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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 2:03 pm 
I almost didnt watch this show cause I didnt like the jumpy amatuerish camera work-but i did like it and found myself laughing at the more tasteless one liners like when someone asked-"why'd you call her Lilly,wont that be hard for her to pronounce?" And when Ed Oniell called the baby "Little Potsticker."
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 7:21 pm
"I just stole my baby's intellectual property." LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 10:03 pm
"Meryl Streep could play Batman." LOL I loved Cameron's whole Streep thing especially getting all upset about Sophie's Choice.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 10:11 pm
Yes, Mamie. More LOL. I'm not much of a half-hour comedy person, but I love this one.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 10:17 pm
And I loved Ed O'Neill's line when Manny had said that his dad never wore seat belts and then said that his dad killed a bear and Ed asks "Was he in the passenger seat?" Too funny!
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 5:48 am
This show has some of the best one-liners since Jeff BB11!!!
Loving it....so happy to have some quality on TV for a change.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 6:57 am
It does have some great one-liners.
Ed O'Neill is perfect for this part. His interactions with Manny could have been really schmaltzy, but he does them exactly right.
The new dads were hilarious. So worried that Lily wasn't "reaching" or "stacking" yet that they'd steal the other pile of blocks.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 12:30 pm
Sorry, I didn't see the thread until I started a new one...oops! (And I really looked but obviously not close enough.)
My daughter and I both watch this show and we always laugh...last night the scenes with the gay couple in Costco just had me rolling...they are the highlight of the show to me (loved the scene in the mommy class last week). And the scenes between Manny and the Julie Bowen character and the step-mom and the younger girl were really sweet.
The only character I really don't care for is the dad, who annoys me because he tries too hard to be cool. Which of course is what his character is supposed to do, but it still annoys me.
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 12:39 pm
Heh...Roxip...imagine how his kids feel. I think that his annoyance factor is played perfectly, and his job is to annoy us. In a ridiculously funny way!
"••• = Why the Face"
That line just killed me!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 12:44 pm
Roxip and Rosem, I agree. I too find him the most annoying, but that's what he's supposed to do. Good acting.
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Ritsin
Member
05-06-2005
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 12:13 am
Another great show tonight. Shelley Long was perfectly cast and did a bang up job.
Again a lot of great lines that are delivered so well. "I gave her a gorgeous pair of diamond earrings and she gave me a hint." (Cameron)
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 7:28 am
And Dylan's song . . . it started so sweet -- and then did a 180 !! LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 10:30 am
The song was hilarious and I loved how they were all singing it in the end.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 10:47 am
Midway through the song, the daughter can go with Dylan. By the end of the song -- NO WAY! LOL again!
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 7:09 pm
I'm so happy that there's a good sitcom to watch. It's at the Seinfeld/Friends level..and..no laugh track.
I hate the laugh track. Don't tell me when I should laugh....I KNOW funny!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 8:20 pm
No fu in Denver. DENVER.
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Ritsin
Member
05-06-2005
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 11:33 pm
"Mitchell, she is your family. Of course, she's going to be judgemental and condescending." (Cameron)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 4:23 am
i am so sad i consistantly miss this show (i have a bible study on wed night) but the commercial that truly had me laughing out loud was the brother who adopted the baby calling his sister and asking 'did you ever hit your son's head on the ceiling' and she said 'we usually just put him in time out'.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 4:52 am
The couple with the baby are so funny. The dad that takes pictures of Lilly as a celebrity is a riot! I think he's my favorite on the show.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 6:38 am
Texannie, I hope you can see it in reruns or on DVD. Best new show of this TV season. And I am rarely into sitcoms.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 7:05 am
Ritsin, that line just cracked me up.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 9:43 am
Hulu has it. Last night was the first one I'd seen on tv because when all the tv shows were new not reruns it clashed with something.
I like the dad with the ginger hair. He was on that shortlived comedy last year or the year before; "Class," I think it was called. He stood out there, so I'm glad he found a place.
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 10:48 am
This was a very well-cast show. Every actor does a great job playing the part they were cast to play. Even the kids. This one will likely stick around for a while.
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Ritsin
Member
05-06-2005
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 11:44 am
Cameron is my favorite character. He has the best lines and delivery. His disappointment in Mitchell's misunderstanding of going through a dozen eggs was priceless.
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 10:48 am
I like how they show the family as weird and dysfunctional, but then they have a great little message at the end that I would normally find too schmaltzy...but it's always well done, thoughtful, and humorous.
I agree about the wonderful character development that's already in place after just a few episodes.
That 'cool-dad' always cracks me up!
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