# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/21 "2012-01-19T21:11:01Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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? One of the running jokes on the show is that Gloria has the voice of a parrot. I think it’s funny, that she is so hot and gorgeous and sexy in every way except her voice. ---
**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, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/22 "2012-01-19T23:16:26Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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? Beats me, I just thinks she’s really funny:) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/23 "2012-01-20T01:33:07Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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? > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > One of the running jokes on the show is that Gloria has the voice of a parrot. I think it’s funny, that she is so hot and gorgeous and sexy in every way except her voice. To me her crazy accent is part of the appeal. She’s like Ricky Ricardo with breasts. Er, not that I have a thing for Ricky Ricardo, just I think that’s why I like her crazy talk. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/24 "2012-01-20T02:36:33Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > 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. I assume Stella was added when somebody pointed out that it’s not a real “Modern Family” unless somebody has a dog they treat like a child. ---
**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 20, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/25 "2012-01-20T02:47:11Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > To me her crazy accent is part of the appeal. She’s like Ricky Ricardo with breasts. Er, not that I have a thing for Ricky Ricardo, just I think that’s why I like her crazy talk. I think you got it backwards. She’s not a crazy accent with breasts. She’s the world’s most perfect breasts with a crazy accent and good comic timing. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/26 "2012-01-20T04:41:53Z")
> [@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. Yes, yes a thousand times yes. I’ve never been attracted to Gloria simply because she looks so fake (boobs…lips…) yet Claire just has such a natural beauty to her. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/27 "2012-01-20T05:10:07Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > . . . ‘so damned sexy a gay man could make a baby with her’ . . . Only if Ty Burrell were there too. Actually, I’d rather it were just Ty and me. It’s amazing how two totally hot parents can have such ordinary-looking kids. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/28 "2012-01-20T19:58:48Z")
[Public access pervert - autotuned](http://youtu.be/x7B8qY_6ytU) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/29 "2012-01-20T21:56:27Z")
“Why does she bark at the vacuum cleaner? It’s a t’ing, it’s never going to play widju!” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/30 "2012-01-21T01:46:02Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I think you got it backwards. She’s not a crazy accent with breasts. She’s the world’s most perfect breasts with a crazy accent and good comic timing. Whatever, I just know I like her and her accent. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/31 "2012-01-21T01:48:13Z")
I thought this was one of the stronger episodes this season. Loved the part where the family was critiquing Clare’s debating skills and arguing over which was her “bad side”. ---
**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 21, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/32 "2012-01-21T02:29:32Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I thought this was one of the stronger episodes this season. Loved the part where the family was critiquing Clare’s debating skills and arguing over which was her “bad side”. “Oh yeah, I see it now.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/33 "2012-01-21T06:42:53Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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? If you go back and watch some of the first episodes from the first season, Gloria’s accent was much softer then, as were Cam and Mitchell’s mannerisms. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/34 "2012-01-21T06:51:03Z")
I thought the autotuned video was hysterical. ---
**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 21, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/35 "2012-01-21T11:15:44Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > 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… Fully agreed! I am amazed how poor Phil is the subject of physical and mentally abusing humor more & more. (Favorite was the one with the sexy minivan ad.) Alex, clearly the smartest, cracked me up too during the faux debate as well as Luke and Haley. Scenes like those are so well-timed (and well edited), you have to rewind to play what you missed during laughing. Lily was adorable, swearing or not, Cam & Mitchell handled it well. Lily had them by the little finger though. “Remember the word you said that made Daddy Cam laugh that started with ‘F’?” “Flower?” “No.” Oh, you mean, [bleep]." Priceless. The kid already knows she really is the princess. 🙂 Jay-- come on! Stella SWIMS! She’s not the late-life substitute baby! 😃 And, as always, props to Claire & Gloria. Hot, hot, hot and brilliant. Claire’s combination of natural expression/suppressed expression was right on with Phil’s vernacular version of that. Luke - “Lily’s giving me a seizure.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/36 "2012-01-22T01:17:34Z")
I loved the debate practice… “I couldn’t hear it because you were showing the bad side of your face.” “I have a bad side?” “Yeah, the left.” “No, it’s the right.” “Dad, it’s the left… I mean look at it.” “Sweetheart, why do you think I chose my side of the bed?” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977/37 "2012-01-23T23:22:53Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I loved the debate practice… > > “I couldn’t hear it because you were showing the bad side of your face.” > “I have a bad side?” > “Yeah, the left.” > “No, it’s the right.” > “Dad, it’s the left… I mean look at it.” > “Sweetheart, why do you think I chose my side of the bed?” But then a few seconds later he saw what she meant, lol [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-1-18-what-the-f/609977.md?page=1)