# Modern Family 1/18 - What the F#$@ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977 "2012-01-19T04:53:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/1 "2012-01-19T04:53:38Z")
Ok, maybe that isn’t the official title, but that is my name for it. I’ll keep it short… I thought this was a great episode. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/2 "2012-01-19T05:26:21Z")
Even shorter: Agree. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/3 "2012-01-19T06:37:05Z")
It irks me that some 18-year-old chick can say what an outrage(!!) this is!! (Guessing she’s a Bachmann supporter) Sweetie, you probably don’t have kids yet, but they say bad words from us “grown-ups”. So, grow up and quit complaining. Didn’t see it yet, but I love the show! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/4 "2012-01-19T06:47:27Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > It irks me that some 18-year-old chick can say what an outrage(!!) this is!! (Guessing she’s a Bachmann supporter) [Guy](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/modern-family-episode-features-cursing-toddler-fire-anti-profanity-crusader-article-1.1008233?localLinksEnabled=false) actually. And BYU student, so probably Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/5 "2012-01-19T07:04:54Z")
He’s a guy?? Color me shocked. Still probably the president of the local chapter of the Christine O’Donnel fan club. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sealemon2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/6 "2012-01-19T08:06:57Z")
I thought it was f#%ing hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/7 "2012-01-19T12:15:04Z")
I thought it was a cute concept, but poorly executed. The light-up dresses were hysterical. Reminds me of a co-worker who seemed really normal until she told us about her Disney-themed wedding. People apparently spend thousands of dollars so that they can propose in the Cinderella castle at DisneyWorld. Wow, is all I could say. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/8 "2012-01-19T14:13:18Z")
That’s the most Lily’s ever had to say, and half of it was bleeped! I laughed when Claire was trying to follow all her family’s pointers during the debate and ended up looking kind of insane. Gloria trying to talk Stella down from the edge was pretty good, too. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/9 "2012-01-19T14:16:01Z")
I’m sorry, I didn’t notice anything after Gloria jumped in the pool. What was the episode about? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/10 "2012-01-19T14:52:32Z")
I just come in to these threads to officially go on record every week that I think Julie Bowen s a strikingly beautiful woman. I know everyone is supposed to be crazy for Gloria, but Clair is the Bailey Quarters of Modern Family. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/11 "2012-01-19T15:57:39Z")
[quote=“h.sapiens, post:8, topic:609977”] That’s the most Lily’s ever had to say, and half of it was bleeped! I laughed when Claire was trying to follow all her family’s pointers during the debate and ended up looking kind of insane. Julie Bowen is a terrific actress – she does the “I’m about to snap, and go completely insane” look so well. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/12 "2012-01-19T16:37:30Z")
I loved the bit in the debate when it looked like Claire was maybe, possibly, about to pull it back to the issues, and then Phil stood up. You knew she was utterly doomed at that point. I thought the final scene was going to be a reveal that Luke was the one who autotuned Phil & put it up on youtube. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/13 "2012-01-19T16:44:08Z")
> [@Sealemon2.0](#): > > I thought it was f#%ing hilarious! Agreed, one of the better episodes this season:) ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/14 "2012-01-19T16:47:24Z")
Fucking Gloria… ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/15 "2012-01-19T17:02:07Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > Fucking Gloria… Gloria is one of the best characters on there, especially with that colombian accent. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/16 "2012-01-19T17:54:50Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Gloria trying to talk Stella down from the edge was pretty good, too. I love the “Jay” family’s trials with adapting to (his pathological adoration of) Stella. I’m so glad she’s still a part of it and she didn’t just disappear after a couple of glimpses in an episode here and there. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/17 "2012-01-19T18:10:00Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I just come in to these threads to officially go on record every week that I think Julie Bowen s a strikingly beautiful woman. I know everyone is supposed to be crazy for Gloria, but Clair is the Bailey Quarters of Modern Family. Boy, watching this episode, my thoughts were that Julie Bowen has never appeared more ghoulish and weird, possibly the least attractive she has looked in any episode. She’s a good actor, but I think she look practically skeletal in the face. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/18 "2012-01-19T18:58:08Z")
I laughed my ass off throughout the whole episode - from Cam having to leave the room because he couldn’t stop laughing to Claire and her family grilling her on all her Mom-like tendencies to Claire and Phil’s performances at the debate. When Phil stood up and said, “Like many men in our town, I like to sleep with my wife…” I just about fell off the couch laughing! Then the auto-tuned viral video… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/19 "2012-01-19T20:28:15Z")
> [@slm2955](#): > > Gloria is one of the best characters on there, especially with that colombian accent. Not being a straight man or a lesbian I can’t really be the judge, but I’ve wondered if she would be just as ‘so damned sexy a gay man could make a baby with her’ if she had a much softer accent (like, for example, Salma Hayek when Salma’s softening her accent for a role). Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/20 "2012-01-19T20:46:16Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Boy, watching this episode, my thoughts were that Julie Bowen has never appeared more ghoulish and weird, possibly the least attractive she has looked in any episode. She’s a good actor, but I think she look practically skeletal in the face. I agree she didn’t look her best, and her mugging for the camera created some intentionally unattractive looks, but the rest of the time she is just drop dead good looking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977.md?page=2)