# Modern Family- 4/18/2012- The Last Walt **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365 "2012-04-20T03:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/1 "2012-04-20T03:52:10Z")
Not one of their best, but had some good lines. # Mitchell: Mervis is not a name, Mervis is a sound. and I’m calling you on cow beds. Claire’s smiling when she told Luke Walt was dead. And is it me or does [Barry Corbin](http://www.buddytv.com/articles/one_tree_hill/Images/Barry-Corbin-1.jpg) now look like [Grandpa Jones](http://www.stonecountytouristguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Grandpa-Jones-21.jpg)? ---
**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:** [April 20, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/2 "2012-04-20T05:57:11Z")
I loved the two old dads together, especially how each perceived his son’s partner. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/3 "2012-04-20T13:06:51Z")
Manny cracks me up. Walks through the party, grabs a cup from a girl, sniffs it and says “not on my watch”. Love the part when he was telling Gloria what the kids were doing at the party, and she thought for a minute and decided “No, that stuff’s OK. Now go have fun!” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/4 "2012-04-20T14:18:07Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I loved the two old dads together, especially how each perceived his son’s partner. Realistic too- two dads who _want_ to be cool with their gay sons but they just have so many years of baggage to fight. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/5 "2012-04-20T14:29:02Z")
I could sympathize with Claire. I sometimes inappropriately nervously laugh when giving or getting bad news…I don’t mean to I swear! ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/6 "2012-04-20T16:07:31Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Not one of their best, but had some good lines. > > # Mitchell: Mervis is not a name, Mervis is a sound. and I’m calling you on cow beds. > > Claire’s smiling when she told Luke Walt was dead. > And is it me or does [Barry Corbin](http://www.buddytv.com/articles/one_tree_hill/Images/Barry-Corbin-1.jpg) now look like [Grandpa Jones](http://www.stonecountytouristguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Grandpa-Jones-21.jpg)? OMG, I knew the voice was familiar, but I couldn’t place the face. Until I watched the credits. Not quite the guy I remember from “Northern Exposure.” :eek: > [@Quimby](#): > > I could sympathize with Claire. I sometimes inappropriately nervously laugh when giving or getting bad news…I don’t mean to I swear! Yeah, I have a nervous laugh, too. Had to have it pointed out to me. Now I’m careful with how I’m perceived. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/7 "2012-04-20T18:26:52Z")
Walt keeping the heat turned up so the Meals-on-Wheels lady would have to take off her coat before getting her hug is something my grandfather would have done. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/8 "2012-04-20T18:32:20Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Walt keeping the heat turned up so the Meals-on-Wheels lady would have to take off her coat before getting her hug is something my grandfather would have done. I love that the little TV was set up next to the window with the binoculars. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/9 "2012-04-20T22:18:58Z")
I was concerned that the actor that plays Walt had died, but I checked it out at the IMDB, and apparently he is still with us : > **[Philip Baker Hall | Actor, Soundtrack](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001311/)** > > Known for: Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Hard Eight Overall, it was a pretty funny episode. I think that my favorite part was Manny playing chaperone at Haley’s party! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/10 "2012-05-05T13:50:41Z")
Regarding Claire’s “Joker” grin, I actually thought it seemed like Claire was flirting with Luke during that scene. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/11 "2012-05-05T14:04:37Z")
Not that long ago the was a thread (don’t remember which) where someone mentioned a bunch of TV shows that had episode titles similar to celebrities that had just died. I’m not sure if this one came up, but since this got bumped it can be mentioned here that this episode aired on 4/18/12 and Levon Helm died on 5/26/12. Of course he was sick already so it may have been timed that way. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-18-2012-the-last-walt/619365/12 "2012-05-05T14:11:04Z")
Gloria: “Yeah, all those things are fine!” One of them being begging girls to kiss each other — Woooo-hoooo!