Modern Family Doesn't Feature Jon Cryer. Awesome.

Hey remember that time a month ago when Jon Cryer won the Emmy for "Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy" or whatever for Two and a Half Men and I shot myself in the face with a flare gun? That was a bad day. In an effort to keep history from repeating itself I am imploring thee to watch Modern Family, which (as we've noted here before) is a funny and well-written comedy on ABC of all places, and the reason I used "thee" is so you would know I am not fucking around here, because like in the Bible or bad poetry, "thee" says "Yo. I'm super serious." 

It's easy to neglect the good comedies, especially when they happen on ABC and on Wednesday night because that's the same as saying "You should check out this awesome boat crash I saw in the Sahara during a blizzard." but it really is excellent. It has Al Bundy and some hot lady with big cans whose name I should totally look up because I am opposed to objectifying women but unfortunately for you "lazy" wins this round, and Ty Burrell who played an a-hole in the remake of Dawn of the Dead, and whenever someone has a zombie movie on their credentials their street cred goes to infinity. Mostly though, it has the right mix of smart humor and gay jokes, so it's a win/win. 

The reason I mention this now is the fall season is in full swing and probably half-over, or at least I'm pretending it's half-over for the sake of this argument. I don't know when the actual half-way point is, but I can't be a mathemagician all the time. Like just take the the regular season length and divide by 2 and just pretend that's when I'm writing this. Don't get all hung up on the details. I don't know...pretend you have a time machine if it helps. Jeez. 

Any way, it's easy to kind of forget good shows and just go back to watching The Office and 30 Rock and  continue drinking until Christmas time. But in this case, don't. The show is subtle and funny, and had a cameo by Shelly Long this week and I know that's really not a selling point normally, but in this case her crazy eyes went well with her character and she called the lady with the big cans "Charo" and then kicked over a wedding cake. 

I should probably do what they call a "synopsis" in the business, but I guess I'm feeling a little "business casual" so this review has on it's jeans because it's Friday and it's hoping to attract the attention of that one hot chick in accounting by looking rumpled in that contrived way that men have when they are in a bar on Thursday night and feel that they are willing to let their un-tucked shirt and fashionably wrinkled pants do the talking for them. This review didn't even shave this morning. That's how "business casual" it is.So as you may have guessed, no synopsis is forthcoming. I'm glad to see your dealing with the disappointment well. That's a critical life skill.

Just watch it. Don't let it get canceled. We get so few comedies that don't prominently feature people falling down or getting hit in the balls. Maybe just this once we should give an intelligent comedy a chance to succeed and no I'm not talking about Cougartown. I mean Modern Family. It's good. It has all those little pauses and looks between the characters that say "Hey look! I'm acting! And not Charlie Sheen!". 

If Arrested Development had sex with The Office but it was a little too old to procreate, and the baby was born a little "off" but still cute and you love it no matter what because you are a good person and not some jerk who tries to sell his differently-abled child to a Pakistani loom-works...than Modern Family is the baby for you.  At least, the good episodes. The bad ones are like Emmy Award-winning shows like Two and a Half Men times a million.

Comments

[Jean]

already watching and loving the show...it's hilarious!

[AmyC65]

Sofia Vergara (I totally Googled that, don't think for a minute I knew her name) was previously on Knights of Prosperity, also on ABC. Which was ridiculously funny but only lasted about 6 episodes.

Modern Family is a gem. Well, you know, it's no What About Jim. But it'll do. The gay couple is (are?) hilarious.

[Jessi]

I am actually loving it, but there is too much on Wednesdays for my taste. And was there ever a moment when that sentence seemed plausible. Anyway. This week was Glee week and I'll watch Modern Family next week and then maybe, just maybe, I'll join this century and get a freakin' DVR.

[Erin]

Love this show. And also love the fact that I wasn't the only person on the planet that enjoyed Knights of Prosperity. Tee hee!

[Karina in T.O]

I'm loving this show. Also was happy to discover this week that I could watch this on one channel at 8, and then at 8.30 could catch Glee on a Fox affilite!! Woooo!

[Melissa]

love this show - my new favorite quote came from a couple of episodes ago: "I'm like Costco. I'm big, not that fancy, but I dare you not to like me."

[Allison]

So glad the smart funny people like this show too. And laughing out loud over the closing paragraph, a priceless jean-wearing synopsis.