Modern Family, "Manny Get Your Gun"

The ABC Wednesday comedy night line-up was full of excellent episodes.  I chose to write about Modern Family this time because out of all the shows, this one had me tearing up from laughing so much.

The Dunphys are my favorite of the 3 main families.  Phil and Claire are the parents of Luke, Alex, and Haley.  Phil started off the episode with talking about family camp, an apparent tradition in their family.
Talking about the color teams they were split into last summer, this exchange of words was classic:

Phil: "If you ain't white, you ain't right!"

Claire: "Phil, have you learned nothing?!"

Soon, the attention shifted to the other families, all of whom were getting ready for Manny's birthday dinner.  The gay couple, Cameron and Mitchell, were shopping for their nephew's birthday present when they found an old man trying to yell for an old woman in the plaza.  Cam stepped in and helped get his message across, only to discover that the woman was the man's mistress.  As Mitchell said, they were the most "adult adulterers!"  Perhaps the funniest scene with Cam and Mitchell happened after Mitchell joined in on a flash dance mob.  Cameron was so upset that Mitchell "cheated on him with dance" when all Mitchell was trying to do was prove that he can be fun. 

Manny is getting ready for his own birthday dinner when he realizes he hasn't lived like a child much.  He drinks coffee, and complains about his achy knee predicting the rainy weather to come.  When he pulls out an old pool float he got years ago, he literally floats around in his wallows until his mother Gloria makes him snap out of it so they can finally leave for his dinner.

All of these storylines literally collided in the end when they all almost crash in front of the restaurant.  The good thing about this show is that every episode has a warm message underneath all the humor.  If you haven't seen it before, I would highly recommend catching up!

Season 1 is out on DVD now!