# Modern Family Returns Tonight! 9-26-12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880 "2012-09-26T13:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/1 "2012-09-26T13:49:12Z")
Gloria’s preggers. Haley’s a college student. …I can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/2 "2012-09-26T16:51:55Z")
Me neither! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/3 "2012-09-27T01:32:38Z")
Good episode. Jay’s speech near the end almost had me in tears- very sweet. The actor playing Manny appears to have hit puberty. Was he always such a bad actor and I never noticed, or has he suddenly gotten self-conscious or something, and his acting is suffering? Because he was horrible. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/4 "2012-09-27T01:45:05Z")
Yeah it’s amazing that most of the sappy endings are still effective, but they are. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/5 "2012-09-27T01:48:28Z")
Ok. I’m sorry but I laughed at the elephant and gorilla. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/6 "2012-09-27T01:50:58Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > The actor playing Manny appears to have hit puberty. Was he always such a bad actor and I never noticed, or has he suddenly gotten self-conscious or something, and his acting is suffering? Because he was horrible. I always liked Manny, but you have to remember, he’s Luke and Gloria’s straight man. He exists to either be the butt of jokes or lob setups to other characters. I had a handful of LOL moments. I loved Claire’s “you’re gonna get fat” reaction. It seemed so perfect and it was a nice subtle reminder of Claire’s underlying hate for Gloira. There was another one, can’t think of it at the moment though. Something else, I happened to look away at exactly the moment when they skipped forward and did a double take. I backed up to watch it again and though “Wow, Gloria doesn’t look like pregnant-fat” I like that they made a joke about it. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/7 "2012-09-27T02:00:29Z")
Also, I don’t know my poetry that well, but I believe that was free verse at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/8 "2012-09-27T02:03:53Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I always liked Manny, but you have to remember, he’s Luke and Gloria’s straight man. He exists to either be the butt of jokes or lob setups to other characters. No, it wasn’t that. His delivery was just _off_, on almost every line. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/9 "2012-09-27T02:17:49Z")
I’ve always thought Manny was a terrible actor. His line readings are ridiculously stiff. Also, was it my imagination, or has he gotten some peach fuzz on his upper lip? \*Speaking of young actors hitting puberty, over on _The Middle_, Brick’s voice was cracking so badly it was distracting. ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/10 "2012-09-27T03:28:06Z")
Brick? Little Brick is growing up??? The world will never be the same… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/11 "2012-09-27T04:51:44Z")
I had to pause the episode I was laughing so much at the elephant & gorilla scene. That was just perfectly set up but completely unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/12 "2012-09-27T11:38:09Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I had to pause the episode I was laughing so much at the elephant & gorilla scene. That was just perfectly set up but completely unexpected. We were dying over in my house. My son actually came out of his room and asked my husband and I to “please keep it down” because he was trying to go to sleep. :dubious: 😛 ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/13 "2012-09-27T11:50:45Z")
Cam: When Steven and Stephan had a baby, Longinus sent over the entire cast of Yo Gabba Gabba. Mitch: And now he’s terrified of primary colors. Cam: I’m still not allowed over. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/14 "2012-09-27T12:17:07Z")
Luke: Ew, I didn’t know grandpas still did it. Phil: Don’t be disrespectful! [pause] Anyone could do it with Gloria. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/15 "2012-09-27T12:52:50Z")
That was a really funny episode, a very good start to the season. I was way too amused at Claire’s joy at the thought of Gloria getting fat. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/16 "2012-09-27T13:37:49Z")
Hilarious!! "It’s a French delicacy called poutine. “It looks like vomit so I’m not ‘poutine’ it in my mouth.” “She’s being factitious… Sarcastic… DYLAN NO STAY.” Did anyone else catch the little joke from Phil while they were on the boat? Shorty : A day on the lake with your three best friends. Jay : Oh, is Marty coming? Phil : (looks at Ernie Hudson) Ooohhh, burn. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/17 "2012-09-27T13:59:37Z")
Phil’s lust for Gloria is getting distracting. I honestly don’t understand why Claire hasn’t taken his head off with a baseball bat. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/18 "2012-09-27T14:08:59Z")
She knows he has no filter between his brain and his mouth. She knows he’d never cheat on her anyway. She knows Gloria has no interest in him. She knows that even if the previous facts turned out to be untrue and something did happen, her father would break every bone in his body. I concur that Manny was off in last night’s episode. Luke, as usual, was brilliant - “Sometimes I just like to toss a grenade then walk away.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/19 "2012-09-27T14:46:39Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > "It’s a French delicacy called poutine. > “It looks like vomit so I’m not ‘poutine’ it in my mouth.” It’s neither French nor a delicacy. I wonder how they’re going to do this gag when the show is translated for a foreign-language audience? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880/20 "2012-09-27T14:54:21Z")
Mitchell at the beginning was funny. “This is ridiculous. We need to talk about the elephant in the room.” [Camera pulls back to show giant stuffed elephant.] Later there was another joke about the hundred-pound gorilla. I marvel at how well the show is written and acted. Some of the other sitcoms are so bad, I wonder why they are on the air. But from watching this show, it’s apparent that good comedy writers are rare and it helps when the cast works well together. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-returns-tonight-9-26-12/635880.md?page=2)