# Modern Family 10/27 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619 "2010-10-28T02:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [October 29, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/61 "2010-10-29T20:16:34Z")
Phil and Claire are so hard-core, I wouldn’t put it past them to put a trapdoor in the counter. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/62 "2010-10-29T20:17:25Z")
> [@Galileo](#): > > Anybody have any comments about these two other points? > > 1. How did Phil get his hand get through the counter? > 2. How did Mitchell put on his suit over the Spider-Man outfit? 1. It was a separate table/cabinet with a wooden top. You can see it rock back and forth a bit separately from the main counter when Phil grabs Luke’s hand. Given how much they spend on other Halloween stuff, I’d believe this is either something they bought or something Phil made. ---
**Author:** ![Galileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Galileo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galileo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/63 "2010-10-29T20:20:26Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > 1. It was a separate table/cabinet with a wooden top. Good. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Galileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Galileo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galileo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/64 "2010-10-29T20:25:33Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > A: because this show has hyper-real, over-the-top aspects to it and expects a willing suspension of disbelief. I guess you missed my first post in this thread in which is mentioned three “unrealistic” aspects of the show, and in which I said: > [@Galileo](#): > > I took me a while to realize that this episode was deliberately unrealistic in a cartoonish, over-the-top way. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/65 "2010-10-29T20:29:24Z")
> [@Galileo](#): > > I guess you missed my first post in this thread in which is mentioned three “unrealistic” aspects of the show, and in which I said: I was just trying to point out that you answered your own question, near as I can tell. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/66 "2010-10-29T20:56:41Z")
I thought the two dudes were scamming Mitchell so that he would show up as the only one in costume. I wasn’t expecting that they were the office dweebs and they were the only ones who ever dress up. Scary Black Cat. Phhhhhewwwww ---
**Author:** ![Galileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Galileo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galileo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/67 "2010-10-29T21:02:23Z")
Yup, that’s what I thought, but I was hoping that it played out differently. Earlier in the thread, there was this: > [@PoorYorick](#): > > I thought the costume-at-work segment was pretty much comedy gold. I thought it was going to be a tiresome replay of “oh my god, I’m the only one with a costume,” but they turned it on its ear. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/68 "2010-10-29T21:09:47Z")
“Make it right, Jay. We’re all just hanging by a thread.” ---
**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:** [October 29, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-10-27/558619/69 "2010-10-29T21:13:39Z")
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