# Modern Family, October 12, 2011 -- "Hit and Run" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542 "2011-10-13T15:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/21 "2011-10-16T23:53:21Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > [inner 13-year old boy] Between Gloria’s beautiful cleavage and Claire’s permanips, this is one of the breastalicious shows on network TV. [/i13yob] > > I’m happy Claire’s storyline will continue, because it means we’ll see more David Cross. > > The only part that bugged me was Cam’s completely overdone limp-wristed mincing down the street after the hit & run driver. We’ve seen him open a can of whoop-ass in previous seasons so that seemed out of character. ‘Permanips’… I like that. As for Cam, was that Cam opening the can or was that Fizbo? ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/22 "2011-10-17T02:01:13Z")
It’s the throw away little lines that always get me. When Cam and Mitchell were asking whether or not someone should chase the hypothetical hit and run driver, Gloria nonchalantly responds “Oh, I chase the people every time”. Exactly how often does this happen to her, anyway? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/23 "2011-10-17T02:57:40Z")
Gloria is the queen of the excellent throwaway lines (most of them relating to her growing up in Colombia). ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/24 "2011-10-17T03:22:30Z")
> [@JimmyFlair](#): > > It’s the throw away little lines that always get me. When Cam and Mitchell were asking whether or not someone should chase the hypothetical hit and run driver, Gloria nonchalantly responds “Oh, I chase the people every time”. Exactly how often does this happen to her, anyway? Lots of accidents when Gloria is walking near cars. ---
**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 17, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/25 "2011-10-17T03:24:55Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Gloria is the queen of the excellent throwaway lines (most of them relating to her growing up in Colombia). For example in another recent episode–“In my country it is wife, then mistress, and then dog–dog is always last!” ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/26 "2011-10-17T03:33:53Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > Lots of accidents when Gloria is walking near cars. Yep, that women should not be allowed near men operating heavy machine unless she has a burqa on. I’m not usually a fan of toddlers on TV, but I loved Lily’s cause “Dads are fighting.” line. That was freaking adorable. :o ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/27 "2011-10-18T00:23:33Z")
Watching Mitchell chase the bad guy was hilarious. If ever there was an unmanly way to chase someone; this was it! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/28 "2011-10-18T14:20:56Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > ‘Permanips’… I like that. > > As for Cam, was that Cam opening the can or was that Fizbo? It was both. Fizbo defended Mitchell at the gas station, but Cam was all “I got this” with his baseball bat when they thought there was someone in Lily’s room. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/29 "2011-10-18T16:47:35Z")
I think I’m going to finally give up on this show. I’ve been watching mainly because I like the interaction of Ed Ed O’Neill and the kid. But the rest are predictable sitcom tropes where you see everything coming a mile away. Of course they were in the wrong theater at the beginning. Well, duh! Decades old stale sitcom crap. And the “accent” of Sofía Vergara keeps getting worse and worse. She is driving that pony into the ground and then some. Throw in David Cross and I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/30 "2011-10-18T17:01:23Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > And the “accent” of Sofía Vergara keeps getting worse and worse. She is driving that pony into the ground and then some. I’m pretty sure that’s how she really speaks. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/31 "2011-10-18T20:27:22Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I’m pretty sure that’s how she really speaks. She’s been in the US long enough she would have a mild accent by now. She does use it when she’s on talk shows, etc. But it is so clearly faked and exaggerated it’s ridiculous. Also compare it to the start of the series. There’s been a lot of Hollywood insider talk about that. Compare to Jayne Mansfield and Cindi Lauper who also affected strange ways of speaking on screen and in “real life” if there were cameras around. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/32 "2011-10-18T22:23:49Z")
So if it walks like a Colombian, talks like a Colombian, then chances are…it’s a Colombian. A _hawt_ Colombian\*. I can deal with that. - = (you too, Shakira!) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/33 "2011-10-18T23:11:23Z")
Real or fake, I don’t care, I like the way she talks. ---
**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 18, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542/34 "2011-10-18T23:48:19Z")
I don’t think it’s any more fake than most people who are able to change registers. Most of us have varying degrees of “strongness” we can apply to our accents depending on our audience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-october-12-2011-hit-and-run/599542.md?page=1)