# Modern Family 02/15/2012 "Aunt Mommy" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052 "2012-02-16T19:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/1 "2012-02-16T19:15:16Z")
Can’t believe there’s not already a thread. Claire agrees to donate an egg to Mitch and Cam so they can have a child that’s equal parts Pritchett and Tucker. The next day everyone involved startes having second thoughts about the idea. I thought it was the best episode in quite a while. It gave me the most laugh out loud moments I can recall from a single sit-com episode. Every single character had at least one funny moment, and the cold opening with all the nuttiness going on around the Dunphy home was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/2 "2012-02-16T19:54:30Z")
I really lied this episode, too. Drunk Claire is always hilarious. Cam’s pictures of what different people’s babies would look like was fun, especially the Cam-Justin Timberlake mashup. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/3 "2012-02-16T20:02:39Z")
I tried to watch this episode. have not watched a complete episode yet - it’s award winning and all. thought I should give it a try. hate that documentary filming style, but beyond that I keep getting distracted by how wealthy the characters are. too annoyed to finish. wish I could understand what’s so great about this show. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/4 "2012-02-16T20:04:07Z")
As usual, I think Jay had the best line: “Oh yes because that’s how this arrangement works - I take money from you.” Yet at the end of the episode, he did! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/5 "2012-02-16T20:41:49Z")
I love this show and I didn’t like this episode at all. > [@](#): > > I keep getting distracted by how wealthy the characters are. too annoyed to finish. The vast majority of TV shows are like this. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/6 "2012-02-16T22:24:51Z")
“I get drunk and then magically there’s a baby!” “Well, this will make it four for four.” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/7 "2012-02-16T22:31:36Z")
The ending bit with Lily being horrified by the (unseen by the audience) Cam/Mitchell baby pic was pretty funny. I also liked all the smack Luke was talking about Lily, then later they were considering him as babysitter. Even without his comments, Luke as a babysitter? Maybe if your baby is a dead squirrel. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/8 "2012-02-16T22:47:02Z")
The ending bit with Lily being horrified by the (unseen by the audience) Cam/Mitchell baby pic was pretty funny. I also liked all the smack Luke was talking about Lily, then later they were considering him as babysitter. Even without his comments, Luke as a babysitter? Maybe if your baby is a dead squirrel. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/9 "2012-02-16T22:55:18Z")
What is with Luke’s hate-on for Lily? Is it because she’s the new youngest? Or is she really a worthless human being? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/10 "2012-02-16T22:56:02Z")
Maybe he preferred the original Lily. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/11 "2012-02-17T15:03:04Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Maybe he preferred the original Lily. Ha! Good one! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/12 "2012-02-17T15:31:33Z")
“The swirl.” Is this ever actually done? ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/13 "2012-02-17T21:28:42Z")
Hungover Claire was hysterical. Just the site of her after Phil runs into the room, after he says “sweeeet potato fries…” I was rolling. Major lawls. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/14 "2012-02-17T22:17:20Z")
My guess is drunk Clive Bixby did quite a number on Juliana Whatever when they got home. Or Juliana did a number on Clive. But there was definitely a number involved, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/15 "2012-02-17T22:24:08Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > “The swirl.” Is this ever actually done? No idea about the reality, but this is the second reference I’ve seen in a sitcom. It was also mentioned in an episode of Arrested Development (with the same joke – both guys were a differenct race). ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/16 "2012-02-17T22:31:38Z")
I thought this was a great episode, too. The premise was silly, but the underlying situation (making a promise to a family member you _really_ want to take back) is pretty relatable and they handled the squirming well. It was also a little less formulaic than Modern Family has been sometimes lately (although the requisite denouement-during-family-gathering was certainly there). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/17 "2012-02-17T22:35:09Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > I keep getting distracted by how wealthy the characters are. too annoyed to finish. Only Jay is really wealthy. His kids are upper-middle class. I thought the memories of Gloria and Manny’s life when they were broke and it was just the two of them were really sweet. (And apparently Jay did too.) And that Cam+Gloria=Manny. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/18 "2012-02-17T23:57:33Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Only Jay is really wealthy. His kids are upper-middle class. > > I thought the memories of Gloria and Manny’s life when they were broke and it was just the two of them were really sweet. (And apparently Jay did too.) > > And that Cam+Gloria=Manny. The “Cam + Gloria = Manny” moment was one of my favorites in this episode. That one, and Mitch, Cam, and Lilly reacting to the Mitch / Cam hybrid… Priceless! ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/19 "2012-02-18T01:41:43Z")
Sampiro - not to derail anything - but I’ve asked friends and they all agree EVERYONE on this show seems wealthy to us. course we all make 30,000 or less a year so I guess I’m not a target audience or something. Those houses, the furnishings. just wow. things normal people I know can only dream of. the people on “The Middle” seem to live in slightly more real world, for a sitcom. End hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/20 "2012-02-18T02:02:12Z")
I agree. Jay is the most wealthy, but they’re all wealthy. I couldn’t dream of living in a house as big or as nice as any of them. And they can do it all with only one income earner in each household. They’re all rich. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052.md?page=2)