# Modern Family 02/15/2012 "Aunt Mommy"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052>\
**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:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/81 "2012-02-23T17:18:52Z")

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> [@jsc1953](#):
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> Just saw this episode last night, and I dug up this thread just because, after 3 seasons, I just noticed the Alex Haley thing. Given that there’s also the [Cameron Mitchell](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593192/) thing, I think the writers are just being cute.

I may have pointed it out in an earlier thread, but IMO John [Cameron Mitchell](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593463/) makes more sense.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/82 "2012-02-25T00:24:28Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> I may have pointed it out in an earlier thread, but IMO John [Cameron Mitchell](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593463/) makes more sense.

What, it’s not a reference to Stargate SG1?  
😃

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**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/83 "2012-02-27T13:57:27Z")

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Julie Bowen plays Drunk Claire really, really well. Too many actors just go straight for slurred speech and stumbling, but Bowen pulled out the insistent drunk; the one who has something Very. Important. To. Say. My wife is a little bit Claire-like sometimes, and she can get like this when she’s had too much to drink. Nice acting choice on her part.

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**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 28, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052/84 "2012-02-28T13:18:28Z")

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> [@pricciar](#):
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> Cam and Mitchel, as mentioned, rent.

In the Season 1 episode “Truth Be Told” after Mitchell quits his job at the law firm he says that they have a mortgage.

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