Mother, Jersey Shore, Entourage and The Office.
And it can be inconvenient having your favorite tv shows have inappropriate parts. If I want to watch Entourage or The League (a comedy based on a fantasy football league) I have to wait until my parents go to bed or watch it on my laptop. They're fine with me watching them but who wants to suffer the awkwardness of being in the same room during a sex scene on the tv show? Or when you're hosting a dinner party and get bored you want to watch some tv. Your family friends have a kid that's only 8 so not even The Office is appropriate.
On a similar note I love how there's a little lesson or moral at the end of every episode. It sounds cheesy, but it makes me appreciate the difficulty of making a comedy that pleases all audiences while still throwing in a feel good moral. The moral of last night's episode was that nobody likes change, but you have to let go at some point.
Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen) is quite an underrated actress on the show.
Lastly, you gotta like the show for Gloria (Colombian mom and Jay's wife), Claire (Jay's daughter and Phil's wife) and Haley (Claire's teenage daughter). 'Nuf said.
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