Modern Family

Modern Family is a ABC television series about the life of three interconnected families told in mockumentary style. It premiered in 2009 and it has won the Best Comedy Emmy two years in a row.

Muppet Mentions

 * In "Hit and Run", Cameron and Mitchell enter by mistake in a movie theater showing The Muppets. Believing they are going to watch a film with a lot of blood and gore, Cam tries to convince a father to leave the cinema before the movie starts. When he leaves, he explains to the other family that he has "always a fan The Muppets, specially of the two guys in the theater who wouldn't shut up". Once at home, they retell their little story to their extenden family, to which their daughter, Lily, respond sorrowfully asking if they have gone to see The Muppets without her. Mitchell tries to convince her that they have only watch "just the first two numbers".

Connections

 * Ed O'Neill plays Jay Pritchett
 * Sofia Vergara plays Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
 * Julie Bowen plays Claire Dunphy
 * Ty Burrell plays Phil Dunphy
 * Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays Mitchell Pritchett
 * Rico Rodriguez plays Manny Delgado
 * Nathan Lane plays Pepper Saltzman
 * Fred Willard plays Frank Dunphy
 * James Marsden played Barry in 'Slow Down Your Neighbors'
 * Danny Trejo played Gus in 'Dance Dance Revelation'