10/14/11
Why You Can Thank Modern Family for the Sitcom Renaissance
Even though others will tell you that our nation wants to laugh in tough times.
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Characters pair up in different ways, and all the bonding time leads to a ton of bickering, of course.
Modern Family Recap: I Drink Your Milkshake
Claire and Phil switch parenting roles, and there's a puppy.
Modern Family Recap: Disneyland Adventures
The theme-park trip is a sitcom cliché — one that Modern Family handled with great humor.
Modern Family Recap: Vehicular Issues
This week, everyone has more transportation trouble than usual.
Modern Family Recap: Death Comes for Walt
Smiling is just Claire's coping mechanism, okay?
Modern Family Recap: Election Day
Everyone attempts to get out the vote for Claire. They fail miserably.
Modern Family Recap: Drunken Clowns
The show goes more slapstick than it has all season.
Modern Family Recap: Cool Dad
“Dad, she’s still a sweet little doll."
Modern Family Recap: Egg Donor
"This kid needs football.”
Modern Family Recap: Green-Eyed Monster
“You can kiss my wife, you can take her to bed, but you cannot make her laugh."
Modern Family Recap: Naughty Words
“You know I have two weaknesses: children cursing and old people rapping.”
Modern Family Recap: Competitive Spirit
From egg drops to sing-offs.
Modern Family Recap: Hanging on the Telephone
“See you in hell, Klaus.”
Modern Family Recap: Fast As You Can
Everyone make Christmas!
Modern Family Recap: What Would Phil Dunphy Do?
“It just tastes a little flat…I think this is a job for cumin.”
Modern Family Recap: Welcome to Relaxistan
“You have your fans. I have mine. Someday your fans are gonna work for my fans.”
Modern Family Recap: The Gift of the Vagi
"You’re the whole package — I just prefer somebody who has a package.”
Modern Family Recap: Sex and the Suburbs
Claire channels Samantha on a rare night out on 'Modern Family.'
Modern Family Recap: The Tenacity of a Puggle
"I love them because they're a different mix of breeds — just like America."
Modern Family Recap: Stop the Madness
"Do you want a princess hat?"
Modern Family Recap: How Awesome Are People?
"So awesome."
Modern Family Recap: Saddle Up
On the heels of all those Emmy wins, 'Modern Family' begins season three.
Modern Family Recap: Rocking the Boat
In the season finale, Jay gets a year older.
Modern Family Recap: Falling Down
Physical comedy gets a showcase.
Modern Family Recap: Mommy and Me
It's Mother's Day.
Modern Family Recap: Child Custody
Mitch and Cam decide who gets Lily, and Claire and Phil lose Luke.
Modern Family Recap: The Show Must Go On
A musical goes horribly awry, but not without some fun lyrics.
Modern Family Recap: Reconcilable Differences
This week, everyone learns to try new things.
Modern Family Recap: Ta-Da!
"We don't want our bodies in these drawers where God cannot find us."
Modern Family Recap: The Wedge
Beware the psychological dangers of the wedge salad.
Modern Family Recap: Death of a Party
"Whoa, you came here in a limo? Are you rich?"
Modern Family Recap: Missed Connections
"This weekend I can't wait to go see the baby pandas at the thoo."
Modern Family Recap: Sex and Juicebox Stains
Claire and Phil learn to lock their door, while Cameron learns not to prematurely spill his juice.
Modern Family Recap: Croctopus
"It's an obsessive-compulsive thing, I've read like a hundred articles about it."
Modern Family Recap: Speed
"Bullets! A laser! A laser-falcon!"
Modern Family Recap: Men! Men! Men!
How many great episodes does it take to make up for a wobbly beginning to a second season? Three, apparently.
Modern Family Recap: Hands-on Mom
"Show me on Lily's doll where my mother touched you."
Modern Family Recap: Shoot ’Em Up
"You'd think growing up in a place full of death squads and drunken uncles, she'd learn to move a little faster."
Modern Family Recap: Alarmed
"Beep beep, you're not a man!"
Modern Family Recap: Fear and Loathing
"I'm a monogamous social drinker and Claire only sleep-hits me."
Modern Family Recap: Diversity Wars
"I don't get how one barking dog keeps you awake when you slept through cockfights and revolutions."
Modern Family Recap: It’s Not Funny
"I have always found your beard off-putting."
Modern Family Recap: Aftershocks
"It was the nineties. We'd just lost Princess Di. I was at sea.”
Modern Family Recap: Slap the Chicken, Kiss Your Lover
"You mess with us, we mess with you. That's the custom."
Modern Family Premiere Recap: Girls, Castles, and Automobiles
"It was my Vietnam, and I was in Vietnam."
No word on Happy Endings yet, though.
"I'm kind of a dilettante." —Ty Burrell
A lot of Modern Family viewers checked it out.
Some salaries could triple.
They already have a charming history together.
And Britney Spears is basically begging for a guest spot.
Sofia Vergara making her Modern Family character look restrained, Nicole Kidman giving the stinkeye, and many many more glimpses of the audience.
The Good Wife needs some exercise, and Glee needs to read more.
Even though others will tell you that our nation wants to laugh in tough times.
"I'm a sexy Latina penguin."