Modern Family premiered Wednesday. Critics have given this new comedy very good reviews, and I was looking forward to it. I am happy to say the critics are right this time. It is one of the funniest new shows I have seen for quite awhile, and I am frequently disappointed with comedy.
Ed O'Neil of Ed Bundy fame, stars as the older man married to a hot younger woman (who has a son from another marriage that she completely coddles). We have yet to find out what has happened to his first wife. He also has two of his own kids, both with their own families.
First is Julie Bowen (who could easily slip her way onto my top 5 list) as Claire. She is married to a man who thinks he is a "cool dad" but is really just ineffective. Some of his scenes were painfully funny. She is a bit...um...controlling with her kids, as she remembers what she was like as an out of control teenager.
Then there is her brother, Mitchell. He is gay, and has just adopted a Vietnamese baby with his partner Cameron. Some of the funniest scenes, laugh out loud funny, were with these two. The scene in the jet was frickin' hilarious, as was the scene when they got home and Mitchell tried to give the baby to Cameron for cuddling.
This is really an ensemble show, with the whole cast getting plenty of screen time. The humor is sometimes subtle and sometimes over the top funny, but there is also an underlying warmth in it.
I hope the show can keep its momentum, as it could become one of the funniest shows on TV.
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