One of the things I love about Modern Family is that it’s not only quotably funny, it’s situationally funny. Like tonight, for instance — I roared with laughter through the entire cold open, but I couldn’t pick a quote from it, because it wasn’t the lines that made me laugh, it was the situations the […]
“Am I driving him to school or is he riding his burro?” – Jay to Gloria about Manny wearing his poncho to school You want to know why the ABC comedies are getting such rave reviews? Because people can relate to them. I just finished watching The Middle, celebrating the weird kid, and then Modern […]
Just so you know, I’m not saying that it isn’t. But the hype that the show’s getting, both at CliqueClack and everywhere else I’ve seen … doesn’t hype usually end in disaster, with a lot of tears and a high rate of teen pregnancy (huh?)? For starters, there’s the premise itself: the talking heads definitely add […]
I’m just going out on a limb and saying it: this was the funniest episode of Modern Family since the pilot. I’ve enjoyed every episode, don’t get me wrong, but this episode was written in the style of the pilot, meaning it left me with the inability to recover from one laugh before they got […]
Modern Family continues to be one of my favorite new shows. It balances the tongue-in-cheek with the tender, and we never, ever forget just how quirky the characters are. And they added another quirkster tonight, in the form of Shelly Long‘s guest appearance as DeDe, Claire’s and Mitchell’s mom and Jay’s ex-wife. Modern Family, how […]
How can a show be so smart, yet do physical comedy so well? I never thought about physical comedy being smart. Granted, I’m the first person to break into hysterics when somebody trips, but really, it’s just a gag designed to get a chuckle. You don’t have to be smart to get it, and the […]
“Wow. Paisley and pink. Was there something wrong with the fishnet tank top?” – Mitchell to Cameron on his outfit choice for their first toddler play class After catching a few minutes of Hank‘s premiere tonight, I realized just how strong Modern Family really is, and also that it lives up to its name. I’m […]
