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My Funky Valentine is the fifteenth episode of first season of Modern Family. It premiered on ABC on February 10, 2010.
Synopsis
Phil and Claire decide to do a little role play instead of the usual date which turns into a disaster when Claire gets her coat stuck in the escalator, with no clothes on underneath. Mitchell and Cameron break their valentine date, because Mitchell has a case. The case doesn't work so well when the client wants to settle. Manny goes to Mitchell and Cameron's house and tells them that he wrote a Valentine for another girl, but someone else took the credit. So they go to the restaurant and Manny confronts them. Mitchell then defends Manny by using the speech he was going to use from the case which makes Cameron happy. Unfortunately, the girl still likes the other man , because he says he had the feelings, but didn't know how to express them. Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria go to a Comedy club where David Brenner is performing. David starts insulting Jay's age which makes him angry so he leaves and Gloria comes to comfort him. They find Phil and Claire with Claire still stuck in the escalator. So Gloria helps Claire out and then Jay and Gloria go Salsa dancing and Phil and Claire go upstairs into their hotel room.
Cultural References
The title is a reference to the song My Funny Valentine. Jay mentions David Brenner was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Summary
Jay takes Gloria to see David Brenner. Mitchell and Cameron try to set Manny up on a date. Phil and Claire try to spice things up by going on a romantic getaway.
Reception
In its original American broadcast, "My Funky Valentine" was viewed by 10.11 million viewers with a Nielsen rating of 4.2/11 matching with the previous rating high from Fifteen Percent and The Pilot and helping it come second in its timeslot after American Idol, and making it the most viewed episode on ABC Comedy Wednesday helping ABC come third for the night after CBS and FOX. The episode ranked 13th in the 18-49 rating with 5,438 million viewers from that rating watching and ranked 23rd in the total viewership for the week. The episode got positive reviews. Robert Canning gave the episode a 8.6 saying it was "Great" and "the three storylines from "My Funky Valentine" had a lot of laughs. The episode continued to prove Modern Family is the best new comedy of the season." Jason Hughes of TV Squad gave the episode a positive review saying that "Again, it's those genuine little moments that help the audience believe in these characters, and believing in them makes the situations they find themselves in that much funnier." Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A- saying that "It may not be the freshest idea in the world, but I haven't laughed this hard at a sitcom in a long time." and that "Nothing new about these storylines. But it's not about the situation -- it's about the comedy. And what we have here are comic actors playing characters -- especially Mitchell, Cam, and Phil -- that can make everything old new again." Lesley Savage of Entertainment Weekly gave the episode a positive review saying that "How is it possible that this show gets funnier every week? I mean, you would think that it would have to plateau at some point, but the last few episodes have just gotten better and better. While I thought that last week was ultra-quote worthy, this week’s Valentine’s Day-themed episode may have just topped it.
See Also