The Unfiltered Ramblings of a DVR Addict

If Cougar Town was on the bottom of the scale for premiere episodes, I think ABC’s new sitcom Modern Family was at the complete other end of the spectrum.  This show is going to be good.  Everything about it is funny, and I’m looking forward to adding it to my Wednesday night line-up.

Modern Family deals with three seemingly unrelated families.  First there is the “normal” family, the Dunphy’s.  The dad isn’t nearly as cool as he thinks he is and the mom, played by the wonderful Julie Bowen (from Ed and Lost) is just trying to make sure her 15 year-old daughter doesn’t end up as wild as she was.  Cameron and Mitchell are the gay couple that has just adopted a baby from Vietnam.  Ed O’Neil (Al Bundy) plays Jay Pritchett who has married a much younger woman from Columbia, Gloria who has an 11 year-old son named Manny who is a hopeless romantic.

There were so many great moments in last night’s episode.  Some of my favorites were:

• Gloria telling about how she comes from a beautiful village in Columbia that is famous for all the murders
• Anything with Manny.  His silk shirt was awesome, and I love that the 11 year-old wanted to stop and pick flowers for a 16 year-old
• The whole scene on the plane with the “Baby and two cream-puffs”
• Cameron introducing the baby as the “Lion King“
• Jay being told to keep to the right with all the other mall walkers, and the outfit he buys because of it.

Alone I think any of these families would be funny enough to have a good show all on their own, but together they make for a great show.  In the end we find out that they are all actually one family, that despite being some what dysfunctional seem to love each other very much.

Of all the new shows I’ve watched thus far this season, I’ve liked Modern Family the best.  It’s funny, it’s original, and it has something else that no other show out there has that I can’t quite put my finger on.  I’m really looking forward to more episodes of Modern Family.